How can I resist such flattery.

30+ Bluesky notifications: Yay, I'm popular! 30+ email notifications: Oh no, I'm popular.

Wake up Babe, a new euphemism for students getting drunk just dropped

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

Another day when I've recommended this book to everyone. Particularly if you don't think your research had social or political dimensions: it does.

A community ecologist is not necessarily an ecologist who does research with communities. An interesting clash of definitions emerging from a #ClimateCoCentre workshop.

Don't be this editor. I can't believe we still have to put up with this exclusionary sh*t in academic publishing.

Academic thinks they've spotted a real policymaker in the wild.

Saving the bees does not include honeybees. Honeybees are effectively livestock and part of the problem.

Do you love bad puns and axolotls? news.mongabay.com/custom-story...

She was also a uniquely talented and pioneering composer. No-one rocks like Hildegard of Bingen.

Il y a 927 ans naissait Hildegarde de Bingen (1098-1179). Abbesse et une intellectuelle reconnue à son époque, elle a laissé de nombreux écrits et, en particuliers, des ouvrages de référence en médecine médiévale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liEJ... #FemmesEnSciences

"To the plebian, the artwork might seem like a rudimentary, even crude, drawing. But more discerning critics will appreciate the efficacious application of minimalism."

A quick reminder: if you read something you love, don't forget to write to the author to thank them for it, and tell them why you loved it.

Three ways to start an argument among academics: (a) Create a workload model (b) Review academic titles (c) Audit space usage

We are delighted to see RTÉ are finally listening to those who have been calling to #BoycottEurovision for many years. We believe this decision is long overdue but it is better late than never. You can read their full statement below.

This old @xkcd.com about physicists could now be written about AI researchers. Why do you need all that expertise when you could just throw the data into a deep learning algorithm? xkcd.com/793/

One day the digital archaeologists will mount virtual expeditions to these forgotten citadels and marvel at the hubris of our forebears.

May Greta, may we all, die like how Castro did: of old age and hard partying

I've just discovered an under-spend in a research grant that expires soon. There's only one thing to do. It's shopping time!

Welp, it's here! Advanced copies of Science in Resistance have just arrived. Thanks a lot to the team at @ucpress.bsky.social for sending them. www.ucpress.edu/books/scienc... And related news: I'll soon be going on a train tour to give talks and readings of this book - more info below 1/

Half-serious proposal: researchers shouldn't publish studies which demand actions taking place after their own expected retirement (or lifespan). 1/4

Only 85 students registered for a degree in Forestry and Arboriculture in the UK in 2025, despite massive demand in the sector with great employment prospects. 🌳🌲

Solidarity with friends and colleagues on strike at the University of Edinburgh. Not long ago it was perceived as a bastion of stability in #UKHE but is now threatening to cut up to 1800 staff.

The company was obviously a basket case.

Only 10 days left to apply: We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

It's a beetle mosaic and you should thank us for it. #MosaicMonday

Invasive ants that first colonise indoor environments are likely to be primed for rapid range expansion with climate change. Very interesting insight from Tsang et al. 🌐🧪🌏

It's no surprise that zips vary in quality but my wife has just delivered a thorough explanation of why YKK zippers are superior to all others and I now realise that I hadn't given this matter sufficient thought.

Happy new rugby union season! The sun is shining, the ground is soft, and this morning we'll have a fresh group of players to start coaching.

Shared Responsibility. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

One of the most eye-opening experiences of my career was taking a career development course alongside senior administrators. Their view of what the university was, and how it worked, was completely at odds to my own.

Dreams are your mind renovating the brain and what they most have in common with interior decorating is that no-one else wants to hear about them.

this term in university teaching ive experimented with a return to engaging with groups only through figurative painting on the walls of underground caverns, the results have been ASTOUNDING. never going back to writing systems again

There are million excellent reasons to conserve and restore forests, and increase forest cover But when it comes to mitigating climate change, there is no alternative but to stop burning fossil fuels

Earlier this week a paper dramatically reduced the realistic potential for forest carbon storage. Now another downgrades the capacity of geological storage. Emissions reductions are the only effective climate action.

🏞️𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡? Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses. The results are eye-opening: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The total potential carbon sink from nature restoration cannot be any larger than the total carbon emissions from past land-use change. This is a pretty obvious point but is seldom made on those terms. 1/5

Benefits of well planned afforestation aren’t simply about carbon sequestration, but also food security, local economy, flood prevention etc Carbon benefits of afforestation isn’t simply the carbon stored in the trees www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The achievable carbon uptake from planting trees is much lower than previous estimates, and even lower than many nations have committed to. New paper by Wang et al. in Science. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌏🌳🌲🌐

🌳 How does canopy structure regulate plantation growth? New research in poplar plantations reveals crown shape, leaf area, and light capture as key drivers of productivity. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ForestryResearch #JFR #PlantationForestry

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation have published their Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics, setting a great example for other academic societies. 🌏🧪🌐 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I ditched Ecology textbooks for this reason. Now I use a free OER and build my own 'Scientist Spotlights' featuring the incredible diversity of our discipline. Because if students don't see themselves in a career, how can they be themselves in that career?

Abstract submission for @biogeography.bsky.social biannual conference in Aarhus has been extended till Sep 8. Join us for 5 days of all things biogeography! conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

Tangent: What is the best way to tell a chemist from a plumber? Ask them to pronounce "unionized"

Norway's government has a new tourism ad out, and it's refreshingly honest By @thejuicemedia.bsky.social!!!!

Are ecology textbooks representative of ecologists? The question is very much on my mind while updating my own textbook. We have a responsibility to shape the field through inclusion as well as academic content. 🌏🧪

If you're visiting a research group as an ECR or graduate student, as a general rule you should assume that the more senior/famous the PI of the group, the less time you will actually get to spend with them. 1/7

As an atheist parent I'm starting to appreciate the value of Sunday School as a means of getting rid of the kids for a few hours at the weekend.

🌲 What if a terrestrial laser scanner cost ~€2k, and still delivered reliable forest data? We built one. And it works. → DBH accuracy ~1.5 cm → Tree height ~1 m → Open hardware + open software Accessible 3D forest monitoring Wherever you are, get in touch 🌍 Preprint: bit.ly/3HneatY #LiDAR