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Jesse Lasky
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Evolution and ecology of plants. He/him.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12h
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
WSJ Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions. Another Trump donor, Stephen P. Lynch, paid $600,000 this year to a lobbyist close to Trump Jr. who is helping him seek a Treasury Department license to buy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from a Russian state-owned company. One sign that he may be serious is that some of his most-trusted friends, sanctioned billionaires from his St. Petersburg hometown-Gennady Timchenko, Yuri Kovalchuk and the Rotenberg brothers, Boris and Arkady-have sent representatives to quietly meet American companies to explore rare-earth mining and energy deals, according to people familiar with the meetings and European security officials. That includes reviving the giant Nord Stream pipeline, sabotaged by Ukrainian tactical divers, and under European Union sanctions. Earlier this year, Exxon Mobil met with Russia's biggest state energy company, Rosneft, to discuss returning to the massive Sakhalin gas project if Moscow and Washington gave the green light.

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Mafalda S Ferreira @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social · 22h
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ancient balanced polymorphism underlies long-standing adaptation for seasonal camouflage in the least weasel
Unraveling how adaptive traits originate and evolve is key to understanding the mechanisms shaping species’ diversity and their adaptive potential. Seasonal color molts, from summer-brown to winter-wh...
www.biorxiv.org

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Nicholas A. Christakis, Will Jennings , and 11 more

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. "The order was to kill everybody," one of them said. A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack - the opening salvo in the Trump administration's war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water.

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 2d
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
Infographic with AI slop published in Nature Scientific Reports

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 2d
Congratulations to @michellezavala.bsky.social on the publication of her PhD chapter examining the consequences of cytonuclear interactions and the breakup of organelle-nuclear ancestry to physiological function across environments in a Poplar hybrid zone.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The role of cytonuclear interactions to plant adaptation across a Populus hybrid zone | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Co-adaptation of cytoplasmic and nuclear genomes is critical to physiological function for many species. Despite this understanding, hybridization can disrupt co-adaptation, leading to a mismatch betw...
royalsocietypublishing.org

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Jesse Lasky @laskyjr.bsky.social · 3d
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3732/...
Effects of range‐wide variation in climate and isolation on floral traits and reproductive output of Clarkia pulchella
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Plant mating systems and geographic range limits are conceptually linked by shared underlying drivers, including landscape-level heterogeneity in climate and in species' abunda...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 6d
Reinstate Dr. McCoul--now.
Faculty panel says Texas A&M wrongly fired professor
Texas A&M did not have good cause to fire a professor after a video of a gender lesson created a political storm, and the school failed to follow due process, a faculty appeal committee found.
www.texastribune.org

Reposted by Richard Waite, Jesse R. Lasky

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 8d
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:

- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 8d
The NIH director told attendees the NIH doesn't do enough innovative research.

“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Rebecca Sear, Jesse R. Lasky

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 8d
A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.

Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.

👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
The logo of the Evolution x Ecology 2026 conference in Cornwall, UK.

Reposted by Jesse R. Lasky

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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 8d
I mean, the title says it all: Genetic confirmation of an “uncommon mourningthroat” (Geothlypis philadelphia  ×  G. trichas): A rare but persistent hybrid warbler. Fun stuff with @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social and Kurt Gielow, OA in @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social!
🦉 🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A five panel figure, with four showing photographs of a putative hybrid warbler between a mourning warbler and a common yellowthroat. The final panel shows an illustration of the bird by David Sibley A three panel figure showing the genetic composition of the hybrid and the putative parental species. Two panels show points on a principal components analysis, with the hybrid falling intermediate. The final panel shows bars illustrating genome-wide admixture, with the hybrid having intermediate ancestry between the two.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller , and 6 more

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 8d
This story is nuts.

"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."

Reposted by Mark D. White, Sanford F. Schram, Daniel W. Drezner , and 8 more

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WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · 9d
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 9d
New from me for @science.org: A major planetary science conference will require submitted abstracts to comply with Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.

This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Stephen D. Murphy, Jesse R. Lasky

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 9d
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
careers.msu.edu

Reposted by Zen Faulkes, Jesse R. Lasky

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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 9d
and the same crap in the previous issue......

royalsocietypublishing.org/loi/rstb/gro...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10d
Climate and hybridization shape #stomatal trait evolution in #Populus

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Zavala-Paez et al.

@WileyPlantSci @michellezavala.bsky.social @jillahamilton.bsky.social
Sampling and common garden design.

Reposted by Bill Hare, Jesse R. Lasky

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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 10d
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Timothy D. McBride, Jesse R. Lasky

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Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 10d
You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?

Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.

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Roland Gromes @gromesroland.bsky.social · 11d
5 minutes...

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Jesse Lasky @laskyjr.bsky.social · 11d
Sir, this is a McDonalds

Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Catherine J. Frieman, Jesse R. Lasky

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Ezekiel Bones @jjofbc.bsky.social · 12d
fake evo-psych has cooked a lot of people's brains

Reposted by Jason Stajich, Jesse R. Lasky

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 12d
We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.

Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 12d
Persistent trade-offs balance competition and colonization across centuries https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.16.688059v1

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Jae Young Choi @jychoi.bsky.social · 13d
I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.

Reposted by Ben C. Sheldon, Francis Martin, Jesse R. Lasky

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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 13d
Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, John Foot, Dunlap , and 2 more

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13d
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.

The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

Reposted by Carl T. Bergstrom, Rosemary A. Joyce, Erol Akçay , and 2 more

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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 15d
"What James Watson got wrong about DNA"

By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
What James Watson got wrong about DNA - The Boston Globe
The science he helped pioneer consistently undermines his view that genes determine everything about us.
www.bostonglobe.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Jan W. Mueller, Roger A. Pielke , and 32 more

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Joe Fore @joefore.bsky.social · 15d
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.

It's a surreal--and troubling--read.

drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 15d
New light on old stones: a fossil #fungus in #symbiosis with one of the oldest known land plants

@chistinesd.bsky.social, et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@dromius.bsky.social @ffercoq.bsky.social #PlantScience

Summary also available in French and Spanish.