Nostr notes by Megan Lynch (she/her)

This Iowa Nonprofit is the Largest Nongovernmental Seed Bank in ...

2026-05-06T06:58:52Z

This Iowa Nonprofit is the Largest Nongovernmental Seed Bank in the Country | Iowa Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBQ5R9NVHHg #GeneBanks #Gardening

I can't get iNaturalist Classic to work well for me on the ...

2026-05-03T11:34:29Z

I can't get iNaturalist Classic to work well for me on the phone. Can someone with better access than me look up whether there are Ceratonia siliqua sightings in the neighborhood of the central train station in Bari?

Postdoc position: Contribution to a large European network to ...

2026-04-30T07:50:38Z

Postdoc position: Contribution to a large European network to identify the gaps and needs in Plant Breeding Research

https://eng-gafl.paca.hub.inrae.fr/news/postdoc-position #PlantBreeding #France #AcademicJobs

I hope to visit the garden at least one more time while I'm ...

2026-04-22T20:32:11Z

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I hope to visit the garden at least one more time while I'm here. I will write up and post photos of other things and update here if I get to do that. #Botany #Accessibility

Gardens are good for our mental health. And as cities get noisier ...

2026-04-22T20:30:51Z

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Gardens are good for our mental health. And as cities get noisier and noisier, aural peace becomes more of a luxury reserved for the wealthy. Which is why the relative calm of a large green space like a botanical garden should be within reach of people. Particularly people with PTSD, people with sensory issues, etc. It is restorative to be in a garden.

I donated to the donation box. But I appreciate that I was able to enter for free because it means others can.
#Botany #Accessibility

was that families get discounts, but childfree disabled people do ...

2026-04-22T20:28:25Z

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was that families get discounts, but childfree disabled people do not. You don't have to jump through hoops to prove you're a family, but in most places you have to jump through many many hoops to prove you're disabled. And in the case of The Huntington, there was no disabled discount at all because they would have had to "see your papers" and that costs money to administer. Which is another reason the rationing & policing approach should be abandoned as much as possible.

#Botany #Accessibility

But it was a very pleasant green space with a nice sampling of ...

2026-04-22T20:26:19Z

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But it was a very pleasant green space with a nice sampling of plants from several continents...some of them in greenhouses of various humidities and temperatures so they could survive here near the Black Forest.

One other way they were accessible was that although I arrived prepared to pay an entry fee, I saw no booth to do so. One thing that always bugged me about The Huntington, which has a stiff admission fee,

#Botany #Accessibility

It was a beautiful and relatively warm day today. Many people ...

2026-04-22T20:23:42Z

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It was a beautiful and relatively warm day today. Many people were enjoying the botanical garden as one would a park - which again is why accessibility is key. This shouldn't be an oasis only fully available to abled people.

Some of the paths seemed wheelchair accessible to me, but as I'm not a wheelchair user, I'm not the final word on that.

I didn't get a chance to visit the WC, so I don't know how good those were.

#Botany #Accessibility

My visit today was more hurried than I like to take things in. So ...

2026-04-22T20:20:22Z

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My visit today was more hurried than I like to take things in. So I could be missing things. But I didn't see things meant to help blind folks nor Deaf folks, nor neurodiverse folks. Perhaps they're available but are things they mean you to call ahead about (which is an ableist thing on its own, but better to have it even available to be reserved than not available at all).

The website's accessibility link seems a bit more digital compliance-oriented. https://www.botanischer-garten.uni-freiburg.de/accessibility-info #Accessibility

different in some important ways. So credits for part of the ...

2026-04-22T20:16:27Z

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different in some important ways.

So credits for part of the concept but demerits for the execution as far as accessibility.

Most signs were only in German. Monolingual signs can be an issue at US botanical gardens as well. The safety and rules signs, though, should be in major languages of several continents, though.

What accessibility there was seemed to mostly conceive of wheelchair users, but accessibility of botanical gardens should be considered more broadly.

#Botany #Accessibility

that most certainly would not be wheelchair or mobility scooter ...

2026-04-22T20:13:26Z

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that most certainly would not be wheelchair or mobility scooter or walker-accessible.

So while walking people through the tree of plant life is a really neat idea to make this tangible to people, it is only tangible to *some* because of the inaccessibility of how it was designed.

Having a selection of plants of a shared family but different genuses in one bed makes one think through how botanists decided these plants were closely related despite being really

#Botany #Accessibility

quality, it does not have Braille nor alternate ways to classify ...

2026-04-22T20:09:17Z

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quality, it does not have Braille nor alternate ways to classify than color, like shape. It's a missed opportunity when you're already partway there by creating a tactile map of sorts.

For folks without disabilities that affect their mobility, cobbles seem a lovely quaint way to pave something. But they really do create a tripping hazard for those of us with mobility disabilities. As I said, this was mostly narrow paths (like a tree, they were wider towards the trunk and thinner at the edges)

The garden has a legend at the top, as shown in the previous ...

