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Hazel Daniels, PhD

@foresthazel.com
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Forest pathologist working on #Phytophthora. Tangata tiriti, American transplant in Aotearoa. Intrests: unionism, #nzpol, corndogs, hammock naps. Opinions my own. #FreePalistine #ToitūTeTiriti

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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tristam @tristam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chlöe Swarbrick gives an almighty summation of the current governing coalition’s record. Her speech, given as parliament closes for the election, also outlines why the @greens.org.nz need to lead the next government… the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
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Hazel Daniels, PhD @foresthazel.com · 15/09/2026
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I'm Doing My Part! - Serious Soldier Meme
Alt: Meme from Starship Troopers. A female soldier wearing full black tactical gear and helmet stands at attention alongside identically dressed soldiers in a row. She turns her face toward the camera and says, "I'm Doing My Part!"
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Oratia Books @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He Kete Kīwaha: A Practical Guide to Māori Idioms by Hona Black Publishing: 10 September 2026 oratia.co.nz/product/he-k... @etangata.bsky.social #pukapuka #tewikiotereomāori #oratiabooks #māorilanguageweek #māori #tereomāori @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social @kimtairi.bsky.social
dioms — the everyday turns of phrase that give a language its character — are a key part of speaking fluently, and te reo Māori is rich in them. The title of this work translates into English as ‘a basket of idioms’.

Drawing on extensive research and consultation with some of Aotearoa’s leading reo experts,  including Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and Te Haumihiata Mason, teacher and language advocate Hona Black offers a comprehensive guide to more than 180 common kīwaha (idioms).

Each entry is graded for difficulty and supported with clear explanations, along with examples from written sources and examples created by the author.

