Joaquín Hortal

@jhortal.bsky.social

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Más allá de las fronteras está el universo / Beyond the borders lies the universe / Mais além das fronteiras está o universo
Scientist working in biogeography and community ecology @MNCN-CSIC
https://jhortal.com/
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Biology 17%

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 4d

University reputations and finances often hinge on their position in global ranking tables that prioritize narrow aspects of academic life. Elizabeth Gadd writes about three changes that would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working. #Academicsky 🧪

To reform universities, first tackle global rankings

Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.

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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 4d

#BlogMNCN Las musarañas elefante atrajeron a los zoólogos por su peculiar morfología. Estrechamente emparentadas con las verdaderas musarañas, los erizos y los topos, las incluyeron en el orden Insectivora. Con el tiempo se vio que era otro: Macroscelidea. www.mncn.csic.es/es/comunicac...

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · 4d

Lo cantó Battiato sobre su 'povera patria' italiana, y nos lo cantó en nuestra lengua. Pobre patria, medio siglo y así seguimos. Ojalá podamos cambiarla, y finalmente traer la primavera que tarda tanto en llegar.
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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 5d

🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Screen grab showing International Space Station above a blue-cloudy Earth.

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · 7d

Es muy bueno, si. Muy fresco

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LIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 15d

#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035

@cscherber.bsky.social

Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT)

Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...

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La Enzima Inquieta 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @viajandoconciencia.bsky.social · 17d

No os imagináis lo laborioso que es analizar y preparar un conjunto de datos para entrenar un modelo de Machine Learning
La calidad del dato es vital para que estos sistemas funcionen

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · 20d

#asimov nailed the definition of how those who mix liberal and illiberal views understand government:
"She hadn't liked Earth (...) its combination of anarchy in the important things and governmental force in the little things."
—In the description of Eugenia Insignia in Nemesis (1989)

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · 20d

#asimov acertó con la definición de cómo entienden el gobierno los que combinan lo liberal con lo iliberal: "a ella no le había gustado la Tierra (...) ni su combinación de anarquía para las cosas importantes y fuerza estatal para las pequeñas" Descripción de Eugenia Insignia en "Némesis" (1989)

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · 20d

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · 21d

Interesting article about rethinking the Turing test, putting the focus on discriminating different aspects of "intelligence" (whatever this diffues concept is), and also on IA safety and biases. It seems more important to detect unsafe IAs and how to tackle the pervasive biases in their training

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Chatbots now ace the mathematician’s famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.

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Basic and Applied Ecology @basicapplecol.bsky.social · 22d

🌿📖 New #BAAE article: Collectomics in plant biodiversity research

By merging herbaria, #Museomics & data science, researchers trace biodiversity change through time — shaping future conservation strategies. 🌎

📖 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2025.07.002
@gfoesoc.bsky.social

Schematic display of an herbarium specimen and its use as an Extended Specimen.

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Joaquín Hortal, Julie L. Lockwood , and 1 more Graeme S. Cumming, Joaquín Hortal, Julie L. Lockwood, Stephen D. Murphy

Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 29d

Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.

Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...

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LaLeti @latelyleti.bsky.social · Oct 12

¿Por qué son así de fachas los adolescentes?

Pues siendo profe de primaria tengo una Opinión™.

En la EP muy pocos acceden a RRSS. Cuando lo hacen, LO NOTAS. Llama la atención.

Ya nos hemos dado cuenta de lo que hay, y no se les deja ver cosas, PERO también son MUY CRÉDULOS.

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André Menegotto @andremenegotto.bsky.social · Oct 12

Starting a 6-month secondment at @mncn-csic.bsky.social (🇪🇸).

Super glad to be joining @jhortal.bsky.social and his amazing team to advance our project #MarineGaps.

Front view of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid.

Reposted by Joaquín Hortal, Alejandra Zarzo‐Arias, Cristina Ronquillo

Ecoinformática AEET @ecoinf-aeet.bsky.social · Oct 8

¡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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IPBES @ipbes.net · Oct 8

🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.

Read more from @mongabay.com :

Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of…

news.mongabay.com

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Oct 8

BHL has retrospectively assigned DOIs to 50,000+ historic journal articles These articles, which include the first scientific description of the Platypus (1799), are now part of the great linked network of scholarly research: doi.org/10.5962/p.30... #ILoveBHL #RetroPIDs 🧪
@crossref.bsky.social

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GBIF España/Spain @gbif.es · Oct 7

Biodiversity Heritage Library es una biblioteca digital abierta con millones de páginas sobre #biodiversidad con #BúsquedaTextoCompleto.
¡Aprende más sobre BHL en nuestro webinar sobre plataformas de información en biodiversidad!
📺 youtu.be/0urQfPemAc8?...

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Oct 3

A mí me gusta más la del koala y el ventilador, pero vamos, está claro que MoBo es un menosmola

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Matheus Moroti @mmoroti.bsky.social · Oct 3

Today, I had the opportunity to present a little about myself and my career at the annual meet of the Biogeography and Climate Change department at @mncn-csic.bsky.social , where I will be doing a postdoctoral fellowship for a year with @jhortal.bsky.social

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Antonio Martínez Ron @aberron.bsky.social · Oct 1

Me pasa Javi Álvarez la entrevista que le hicimos hace 12 años . Qué persona!! 😔 m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ-...

Jane Goodall: La crisis puede enseñarnos a vivir con menos cosas

YouTube video by lainformacion.com

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Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Oct 1

Que la tierra le sea leve

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Oct 1

Que la tierra le sea leve.

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Fernando del Amo #7291 @madridvk.bsky.social · Oct 1

😔

Muere la primatóloga y activista Jane Goodall a los 91 años www.rtve.es/n/16752855/ a través de RTVE Noticias.

Muere la primatóloga y activista Jane Goodall a los 91 años

www.rtve.es

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STOP Biogás 3CV @stopbiogas3cv.bsky.social · Sep 29

Así transcurrió el #27S La manifestación estatal contra las macroplantas de #Biogás.
El manifiesto y fotografías de casi 40 de los pueblos participantes. Y, seguiremos ampliando.
#STOPBiogasColmenarTresCantos #ColmenarViejo #TresCantos #Macroplanta
stopbiogascolmenar.org/informacion/...

27 de septiembre. En Madrid - Stop Biogas Colmenar Viejo Tres Cantos

Manifestación Estatal de Plataformas contra las Macoplantas de Biogás el 27/09/2025 en Madrid. ¡Ni tan grandes, ni tan cerca!

stopbiogascolmenar.org

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Sep 28

Pero a los que echan mayonesa a la tortilla de patatas no, ojo! Sobre todo si está demasiado cuajada

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 27

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Sep 26

Great choice! Godspeed in your new role, Elisa!!

THEBAULT Elisa - iEES Paris

Chargée de recherche au CNRS Département Écologie des communautés et des écosystèmes “ECOMECO”Équipe Dynamique des réseaux écologiques “DYNECO” Equipe Communication du Pôle Administratif Recherche P...

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Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Sep 26

Yo también recomiendo el libro además de la serie (que es buenísima), y también seguir a Dan Simmons que, para mí, es uno de los grandes escritores de ciencia ficción y terror. La saga de Hyperion es impresionante, especialmente si te has criado en el sentimiento de culpa que inculca el catolicismo

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · Sep 26

🥳 Meet Dr. Elise Thábault, our new subject editor from from Paris, France

Read her interview here: vist.ly/43hhw

Welcome Elisa Thébault - New SE | Oikos Journal

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