2026-04-22T20:06:31Z

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The garden has a legend at the top, as shown in the previous photo. But one of the disadvantages of creating beds around things that taxonomists still argue about is that you either have to move the beds as things get reclassified, or you have to change your legend. To the left, out of frame, is an additional cylinder plaque using the existing color codes to show which things were moved (as of 2014...who knows where it's at now).

While the display map has a 3D

#Botany #Accessibility

greenhouses (which close early) and part of the Plant Systematics ...

2026-04-22T19:58:18Z

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greenhouses (which close early) and part of the Plant Systematics garden before my coach turned into a pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo).

They had a very interesting idea for their Plant Systematics garden, but it was implemented inaccessibly, sadly. It's on the slopes of a bowl and is made of cobbles. It's not wheelchair accessible and even for me with my cane, I was worried I would fall. As I'm still dealing with injuries from a fall last Dec, that's not a minor threat for me.

#Botany #Accessibility

🧵 Today I got to indulge an intersection of my interests in ...

2026-04-22T19:52:13Z

🧵 Today I got to indulge an intersection of my interests in botany and accessibility - visiting the Botanical Garden of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg. I've been critiqueing botanical gardens on accessibility since volunteering at The Huntington Botanical Gardens.

Gardens are mental health oases for people, which means they should be accessible to disabled people too, but they often are not.

I was low on spoons today so I only visited the

#Botany #Accessibility

Plant Systematics: An Aggressive and Abusive Approach CW: ...

2026-04-22T18:29:07Z

Plant Systematics: An Aggressive and Abusive Approach

CW: cursewords and Chicago accent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irn9oNZSuj0 #Botany #CrimepaysButBotanyDoesnt

Longshot here, but if you were in #Albania and wanted to find ...

2026-04-18T21:18:19Z

Longshot here, but if you were in #Albania and wanted to find used equipment like a dissection microscope and some very simple lab equipment like glass Petri dishes, forceps, and scalpels, where would you shop for them? #Botany

I was born too late for there to be wooden punnets or trays for ...

2026-04-14T14:33:18Z

I was born too late for there to be wooden punnets or trays for strawberries, I think, but there were still wooden crates for many fruits & vegetables when I was born.

I have a soft spot for them. While deforestation is not cool, sustainable harvesting and reuse seems a LOT better than plastic punnets and trays to me.

#FruitToot #Spain

Spank Me With Pandanus: Philippines Botany Episode 1 CW: Joey ...

2026-04-13T07:47:36Z

Spank Me With Pandanus: Philippines Botany Episode 1

CW: Joey swears. Every episode.

Good episode for seeing two self-taught botanists trying to key out species. You almost have to be self-taught these days because of how many universities got rid of their botany majors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F751iizg49o #Botany #Philippines

Are there folks from the US who've done PhDs in Europe and ...

2026-04-10T11:13:16Z

Are there folks from the US who've done PhDs in Europe and then gone on to find a path to EU citizenship (within the last 10 years) who'd be willing to grant me an informational interview?

I have a lot of tough decisions ahead of me and would rather go into things as informed as I can manage.

American science is at risk not because of budget cuts, but ...

2026-04-09T18:59:28Z

American science is at risk not because of budget cuts, but because of executive interference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E #USpol #Science

The trunk is hollow, as are several large branches. Look how ...

2026-04-07T14:01:11Z

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The trunk is hollow, as are several large branches. Look how something girdled this branch (girdle = chewed, cut, or tore off a semi-circle or entire circle of bark & phloem, which cuts off nutrition flow in the plant), yet the remaining bark seemed to grow right back over it.

Carob is tough, man. Carob wants to live.

#Bilbao #Spain #Espana #Carob #Algarrobo

Here you can see the young pods developing. Carob flowers at ...

2026-04-07T13:44:44Z

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Here you can see the young pods developing.

Carob flowers at about the same time the pods are ripe. Pods are on the tree ripening about one year, more or less.

The pods this tree gives, from what I could see on the ground, are not likely standout for eating traits, but the fact that this tree has survived this rainy environment makes it worth propagating for that trait. #Bilbao #Spain #Espana #Carob #Algarrobo

Made time today to walk up & down hills & stairs to get ...

2026-04-07T13:38:51Z

Made time today to walk up & down hills & stairs to get to this old carob tree growing in a roundabout near the Basilica Begoña. This has to be at least a couple hundred years old.

It's very rainy in Bilbao so it is not the ideal environment for Ceratonia siliqua, yet this one survives, albeit hollow and with many fungi on it. And it's either female or hermaphrodite because it is bearing young pods. #Bilbao #Spain #Espana #Carob #Algarrobo

RE: https://union.place/@ufwupdates/116359537193054917 This is ...

2026-04-06T20:05:25Z

RE: https://union.place/@ufwupdates/116359537193054917

This is unquestionably skilled labor.
#Horticulture

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"Lourdes" sent this photo explaining "It's the graft season. We are in Mattawa WA grafting an Aztec Fuji apple. We get paid piece rate. If we work very fast and don't take breaks we might make a teeny bit more than minimum wage to cover our expenses." #WeFeedYou

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@UPressSalesBot/116335365624166939 This ...

