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Markus Eichhorn
@markuseichhorn.bsky.social
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Ecologist, author, tree watcher. Shill for Big Forest. Writing another textbook on biodiversity and biogeography. It's always karaoke time. More at treesinspace.com

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d
Don't waste money on expensive champagne. Just buy a cheap chardonnay and put it in your SodaStream. #TopTips

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Markus P. Eichhorn

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 4d
It’s awful. I’ve finally decided I need to demo how bad it is. In my intro lecture, I have several in class activities where I show the students chat GPT output and have them identify what’s wrong.

This attempt at the carbon cycle was in this week’s classes.
A shocking terrible attempt at diagramming the carbon cycle. There is a cloud labeled CO2. An arrow pointing from it to a volcano is labeled photosynthesis. An arrow from the cloud to a river is labeled respiration. An arrow from a tree points to the word diffusion floating in the water. A rock in the water has an arrow pointing to the word sedimentation. There is an arrow from sedimentation to the word limestone. There is an arrow from the word limestone to the volcano, labeled burial. There is another rock labeled rocks. The word decay floats by itself in the river.

Reposted by Markus P. Eichhorn

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 4d
New plant genus discovered in the Andes. Sumacoa barbata is an arborescent Gesneriad endemic to Cordillera del Cóndor.
David Neill, co-author of the study and legendary figure in neotropical botany, passed away this year. Sumacoa represents both a scientific milestone and a tribute to his legacy.

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Laura Pereira, Markus P. Eichhorn

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 4d
🚨If you are at #COP30, evacuate the Blue Zone immediately.

(from a source)

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d
"You have been nominated for an award but have not been short-listed". Thanks, that's a nice way of saying "Someone thought you deserved this but we don't". I'll take it.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d
Could it be an ivory-billed woodpecker?

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Smith, Julia M. Wright , and 2 more

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 7d
AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
Royal Society B cover with AI generated image of endocasts.

Reposted by Markus P. Eichhorn

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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 9d
www.oglaf.com/buoyancy/
in case of maritime emergency escape crocodile will deploy. Please remove shoes and leave all luggage behind

Reposted by Markus P. Eichhorn

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 11d
The Senior Editor team at @jappliedecology.bsky.social is growing. Come join us! Applications close 21st December.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 12d
Aside from being cool research on remote-sensing of AGB across Canada, this is an amazing visualisation by Tompalski et al. (2025). Paper here: academic.oup.com/forestry/adv... 🌲🌏🧪

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 12d
Hat trick!

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 15d
After this weekend I'll be happy to never see another unicorn for as long as I live.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 17d
I'd be glad to never hear all the other stories told again. They were such a fixture of meetings and conferences for so many years that I'd prefer we found someone better to talk about.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 17d
This is literally the only Jim Watson Story I've heard that wasn't lewd, drunken or shockingly offensive. Probably because he's hardly in it.
jomcinerney.bsky.social James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 17d
I don’t have a particularly good James Watson story, but I found it amusing at the time. He visited the Irish National Diagnostics Centre, where I worked in 1995. The centre prepared a visitors book at the entrance and after giving a lecture in the university, Watson came to the research centre 1/2

Reposted by Markus P. Eichhorn

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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 17d
I don’t have a particularly good James Watson story, but I found it amusing at the time. He visited the Irish National Diagnostics Centre, where I worked in 1995. The centre prepared a visitors book at the entrance and after giving a lecture in the university, Watson came to the research centre 1/2

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18d
This isn't a partisan point either. It's that the political system doesn't allow a shutdown to happen. The civil service just carries on until government decides how it should change.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18d
Amid any talk of US exceptionalism we should include that government shutdowns don't happen in other countries. Political parties don't crash their societies to make a point.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18d
It's as if we learnt nothing from the 90s.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18d
Congratulations, but as your bio points out, you've been a college prof for 30 years. Junior colleagues aren't playing the same game that we were.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18d
Ant people are fun people. Is that Yvette? I'm very jealous.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
Why does this keep happening to me.
Headshots from Squid Game. Top panel, happy and optimistic: "We invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript". Lower panel, drawn and jaded: "Your manuscript has been rejected by a new set of reviewers."

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
Things I wish I'd known as a junior academic #37
Meme based on split scene from one of the Star Wars films. I don't know which one. Top panel: "If I'm a great teacher I'll be sure to land a faculty position". Lower panel "That's not how higher education works".

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
I always love it in a talk when someone says "I didn't know the answer to this so I asked ChatGPT" because it means I can take a nap.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
How does not teaching languages help students develop a 'global mindset' as set out in @uniofnottingham.bsky.social's Global Engagement strategy?
Home - The University of Nottingham
www.nottingham.ac.uk

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
Only a few years ago @uniofnottingham.bsky.social liked to call themselves "Britain's global university". What kind of global institution stops teaching languages?
danelphick.bsky.social Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 19d
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy, Markus P. Eichhorn

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LofturS @lofturs.bsky.social · 19d
In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.

Reposted by Zen Faulkes, Markus P. Eichhorn, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 19d
Academics set their metrics and incentives. And that defines everything. Including the future of scientific publishing.

And if at any point, one feels that incentives are being defined from outside, that's what needs to be fought against.

But the power of change lies within.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
Got a bit stuck writing a proposal so I went for a walk outside to clear my head and came back with a pile of fresh ideas that are entirely irrelevant to this proposal. Does anyone else want them?

Reposted by Charles West, Catherine Baker, Elaine Treharne , and 5 more

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Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 19d
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy, Markus P. Eichhorn

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Sven Rufus @svenrufus.bsky.social · 19d
I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.