As with his previous works, He Kete Kīwaha is fully bilingual, with Māori and English presented side by side. With additional space for readers to collect their own idioms, this can become a personal guidebook to enhancing your te reo.
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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Kia ora. Ngati Kahungungu have launched a petition ‘Do not remove or amend Te Tiriti principles or references in legislation’ It can be found here. petitions.parliament.nz/ddbe7598-59d... If you support it, please sign and consider sharing with whanau, friends and colleagues
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Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a fantastic paper that I think every scientist should read. I do a lot of science communication in multiple formats and without ever receiving any formal training. It can be daunting but more scientists need to engage with public facing communication. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Modern science outreach: A guide for scientists
Science communication offers immense value for fostering public trust and enhancing the quality of our modern information ecosystem. However, it remai…
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A low-cost sensor detected the peanut pathogen Sclerotinia minor as early as five days after infection. Visible symptoms sometimes do not appear for two months, and field testing is still needed. doi.org/hchbqp
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Protecting the peanut: Sensors help fend off fungus
Sweet, salty, crunchy or creamy—no matter how it's munched, the Virginia peanut has been a cash crop for the commonwealth for much of the past two centuries.
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David Pires @david1822.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🌱 Same pathogen ≠ same disease risk. Why does a soilborne pathogen spread in one field but fail in another? Soil sits on a continuum: 🟥 reservoir vs 🟩 battlefield. More diversity ≠ better suppression. 📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002... #plantsci #microbiome #microsky #soilhealth
Three-panel conceptual illustration showing how soil microbiomes influence soilborne plant disease. Left, a pathogen-favouring soil reservoir with a simplified microbial community and diseased plant. Centre, a suppressive soil battlefield with a more diverse, interactive microbial community and healthy plant. Right, management strategies—including compost amendments, cover crops, reduced tillage and anaerobic soil disinfestation—shown shifting soil from conducive toward suppressive conditions.
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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Street art in her honor from SE Seattle
A glittery tinsel-fringed illustrated portrait of Dolly Parton on a telephone pole. There's a cartoon voice bubble with a quote from her that says "find out who you are and do it on purpose."
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Neil Hall @neilhall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Biological Databases are critical infrastructure - not projects. As so much effort is put into harnessing AI to solve all our problems, we are allowing the foundational data resources crumble. Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects
Letter to the Editor
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Hazel Daniels, PhD @foresthazel.com · 18/08/2026
🌳 PhD opportunity in Forest Pathology 🔬 📍 Location: University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy 📅 Deadline: 8 September 2026 (CET) 🔗 More information & application: hhttps://www.uniss.it/it/bandi/ammissione-al-42deg-ciclo-dei-corsi-di-dottorato-di-ricerca 📧 or contact Bruno Scanu: bscanu@uniss.it
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 31/07/2026
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #Research · #ScientificPapers · Inverting the seminar to recover what scientific papers leave out
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Inverting the seminar to recover what scientific papers leave out
A scientific paper reads as a clean progression from question to result. And yet, research almost never happens that way. Experiments fail, conversations redirect projects, and none of it survives int...
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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
USian immigrants to NZ: go harder. Be more visibly anti US. Yes you. Yes me. Every one of us can do more to vocalise our dissent. They need to know as soon as they recognise our accent that we fucking hate all that shit* *The govt, politics, war crimes, the genocide(s), colonisation etc
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Priscila Chaverri @pchaverri.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology/Plant Pathology: Oomycete Systematics and Genomics jobs.apsnet.org/job/postdoct...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology/Plant Pathology: Oomycete Systematics and Genomics
We are seeking preapplications for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher (U.S. citizen, or permanent resident in special circumstances) to join an exciting, recently funded collaborative project....
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Marília Horta Jung 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇨🇿🇺🇦 @phytophthorarc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#PolicyBrief “Successful Ecosystem Restoration through Biosecure Nursery Production” @biodiversa.eu @epponews.bsky.social @efsa-plants.bsky.social @iufro.bsky.social @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social #PlantPathogens #PlantBiosecurity #Oomycetes #NatureRestoration #Forestry #Horticulture #PlantNurseries
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Who will win the #WorldCupOfBirds? 1️⃣ Black-capped Chickadee (🇨🇦) 2️⃣ New Zealand Fantail (🇳🇿) 📊 Show results
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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga! Ngā mihi o te tau hou! Hail, Matariki and Puanga! Happy Māori New Year! To celebrate the new lunar year I created this piece of Te Whānau o Matariki and Puanga, who both form part of the great constellation, Te Waka o Rangi. ✨✨✨🌙✨
