Gosford Park (2001) Gosford World (2015) Gosford World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Just a little over two weeks to apply!

try and imagine a bigger W as an academic

Heritability is a statistical description of sources of trait variation in a specific set of people under a specific set of environmental conditions. It doesn’t show how malleable the trait is, doesn't index an underlying feature of human biology, & can’t say anything about you as an individual.

I'm skeptical about easy ways to change attitudes but even so this looks like a cool study. Representation can make a difference!

The idea is small, steady, sustainable. Pick any survival fund, pledge a coffee by clicking one of the recurring options, put it in your calendar to share periodically. But it only works if we act, too. Support six families & a camp. Then do something. chuffed.org/project/hope...

We know you already miss #ASABSpring2026, but if you want to keep up with the cool research at the meeting, you can follow the speakers! (If you were missed or just started an account, let us know so we can add you) go.bsky.app/86N72m5

This is brilliant! So many breakthroughs in the last few years- hope we're not going to lose it all!

Half a million marching against fascism in London @stevendicosta.bsky.social @carlgibson.bsky.social

'We are absurdly accustomed to the miracle of a few written signs being able to contain immortal imagery, involutions of thought, new worlds with live people, speaking, weeping, laughing.' - Nabokov, PALE FIRE

Post-doc opportunity on comparative cognition and movement dynamics in corvids with the brilliant Prof Debbie Kelly at the University of Manitoba

Surinam toads have a one-of-a-kind reproduction, as the eggs are pushed onto the mother’s back before being covered by her skin. 😮 After three to four months of development, fully formed toads hatch and leave. Hear more about this weird and wonderful creature from Museum scientist Jeff. 👇

Make your Bluesky experience better #academicsky #medsky #newskies

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

This is great. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c... (free link) "Notably, half of the whales attending were not related to the mother." "The calf was rarely left untouched, and it was usually being touched by at least two whales simultaneously."

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

I absolutely LOVE the new song from Paul McCartney 'The Days We Left Behind.' It made me cry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n1I...

This looks like Jevons paradox in action BUT that doesn't preclude a big shift in WHO is in demand. We're seeing job ads (and salaries) for senior engineers going up; not so much for juniors. Seniority-biased technological change?

In spite of all the talk of Claude Code and Codex meaning the end of humans writing code, software job adverts are actually going up, according to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com's crunching of millions of job ads for this week's The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/7325...

I'm delighted to launch the 2026 World SF bundle today! FIFTEEN books for just $30! Our biggest bundle yet! With @tadethompson.bsky.social, @aliettedebodard.com, @lavanya.bsky.social and many more! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated! storybundle.com/scifi

This is a very good piece of data storytelling: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... So elegant. Kudos to the folks who made it.

We are looking for a Head of Outreach 🐝 This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with proven experience in a leadership role to influence change and help more people and organisations become champions for bumblebees. Full details: https://ow.ly/RBjF50YsKlL

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

Last plenary of #ASABSpring2026 by @elvarobinson.bsky.social about ant nest networks and inter-group cooperation 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜 Thanks also for sharing such valuable advice to students/ECRs! 🙏

It is me. I am now my Dad.

Fantastic news! 🦋🦋 Link to full report in 🧵 www.worldwildlife.org/news/stories...

So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳 I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!

Pixie robber flies are merciless predators, successfully intercepting perched victims, & in their recent JEB paper, @rossonisergio.bsky.social &co reveal that the insects use their motion relative to the prey to determine the victim's size and how far off they are doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

First workshop of #ASABSpring2026, we are learning from @seanrands.bsky.social about good data stewardship to improve transparency and reproducibility 💻👩‍💻🙌 Learn more about research data integrity guidelines www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our Lady of Perpetually Online

Let’s talk ✨constructive friction✨ in educational design! Yes, many students adopt AI as a rational response to assessment where thinking isn’t required for success @wonkhe.bsky.social But let’s talk about cases where friction makes something hard to do, and the by-product is learning! 🧵

**TIL about Justin O. Schmitt, an entomologist, who developed a pain scale for the stings of Hymenoptera. Wow, Justin, you were definitely doing gawd’s work. I’m sad that I never met you. Check out the incredible graphic by @atlasobscura.com

My name is Saeed, and this is my message to kind-hearted people. I'm writing to you with a heavy heart. My family and I haven't been able to eat healthy food for days. Please, I beg you, share my message with the world. Is there anyone who still cares?😔💔 chuffed.org/project/1635...

Idonauton apicalis, nicknamed “Supernova” for its wild colors and spiky, starburst-like body! Found in Southeast Asia.

I am Suad, and this is my child, Omar. Do you remember us? I am speaking to you from the heart of suffering. You were a support to me and my child during the war; you did not abandon us. I still need you. My voice has not reached you because of the policies of this program. chuffed.org/project/soad

Over the next few months I will be posting about cultural history, mythology, folklore and esoterica that informed my writing. If you like to see how research alchemises into fiction, I hope you'll follow along!

I'm a writer of historical and speculative fiction from India, and my debut novel is out in 2027. Honestly I didn't think I'd make it this far, and I am so excited for my work to find its readers.

The best kind of mail; thank you @theignyteawards.bsky.social.

Missed our seminar last week? @viveknityananda.bsky.social tackled some of the most pressing epistemological and ethical questions around insect sentience, and you can catch it on our YouTube:

Most factories in Morbi, India's ceramics hub in the western state of Gujarat, have shut down for nearly a month due to gas shortages triggered by the Iran war www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We had a 'data forensics' lab meeting yesterday. We investigated everyone's close-to-submission datasets under the (false) assumption the data was faked & we had to find proof 🔍🧐 We found some mistakes & weirdnesses and it was such a good exercise in good data management! Highly recommend!

Thrush etching by contemporary printmaker Faith Chevannes #WomensArt #Spring

Nice summary of long distance insect migration in the Guardian today with fancy graphics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

Sable is back! A new chapter of my hand-painted webcomic begins today. Ready to do some sneaking? Sablecomic.com

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Why does this work so perfectly! 😍

The second best Irish phrase I’ve heard, used to describe someone who’s always engaging in one-upmanship, is “if you’ve been to Tenerife, he’s been to Elevenerife.” My number one favourite Irish phrase, and one of the most crushing burns you’ll ever hear, is “he looks like his mammy knitted him.”

We’re recruiting a Chair of the Board and two new Trustees to join Tara Theatre as we approach our historic 50th anniversary. If you’re passionate about the arts and strategic leadership, we’d love to hear from you. Deadline: 20 April taratheatre.com/about/work-w...