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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

2 #postdoc positions now live! 🐠🐡🐟 (1) #AI for #Ecology, (2) #Marine Field Ecology for AI-Enabled Behavioural Monitoring, & v soon (3) AI-Enabled #BehaviouralEcology for #Conservation Join our team, unlock #AnimalBehaviour as an early warning system. #Jobs @lec-reefs.bsky.social Links 👇

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

2-day Scientific Meeting on "Forecasting ecological dynamics" hosted by the Royal Society in London on 2-3 November 2026. Virtual and in-person attendance available. Advanced registration is essential. Find details at: royalsociety.org/science-even...

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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Watch this space & spread the word. New @idiv-research.bsky.social synthesis working group & fellowship (ie Sabbatical) calls coming these days. Great funding opportunities to collaborate with researchers in and visit @idiv-research.bsky.social

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department (home of @weecology.bsky.social) is seeking a new Department Chair. Are you interested in leading a plucky and friendly bunch of ecologists? Here's the ad: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

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University of Florida - Details - Professor and Chair - Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (WEC)

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Weecology is hiring a postdoc to work with my long-term, large-scale Everglades wading bird project. We have data on nest effort at multiple spatial scales over 30+ years for multiple species. We also do fun stuff w/ drones. Sound interesting? See our ad! jabberwocky.weecology.org/2026/04/15/p...

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Join Our Everglades Wading Bird Research as a Postdoc

Join our Everglades Wading Bird project as a postdoc researcher! Explore wading bird breeding, nest success, and drone monitoring opportunities.

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Murray et al. show that the fast-slow continuum of life history variation emerges as a contour of highest fitness in the face of catastrophic demographic disturbances, which rivals some classic hypotheses. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Ah the early 80’s war between experimental and comparative ecologists! It led to this gem by Jared Diamond on the four types of experiments in ecology: lab, field, time series, geo-comparisons. I started every Community Ecology class with it. Highly relevant…again. users.wfu.edu/silmanmr/bio...

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy to see our antifragility paper published! With @jonaswickman.bsky.social and @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social.

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

When I was young I thought true love was Romeo and Juliet. Now that I’m wiser, i know true love is someone scrubbing the toilets when you’re out of town because they know it will make you happy

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

They just don’t get it - they’re trying to replace the part of our job we like the *most*. If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I don't know who needs a break from the world to read about desert rodents, but I definitely needed a break from the world to write it. Nearly a year has passed, but here's an update on the unprecedented events over the past year at the Portal Project.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I'd like to note that none of these cost $$$

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Oooo, I’m looking forward to reading this!

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 09/12/2025

"Sure Googlers [also faculty] had been willing to pull long hours, putting work before personal life and health, in order to realize the company's [university's] mission, but the quid pro quo those workers expected was for the company [university] to take that mission as seriously as they did."

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Enshittification

Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocen...

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Sebastian Schreiber @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026

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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 12/11/2025

ooof this feels like most every university rn

bunch of executives on the deck of a ship with only one guy rowing and a quote "I don't understand, after so many budget cuts why dont we move faster?"

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Dreamt I was locked inside a ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ mental hospital that was on fire and I couldn’t escape. Funny how brains create dreams unrelated to reality…oh wait…

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 30/10/2025

It’s finally cooling off here and it’s been a long week, so definitely time for a pot of @sagenatural.bsky.social’s Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir

An excited looking bespectacled bearded person holding a tin that says: Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir. Ingredients: fair trade roasted cacao nibs, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, Sasparilla (all organic)

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Trying to process a meeting where I feel like leadership basically said: “our ship has been boarded by pirates but other ships are sinking so this is pretty good”

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

PSA: It’s natural to crave control during unprecedented times. If rearranging deck chairs brings you calm, that’s fine, but please make sure you’re not forcing other people to rearrange deck chairs when they need to be bailing out the ship or helping people into life rafts.

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Returned from a trip to the field. Made me appreciate the finer things in life…like no internet! Seriously, go touch some dirt. It’ll (probably) be good for you.

Shrubby desert with sunrise kissed golden mountains behind. Faint rainbow links mountains with silver clouds

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srsupp.bsky.social @srsupp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Join me! We're hiring a TT position for interdisciplinary #DataAnalytics Program @ Denison University. Looking for someone who intersects with #SportsAnalytics in their research -- health, performance, biomechanics, media, economics, education.. Happy to answer Qs! apply.interfolio.com/172731

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 27/05/2025

All while corporate academic publishers enjoy 30-40% profit margins.