2026-04-02T21:55:41Z

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@UPressSalesBot/116335365624166939

This can be applied to Stephen Heard (npub16z4…k4lz) 's "The Scientist's Guide to Writing" although the 3rd Ed is due out later this year, I think.

Unfortunately, an app is required for the epub or PDF.

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New bee species discovered in Washington ...

2026-04-02T08:36:36Z

New bee species discovered in Washington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dswEnJzW9c #Entomology #Washington

Red squirrels rise again as Aberdeen begins to eliminate greys ...

2026-03-28T15:41:48Z

Red squirrels rise again as Aberdeen begins to eliminate greys

"Alien greys"...one has to be careful when discussing introduced species, IMO, because xenophobes love to apply this rhetoric to humans based on race, color, ethnicity, and creed...

Eastern Grey Squirrels, native to the Eastern US and Canada, were introduced to the Western US and to the UK, where they are outcompeting endemic squirrel species in rapidly urbanizing environments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwnuz56T_jY #Scotland

Worcester 7th grader earns national recognition for solar panel ...

2026-03-28T15:19:58Z

Worcester 7th grader earns national recognition for solar panel invention

I wish they'd covered his design in more detail. He's come up with a way to get the solar panel to move, tracking the sun for better efficiency. Of course there are already many systems that do this. His improvement was using water flow and gravity to do it without motors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eK79UpoXro #STEM #SolarPunk

Last day of the conference and of the carob workshop. We were led ...

2026-03-27T20:02:01Z

Last day of the conference and of the carob workshop. We were led out of the auditorium and to a theatrical space outside by a duo of Valencian musicians, one playing a double reed instrument made of carob wood.

The best thing about this conference/workshop is it was largely about carob, but the second best thing is that it was interdisciplinary in many ways.

#Carob #Valencia #Spain #STEAM

I gotta get in bed since tomorrow the conference venue changes ...

2026-03-26T21:30:46Z

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I gotta get in bed since tomorrow the conference venue changes again and I have an hour commute to get to it.

This is the prize-winning carob tree. The guide says it's at least 350 years old but could be as old as 500.

Carob is a tough as hell tree. Beautiful and underappreciated. #Carob #Horticulture #Spain #ThickTrunkThursday

When we got off our buses, the first thing I noticed was the ...

2026-03-26T21:18:37Z

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When we got off our buses, the first thing I noticed was the carob espalier although I suppose it's more like carob pleaching. That's a first for me!

I've seen carob clipped to grow like a box hedge or topiary. I've seen carob bonsai. But I've never seen a pleached line of carobs.

It was in such a weird place, too! Normally you'd do this to grow fruit in a small space or to provide a living fence or cover an unsightly wall.

One of the things about the farm area we were in that differs a ...

2026-03-26T21:11:59Z

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One of the things about the farm area we were in that differs a lot from CA farm areas I've been in is that the farm plots are much smaller and the crops grown more diverse. So in a small area we saw carob, almond, olives, and various citrus. And the "weeds" along the roads were volunteers of these species.

Outside the factory were two crates of grafted carob saplings. ...

2026-03-26T21:01:00Z

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Outside the factory were two crates of grafted carob saplings. This one is labeled 'Duraio', which is one of the cultivars grown locally in València and is traditional to this area.

I'm guessing these are one year old saplings, maybe two. Carob is a slow grower and that's partly why it's so drought resistant.

Because of missing the earset for live translation, I didn't ...

2026-03-26T20:55:19Z

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Because of missing the earset for live translation, I didn't get details of certain things...including what gets separated where.

It appeared to me that some rougher stuff falls onto the floor in piles to be sold as cow, pig, goat or horse feed (depending on coarseness). I didn't spot where the seeds went, but it's common for seeds to be sent to a specialty locust bean gum processor. This seems like a fairly fine product with good color, so I'm guessing this goes on to become carob powder.

Carob harvest time starts in August and can go into December. Not ...

2026-03-26T20:45:39Z

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Carob harvest time starts in August and can go into December. Not only do the various cultivars get ripe at slightly different times, but once the harvest is in the warehouse, it can take a while to process. So this pile we're seeing in late March, large as it is, is just a fraction of what it can get to and you can see the marks on the walls from previous piles.

They have to control humidity in the warehouse so the sugars in the pods don't ferment.

One of the longer pods in a pile in front of me. I missed the ...

2026-03-26T20:32:02Z

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One of the longer pods in a pile in front of me. I missed the handout of the audio tour earsets so I didn't get a lot of what was said. I understood about 1/3 of the Spanish tour. I got the impression that the factory has its own carob sources, but that some local farmers also bring their product to sell them and so the cultivars used can vary.

You could see marks on the side of the warehouse from how high the piles can get during a bumper harvest.

