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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is it a new cold-email trend to send quant analyses alongside PhD requests? I'm increasing getting pilot results (often based on my open datasets, often repeating what we published...) I assume this is more of the AI nonsense we have to wade through. Getting flooded by genAI enquiries this year!

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's time to apply for the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal! The prestigious prize is awarded annually to early career scientists that have made an outstanding contribution to #PlantScience. Deadline: 1 November 2026. Apply now: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...

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New Phytologist Tansley Medal for excellence in plant science

The New Phytologist Tansley Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to research in plant science by an early career researcher.

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Prospective student sends genAI enquiry; I reply asking to see brief, non-genAI proposal; student sends terrible, nonsensical genAI proposal; I decline and state that it looks like genAI and makes no sense; student angrily refutes with genAI explanation. All in about 25 minutes. Rinse & repeat 😭😭😭

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Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This comparison of the relative volume of media attention experienced by Jason Arday and James Orr is striking. One thing worth adding to @samanthaasumadu.substack.com's excellent analysis below is that Orr is also under investigation for bullying a student: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026

'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/09/2026

“You have to be twice as good to get half as far. Everybody in the Black community knows this.” Powerful words from our member Andrew as he spoke at TUC Congress on the death of our member, colleague and friend Professor Jason Arday. Congress then joined us in a minute’s silence in Jason’s memory.

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

To enable such an unprecedented attack on our rights, management have also today announced the de-recognition of the UCU and Unison. The scale of this assault is so extraordinary that the General Secretary of UCU has called a demo on campus tomorrow.

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Anson Mackay (they/them) @ans.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

These cases of scientific misconduct should getting higher prominance, seeing as the "research" is oft quoted by 'gender crits' and transphobes

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 01/09/2026

Only three weeks left to apply for BES Fellowship ✍️ If you, or someone you know, has made an outstanding contribution to the field of ecology, we'd love to hear from you. Join our community of Fellows who are shaping the future of ecology. Apply by 21 September 👇 shorturl.at/uNyWV

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Academia is a job. If you have a job, you are an employee. If you are an employee you should have a union. QED.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Photographs taken by James Kemmenoe at the vigil for Professor Jason Arday podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR JASON ARDAY'S DEATH banner

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m kinda hoping that nobody I know has signed that open letter supporting Cofnas ☹️

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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

May Jason Arday find the peace the racist white media never gave him. RIP.

The White-owned, mainstream media published 249 articles in 22 days on Jason Arday, according to data from NewsCord, a UK media watchdog.

By comparison, in 2024, in the weeks after the then newly released Epstein files showed long-standing ties between Epstein and Peter Mandelson, former UK Ambassador to the U.S., the UK media mentioned Mandelson 119 times, NewsCord found.

In 2023, only the Financial Times covered extensively that William O’Reilly, a White Cambridge professor, was found guilty of plagiarism. All told, a Black Cambridge professor endured 249 times more media coverage for an accusation of plagiarism by a known racist propagandist than a White Cambridge professor found guilty of plagiarism.

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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

RIP Prof Jason Arday. The man was pure kindness, the hounding that precipitated his death is out. The community is hurting @blackinplantsci.bsky.social support every black scientist that perform above and beyond to gain a bit of respect. The truth; this fight is uneven and some are silenced #sad

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There’s a *lot* of people talking who shouldn’t be talking. They should be listening. But hey, if there’s engagement and a few extra followers to be had, why let that stop you 🤷🏾‍♂️

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Those in the 'in' crowd are protected regardless of their racism, bullying, misogyny or misconduct, however bad it is and however long it goes on for. I see no appetite for change, but for it to happen then the current leadership, which has failed completely in this preventable tragedy, must go.

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Cambridge is a cruel institution. It will use you up and spit you out. This would never happen to a white Oxbridge-educated man subjected to these accusations; those people do not make the news, nor do they lose their positions, because the university sees them as one of its own.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
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plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
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autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Check out this new postdoctoral position in my group in 3D forest ecology. Available for 12 months in the first instance. Get in contact with questions, closing date 6 sept. Please share widely! #pdra #forests #ecology #lidar

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'm hiring a new PDRA for my group in Cambridge. Do you like trees, lasers and ecology? Interested in helping us to use 3D data to better understand the relationship between forest structure and tree species diversity across biomes? 🌳🛰️⚡🌳 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/56666/

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Research Assistant / Research Associate in three dimensional forest ecology (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Research Associate in three dimensional forest ecology (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yeah absolutely. My group has very varying levels of use - the idea here was to make sure we're understanding what happens when we use it, and what the consequences for us might be

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ah thanks Markus. TBH I don't really use genAI myself, but we can't escape that it is being used widely. Better to openly discuss and decide on acceptable ways forward.

