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Andy Dobson

@andy2dobson.bsky.social
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Wildlife Disease Ecology and Conservation, Author, Dad, Princeton Professor, External Faculty Santa Fe Institute and STRI. Photographer, cook, & nerd who works in Serengeti, Yellowstone, California, NJ, and collects guitars and books. Rewilding his yard!

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fingerprint is here! Great long thread about our new Nature paper that dropped today (but has been multiple years of enormous team effort).
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 12/09/2026
El Niño is here, and forecasters warn that it’s likely to be bigger and stronger in 2026-27 than any #ElNino event recorded in at least 150 years. What that means:
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2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal. This El Niño is likely to be the strongest in over a century.
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In 1992 I introduced Tom Stoppard to Bob May, who'd put chaos into biology. A year later I was reviewing Arcadia. It closes Saturday, at the theatre that now carries Stoppard's name. My story, plus my lost 1993 review rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/on-the-ori...
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On the Origins of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia
In 1992, I introduced Stoppard to the professor who put chaos into biology. A year later I reviewed the play that came out of it. As Arcadia is about to leave the West End, here's what happened.
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The latest shingles-vaccine research points to possible cardiovascular benefits—while a growing body of evidence suggests it may also reduce or delay dementia diagnoses. Read about it here. overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
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Your anti-ageing stack should include this injectable
The shingles vaccine seems to reduce the risk of dementia. There is speculation that it might slow down ageing
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I wrote about the Nepal flooding disaster and how climate change likely contributed to it for @rollingstone.com
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Did Climate Change Cause the Flooding in Nepal?
We spoke with scientists about how "a landslide with a piece of glacier on top" caused devastation in the Himalayas.
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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FC Barcelona @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The dream of @gabrieljesus9 💭🇧🇷
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ostfeld: no evidence of links between abundance of WT deer or hot weather with BL tick nymphs. "abundance of nymphal ticks was correlated with prior abundance of white-footed mice, which in turn was driven by production of acorns by red oak trees." #LongTerm 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The ecology of Lyme disease: Long-term data, surprises, and a synthesis | PNAS
Risk of human exposure to Lyme disease and other tick-borne zoonoses is affected by interactions between ticks, pathogens, vertebrate hosts for tic...
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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The NYT's despicable story on the rise of tick-borne illnesses--which recommends that we kill all the deer, all the mice, & all the ticks and insects, who are “disgusting” and “diabolical”—is a little window into how the crypto and AI kings that the author usually writes about think about nature.
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Andy Dobson @andy2dobson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Truly a talent quest! Well done, name and address?
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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bigbaddaddy.bsky.social @bigbaddaddy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This cartoon captures it perfectly. The GOP's decline from Lincoln's vision of unity to today's chaos reflects a reversal of evolution. What was once about principle and leadership has devolved into a race for outrage and spectacle. History will remember how far the party strayed from its own ideals
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Katie Abson @katieabson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our paper is out! 📣 we find that molecular measures of genetic variation do not predict heritable genetic variation across species - important implications for the application of genomic data for conservation! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Nucleotide diversity is a poor predictor of short-term adaptive potential | PNAS
The capacity to adapt is essential for a population to avoid extinction in a changing world and is recognized as a global conservation priority. Ad...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup
Thank you message from the Norwegians to America for hosting them during the World Cup
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
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dr Katarzyna Nowak @katzyna.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yesterday, we heard about role of FridaysForFuture in EU Nature Restoration Law. Today, about Europe as most fragmented continent & implementation gaps. What if we instituted 4 day work weeks across Europe with Fridays for climate & biodiversity actions, also reparations? @eccb26leiden.bsky.social
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FC Barcelona @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🌎 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Lamine, Pedri, Cubarsí, Olmo y Ferran contribuyeron a la victoria de España ante Portugal para sellar el pase a los cuartos de final del Mundial. Ferran dio la asistencia del gol decisivo.
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Botany One @botany.one · 30/06/2026
How Seeds Travelled Through Plant History www.botany.one/how-seeds-tr... From fruit-eating animals to wind and self-launching seeds, flowering plants have changed their travel strategies as climates shifted over millions of years. #Botany #PlantScience
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How Seeds Travelled Through Plant History
From fruit-eating animals to wind and self-launching seeds, flowering plants have changed their travel strategies as climates shifted over millions of years.
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Andy Dobson @andy2dobson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
How did Fox end up with monopoly of English lanuage broadcast of World Cup in US ? Duh!!! Obvious answer!!! Infanticide sink strikes again. My Spanish will improve as I watch Cops Monica on Peacock with commentators who actually understand and focus on the game.
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Andy Dobson @andy2dobson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Fantastic new book from Andrea Wulf: insightful, eloquent, and deeply thought provoking.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It's always a treat to read Ted Chiang's thoughts on AI. www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
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Andy Dobson @andy2dobson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Many congrats to an amazing ecologist and evolutionary biologist.
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Has anyone suggested that there is a hantavirus lab in Patagonia where it all started?
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Les LeMieux @leslemieux.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
One of my favorites...... Pretty timely 😀
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Book shop
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If Trump wants to put boots on the ground in Iran he should start with the 1600 pieces of shit he pardoned for attacking our Capitol on January 6th.
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com · 01/04/2026
a beautiful flower filled lane in Devon, Englad
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Andrea Wulf @andreawulf.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I will never get tired of the moment when I receive the first copy of my book. 5 years... it all starts in my head but now it's really really real. An object with pages, words and illustrations. #TheTraveller
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Lzvolk @lzvolk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Really enjoyed discussing The Lawton Principles (more, bigger, better and more joined up) with the ever enthusiastic John Lawton. youtu.be/GMlzvNxM2N0?...
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The Lawton Principles: more, bigger, better and more joined up.
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
A little armored one / turtle rabbit in the wild
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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
“The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, who do research that fits to one of the thirteen departments at the University of Konstanz.” www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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ZUKOnnect Fellowship
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Ted Loch-Temzelides @tedloch.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
We use a coordination game to study repeated emergence and abandonment of mutualistic interactions. The game reflects that mutualisms must be widespread to generate robust benefits. Mutualisms can collapse even in the absence of cheating and even if they would result in higher fitness. rdcu.be/eWnIc
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Symbiosis emergence and abandonment in nature: a coordination game approach
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
No, they are only alienating a minority of entitled degenerates who think that chasing animals to exhaustion and throwing them live to be ripped apart by a pack of dogs is a bit of a laugh. This should have been confined to history just like bear baiting, dog fighting, and hare coursing long ago.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
Screenshot of a tweet by James Tate reading, “An educated populace is a threat to power.” The tweet includes a quoted graphic stating that ICE is offering a $45,000 signing bonus and $100,000 starting salary, compared to a teacher earning $55,000 in their eighth year with a master’s degree, arguing that education has been intentionally defunded.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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Lovejoy Center @lovejoycenter.arizona.edu · 18/12/2025
We are thrilled to announce the #launch of the Tom Lovejoy Conservation Fellowship #postdoctoral #research program! Learn more here: lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell...
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Andy Dobson @andy2dobson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Intriguing! I wonder what same figure looks like for plants and fungi?
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dr Katarzyna Nowak @katzyna.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Thoughtful end of year piece by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social about how we frame #conservation: “Less crisis, more agency.” news.mongabay.com/2025/12/reth...
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Rethinking how we talk about conservation—and why it matters
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For a movement so often framed by loss—and confronting a particularl...
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