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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 2h

Opportunity in animal welfare with a great supervisor:

Dr Beth Ventura @bethologist.bsky.social · 5h

I’m looking for a PhD student, please share!

International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) @applied-ethology.bsky.social · 6h

#PhDPositionAlert
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 23h

What a shame.

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

www.thebookseller.com

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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare @ufaw.bsky.social · 6d

📢Applications are now open for the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships!

Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.

🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent! I'll head down there next time I'm in the city.

Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 7d

You may end up like me and lose the use of one arm about 50% of the time.

Grey cat curled up sleeping with head on a human's arm

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 7d

Which place is the albino squirrel in?

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 8d

So sorry for your loss.

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 13d

Research is the key to unlocking Canada’s future and it needs proper funding.

The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers.

Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter: www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...

Coalition for Canadian Research calls on federal government to fulfil the Budget 2024 research commitments

The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0A2

www.caut.ca

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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 13d

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you!

Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 14d

Sitting alone in my office during my first office hours of the term, as usual. 🥲

a stuffed kermit the frog is sitting on a railing holding onto a railing .

Alt: A stuffed Kermit the frog is sitting on a railing swiging his feet and staring off into the distance.

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 16d

a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking why ?

Alt: A stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking why? In dramatic poses

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 18d

Its notifications have been broken for me for about a year too - half the timeI don't get them when a friend comments but DO get them when some celebrity posts something no matter how many times I say stop showing me this.

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 18d

The feeling of every cat owner.

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20d

I am so jealous of this oblivious pile of fluff.

A large grey cat kinda spilling out of a wicker cat bed resting his chin on the edge of the bed. He looks comfy and sleepy.

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 19d

Congrats!

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 20d

First day back at work, and I have a new paper out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnmV2gKRh... A review of what we know and the many things we don't know about environmental enrichment for ruminants, with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social and two other lovely colleagues who are not on BlueSky. 🐐🐑🐄

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 20d

I haven't tried. All I know is that was around midnight after some very long days. Not sure why anyone bothered putting a total in at all though.

elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall

Alt: elmo from sesame street shrugging

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 20d

The DFA team said they were too tired to do that calculation the night the deal was made and releases went out, not sure who put the 10% figure in.

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Dr. Keith R. Brunt @profbrunt.bsky.social · 21d

I would like to thank all the @dalhousie.bsky.social students (& their families), with special acknowledgment to the leaders in the #DalStudentUnion, for supporting us at @dalfaculty.bsky.social to #KeepDalStrong. It meant a great deal - we will work to ensure the semester is successful for you!

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 22d

I'm confused by this too, as I am expected to picket this morning... Hoping there's not a flood of student emails today while I'm on the line and then in the meeting!

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 25d

There's also a least weasel but no most weasel and now I want to see that one...

a weasel time sign is displayed in a field

ALT: a weasel time sign is displayed in a field

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 26d

Elsewhere in universities' core purposes in danger of being compromised by leaders and politicians who don't seem to understand them...

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26d

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”'

Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...