Kevin Folta
@kevinfolta.bsky.social
Professor, plant biology, molecular biologist, fruit grower, science communicator, cancellation survivor. Good Trouble. Strategic communication coach, Talking Biotech podcast host. Old new dad. Farmer's husband. Best booth at farmers market.
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Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Native Americans should start "N.I.C.E." and start deporting ICE agents. If we're really anti-immigration....
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Native Americans should start "N.I.C.E." and start deporting ICE agents. If we're really anti-immigration....
Much respect for farm workers. Sad to see these folks victims for doing work nobody else will do. And the farmers will lose the unpicked crop.
Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Much respect for farm workers. Sad to see these folks victims for doing work nobody else will do. And the farmers will lose the unpicked crop.
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Hahahah
You know this “Health Freedom”thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hahahah
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You know this “Health Freedom”thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You know this “Health Freedom”thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.
You know this “Health Freedom”thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You know this “Health Freedom”thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.
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New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social on the drama of our inept medical establishment and their embrace of Trump Based Medicine.
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Trump-Based Medicine: How Science Lost Its Soul
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · 11/03/2025 · 1h 12m
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November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social on the drama of our inept medical establishment and their embrace of Trump Based Medicine.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Trump-based medicine. Yep.
I get really mad in this one.
I get really mad in this one.
New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social on the drama of our inept medical establishment and their embrace of Trump Based Medicine.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Trump-Based Medicine: How Science Lost Its Soul
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · 11/03/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump-based medicine. Yep.
I get really mad in this one.
I get really mad in this one.
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I’ve never see a NEJM article start by saying “since our medical establishment are dishonest and untrustworthy…”
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’ve never see a NEJM article start by saying “since our medical establishment are dishonest and untrustworthy…”
Taking red dye out of Swedish Fish will not make America healthy when 95% don't get enough dietary fiber. Zbiotics has created a genetically engineered probiotic that converts free simple sugars into branched fiber chains. Talking Biotech Podcast #481 podcasts.apple.com/.../a-biotec....
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Taking red dye out of Swedish Fish will not make America healthy when 95% don't get enough dietary fiber. Zbiotics has created a genetically engineered probiotic that converts free simple sugars into branched fiber chains. Talking Biotech Podcast #481 podcasts.apple.com/.../a-biotec....
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Don't miss this week's episode of the soap opera Our Medical Establishment.
EXCLUSIVE: A slow-boiling feud between Vinay Prasad and his staff at the FDA is threatening the future of the center that regulates the nation’s vaccines, biological products, and blood supply. Read more here:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v...
Under Vinay Prasad, employees at a key FDA center fear speaking out, look for the exits
Exclusive: Vinay Prasad has rattled FDA staff by expanding his power and pushing out senior leaders.
www.statnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Don't miss this week's episode of the soap opera Our Medical Establishment.
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It's a formula
If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's a formula
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Bingo
If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bingo
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💥💥You're not crazy💥💥
💥💥You aren't dreaming either💥💥
However,
You are still alive
You do still have a voice
You can refuse to bend the knee
💥💥You aren't dreaming either💥💥
However,
You are still alive
You do still have a voice
You can refuse to bend the knee
If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
💥💥You're not crazy💥💥
💥💥You aren't dreaming either💥💥
However,
You are still alive
You do still have a voice
You can refuse to bend the knee
💥💥You aren't dreaming either💥💥
However,
You are still alive
You do still have a voice
You can refuse to bend the knee
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My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available →
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October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available →
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
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Love this...👇
She arrived in Canada as an immigrant and now teaches newcomers how to resist #misinformation www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
Mona Awwad: "...newcomers can be vulnerable to disinformation, especially when it affects critical areas like health, employment, or housing."
She arrived in Canada as an immigrant and now teaches newcomers how to resist #misinformation www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
Mona Awwad: "...newcomers can be vulnerable to disinformation, especially when it affects critical areas like health, employment, or housing."
She arrived in Canada as an immigrant and now teaches newcomers how to resist misinformation - Poynter
Journalist Mona Awwad runs media literacy workshops in Toronto, giving immigrants tools to spot scams and false news
www.poynter.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Love this...👇
She arrived in Canada as an immigrant and now teaches newcomers how to resist #misinformation www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
Mona Awwad: "...newcomers can be vulnerable to disinformation, especially when it affects critical areas like health, employment, or housing."
She arrived in Canada as an immigrant and now teaches newcomers how to resist #misinformation www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
Mona Awwad: "...newcomers can be vulnerable to disinformation, especially when it affects critical areas like health, employment, or housing."
If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
October 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
If you want to add a new 90,000 ft ballroom to federal property just go ahead and do it.
We wanted to build a certified kitchen on an ag-zoned site and it took forever just to get a septic permit.
We wanted to build a certified kitchen on an ag-zoned site and it took forever just to get a septic permit.
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you want to add a new 90,000 ft ballroom to federal property just go ahead and do it.
We wanted to build a certified kitchen on an ag-zoned site and it took forever just to get a septic permit.
We wanted to build a certified kitchen on an ag-zoned site and it took forever just to get a septic permit.
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I wish more people understood this. Especially the #MAHA credulous folks buying detox crap that's actually hurting them.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Herbal supplements were supposed to make them healthier. Instead, they got sick
Common compounds like turmeric and ashwagandha can overwhelm the liver and lead to health complications
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I wish more people understood this. Especially the #MAHA credulous folks buying detox crap that's actually hurting them.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
The president might have COVID, as he has absolutely no taste. A ballroom that looks more like Sadaam Hussein's derigible hanger than an amendment to The People's House. #NoBallsintheWhiteHouse
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The president might have COVID, as he has absolutely no taste. A ballroom that looks more like Sadaam Hussein's derigible hanger than an amendment to The People's House. #NoBallsintheWhiteHouse
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ok who did this? ☹️
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ok who did this? ☹️
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Glad I didn’t empower MAHA in any way.
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Glad I didn’t empower MAHA in any way.
I've hosted the Talking Biotech Podcast for over 10 years, 480 episodes. It is really hard to get scientists as guests, even to return an email. What is going on? I get requests daily from companies and grifters looking for an infomercial. But no scientists to share their discoveries? #scicomm
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I've hosted the Talking Biotech Podcast for over 10 years, 480 episodes. It is really hard to get scientists as guests, even to return an email. What is going on? I get requests daily from companies and grifters looking for an infomercial. But no scientists to share their discoveries? #scicomm
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Our community of Warsaw expatriates was ecstatic, until they hit the fine print.
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Our community of Warsaw expatriates was ecstatic, until they hit the fine print.
Our community of Warsaw expatriates was ecstatic, until they hit the fine print.
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Our community of Warsaw expatriates was ecstatic, until they hit the fine print.