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Caroline Bettridge

@cmbettridge.bsky.social
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Zoology Lecturer. Behavioural Ecology, primates, sociality, dogs, wildlife, science, conservation, nature.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short.
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Martin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New PhD opportunities in behavioural ecology at the University of Tasmania and Macquarie University working with Geoff While and Martin Whiting plus multiple international collaborators on lizard sociality and communication. Please spread the word! #phd
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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Who do I know going to @ecbb2026.bsky.social? Unfortunately I can’t go anymore but my excellent Masters student is presenting a poster. I’d love to link her up with some friendly fellow grad students! Conferencing alone can be a little lonesome.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
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Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Dan Stowell @danstowell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
Job alert! Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning for Wildlife Audio careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/P… - here at the University of Leiden with me & my #bioacoustics team. Please share! #university #leiden […]
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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
omg: mama eating a berry, and baby in pouch eating a berry!
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Another massive jump in Ebola cases in DRC (reflecting new cases as well as "data harmonization"). Now 2,905 cases including 1,269 deaths. I find it harder every day to square the size and speed of spread of this outbreak with the lack of attention it is getting. insp.cd/sitrep-n069-...
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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Academic advice travels downhill: manage your supervisor, publish early, protect your time. Where is the genre in which early-career researchers advise the people who hire, fund and judge them? New post 👇 academicrenewal.substack.com/p/the-first-...
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The first curriculum
Academic survival guides teach junior researchers how to live with the judgements of senior scholars. No corresponding genre gives young researchers authority to advise the people who judge them.
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Rhythms of Life Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme @rhythmsoflife.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New doctoral training programme at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - 30 PhDs funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk starting over the next 3 years! Spread the word.
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The only thing about this that surprises me is that I’d expect it be higher than 75% tbh.
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Aside from the personal sympathy and anger on behalf of the staff, I also still feel complete bafflement that the government is letting the sector fall apart. Direct job cuts lead to indirect cuts on other staff at universities, in the area, and suppliers.
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
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This campaign needs you now
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It is only very large cities that will not be severely affected by university shrinkage or collapse. A loss of students and universities in mid-sized places like York, Coventry, Exeter, Southampton will change the area fundamentally. In many, universities are the second biggest employer, after NHS.
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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 19/06/2026
In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.
A victorious Andy Burnham MP (24,937 votes), as the result of the Makerfield by-election is announced, flanked by defeated candidates Count Binface (a bloke in a vaguely sci-fi costume with a large bin for a helmet; 95 votes) and Robert Pownall (who is in a full body fox costume, holding a sign reading "Protect British Wildlife"; 18 votes). There are some other candidates there just out of shot but that's not important right now.