Conference field trip to a carob factory then to a 12-year old ...

2026-03-26T20:17:54Z

Conference field trip to a carob factory then to a 12-year old test orchard of carob, then to a ~350 year old carob that won a Best Carob Tree in Spain contest in 2025.

After we took the tour, the machinery was turned back on and this is video from that. After the pods have been kibbled, the seeds are separated out and the flesh is processed into various levels of product - even livestock feed can vary with pigs and goats able to handle coarser carob than what goes to racehorses.

Additionally, they really seemed mystified that I'd use a ...

2026-03-25T16:45:33Z

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Additionally, they really seemed mystified that I'd use a cane. Lots of cultural difference in who identifies as disabled, I guess.

Could I tell carob if the cut didn't also include some heartwood? Maybe not. But I think I can tell the difference between carob wood and oak.

One of the interesting features of the venue (Universitat Politècnica de València) is that there's a wood library in displays right outside the meeting room! These are rare to find nowadays.

And carob wood is in there:

Got several questions on my cane today (actually a "walking ...

2026-03-25T16:39:51Z

Got several questions on my cane today (actually a "walking stick", taller and higher quality than many medical canes).

Because I'm at a carob workshop, folks thought I'd brought a carob cane. What I found interesting was that they weren't able to immediately tell it was not carob. It shows that people can work with one product of a species and not know what other products look like.

https://www.brazos-walking-sticks.com/collections/oak-walking-sticks/products/twisted-oak-hitchhiker-walking-stick?variant=42487290364113

Whatever social nervousness I have about attending this ...

2026-03-24T19:15:19Z

Whatever social nervousness I have about attending this conference/workshop, I have to say I'm enjoying the subject matter a lot and how the organizers brought in more than just academics.

https://efi.int/efimed-network-forum-2026/programme

#Climate #Forest #Europe #Mediterranean #Botany #AcademicChatter

Mangosteens and passion fruits at Mercat Central in València ...

2026-03-23T21:17:19Z

Mangosteens and passion fruits at Mercat Central in València this afternoon.

Many booths had already packed up for the day, their fruits sold. #Spain #FruitToot

Thank you for refusing to take those AI training jobs. I see them ...

2026-03-19T10:39:14Z

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Thank you for refusing to take those AI training jobs. I see them everywhere and worry that many desperate students and recent grads will train themselves & their colleagues out of a future while spreading more AI skew and errors.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Quantitative Genetics – ...

2026-03-19T06:11:04Z

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Quantitative Genetics – Predictive Breeding at Universität für Bodenkultur Vienna, Austria

"You have a passion for quantitative tools in plant breeding? You like to work with big data? You like to teach and support students in handling plant breeding data?

If yes, please apply."

https://boku.ac.at/en/agri/ipzg/newsitem/90087 #PlantBreeding #PlantScience

Move over maple: Other tree saps are just as sweet ...

2026-03-17T22:16:19Z

Move over maple: Other tree saps are just as sweet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV23inZQPE #EconomicBotany #Agroforestry #Food

Meet the YouTube Botanist with a Thick Chicago Accent and Foul ...

2026-03-17T19:43:57Z

Meet the YouTube Botanist with a Thick Chicago Accent and Foul Mouth

6 year old local news report. Lots has changed since then...Joey/Tony's in TX now, for one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BT8XHJaDm0 #Botany #Trains #Hobo #Chicago

I know academic science likes to specify exactly which font and ...

2026-03-17T10:41:06Z

I know academic science likes to specify exactly which font and font size to use in grant and other applications, but is it common to specific uniformity in scientific posters to the point of specifying font sizes within the poster?

Everything looking the same is a recipe for visual boredom, which is antithetical to getting folks interested in the info you're trying to convey, IMO.

#Design #SciComm #AcademicChatter

It's good to remember there is no algorithm here and part of ...

2026-03-17T10:27:36Z

It's good to remember there is no algorithm here and part of what that means is that boosting becomes that much more important.

I sometimes boost toots of things well outside my field, especially when they're about conferences, grad school opportunities, and events because I want those who are trying to get the word out to feel that the Fediverse is at least as good a place to do that as the billionaire-owned walled gardens are.

I would like more of them to establish here.

- Carob (US history of it, wider history of it, as street trees, ...

2026-03-13T14:34:39Z

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- Carob (US history of it, wider history of it, as street trees, what I think are opportunities and challenges).

- Accessibility/ableism in academia, particularly in STEM/Hort/Ag. What the situation is, tools for changing it.

- Similarly, accessibility in cycling. I have extensive experience as a disabled cyclist of uprights, recumbents, and folders, as well as an activist for accessible cycle infrastructure.

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/carobology

I’m trying to make a slow trip from Spain to #Spezi2026 in ...

2026-03-13T14:31:05Z

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I’m trying to make a slow trip from Spain to #Spezi2026 in Freiburg as affordable, accessible, and joy-inspiring as I can given the circumstances.

