Who would have guessed that the wooly socks I bought in tkmaxx in Edinburgh were modelled off St. Kildan feet?

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Our latest introductory and advanced courses on Data Analysis with R Statistical Software are now live -all welcome, whatever your current level of skills or experience :) www.ecoexplore.co.uk

I don't understand people who try to learn a language for fun

I normally don't post/repost anything about Megyn Kelly. She is - as one poster put it - a vapid c*nt who just wants her 15 minutes. However, I'm glad that this young lady I am posting was given permission by her parents to post this 👇🏽💙 Spot on dear! 💙

To be fair, the Catholic League has never had a problem with pedophilia

Ooof 3-1 now

0 CRO - FAR 1 20 MINUTES PLAYED #FAROE #CROATIA

!!!! Faroes scored!!!! Faroes-Croatia 0-1

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

I give Catholic bishops a hard time often for all the obvious reasons, but this is beautiful and loving, and I'm deeply grateful to hear it. This can change hearts and save lives.

E.O. Fucking Wilson

Dogs will be like “I know a place” and then take you to a portable toilet.

This is the founder of the Proud Boys, so like... his piss stained hands should be the least of our worries. 🤷‍♀️

Patagonia's own marketing team ran an ad asking consumers not to buy their products on black friday. I didn't understand this campaign at first... I do now. www.patagonia.com/stories/plan...

Please feel free to contribute, comment or ask regarding any of these eight #punkscience thoughts. Let's make it more fun!

"We should no longer be making PFAS" Water UK's David Henderson tells Nick Robinson removing PFAS from water sources is so hard we should talk about a ban on forever chemicals, not a clean up. Our story on the DWI ordering water firms to act on PFAS in water sources made the Today Programme. 🧵

“The ingredients needed to make and keep America sick for generations are being approved right now under an administration falsely claiming it cares about our health.” #PFAS They've evidently learned nothing from the 1000s of health studies of harm, or more likely, disturbingly don't care.

NEW PAPER in #ornithology summarizes why #seabirds are so important to the ecosystem of #islands and what knowledge gaps remain: buff.ly/rHuNnOr

Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.

Can I share this curious bit of Faroese art factoid. The first Faroese artist Díðrikur á Skarvanesi died in obscurity, but his illustration of Faroese breeding birds (approx 1830s) is truly unique and (mayb biased) but I think this great skua is particularly beautiful 🌍🧪 #ornithology #teamskua #art

Kind of heartbreaking. Federal judge of 40 years resigns in protest www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Putin lost his teeth in Pokrovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. Former Ukrainian Marine Shaun Pinner compared it with the farmhouse at Waterloo. Both places mauled the army of an imperial aggressor, CEPA. "We fight for survival. Russia fights for optics.” 1/

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Don’t you want to just scratch that little spot behind thier adorable ears‽

Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

I see James Watson has died. What did Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin's lab notes. Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.

Trump labeled Venezuelan boat crews as narco-terrorists, but AP reveals they were desperate fishermen and bus drivers, killed in strikes without trial, chasing $500 amid poverty. #HumanRights

Meta’s own researchers concluded that a third of the scams in the U.S. happen over its platforms and that fraudulent ads and those for banned products might contribute a tenth of its revenue. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster: www.reuters.com/investigatio... sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...

“But I’ll just ignore them and use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.” No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.

Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥 "Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show" "Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]

Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship #ornithology Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV. www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...

"“Normal” testosterone levels are largely based on studies from high-income populations that do not account for diverse ecological conditions known to influence physiology. This study highlights complex relationships that exist among age, adiposity & testosterone patterns in subsistence populations"

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8

Today I learned that practicing magic for pay was technically illegal witchcraft in #Finland until 1998.

Carrie Bradshaw

So Bluesky is already hiding replies and I can't tell you how incredibly dangerous this can be. I need to see for myself if people are threatening to kill me over a film review (which has happened!) and I don't understand why they think preventing me from knowing that is helping

Great Auk a piece I thought would be perfect for halloween, art of my favorite extinct bird. 🪶🦉 #wildlifeillustration #bird #birb #digitalillustration #greatauk #extinctbird #paleoart

Other report “Guidance for strengthening citizen involvement in the management of nature in the Arctic” showcases a model that public authorities could use for establishing participatory local nature management with the support of citizens, in just 5 steps. 🔗 blog.more4nature.eu/news/arctic-...

Some conclusions are: ✅ Appointing government representatives as contact points between citizens and authorities. ✅ Developing a clear roadmap for citizen engagement, including formal and regular dialogue. ✅ Establishing national policies that guarantee annual funding, expertise, and resources.

What is the key for successful participatory science? Two new reports published by the Nordic Council of Ministers present examples of citizen involvement in nature management in the Arctic and set out a concrete framework for strengthening this engagement. #CitizenScience 👇🧵1/5

1/ Carlton & Cohen (1993) described the global transport of species as "ecological roulette" (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), whereas Paine & Zaret (1973) equated the introduction of non-native species to ecological gambling (jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...). #bioinvasions #invasivespecies

@alicecarravieri.bsky.social nice to see you on here!

What a beautiful frontpage! Printing and framing this!

With HPAI bird flu resurging in UK and Western Europe, here's the link to the 2 recent special issues of #BirdStudy on avian influenza: 20 papers on impacts, mitigation, patterns and control. Part 1/2: #ornithology #seabirds #raptors #birdflu