This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

🧪 Interesting overview e360.yale.edu/features/pla...

Charles Fourier, ce penseur du XIXe siècle qui voyait le travail comme un plaisir

Pour vos cadeaux, ne faites pas confiance à ce vieux dégueulasse, visitez plutôt ma boutique en ligne : www.bandesdetournees.fr/penseuretoile

Le chanteur et parolier Jean Guidoni est mort à l'âge de 74 ans www.franceinfo.fr/culture/musi...

The impacts of human activity on national #biodiversity patterns - air quality grids become biodiversity monitoring systems. Amazing work by wonderful collaborators and Post Doc Orianne Tournayre #eDNA #environmentalDNA #WomeninStem #academicsky 🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📢 Nous recrutons 😉😇 🔍 Ingénieur-e surveillance de la faune sauvage 12 mois 📸 🗺 📅 Candidature jusqu’au 24/10/25 (début contrat 15/01/2026) 🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... @osuoreme.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @chamaillejammes.bsky.social

Signez la pétition pour ouvrir la TNT aux médias indépendants ! tnt-des-indes.fr

Faire des jeux de maux est l'une des dernières choses qui fassent encore sourire en ce moment.

En télé-grève aujourd'hui... Ras-le-bol, et "en même temps" (oops) ne pas laisser tomber les collègues en pleine fin de thèse. Monde de dingues ! Je n'aurais jamais pensé m'inspirer du Japon comme exemple de mouvement social 😢

Big thanks to all of my co-authors for making this work possible 🙌 @clara-inrae.bsky.social @dbszane.bsky.social e.bsky.social @sylpiry.bsky.social iry.bsky.social @inrae-pv.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social sky.social @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social sky.social @phagedirectory.bsky.social

1 mn pour signer ... 1 chance pour revenir sur cette loi, véritable rupture démocratique pour conjurer cynisme&irresponsabilité. Chaque signature compte! A toutes et tous! C'est ici 👇 et vivent les rebsweets! petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

Dites, on n'aurait pas un problème de chaleur dans certains bâtiments, notamment publics, si on n'avait pas laissé les architectes faire n'importe quoi depuis 40 ans sous prétexte que les verrières c'est joli ?

Here is how PCI is elevating the standards for open and reproducible science: introducing 4 already-existing and 2 new features 🧵👇 #OpenScience #Reproducibility

🌿 Discover the first comprehensive guide to the plant diversity of Burkina Faso and Mali, featuring 2,631 species and over 800 photos! theconversation.com/burkina-faso... #BurkinaFaso #Mali #PlantDiversity #EnvironmentAndEnergy

🤓 Ever heard of PCI-friendly journals? These journals either ✅ directly accept preprints or registered reports recommended by PCI, or ✉️ provide an answer (accept, reject, review) within 5-10 days. For more details and the list of these 💯 journals 👉 buff.ly/lNn7rPx

*Wild* Daffodils (3): Narcissus tazetta (Bunchflower Daffodil) grows in wet habitats (marshes, ditches). #iNat #naturephotography #botany #nativeplants 📷 🌿 #Europe #France, Hérault, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, 2021-03-14.

*Wild* Daffodils (2): Narcissus assoanus (Rushleaf Jonquil) prefers a bit more shady environments in clear pine forests. #iNat #naturephotography #botany #nativeplants 📷 🌿 #Europe #France Hérault, Prades-le-Lez 2025-03-09

Wild Daffodils (1): Narcissus dubius thrives in mediterranean sun-bathed rocky slopes. #iNat #naturephotography #botany #nativeplants 📷 🌿 #Europe #France Hérault, Prades-le-Lez, 2025-03-09

Herbs, herbs! The rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus = Rosmarinus officinalis) is native to the mediterranean region. The leaves are adapted to dry conditions in summer, curled and tufted beneath to limit water losses. A key aroma in"provençal cuisine"! #iNat #botany #nativeplants 📷 🌿 #Europe #France 🧵

Don't tread on me, I'm so tiny! The Common Whitlowgrass (Draba verna L.) grows in temporary puddles when they dry out, or on their margins. This dense colony was in the middle of the pathway. #iNat #naturephotography #botany #nativeplants 📷 🌿 #Europe #France Hérault, Brissac 2025-02-16

Short needles, small cones, reddish bark atop? Yes, it's the Scot's pine! France, Aveyron, Millau, Causse du Larzac (784 m) 2025-02-09. #iNat #naturephotography #botany #nativeplants #France #Europe 📷 🌿

Laurestine (Viburnum tinus L.) is a very common small tree in mediterranean area and is often used in garden hedges.

🤖Want to know more about how Pl@ntNet makes AI and humans work hand in hand to better identify plants? You're in luck, we recently published on the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social, find out more about it here! plantnet.org/en/2025/02/0...

Glad to see the study led by our grad student Benoit_Penel (@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social) finally out in @ecography.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1111/ecog... #abundance_data #agroecosystems #beetles #biodiversity #metabarcoding #parataxonomy

The Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis L.) blooms all year long. The shape of the seeds is typical of this genus within the sunflower family (Asteraceae). France, Hérault, Lauret 2025-01-26 #iNat #EuropeanNativePlants #NaturePhotography

Helleborus foetidus L. (Stinking Hellebore) winter-flowering Ranunculaceae. France, Hérault, Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel 2025-01-19. #botany

Here are some 2024 highlights of PCI and Peer Community Journal.📊 Grateful to everyone who contributed to this success🦸. We're excited and prepared for an amazing 2025🤩!

There are now 19 thematic PCIs but many disciplines remain to be covered! We are therefore making a call for the creation of new thematic PCIs and giving some information on how to start: