For enslaved men & women in America’s south, birds meant forced labor. But they also meant food, opportunity, and even freedom. The Library of Congress’s Slave Narratives Collection has amazing stories not just about Black suffering and resilience, but also relationships w/ nature. (1/7)🗃️🧵
Enslaved men and women in America’s South developed their own ornithology. To them, birds meant forced labor. But they also meant food, opportunity, and sometimes even freedom.
If you know anyone interested in nanotech and plant health, please share this postdoc opening! Spans phytobiomes, chemistry, and field crop management: isme-microbes.org/jobs/postdoc...
🟦 Hello Bluesky World 🟦 Finishing up my first week as a USDA scientist just in time for a potential shutdown 😅 I'm a wheat and oat geneticist 🌾 🧬🧪 still on the UMN campus. Looking forward to exploring these polyploid genomes and connecting with the wheat/oat communities