Studious Plant

Plant Biology PhD Student at UC Davis

[sproutystudies]

Hi, Hello, Welcome!

This is my studyblr side-blog (main is @sproutygrl)! I'm a plant biology PhD student working in a strawberry research lab and I post content related to plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics, and coding :)

General tags:

#sproutystudies on all original posts

#intentions for planning-oriented posts

#updates for what I've been working on and progress I'm making

#topical for educational posts on topics related to my research and studies

Content category tags: #genomics #epigenetics #bioinformatics #plant biology #plant anatomy #codeblr

[lost-rxverie]

saturday | may 30

nostalgia-baiting myself by using crash course videos to study for my E&M exam

[floridensis]

in my last botany lab the professor had a prepared slide of diatoms set up for us to look at and i was not prepared for how delightful the slide looked

[glubshit]

[geologyin-blog]

Feast your lucky eyes on this GORGEOUS thick cut slab of rough rainbow Fluorite

[ryebreadgf]

[studynxiety]

Hot Take: Networking is Nepotism Repackaged to sound meritious.

[petaltexturedskies]

Susan Sontag, from an interview conducted c. October 1979

[lydiaxchang]

a short & sweet guide on how to begin an art meetup in your community based on my experiences starting and running a craft club!

always happy to trade (dm on ig @lydiaxchang is probably easiest) or I have copies for purchase here

[kitkatstu-dies]

4/15/2026: I presented my research on surfactants! It was pretty chill honestly, and I got positive feedback on my presentation. I got ice cream after hehehe !! Next step is taking my finals + graduating! !

[kcyars99]

not so hidden figures

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[thesecrethistori-an]

Study break: coffee and Chekhov's short stories 📚💛

[elierlick]

Now THIS is art. 😍

[lady-sanctum]

“When I first saw the original painting, I began to do some research on that little boy. I could find everything I wanted about every other detail in the painting, but there was nothing about him. No history. And so I wanted to find a way to imagine a life for this young man that the historical painting had never made space for in the composition: his desires, dreams, family, thoughts, hopes. Those things were never subjects that the original artist wanted the viewer to contemplate. In order to reframe the discussion, I decided to physically take action to quiet [and crumple] the side of the painting that we’ve been talking about for a very long time and turn up the volume on this kid’s story. And that’s the reason why I started that painting.” Via Artnet News 2019/03/27

[academicfeverish]

6/30

[sovietnam]

[the-cimmerians]

Massachusetts's Millionaire Tax Still Going Very Well, Thank You!

And the millionaires aren't going anywhere, for the most part.

Excellent update on year 2 of this program:

Last May, we were very happy to report that the Millionaire Tax instituted in the state of Massachusetts was working out very well, not scaring off all of the rich people, and raising funds for necessary education and transportation initiatives. The state had raised $1.8 billion — $800 million more than they predicted — and none of the terrible things the naysayers had predicted happened at all. But how are things going a year later? Even better! The tax has now generated $3 billion more than expected, for a total of $5.7 billion that has been spent on projects that are positively benefiting Massachusetts residents and “being used to bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.” In case you need a refresher, the tax is a 4 percent tax on anything people make over a million dollars.

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[thethingsnerd]

This article has a great way of framing tax alarmists for the hypocrites they are. It’s woven neatly through the whole article, but this quote really sums it up:

Sure, people complain. Rich people are always going to complain about taxes. But they never flee the way they threaten to, largely because whether or not they like to admit it, they prefer to live in the kinds of areas where things are made nicer by the taxes they don’t want to pay.

Tax the rich. Most of them won’t notice and even more of them won’t care

[academicfever]

6/10

Busy day at the lab! Let’s get it girlies

[forestgreenandgray]

source

[veryverytemporary]

Thousands of protestors packed the streets of downtown Minneapolis with temps in the negatives twenties Celsius and the windchill at –32°C. The cold seems to have deterred a lot of ICE activity today but it didn’t stop the locals. Photo by Cathy Wurzer