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We've found common ground and together written this statement, outlining the rules we agree to work within in our group, and some guidelines reflecting our thinking about the impact of genAI on our scientific research process. I'm very lucky to work with such an engaged and thoughtful bunch!

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My group has been thinking hard about when and how we use generativeAI tools in our scientific research, and what impact it has on us. We're a very interdisciplinary group and our thoughts on this topic vary a lot! We've written guidelines to help us here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Also great to see some lovely footage of our University of Cambridge research forest, Madingley Wood. 🌳🌳🌳

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Exciting to see our research using lidar, drones and AI featuring in the BBC Tech Now show today We're using high resolution data to understand how forests are structured, and how they're changing. AI helps us unlock that information: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #forest #lidar #ai

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BBC News - Tech Now, Rainforests: Can Tech Help to Protect Trees?

New technologies measuring forests and exclusive access to a hacker rehab programme.

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Oisin Mac Aodha @oisinmacaodha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Job opening for Lecturer/Associate Professor of AI for Biodiversity Science at University College London (UCL). www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

PhD studentship in forest structural assessment, suitable for candidates with backgrounds in ecology, forestry or remote sensing 🌳🌲🌏. Fully-funded 4-year programme. Deadline 5 July. Application details here:

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Background to Cambridge Whistleblowing Tribunal This describes a sequence of events after Prof Wyn Evans tried to help a distressed colleague 21percent.org?p=3806

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Cambridge #Whistleblowing Tribunal From 8 June, the witness statements & the document bundle will be available to those following the Tribunal remotely This webpage explains how to access the documents, as well as the legal restrictions that apply 21percent.org?p=3757

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Nature @nature.com · 03/06/2026

Women’s participation in science has risen sharply, but a Nature Index analysis finds that gender gaps in first and last authorship — markers of key scientific achievements — have barely shifted over the past decade. go.nature.com/4uh0Rxw

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First and last authors more likely to be men in leading science journals

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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A new TOP FIVE has just dropped. The @ukri.org TOP FIVE shortest timescales from call opening to closing. And you won't believe the winner 👀

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Had a fun day yesterday showing off our tech! Always fun to be in the woods on a hot day. Less so being in the office for an interview with no AC and no fans...

Two women in the woods, looking up. One is holding a drone controller and there is a cameraman in the front

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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"Our Fellowship is strengthened not only by individual distinction, but by the diversity of perspectives and experiences its members bring" "26% of this year’s intake of Fellows and Honorary Fellows are women"

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This one is common - I am personally using this to avoid ever having to learn bash properly (10+ years of using it without LLMs has not helped me learn anyway!)

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm not sure about this one - I wonder if this is a crutch that prevents people learning how to edit their ideas and how to succinctly communicate?

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My group is currently developing a section in our code of conduct on the use of genAI within research. What are some positive uses people can see for its use both individually and in science? I for one am excited for the end of authors only included for polishing the English in a ms....

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data.

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

21 Group predicted that 2026 would be 'Year of Scandals' at Cambridge University Another senior academic has now been excluded from King’s College following misconduct Most troubling aspect of the story is the culture of secrecy regarding bullying & harassment at Cambridge 21percent.org?p=3662

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Richard Nair @richardnair.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🌿🌍🌳⚠️Job alert! ⚠️ Fully funded #PhD in @psb-trinity.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, looking how plant trait patterns vary and potentially link to ecosystem functioning! Linking in with our current phenology/GHG projects! Full advert here: tinyurl.com/TCDtraitsPhD

The front door of the School of Botany and Trinity College Dublin, a victorian grey stone building, with Wisteria in bloom

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

These responses are wild. Academic research is reading papers and building your work based on what you've read in other people's published articles. How are they getting trained in academia without knowing the basics of research?

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Clay I think - but it's old coppice, with some falling/dying ash, so lots of light in the understory

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I think you're just forest-deprived

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Sometimes my job is answering angry emails and dealing with buggy code. And sometimes my job is laying out plots in the woods. Today is one of those better days.

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