Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D.
@darkmicrobio.bsky.social
Biogeochemist, microbial ecologist, sea wolf, bog witch, granddaughter of a devil, vegan-ish ecocentrist whimsigoth anarchist punk. she/her 🖤❤️
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“Yes it’s possible even likely that men I work with raped and trafficked children. And I’ve ignored this evidence twice in my career.
But why can’t you focus for a minute on the fact that rich people have gotten even richer?! You’re such a glass half-empty person”
But why can’t you focus for a minute on the fact that rich people have gotten even richer?! You’re such a glass half-empty person”
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“Yes it’s possible even likely that men I work with raped and trafficked children. And I’ve ignored this evidence twice in my career.
But why can’t you focus for a minute on the fact that rich people have gotten even richer?! You’re such a glass half-empty person”
But why can’t you focus for a minute on the fact that rich people have gotten even richer?! You’re such a glass half-empty person”
Famous last words in biology
I think we should take the picture -- and then you should *back away* from the unstudied species.
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Famous last words in biology
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More about the NSF GRFP nonsense www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/n...
Students, faculty mystified as NSF turns back applications for prestigious fellowship program
Applicants to a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship program say many submissions have been mysteriously “returned without review.”
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
More about the NSF GRFP nonsense www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/n...
Well that definitely went a direction I didn’t expect
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Well that definitely went a direction I didn’t expect
Thank goddess for other mothers. Took Ellie to dance class and brought Jo with us. Jo takes opportunity to drop a truly massive poop. I found four packs of wipes in the car, three rolls of toilet paper… and no clean diapers. She’s currently wearing a donated 4-year-old sized pull up.
Malcolm Jurassic Park GIF
ALT: Malcolm Jurassic Park GIF
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Thank goddess for other mothers. Took Ellie to dance class and brought Jo with us. Jo takes opportunity to drop a truly massive poop. I found four packs of wipes in the car, three rolls of toilet paper… and no clean diapers. She’s currently wearing a donated 4-year-old sized pull up.
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Study escaped my radar, but I am so glad to see it! 🩸🌿
Regarding menstruation & fieldwork in the natural sciences:
• 48% report significant menstrual pain in the field
• 85% say first aid kits lack menstrual products
• Only 30.5% feel comfortable discussing issues with male supervisors
Regarding menstruation & fieldwork in the natural sciences:
• 48% report significant menstrual pain in the field
• 85% say first aid kits lack menstrual products
• Only 30.5% feel comfortable discussing issues with male supervisors
📝 New paper published!
Gamboa et al. examine the impact of menstruation on fieldwork in natural sciences disciplines. The survey revealed that 86% of respondents experienced menstruation, with nearly half (48%) reporting significant menstrual pain while working.
Gamboa et al. examine the impact of menstruation on fieldwork in natural sciences disciplines. The survey revealed that 86% of respondents experienced menstruation, with nearly half (48%) reporting significant menstrual pain while working.
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Study escaped my radar, but I am so glad to see it! 🩸🌿
Regarding menstruation & fieldwork in the natural sciences:
• 48% report significant menstrual pain in the field
• 85% say first aid kits lack menstrual products
• Only 30.5% feel comfortable discussing issues with male supervisors
Regarding menstruation & fieldwork in the natural sciences:
• 48% report significant menstrual pain in the field
• 85% say first aid kits lack menstrual products
• Only 30.5% feel comfortable discussing issues with male supervisors
Do you ever just wake up feeling cheated because Michael Biehn’s scene in Terminator 2 was cut from the theatrical release? I bet @rufflejax.bsky.social does
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Do you ever just wake up feeling cheated because Michael Biehn’s scene in Terminator 2 was cut from the theatrical release? I bet @rufflejax.bsky.social does
This is in fact the proper use of the bagpipes
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
This is in fact the proper use of the bagpipes
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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this is partly how we can achieve substantial rewilding, to support sustainable ecosystems and reduce climate change
largely the same with land used to grow food, which has been hijacked to grow subsidies and move up the value chain with excessive, inhumane meat production
largely the same with land used to grow food, which has been hijacked to grow subsidies and move up the value chain with excessive, inhumane meat production
Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
this is partly how we can achieve substantial rewilding, to support sustainable ecosystems and reduce climate change
largely the same with land used to grow food, which has been hijacked to grow subsidies and move up the value chain with excessive, inhumane meat production
largely the same with land used to grow food, which has been hijacked to grow subsidies and move up the value chain with excessive, inhumane meat production
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⏰ Reminder: Peggy Cotter Travel Award apps due Feb 16!
We have 3 $1,650 travel awards for ASM Microbe 2026!
👩🔬 Early-career professionals (≤15 yrs from terminal degree)are eligible
📧 Apply: [email protected]
🧬 ASM + CNY ASM membership are required
Learn more: sites.google.com/view/cnyasm/...
We have 3 $1,650 travel awards for ASM Microbe 2026!
👩🔬 Early-career professionals (≤15 yrs from terminal degree)are eligible
📧 Apply: [email protected]
🧬 ASM + CNY ASM membership are required
Learn more: sites.google.com/view/cnyasm/...
CNY ASM - Awards
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February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
⏰ Reminder: Peggy Cotter Travel Award apps due Feb 16!
We have 3 $1,650 travel awards for ASM Microbe 2026!
👩🔬 Early-career professionals (≤15 yrs from terminal degree)are eligible
📧 Apply: [email protected]
🧬 ASM + CNY ASM membership are required
Learn more: sites.google.com/view/cnyasm/...
We have 3 $1,650 travel awards for ASM Microbe 2026!
👩🔬 Early-career professionals (≤15 yrs from terminal degree)are eligible
📧 Apply: [email protected]
🧬 ASM + CNY ASM membership are required
Learn more: sites.google.com/view/cnyasm/...
I like em long dark and spooky
February 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I like em long dark and spooky
Group photo of my last four boyfriends
Grey-headed Flying-foxes:
Pollinates native trees ✅
Seed dispersers ✅
Keystone species ✅
Helps regenerate forests ✅
Takes exceptional band photos ✅✅
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #flyingfox
Pollinates native trees ✅
Seed dispersers ✅
Keystone species ✅
Helps regenerate forests ✅
Takes exceptional band photos ✅✅
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #flyingfox
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Group photo of my last four boyfriends
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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It is not our moral responsibility to coddle the delusional fears and bigotries of white supremacists. It is not our moral responsibility to change reality for them so they can hold onto those fears and bigotries.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
February 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
It is not our moral responsibility to coddle the delusional fears and bigotries of white supremacists. It is not our moral responsibility to change reality for them so they can hold onto those fears and bigotries.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
It is our moral responsibility to make their fears and bigotries THEIR problem.
Tbf it was only a matter of time for us really
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Tbf it was only a matter of time for us really
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It's hilarious that Fox News treats these things as deeply scandalous, in between segments where a bunch of adults are sitting around saying stuff like, well, you know, fourteen-year-olds *are* pretty sexy these days ...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
It's hilarious that Fox News treats these things as deeply scandalous, in between segments where a bunch of adults are sitting around saying stuff like, well, you know, fourteen-year-olds *are* pretty sexy these days ...
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happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
“A foraging wild creature, intent above all upon survival, is as strong as the grass.” -Richard Adams
Mary Ruefle, with the bunny content you didn't know you needed
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“A foraging wild creature, intent above all upon survival, is as strong as the grass.” -Richard Adams
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
I mean really, how could any human writer compete with that kind of literary powerhouse
This is, however, a perfect paragraph
February 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I mean really, how could any human writer compete with that kind of literary powerhouse