Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Found a baby Mediterranean gecko in the library bathroom today. So I put her back in her native habitat. The vertical concrete of the library’s exterior. 020
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Not #Mimulus but still pretty…I guess 😉 #fireweed #GlacierNP 050
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This data on self-censorship among U.S. academic scientists and engineers -- not even humanities people, this is STEM -- is so disturbing. theconversation.com/self-censors... 6187114
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Mimulus lewisii spotted just before sunset at Logan’s pass MT #sabbaticallife #Mimuluspropaganda 0232
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Yesterday on the levee, a coyote. It’s coat a ragged red between the trees. #haikuonthebayou #nola 010
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Hello we are back from a holiday weekend and the Office of Management and Budget is still trying to make sure federal grants can be withdrawn at any time, for any reason. There's still time to stop it. www.theverge.com/science/9576...theverge.comThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’ 28559
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026today in destroying higher ed, the country's second largest export (not for long now!), the largest employer in 10 states, 60 cities, dozens and dozens of counties economic sabotage AND epistemic warfare www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...nytimes.comDecline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’ 16530
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisMario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026PhD Position at Uppsala University. Sophie Karrenberg’s Lab. the project is about sex chromosome evolution in plants. Come join us! Deadline 22 July. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...uu.sePhD position in evolutionary genomics - Uppsala UniversityPhD position in evolutionary genomics, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University 02332
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026givebutter.comUnited States of Science 2026By Skype a Scientist 14228176
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026How does phenotypic plasticity shape adaptation in the wild? Love and Ferris @jillmlove.bsky.social @ferrisifolius.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 0114
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 22/06/2026Sam Scheiner accepts his @sse-evolution.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement Award by pulling up a slide packed with names of colleagues from his 26 years at NSF, and reminding us to thank federal agency staff and scientists who are still working to support research while going "through hell" #Evol2026 06716
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 21/06/2026If you’re in Cleveland for #Evolution26 RUN don’t walk to @jillmlove.bsky.social ‘s talk on the genomic basis of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in Mimulus laciniatius!!!! Tomorrow at 5:15pm!!! #Mimuluspropaganda 0134
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJill M. Love, PhD 🏳️🌈 @jillmlove.bsky.social · 20/06/2026And if you’re going to Evolution, come to my talk to hear about this project’s equally cool (but less finished 🤫) genomic side! “Linking a genomic locus for leaf shape plasticity to natural selection in the wild” - Monday, June 22 @ 5:15 PM - Ecological Genetics II - Room 24 053
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJill M. Love, PhD 🏳️🌈 @jillmlove.bsky.social · 20/06/2026🎉 PUBLISHED!!!! Out now in @newphyt.bsky.social 🎉 We found positive selection on leaf shape plasticity in a Monkeyflower species. This experiment used two big field transplants, greenhouse, AND growth chamber work. It was hard, but awesome. With @ferrisifolius.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....doi.orgPhenotypic plasticity is broadly adaptive across an elevation gradient in the Cutleaf MonkeyflowerLeaf shape plasticity expression is variable in Mimulus laciniatus. 38430
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Well this new is all very bad for US Science. The time for public comment on this horrifying legislation from OMB is now open! Please read and follow the link at the bottom of the article! arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comProposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any timePeer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. 001
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026We hit 30 observed species today for 2026! Today’s additions included the Texas, leaf cutter bee, cabbage white, and the oblong woolcarder bee. The big ol pot of milkweed is *bringing it*. 921020
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Paper accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep an eye out for @jillmlove.bsky.social 's fabulous reciprocal transplant experiment that found selection for phenotypic plasticity coming soon to a New Phytologist near you!!!static.klipy.comWoman's Hilarious Oh My God Freak OutALT: Woman's Hilarious Oh My God Freak Out 080
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 27/05/2026NEW PREPRINT: You may recall Joshua trees started flowering fully four months early this year. Was that due to climate change? Well, @colincarlson.bsky.social and I called in Chris Callahan to formally test that hypothesis, and the answer is... it probably wasn't! doi.org/10.64898/202... 518959
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJill M. Love, PhD 🏳️🌈 @jillmlove.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Graduation day!!! Katie, you changed my life in the best way. Thank you so much for the mentorship, support, and care you’ve shown me over the years. What a ride! @ferrisifolius.bsky.social ❤️ 1142
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Today @jillmlove.bsky.social have an amazing talk in her public dissertation defense on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in #Mimulus . Jill, you’ve accomplished so much. I’m so proud of you. #ProudPI #Mimuluspropaganda 1216
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2026Mangled missile fragments purporting to be from the deadly strikes that hit a naval base and elementary school in southern Iran on Feb. 28 bear the markings of an American cruise missile, according to an analysis by The New York Times.nyti.msMissile in Deadly Iranian School Strike Appears to Be U.S.-Made, Photos Taken by Iran ShowIranian state media posted mangled remnants it claims were from the Feb. 28 attack in Minab. An analysis shows they have the markings of a missile made by American manufacturers 28880278
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisBotanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Linking environmental & pollination-related factors to touch-sensitive stigma closure dynamics in #Mazus miquelii New #AJB research by Xiao-Fang Jin, Tian Luo, Chun-Feng Yang & Zhong-Ming Ye doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Mazaceae #pollen #pollination 034
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisChris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Such an awesome program supporting undergrad engagement at the annual Botany conference. And I’m so glad BSA figured out how to keep it alive. It’s not too late to apply for #Botany2026 in Tucson (1-5 Aug)!! #plantpeopleFT 0135
