🧪 #AcademicSky

Does anyone have any experience with Academia.edu journals?

Hey African wild dogs have it bad enough without being associated with the Daily Mail and co

🎶They're creepy and they're kooky🎶 Channeling the Addams Family in the office today!

Big shout out to the UCD Careers Network for the event they ran today on academic applications for ECRs. The job market is rough but this is the most hopeful I've felt about an academic career in months!

So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for. No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.

Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest. #Aras25 #Speirgorm

In fairness Heather Humphreys gave a gracious concession speech, congratulating Catherine Connolly, and wishing her well as President. In a democracy the losing side accepting the outcome is vital. #aras25

It's a two horse race, and Fine Gael are currently in third place #SpeirGorm #Áras25

Job done. Not many names crossed off the list I was on yet... make sure to get out and vote! #Áras25 #ConnollyForPresident

🇮🇪 Presidential Election Day 1918 was the first time Irish women were permitted to vote, & even then only ~women over 30 who owned property~ Is é do vóta do ghuth 🗳️ #Aras25 #SpeirGorm

Vote, vote, vote #connolly4president #aras2025 #speirgorm

Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu that has swept most of the planet, authorities said.

There has never been a more important time to elect a President who will be independent and represent Ireland with pride, courage and integrity. Vote Connolly Number 1 on Friday, October 24th. Polls open 7am-10pm. #spéirghorm #IrishPol #Áras25 #Connolly www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie

Fellowship application submitted ✅️ Thai food eaten ✅️ Time for bed 😴

Every postdoc should get at least one paid vacation day a month to look at the bleak academic job boards and just cry it out

🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?” 🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.” Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing. #TheBigInterview

Has there ever been a grubbier campaign than Heather Humphreys’ run for the #Aras25? Girl, you’re already getting sued for defamation. Now you’re pretending not to know what a Barrister does (again!)? Have some dignity. Haven’t you noticed this muck raking isn’t working? Fine Gael are shocking.

Heather Humphreys was a disaster as minister in charge of heritage and nature. She didn't meet nature groups and seemed to have no interest in her job expect for when it came to weaking wildlife laws to allow more burning and hedge-cutting. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...?

Why do media and politicians continually present action on climate and nature as unpopular?

Imagine what life would be like if the jobs recommended by LinkedIn were relevant

If you do nothing for Nature but one thing this week - get onto your email and let your public representative have it - this clear- felling of native Irish woodland can't be let stand. Clear-felling not only destroyed some of the very few native trees left in Ireland, but a whole habitat with it.

If you don't think you can do it, the solution is obvious. Stand aside and allow someone with the courage to lead, lead us. This is exactly what any ordinary worker would be told. If you can't do the job, we'll let someone else who can. Best of luck with your future endeavours etc.

I don't have access to the article but it is hugely irresponsible for a political leader to push this "polarising society" narrative

Care about #nature #Hedgerows & all who depend on them for food, shelter, nesting ? Never forget #HedgerowHackerHumphreys and her infamous ironically named Heritage Bill 2016 proposing awful changes to burnimg & hedgerows regs. Make sure u r registered to vote by tomorrow 7 Oct #Áras25 #Aras25

#speirgorm #Aras25 please if you have 5 minutes let [email protected] know that throwing trans people and EU human rights law under the bus is not a vote winner.

If we were a sane society we'd be rewetting boglands, marshes and swamps and rewilding uplands with all the urgency of an FG intern searching for something to use against Catherine Connolly. #speirgorm

"Don't lose hope" Jane Goodall, an inspiration to the end. If you watch one thing today, let it be this.

"We need to look at the cost of genocide to our humanity." @catherinegalway.bsky.social #twip #aras25

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” Jane Goodall Good night Jane. Your jungle life taught us humanity. I am truly grateful.

🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social. 📍 Dublin, Ireland Closes: 15th Oct 2025 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...

🗣️ "We utterly failed to build public housing on public land." – Catherine Connolly #TonightVMTV

A reminder that Heather Humphreys was not just a poor Minister for heritage and biodiversity, but actively worked to extend hedge cutting and burning of hill vegetation in to bird nesting season. Thankfully the next govt reversed this stupidity. #aras2025 www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/he...

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

If the UN security council won’t act and states including the US and UK continue to support Israel, this report is unlikely to change anything.

Peer review rant incoming... I reviewed a paper. My job was easy, the science was sound and the work was well thought-out and well-written. The other reviewer felt the same way. Now the editor has asked the authors to do major revisions... (1/2)

my heart is breaking for waldo

Ireland will not take part in 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead, RTÉ Director-General says

Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Monday that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off the coast of Tunisia, but authorities there said "no drones" had been detected jrnl.ie/6811260

The first confirmed birth of a white-tailed eagle in Co Waterford for over 150 years has taken place

Apropos of nothing.... Peer-review should be rigorous, not rude. Critique the work, not the author team. Explain, don’t sneer. Build science up, don’t beat the authors down. Respect in peer-reviews isn’t optional — it’s how good research gets better.

What a great and welcoming community at #BESMove2025! Was a real pleasure to share a cultural perspective on #bird #migration based on field and tracking studies of raptors and shorebirds.

If you're interested in hearing about the @besmovesig.bsky.social annual meeting, I am posting updates (irregularly!) from the group's account #BESMove2025

Our 2025 annual meeting is off to a great start with a wonderful morning of talks so far. Follow along and join the conversation with #BESMove2025

Wildlife science is a big one for this too. Paying for work experience and working for free or for a small weekly stipend is distressingly common. Many entry level paid jobs are barely living wage

Mary Robinson: It is utterly devastating to see the sheer volume of vital materials sitting there. Oxygen tanks, generators, wheelchairs, crutches. It is unbelievable www.independent.ie/irish-news/m... #speirgorm

Former President Mary Robinson says Donald Trump could end the “awful” Gaza crisis by telling Israel the US wants a ceasefire now - and by halting the supply of arms. Robinson has spent the last three days visiting the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing. #VMNews

There’s a public survey open for the general public to give input as to whether the Basic Income for the Arts scheme should continue. I implore you to take the 2 mins to fill out this survey and call for the BIA scheme to be continued and further developed. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

It was such a pleasure to attend this writing retreat organised by @darastanley.bsky.social and @jonyearsley.bsky.social in a hidden corner of campus last week. Writing can be lonely, but it doesn't have to be!

🌿 Exciting Announcement! 🌱 Join us for the Movement and Rewilding Ecology (MoRE) Workshop on September 22, 2025, at BES, 42 Wharf Rd, London! 🌍 Powered by the #BES-rewilding @besmovesig.bsky.social SIGs. Link to Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-movem... #BritishEcologicalSociety