I’m in my 60s and taking risks I was too cautious to take in my 20s, including asking Mastodonians if they know of or can offer ways I can make this month-long sojourn more affordable (and hopefully academically rewarding…got a good Pomology/Botany Department at your local university or research institution?)

Things I can present on:

As a disabled woman who lost most of her stuff exiting the US to ...

2026-03-13T14:29:46Z

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As a disabled woman who lost most of her stuff exiting the US to look for a funded PhD in Europe, I am actually broker than I seem. I'm SO GRATEFUL for the help of Mastodonians so far in helping me in this journey and survival.

I got late notice of a Mediterranean Forest conference/ Carob workshop right up my alley. The fares to go were already high, but I felt I had to take the risk. Other things have happened since to keep the costs high. So I'm looking for some way to make this work.

:boost_requested: 🧵 In the spirit of "you can't get ...

2026-03-13T14:27:06Z

:boost_requested: 🧵

In the spirit of "you can't get what you don't ask for" and "trying to be more positive about online community just like the old days", I have an immodest proposal for kind Mastodonians in Spain, France, Germany, and other European countries I might pass through.

I start in València and need to move on starting March 30, eventually arriving in Freiburg im Breisgau on April 23, then back to Albania. I'm somewhat flexible about where I go in between using my Eurail pass.

I'm looking forward to taking part in the EFI Mediterranean ...

2026-03-13T13:05:29Z

I'm looking forward to taking part in the EFI Mediterranean Network Forum 2026 in Valencia, a space to connect, learn, and exchange knowledge and action across the Mediterranean region. I'm especially looking forward to the #Carob Workshop, which will get scientists, carob growers, carob processors & more together.

(I needed to "amend" my conference bio photo here...)

More about the event and you can register here:
https://efi.int/efimed-network-forum-2026

#EFIMNF26 #MediterraneanResilience #Forest

Believe it or not, there are some things the US has done well and ...

2026-03-06T16:22:47Z

Believe it or not, there are some things the US has done well and that the current regime hasn't totally destroyed yet.

One of those things is agricultural extension and the Master Gardener program is part of that. Here's a detail for those in Alameda County, California. (Check to see what your local US county might offer.)

https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardener-program-alameda-county/alameda-county-demonstration-gardens

https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardener-program-alameda-county/master-gardener-help-desk

#USpol #California #Horticulture #Gardening

I wish there were more plant scientists here because I'd ...

2026-03-04T15:53:33Z

I wish there were more plant scientists here because I'd really love to see some brackets: "Best journal", "Best professional society", "Most money-grubbing professional society", "Professional society with most members on the Epstein List"... #Botany #PlantScience #Science #Ethics #AcademicChatter

LA’s Green Arrow Co-Lab heals people by teaching one plant at a ...

2026-03-04T11:09:49Z

LA’s Green Arrow Co-Lab heals people by teaching one plant at a time
In this paid fellowship, people impacted by incarceration learn self care and gardening skills.

https://lapublicpress.org/2026/03/la-garden-incarceration-justice/ #LosAngeles #Gardening

Want more ‘Buy Canadian’ food? These companies are trying to ...

2026-03-04T06:28:47Z

Want more ‘Buy Canadian’ food? These companies are trying to help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwPppkdD_p0 #Canada #Agriculture

Strangely enough, I still haven't had to have a scientific ...

2026-03-03T19:56:37Z

Strangely enough, I still haven't had to have a scientific poster printed - I never got funding for it in my Masters (and the pandemic got in the way of my attending places I might have submitted to). The couple posters I've done so far have been hand-made interdisciplinary approaches more like artworks...

Can folks in Valencia, #Spain tell me of ways I might be able to bring a digital file with me and have a scientific poster printed at a local printer? Are there printers you'd recommend?

The Mendelianum was a little disappointing - in most of the ...

2026-02-28T16:10:47Z

The Mendelianum was a little disappointing - in most of the exhibits, it was like walking through a basic bio textbook.

It also engaged in a LOT of botanical erasure. The entrance talked about molecular biologists - Mendel made his most famous discovery by classic plant breeding, noting phenotypes, and using math. The English audio tour called him "primarily a physicist" but also "mostly known as a meteorologist". Anything but a botanist or natural scientist, I guess... #Botany #Brno #History

Apple cultivars I saw for sale at Kaufland in Brno, Czechia: ...

2026-02-26T15:34:51Z

Apple cultivars I saw for sale at Kaufland in Brno, Czechia:

Granny Smith
Golden Delicious
Jonagold
Red Delicious
Red Prince
Braeburn
Cripps Pink ("Pink Lady")
Gala
"Cosmic Crisp"
Eva (I think...I might be misremembering this one).

Didn't see any Czech cultivars per se. #FruitToot #Agrobiodiversity #Czechia

"Here Gregor Johann Mendel lectured on his discovery in ...

2026-02-24T17:13:32Z

"Here Gregor Johann Mendel lectured on his discovery in 1865"

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=226439 #ScienceHistory #PlantBreeding #Botany #Brno #Czechia

"City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado led the ceremony and said ...

