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Jacob Parkman

@ecologist-jacob.bsky.social
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He/Him, 27, part time wizard and full time ecologist. ECORISC CDT PhD student at the University of Sheffield studying a potential re-emergence of chemically induced eggshell thinning in birds.

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Los Campesinos! @loscampesinos.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
👑 20 YEARS OF LOS CAMPESINOS! Today is the 20th Anniversary of our first ever show We don’t want to dwell on the past, as we’re too excited about the future of LC!, but suffice to say the last two decades have been the privilege of a lifetime. Thank you. LC!4LYF
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters
All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Somerset County Cricket Club @somersetccc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
OH MY WORD, WHAT A GAME OF CRICKET!!! 🔥 Somerset WIN by 2⃣ wickets. And breathe.... #HAMvSOM #YouAreSomerset
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
That's metal as fuck
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Jacob Parkman @ecologist-jacob.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Wahay! Steelers!
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Jacob Parkman @ecologist-jacob.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
First day back on fieldwork!
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Paula Chernoff @paulachernoff11.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!! #birdoftheday birds on the ground photo by David Chernoff
Burrowing Owl on the ground, standing in front of a sign telling visitors it is a violation to disturb the burrows or harass the owls.
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Each one of those three missiles costs 33% more than the annual budget of the national park where I work.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So Israel is launching a "preventive" strike on Iran and also announcing a state of emergency, because they expect Iran to respond to their "preventive" strike by launching missiles. So like... what's being prevented here?
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Land-atmosphere feedbacks mean that major Amazon deforestation is causing substantial downstream rainfall reductions. New analysis in @natcomms.nature.com combines novel theoretical understanding with data to quantify feedbacks. Read the open access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Historical deforestation drives strong rainfall decline across the southern Amazon basin - Nature Communications
The authors find that historical deforestation has substantially altered regional observed precipitation over the southern Amazon basin through inter-regional atmospheric moisture transport, which is ...
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New UKCEH research shows UK saltmarshes are significant carbon sinks, storing ~6.5 t CO₂e ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, comparable to mangroves and seagrasses. Saltmarshes aren't yet included in the UK GHG Inventory, but the evidence base is strengthening. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪 1/
Saltmarsh on Wallasea Island at high tide
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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 13/01/2026
You see the paper today?
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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” ― James Baldwin Pic of the day #photography
A brown bear in Alaska forages for food on a hillside. Telephoto lens used.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Frequently asked question: “Hey David, I’ve seen you arrange shark research field skills courses and one-day expeditions for a variety of universities and organizations. Could you do that for my group?” Absolutely yes! Let’s chat.
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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Are you looking for a wild PhD opportunity? 🦠🧵 There are several opportunities to join the Wild Microbiome Lab in 2026! Scroll for more information, or visit the link below for full project descriptions and application information👇 xavharrison.github.io
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Squidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Reminder transphobia affects more than just trans people
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Jacob Parkman @ecologist-jacob.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Some great research coming from my lab group!
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Josh Gardner @joshgardner.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Well that’s my highlight of the season done and dusted already.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 14/10/2025
"The first-of-its-kind study shows that the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to global renewable energy — contradicting industry claims to be pioneers in the energy transition."
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Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’
New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
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Jacob Parkman @ecologist-jacob.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Really cool this! New insight into where museum specimens come from is always welcome, would love to be able to apply it to egg collections (many of which are unlabelled due to their collectors being old, bored, 19th century toffs who were only in it for aesthetic value and prestige).
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The Women’s Rugby Show @womensrugbyshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
THE #REDROSES ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! A brilliant peformance in the final against a Canada side who never relented. England's forward pack sensational, Heard brilliant - what a moment infront of over 80,000 people. #RWC2025 #WomensRugby #RWC2025Final
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast @bloodandmud.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I have a fundamentally different political view to that entire March today. But I am fucking sick of the rank classist comments eg referencing things like "flat roof pubs" and Wetherspoons when talking about it. Stop painting working class people as stupid racists;
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
New BirdTrack migration blog just landed! Read here: www.bto.org/our-work/new... #Ornithology
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"The landlord says the rent increase reflects the market rate for the area." Translation: "Every other landlord round here is hiking the rent, so I reckon I can get away with it too." This is exploitation, plain and simple. We need robust rent controls now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My rent's gone up by almost 20% - and my landlord wants to evict me
