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Ecoinformática AEET @ecoinf-aeet.bsky.social · 2d

¡Hola, ecoinformáticxs! 🌍💻 ¿Os gusta hacer mapas? ¿Y si os decimos que podemos unirnos para un reto divertido y colaborativo? Si estás leyendo esto, ¡TE QUEREMOS! ❤️¡Atentos, que esto mola! 👇

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 4d

We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...

Joining the lab

2-year Postdoctoral position on VALOR EU-project: We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators (VALOR; The candidat…

bartomeuslab.com

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Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre - AEET @eco-aeet.bsky.social · 8d

Desde el Gobierno de España se habilitado una consulta abierta a la ciudadanía sobre los puntos principales a incluir en un futuro Pacto de Estado frente a la Emergencia Climática.

Enlace a la consulta (abierta hasta el 15 de octubre):
forma.administracionelectronica.gob.es/form/open/co...

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VirDomGar @domgarvir.bsky.social · 24d

I’ll be teaching “Introduction to Network Analysis & Modelling” – theory, hands-on with Python, applications to real systems. Starts Sept 22 with @tscourses.bsky.social
You sitll have time to register →
www.transmittingscience.com/courses/syst...

Network Analysis Course for Diverse Disciplines

Join our Live Online Course to explore Network Analysis and gain insights into understanding complex systems through networks.

www.transmittingscience.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 29d

A bunch of folks have asked about my "Long Arc of Fascism" course - this is my opening lecture at our public teach-in last Spring.

Centre for Climate Justice @ccj-ubc.bsky.social · 29d

Watch @naomiaklein.bsky.social open the Long Arc of Fascism teach-in by challenging the conventional, narrow understanding of fascism, particularly the idea that it is a uniquely European phenomenon that began in the 1920s or ’30s and was defeated in 1945.
@ccms-sfu.bsky.social

Introduction Sketching Fascism’s Long Arc with Naomi Klein

YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice

www.youtube.com

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you

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Maria Paniw @paniw.bsky.social · Sep 9

What do this👇 lovely plant, lemur, and petrel have in common? They have populations where individuals were monitored for decades - and now provide amazing resources to compare complex responses of populations to threats. So, go beyond “it’s context dependent” to find common patterns.

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · Sep 8

How variable are temperature effects on species interactions within a local community? Find out in our new paper led by @zoeyneale.bsky.social
"Thermal responses of feeding rates differ across co‐occurring predator species" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Aotearoa New Zealand is incredibly beautiful and its biodiversity is mindblowing, a treasure to conserve, restore, and also to study! In this setting, we (Jason, Sandra, Duane, Otso and I) analysed how species of birds and plants connect ecosystems across the country 👇

rdcu.be/eCHVk

Species traits and landscape structure can drive scale-dependent propagation of effects in ecosystems - Nature Communications

Ecological effects, such as disturbances, have a spatial dimension, but what influences their spatial propagation is not fully understood. Here, the authors find generalist and widespread species are ...

doi.org

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Gonzalo Torné @gonzalotorne.bsky.social · Aug 28

Qué bonita y precisa es la definición de felicidad de Diógenes, el cínico: "Una alegría serena y constante".

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here are some of protagonists in linking Aotearoa's ecosystems: the kererū (Hemiphaga novaeselandiae), a native pigeon; the silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), a small passerine self-introduced from Australia in the XIX century; or also the kea (Nestor notabilis), everyone's favourite mountain parrot!

A kea right above a sign that says "thank you for not feeding me"

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · Aug 27

We found that generalist and widespread species are disproportionately important for propagating biotic effects across landscapes, with the twist that native and exotic species also display differences. For doing all this, we inferred a country-wide spatial network of plant-frugivore interactions

Landscape in South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand showing a valley with mountains in the background

Landscape in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand showing a small stream and mountains in the background

Landscape in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand showing an arid plain with snowy mountains in the background

Landscape in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand showing Gorse (Ulex europaeus) in full bloom

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Aotearoa New Zealand is incredibly beautiful and its biodiversity is mindblowing, a treasure to conserve, restore, and also to study! In this setting, we (Jason, Sandra, Duane, Otso and I) analysed how species of birds and plants connect ecosystems across the country 👇

rdcu.be/eCHVk

Species traits and landscape structure can drive scale-dependent propagation of effects in ecosystems - Nature Communications

Ecological effects, such as disturbances, have a spatial dimension, but what influences their spatial propagation is not fully understood. Here, the authors find generalist and widespread species are ...

doi.org

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Imperialism and racism are central to the capitalist world economy. The barbarism is a feature, not a bug.

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Aug 24

Legendary ecologist.

"Jim Estes showed the world that the absence of a creature as unassuming as a sea otter could transform entire coastlines. In doing so, he reminded policymakers, scientists, and the public that human choices ripple outward in ways often unseen."

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 24

Jim was an incredible ecologist. I own several of his books, and cite his research reguarly. www.butlernature.com/2025/08/20/j...

Jim Estes, biologist who revealed how sea otters shape entire ecosystems, died on May 20, aged 79

When Jim Estes first arrived in the Aleutian Islands in 1970, he expected a routine wildlife survey. What he found was the outline of a scientific revelation. In places where sea otters thrived, the…

www.butlernature.com

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

www.dropbox.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 19

1. The philosophy of science sometimes gets an unearned reputation as a purely academic exercise that offers little by way of concrete tools for advancing research.

This is wrong.

And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Aug 14

A striking visualization of current fire activity across the western part of the Iberian Peninsula

🔥🌳🔥🌳 wildfire

Remote sensing image of Western Iberia with the current fires burning

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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · Aug 14

As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...

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Ellie@TheConciseQuill @ellieb65.bsky.social · Jul 12

I don't agree with everything in this article, but I do agree with this:
"The act of writing the thing is the same thing as the thinking of it. If you can’t write it, you haven’t actually thought it." And AI allows us to 'not' think.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war...

#academicsky #ai #teaching

A warning to the young: just say no to AI

The substitution of Large Language Models for genuine thinking is a generational threat. At stake is no less than the life of the mind.

engelsbergideas.com

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Judit Lecina-Diaz @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social · Jul 28

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity):
PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...
Postdoc:
www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...
Please feel free to share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested!

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · Jul 12

Desde el grupo de Ecoinformática de la AEET hemos creado un punto de encuentro para las personas que trabajamos con el medio natural y usamos herramientas computacionales - únete a la comunidad respondiendo a este mensaje o contactándome por privado!

go.bsky.app/FWR2yEM

🌱🐻💚🖥️

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Gisela Baños @gisbanos.bsky.social · Jul 17

«No, no hablo del amor cuando me refiero al patriotismo. Hablo del miedo. El miedo del otro. Y las expresiones de ese miedo son políticas, no poéticas: odio, rivalidad, agresión».

Ursula K. Le Guin

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David García Callejas @callejas.bsky.social · Jul 12

Desde el grupo de Ecoinformática de la AEET hemos creado un punto de encuentro para las personas que trabajamos con el medio natural y usamos herramientas computacionales - únete a la comunidad respondiendo a este mensaje o contactándome por privado!

go.bsky.app/FWR2yEM

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Curro Molina @curromolina.bsky.social · Jul 6

Mis fotos también gritan #FreePalestine

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