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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A busy week for LECREEFS at #ICRS2026🪸 A plenary from @christinahicks.bsky.social & talks from @cherfychow.bsky.social @lisagoberdhan.bsky.social @lljeannot.bsky.social Khatija & @nickajgraham.bsky.social about diversity patterns, cryptofauna distributions & pelagic subsidies to coral reefs 🪸🐠

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

stringr has been massively helpful for things like taxonomy and names!

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

that is huuuge!! so happy for you!!

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

When you visit Trieste, Italy, you and you go and buy tickets for bus, in the buss station ticket office you can find this beautiful two projection section of Cretaceous rudist bivalve mollusk from the Radiolitidae family, which converged in their for with corrals! 🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Super excited to announce I've started as a postdoc at LEC REEFS @lec-reefs.bsky.social with James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social and Renato Morais @renatoamorais.bsky.social. Not only can I stick with my reef fish, but we're scaling up work on fish productivity and nutrient fluxes 🦠🐠

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

is it the methodology or are you just hangry

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Love Notes from Nature Calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Native Plant Project in Philly! We're planning to distribute 10,000 packets of native plant seeds in the city & doing a bar-level promo campaign w/local artists. We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful! Get one at SquidFacts.Net

Sarah presents you with a calendar that has an anglerfish surrounded by the words "Light up the darkness". The paper is matte and it's for the month September.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

big agree. writing is hard, but it really needs a scientist to make sense of and contextualise results. That is a HUGE part of generating knowledge and absolutely should not be left to a bunch of linear regressions with no brain.

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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

And could not have been possible without my collaborators! The ones who are skeeters: @garrettfundakowski.bsky.social @ninamds.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My newest paper and 1st chapter from the PhD is also officially out! I test how random encounter models work on reef fish 🐠Also great for anyone with a healthy dose of scepticism about reef fish survey methods *Contains one of the most painful tables I've ever written. doi.org/10.1111/2041...

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Random encounter modelling as a viable method to estimate absolute abundance of reef fish

Remote underwater video (RUV) surveys are increasingly replacing diver-based underwater visual censuses (UVCs) in fish ecology studies, especially on coral reefs. However, extracting reliable esti...

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

And that is the PhD submitted!!! 🥳 With the lab there to build up that anticlimactic button click :P BIG thank you to my supervisors, Maria, Andy, and @ninamds.bsky.social

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Maria Paniw @paniw.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

His life's work is the infection of children with preventable illnesses, why the fuck would you try to help him win

I have never been able to convey her near-total obsession with Bobby properly. What I can say with authority is that it seeped into every corner of her life, affected every relationship she had, and drove every decision she made in late 2023 and all of 2024, including her catch-and-kill operations on his behalf, the campaign strategy memos she wrote him, and the other journalistic transgressions that have still not been disclosed.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Nothing hits like a paper acceptance email coming in after a long day in the field!!! 🥂🥂 Exciting (long overdue) paper coming your way soon :)

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Tim Lamont @timlamont.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2) @lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Join our session to discuss the role of art in coral reef conservation at the International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026. Abstract deadline Dec 1, 2025. 🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🌿🐡🐙

Call for abstracts Reefs Reimagined: Art and Reefs. International Coral Reef Symposium July 19-24, 2026. Submission deadline Dec 1, 2025.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

reviewers, it's thankless work but definitely make sure to look over code now more than ever!!

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I mean... the nature of R stats was never that fitting a model was hard work, but making sure it's the right tool applied correctly and making meaning out of it is what makes it powerful. But it does make me fear what unsupervised mistakes might lurk in the mechanics like data wrangling 🙈

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

For those who aren't familiar, H1B visas aren't just used in the tech industry. They are also widely used by universities, hospitals, engineering firms, and other industries that rely on extensive training. Fees were previously under $5k -- still high, but doable, and many employers would pay them.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Week 35: - executive order on H-1B visas - travesty of vaccine advisory council updates MMRV & COVID recs - Texas A&M fires president - California faculty file suit & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

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Week 35

Sept 15-19, 2025 - our way out of the woods

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!

Global distribution of forest landscapes covered by airborne LiDAR

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

mushroom season is keeping me sane in this final phd push! Saffron milkcaps, chanterelles, and dryad's saddle!

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We worked with an Excel "form" at first, but its encoding created more problems. We recently switched to a platform that allowed us to do some pre-validation + if-then field requirements. tally.so/r/w7jGe2

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Contribute data to BioTIME

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

SQL was also a pain to deal with in terms of encoding. If the database will be small enough that you don't benefit that much from the querying power of SQL, I would just go for well-structured CSVs with a lot of linking keys/identifiers.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

there are quite a few packages that make interacting with SQL easier through R like MariaDB and especially dbplyr for tidyverse like querying. I work with BioTIME and we struggled with SQL and R handle string recognition differently (e.g. giving different totals for distinct species).

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Necessary tools from the bad old days (or: the smallest taste of why marriage equality matters.)

Legal documents same-sex
couples should have in case marriage equality is overturned
Revocable Living Trust
Last Will & Testament
Healthcare Power of Attorney
Durable Power of Attorney
Living Will
Hospital Visitation Authorization Form one for your partner & one for your Chosen Family
Agent for Disposition of Remains
Pet Care Directive
Tangible Personal Property Memorandum

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Jack A Brand @jack-brand.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🚨 Proceedings B is recruiting new Data Editors! Join our editorial board to help ensure data/code transparency across biology. 🗓 Term: 3 yrs from Jan 2026 📩 Apply by 30 Sep 2025 with a 2-page CV + cover letter: proceedingsb@royalsociety.org 🔗 Info: jackbrand.work@gmail.com /dylan.ge.gomes@gmail.com

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

might be a silly question, but does Proc B compensate data editors or is this a voluntary term?

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This is how I feel with the changes to hermatypic coral taxonomy!!!

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

6 years in Scotland and I only just found out about one of the most fossiliferous beaches in the UK! Lots of crinoids, solitary corals, and bryozans 🤩

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 21/07/2025

Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

You know if you’re struggling and you need to time or space to get stuff some, it’s okay to say you’re having a health issue and leave it at that. Mental health is health. You don’t need to say if it’s an appendectomy or a hip replacement or depression or BPD.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

For every conversation, I'd like to add a footnote to "I'm doing great!"¹ ¹ Notwithstanding the hellscape of authoritarian rule, genocide, federal goons roaming my city kidnapping innocent people and putting them into concentration camps, and livelihood threatened by nincompoops in charge.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

what do you have against old typesetting :o I'm personally not a fan of the sans serif Wileys or soulless Elsevier layout

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I'm back home with my dad and have thoughts about being an Indigenous scientist and academic. I'm writing this in real time so it might get disrupted and will have typos. I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Scientists talking about open access publishing nitty gritty + research visibility sounds pretty supportive to me. It was a nice exchange, Dave.

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Does anyone know of a blog/resource similar to Zuur & Ieno 2016 (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) that shows explicitly how model notation should be presented for zero-inflated GLMMs or GAMMs?

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

reading (when i'm not finishing my PhD), cooking + baking, rock climbing, foraging, crochet, photography, and graphic design!

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

that makes a lot of sense, but congrats to you guys regardless!

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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

just wondering! But Springer Nature does allow for open access in another form other than the wild APC

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