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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Participated in No Kings 3 in Wooster OH. Great turnout and a lot of young people. Local veteran gave an amazing speech about how DJT doesn’t care about service members- active or not.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Another great turnout for #NoKings peaceful protest in Wooster, OH. Estimated attendance 1500 in a city of 27000 that included students, families, seniors, and all generations. No sign of hating America- just great hope for righting the wrongs of the current administration.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I just watched JD Vance lie that the Trump administration significantly lowered costs on prescription drugs. Then why did my husband get a letter from his Medicare Part D insurer stating that his premium would increase by 120%? Don’t think this admin. policies won’t affect you negatively.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Interesting juxtaposition- old tech vs. new in Wooster OH

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ohio governor Mike DeWine bent the knee to Trump and ordered 150 OH National Guard troops to D. C. Many of us in OH were deeply affected by the tragedy of May 4, 1970, when the National Guard killed four unarmed #KentState Univ. students and wounded nine. Another tragedy waiting to happen?

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Megan O’Rourke is an excellent scientist. I worked with Megan on a USAID project in Cambodia to improve pest management and reduce pesticide use in vegetables. I don’t live in NJ07 but I’ll donate to her campaign. We need more scientists like Megan in Congress, especially now!🧪

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Megan O'Rourke @meganorourke.com · 07/08/2025

My name is Megan O’Rourke, and I was born and raised in Jersey. I've dedicated my life to putting nutritious, affordable food on the table and combatting climate change. I won't stand by while Trump undermines NJ families on a daily basis. Today, I launched my campaign to flip NJ-07. Join us!

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🌱Common eastern bumblebee 🐝 foraging in basil flowers. Other pollinators love this plant so I left the flowers on. They are actually quite pretty.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Lovely (to a plant pathologist) Botrytis lesion on a pansy leaf. Botrytis is a common fungus with a broad host range that prefers cool, damp conditions; it’s a weak pathogen and often attacks flowers, which then fall off, providing a “base” for the fungus to infect hardier foliage.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

🧪More pollinators! Green metallic sweat bee, leaf cutter bee, western honey bees, and bumblebees visiting our flower and herb container garden. The sweat bee has collected an impressive amount of pollen. All bees were identified by AI thru Google Lens, so may not be accurate. Corrections welcome.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Pollinators like this western honey bee are attracted to my urban flower garden. They also visit basil flowers, which I usually snip off, but this year left them on to encourage these pollinators. 🧪

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Participating in a No Kings peaceful protest in Wooster OH (pop. 27000). There are at least 1000 protesters- interesting signs and lots of support from drivers passing through downtown.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

15 years ago I had the pleasure of shaking hands with former President Jimmy Carter on a flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam. Pres. Carter came up one aisle in Economy and back down the other, shaking hands with people before returning to the front. He was so gracious & did not need a flying palace!

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Ohio State students, faculty and staff will join the protest 🧪

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

learndirt.com/community 🌼 Remember the days of old-school forums and message boards, before social media ruined everything? We missed that, so we're building one for all you growers to have a cool place to hang out! ✨ 🌱

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Huge turnout today - ~1,000 people for Hands Off protest in Wooster OH ( population 27000)

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This will be devastating for agriculture in Ohio and the US. Please call your representatives and demand that they protect agricultural research and our food supply and safety. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

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LymeDisease.org @lymenews.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s ‘motor,’ preventing it from spreading through the body. READ MORE: www.lymedisease.org/motor-behind... via @CornellNews

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Targeting the "motor" that helps Lyme spread through the body | LymeDisease.org

By Stephen D'Angelo, Cornell Research & Innovation Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I don't want Canada or Greenland… I want PBS, Social Security, and The Smithsonian. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME?! 🤚

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research. Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts. It will directly impact YOU. #ScienceNOTSilence

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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🌱 "Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the field." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The USDA Agricultural Research Service employs (employed) some of the best and most productive scientists. Many are seconded to land grant universities & work closely with university scientists to make a real difference. These firings and future cuts will hobble agric research in the US.

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Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I’m embarrassed to be an American and especially an Ohioan after yesterday’s ambush of President Zelenskyy. The encounter was obviously staged - Pres T and VP are not particularly good actors.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.

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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Dr. Justine Beaulieu is an excellent Agricultural Scientist who was serving our country evaluating risk for importing plant material into the US. She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...

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Video Former USDA employee terminated days before her due date

Justine Beaulieu was impacted by the Trump layoffs days before she was due to give birth, losing her maternity leave and her health insurance in limbo.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Excellent statement. Thank you @plosbiology.org 🙏 Time to ditch toxic commercial publishers once for all. Make this an opportunity.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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The National Science Foundation - this is not business as usual

The National Science Foundation was created 75 years ago, at the behest of Vannevar Bush , who put together the famed study, Science, The E...

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Martin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs

Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

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Ed Sikora @alabamaed1.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Looks like botrytis developing on strawberries in a local market. Botrytis (gray mold) is a fungal disease that can affect strawberries in the field, in transit, in storage and in the marketplace. Small brown lesions eventually are covered with a grayish-white mold. I chose not to buy these! 🧪

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“We can look to venom, surprisingly, to aid us biomedically," says Dr. Barrett Klein. "For example, bee venom therapy has been used for arthritis, arthralgia, Parkinson’s, ALS, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions.”

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How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures

In “The Insect Epiphany,” an entomologist explores the history of insects in art, food, engineering, and more.

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Ed Sikora @alabamaed1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

NEMATODE MONDAY: Root-knot nematode (RKN) symptoms (galls/knots) on roots of tomato plants. The amount of galling can vary with population density, Meloidogyne species involved and the host. Large numbers of nematodes penetrating roots in close proximity can result in larger galls 🧪

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 15/02/2025

At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years. Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 14/02/2025

So media will fail to inform, or outright misinform, about the nature of the government-imposed financial crisis on universities, and then turn around and tell us voters don't care. Well, how can they care if they don't get accurate information about what is going on?

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