An artwork in gold and silver on a black background. The image shows an ornately carved Māori waka (canoe) with two sails. Attached to the stern of the waka is a silver feather streamer. Above the waka are a collection of stars in various sizes, and the moon in a waning crescent, all done in typical Māori art styles. The border around the artwork has two types of borders. On the top and bottom are small Xs in gold and silver representing stars (in te reo Māori this pattern is called purapura whetū, meaning “star seeds”). On the bottom are stepped zigzags alternating in gold, silver, and black (this pattern is called poutama, or “stairway to heaven”)
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Hazel Daniels, PhD @foresthazel.com · 10/07/2026
Babe wake up, new reverse marionette just dropped!
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Maximum Academic Press @mapjournals.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#Mycosphere Survey uncovers 78 freshwater oomycete taxa including 21 unknown lineages and 8 new species, revealing substrate-dependent distribution patterns. Details: www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48… #Oomycetes #FreshwaterEcology #MicrobialDiversity
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
How do trees change the carbon they release belowground as forests warm? Muratore et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JZIATM...
Specific root exudation in maple and oak across control, nitrogen addition, soil warming, and combined warming × nitrogen treatments
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Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
www.aut.ac.nz/about/maori/... -a taonga for #Matariki from @autnews.bsky.social Pou Māori designed nā Breanna-Ann Kaponga - whetū connection to manu ♥️
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Matariki Art Resource Pack - AUT
Kua haehae ngā hihi o Matariki. This Matariki artwork pack was commissioned by Te Tari Takawaenga Māori at AUT as a learning resource for all to celebrate the rising of Matariki. Download files for pr...
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Hazel Daniels, PhD @foresthazel.com · 29/06/2026
From the article: "some activities only make sense if they are viewed across generations." Plantation forestry knows this well. Plant more seed than you expect to grow, tend the stand, and replant after harvest. The timelines are long but worth it.
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You just gotta let scientists be weird little nerds in their weird little niche interest areas and accept that the benefits to the wider community, and thus to The Economy, will flow naturally from that
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FeM - Funghi e Micologia @funghimicologia.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Lachnaceae (Helotiales, Leotiomycetes) of New Zealand - An Introduction rsnz.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Lachnaceae (Helotiales, Leotiomycetes) of New Zealand—An Introduction
This is the first of a planned series of articles on the taxonomy and diversity of Lachnaceae (Leotiomycetes, Helotiales) of New Zealand. Based largely on specimens from the New Zealand Fungarium (Te...
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My most recent article critiquing the colonial dynamics that white queer people upkeep when interacting with queer Māori (and other indigenous people) #lgbt #lgbtqia #maori #indigenous #trans #transgender #nonbinary
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Do white trans people exist?
Y'all really didn't listen to what Socko was actually saying did you?
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
VACANCY - We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics to join the Saunders Group, working on innovative plant disease diagnostics. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Deadline - 12 July 2026 Contract - 24 months, full-time Find out more about MARPLE: marple-diagnostics.org
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Hazel Daniels, PhD @foresthazel.com · 21/06/2026
My sweet Ashnod, who passed in late 2022 ❤️‍🩹
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Tree man: Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's THAT time of the year again! It's simple: 🌲 Browse the 6 *legendary* finalists, and 🌲 Choose your favourite - don't forget to vote! www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
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Home | Tree of the year / Rākau o te tau | New Zealand
We want you, New Zealand, to nominate and vote for the greatest trees in the country. It’s not about the biggest or oldest, it’s about trees that play a part in our lives, our history and our future.
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Frédéric Suffert @wheatpath.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A funded PhD position for studying wheat pathogen adaptation to climate factors is open in my lab @inrae-bioger.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social in collab. @jki-research.bsky.social (Germany), with a start planned for autumn 2026 ▶️ eng-bioger.versailles-saclay.hub.inrae.fr/teams-and-pl...
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#NZ science funding / opinion As I’ve said before: Politicians should recognise that science is not something to 'conveniently' repackage to suit your government’s short-term goals, but a long-term driver of good for your country. When you cut it, you cut *everyone’s* longer-term future. 1/3
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
You saw them first on @bioRxiv. Now they’re out in print—back-to-back. Meet AVRcap1b: the two-faced immunosuppressor from the potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A potato late blight pathogen effector interacts with ENTH-domain protein TOL9a and an activated helper NLR to suppress immunity
A plant pathogen effector suppresses an activated helper NLR via a host ENTH domain–containing protein, NbTOL9a.
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Are you enrolled to vote, NZ? Check (or double, triple check) here: vote.nz/enrolling/en...
NZ ELECTORAL COMMISSION TE KAITIAKI TAKE KOWHIRI 

