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Bernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Same, if you want to go to graduate school and study with me, do not use AI to write your first e-mail to me. We can tell who does and it is a no-go.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Very interesting article, and in my field (plant taxonomy etc.) the bottlenecks are fieldwork, museum work, permits, grants, old literature, and simply 'we do not know what we are looking for until we have found a new species' - it is discovery in the unknown sometimes, not based on data we have.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Great writing about bottom-up processing, the power of observation of details, how the eyes search for the different and the specific, and linkages between and to autism, cooking, meaning, and nature exploration - it is a great read! #cooking #skills #ability #nature #iNaturalist #neurons

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you haven't checked out @botanylicious.bsky.social and her gorgeous blog, photogenic photos and insightful text about nature in urban and non-urban Georgia, USA, please do. She is a lawyer by day, and a species nerd by day and night. (And, she was my student at Rutgers too.) Thanks Sarah!

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well."

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Kelly Rebar @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Like fine beadwork, or stitches. #swallowtail #butterfly #closeup

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/05/2026

WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."

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High-strength, multi-mode processable bamboo molecular bioplastic enabled by solvent-shaping regulation - Nature Communications

Bioplastics derived from biomass show promise as sustainable alternatives to petrochemical plastics, but their adoption is hindered by their inferior mechanical properties and processability. Here, th...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!)

A cream colored shirt with a red and blue design featuring 9 crustaceans and a fly. A scuba diving Fly Says a”am I shrimp too?” A pistol shrimp wearing a cowboy hat says “bang bang” a mantis shrimp says KO, the title says a”shrimp city and friends” a hermit crab uses a skull
As a shell, a jumbo shrimp is labeled himbo shrimp, and a yeti crab is labeled “snack bacteria cafe”. The fly has an asterisk next to
Him and underneath the whole design it says *the latest research shows that bugs is actually shrimp”

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Same experience, but different reason - my day got sidetracked by hackers (who managed only to waste our time majorly), rain (thankfully), and unexpected deals on FB Marketplace. Plus work. And creative writing. Plus frogs in the dark at night. And planted rhubarb and two fig trees. #life #time

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This reminds me of 1980s Swedish bands like Ebba Grön etc.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The pandemic-planted peonies have now erupted exploded/ matured / found their loveliness in my garden in these crazy bad times. Then it rain-hailed 1 inch @ 30 min in a violent #thunderstorm, but they survived! Bent down but alive and rebounding. Small lovely #garden things in the greater scheme…

A hand holding a very large white open peony flower, with many fringed petals and a slightly deep magenta center.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This Mars photo is so... evocative, incredible, beautiful, soothing - add your own adjective :)

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I love things like this. And then wonder - how does this match up with people's movements over thousands of years. (Beck and Dale are similar to old norse names, for example)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

A painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a red Chevrolet truck. The man is holding a hoe; the woman is holding a bucket with house cleaning supplies.

The artist's two parents stand proudly in front of the painting.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Life Rate Accounting is what really counts!

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is fantastic in so many ways - click on the post and then read and see the threads with all the other images.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 11/05/2026

"Scientists don't want you to know-" Buddy there are so many things I, as a scientist, want you to know and the only thing stopping me from writing more papers and posts about it and then starting a podcast to tell you even MORE things is that I am limited by hours in the day

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Yes, and we are animals too, eating plants, fungi, algae, and animals (and bacteria and archaea). It is all connected.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It is the time of red columbines, aquilegias, and aklejas, depending on your language preference. Flowering today in New Jersey (USA) and reminding me of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, as well as the beauty of native plants. This species insist on growing here in the shaded gravel spot. #botany

Red columbine flower with inner yellow tepals against cement wall with green leaves in the background.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A great read, with wow examples, about (unfortunately fantastic) examples of AI slop from the #knitting and #craft communities. Sad, but remember. It is the real things that matter. Try to wear an AI-knitted sweater (and I am not talking about knitting machines, they are real). #AIslop #AIfail

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In celebration of #YearOfTheMoth, the Mothbox team hired an artist in Panama, David Francesco, to create a fun sticker pack so you can more adequately express yourself online via Moths! Available in @signal.org (and telegram + WhatsApp below!) #sciart #teammoth signal.art/addstickers/...

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Sarah, love your writing! And your screaming birds too ;)

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Sarah E. Kelsey @botanylicious.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The #moon last Saturday night, a day past full, over Overflow Creek, a tributary of the Chattooga River in Rabun County, GA #BWFri #ColorADay #NorthGeorgia #NaturePhotography

Against a completely black sky, the moon, large and round. (Technically it's the day after the full moon, but it looks full.) The moon is glowing white, with gray craters visible on the surface.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Lots of lessons for professors and teachers (and university administrators) to learn from this total disruption.