2026-02-12T17:47:39Z

"City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado led the ceremony and said the trees will be replaced two to one. "Anytime DTLA has had a downturn, it comes back stronger," she said.

Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services General Manager Ana Tabuena-Ruddy called it an instance of eco-terrorism. "We are planting Oak trees, Desert Willows, Catalina Cherry, and in locations we couldn't plant natives, we are identifying drought-tolerant trees to plant," Tabuena-Ruddy said." #UrbanForest

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/losangeles/news/downtown-los-angeles-tree-vandal-sentenced-2-years-prison/

"TREES (Training, Research & Equity in Environmental ...

2026-02-11T10:49:35Z

"TREES (Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences) is a dynamic new programme for doctoral training designed to equip the next generation of environmental scientists to tackle today's critical global challenges.

Register for Funded PhD Opportunities in Environmental Sciences"

https://www.trees-dla.ac.uk/

#GradSchool #UK #Ecology #Botany #PlantScience

"This seasonal position offers varied, rewarding work, from ...

2026-02-10T09:30:36Z

"This seasonal position offers varied, rewarding work, from monitoring and mapping noxious weed populations using GPS technology to applying herbicides, manually removing weeds, and responding to public reports. You’ll collaborate with partner agencies on eradication efforts and may assist with pest detection by placing and inspecting insect traps and checking nursery shipments."

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/edcgov/jobs/5202021-0/agricultural-biology-technician-extra-help #Agriculture #Jobs

"In this special series, Edge Effects seeks to diversify, ...

2026-02-08T07:29:54Z

"In this special series, Edge Effects seeks to diversify, complicate, and proliferate Botanical Imaginations. How do communities around the world relate with plants? How do plants shape our understandings of nature and ourselves? How might the principles of ecological justice apply to plant relationalities?

We invite methodologies and perspectives at the edge between humanities and social & natural sciences, as well as between cultures, ages, and time"

https://edgeeffects.net/botanical-imaginations-call/ #PlantHumanities

"...we invited scholars from across academic disciplines to ...

2026-02-07T23:02:32Z

"...we invited scholars from across academic disciplines to share something plant-y they are excited to read/view and teach this academic semester. Their varied recommendations speak to the diversity of human-plant relations, taking us from the roadside hedge to the garden, from the plate to the lab, and from accounts of speculative fiction to physical, historic furniture."

https://edgeeffects.net/faculty-recommendations-plants/ #PlantHumanities #History #Botany

This is a longshot, but I'm between my Masters and being ...

2026-02-05T19:53:50Z

This is a longshot, but I'm between my Masters and being accepted to any PhD programs. There's a conference that's right up my alley and I'd like to attend, but money is an issue. (EDIT: not just like to attend...could possibly network into a PhD while at the conference if I can afford to get there & attend)

Does anyone know of grants or awards that would help a non-traditional disabled woman in science get travel funds?

#AcademicChatter #Science

I'd like to see the scientists who are here (especially plant ...

2026-02-04T18:37:02Z

I'd like to see the scientists who are here (especially plant scientists/botanists, of course, but...) try to increase the amount of helpful things we're sharing.

I post the PhD openings because I'm looking at them anyway. I relay postings here so that others may see them. Yes, it takes extra time out of my day, but I know that I've benefited from and appreciated the things scientists & academics shared with me before.

I am still learning the hidden curriculum & I'm sure others are too.

A carob farmer kindly let me know about this European Forest ...

2026-02-03T14:19:56Z

A carob farmer kindly let me know about this European Forest Institute event "Carob Days".

They have a student rate, but as I'm not currently enrolled I have to pay the full whack if I want to attend...

https://efi.int/efimed-network-forum-2026/carob-days #Horticulture #Agriculture #Carob #PlantScience #Science #Spain

Any folks familiar with the German PhD system able to explain ...

2026-01-30T15:36:21Z

Any folks familiar with the German PhD system able to explain what "A gross salary up to 65% E13 TV-L." means in practical terms for an immigrant PhD student in Gatersleben?

What would that be net, and is it enough to live there without struggling? (They seem open to recruiting disabled scientists, so I also wonder whether an immigrant's access needs will be covered or whether that will be an additional cost to figure into how far the pay might go...)

#AcademicChatter #Germany

PhD Funded Position in the field of Plant Biotechnology in ...

2026-01-30T15:23:58Z

PhD Funded Position in the field of Plant Biotechnology in Germany

The aim of this project will be the characterization and mobilization of unique genetic diversity from Hordeum bulbosum, a perennial relative of Barley.

https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/jobs/detail/job/show/Job/phd-student-fmd-in-the-field-of-plant-biotechnology #PlantBreeding #GeneBanks #GradSchool #Germany

Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Danish Insect Biodiversity, DNA ...

