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Chris Rowan @allochthonous.bsky.social · 14h

⚒️ Sigh. Apparently we're relitigating the ICS vote to reject establishing the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch. I'm not sure what is actually going to be achieved here except to keep everyone mad at each other and muddy public understanding. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Battle of the Anthropocene: allegations re-ignite row over proposed geological epoch

Researchers say that a vote to reject the epoch violated procedure and call for transparency.

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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

UF Biology is searching for an Assistant Professor in Plant Ecology, pass it along explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/search...

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University of Florida - Search Results

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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 13h

Federal employment lost 1,000 jobs in September, but the deficit in the federal workforce remains stark: there are 328,000 fewer federal jobs since January 2025. The vital services federal employees provide cannot be done without these essential workers. #EconSky

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah, that's a problem www.chronicle.com/article/high... #academicsky #edusky

A line graph demonstrating the nonacademic spending has outpaced academic spending, from 2010 to 2024. The note indicates this is for 146 R1 institutions. Source: NCES, Created with Datawrapper

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle

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Michelle

A tribute.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No notes.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

we have lost our way

two chicken and waffles taquitos on rollers at a gas station, openly mocking God

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 18/09/2026

Some folks are holding up the unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season as some sort of "gotcha" for climate scientists. But low Atlantic hurricane activity has long been the signature of strong El Nino events, as memorably shown back in 1997:

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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New data alert 🚨 - CEO pay surged in 2025, rising 14% to an average $27.9 million - CEOs are paid 325 times as much as the typical worker in their industry - Between 1978 and 2025, top CEO pay rose 1,316% compared to only a 28% increase for typical workers www.epi.org/blog/ceo-pay... #EconSky

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CEO pay surged in 2025: CEOs are paid 325 times as much as the typical worker

Key findings: CEO pay at the top 350 U.S. firms rose 14.0% in 2025 to an average of $27.9 million. CEOs made 325 times as much as the typical worker in 2025. It hasn’t always been this way. In 1965, C...

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Urban Evolution & Ecology Conference @urbanevoecoconf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The first Gordon Research Conference on #UrbanEvolution and #UrbanEcology is filling up fast! Register by Nov. 15 to guarantee your spot! Dr. Carly Ziter www.carlyziter.com from @concordia.ca leads the Keynote Session "Socio-Eco-Evo Dynamics in Cities" #UrbanEvoEcoGRC www.grc.org/urban-evolut...

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ecology is slow, and I am slower... a year and a few months later, we still don't know what we'll learn from this data, but it's always a relief when you see a few things that tell you your data isn't crap #rootecology

thick roots have more length per unit mass (whew)

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

This will devastate our research+innovation capacity, bedrock of the 21st century economy. 35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292... Shutting them out is extremist folly.

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Science Agencies Pull ‘Political Interference’ Protections From Scientific Integrity Policies www.aip.org/fyi/science-... NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.

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Science Agencies Pull ‘Political Interference’ Protections From Scientific Integrity Policies

NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.

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Becky Lomax @beckyjlomax.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Walking below the huge trees of the hardwood forest baths us in the peacefulness of greens. A boardwalk loops through the forest for this calming spectacle for the eyes. Congaree National Park #nationalparks #hiking #trails #trees #greens #SouthCarolina

Sunlight pokes through the tree canopy created from a large leafy green tree.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” Gloria Steinem

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." -Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park)

A package of Oreos that are chicken and waffle flavored

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 09/09/2026

I agree with this. I've use Wikipedia as an analogy for LLMs a few times, and it's clear that people forgot the extreme hostility so many academics had to it in the early 2000s

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

that's a cute fruit, Koelreuteria paniculata 🌱

leaves, fruits in the foreground, rain gauges in the background

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...

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New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.

New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I love when someone in a car yells at me to ride my bike on the sidewalk, just after they've driven past a bike symbol painted on the road. I especially love the ones who clearly feel tough and righteous while they are yelling at me, protected by distance and steel. morons can be funny.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A Northern Flicker pair (the male in the back with the black mustache), checking out what the Blue Jays were yelling about. I couldn't tell what had the Blue Jays upset.

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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Let's talk about the weather and climate changes that preceded the Nepali glacier collapse and landslide. It's well known that Nepal is warming, but we can do better and estimate the changes at the 5200m elevation site where the mass of ice and rock ultimately broke loose. A thread. 🧵🧪

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Steve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

After being proposed for closure by the Forest Service reorganization, the Houghton Forest Research Station (next door to our college) is officially staying open, which is great news for colleagus here and for the forests of this region.