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera. No cheating!

A woman standing happily next to bb8 the robot with a seated man and a teenager. Stickers over faces of teen and man are of funny monsters.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Conversely, if you are not feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, you may need to ease up on the Xanax.

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Huge congrats to @elenalitchman.bsky.social on being elected an ESA Fellow!! 🧪🌊🦠 She does inspiring and foundational work in trait-based ecology, working across scales from phytoplankton in lake Baikal to the human microbiome. And, she's a super kind and caring mentor -- so, so, well deserved! ✨✨✨✨

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Robert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Really honored and humbled to be selected as an ESA Fellow. And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows! @conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social

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ufwatch.bsky.social @ufwatch.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The University of Florida canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. A spokesman for the governor's office stated they were involved & implied the cancellation was related to claims the four finalists were "ALL radical DEI progressives." Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...

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DeSantis involved in University of Florida canceling dean search

UF canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. The governor's office stated that they were involved and implied the cancellation was related to claims that the four finalists were "ALL radical D...

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.

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a woman is making a peace sign with her hand and the words `` stay strong '' behind her .

Alt: a woman is making a peace sign with her hand and the words `` stay strong '' behind her .

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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I'd really like better coverage of protest numbers from yesterday. I'm seeing estimates of 1 to 5 million, but then news headlines that say "thousands protest across America." Please update with your city info if you have a published estimate: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Protests

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 27/03/2025

Of all the institutions/organizations I'm part of the one most rising to the moment to defend scholarship and education is the @aaup.bsky.social. They are organizing & in court defending campus speech, the Dept of Ed, & grant funding. US Faculty - please join today to help defend higher education.

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See dues rates categories based on your annual academic income. Show your support with a lifetime membership! Please contact membershipservices@aaup.org with any questions.

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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Hundreds of Columbia students in the streets demanding Trump release Mahmoud Khalil & Leqaa Kordia — and demanding that Columbia repeal its expulsion of Grant Miner, president of the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW

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Chris Lane @lanelaburi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Until universities realize that their only hope is collective action and hiding will not save you, we're going to see them go after waves of institutions.

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Morgan Ernest @skmorgane.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The next episode...uh, blog post...of Portal: the Regime Shift is up! The Desert Pocket Mouse was the first noble House...uh, Species...to fall, but will it be the last? Which Species will survive the carnage of poor rains to rule this parched land? jabberwocky.weecology.org/2025/03/12/r... 🧪🌎

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Regime Shift: A Winter of Grim

Every episode in a tv series starts with a recap. So… Previously, on Portal: the Regime Shift — In fall of 2024, one of the ruling families of Portal — the Desert Pocket Mouse (Ch…

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srsupp.bsky.social @srsupp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Please call and write to your congresspeople to emphasize the importance of NSF to basic science, education, and businesses. Here's a link to a handy document you can use to look up NSF dollars and impact in your state!

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 22/02/2025

Join me in signing this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed. act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk

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Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

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Abby Lewis @aslewis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Do you know any students that might be interested in ecological forecasting? The @ecoforecast.bsky.social student/early career association is hosting two workshops on how to get involved. Both are targeted to early career (e.g., undergraduate) audiences, but open to all!

Flyer about virtual graduate student flash talks hosted by the ecological forecasting initiative early career association. Talks are February 25th 2025, 1:00-2:30 PST.

Flyer about a hands on workshop for forecasting beetle abundance hosted by the ecological forecasting initiative early career association. The workshop is on March 4th, from 1-2:30 pm PST.

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American Society of Mammalogists @mammalogists.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Fellow Mammalogists. As many of you are aware, science is in a state of turmoil in the United States. Recent efforts to drastically reduce government workforces and research funding for science will lead to many adverse consequences for Earth’s remaining natural ecosystems.

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The show must go on. What I told my students: the only thing we can do is focus on our work and help each other. This is the Uncertainty Era. We've been here before, this won't end soon, we will get through this together. A draft manifesto coming.

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N

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Timothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com · 10/02/2025

We finally got a ChatGPT generated review on a manuscript. So I wrote about how we handle these reviews is a sign of whether we have given up on peer review altogether.

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Vol. 24 - Here is a revised version of your review with improved clarity

ChatGPT is not my peer. It should not review my papers.

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Really appreciating @lizneeley.bsky.social's weekly newsletters this past month... buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

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Week 3

Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed

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