Tom Buckley
@tombuckleylab.bsky.social
Dad, husband, plant ecophysiologist (UC Davis), cyclist. Californian, Virginian, Utahn, Canberran, New South Welshman, Tasmanian, and deifier of wombats.
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Is Santa Real? We Asked 1000 1st Graders
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is Santa Real? We Asked 1000 1st Graders
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November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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In memory of the late Amy Marshall-Colon and Stephen Long, who both inspired and supported so many in the plant sciences and beyond.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In memory of the late Amy Marshall-Colon and Stephen Long, who both inspired and supported so many in the plant sciences and beyond.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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🚜 From UC Davis: How UC Davis Research is Engineering Solutions for Harvest Automation and Safety (Stavros Vougioukas)
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Stavros Vougioukas on the Future of Farm Robotics
As California's agricultural sector adopts automation to manage costs, labor shortages and production risks, researchers at UC Davis are partnering with them to develop solutions that can make a real ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🚜 From UC Davis: How UC Davis Research is Engineering Solutions for Harvest Automation and Safety (Stavros Vougioukas)
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▶️ engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/stavros...
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📢 New publication 'Cryptic signals: substomatal architecture influences stomatal responses to red #light and #CO2' by Muhammad Haroon, Caroline Ivsic, Frances Sussmilch, Anju Manandhar and Scott McAdam in @newphyt.bsky.social 🌱🧪
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#mesophyll
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#mesophyll
Cryptic signals: substomatal architecture influences stomatal responses to red light and CO2
The mesophyll provides a critical signal for stomatal responses to red light (RL) and CO2 in angiosperms. By contrast, the stomatal response to blue light (BL) is largely guard cell-specific. It is .....
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November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
📢 New publication 'Cryptic signals: substomatal architecture influences stomatal responses to red #light and #CO2' by Muhammad Haroon, Caroline Ivsic, Frances Sussmilch, Anju Manandhar and Scott McAdam in @newphyt.bsky.social 🌱🧪
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#mesophyll
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#mesophyll
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American Songwriter covers Patti Smith's 50th Anniversary of Horses concert in NYC where @michaelstipe.bsky.social made a special appearance.
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Watch R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe Sing with Patti Smith at Her Recent New York City Show Celebrating the ‘Horses’ Album’s 50th Anniversary
Watch video clips of R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe singing with Patti Smith at her recent New York City show celebrating her ‘Horses’ album’s 50th anniversary.
americansongwriter.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
American Songwriter covers Patti Smith's 50th Anniversary of Horses concert in NYC where @michaelstipe.bsky.social made a special appearance.
americansongwriter.com/watch-r-e-m-...
americansongwriter.com/watch-r-e-m-...
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Check out this nice post by @charliezoology.bsky.social about our recent paper communities.springernature.com/posts/how-do...
How does temperature affect non-flight bee buzzes?
This study investigated the thermal performance of Arctic bumblebees during non-flight buzzing behaviour. The muscle biomechanics were found to be strongly affected by air and body temperature, with p...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Check out this nice post by @charliezoology.bsky.social about our recent paper communities.springernature.com/posts/how-do...
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#AusPol 🧪
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#AusPol 🧪
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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The New York Times, where the popular mayor-elect of their city is a fringe figure, but the QAnon podcaster who asked him a racist question comes out as a "winner"
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The New York Times, where the popular mayor-elect of their city is a fringe figure, but the QAnon podcaster who asked him a racist question comes out as a "winner"
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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"Her wit was as sharp as her convictions, and her honesty was refreshing and rare."
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
Vanessa Koelling Obituary - Montgomery, AL
Celebrate the life of Vanessa Koelling, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Leak Memory Chapel.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Her wit was as sharp as her convictions, and her honesty was refreshing and rare."
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
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Stomata In-Sight: Integrating Live Confocal Microscopy with Leaf Gas Exchange and Environmental Control url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @tombuckleylab.bsky.social @lawrensack.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social @stanfordstomata.bsky.social
Stomata In-Sight: Integrating Live Confocal Microscopy with Leaf Gas Exchange and Environmental Control
The development of a tool to simultaneously measure stomatal conductance and aperture enables investigation into the role of stomatal anatomy in controllin
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November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Stomata In-Sight: Integrating Live Confocal Microscopy with Leaf Gas Exchange and Environmental Control url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @tombuckleylab.bsky.social @lawrensack.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social @stanfordstomata.bsky.social
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For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
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Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social
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Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees
We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social
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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...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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...
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Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
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“Had UChicago simply matched the market, its endowment would be $6.45 billion larger today—more than enough to repay its entire debt.”
Don’t understand why these people aren’t simply fired
Don’t understand why these people aren’t simply fired
The boys at UChicago smirking right now because they proved once again, they're breaking new ground and Harvard follows after the fact.
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UChicago Lost Money on Crypto, Then Froze Research When Federal Funding Was Cut
While Stanford responded to the federal funding research freeze by halting administrative hiring and protecting research, the University of Chicago panicked.
On January 28, hours after the Trump admi...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Had UChicago simply matched the market, its endowment would be $6.45 billion larger today—more than enough to repay its entire debt.”
Don’t understand why these people aren’t simply fired
Don’t understand why these people aren’t simply fired
"if you don't have to work at getting the knowledge, it won't stick"
This is the single most important, yet most frequently ignored, fact about teaching and learning.
This is the single most important, yet most frequently ignored, fact about teaching and learning.
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"if you don't have to work at getting the knowledge, it won't stick"
This is the single most important, yet most frequently ignored, fact about teaching and learning.
This is the single most important, yet most frequently ignored, fact about teaching and learning.