I have never heard someone pronounce FAFO out loud. There are words never meant to be uttered.

Looking for a PhD? This is a dream opportunity with one of the coolest labs around.

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

He's right tho. Name brand pain-killers? In this economy?

It’s the same story every year: fall arrives and campus is crowded with a bunch of turkeys that don’t seem to know how to navigate a roundabout

Having kids is crazy. I worked on a paper all day today and managed to make the nearly final version of some figures. It was a ok day, productivity-wise. In less than half that time, my friend gave birth to a child.

Me: I wonder if there's a fun story behind this statistical concept... Wikipedia: Oops, all eugenics!

In retrospect, saying yes to my four-year-old standing on top of my head was a mistake.

This holiday season, get your kids the meme toy that they probably want? I don’t know.

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Animal style fries is just SoCal poutine

I made a list of all my in-progress academic papers and video games, sorted by expected number of hours to finish. The fact that I have a paper that’s less than 0.5 Elden rings away from resubmission is actually pretty motivational.

🚨 Postdoc opportunities! 🚨 We’re looking for postdocs in 🌿 biodiversity science, 🧬 genetic indicator assessment, and 📊 ecological statistics. Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity — and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment! DL 24 September

Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site. This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of August!

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University* We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5 su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Checking bluesky this Friday night:

How many times do I need to preview the PDF, spot some error, and re-uploaded a file before I catch all the mistakes? 8. Well, at least 8. We'll see what the reviewers come up with.

Lots of aspects of our checks and balances looking a bit limp-wristed of late, but grand juries were clearly a good idea.

Hummingbird Feels Like Fucking Idiot After Seeing Other Bird Gliding https://theonion.com/hummingbird-feels-like-fucking-idiot-after-seeing-other-bird-gliding/

Sanaa Khan from @katelaskowski.bsky.social lab talks about when males of Atlantic mollies transfer their sperm to sperm parasites Amazon mollies. An amazing talk with incredibly cool results! #Behaviour2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social

Ring: take over Gondor and then the world Boromir: tempting. need Ring: all shall love you and despair Galadriel: tempting what a test Ring: do so much good that you become a god Gandalf: don't! tempt me frodo! Ring: Sam: Ring: Sam: Ring: like a, like a really big garden Sam: I'm good Ring: fuck

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Bird poop is rich with nutrients and has a huge impact on the environment, yet scientists know next to nothing about scat at sea. Rearview poopcams strapped to shearwaters reveal a lot about these fowl movements. My first for @audubon.org! www.audubon.org/magazine/poo...

1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology? 2) Are you in the US? 3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa? 4) Are you available to travel September 4-6? If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.

The team of Ph.D. level experts in ChatGPT apparently doesn't include any anatomists.

Looking for a #postdoc in evolutionary biology? Come join the Budke Lab! Read more about the lab jmbudke.github.io & apply at this link fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... This is the last weekend to apply before applications will be evaluated and zoom interviews scheduled.

The Sudmant lab at UC Berkeley is seeking a postdoc to work on a fully funded NIH project to understand differences in DNA repair and somatic mutation across the primate tree of life. Please spread widely to those who may be interested aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05052

WSU biology is hiring a vertebrate ecologist! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

Evolution, probably:

If you are affiliated with a UC institution of live in a community that benefits from UC institutions, please consider signing this letter calling on UC Leadership to stand up to the Trump Administration. sites.google.com/view/ucstand...

Cheese steak or water ice equally good tbh. Philly rocks. Snowballs are also traditional (it was *one* time!)

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

Putting cute animals in weird boxes is my entire field.

The “you’re making me root for Harvard” complaint is all good fun, but in reality, I have a big soft spot for Harvard, my family having spent a year just off campus in high school. Good on them for not caving. Go, fight, win!

Camille Testard Named Branco Weiss Fellow for Trailblazing Research on Social Resilience to Ecological Disasters 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... ‪ @ctestard.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

If you're a UCLA researcher (PI, grad student, etc) with an NSF, NIH or other suddenly suspended grant, please email or DM me. I'm trying to confirm what the suspension letters say and how extensive the NIH suspensions are. Email: Mikhail at calmatters dot org

We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees. This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees. Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025. More details: www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...

Seems like UCs are next in the crosshairs. I am at least somewhat hopeful our leadership is ready to put up more of a fight than the Ivy admins.

I'm thrilled to share with you our lattest publication with the brilliant Alba Márquez as the first author. We propose here a two-stage pipeline for analyzing audios from a acoustic monitoring programme in #Doñana; 1) using a detector of vocalizations, 2) a fine-tuned classificator. #bioacoustics

Just played DND with the 4yo (plus two adult players). He successfully lobbies to go down the yawning portal, immediately suggests they split the party, then makes a little animal friend out of one of the enemy creatures, before stabbing out the eyes of a giant. I think we made a DnD savant.

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

With many postdoc grants like the NSF PRFB, Ford Fellowship, and Hanna H. Gray fellowships disappearing, I am currently looking for grants that could fund incoming postdoctoral scholars. Here is a thread of some of them 🧵

It has been baffling to see “is killing children bad?” become a political question. It is also surprising that suddenly everyone has come around to the idea that yeah, it’s bad actually.

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Washington Post has just published every single known name. A seminal moment.

Chip's Challenge

age verification? my first concert was Earth, Wind, and Fire opening for Smash Mouth. I was there for Smash Mouth

Is there a field biologist in the Portland, Oregon, area who wouldn't mind being in a bear suit for an hour in the woods on August 4. For science. DM me.