Glasgow tenant Elle Glenny says the impact of a rent increase has been catastrophic.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
1/ Calling UK birders! 📢 We need your vital help to fill data gaps for bird populations outside the breeding season via the Winter Bird Survey ➡️www.bto.org/winbs #Ornithology #UKBirding
A Tree Sparrow perches on a branch showing its chestnut crown as snow falls. Wording over the image reads we need your help across the UK for the Winter Bird Survey starting in mid-September!
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Squidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The men are shit, the women are shit, the Union’s full of cunts, your club’s about to be cut, and it honestly feels like it’s only going to keep getting worse. Welsh Rugby in 2025 is the pits.
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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 21/08/2025
Forests are vital in fighting climate change. 🌲 The Amazon Soy Moratorium has been one of the greatest successes in halting #deforestation since its implementation in 2006. Scrapping it sends the wrong signal ahead of #COP30 and threatens the Amazon. ❌ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Our paper is already one of the ten most-shared on social media articles in the history of the journal. As of right now, 14 people have posted about it on Twitter. And 1,018 people have posted about it on Bluesky. Which sorta makes our point here?
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for community
Moscar Moor is not for sale, but the group hopes to secure it under new Community Right to Buy law.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 09/07/2025
Ongoing collapse of avifauna in temperate oceanic islands close to the mainland in the Anthropocene | Journal of Animal Ecology | besjournals.onlineli... | #ornithology 🪶🌍🧪
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
My response to those who say it’s “too late” to address climate change and global environmental damage. It is NOT too late. As long as one tree is still standing, one whale is still swimming, and one child is still breathing it is not too late to protect something precious.
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Somerset County Cricket Club @somersetccc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
WOW!!!!!!!!!! SOMERSET CHASE DOWN 230 AND WIN BY 5 WICKETS!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Jacob Parkman @ecologist-jacob.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Spineless on student loans, spineless on AI theft. Nick Clegg is 12 stone of pond slime stuffed into a suite and held up by the resulting noxious gasses & a true scumbag.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
These books just arrived. Our new crop pollination book with info about fruits, vegetables, bees an conservation measures came out 😊 I hope we will also produce versions adapted to other countries.
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice www.wired.com/story/intell...
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Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice
Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Today we can announce a panel of judges has found: - The ecological case against industrial sandeel fishing is sound - The UK has the right to stop this damaging fishing in its waters This means sandeels can be safeguarded for the seabirds that need them.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#NoMowMay has begun! 🌼 The rare chance to help nature by doing nothing.
The image presents a comparison between two types of lawns to promote #NoMowMay. On the left side, titled "Why have a lawn like this?" it displays a grid of uniform green squares representing a plain, regularly mowed lawn. On the right side, titled "When you can have a lawn like this?" the grid intersperses colourful icons of a sunflower, a pink flower, a ladybug, a frog, a bee, a butterfly, a white flower with a yellow centre, a tulip, another sunflower, a red mushroom with white spots, and additional flowers, symbolising a lively, biodiverse lawn encouraged by letting grass grow naturally during May.
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Les Écologistes - EELV 🌻 @lesecologistes.fr · 15/04/2025
Hier, Katy Perry s’est envolée pour quelques minutes dans l’espace à bord d’une fusée Blue Origin, propriété de Jeff Bezos. À quel prix pour la planète ?
 💥 429 tonnes de CO₂ par passager·e : c’est le coût estimé d’un vol spatial, soit 43 ans d’émissions d’un·e Français·e…
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I know lots of research labs who don’t include undergrad lab assistants as coauthors on papers, because they just followed instructions and didn’t make a serious intellectual contribution. But sure, putting a fantasy author who funded your work as a coauthor screams “serious science, not a stunt.”
List of authors of the direwolf genome preprint, including George R R Martin
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Everyone who told me "what's the harm in hyping de-extinction technology that doesn't work" can choke on a bag of black-footed ferret dicks www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/04/2025
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.”

The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species.

The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation.

It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk.

Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation.

The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage.

Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential!

The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 03/04/2025
1/🧵 #BOU2025 #CitizenScience #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth #Ornithology 🌏🧪 Hi, I’m Becki Lawson, a wildlife vet at @zslofficial.bsky.social, and today I will be exploring disease surveillance in wild birds in light of the overall health of people, animals, and the ecosystem – in short: One Health.
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Jacob Parkman @ecologist-jacob.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
1/6. Are modern contaminants causing eggshell thinning in birds? In the first chapter of my PhD I have completed a systematic review evaluating whether 6 contaminants cause eggshell thinning by assessing the volume of & agreement in the literature. #BOU2025 #SESH5 #Ornithology #Ecology 🌍 🧪
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Eric Lagadec @ericlagadec.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Aujourd'hui, c'est l'équinoxe de mars, et donc le début du printemps pour l'hémisphère nord. A 10h01, le soleil va changer d'hémisphère terrestre et être donc plus présent dans l'hémisphère nord. Ça vous dit d'en savoir plus? Thread👇
Saisons
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