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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 2d

This has been my most-ever-liked Bluesky post - seems we all love a bit of corvid chaos!

Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 6d

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

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commamonger 😷 (analogue writing assistant) @commamonger.bsky.social · 3d

More on lawn-digging corvids today, this time in Inverness.

Inverness' bird-plucked green spaces could be due to warm year

Birds have been noticeably digging up moss in lawns and other green spaces in parts of Inverness.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 2d

Oh interesting- thank you!

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 3d

The normally placid Kelvin looking very full and fast today #glasgow #stormamy

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 5d

I think this is the winning comment

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 6d

Mine too! It was very funny

Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 6d

Yes sure! Send me an email and I'll send it over tomorrow

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 6d

This is a very good letter Stephen. This whole sorry affair has been a massive failure of leadership

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 6d

Nope

Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 6d

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 11d

Never heard that word...

Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 11d

Today's Wordle 😡

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 20d

New from @katejj.bsky.social group!

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 20d

Head direction cells use a head-referenced dual-axis updating rule in 3D space https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676760v1

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 23d

Oh wow, this is fascinating

Katharina Schmack @kathaschmack.bsky.social · 24d

"Sleep, like aging, may be an inescapable consequence of aerobic metabolism."

Really enjoyed this thought-provoking paper 🧠💤🪰 - congrats to @rafsarnataro.bsky.social and team on this impressive work!

No wonder the Krebs cycle always put me to sleep 😅

#neuroskyence

Nature @nature.com · Jul 22

Nature research paper: Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep

go.nature.com/40oC7Y4

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 24d

Oh sorry I didn't notice the increments were 20 years (I've somehow lost the 2000s from my consciousness...)

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 24d

I can't reconcile with the x axis?

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · Sep 8

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

www.nytimes.com

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Aug 27

Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!

#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs

Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · Aug 29

The annoying thing is that the vaccine has been around for decades- US have routinely vaxxed kids since at least when my (now adult) kids were little

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · Jul 15

CAPTCHA for Birders

#birding #birds #birders

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Daniel Grenblad @grenblad.com · Aug 28

Survey of 813 scientists finds that Bluesky is the more useful social media platform for professional scientists.

As anecdotal support, this journal article itself is references by 2731 Bluesky users and has 43 X posts (Altmetrics data, when posting this).

#sciencesky #academicsky #science

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

academic.oup.com

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assafbreska.bsky.social @assafbreska.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re hiring! 🥳fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in human cognitive neuroscience @mpicybernetics.bsky.social

M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
tinyurl.com/5dku4du9

@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social

please repost 🙏

PhD and Postdoc Positions (m/f/d) in Human Cognitive Neuroscience of Dynamic Cognition – M/EEG, brain stimulation

Job Offer from August 11, 2025

tinyurl.com

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · Aug 18

Kudos also to whoever designed that brilliant graphic!

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profserious @profserious.bsky.social · Aug 10

Very few people seem to understand university finances and, distressingly, this includes many academics and most policymakers. This is an attempt to condense the key points you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/profseri...

Understanding University Finances

... a very short guide

open.substack.com

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Chris Summerfield @summerfieldlab.bsky.social · Aug 8

great opportunity to work with Marco using exciting new methods!

Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢

🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.

Please RT

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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