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Trish Moore @trishjmoore.bsky.social · 2d

Saw the hand to hand combat with the inflatable frog. 😳 would be funny if it wasn’t so scary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 2d

It took decades for the work of Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi—the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology—to have clinical relevance. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Continued support for blue-sky research is essential to fuel the breakthroughs of tomorrow.
Carola Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 8d

The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here:
www.amnat.org/announcement...

Call for new Editor-in-Chief (2027–2030)

<p>The ASN is seeking applicants for Editor-in-Chief, to begin in January 2027</p><br/>

www.amnat.org

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Allen J Moore @ajmoore.bsky.social · 10d

This looks really cool.

bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 10d

DLC2Action: A Deep Learning-based Toolbox for Automated Behavior Segmentation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678941v1

Allen J Moore @ajmoore.bsky.social · 15d

“Crap, that’s due tomorrow.” Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1776.

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Ashleigh Griffin @asgriffin.bsky.social · 22d

Join us in our swanky new pad... @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...

We are hiring! Oxford biology has three associate professorships available as we move to new state-of-the-art facilities

www.biology.ox.ac.uk

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Sandra Steiger @steigerlab.bsky.social · 22d

New study on the effect of relatedness on larval cooperation in burying beetles: sibs boost growth, strangers boost survival. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!

Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality | Biology Letters

Theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that relatedness can have complex effects on social life. While high relatedness may promote sibling cooperation and altruism through indirect fitness ...

doi.org

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 26d

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

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apply.interfolio.com

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 27d

#NSF IOS Virtual Office Hour next Thursday 1-2 pm. This month's topic will focus on the panel review process. This is a good topic for newer faculty in your department, so please feel free to let them know about this virtual office hour.
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-i...

NSF IOS Virtual Office Hour

Panel Review Process

www.nsf.gov

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College:

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

my.corehr.com

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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Aug 22

Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:

Editorial: Accountability, voice, and trust - responsible use of GenAI in scientific publishing

Over the last few years, the development and rapid advancement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatG

academic.oup.com

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Allen J Moore @ajmoore.bsky.social · Aug 24

Two things I am not know for. PDA and dancing. Hasn’t happened again in 40 years.

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · Aug 20

SO proud of first pub by recent Wares lab PhD Margot Popecki!!https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71927

The Role of Pigments in Light Color Variation of the Firefly Photinus pyralis

We tested the novel hypothesis that genes encoding enzymes and transporters in pigment pathways (“pigment genes”) produce pigments in the firefly light organ that filter bioluminescent light, tuning ....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tom Ratz @tomratz.bsky.social · Aug 15

**SORTEE Meet-up at #ESEB2025 – Barcelona**

Come connect with @sortee.bsky.social members and fellow ESEB attendees who share an interest in open, reliable, and transparent evolutionary biology.

📅 Wednesday, 20 August

🕜 1:30 PM

📍 Entrance foyer, Expo Area – look for the SORTEE t-shirts!

We’ll have free SORTEE stickers and plenty of lively open science discussions. Don’t miss it!

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Aug 13

For people going to ESEB - this will be Wednesday afternoon!

Tom Ratz @tomratz.bsky.social · Jul 25

Connect with #SORTEE members and fellow Open Science enthusiasts at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona!

Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Jul 24

Who else is going to @eseb2025.bsky.social in August?

@tomratz.bsky.social and myself are planning a meet up for members of @sortee.bsky.social and anyone else interested in #openscience!

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

sc.edu

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Jennifer N. Phillips @jphillips.bsky.social · Aug 12

WSU biology is hiring a vertebrate ecologist! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

Assistant Professor

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: September 14, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 270-NN_FACULTY -...

wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 31

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

How Scientific Empires End

And what it means for America

www.theatlantic.com

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Allen J Moore @ajmoore.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yay! Congratulations.

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Easy to follow, continuously updated... www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...

FY 2026 R&D Appropriations Dashboard | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

www.aaas.org

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jul 14

🧪 CRITICAL UPDATE: The House draft version is now out.

✅ Like the Senate's version, there's no cut to NASA's budget.

❌ There's a 23% proposed cut to NSF's budget.

8-page summary: appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Draft bill: appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jul 10

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.

Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.

See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.

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Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Jul 13

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged.

📍 Townsville, AU
Closes: 8th Aug 2025
🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. We now have an opportunity a...

careers.jcu.edu.au

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ASAB @asab.org · Jul 4

We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.

More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities

Opportunities — ASAB

www.asab.org

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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 27

Very pleased to see this officially out - Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals. With @siluwang.bsky.social, @dortizba.bsky.social and Loren Rieseberg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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