When a human author has written a work, when there’s a unifying intelligence behind it, it’s easy for an experienced editor to work out what the problem is, get a sense of what the author is trying to do, and (often) see how it could be fixed.

Interested in a PhD working on sexual selection in tropical shorebirds? I'm recruiting a student for Fall 2027! I'm happy to support an applicant writing a Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

yes! www.oakland.edu/cetl/teachin...

Generative AI should not be available in schools. Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot are being put into classrooms, but they lead to worse learning outcomes and worse mental health. Sign our petition to demand a two-year pause on AI in schools in BC, Canada actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...

Did you know that we have our very own library and members can request to borrow books, journal articles, etc free of charge? Details here! -->

I wish to share our package monitoraSom which is now published in Bioacoustics, and provides a flexible workflow for detecting, validating, and analyzing acoustic events in sound recordings. #PAM #Ecoacoustics #OpenScience

This is your periodic reminder that The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology can waive Open Access fees on a limited number of Review, Perspective, and/or Methods papers each year! Contact the journal editors with a presubmission inquiry if you're interested.

"The process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose."

This is an essential read, and the closing on credentialing versus engagement and "centering the people for whom the stakes are highest" in particular. (H/T @peachfleurr.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com)

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

My essay on Decolonisation and AI has been published by @biltonline.bsky.social In it I explore some of the incongruence between AI and decolonisation. Specifically, the logics of dehumanisation that decolonisation should combat underpin a lot of the push to use AI. bilt.online/decolonising...

To everyone who cheerleaded Carney's faux speech in Davos & posturing as independent middle power - His atrocious statement today backing US-Israeli attacks on Iran make clear that he & Canada are firmly aligned with dominant imperial interests. And he did so while shaking hands with Modi in India

This is your periodic reminder that The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology can waive Open Access fees on a limited number of Review, Perspective, and/or Methods papers each year! Contact the journal editors with a presubmission inquiry if you're interested.

I asked it how to uninstall it. First it said I could turn it off by going to a specific menu item in Whatsapp. When I wrote that I didn't have that menu item, it said ...Actually, you can't turn off meta AI. I'm here to help you.

“ These people came along and decided that they wanna build a machine God, and then they end up stealing data, killing the environment, exploiting labor in that process.” - @timnitgebru.bsky.social

Worth waiting for! @alexhanna.bsky.social and I did a LOT of podcast guesting last spring & summer and this one, one of my favorites, is finally available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJmk...

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

I just stayed up most of the night watching these 7 fantastic videos. The data and concepts helped me understand my "AI" struggles as a human, scientist, student mentor, coauthor, friend, journal editor, and parent. Highly recommend this series!

Generative AI has no place in Vancouver schools: Please join me and sign the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...

In what is often described as the most significant assassination of the 20th century, the execution of Patrice Lumumba of Congo possibly occurred on 17 January 1961. I wrote about him and the global participation in his horrific execution folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumu...

Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.

Anthropomorphizing language can be cute when applied to your favorite car, but it helps to muddy the discourse when applied to tech sold as "AI". New from me & @nannainie.bsky.social on @techpolicypress.bsky.social -- how to spot & revise away from anthropomorphizing language applied to "AI"

The call for symposium proposals for #AFOWOS2026 is open until January 18! A symposium is a set of talks organized a central theme and may be either a half or full day.

Biologist kidnapped in Mexico news.mongabay.com/short-articl... 🧪🌎

There's just one month left to apply for a Burtt Undergraduate Mentoring Grant from the WOS! This is a great opportunity for anyone who works with undergraduates in #ornithology. wilsonsociety.org/awards/jed-b...

Robyn Maynard, Ismail Adam (VP of the Darfur Diaspora Association) and I wrote this op-ed about Canada's complicity in Sudan, calling among other things for the loophole to be closed that allows Can. weapons to get to the RSF through the US + UAE. breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...

You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again. Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students. #Critical_AI_Literacy www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...

museum job alert 🇨🇦 royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...

Check out our new paper from the Atlantic Forest: "Resource suitability drives low use of avian‐excavated tree cavities: A multi‐state occupancy dynamics approach." Journal of Animal Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Open Access by CAPES (Brazil)! Foto: Carlos Ferreyra

Fantastic paper and beautifully written. Gripping, actually. Highly recommend to all in academia.

The full September issue of The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology is now available online! Peruse a range of new research on topics ranging from female song in orioles to egg cannibalism in gulls. www.tandfonline.com/toc/uwjo20/1...

New Natural History Miscellany Note available ahead of print! "Poles Apart: The Structure and Composition of the Bird Community in Bamboo in the Eastern Himalaya" by Srinivasan et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out our Special Feature on cavity-nesters in the Neotropics! americanornithology.org/cavity-nesti...

¡Atención, estudiantes, investigadores y ornitólogos! Está abierto el llamado para aplicar a nuestras becas Skutch Research Grants. Estas becas son exclusivas para latinoamericanos que estén buscando fondos para sus investigaciones. Toda la info aquí: shorturl.at/Blhsl #AFOgrantsandawards

ISO Trans/nonbinary people to hire as (non-English) language experts Are you trans and know a language other than English? I'm looking for people who are in-community and want to collaboratively develop free language learning materials. Interest form: bit.ly/TLangExpert Please share!

Coming to #WOS2025 this June? Join us for our annual LGBTQIA+ and Allies Social, a safe opportunity for community and conversation.

The AOS Conservation Committee is offering seven grants of up to $5K each to support early-career scientists from Latin America & the Caribbean for conservation-related research on migratory or resident birds in those regions. Apply by 3/3/25. americanornithology.org/awards-grant... #ornithology

Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

Published online early today! Find out how our research team has been using collective governance and citation politics to more effectively share power and recognize Latin American contributions to ornithology. doi.org/10.1093/orni... PM me if you want a copy without the paywall.

Yatevo bamboo (Guadua trinii) flowers every ~30 years like clockwork. Photo from Corrientes, Argentina, 2016.

We are hiring a Research Associate to deepen research & education in Indigenous approaches to math, statistics & quantitative methods. See the link for details: civiclaboratory.nl/2025/01/18/p...

A beautiful book that got me through 2024, our first year under Milei in Argentina, by focusing on solidarity networks, coalition building, and a culture of care. I come back to these ideas again and again, in my work and friendships.

I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!! Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Read the full story: Settlers fear other settlers will steal stolen land

Published today "Editor's Choice" (free access) in Ornithological Applications - Ecology and conservation of cavity-nesting birds in the Neotropics: Recent advances, future directions, and contributions to ornithology. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

What purpose does our writing serve “in the hour of genocide”? Fargo reminds us that our writing or craft may follow market and imperial forces, which are “inextricably bound up together as to be one and the same.” open.substack.com/pub/jairofun...