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You call it asking your students a series of probing questions designed to draw out their beliefs and assumptions, I call it

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Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌱 3/3: Using UNDERPLOT, we show fine-root economics explains <5% of variation in root extent, clonality & bud-bank traits, revealing an independent persistence gradient. Led by @josephtumber.bsky.social 🌳 @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Still standing: persistence traits capture belowground plant functions beyond resource exploration and acquisition

Conceptual linkages between traits and plant functioning leads to three dimensions of variation in the belowground functional space.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 01/09/2026

The emissions scenarios underlying the next generation of climate model runs that will be featured in the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report are officially out! I have a big new explainer over at Carbon Brief taking an in-depth look at what they mean and whats changed: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pearl Jam (2003, canceled due to flooding in Cincinnati area)

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Who is draining Africa? This figure shows net-appropriation of resources from Africa's CFA zone, illustrating two key facts. 1) Eurozone countries are the biggest appropriators, benefitting from the Francafrique system. 2) Contrary to conventional Western narratives, China's appropriation is tiny.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"But I promise you, students want real educations and will come for them, rather than be forced to listen to a CEO tell them that capitalism rocks." It's beyond time for universities to defend their worth in broader terms than just make more $$

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Botany One @botany.one · 30/08/2026

Research Assistant // Kew careers.kew.org/vacancy/rese... The Mycorrhizal Ecology Team within the Ecosystem and Conservation Science Department is seeking an experienced Research Assistant to provide lab, data and organisational support for the sample processing of soil and roots. #BotanyJobs

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Research Assistant - Careers | Kew Gardens

The Mycorrhizal Ecology Team within the Ecosystem and Conservation Science Department is seeking an experienced Research Assistant to provide lab, data and organisational support for the sample…

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy birthday to writer, statesman and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). 🧪🐡 #histsci This print is a hand-printed, limited edition, Fauvism-inspired reduction block print portrait. While best known for his contributions to German literature, he pursued natural sciences, 🧵

Fauvism inspired linocut reduction print portrait called “Goethe’s Theory of Colours” with my portrait of writer, statesman and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). My portrait is based on contemporary portraits, particularly a painting of Goethe in 1828 by Joseph Karl Stieler.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/08/2026

Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements Vought’s science destroying OMB Policies ahead of time, and we cannot let this sneaky proposal scoot by quietly. Leave your public comment today by visiting the link: zurl.co/ZGP3i

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New NSF BIO solicitation says expected number of awards is 250-300. Historically, the number of awards is closer to 800-1000 for the Directorate of Bio Sciences: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Unless I'm missing large, non-core programs, this seems really not good?

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Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF

An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Trump is promising to boost the U.S. economy by making it harder for Americans to trade with the rest of the world. He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My uploaded comment on proposed changes to National Science Foundation policy that would preemptively align decision making with OMB's plan to politicize grant making, despite widespread public rejection of this plan.... Still time to comment, last day 8/24: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF...

Comment on NSF-2026-OTR-0001 by Joshua S. Weitz
I am a quantitative biologist whose research focuses on how virus infections transform human and environmental health. I am a prior recipient of a NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, have led and co-led multiple NSF grants as academic faculty, and have served as an ad hoc reviewer and on multiple review panels for NSF. I am also the co-founder of the Science and Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP) whose mission is to assess how changes to federal science funding impact research, health, jobs, and economic activity across the United States. I am writing in my personal capacity to recommend that the proposed repackaging of the National Science Foundation ‘Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide’ (PAPPG) into a newly constituted ‘Guidance on Financial Assistance’ (GFA) should be withdrawn in full.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 21/08/2026

New Common App data show a 10% decline in the number of international student applications for this fall, but keep in mind that enrollment may not quite track applications. Still, another warning sign for higher ed.

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Applications From International Students Down 10%

Data from Common App shows increases from low-income student applicants, Black applicants and applicants from small towns.

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

if you are cheering hard for conservation, for halting climate change, advocating passionately for this & that... are you certain you are not tainting science in the process? or have you decided 'winning' for birds or for island nations or for yourself is more important than science's integrity? 🧪🌐

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

(Also one important thing that the “Everything is doomed” and “Everything is saved” messages have in common is inevitability, meaning that even if you care, there’s nothing you can or need to do. You are hereby freed from responsibility of actually trying to act. See why people are drawn to them?)

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Chris Rowan @allochthonous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“[Given current limits,] realizing injection rates consistent with net-zero emissions modeling would require drilling activity that would exceed the entire US oil and gas industry.”

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology at EPFL/WSL in Lausanne! 🌿 Study physiological mechanisms of leaf browning under heat & drought stress 🔬 Experimental plant ecophysiology 🎓 Mentoring/teaching opportunities Please share! Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1893/...

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

in America, we are free (to be stupid)

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

the world is a complex web of interacting parts, some we know about and some we don't... one reason not to mess with it too much.

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Kevin Mueller @kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

some days, being a scientist means leak testing stemflow collars all damn day. other days, to be a scientist is to caulk stemflow collars all damn day. 🙂🧪

is that a tipping bucket rain gauge in the background? one of 200 in this field? yes, it is.

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ManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

📢 #postdoc on terrestrial #carbon cycle under global change. Topic: interactions of ecological, biogeochemical, and physical processes that drive C cycle responses to global change Where: Department of Soil & Environment, SLU 🇸🇪 Apply by: September 10 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Postdoc on terrestrial carbon cycle under global change | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

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