2026-01-30T15:17:21Z

Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Danish Insect Biodiversity, DNA Barcoding at the University of Copenhagen

https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=155978 #Entomology #Denmark #GradSchool

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2026-01-28T09:49:01Z

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https://quarto.com/books/9780760391884/concrete-botany

https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9780760391884/

Joey Santore's announcing that pre-orders are available for ...

2026-01-28T09:46:07Z

Joey Santore's announcing that pre-orders are available for his book Concrete Botany and that there's an audiobook version available as well.

I think the audiobook *may* outsell the print version because what first brought Joey to fame was his exaggerated Chicago accent and his swearing...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M5JlX5NGxRk #Botany

Update on the Annenberg Wildlife Crossing bridge "Beth Pratt, ...

2026-01-27T08:02:02Z

Update on the Annenberg Wildlife Crossing bridge

"Beth Pratt, NWF regional executive director, discusses progress in the Wildlife Crossing bridge project."

They had to redesign the project because the effect of the tariffs made the cost of the approved designs left to construct soar out of range. Even with the redesign, it cost $21M more than it would have before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyjZQt57Kac #LosAngeles #Ecology #Infrastructure #USpol

The seedlessness of 'Washington Navel' means that it ...

2026-01-27T07:49:41Z

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The seedlessness of 'Washington Navel' means that it *must* be propagated by clonal methods (grafting, and others), but that doesn't mean that the seeded citrus already in the US could not also be grafted to or propagated by grafting. Of course it could. #FruitToot #Horticulture

The Rise and Fall of California’s Citrus Empire/ Hiking a ...

2026-01-27T07:48:00Z

The Rise and Fall of California’s Citrus Empire/ Hiking a Historic Orchard

I always wanted to visit this historic park but at the time I went, they were closed.

The vlogger got something wrong off the bat. He talks about 'Washington Navel' as if it were the first orange that could be grafted. The USDA would not have bothered importing budwood if previous oranges in the US could not have been grafted to.

The big deal about 'Washington Navel' was that it was seedless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7dI4WjrHcs

Kew's top 10 new species of 2025 Kew's scientists and ...

2026-01-26T18:03:09Z

Kew's top 10 new species of 2025

Kew's scientists and international partners share their favourite species named as new to science in another big year for nature

I'm late on reposting those kinds of year-end lists...

https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/top-10-species-2025 #Botany #Biology #PlantScience

Given that web search engines aren't showing me much that ...

2026-01-25T19:56:59Z

Given that web search engines aren't showing me much that isn't crud, can someone link me to their favorite web resource for formatting & content hints for doing a European style academic CV?

Do we still have to provide photos on them (bleagh)? #AskFedi #AcademicChatter

Does anyone know of a book like "Getting into Graduate School ...

2026-01-23T17:11:59Z

Does anyone know of a book like "Getting into Graduate School in the Sciences
A Step-by-Step Guide for Students" that is more geared towards the EU grad school situation? The book here is apparently geared almost entirely to how it's done in the US and sadly that is less my bag these days...
#AcademicChatter #Science #Biology #Botany

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/getting-into-graduate-school-in-the-sciences/F93AAA9441C31462F6B789A970F5C852

Guerilla gardening goes official when needed. ...

2026-01-20T10:03:55Z

Guerilla gardening goes official when needed.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2bJvQnn_v00 #UrbanForest #Ecology #Texas

Possible horizontal gene transfer: Virectaria stellata ...

2026-01-20T08:11:39Z

Possible horizontal gene transfer: Virectaria stellata (Sabiceeae-Rubiaceae), a new sandstone cliff species from the Republic of Guinea with stellate hairs recorded for the first time in the Rubiaceae.

https://kew.iro.bl.uk/concern/articles/b9eb6574-7f63-41da-8b4f-ae844d86dc78 #Botany #Science #PlantScience #Africa #Guinea

As I lament once more that 'Granny Smith' pushed ...

2026-01-18T10:11:56Z

As I lament once more that 'Granny Smith' pushed 'Newtown Pippin' out of markets, I wondered what the reason for that was (because it certainly could not be taste & texture quality). I took a mini-break from world events stress to search for any analysis of this from the decades I saw it happening. No help.

While I could find a few papers documenting that there was lower production of 'Newtown Pippin', nothing mentioned *why* there was lower production. #Agriculture #Horticulture

The Largest Poison Ivy in Suburban Cleveland ...

2026-01-16T21:14:19Z

The Largest Poison Ivy in Suburban Cleveland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czY3umhMrs #Botany

I've seen a rise in Albanian businesses using AI trained on ...

2026-01-15T16:40:39Z

I've seen a rise in Albanian businesses using AI trained on stolen creative works for generating their signs, ads, YouTube, infographics...

As I looked at an Uncanny Valley-dwelling graphic of an anthropomorphized potato wearing a chef's hat, another shitty thing about AI use hit me:

The majority of what AI stole from did not including Albanian creative works. So not only is it this shitty slop created from grand theft autocorrect, but it helps erase any Albanian-ness from these businesses.

Can anyone who has experience with US grad school and Finnish ...

