Tom Ezard
@tomezard.bsky.social
Evolutionary Ecology via computer vision, machine learning, geochemistry, maths, stats and systematics in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. https://tomezard.github.io/
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Sign up! I've been an Assoc Editor @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social for about a year; it's a way better experience than some other places I've been AE. Really great submissions & fantastic editorial & admin support.
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Sign up! I've been an Assoc Editor @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social for about a year; it's a way better experience than some other places I've been AE. Really great submissions & fantastic editorial & admin support.
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
Free admission to the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting is an added bonus!
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💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
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ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Seeking a three year postdoc in the field of ocean biogeochemistry and productivity using mechanistic models and synthesis of observations. Note the short fuse for applications. Please help distribute. All nationalities welcome to apply! 🌊
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Seeking a three year postdoc in the field of ocean biogeochemistry and productivity using mechanistic models and synthesis of observations. Note the short fuse for applications. Please help distribute. All nationalities welcome to apply! 🌊
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
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A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
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okay, the figure on the right for this paper reminds me of @palaeoiris.bsky.social art in the best of ways! #paleoart #palaeoart #QueerInPaleo #QueerInSTEM 🌈🧪
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
okay, the figure on the right for this paper reminds me of @palaeoiris.bsky.social art in the best of ways! #paleoart #palaeoart #QueerInPaleo #QueerInSTEM 🌈🧪
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🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Simon Wood, the GOAT of generalized additive models & creator of the mgcv #rstats package, has an Annual Review of Statistics essay on GAMs, available open access #statssky #mlsky
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Simon Wood, the GOAT of generalized additive models & creator of the mgcv #rstats package, has an Annual Review of Statistics essay on GAMs, available open access #statssky #mlsky
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Worrying long term hidden fiscal drag
The family income threshold at which English students maintenance loans start to get reduced is just £25,000/yr.
It has been this level since the 2008/2009 academic year. We have had 64% (CPI) inflation since then. So it's been slashed hugely in real terms
The family income threshold at which English students maintenance loans start to get reduced is just £25,000/yr.
It has been this level since the 2008/2009 academic year. We have had 64% (CPI) inflation since then. So it's been slashed hugely in real terms
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Worrying long term hidden fiscal drag
The family income threshold at which English students maintenance loans start to get reduced is just £25,000/yr.
It has been this level since the 2008/2009 academic year. We have had 64% (CPI) inflation since then. So it's been slashed hugely in real terms
The family income threshold at which English students maintenance loans start to get reduced is just £25,000/yr.
It has been this level since the 2008/2009 academic year. We have had 64% (CPI) inflation since then. So it's been slashed hugely in real terms
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this slide is from a colleague's introductory stats course, I think it fits many statisticians' experiences
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this slide is from a colleague's introductory stats course, I think it fits many statisticians' experiences
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🌊 I’m hiring! Research Scientist in Marine Ecology & Machine Learning at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK). Got experience with machine learning techniques applied to marine ecology, biogeochemistry or climate change? Apply by 5 September! careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Careers | National Oceanography Centre
careers.noc.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌊 I’m hiring! Research Scientist in Marine Ecology & Machine Learning at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK). Got experience with machine learning techniques applied to marine ecology, biogeochemistry or climate change? Apply by 5 September! careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Non-profit publishers (PLoS, Oxford, Cambridge) and publishers partnering a lot with academia (Wiley) are much more committed to open science than the others - MDPI being the worst by large. (4/5)
July 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Non-profit publishers (PLoS, Oxford, Cambridge) and publishers partnering a lot with academia (Wiley) are much more committed to open science than the others - MDPI being the worst by large. (4/5)
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This should be a lot of fun! Help us find out if BES journal data and code sharing policies are actually working, with a little side bonus quest about data equity 🤓
We are doing a Hackathon! 💻 Together with senior editor @nhcooper123.bsky.social , we'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible... (1/2)
July 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This should be a lot of fun! Help us find out if BES journal data and code sharing policies are actually working, with a little side bonus quest about data equity 🤓
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The final paper of my UoS postdoc is out now in PNAS! How to detect developmental plasticity in the fossil record:
Featuring
@tomezard.bsky.social
@jamesmulqueeney.bsky.social
@katsamenis.bsky.social
@clivetrue.bsky.social
@thefosterlab.bsky.social
among others
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Featuring
@tomezard.bsky.social
@jamesmulqueeney.bsky.social
@katsamenis.bsky.social
@clivetrue.bsky.social
@thefosterlab.bsky.social
among others
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The final paper of my UoS postdoc is out now in PNAS! How to detect developmental plasticity in the fossil record:
Featuring
@tomezard.bsky.social
@jamesmulqueeney.bsky.social
@katsamenis.bsky.social
@clivetrue.bsky.social
@thefosterlab.bsky.social
among others
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Featuring
@tomezard.bsky.social
@jamesmulqueeney.bsky.social
@katsamenis.bsky.social
@clivetrue.bsky.social
@thefosterlab.bsky.social
among others
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Hiring a marine biology lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social! Permanent position. Deadline to apply= 20 Aug. We have aquaria, lots of mass specs/genomic facilities, field trips to Crotia, Indonesia, Scotland and a super collegial department. Pls share!
