Jim Smoot, PhD
@jcsmoot.bsky.social
Dad, husband, aquatic microbiologist, farm owner at the nexus of climate change and sustainable resource recovery. “This machine kills fascists”—Woody Guthrie
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As an example of how we are building on top of Gemini 3, AI Mode in Search now uses Gemini 3 to enable new generative UI experiences, all generated completely on the fly based on your query. Here’s how you might use this to learn a complex topic like how RNA polymerase works.
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
As an example of how we are building on top of Gemini 3, AI Mode in Search now uses Gemini 3 to enable new generative UI experiences, all generated completely on the fly based on your query. Here’s how you might use this to learn a complex topic like how RNA polymerase works.
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I’m good in the hood.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I’m good in the hood.
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Choosing to go to LPSC now that they've doubled down on banning any content about making the field a better place for underrepresented scientists? That would be rewarding this behavior and make the field even more unsafe! Just a thought!
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Choosing to go to LPSC now that they've doubled down on banning any content about making the field a better place for underrepresented scientists? That would be rewarding this behavior and make the field even more unsafe! Just a thought!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social has it always “taken years” to enact Amendments? What is needed to accelerate the pace of passing Amendments?
Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social has it always “taken years” to enact Amendments? What is needed to accelerate the pace of passing Amendments?
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Yo.
Coffee is a bean.
Vanilla is a bean.
Soy milk comes from beans.
So a Vanilla Soy Latte is just 3 bean soup.
Right? RIGHT?
Coffee is a bean.
Vanilla is a bean.
Soy milk comes from beans.
So a Vanilla Soy Latte is just 3 bean soup.
Right? RIGHT?
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Yo.
Coffee is a bean.
Vanilla is a bean.
Soy milk comes from beans.
So a Vanilla Soy Latte is just 3 bean soup.
Right? RIGHT?
Coffee is a bean.
Vanilla is a bean.
Soy milk comes from beans.
So a Vanilla Soy Latte is just 3 bean soup.
Right? RIGHT?
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More like Magentasky amirite
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
More like Magentasky amirite
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Lol, the "use it or lose it" FSAs?
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Lol, the "use it or lose it" FSAs?
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so good!!
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Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
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November 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
so good!!
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Post brought to you by the year 2015, and 2005 before that.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Post brought to you by the year 2015, and 2005 before that.
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My former UC Davis colleagues Ermias Kebreab and Paulo de Meo Filho went on Marketplace to talk about using seaweed and CRISPR to mitigate cattle enteric methane emissions!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Could an early diet of seaweed produce climate-friendlier beef?
A UC Davis study shows promising results.
www.marketplace.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My former UC Davis colleagues Ermias Kebreab and Paulo de Meo Filho went on Marketplace to talk about using seaweed and CRISPR to mitigate cattle enteric methane emissions!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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Ermias Kebreab, by the way, is one of the Names to Follow in enteric methane
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ermias Kebreab, by the way, is one of the Names to Follow in enteric methane
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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What a beautiful agrivoltaics facility Majdi Abou Najm and @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues have built. Thanks for the fantastic workshop and tour!
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What a beautiful agrivoltaics facility Majdi Abou Najm and @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues have built. Thanks for the fantastic workshop and tour!
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His mum was a lot taller than he is
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
His mum was a lot taller than he is
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
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A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
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Join Lee Hood and I for a conversation about Super Agers, tomorrow 10 AM PT isbscience.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join Lee Hood and I for a conversation about Super Agers, tomorrow 10 AM PT isbscience.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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New mCDR publication out today. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
Frontiers | Assessing the limitations of commercial sensors and models for supporting marine carbon dioxide removal monitoring: a case study
Several unknowns remain surrounding marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) practices and capabilities. Current in...
www.frontiersin.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New mCDR publication out today. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
“Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports. But, unlike similar laws…proposed in the US, this new law doesn’t just apply to new construction–existing lots will have to comply as well!”
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports. But, unlike similar laws…proposed in the US, this new law doesn’t just apply to new construction–existing lots will have to comply as well!”
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
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FYI: Côtes-du-Rhône Vineyards to Ban Agrivoltaics by 2026 Amid Quality and Tourism Concerns #CôtesduRhône #FrenchWine #Agrivoltaics #WineQuality #TourismConcerns
Côtes-du-Rhône Vineyards to Ban Agrivoltaics by 2026 Amid Quality and Tourism Concerns
French wine authorities cite lack of data on grape impact and fear solar panels could harm the region’s iconic landscape
www.vinetur.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
FYI: Côtes-du-Rhône Vineyards to Ban Agrivoltaics by 2026 Amid Quality and Tourism Concerns #CôtesduRhône #FrenchWine #Agrivoltaics #WineQuality #TourismConcerns
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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There was only one respiratory virus that was present year-round. You guessed it, SARS-CoV-2.
It’s still here.
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It’s still here.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There was only one respiratory virus that was present year-round. You guessed it, SARS-CoV-2.
It’s still here.
9/
It’s still here.
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