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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 3h

My dept is hiring 2 lecturers, one in cell/molec and the other in comp bio. 100% teaching, no tenure but generous intervals btwn renewals. Same position as me and I love my job!!! Very collegial dept w/ colleagues who take quality teaching v seriously barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...

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Lecturer of Biological Sciences

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 11h

I hate Canvas SpeedGrader with the intensity of a thousand suns.

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Excellent q from a student: do so called “living fossils” like the coelacanth have lower mutation rates? I told him my gut feeling is no, but i feel like there’s actual research on that/wondering if that’s also other’s gut?

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey @danielbolnick.bsky.social any particular reason many of your shiny apps for teaching evolution in your website are down? I wrote a bunch of lectures around them over the summer and now that I'm actually giving the lectures, they're not there anymore 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The face of a man that had bad insomnia last night slept only 4 hours, already gave a 75 min lecture today, and still has another 75 min lecture to go

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reason #3748 i love working in a bio department

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How biology is your biology department? At #RiceUniversity, we have wild urban rat snakes that climb our brick walls and hunt on the roof! (Video credit: Melodie French in our EEPS department) 🐍

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This from @jocateme.bsky.social is so cool! Cariamas give bellbirds a run for their money as the world's loudest bird!!! doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Prospective reviewer A: sorry I cant' do it, but I suggest B Prospective reviewer B: sorry I cant' do it, but I suggest A AE: 😭😭😭😭😭

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stormy weekend = great time to try out North America’s only native caffeine while grading student work!

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Aves do Brasil @avesbrasil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🇧🇷Soldadinho-do-araripe 🌎Antilophia bokermanni Conservação: Em Perigo Crítico Ameaçada de extinção 📷 Ester Ramirez

Um pequeno pássaro empoleirado lateralmente em um galho fino e diagonal, exibindo uma coloração marcante e contrastante. Sua cabeça apresenta um topo de um vermelho vibrante e intenso, que se estende suavemente pela parte superior das costas em uma linha fina e elegante. O rosto, o pescoço e a parte inferior do peito são de um branco puro. As asas possuem penas escuras, variando entre o cinza profundo e o preto, harmonizando com a cauda longa e afunilada, também de cor preta. O olho é pequeno e escuro, próximo a um bico curto e claro. Sua postura é alerta, com o corpo inclinado e os pés firmes sobre a madeira. O fundo é composto por um desfoque suave em tons de verde oliva, sugerindo um ambiente de mata densa ou floresta, com uma iluminação difusa que destaca a textura de suas penas.
Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anyone read this book yet? How are the early reviews?

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok what is the most death metal biology term? Cytokine storm? Programmed death 1? Executioner caspase? Other?

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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hello visual ecologists! Are you studying how human activities (urbanization, deforestation, climate change, pollution, etc) affect animal coloration? I want to talk to you! 🧪 I've found some interesting reviews & older papers, but I want to find out more about research currently in progress!

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Jack Stack @jackstack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Students asked today why people subscribe to scientistic racism, transphobia, etc., given how many of these ideas are based on bunk science. I would be interested in people's opinions, but I told them a mix of people not being smart enough to grasp the actual science and profitability.

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Camarote da República @camarotedacpi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🇧🇷🇺🇳 LULA NA ONU "Nossas riquezas naturais pertencem ao povo brasileiro e é em benefício dele que serão exploradas. O acesso aos nossos minerais terá como contrapartida obrigatória a geração de valor em nosso território, a transferência de tecnologia e o suprimento de setores estratégicos nacionais."

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reason #4738 i love my job: i get to say terms like “corkscrew vaginas” to students during office hours, for true legitimate science reasons!

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm already scheduling commitments for Summer of 2027. What even is time?

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding

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CG Partridge @partridgecg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Spider expert needed. Can anyone help me identify what type of spiders built these webs?

Ground spider web next to a hemlock tree

Ground spider web hovering above a patch of leaves.

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anyone read this book yet? How are the early reviews?

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

First day of 34th grade, let’s go!!!

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I definitely feel like LA would fit better with MS etc than with AR etc. Also how come Greater MO doesn’t include actual MO, or am i missing something here?

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My courses start tomorrow, but everything for this week is ready to go, and I'm already revising my lectures for next week. Please clap.

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Minor (?) career milestone but I'm *SO* excited about it: this Fall, for the first time intro bio lab students will be doing an activity I conceptualized!!! A lab on ecological interactions in our tiny but biodiversity-packed urban campus!!

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

His name is Cosmo the Cosmic Dragonfly, and I love him

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Stoked to start out the academic year in our brand new science building, even if it’s still a little bit of a construction zone!

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Okay America, i have to give it to you: you can be pretty spectacularly beautiful at places!!! And you deserve major kudos for inventing and perfecting the concept of national parks. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Old Faithful erupted RIGHT as a thunderstorm rolled in, and i accidentally filmed a disaster movie scene

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Real life is wilder than anything that AI can concoct, exhibit #3827

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Shocked—shocked!—that my first travel expense report for my current employer was approved in the first try!!!

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Chicago Cubs W Flag: Fly the W!

ALT: Chicago Cubs W Flag: Fly the W!

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

curious how other labs with relatively few hands-on research tasks involve undergrads

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just for those keeping track, once again at least 10% of my students this semester are trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and/or intersex- at a small public university in a pretty red state, even! We're not going anywhere 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I graduated high school 20 years ago. I have a bachelors, a masters and a doctorate. I’m a faculty member in higher education. Last night i dreamt i got a 0 in a math test in high school.

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You’ve truly matured as a Natural Scientist when you find yourself thinking, “uh, being a geologist could’ve been cool”

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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My great technician is leaving the lab, and I'm trying to replace her. Are you or someone you know interested in evolutionary genomics research that combines animals experiments (with flies!) and molecular biology? Come work with me! Application info at the link evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Visited the Smithsonian NHM for the first time today. I’d forgotten what it was like to step into a new-to-me major natural history museum. Truly felt like a kid again for a few hours!

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

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Tapani Hopkins @tapani-hopkins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ok, stats people, any advice? If I had several traps in primary forest, and several traps in disturbed forest, and want to compare which forest type got more wasps... what's a sensible way to write a model for a GLM in R?

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I need to catch a bunch of Cedar Waxwings. If anybody’s seen any, let me know.

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NYC: Seeking home for 2 cats due to owner's terminal illness

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sadly this was the closest i could get to one of my favorite sculptures: “Let us beat swords into plowshares”, a gift from the USSR

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