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent: 🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞 🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩 🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀 🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano ✏️ by @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comPete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and CrabThe Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025. 1001593948
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 08/03/2026🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT! 2126162
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisLaura Ragni @lauraragni.bsky.social · 09/03/2026🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱 We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share! #PlantScience #PlantSciJob 06581
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJosh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past. wapo.st/4c3qzA5wapo.stMathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.” 6853311
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisSchneeberger Lab @labschneeberger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026🌾 We have an open postdoc position in Plant Genomics in our group at HHU Düsseldorf! If you enjoy computational biology, asking big questions, and the satisfaction of code working on the first try, check out schneebergerlab.org/career/ Apply by Mar. 31 | 3-year postdoc | German skills requiredschneebergerlab.orgCareer – Schneeberger Lab 02534
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisWide Hybridization Group @widehybridization.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Latest work from our group together with @jsharbro.bsky.social This review synthesizes insights into cytonuclear incompatibility in plant hybrids and allopolyploids, highlighting maternal bias, evolutionary consequences, and applications such as cytoplasmic male sterility in seed production.academic.oup.comCauses and Consequences of Cytonuclear Incompatibility in Hybrids of Flowering PlantsAbstract. Hybridization and polyploidization combine divergent nuclear genomes with maternally inherited organelles, often disrupting cytonuclear coadaptat 0106
Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Happy Mardi Gras y’all!!!! From the Ferris Lab with 💗 0120
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisMary Sturgeon @enchantressofnumbers.com · 09/02/2026I keep hearing from people all over the country who want to know - how can I help? I put together a step by step list that starts with getting your first whistle and takes you all the way to recruiting your own band of whistlers! www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org/help 35328
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Brilliant piece, and a public service to put these foul and upsetting pieces together. 011441
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/02/2026What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?volts.wtfPuerto Rico's electricity crisisIn this episode, lawyer and activist Ruth Santiago discusses Puerto Rico's latest electricity crisis, as the island struggles to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. In the wake of Hurricane ... 71077330
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisHaley A Branch @stressedbranch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026So excited to have been accepted to write this piece. Thanks to all who have entertained my ramblings over the years and have encouraged me in my passion for #ecophysiology and #evolution 🙏 #IAmABotanist 🌱 0166
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/02/2026Botany valentine. Another oldie. 71337462
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The student walkouts against ICE are a big deal (and really should be getting ore attention) open.substack.com/pub/educatio...open.substack.comStudents Unite!The high school student protests against ICE aren't getting enough attention 1279
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!docs.google.comDavis Summer Population Genomics ProgramWant to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham... 6140168
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...ajc.comICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in AprilHomeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition. 1263127447408
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) Ferrisandré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 09/02/2026For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism bookshop.org/p/books/swee...bookshop.orgSweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern HistoryThe Place of Sugar in Modern History 11634236
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/02/2026It also points out how the cultural ignorance of much of our pundit & MSM class fails. 135 million Americans watched an important & controversial cultural event & many journalists are 1)ill-equipped to explain its significance or 2) too arrogant to know that would need assistance in unpacking it. 22964219
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisMPR News @mprnews.org · 04/02/2026Staff at the Center for Victims of Torture said that some conditions their clients face in the United States would qualify them for their services had they happened overseas. That includes clients who were recently detained by federal agents.mprnews.orgAsylum-seekers at the Center for Victims of Torture say ICE reminds them of what they escapedThe torture rehabilitation clinic has pivoted to helping people process trauma from Operation Metro Surge. 416794
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Oh shiiiiit native plant stickers are here and ready to ship! You can get 'em at SquidFacts.net 720357
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisCarolyn Rasmussen @carolynplants.bsky.social · 04/02/2026In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth let’s learn more about Marie Taylor, a plant biologist and chair of Howard University’s Botany Department. Love her focus on photomorphogensis and using light microscopy on living plants! 🌱 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_T...en.wikipedia.orgMarie Taylor - Wikipedia 02416
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisNora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 01/02/2026If you care about Don Lemon, don't forgot Mario Guevara (reporter who was filming police at a No Kings rally in June) was targeted for his journalistic activity; detained for 112 days; and deported. He had no criminal charges against him and was on the path to getting a green card. 31047382
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026NEW: As he released 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, Judge Biery warned of vast lawlessness and inhumanity in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. He said courts amounted to “a judicial finger in the dike.” www.politico.com/news/2026/01... 422030682
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends. I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad. Send them a valentine. It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too. squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep... 11387195
Reposted by Kathleen (Katie) FerrisDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 01/02/2026INCREDIBLE resource here. "Movements and campaigns are won not by overpowering one’s active opposition, but by shifting each group one notch around the spectrum (passive allies into active allies, neutrals into passive allies, and passive opponents into neutrals),.." 1/ 45130