Dan Gates
@dangatesj.bsky.social
Plant biology, bioinformatics, data science, academia, and industry
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imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
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i think the "immigration turns high trust societies into low trust societies" people were already on really shaky ideological ground but now they're watching neighbors helping one another and calling them paid antifa agitators
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
i think the "immigration turns high trust societies into low trust societies" people were already on really shaky ideological ground but now they're watching neighbors helping one another and calling them paid antifa agitators
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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every great laker has a little switch in the back of their head and if you flip it they decide they only get to go to lutheran heaven if they kill a plantation owner and the more plantation owners they kill the more lutheran the heaven they get to go to becomes
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
every great laker has a little switch in the back of their head and if you flip it they decide they only get to go to lutheran heaven if they kill a plantation owner and the more plantation owners they kill the more lutheran the heaven they get to go to becomes
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
Thinking new year new me so going to commit fully to vibes based training starting with zwift companions fitness tracker. Maybe fuck about and get one of those RNG oora rings and whatnot
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thinking new year new me so going to commit fully to vibes based training starting with zwift companions fitness tracker. Maybe fuck about and get one of those RNG oora rings and whatnot
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state officials must continue calling for calm to avoid making bad facts for the Insurrection Act case which is inevitably coming, but the people responsible for this murder must be arrested
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
state officials must continue calling for calm to avoid making bad facts for the Insurrection Act case which is inevitably coming, but the people responsible for this murder must be arrested
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I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
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An excellent, bone-chilling story about a cadre of online racists who stole genetic data from studies on children so they could make specious arguments for the innate inferiority of non-white people, it's embrace by Elon Musk/twitter & how the Trump administration might make it easier to do again.
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
An excellent, bone-chilling story about a cadre of online racists who stole genetic data from studies on children so they could make specious arguments for the innate inferiority of non-white people, it's embrace by Elon Musk/twitter & how the Trump administration might make it easier to do again.
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My former student Sofia wrote this story for @startribune.com. She’s less than a year out of college and helping cover the biggest story in the country. I am very proud of her.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 AM
My former student Sofia wrote this story for @startribune.com. She’s less than a year out of college and helping cover the biggest story in the country. I am very proud of her.
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Hooray! Check out this special issue for some fantastic new work on flower color!
🌼🎨 We're proud to announce that the #AJB Special Issue on Paradigm Shifts in #Flower Color is now online! 🎨🌼
Check out this i troduction by Special Issue editors Andrea Berardi, José Carlos del Valle, Matthew Koski, Eduardo Narbona & Justen Whittall: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...!
#plantscience #botany
Check out this i troduction by Special Issue editors Andrea Berardi, José Carlos del Valle, Matthew Koski, Eduardo Narbona & Justen Whittall: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...!
#plantscience #botany
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Hooray! Check out this special issue for some fantastic new work on flower color!
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The man, the mystery, the legend!
I can confirm that this is a real account for Prof Musgrave and not an impersonator
I can confirm that this is a real account for Prof Musgrave and not an impersonator
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The man, the mystery, the legend!
I can confirm that this is a real account for Prof Musgrave and not an impersonator
I can confirm that this is a real account for Prof Musgrave and not an impersonator
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We apologize if you're not near Napa but we wanted to share this with our neighbors:
And it's official.
Come say goodbye to our Yajome Street location as we prepare for opening on Main Street (permits willing!) on the following Monday.
In 25 years, we've never had a sale. Not once!
And it's official.
Come say goodbye to our Yajome Street location as we prepare for opening on Main Street (permits willing!) on the following Monday.
In 25 years, we've never had a sale. Not once!
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
We apologize if you're not near Napa but we wanted to share this with our neighbors:
And it's official.
Come say goodbye to our Yajome Street location as we prepare for opening on Main Street (permits willing!) on the following Monday.
In 25 years, we've never had a sale. Not once!
And it's official.
Come say goodbye to our Yajome Street location as we prepare for opening on Main Street (permits willing!) on the following Monday.
In 25 years, we've never had a sale. Not once!
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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they never say this kind of thing about osha violations
does making excuses for an abuser fall under "free markets" or "personal liberties"?
January 18, 2026 at 1:37 PM
they never say this kind of thing about osha violations
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I’m approaching forty years of age and have been starting to get those unfamiliar pangs, that feeling that I have to reach the south pole by sled
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I’m approaching forty years of age and have been starting to get those unfamiliar pangs, that feeling that I have to reach the south pole by sled
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neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
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Preppers have different ways of approaching the dilemma of the Past Apocalypse Bunker, being "once the vault closes, how do you keep the security forces loyal." Some move to a feudal system of family relations. Others bet on killbots. Sinema has chosen "Polycule."
The underlying complaint has been jailbroken. The details are unique. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #2 in AMMEL v. SINEMA (M.D.N.C., 1:26-cv-00038) – CourtListener.com
Complaint
storage.courtlistener.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Preppers have different ways of approaching the dilemma of the Past Apocalypse Bunker, being "once the vault closes, how do you keep the security forces loyal." Some move to a feudal system of family relations. Others bet on killbots. Sinema has chosen "Polycule."
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Suski was 1 of 17 law profs who filed an amicus brief (which is very modest and fact-specific in its arguments) in the recently argued SCOTUS case about transgender athletes in K-12 sports. Her firing is a direct, unconstitutional attack on free speech, academic freedom, and a pluralistic society.
The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Suski was 1 of 17 law profs who filed an amicus brief (which is very modest and fact-specific in its arguments) in the recently argued SCOTUS case about transgender athletes in K-12 sports. Her firing is a direct, unconstitutional attack on free speech, academic freedom, and a pluralistic society.
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Just crazy watching an American city fully under attack
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Just crazy watching an American city fully under attack
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Join @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social for the first webinar in our 2026 series: "Taxonomy: What is it good for?"
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January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Join @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social for the first webinar in our 2026 series: "Taxonomy: What is it good for?"
Free to all! Join us to hear @sandyknapp.bsky.social's "Of course taxonomy matters! The story of the mega-genus Solanum (Solanaceae)"
Pls register & share:
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Free to all! Join us to hear @sandyknapp.bsky.social's "Of course taxonomy matters! The story of the mega-genus Solanum (Solanaceae)"
Pls register & share:
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