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rugnerd.bsky.social @rugnerd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Americans don't appreciate the long term damage from a catastrophic interruption to scientific research. Continuity between generations of researchers, loss of long term testing data, expatriation of the most talented and dedicated scientists- Turning the money back on in a few years will not fix it

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

So glad to see this work being spread - innovative beginner-level #botany #education using popular #music, media, and science, love and poetry, based on #TaylorSwift and botanical #biodiversity. Congratulations Gláucia Silva and everyone. (link to article in comment below)

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

For those biologists and mycologists that are wondering, the fungus is the mold Aspergillus calidoustus. Abbreviating the genus with only an A. is not cool, what if it was Amanita or Alternaria? :) #taxonomy #mycology And yes, it can infect humans: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Rise and Shine! Pettson and Findus Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This is just so bad, in so many ways.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Gertrude Jekyll (1843 – 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles for gardening magazines. #CelebratingWomen

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Unsolicited writing advice,. no. 2145667: The number of words you write a day, or the time you spend writing, is irrelevant. What matters is that you make progress. One good sentence is better than ten pages you'll have to cut later.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Margaret Knight (1838 – 1914) was the American inventor of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags. A man, Charles Annan, stole her design and patented it, claiming that "she could not possibly understand the mechanical complexities of the machine", but she sued him and won. #CelebratingWomen

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thirteen (!) #Democrats in the primary race in our NJ-12 district for the House of Reprentatives in Congress - what a crowded field. Here is the link to their recent 3-hour debate. #NewJersey #primary #politics #NJ

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NJ-12 Democratic Congressional Debate

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I apply neuroscience-based simple behavioural ‘hacks’* to my brain each day to fend off/alleviate depression,anxiety & burnout.They work… Might anyone be interested in a PDF or workshop about them explaining how & why they alter brain biochemistry for the better? Maybe like/RT this tweet if so, ty 🌿

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Each year the Botanical Society of America, the Torrey Botanical Society, and the Philadelphia Botanical Club sponsor a field meeting in an area of northeastern North America. The 2026 meeting will be held in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, June 12-16. Learn more: www.philbotclub.org/field-trips-...

This image shows three photos of people and nature in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Text: 2026 Joint Field Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, Torrey Botanical Society, and the Philadelphia Botanical Club. New Jersey Pine Barrens, June 12-16, 2026

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Help Chrysler herbarium to train the next generation of biodiversity people! Herbarium Army interns learn caring for museum specimens and digitization for public access for science and education. Today is Giving Day, please support reality-based education! give.rutgersfoundation.org/chrysler-her...

A hand holding a clump of fresh and green Sphagnum peat moss. (Photo Lena Struwe)

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Sarah E. Kelsey @botanylicious.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

What looked like a #Mallard synchronized dance turned out to be a mating sequence. Thus I learned that male mallards form social pair bonds—whether as a brief winter dalliance or something long-term. #BirdOfTheDay #WhatASplash #Green #WildlifePhotography #WildlifeWednesday #BirdBehavior

A pair of ducks with beige bodies, chestnut breasts, shining green heads, and bright yellow bills, floating on drab gray-brown water. One duck faces the right of the frame, bill partially obscuring the face of the other duck who is facing forward.

A mallard duck with beige body, chestnut breast, white throat ring, emerald green head, and bright yellow bill stands partially out of the gray-brown water, wings extended and mid-flap

Shown from behind, a male mallard duck standing partially out of the gray-brown water. The duck has an emerald green head, bright yellow bill, white ring around his throat, and beige wings and body, as well as a long rectangle of shimmering cerulean, bordered with white, showing on the right wing.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!

Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Today's got-it-done-list: - Dug up lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in the garden (only 8 spots; #invasive) - Discussed Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould and #evolutionary misconceptions in book club - Introduced a graduating art student to #naturejournaling @johnmuirlaws.com - sunset photo

photo of Spirogyra green algae () - microscope photo of a filament of a green algae, each cell has a spirally shaped long chloroplast along its inner wall. [Photo L Struwe, no AI use allowed] [photo is for interest, not related directly to post, yet]

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Arrived here too, looking forward to read it.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Hmmm - monthly house cleaner, a gardener assistant, subscription to local flower bouquet service, and someone to carry in grocery bags from the car. And someone to fasten all loose ends in my knitting projects. A chef to make me steak au poivre sometimes. And a secretary/admin for work. Dreaming…

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

They ought to have included bald eagle and wild turkey on the list. Maybe loon and bluebirds too. Yes, birds are dinosaurs- so make it a teaching moment too :)

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A nature journaling page I made in Costa Rica - plant morphology, ethnobotany,, #SciArt, sketching and observation. #passiflora #eating #fruit

Nature journaling page with sketches, text and numbers describing the opening and eating of a passionfruit in Costa Rica. Lena Struwe 2026

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