McKenzie Smith 🌱

PhD student w @emilycfarrer @TulaneEEBiology
| community ecology: fungi, traits, wetlands and restoration. |
pithy little statements into the void since '93

[McKenzie Smith 🌱 @Genius_specie]

"she's somebody's daughter" does not pass the bechdel test the most anything has ever not passed the bechdel test

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Pushing the very limits of human knowledge

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Anything can be brave if you're anxious enough

[Sera Koulabdara @SeraKoulabdara]

YES

[McKenzie Smith 🌱 @Genius_specie]

"unstable peroxides" is both one of my greatest fears and a pretty banger Halloween costume idea

[NaOH Bartfield, PhD 🧪 @NaOHBartfield]

Pictured: a recently unearthed bottle of isopropanol. Bomb squad is on its way, and the entire organic department has a day off. #peroxides #chemsafety

cc: @SafeChem79 lol

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all of us and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time :(

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not an lawyer BUT I believe this would have made it eligible for NEPA protection under the old (and good) "waters of the US" definition?

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the water main leak in my neighborhood is now supporting actual wetland vegetation

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not a stats question, but why is View() capitalized? I'm willing to accept "historical accident," but if there is some grand unifying principle behind these capitalization patterns I want to know! #rstats @_R_Foundation

[McKenzie Smith 🌱 @Genius_specie]

ohio corn just hits different 🌽

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@LFerellec_Astro wow love this energy

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one might say the irony is somewhat "niche"

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lol

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some AAA quality @MudHens !!

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i am CERTAIN someone has tweeted this before

[McKenzie Smith 🌱 @Genius_specie]

there is really nothing like writing to make you feel like you've never had an original thought in your life

[McKenzie Smith 🌱 @Genius_specie]

the universal human experience of having to pick up all the gross snotty tissues you missed getting into the trash can while you were sick now that you're a little less sick :(

[olivia stowell @oliviastowell]

the central grad school fashion dilemma is how to balance
a) needing 18 year olds to respect you
b) needing 50-70 year olds to respect you but in a different way
c) being hot

[Chris Dier @chrisdier]

On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (8/29), I’m reminded of not only the destruction of my home and community, but also that the experience radicalized me. I was 17 at the time. These events below, personally and systemic, shook my worldview.

[McKenzie Smith 🌱 @Genius_specie]

If you've ever wondered why fungi "do the things they do" come see my talk @ #ESA2022

Come for the shoehorned motown reference but stay for the science, marsh endophytes, & functional traits!

COS 108: traits & functional diversity, Tuesday 430!