📣 Check out the new schedule starting next week for the ONLINE LUNCHBOX MODELS EVENTS hosted by our AKs @yomoseco.bsky.social and Computational Ecology! It is an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights!! More infos: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod... 📺 See you online!

Don't let Big Breakfast know I told you this but you can have a breakfast burrito anytime. You can make a breakfast burrito for dinner and no one can stop you

The public has spoken: 99% oppose the Trump Admin's plan to remove the roadless rule protections for millions of acres of old growth forests and public lands. @sierraclub.org @sandybahr.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

Hello new arrivals to Bluesky! If you're interested in getting your news from sites that are NOT owned by billionaires, and are instead independent, worker-owned & reader-funded, this starter pack may help with that! It's also available as a list, if that's more your jam: bsky.app/profile/did:...

they should invent an attention surplus order

I am really proud of this study! It was led by an amazing ECR, highlights the work of a wonderful team of co-authors, and has resulted in a database of mechanistic demographic models currently being expanded to include underrepresented taxa to do comparative forecasts: github.com/MariaPaniw/C...

really love this for them

Finally using {pins} #rstats package to share heavy files that can't be shared among collaborators through GitHub, and it works like a breeze! Supports data versioning, cache, etc. Thanks @posit.co Here using Google Drive to share files, but can use many different servers, see pins.rstudio.com

heartbreaking loss of a warrior for conservation and compassion for all forms of life

People say international solidarity cannot work, and yet eduroam.

If a building can be like this and still standing then so can I

If the research career doesn't pan out, I know I can always fall back on my pasta skills

My alma mater is seeking applicants for an assistant prof position in the Earth and Environment Dept. with specific focus in data science. You'd have great colleagues, and your office would be a short walk from the best sandwich place in town! www.esacareercenter.org/job/2002524/...

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

single hour-long calendar slot: there are two wolves (webinar links) inside me

things that (almost) make you want to do a second phd:

We love jumping spiders because they are smol, cute, active, friendly and always looking around curiously with their huge eyes. But do you know they’re also masters of mimicry? Check out the bugs they pretend to be (and some of those are really good)!💚💚

And yet those of us who live in the Boston metro area are left wondering how to get this grilled cheese if we only have the MBTA commuter rail credit card

surely a top tree genus

the timeline cleanse I needed

(while being swarmed by hornets) Sorry! Just seeing this!

A realistic movie about scientists where two coffee-addled conference attendees have a barely restrained verbal altercation about the usefulness of p-values

Simon Wood, the GOAT of generalized additive models & creator of the mgcv #rstats package, has an Annual Review of Statistics essay on GAMs, available open access #statssky #mlsky www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Happy shorts and long sleeves running season to those who celebrate

🌲 Exciting Opportunity at UC Berkeley as Assistant Professor in Forest Health! 🌲 This unique role focuses on combating issues such as climate change, invasive species, pests, pathogens, and other forest threats. 📅 Application Review Starting: October 7, 2025 🔗 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082

Making the switch from the %>% pipe operator to the |> pipe operator has been a surprisingly emotional journey #rstats

I like how the cover of this textbook implies that if you increase a corgi in magnitude you get a golden retriever

⏰ Time is ticking: the G-05-2025 grant call is still open! If you are focused on bringing citizens and stakeholders to the forefront of forest restoration and Climate-Smart Forestry governance, you have until 12 October to apply! All details 🔎 efi.int/grants-train...

USFS recently opened a public comment period around a reckless proposal to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly known as the “Roadless Rule,” which could impact over 45M acres of national forestland. Learn more — and take action. www.npca.org/articles/104...

Every since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to struggle with the google docs zotero plugin

I'll read funny Letterboxd reviews all day

update for the plant pathogen-heads in the room

Jane Austen, member of the tree fandom

If a PhD were a sitcom, conferences would the highly anticipated holiday episodes

"The Department of Public Health has recently issued a standing order allowing for all qualified pharmacy personnel at Massachusetts pharmacies to dispense and administer COVID-19 vaccine in Massachusetts to all eligible persons." I assume this means COVID shots will now be available in the state?

After the summer hiatus, the European EFI chapter is starting up its monthly seminar series. Join us! Details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

I should put my spotify playlists in my will

Michigan State University is hiring a new Director of our herbarium! This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution Please consider applying and help spread the word! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Me when the runtime for my computing cluster models is about 8 hours

We are co-hosting the 5th round of the Statistical Methods webinar series with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section. Join us on September 8 at noon US ET for an “Introduction to Continuous-time Movement Modeling for Animal Tracking Data” Register at: bit.ly/4lRRbGl

New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

APHIS announced the eradication of the #AsianLonghornedBeetle in Holden, MA, removing 12.3 square miles from quarantine. Residents should remain vigilant and report tree damage to help prevent its spread. More info: www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program... #InvasiveSpecies #TreeCheck #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁

Tired: I'm late Wired: That's so Deutsche Bahn-core

Ah, dang. #ESA2025 friends, heads up

They should just use the Vermont Republic flag from the years when Vermont tried to have a solo career

Increase a band: The Insects (this one's for the entomology taxonomists)

POV: you check your phone at a conference #ESA2025

The Biogeochemistry Lab at SERC is searching for a post-doc with expertise in plant ecology, plant ecophysiology, or related vegetation sciences. Join a friendly, collaborative team doing world class coastal science! serc.si.edu/get-involved... #postdocjobs