Michael P 🧬🏳️🌈
@mnp47.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Simon Lab working with carrot genetics 🥕🥒
Gene editing 🧬
Anthocyanins 🫐
Purple corn breeder 🌽
Gene editing 🧬
Anthocyanins 🫐
Purple corn breeder 🌽
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Wondering why your utility bills are getting so expensive?
AI could be a big reason why.
AI data centers cost a ton to upkeep, and big tech companies are passing on those costs to local communities.
I'm pressing for answers.
AI could be a big reason why.
AI data centers cost a ton to upkeep, and big tech companies are passing on those costs to local communities.
I'm pressing for answers.
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Wondering why your utility bills are getting so expensive?
AI could be a big reason why.
AI data centers cost a ton to upkeep, and big tech companies are passing on those costs to local communities.
I'm pressing for answers.
AI could be a big reason why.
AI data centers cost a ton to upkeep, and big tech companies are passing on those costs to local communities.
I'm pressing for answers.
My mom turned 70 today and we treated her with an endless shrimp buffet complete with a shrimp Christmas tree. Happy birthday, mom!
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My mom turned 70 today and we treated her with an endless shrimp buffet complete with a shrimp Christmas tree. Happy birthday, mom!
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For the first time in more than a decade, UW–Madison ranks among the top five universities in the U.S. for research expenditures in the National Science Foundation’s latest Higher Education Research and Development Survey. On, Wisconsin!
UW–Madison 5th in national research ranking for first time since 2014, surpasses $1.93B in research expenditures
The annual rankings, which cover fiscal year 2024, "highlight the importance of the decades-long partnership between universities and the federal government," says UW–Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnook...
news.wisc.edu
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For the first time in more than a decade, UW–Madison ranks among the top five universities in the U.S. for research expenditures in the National Science Foundation’s latest Higher Education Research and Development Survey. On, Wisconsin!
Trump is giving all federal workers 2 extra days off for the holidays to distract us from the Epstein files release. Funny enough, we usually got those days off in years past because our previous admins were not heartless monsters 🤷
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump is giving all federal workers 2 extra days off for the holidays to distract us from the Epstein files release. Funny enough, we usually got those days off in years past because our previous admins were not heartless monsters 🤷
I'm always down for a ginger three-way 😎
Instead the the usual Saturday meal plan, how about another cookie recipe? This 1943 recipe provides 3 options for ginger cookies. Don't you think we should try all 3 options and compare? 🍽️ 🍜 #FoodSky #Cooking #Recipes #RecipeOfTheDay
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'm always down for a ginger three-way 😎
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Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
Full goblin mode
From @theathletic.com: “This is truly one of the great honors of my life.”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded President Trump a new golden trophy, a golden medal and a certificate, and told him: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” nyti.ms/44Gy4s6
FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded President Trump a new golden trophy, a golden medal and a certificate, and told him: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” nyti.ms/44Gy4s6
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Full goblin mode
Saw one of my favorite soundtracks performed live this weekend at the CSO. Truly one of the best concerts I've ever seen in my life
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Saw one of my favorite soundtracks performed live this weekend at the CSO. Truly one of the best concerts I've ever seen in my life
ROSALÍA, Dougie F - Porcelana (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I finally got paid today! Happy birthday to meeeee
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I finally got paid today! Happy birthday to meeeee
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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Former lab member @njorisfleck.bsky.social and colleagues just showed that some carnivorous plants do CAM photosynthesis! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant
Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Former lab member @njorisfleck.bsky.social and colleagues just showed that some carnivorous plants do CAM photosynthesis! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🌱☀️🧪
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Last night, the Northern Lights showed their true colors over campus and bathed the sky in Badger red. We’re still in awe.
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Last night, the Northern Lights showed their true colors over campus and bathed the sky in Badger red. We’re still in awe.
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
Beautiful timelapse of the Northern Lights in Madison tonight courtesy of @uwmad-aos.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Beautiful timelapse of the Northern Lights in Madison tonight courtesy of @uwmad-aos.bsky.social
The aurora is so strong right now. My brother in law saw it as far south as St Louis
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The aurora is so strong right now. My brother in law saw it as far south as St Louis
I've played taps at more funerals than I can count. When I graduated, they started playing recordings. It isn't the same. Maybe I should volunteer again.
Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — travel to play taps at military funerals, many distressed by the idea of a recording performing the duties. Some are seasoned musicians with an in-demand skill. Others are lapsed players who felt compelled to restart.
The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes
Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of technology.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've played taps at more funerals than I can count. When I graduated, they started playing recordings. It isn't the same. Maybe I should volunteer again.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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found some aurora !
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
found some aurora !
They're moving in herds
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
They're moving in herds
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New research provides a comprehensive annotation of cucumber lncRNAs using RNA-Seq data and offers insights into their potential regulatory functions in cold stress responses.
#JASHS https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05517-25
#plantscience
#JASHS https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05517-25
#plantscience
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New research provides a comprehensive annotation of cucumber lncRNAs using RNA-Seq data and offers insights into their potential regulatory functions in cold stress responses.
#JASHS https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05517-25
#plantscience
#JASHS https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05517-25
#plantscience
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Plant bioengineering can be quite annoying. Look at this crap; the type of agar drastically impacts transformation efficiency. The geometric complexity of all these variables makes for one hell of a ride to find the ideal brew…for each stage of regeneration stage.
Lord help us.
Lord help us.
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Plant bioengineering can be quite annoying. Look at this crap; the type of agar drastically impacts transformation efficiency. The geometric complexity of all these variables makes for one hell of a ride to find the ideal brew…for each stage of regeneration stage.
Lord help us.
Lord help us.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
Happy gotcha day to the best baby boi out there, Leif Eriksson
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Happy gotcha day to the best baby boi out there, Leif Eriksson