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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics.bsky.social

31K followers 5.1K following 2.2K posts

Prof at #UCDavis

Work: evolution, ecology, function & phylogenomics of host-microbiome systems; #openscience;
Other: #birds; baseball; T1D

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Jonathan Andrew Eisen is an American evolutionary biologist, currently working at University of California, Davis. His academic research is in the fields of evolutionary biology, genomics and microbiology and he is the academic editor-in-chief of the open access journal PLOS Biology. .. more

Biology 43%

Environmental science 24%

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 4d

Northern flicker - red shafted - flying from my neighbors yard to my yard yesterday. #birds

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:

“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”

open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

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in shot, i the Post's facts are correct it appears
that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the "two men were blown apart in the water," as the Post put it.
It is unclear from the Post's Seporting precisely what role Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Michael A. Clemens

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 5h

Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 14h

Uh oh. This could go poorly.

Picture of a phone with called ID saying a call is coming from "Officer Obie"

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 14h

Well, had a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat last night

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 14h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...

Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording

YouTube video by Stiletto

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 15h

it is

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 23h

I love it but will let it ride without completing it

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 23h

I just wanna ride

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Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 23h

I don't want a pickle . . .

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 23h

Though the dump was closed - I found a place to dump the garbage - off the side of a side road there was a cliff and at the bottom of the cliff there was a pile of garbage. I decided that one big pile was better than two little piles, and rather than bring that one up i decided to throw mine down.

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Well, and creatin' a nuisance

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Richard S.J. Tol, Jonathan A. Eisen , and 39 more Anna O. Law, Richard S.J. Tol, Jonathan A. Eisen, Brian A. Nosek, A. E. Dessler, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Rosemary A. Joyce, Amir Attaran, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Paul Davies, Sarah E. Gollust, Alex Callinicos, Juan Cole, Kevin Carey, Michelle Everson, Robert Black, Daniel W. Drezner, Michael Kevane, Trevon D. Logan, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Pamela K. Gilbert, Scott A. Imberman, Caroline Fohlin, Michael H. Whitworth, David Rosnick, Jelena Subotić, Alfie Kohn, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Henry Jones, Simon Lester, Christina Pagel, Nancy M. Wingfield, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal

John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

I am always in group W

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Rachael French @drrachaelf.bsky.social · 1d

I could say I found your name on an envelope at the bottom of half a ton of garbage.

But the real question: Kid, have you rehabilitated yourself?

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Mary @maryg12.bsky.social · 1d

Shoulda asked Alice.

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Butterfly Blues @choving.bsky.social · 1d

Seen while on a walk today. Checked Google Maps. This is half a mile from railroad tracks.

Hand written sign in yard that says, "Walk right in, it's around the back"

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen

Butterfly Blues @choving.bsky.social · 1d

I suggest looking for another pile of garbage. That might indicate a good place to drop your garbage. One big pile is better than two little piles.

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Wait - how did you know?

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

And I have continued my annual tradition - trying to drop garbage off at the local dump on Thanksgiving - but it was closed again - who ever heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving?

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Thanksgiving here is a link to my 194 Wild Turkey observations on @inaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations... #birds

Observations

Wild Turkey by Jonathan Eisen

www.inaturalist.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jonathan A. Eisen, Jonathan H. Adler , and 1 more Anna O. Law, Jonathan A. Eisen, Jonathan H. Adler, Paul Fisher

Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 1d

Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants

“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”

Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants

French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus

stzl.ink

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Gif of a series of pics of a bald eagle hunting water and sticks (for nest) at Sacramento Wildlife Refuge #birds

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Lonely Joe ... nice to see you here

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

The Tree of Life: A ton to be thankful for phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-to...

A ton to be thankful for -- here is one part of that - all the acknowledgement sections from my scholarly papers

A blog about microbiology, genomics and metagenomics, sequencing, evolution, ecology, and open science.

phylogenomics.blogspot.com

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 2d

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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 2d

We're at 735 registrants and counting! 🎉🦠

If you haven't registered yet, don't miss out on this exciting (free) symposium on gut microbial metabolites and their impacts on host health.

Please share with your networks. 🔗👇

isbscience.org/events/2025-...

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 2d

Our attempt to give multinucleate cells the spotlight they deserve (seriously, they’re everywhere), led by the fearless @mrosjac.bsky.social and with @Markus Ganter

doi.org/10.32942/X2M...

We’d love your feedback while this goes through the peer review process!

#MicroEvoSky
#ProtistsonSky 🧪🌏

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks

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