Lol my alma mater just established a "college of AI" and the letter I sent was like "please 'remain competitive' by fixing your shit, everyone hates this, it's like a college of subprime mortgages."

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

Here's an opportunity to lead research at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station (northern Finland, but close to the border with Norway and Sweden). An amazing place and job. Please forward to Arctic-focused folk. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. Below, we have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the cost of publishing. Find out more👇 buff.ly/irQPJaP

I dunno, I feel like if they were being truly conservative, they'd be going back to Times Old Roman (or even further back...)

New book going into the weeds of #JapaneseKnotweed identification, cytology, breeding behaviour & genetics, + evidence-based treatment & management requirements. A real labour of love by Dan Jones & colleagues (and, judging by some of our conversations, hate)! pelagicpublishing.com/products/jap...

What if, now hear me out, we just stopped employing the people who come up with the bad business processes???

Great work by @christophecoste.bsky.social

Latest piece of Sam Ross's global takeover with #ResponseDiversity thinking just accepted @oikosjournal.bsky.social! Such a cool collaboration with @ceresbarros.bsky.social @lauradee.bsky.social @owpet.bsky.social @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social Takehiro Sasaki & Anna LoPresti! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

I mean, having posted this 10 days ago, I might as well start gambling professionally now. Especially as my employer is on the verge of announcing compulsory redundancies 🤬

How social–ecological #networks can improve our understanding and management of #biologicalinvasions – new paper by Fiona Rickowski et al. now published in #BioScience doi.org/10.1093/bios... #InvasiveSpecies #nonnative #pests #conservation #alienspecies

I’m really upset about this as a Guiding member for over 30 years. We’ve always welcomed trans girls and made a safe space for them. Not sure this will make any difference but if you can sign please do: c.org/SR6NcW46B7

Whooop! New paper online! "A Systems Perspective: How Social–Ecological Networks Can Improve Our Understanding and Management of Biological Invasions" Phenomenal effort by Fiona Rickowski to pull this all together, wrangling a large co-author/bag-of-cats team into shape! doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)

I see the video has cut out just before the biscuits are dropped on the ground, smashed, then shat on by the bird, who proceeds to try and scoop up all the crumbs again before anyone else can get to them?

Hi everyone! I'm co-organizing this retreat/workshop June 15-19 for those looking to get started in mathematical/computational modeling of biological processes. Location is a beautiful farm in NC. Please share with students and others who want to build modeling skills. Interdisciplinarity welcome!

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Last couple of days to apply for this (very exciting, IMO) #PhD position! Application deadline 3rd December 2025. Feel free to contact me if you'd like more info (but not via DMs here, thanks to the UK Gov's Online Safety Act).

This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!

Don't use LLMs for ANYTHING. Not your grants, not your papers. NOTHING. You were hired because of your mind. Use it for god's sake

📖 Published📖 This paper used human players to impersonate predator-prey interactions combined with mathematical models to explore the complex ramifications of predator–prey interactions and test otherwise data-deficient hypotheses 🌍 🧪 Read more:

One of the wildest things about acting as an internal examiner for postgraduate theses, is discovering the massive variation in methodological/sampling norms across sub-disciplines *within the same department*. Entire sub-disciplines have zero problem with pseudoreplication. 🤯

📢❗🚨Reminder: POSTDOC in THEORETICAL ECOLOGY. Great opportunity to develop theoretical models on the ecology of food systems, exploring key aspects such as biodiversity, spatial heterogeneity, pollination, and stability. Close collaboration with researchers from multiple disciplines & countries

Considering live-streaming my response to Monday's "All-staff webinar" to 'update' us on the Financial Sustainability Programme. I recommend using headphones set at a low volume. There will be screaming, gutteral noises and agricultural language.

Can't decide whether Runctitional Features should be the name of my Sludge-metal – Jazz fusion band, my wrestling name, or my sex tape. Why not all three? You are all now present at The Runctitional Features Universe big-bang moment.

Sign up! I've been an Assoc Editor @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social for about a year; it's a way better experience than some other places I've been AE. Really great submissions & fantastic editorial & admin support. Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!

Anyone have experience analysing periodicity (eg with Fourier) in data with gaps/missings (eg weekends, holidays) - this is in a health context if it helps? Looking for guides to pitfalls, etc

📅Our speaker next week is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting: ⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐ Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... See you there!

Aye, and you can shove yer autotune exactly this far up yer jacksy while yer at it! (~800 km for metric speaking friends) youtu.be/MJuyn0WAYNI?...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

I find the phrase “makes history” nonsensical. Have you seen the stuff historians study? Just dropping an old piece of farm equipment down a well or accidentally freezing to death in a glacier gives you a good shot at the history books

AI Sloppers: AI will put mathematicians out of jobs. Me: Good. I’d rather be a clerk at a 1980s video store helping teenagers fight vampires or zombies or something.

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Scientists operate on principles of good faith. But this is just ridiculous. If you, dear reader, take nothing else away from The Drain paper, it is that publishers cannot be invited to the table any longer. They can participate and carve a space, but they can't be part of shaping policy. 3/n

Uncanny.

Just in case anyone else needs a bit of this, this morning. youtu.be/FaTcIzLk880?...

Along with the toolboxes and drills we've just added 2 Wagner Wallpaper Strippers and 2 Cable Reels to our NEW loanable tool collection. And we'll be adding more items shortly so watch this space! 👀 Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/

#PhD on the Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under joint pesticide & habitat fragmentation pressure. Starts Sept 2026 based at Swansea and Bristol Unis. More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo... BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders. “At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”

A tax of 2% on wealth over £10 million would raise £24 billion every year 🤯 This could be used to fund our public services properly - from schools to hospitals. While Reeves says we must all “do our bit”, Plaid Cymru believes it’s time for those with the broadest shoulders to pay their fair share.

I am pleased to announce a new postdoctoral position in Theoretical Ecology. More info here: info.bc3research.org/2025/11/06/p...

So, a few good things happened in the US and A today. May you all enjoy this, which does not need to be ranked. (Another time I'll tell you all about my inability to remember the difference between the Michaels Marra and McDonald, which is rarely a trial.) youtu.be/jrkOQuRYCIQ?...

Hey Cat-I-farted, show me a classic example of "why not both?" that also includes just a dash of "and pay for it all yourself, you obscene fucknugget"

more PhD info here www.linkedin.com/posts/efuent...

Come for the exchange of knowledge, stay for the views!

Our Biophilic Living project needs a Research Assistant to help us map Stakeholders, the development of the Green Infrastructure movement & Green Infrastructure Training in Wales, to improve design, delivery and maintenance of biodiverse GI. More info & application: www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

On my way to exchange some knowledge with some rewilders at an @icms-edinburgh.bsky.social knowledge exchange event in beautiful Edinburgh today!

I have just submitted a manuscript as corresponding author for the first time in... <checks notes>... Wait what? How long? <switches to physiological time> <beads of sweat on forehead slow their dripping rates> #Reviewer2 – we're on the same side, I promise.

Ah got in wan wee fecht and ma mami got feart and said "Yer movin wi yer aunty and uncle in Bellshill"

Oh em flipping gee! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/c...