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Haley A Branch
@stressedbranch.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Yale 🌱 studying why plants be stressing so much 🌵evo-ecophysiology 🏳️‍🌈 she/her #DisabledInSTEM 💻 https://haleyabranch.weebly.com/
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@jillmlove.bsky.social gave an awesome talk about plasticity in leaf lobing in #Mimulus
A white person with dark hair pulled back and round glasses stands at a podium in front of a conclusion slide of a presentation. The main points highlight “directional selection favored novel negative plasticity, canalization may be disadvantageous, and experimental approach reveals hidden adaptive potential”
July 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Last is Caroline Brose sharing research on willow and experiences as a disabled field researcher
A white woman with red hair tied half up, half down stands at a podium. The slides heading slide to the side reads “what processes affect creation and maintenance of species diversity in these complicated groups?”
July 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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@botanic-ash.bsky.social up next telling us about oak trees and their experiences as a disabled person conducting fieldwork!
A white person with short dark blond hair and a hat is in a wheelchair at a podium. A presentation titled slide is titled “defying expectations: resolving the forest fragmentation paradox… while navigating physical disabilities”
July 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Mayra Concepcion shares their story with us
A person with long wavy dark brown hair and tanned skin stands at a podium in front of a presentation titled “Locke’s demonstration garden as vehicle for cultural connection in transnational communities on the Sacramento Delta”
July 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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@plantpollinator.bsky.social sheds light on many of the issues related to having disabilities in academia, but in navigating social settings in general
A white person in a wheelchair is speaking at a podium in front of slides. The slides heading states “Fatigue and burnout with disability in academia & life in general”
July 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Up first is @brythebotanist.bsky.social
Dark short haired person stands at the front of a presentation. A slide showcases the four main questions of their talk (which I actually can’t read clearly)
July 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Recently spotted this graffiti, and it really spoke to me. It made me think about how much of ecology and evolutionary biology is resistance and activism. How gardening is. How taking a walk in the forest is.
Graffiti in pink lettering saying "A warrior in a garden, gardener in a war."
May 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates there is an autism awareness campaign across the country.

Seen at a gas station: “I have austism, accept me the way I am”
Electronic ad with a blue ribbon that reads “I have autism, accept me the way I am” from the Dubai Austism awareness campaign.
April 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Can you believe these roosting crows!!! 😍

#birds #birder #ILoveBirds #ThisIsWhatDreamsAreMadeOf #Crows #TheBirds
A photo taken at night time of two trees that are dense with resting crows covering the top of the canopy. A cloudy ominous looking sky is in the background.
December 6, 2024 at 7:57 PM