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk
July 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hiring a marine biology lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social! Permanent position. Deadline to apply= 20 Aug. We have aquaria, lots of mass specs/genomic facilities, field trips to Crotia, Indonesia, Scotland and a super collegial department. Pls share!
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Very proud of this project! Scanning thousands of forams was no small feat, but five years on, the team is delivered something truly groundbreaking.
@tomezard.bsky.social @thefosterlab.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/muvisx...
@tomezard.bsky.social @thefosterlab.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/muvisx...
Our high-resolution scanners and targeted chemical analysis have come together to reveal something extraordinary: the ability to peer into the day-by-day growth of plankton shells from millions of… | ...
Our high-resolution scanners and targeted chemical analysis have come together to reveal something extraordinary: the ability to peer into the day-by-day growth of plankton shells from millions of yea...
www.linkedin.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Very proud of this project! Scanning thousands of forams was no small feat, but five years on, the team is delivered something truly groundbreaking.
@tomezard.bsky.social @thefosterlab.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/muvisx...
@tomezard.bsky.social @thefosterlab.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/muvisx...
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Our researchers have conducted a groundbreaking analysis of prehistoric plankton 🔬
They have revealed how these microscopic organisms adapted to their environment not just across generations, but on a day-to-day basis.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/1ESp0h
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
They have revealed how these microscopic organisms adapted to their environment not just across generations, but on a day-to-day basis.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/1ESp0h
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our researchers have conducted a groundbreaking analysis of prehistoric plankton 🔬
They have revealed how these microscopic organisms adapted to their environment not just across generations, but on a day-to-day basis.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/1ESp0h
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
They have revealed how these microscopic organisms adapted to their environment not just across generations, but on a day-to-day basis.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/1ESp0h
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
New paper led by @aniekebrombacher.bsky.social using x-ray CT and laser ablation to detect plastic environmental responses in fossil individuals www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2421549122 featuring @jamesmulqueeney.bsky.social @clivetrue.bsky.social @thefosterlab.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
New paper led by @aniekebrombacher.bsky.social using x-ray CT and laser ablation to detect plastic environmental responses in fossil individuals www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2421549122 featuring @jamesmulqueeney.bsky.social @clivetrue.bsky.social @thefosterlab.bsky.social
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This is gold.
These are the design guidelines I teach. From halfway through this deck: www.mjskay.com/presentation...
These days (for academic vis) I'd add "ensure natural visual operations correspond to meaningful operations in data space". Need to make slides for that.
These days (for academic vis) I'd add "ensure natural visual operations correspond to meaningful operations in data space". Need to make slides for that.
July 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is gold.
Interesting piece, full of learning on the importance of institutions
New post just out:
"History Restarted: the radical right and the problem of "successful" autocracies."
In which I look at the growing threat to liberal democracy from a new strain of capitalist authoritarian governments.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
"History Restarted: the radical right and the problem of "successful" autocracies."
In which I look at the growing threat to liberal democracy from a new strain of capitalist authoritarian governments.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
History Restarted
The radical right and the problem of "successful" autocracies
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Interesting piece, full of learning on the importance of institutions
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Don’t learn AI because it can replace you. Learn AI because, whether it works or not, your boss is trying to replace you with it anyway.
The more you understand the flaws, the better your chances of fighting back.
The more you understand the flaws, the better your chances of fighting back.
June 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don’t learn AI because it can replace you. Learn AI because, whether it works or not, your boss is trying to replace you with it anyway.
The more you understand the flaws, the better your chances of fighting back.
The more you understand the flaws, the better your chances of fighting back.
Loved @geodianna.bsky.social's and @clivetrue.bsky.social's inspiring inaugural lectures this evening on topics spanning the breadth of planetary health work that folks in FELS do
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Loved @geodianna.bsky.social's and @clivetrue.bsky.social's inspiring inaugural lectures this evening on topics spanning the breadth of planetary health work that folks in FELS do
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Charles Elton wrote his classic book "Animal Ecology" nearly a century ago (1927). Much of it remains insightful, and the Conclusion still resonates.
May 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Charles Elton wrote his classic book "Animal Ecology" nearly a century ago (1927). Much of it remains insightful, and the Conclusion still resonates.