Screenshot of check or update details page

Message:

Hayley — you're enrolled!
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Sabine Brumm @binebrumm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#Microscopyfriday New lab, new luck ✨ Watching Phytophthora palmivora zoospores happily zoom around never gets old 🏊‍♀️ And the follow-up Benthi infection worked too ☑️
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Frédérique Reverchon @drafred.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📢 New paper from the lab! "Phytophthora root rot induces compositional and functional changes in avocado rhizosphere bacterial communities" We analyzed through metabarcoding and metatranscriptomic analyses the shifts in the 🥑 microbiota induced by #Phytophthora academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
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Phytophthora root rot induces compositional and functional changes in avocado rhizosphere bacterial communities
Compositional and functional readjustments of the rhizobacterial community in avocado induced by Phytophthora root rot.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Submissions are now open on the terf bill. Let them know you hate it. www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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Radware Page
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
this is, yes, a very specific message to a very specific group of cis people but hey we are overrepresented on this app so: when your otherwise well-meaning friends say they don't understand being trans the answer is "you don't have to"
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Niklaus Grunwald @grunwald.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Heat-tree: Cross-Platform Software for Interactive and Embeddable Phylogenetic Tree Visualization and Editing doi.org/10.1094/PHYT...
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Heat-tree: Cross-Platform Software for Interactive and Embeddable Phylogenetic Tree Visualization and Editing | PhytoFrontiers™
Phylogenetic trees are the primary framework for conveying evolutionary relationships. While many tools exist for visualizing phylogenetic trees, most are limited to static graphics, require coding expertise, or are developed for a specific website and not easily reusable or extensible. To address these limitations, we developed heat-tree, a collection of software packages in JavaScript, R, and Python for interactive visualization, manipulation, and editing of phylogenetic trees and their associated metadata. Heat-tree allows for the creation of customizable, web-compatible tree visualizations that can be easily embedded in R Markdown, Jupyter Notebooks, and Quarto documents, as well as directly in HTML/JavaScript applications and websites. The package supports radial and rectangular tree layouts, automated translation of metadata values into visual encodings on the tree, interactive tree editing, and export capabilities for publication-quality figures. All visualization parameters are definable programmatically or interactively using the comprehensive graphical user interface included with each visualization. Heat-tree was designed to be a user-friendly software package for interactive tree viewing, manipulation, editing, and self-contained, embeddable visualization across software environments.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Super affordability discourse has me mad again. There's a whopping lie that ruins any sensible discussion of what 'we can afford' as a country. The lie was immortalised in this Thatcher quote: "There is no such thing as public money, there is only taxpayers' money." Disprovable in minutes... [🧵 1/n]
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I have invented a diffuser made of taped-together weigh boats that lets you actually see the horrible pronotal indentation characters of Cryobius and other carabids
medium-size beetle specimen, pinned into a blob of plasticine at the bottom of a weigh boatThe top weigh boat is upside-down and has a little rectangular aperture in the middleWeigh boat diffusion chamber under a dissecting scope, obliquely illuminated by fiber optic lightsExploratory shot of a VERY diffused carabid beetle
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“This May Day (1 May), workers and their unions across Aotearoa are standing together to commit to a strong union movement, full employment, high wages, and decent lives for all founded on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.” Join your union #nzpol
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May Day 2026
Join us in building a better world
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
If you order from overseas, you will be now be charged a new government tax on shipments valued at $1,000 NZD or less. For imports, the levy will be $2.21 NZD per shipment, plus GST. For exports, $2.48 NZD per shipment, plus GST. Always new taxes, always under stealth. #NZPOL 1/2
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cageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
what this article is *really* about is how too much of what we think of as "nature-based tourism" is another form of extractive settler colonialism. The author is Lenape, & is writing about the Appalachian Trail, which passes through Lenape traditional territory it's a good & thought-provoking read
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Would you like to read all the articles from the 25 years of R special issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics? They are all freely accessible for the next month or so at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #rstats
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25 YeaRs: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
<em>Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics</em> is an international statistics journal covering statistical theory, methodology, applications and computing.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“We’ve lost out on the ability to continue to improve this work to make it more effective, and to explore how to apply it to other areas…There are a lot of different ways that genetics has been used to justify prejudice and…that human-made social categories interface with biological categories“🧪
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A star scientist showed that better genetics lessons could reduce racism. It was the death knell for his career
Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught.
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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I had a great time talking about dplyr 1.2.0 with @rladiesrome.bsky.social! Thank you for having me 🧡 ✏️ Slides: ivelasq-dplyr-1-2-0.share.connect.posit.cloud#/title-slide 📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCbF... 🕸️ Materials: ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/dplyr-1... Enjoy the new #RStats release 🧑‍🔧
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Working smarter with {dplyr} 1.2.0 – %>% dreams
A talk on the new functions introduced in the latest {dplyr} release.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Compared PM Luxon's "column" against addresses by the Australian PM Albanese, and British PM Starmer on 1 April in their respective countries, around the same set of issues. The UK, and Australia are two of New Zealand's closest allies. Comparison establishes quality of political leadership. #nzpol
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PurPest EU @purpest-eu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🌱 Join our webinar on healthy nursery plants & plant biosecurity! Discover how invasive pathogens like #Phytophthora threaten forests & crops & learn practical solutions from leading international experts. 🗓 20 April 2026, 14:00-16:50 (CET) ✍️ Program & registration www.purpest.eu/news/webinar...
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New study finds notion that humans can "double-check" AI to be flawed. Participants trusted AI 93% of the time when it was correct, but still trusted it 80% of the time when it was wrong, while being *more* confident in their conclusions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender
People increasingly consult generative artificial intelligence (AI) while reasoning. As AI becomes embedded in daily thought, what becomes of human judgment? We
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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Happy International Day of Forests! #IntlForestDay
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