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James Bullock
@jmbecologist.bsky.social

Applied ecologist working on the ecological emergency

Studying ecosystem restoration, rewilding, dispersal, spatial ecology, ecosystem services, agro-ecology, global change. Views are my own & personal/unofficial

Environmental science 56%
Agriculture 16%
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PhD opportunity!

Focusing on ecological processes offers an adaptive approach to conservation at a time of rapid environmental change

But how do we measure & conserve these processes?

This PhD will explore the use of species traits to assess ecosystem condition
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com

Even more importantly- if it did, it would not be a creative act, which is at the heart of science

If you ask an LLM to take some notes you have & produce a narrative

you are abdicating your role as a scientist

Our greatest skill is to assess evidence & to put it together to create new understanding and ideas

Let’s actually focus on the real threats:

- climate breakdown
- ecological collapse
- warmongering
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.

Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.

Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com

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OXFORD XR ALL REBELS MEETING

Thursday 15 Jan

7-9pm

New Rd Baptist Church

ALL WELCOME! 🍪☕️

Help plan our next climate & social justice actions.

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Jan and Feb tour dates for my film 'Fires and Fascism' announced!

I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next.

Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

Many words are written about the calm & peace from being in ‘nature’

But in this part of the world, nature is has been hugely modified & simplified

A wilder nature would be more edgy & even have dangers

Still restorative to be in, but less sanitised
"I'm afraid there's many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances." - President of the Royal Society.

The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal.

I will never understand this.
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!

4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.

Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.

Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪

In personal news, I’ve gone down to 80% working, with the idea to undertake new ventures

But as this is my first non-working day, Lila suggests I don’t push too hard, just yet

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Vigil for Lost Species at National Farming Conference

‘We were not demonstrating against farmers, who have crucial task of feeding us.
But we oppose a food system that for sake of profits contributes massively to climate & biodiversity crises, undermines health, and increases social inequality’

The Donald sure is trying to destroy the planet in many different ways
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

@davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

@davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
⚡2026 is a turning point. UK #climate & environmental activists face both crisis & opportunity.

Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.

🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚

They are used on so many species with little consideration of what distinguishes them from other species in practice

I agree to focus on function, but let’s focus on important functions rather than talking up our favourite species

Could we agree that “ecosystem engineer” & “keystone species”

are such loose terms, used vaguely & too broadly, that we should shelve them?

“The US Department of Wildlife Services in 2023 killed 1,454,324 animals

including 24,603 beavers, whose dams are blamed for flooding

18,916 double-crested cormorants, whose eating habits are ostensibly pressuring fisheries

& 68,562 coyotes [to protect] farm animals”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Drought is often omitted from IUCN Red Listing assessments as it is difficult to quantify. But our study has found that >95% of threatened species will be exposed to longer and more frequent droughts! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exposure and sensitivity of threatened plant species to changing drought regimes: A global analysis
Climate change is driving substantial impacts on plants, including widespread increases in drought frequency, duration, and intensity. Changes to thes…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Heard about this just recently - the US research funding agency NSF ‘archiving’ a research program on biodiversity impacts of climate change

Not hard to attribute the cause
super interesting paper in @conbiology.bsky.social on how different groups feel about 'native' versus non-native species decline in Canada, particularly how White people put a much greater emphasis on nativeness in their response.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How much biotic nativeness matters across human demographic groups
Many central concepts of conservation biology—such as nativeness—are structured by ecological and social factors. However, the social consequences of using these concepts to make conservation decisio...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse”
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.

It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.

(Sunday Times)

“There’s no evidence that Maduro heads a drug trafficking empire

Not least because the US’s own Drug Enforcement Agency shows that zero fentanyl arrives to the US via Venezuela

But it doesn’t matter - even the pretence of legality in this new era is no longer necessary”
newint.org/war-and-peac...
Is Venezuela a glimpse of the future?
Donald Trump’s military aggression in South America and the Caribbean is another chapter in a new age of impunity.
newint.org
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.

Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela

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I wonder how many of us quietly deplore the massive use of fireworks, eg, on New Year’s Eve?

Not only terrifying pets - they cause huge disturbance to wild animals

This paper found 1000 times more birds in flight on NYE than on other nights
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Fireworks disturbance across bird communities
Fireworks are important elements of celebrations globally, but little is known about their effects on wildlife. The synchronized and extraordinary use of fireworks on New Year's Eve triggers strong f...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Strangely, tech bros & private finance will not solve the ecological crisis

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Everyone is welcome. You don’t need to stand out in front wearing a pink hazmat, many roles are available

#extinctionrebellion
#wimborne #XRWimborne

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Governments don’t act because they suddenly “see the light”. They act when the national conversation shifts and public pressure becomes impossible to ignore.

That’s why we need more people to step up, speak out, act together.

👉 Join us. Be part of changing the story and forcing real action.