2026-01-15T13:08:14Z

Can anyone who has experience with US grad school and Finnish grad school give me your take on the major differences between them? Does Finnish PhD funding actually stretch well to covering the Finnish cost of living? #AcademicChatter

Tijuana River Trash Boom proving its worth after recent rain ...

2026-01-09T08:16:59Z

Tijuana River Trash Boom proving its worth after recent rain storms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7SpLGuHAo #Pollution #Prevention

Has anyone bought an audiobook from University of Wisconsin ...

2026-01-04T13:12:43Z

Has anyone bought an audiobook from University of Wisconsin Press? If so, do they let you download MP3 files or is it something where there's DRM and you need a special app to hear it?

https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/D/Discovering-Albanian-I-Audio-Supplement2

Welp. Ran into another ageist thing in academia. ...

2025-12-28T21:33:07Z

Welp.

Ran into another ageist thing in academia.

https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/en/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships#Research-scholarships

#Ageism #AcademicChatter

How a stray cat turned into pest control at The Dawes Arboretum ...

2025-12-28T18:05:44Z

How a stray cat turned into pest control at The Dawes Arboretum

Looks like they keep her as an indoor cat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ErZtktFxk #Botany #Cats

One of the fixes we're in right now is that having trees next ...

2025-12-28T12:04:01Z

One of the fixes we're in right now is that having trees next to your home keeps it cooler, but having trees next to your home is a fire/storm risk in a time when climate change isn't just making things hotter (thus the need for shade), but intensifying fires, storms, tree pest infestations, and droughts.

There's a HUGE need for science communication & education on landscaping choices & maintenance. And policies that get the balance right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36fmkvlnmlw #Horticulture #ClimateChange

Do you mean a post here on Mastodon or a blog post elsewhere? If ...

2025-12-26T17:02:09Z

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Do you mean a post here on Mastodon or a blog post elsewhere?

If the latter, was it this? https://d-shoot.net/cohostfinance.html

Thanks so much! That would be excellent. (I don't know how ...

2025-12-26T16:11:14Z

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Thanks so much! That would be excellent. (I don't know how much it would help, but I'm intermediate in Swedish and low intermediate [from lack of practice] in Danish.)

Location-wise, those are definitely programs I have an interest ...

2025-12-26T15:55:51Z

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Location-wise, those are definitely programs I have an interest in. I was poking around their sites earlier this month. I'd love to end up working at Nordgen, I think.

The trick is finding a plant science place that isn't only interested in molecular and genetics...one that still has some interest in old school pomology, botany, and horticulture. Or at least has an interest in someone like that on their team.

Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" ...

2025-12-26T15:28:32Z

Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" PhD in EU, UK, Canada, NZ?

I'm finding that most funded PhDs in plant science are slanted towards computation (either bioinformatics or remote sensing or AI) and that's not my forte nor my interest. I'd really like to be able to construct a research topic of my own given I'm not finding what I'm hoping for in advertised PhDs.

I'll never know if I don't ask, right?

#AcademicChatter #Science #PlantScience #Botany #Pomology

Honestly, it would be great to just have replies anyway since ...

2025-12-18T12:09:21Z

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Honestly, it would be great to just have replies anyway since I'm sure this is going to have many variables, but one is which field one is in.

Biology, post-baccalaureate community college.

Not a whole course. I have never been req'd to take a single whole ethics course. But I did have a prof who introduced ethical questions for discussion while teaching the genetics chapter of Gen Bio.

If you're in STEM, at what level did you first get taught ...

2025-12-18T12:08:20Z

If you're in STEM, at what level did you first get taught ethics (in general, and as specifically relevant in your field)?

Mastodon only allows 4 poll choices so please write in the comments if these choices don't cover you.

#Ethics #Science #AcademicChatter #STEM

Re last boost: Honestly, I think it's well past time that ...

2025-12-16T11:36:34Z

Re last boost:

Honestly, I think it's well past time that academics get rebellious and build ethical institutions from the ground up.

People are already giving free labor - better to give it to building a better world than giving it to Elsevier, IMO. #AcademicChatter #Science #FuckAI

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115723236071615979 Thanks to ...

2025-12-16T11:11:00Z

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115723236071615979

Thanks to everyone who boosted this so there could be more participation. The results point at one possible reason why I haven't been getting much participation when I try to get folks contributing to efforts to disseminate grad school info from their schools.

The replies to this were interesting, too! #AcademicChatter #GradSchool
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While looking around for better-than-average fruit to send as ...

2025-12-15T13:33:47Z

While looking around for better-than-average fruit to send as gifts, I found that Cuyama Orchards near Ventura now has some mail order options.

Cuyama Orchards grows some of the best 'Cripps Pink' (marketed under the trade name Pink Lady™) apples I've ever tasted. Not every year tastes the same because it depends on weather in these climate change times, but they grow organic and if you're in CA, it's great to support CA businesses.

https://www.cuyamaorchards.com/ #FruitToot #Food #Apple