Photo: Jon Super/AP
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Owen Osborne @owengosborne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🚨Job alert!!🚨 I'm recruiting a 3-year postdoc on amphibian host–microbiome interactions at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - funded by BBSRC. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW850/p...
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki). Photo credit: Brian Gratwicke
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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Great sounding project, great place, and great PI (and guy). I would apply.
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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....
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Job Details | Bangor University Jobs
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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 15/05/2026
EVERYONE!!! LOOK AT HOW CUTE MY LITTLE GIRL IS!!!
Tiki dog being perfect.Tiki dog being perfect.Tiki dog being perfect.Tiki dog being perfect.
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is so British 🩷
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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I recently rejected a manuscript (as editor) on animal ethics grounds. Just because a study has ethics approval it doesn’t mean it passes BES ethics standards. Glad the BES journals are taking this seriously and developing their animal ethics policies. Check it out if relevant to your research!
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witchy raerae 👍🧙🏻‍♀️ ❌👑 @rachaelnevins.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.
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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Let's goooo! #ECS2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jeannemrdl.bsky.social is presenting work on humpback song in soundscapes of New Caledonian lagoons 🥳 🐋 🦑🧪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Jeanne Merindol stands beside her poster
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Joan Silk @jbsilk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#GreatAdaptations Such a great adaptation that angler fish did it again and again www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/s...
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How Female Anglerfish Evolved to Have It All
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Geography at Bangor University @bugeography.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If you're at the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Conf26 today Pop & see our colleague Dr Lynda Yorke btwn 12.30 & 1.50 in T211 as she's collecting stories on #inclusive & #accesible #fieldwork Tell her your experiences It's for an @rgs.org funded project
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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Any ECRs interested in joining a journal editorial board? I’m leaving an associate editor position due to upcoming maternity leave and other commitments and am happy to offer suggestions to the journal for a relacement. Broad zoology remit, reasonable workload.
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Caroline Bettridge @cmbettridge.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A moment of calm. Colesdalen in Svalbard.
A snowy landscape. Looking across a wide valley to mountains in the distance. A very cloudy sky with the sun breaking through. Two people can be seen silhouetted in the distance.
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Joan Silk @jbsilk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This project (with Stacy Rosenbaum and Nick Grebe) began in the dark days of Covid, and is finally ready to share. We've built a living database of primate paternity data (52 species, 3000 paternities) and completed first wave of analyses of paternity distribution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Caroline Bettridge @cmbettridge.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Svalbard reindeer
A view of a snowy mountain landscape with a few reindeer in the near distance.
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Svalbard reindeer
A view of a snowy mountain landscape with a few reindeer in the near distance.
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Caroline Bettridge @cmbettridge.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Inside Longyearbreen ice cave, Svalbard
Two people stood inside an ice cave which is lit up by this head torch. The cave has a high domed ceiling, lower down there are layers of ice in the walls and large boulders of ice on the floor.
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Caroline Bettridge @cmbettridge.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Midnight in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
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Julia PG Jones @juliajones.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Fully-funded PhD with me in beautiful North Wales (field work in Sumatra). From conflict to coexistence: how can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? With @wwf.org.uk, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...
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PhD project: From conflict to coexistence - How can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? | Bangor University
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Latest ranking of English universities based on their contribution to social mobility. University of Bradford, Aston University and the University of Wolverhampton take the top three places.
Professor Aleks Subic, vice chancellor of Aston University, said: "Education has the power to transform lives, families, and communities. When students gain the skills, confidence, and opportunities to succeed, the impact extends far beyond the individual. That is why advancing social mobility sits at the very heart of Aston’s purpose."

View the full tables and find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eer88mVd
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New postdoc position on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in arctic-breeding seabirds. Field sites in coastal Norway and Svalbard. Advisors will be Veerle Jaspers and Bjørn Monroe at NTNU in collaboration with ecologists at NINA. Application deadline 26 April 2026. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Researcher on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in seabirds (296947) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Researcher on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in seabirds (296947), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, April 26, 2026
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Bless the librarians of Aberystwyth University for sending this blog out to their students: "Wait a Minute…What If I Don’t Want to Use AI?" #LibrarySky
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Wait a Minute…What If I Don’t Want to Use AI?
AI is everywhere right now. It writes summaries, explains theories, fixes grammar, and recommends playlists.But here’s the thing nobody says out loud: you’re allowed not to use it. Whether you feel…
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16/03/2026
"Why isn't NATO dealing with the consequences of my actions?" yells man on golf course.
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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🎨 Bill Bramhall Editorial Cartoonist, New York Daily News
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Behaviour, Ecology & Physiology at Bangor University @beps-bangor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Exciting news! Our website is now available in CYMRAEG! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/ygan/beps...
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Ymddygiad, Ecoleg a Ffisioleg ym Mangor
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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... 🧪
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Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish
A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell
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Miguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
When pets devour biodiversity. My new article on the European edition of @uk.theconversation.com about the impacts of pet-wildlife interactions and the opportunities for their legal regulation in the EU. theconversation.com/our-pets-are.... Related paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
this is an absolutely astonishing feat of independent journalism, top to bottom, and proves that the only way to truly fight billionaires is not being funded by them. just…read the whole thing.
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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Last day @sosbangor.bsky.social before our 23 day cruise on the RRS Discovery for the SeaSTORE project. We'll be studying the impact of bottom trawling on seabed carbon stocks. We'll study the chronic and immediate impacts.
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Ashley Reynolds, Cat Lady PhD @handle.invalid · 05/02/2026
I want to start including conservation success stories at the end of every lecture in my #mammalogy class. Anyone have recommendations for success stories for any group of mammals? Especially mammals that are perhaps less charismatic and therefore harder to find examples for. #highered #scicomm
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Thomas Ableman @freewheeling.info · 25/01/2026
This "conflicting accounts" narrative of the BBC's is a much bigger problem than they seem to think. The huge issue is not false balance - it's that they're NOT reporting the biggest story of today: the fact the US Government is lying about its own forces killing a US citizen.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
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