Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trees don't store carbon, forests do. The number of trees planted is largely irrelevant: the real question is the area that will be converted to forest cover. 1162
Reposted by Markus EichhornIngolf Kühn @ingolfkuehn.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026Are you an experimental plant ecologist? Keen on working with great colleagues in a thriving scientific environment and a unique global change experiment? Join us! recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/V… #ecology #ecologyjob #ecoevojob recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.comLeading Scientist (f/m/x) in Biodiversity Research 0714
Reposted by Markus EichhornNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just saw folk who join the uncritical rush towards AI referred to as "LLMings", and I am stealing that.static.klipy.comVintage Pixel Game: LemmingsAlt: Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings 11275114
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Current mental state: woke up in the night in panic about a task. Put it on the urgent list for the day. Finally got round to it. Discovered that I actually did it last Thursday and just forgot. 170
Reposted by Markus EichhornAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One additional 'quick fact': if your name is John, the Nobel committee is twice as likely to award you the Prize for Physics, compared to scientists who are female - Number of physics prizes to a John: 10 - Number of female physics Nobel laureates: 5 Best wishes to all the John-hopefuls this yr 👩🔬⚛️ 89931
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's still September. I will not put the heating on. Only two more days to go.static.klipy.comJon Snow Freezing Cold in the SnowAlt: Jon Snow Freezing Cold in the Snow 270
Reposted by Markus EichhornBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾 291127
Reposted by Markus EichhornThe Species Recovery Trust @speciesrecovery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Meet the rare plant that needs chaos... A thread for #SpeciesOfTheWeek ⤵️ 11910
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wish the media would interview university staff as well. The impacts on students are real (if they weren't then strike action would be pointless) but there's a reason for taking it.bbc.comStudent: University of Nottingham strikes 'not what we signed up for'The University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action. 0163
Reposted by Markus EichhornUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/09/2026Our members at the University of Nottingham begin strike action tomorrow over devastating job and course cuts. They will walk out tomorrow and Thursday, before beginning sustained strike action from 5 October. Share, like and comment to show your solidarity with our members. 23022
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"I didn't know anything about X so I asked chatGPT." You still don't know anything about X. You have read what a sophisticated summary-generating tool predicts as the answer to your question. You have no critical insight, no direct experience, no awareness of the underlying evidence. Stop talking. 13410
Reposted by Markus Eichhornhannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm on strike for the next five weeks with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social because management continues to threaten mass compulsory redundancies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 711951
Reposted by Markus EichhornTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111166327
Reposted by Markus EichhornRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026If you want a six minute summary of how to support trans+ fieldworkers, then why not check out this video we made (voiced by the incredible @izzyvalkyrie.bsky.social)? 28032
Reposted by Markus EichhornRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 15598449
Reposted by Markus EichhornUniversity of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our massive strike action for the fall begins on Wednesday, but we will be facing some intense financial hardship to do so. Please consider supporting our members by donating to our solidarity fund. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...justgiving.comHelp raise £10000 to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund – JustGiving CrowdfundingIʼm raising money to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. 12726
Reposted by Markus EichhornDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This just gets more and more scandalous the further down you read As one interviewee put it, 'is this a joke?'theguardian.comBacklash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle UniversityRole for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity 37726
Reposted by Markus EichhornRob Knell @robknell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you’re a scientist then you *must* watch The Love Hypothesis on Amazon Prime: a fascinating documentary about what *really* goes on in our labs. This educational clip is likely to feature in stats lectures for years to come. 🧪 2235
Reposted by Markus EichhornMike Knell @blat.at · 24/09/2026US university drama: Beautiful sunny weather, set at Stanford, impeccably tidy offices UK university drama: Permanently overcast, set at Keele, offices piled high with crap and built from whitewashed breezeblocks 041
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In things that suddenly make me feel old: we're up to APG V now. Five! My mental plant phylogeny is still coming to terms with APG III 🧪onlinelibrary.wiley.comLarge‐scale nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses inform an updated Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification: APG VWe present here a revision of the APG classification that considers the extensive recent analyses of hundreds of nuclear and plastid genes for many angiosperm species. Although previous versions of t... 060
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I can't wait for a world in which AI-written abstracts are summarised by AI bots in order to produce AI papers. No need to trouble our little meat brains again. 0285
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Start licking driftwood: apparently the latest smuggling trick is to impregnate wood products with cocaine.irishexaminer.comKinahan cartel believed to be behind mobile drug lab seized under major international policing operationThe cartel – which has restructured in Spain around a new operational figure – was trafficking in cocaine impregnated into wood shipped over by Colombian suppliers. 100
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just saw an ad for a face yoga class and I think I've pulled an eyebrow 010
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A wedding invitation! The first in years! Have we finally left the 'everyone's getting divorced' phase and entered the 'everyone's getting remarried' phase? 080
