As the shortest kid in school, I was a target for bullies. At age eight, I befriended a kind teenager who looked out for me. Years later, I learned that the Klan murdered him and two others for registering Black voters in Mississippi. Their bodies were found 60 years ago today.

I’m SO excited to introduce THE AMAZING Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (she/her)👩🏽‍🔬🌍) at the #ESA2024 New Phytologist Keynote talk 10:30-11:30am PT tomorrow in the Terrace Theater. Asmeret is a science rockstar, impactful leader, and fights for equity and inclusion in research. Don’t miss it!@ESA_org

Sasha Reed Sasha Reed of USGS is named an ESA Fellow in honor of her extraordinary work shaping biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, & global change science, and for her commitment to mentoring & increasing diversity in the field 🏆

2024 ESA Excellence in Ecology scholars

It me! #ESA2024 x.com/ESA_org/status…

Please attend #ARID townhall meeting if you're available and please provide your feedback.

I am proud to announce that I've asked Tim Walz to be my running mate. As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his. It's great to have him on the team. Now let’s get to work. Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/social-…

It is the honor of a lifetime to join @kamalaharris in this campaign. I’m all in. Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school. So, let’s get this done, folks! Join us. secure.actblue.com/donate/social-…

You might know "Duff" as the beer on The Simpsons, but "Duff" is also decaying leaf litter on the forest floor. Duff-eating decomposers like earthworms, millipedes, pill bugs & other invertebrates play a key role in putting nutrients into the soil & keeping forests healthy.

I have been engaged in Nevada politics since 1995 and I have never before seen an event of this magnitude and enthusiasm. A tidal wave is forming. NV Dems

Crossing: The PEC presidential tracker crosses a threshold. My latest at the Princeton Election Consortium: election.princeton.edu/articles/cross…

Global surface temperatures have increased by around 1.3C since preindustrial levels (1850-1900), with the vast majority of this (~1C) happening in the past 50 years as human emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have accelerated.

#NMSUResearch - Dr. Aaron C. Young, postdoctoral fellow NMSU Fish, Wildlife & Cons Ecol, is funded by NIFA to study effects of shrub expansion and climate change on the insect and songbird communities in the southwestern rangeland. NMSU ACES NMSU Post Docs NMSU Research NMSU Research Cores Program

In less than a month.

My name is Mia Tretta. When I was 15 years old I was shot at my school and my best friend was killed next to me. Today, I am at the DNC representing him and survivors everywhere as we fight to end gun violence!

Deeply shameful. The Harris-Walz campaign has set themselves back with this and they MUST do better.

We're working on the future of America's passenger rail system—funding high-speed rail projects in the West and expanding service for communities across the country. Get your ticket to ride!

Unearthed video: JD Vance attacks women “who can't have kids” because they “passed the biological period when it was possible” as “miserable” people who “have no real value system” and struggle to find “meaning”

CA biomass nerds: my colleagues at Ag&Natural Resources are hiring a full-time Specialist in biomass and bioenergy. Apply by October 3rd! ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jo…

Whatever AI looks like, it's not 🎁 defector.com/whatever-ai-lo…