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Alan Christensen

@achristensenphd.bsky.social
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Geneticist, plant mitochondria, mtDNA, woodworker, catman

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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you!
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Was the Penn State foot across the center line?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is really cool!
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Maybe just use a human brain in the process?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
And Alexandra Petri!
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
How about "what are you afraid will happen if you answer the question truthfully?" And a follow-up "If you are so afraid of Donald Trump saying mean things to you, how are you going to act when you face a real problem?"
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
@lfceriotti.bsky.social et al. investigate the rewiring of organellar translation in the holoparasitic Balanophoraceae, revealing extreme changes in the anciently conserved machinery of plant organellar translation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag077 #evobio #molbio #PlantSky
MBE | Reshaping organellar translation and tRNA metabolism: the consequences of photosynthesis loss and massive horizontal gene transfer

Photo: Tuber and two inflorescences of the holoparasitic plant Lophophytum pyramidale collected from Parque Nacional Calilegua, Argentina
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The top officials who were targets offer thoughts and prayers to school children and insist that "This is not the time to discuss gun control." Treat them the same way. No ballroom bs.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Technically, isn't he the TWO dumbest?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Congress needs to stop asking them who won the election - they expect that question and practice dissembling and evading it. They should instead ask something that gets to the heart of the matter: "What are you afraid will happen if you tell the truth and admit that Trump lost the 2020 election?"
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
They should stop asking this question, because the MAGAts all know how to dissemble and evade it. They should instead ask "What are you afraid will happen if you tell the truth that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election?"
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
So why did Nebraska hand them over?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
If you believe Iowa only committed one foul in the second half, I've got a bridge to sell you.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What has Iowa likely learned about shutting down Sandfort from scouting the last two Husker games, and how are the Huskers going to get him open anyway?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Good. Now the press can stop talking about all those past teams, and talk about the one in the present! GBR!
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Seems like former Nebraska administrators don't do well when they move up. Graham Spanier didn't work out so well for Penn State, James Moeser presided over an athlete cheating scandal at North Carolina, now this. Makes you say "Hmmmm..."
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a thousand times, I must be Susan Collins and I'm very concerned.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
No
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We need to call him "The Andrew formerly known as Prince."
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The problem is that people who had one really good idea and made a ton of money on it, thinks that every idea they produce is golden forever after. It's kind of like Dunning-Kruger. Too many of them think things like I got rich on software, therefore I'm a brilliant immunologist.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We've gone beyond farce.
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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
This story is absolutely wild. Did you know that avocados change sex over the course of a day? And that it's controlled by a single ancient balanced polymorphism? This is flat our crazy
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
He would pass. He engages in confabulation, so he believes everything he says.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Interesting that an editor persuaded at least a few authors to contribute articles.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/12/2025
Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $493.8 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2025: $240.9 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2025: $226.9 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2025: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
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Joanna Chustecki @chusteckisci.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Check out the editorial 'Plant Mitochondrial Biology' special issue; home to our paper 'Running on empty: Mitochondria Without DNA Exhibit Differential Motility&Connectivity' @achristensenphd.bsky.social Editorial onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
You would think...
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
East of Lincoln, NE
Red and green northern lights.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Maybe they are trying to mislead not the public, but Stephen Miller, to reduce the pressure.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Bergen should be POTY. Anyone who is paying attention would rather have her on their team than, say, Kennedy Martin.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Will this hurt the hitters, in terms of postseason awards? Those seem more likely to go to the stars of one-woman teams where one hitter gets all the kills.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
He doesn't do much thinking, including retrospectively.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
@btn.com the btn+ app is the WORST streaming app ever. Wasting most of yhe first set resetting password, restarting devoces, trying again, getting kicked out just as it is starting. They ought to pay me to subscribe.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Why is Skyler in street clothes?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Umm. It's a joke. "Because plants are sessile" is a tiring phrase to read (like nobody knows that). Saying they don't have flight as an option is an alternative phrasing that I thought was funny, but your mileage may vary.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
It's a joke. Animals have fight or flight. Plants only have fight or fight.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Like no one knows plants are sessile. Why not use the sentence "Because plants only have a fight or fight response..."
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Alexandra Petri leaving was the last straw for me and I cancelled my subscription.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
So is it possible that no matter who is on the floor, there is still a top-25 team on the bench?
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Joanna Chustecki @chusteckisci.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Nice to see a small summary of our research findings in the Plantae Research Weekly! ☺️🌱
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Wait, I'm confused. Is Nebraska allowed to win a football game by more than 5 points?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Jake Tapper is on it, writing another book about Biden's decline.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
How will opposing coaches game plan for Nebraska? What can they do to stop them?
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Maybe tomorrow they could give out earplugs instead of the LED bracelets.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
What I loathed... the AVCA couldn't find someone to run the scoreboard who knew how a hitting percentage is calculated.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Whoever was running the scoreboard did not know how to calculate hitting %.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Yes. It's getting very tiring.
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Alan Christensen @achristensenphd.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Instead of stating the obvious fact that plants are sessile, try saying that they only have a "fight or fight" response.
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