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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d

Kestrels are quite nice but the short list for best bird contains one bird

gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 2d

I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉

gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

Opportunities

***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…

gavinmjones.com

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d

US energy mix continues to get greener www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-g...

US added 2 GW of solar in September, putting 2025 ahead of 2024 for new solar generation

Solar accounted for three-quarters of new generation installed so far this year, followed by wind at 13% and gas at 11%.

www.utilitydive.com

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey

Runner up: Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 6d

What's the best book you read this year?

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 4d

Very cool! Similar thing can happen with red-billed queleas in Kenya, another superabundant bird

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 4d

Mostly thanks to Grace

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 5d

My college roommate Dan went from not reading any books in college to prolific author. If you like football or leadership, you might enjoy his latest one (and Griff is awesome too)

Coach Dan Casey @coachdancasey.bsky.social · 5d

This project has been 3 years in the making.

📖 bringyourownpencil.com

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 5d

In 2020, it was nearly universally accepted after his breakout season that Josh Allen was a top 5 QB. Jordan Love has similar numbers to that season, similar arm talent, similar (arguably better) propensity for idiotic plays, better numbers in prior seasons, but isn’t talked about the same way. Why?

Coach Dan Casey @coachdancasey.bsky.social · 5d

This project has been 3 years in the making.

📖 bringyourownpencil.com

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 5d

Highly recommend taking Ben up on this—have taken advantage of this offer in the past, which resulted in my father-in-law self-reporting that Eager is the first full book he has read since high school

Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 6d

Tossed out this bit of shameless self-promotion on insta last week and figured I’d post here too: my own shit makes great holiday gifts! Twenty-five buckaroos gets you a signed and personalized copy of either of my books; DM for details. Help me afford a haircut and a razor!

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 6d

Dusty, have you seen Rare Exports?

Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 6d

Tossed out this bit of shameless self-promotion on insta last week and figured I’d post here too: my own shit makes great holiday gifts! Twenty-five buckaroos gets you a signed and personalized copy of either of my books; DM for details. Help me afford a haircut and a razor!

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 6d

What's the best book you read this year?

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 7d

Couldn’t make it work to go on my elk hunt last week :(

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 7d

Participated in the North American model of wildlife management in one of my favorite places today

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 7d

Saw one of these on a weekend trip to Poland during my postdoc. Cool to know they have such weird genomes

Prashant Ghimire @prashant-stork.bsky.social · 8d

What makes a mountaineer bird?

We have published the first complete genome assembly for Redstarts (Genus: Phoenicurus), found across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Black redstarts genome has 30% repeats, second highest known in passerines.

#genomics #ornithology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

www.nature.com

Prashant Ghimire @prashant-stork.bsky.social · 8d

What makes a mountaineer bird?

We have published the first complete genome assembly for Redstarts (Genus: Phoenicurus), found across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Black redstarts genome has 30% repeats, second highest known in passerines.

#genomics #ornithology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

www.nature.com

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 10d

He does this in odd years

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 10d

Not discussed even a little south of the border

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 @cmikesspinmove.bsky.social 🚨

Mike Barker @barkerms.bsky.social · 11d

Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎

Sonoran Desert landscape looking west across Avra Valley from Tucson Mountain Park. In the foreground, a desert trail winds through cholla cacti, saguaros, ocotillo, and native shrubs. The valley stretches to distant mountain ranges on the horizon under a dramatic sky of blue patches and white cumulus clouds with rays of light breaking through.

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 12d

Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!!

1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
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Student Research Award

<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 13d

Dusty, how worried are you that the Packers have not had a 20-yard run all season?

Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 13d

I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.

Mandeville Lab

Fish are so delightfully weird. We study the evolutionary genetics and ecology of freshwater fishes, plus a few more things, at Northern Michigan University

lizmandeville.github.io

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 14d

I haven’t tried using Scholar Labs yet but this has me more interested in trying it aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-la...

Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era

Generated by Nano-Banana Pro from text of this blog post

aarontay.substack.com

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 14d

I don’t think he is a top 5 QB (yet), but there aren’t 5 other QBs I’d rather watch every week

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 14d

I’d like to see the first round allocated randomly and then rounds 2-7 allocated as currently done

Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · 17d

There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!

2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...

1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...

biodiversity.ubc.ca

Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 17d

We churned through over 100 million radar samples to quantify the structure of migration through the airspaces across the United States: Just out in Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 17d

My high school chemistry teacher used to rant about the technique in A River Runs Through It

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