It was great to be part of the @birdscanada.bsky.social podcast and talk about addressing the threat of cats to birds. It’s a tough one to navigate but one we can solve together 🐦‍⬛

In one week I'll be talking about tips for reproducible R code and why science would love you to try these tips on your own code too 🧪😍🌏 It's an online talk, so feel free to watch comfortably from your couch. Hope to see you there! @sortee.bsky.social #rstats events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

On this International Women’s Day, I cannot stop thinking about all the girls in Iran, in Sudan, in Gaza, and so may places — girls whose lives were snuffed out in conflicts they played no part in, before they could ever become women. And I am thinking about their mothers.

Who COULDN’T use some good news? ‘ Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of dozens of condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022, to reestablish the endangered birds, have paired up, built a nest in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.” #californiacondor

www.justiceforallcanada.org/pssar.html “…over 130 Palestinian students holding acceptances into Canadian universities have found their entry, and thus admissions, impeded by an immigration process whose rationales fail to stand up to scrutiny.” Thnx @rachelgilmore.bsky.social for raising awareness

To stand up for human rights while also being part of academia may not always be welcome. But it certainly should be.

It’s freezing out there, and for our bird friends, the struggle is real! But being a Bird Defender means keeping your feathered neighbours safe for National Feed the Birds Month! Full guide: https://naturecanada.ca/news/blog/keeping-birds-safe-at-your-feeder/

Are you joining the Great Backyard Bird Count?! This citizen science initiative is a great way to watch birds at your feeders, track what you see, and contribute to our knowledge on the distribution and abundance of birds. https://naturecanada.ca/news/blog/join-the-great-backyard-bird-count/

Huge thank you @aeastephens.bsky.social‬ for initiating the TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in T.R.E.E. providing visibility for disabled researchers in #Ecology & #Evolution to make our field more #inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Also, 30,000 fake papers out of 1 million+ does not indict or threaten science as a whole. This entire "science is in crisis from within" narrative is a right-wing myth.

It’s true. This series is amazing. Somebody Somewhere captures simple beautiful moments in deep, loving friendships like nothing else.

"Moreover, non-White scientists endure longer waiting times between the submission and acceptance of their manuscripts, and upon publication, their papers receive fewer citations than would be expected based on textual similarity."