Reposted by Markus EichhornBram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026ERC Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship applications went from just 7.000 applicants in 2022 to over 21.000 this year 🤯🤯🤯 54218
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The other brutal constraint on ECRs is time. If you don't land a post-doctoral fellowship on the first cycle then your chances of still being in the pool for the next call drop considerably. 1133
Reposted by Markus EichhornOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oxford United have apologised for releasing a clothing collection with the slogan ‘United 93’, after the club’s founding date in 1893. United Airlines flight 93 was one of those hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11. OUFC say “we are reviewing our approval processes”. 0177
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Things must be getting desperate in the UK if they're getting excited about a crop normally used for feeding livestock.bbc.comMeet the mangelwurzel: The forgotten root vegetable making a comebackMangelwurzels are attracting new fans, inspiring a festival and sparking a Somerset craze. 010
Reposted by Markus EichhornPablo Nepomnaschy @pablonep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not new, and not discovered...still great news. I offer a, perhaps, more accurate, less colonizing, title: "Western scientists describe a felid known to local communities as Tilcayo. It is the first description of its kind in over a century" 8827399
Reposted by Markus EichhornDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing" I've never seen a trigger warning in the abstract of a research paper before This study estimates there were 2.2 million Indigenous Australians before British colonisation share.google/eCcqV6xHaVSx... 0233
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Can we not encourage Elon Musk and his techbro minions to all move to Mars? The prospects for humanity would improve dramatically, although not for the reasons they think. 290
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Wild excitement in the family home following the appearance of a new Minecraft biome. At least the kids are talking about trees 🌳🌲minecraft.wikiDappled Forest – Minecraft WikiThe dappled forest is a woodland biome consisting of poplar trees with red, orange, and yellow leaves, along with the occasional spruce trees. The ground is an orange-brown grass and coarse dirt soil ... 181
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Urban trees have different allometries to those in woodland, meaning that standard diameter-based estimates greatly over-estimate the potential for carbon storage. New paper by Davenport et al. 🧪🌍🌲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 0148
Reposted by Markus EichhornJosef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Two high profile Irish politicians involved in 'incidents' yesterday - the Taoiseach & Healy Rae. There are ppl - racists, anti-vaxxers, angry loons - who have gotten the taste for intimidating people in the streets. If we don't deal with this now - we know where it goes. 1508
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We need a remake of "Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker" from the perspective of a botfly. 020
Reposted by Markus EichhornThe Daily Mash @the-daily-mash.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Britain in no place to sneer at village’s stupid separatist referendum buff.ly/RDjMFJQ 264
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026As an ex-Christian (I'm an escaped Fundie) old friends sometimes give me a knowing "Yes, but deep down you still believe don't you" because they can't quite accept that someone can know the whole story and still walk away. 270
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Forest fragmentation intensifies along contested borders in northern Ethiopia, showing the impacts of conflict on conservation 🧪🌍🌳🌲🌐 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 195
Reposted by Markus EichhornJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this. 3324331154
Reposted by Markus EichhornKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn. 7621121245
Reposted by Markus EichhornErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Robots asking humans if they're robots, humans asking robots if they're humans what are we even doing lol this sucks 411016
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Twelve months of continuous camera trap data from Ireland. Natural forest: 31Gb per camera. Coniferous forest: 7Gb. Wonder if we'll find any differences? @biocomp-erc.bsky.social 1293
Reposted by Markus EichhornZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything! 142240411
Reposted by Markus EichhornBlack In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's not too late for you meet the Early Bird registration deadline! Here's what some of our attendees said about last year's conference: “The conference was well organised, and I enjoyed a very bit of the programme, it was an excellent experience.” Register by 18 September: buff.ly/KVEGYfT 057
Reposted by Markus EichhornIrish Women's Rugby Supporters Club @irishwomens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Zero tolerance, not quiet acceptance 12290122
Reposted by Markus EichhorniDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🌍 iDiv and the @uni-jena.de are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in Macroevolution & Macroecology. 🕒 Full-time (40h/week) or part-time (minimum 75%) 📅 Start: 1 Dec 2026 💼 Fixed-term: 3 years 💶 Salary: up to E13 (TV‑L) ⏳ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 www.idiv.de/career/job-o...idiv.deJob OpeningsExplore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany. 11622
Reposted by Markus EichhornBiodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Open position: Assistant professor in ecology and evolution of terrestrial arthropods Application deadline: 30 October 2026 Learn more: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... 078
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The battles within UKHE have taken a particularly dark turn at Uni of Brighton. 040
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026After listening to a few podcasts I'm increasingly suspicious that we are being tricked into hearing a nice human present content that was largely generated by AI. 260
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Doode Bembe is a nature reserve in Belgium whose name translates as 'unusable grasslands'. It's a reminder that conservation often happens in places that have no obvious economic value.natuurpunt.beDoode BemdeIn de Doode Bemde kan je wandelen langs de natuurlijk meanderende Dijle. Vlakbij Leuven gaan natuurbescherming en beveiliging tegen wateroverlast hand in hand. Wie weet vind je de sporen van de bever.... 0103