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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 18h

Question for those who've been PIs for >10 years: Has it always been like this?

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 18h

You are not alone! And I don't even have to teach! I don't think I'd be able to manage an academic job anymore

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very excited to announce applications now open for @redileep.bsky.social PhD position with me, Dan Eastwood & Dan Jones. "Response Diversity in the pre- and post-management ecological restoration of co-invading alien plant species in post-industrial landscapes" 🧪🌍 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

swansea.ac.uk

MSCA PhD: Response Diversity in the pre- and post-management ecological restoration of co-invading alien plant species in post-industrial landscapes

Recruiting a PhD candidate as part of the international ReDiLeep Doctoral Network, investigating co-invasion of non-native plant species

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I just submitted my abstract for an online talk! Thanks @britishecologicalsociety.org for offering online talk options! This makes all the difference for those of us residing far from the UK, who want to reduce our carbon footprint and $$$ costs! 🫶

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

MIT has put out an "AI and Education" report summarizing what they've found at their own institution. Seems thoughtful. aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/

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Take Democracy Back @takedemocracyback.org · 11/03/2025

THE INTERVIEW PETER THIEL SCRUBBED FROM THE INTERNET Billionaire oligarch Peter Thiel gave an interview in 2011, in which he tipped his hand about his anti-democratic plans and neo-monarchist philosophies. Since then, Thiel has erased the document from the internet. We obtained a physical copy. 1/6

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

First photo of this guy that made me laugh

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If you're attending #WBF2026, stop by our session on Wednesday, where we'll discuss holistic forest management solutions that put forward biodiversity conservation. See you there 👋

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Michael Schaepman on #WBF2026 organisation: "WFB2026 organisation did not need a single black limusine!"

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Or... It could be hysteresis preceding a catastrophic fold bifurcation :P

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Textbook ecological resilience and early-warning signals theory

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Not-like. Those are the types of people that make me want to have the courage to go up to them and do something quite silly.

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Congratulations to @gabdans.bsky.social for an excellent PhD defense and overall thesis! It was a pleasure to co-supervise @gabdans.bsky.social and I hope we can keep collaborating for years to come! 👏👏👏👏

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Timothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com · 12/05/2026

New preprint by @gabdans.bsky.social, which is also the last chapter of an absolutely impeccable body of doctoral work.

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I submitted my first review using that system yesterday. It's a clunky platform that's for sure!

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I don't have to teach, but I still feel this most days since I returned back to work after my first maternity leave.

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Join us for the friendliest conference ever!

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Tell your Member of Parliament to pause the return-to-office mandate. Email your MP now! share.nwmd.social/s/92Ss6JZL

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Pause the return-to-office mandate

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Well, they are called "Palantir"

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I want to believe that, but unfortunately the paper has at least one similar paragraph in the results. So truly a poor review and editorial job was done on this one.

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This begets a serious question though... The paper is retracted the authors (maybe) got a slap on the wrist, but what are the consequences for Scientific Reports and involved editors?

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

At least we know it wasn't written by GenAI?

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

MPAs only partly offset decades of human impacts on tropical reefs Protecting more while continuing business as usual will just slow the decline 🐟📉 ! Check our latest paper in @natecoevo.nature.com with @uflandrin.bsky.social on 2800+ reefs & ~1700 🐠 species www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐🧪🌍🦤🦑

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Is it a fox? Is it a fawn? No! It's a teenage-mutant-ninja-deer!

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This editorial is giving me the creeps: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... AI generated figs with poor "author curation" and many with paragraphs of "apparent" substance, that when read carefully are completely superficial.

sciencedirect.com

Shaping the future of computational ecology and ecological data science: An editorial perspective from Ecological Informatics

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

And if you don't really know what the Canadian public service does for you, here's some enlightment: pipsc.ca/thank-you-yo...

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Thank you for your submission

Thank you for your submission.

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Wait, no... Blue is negative. Then only those will get presents?

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Am I interpreting correctly that southern-most populations will get no gifts from Santa this year.?

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

What about all the water streams you didn't help warm up? Fish are cold too!

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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️26th February 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for our next instalment, given by Dr Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social from Natural History Museum, London, on “Hack-a-thons: what, why and how to run them” 💻 Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🔊 Registration for BES Macro 2026 is open! Join us in a friendly conference, filled with macroecology, macroevolution and more!

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Demographic shifts, inter-group contact and environmental conditions drive language extinction and diversification | Coelho et al. Proc B royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

figure 2 from the linked paper, showing model performance in successfully predicting language ranges in North America

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

#ResponseDiversityNetwork Seminar starting in 10min! Happy to host Prof Dominique Gravel today! If you didn't get an email about the seminar, join our mailing list:

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Join us

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If you want to learn more about the #RDN, check out our website: responsediversitynetwork.github.io/RDN-website/

responsediversitynetwork.github.io

Welcome

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🚨The #ResponseDiversityNetwork (RDN)'s first publication is out! Response diversity still sails in muddy waters, with researchers disagreeing on definitions, applicable scales and how it relates to ecological stability. These and other findings will guide #RDN innitiatives and work. Stay tuned!

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Expert‐led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology

Response diversity describes variation in ecological responses to environmental change. Response diversity is expected to drive ecological stability since a wider variety of responses to one or more ...

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Only a few more days to apply to join our committee! See below for details:

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Maybe too late but try Ben Blonder? He's work on leaf trait spectrum -- not sure about biochem.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 14/01/2026

We are now accepting grant applications to fund ecological research and outreach worldwide. ⏰Apply before 10 March 2026! Find out what grants you can apply to 👇 f.mtr.cool/cucxadvxjq 🧪🌍

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

There's still time to join the BES Macroecology SIG Steering Committee! Come over to the Macro-side! Click this 👇 to find out more! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/macr...

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Macroecology Group | Forum for Researchers in Ecology

Join the Macroecology Group, a forum connecting researchers across ecology groups and networks to share data, methods, and interdisciplinary insights.

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Ceres Barros @ceresbarros.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🙌 Thank you. We need more (well-established) labs and people leading by example. In my case, I feel like I'm being pushed against a wall and if I don't use AI I'll be doomed to be less productive, less competitive, less etc etc etc.

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