Taylor Brown
@tbrownbirds.bsky.social
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#PhDone | Ornithologist 🐦 | birder 🦆| gardener 🌱 | she/her | taylorbrown.org
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tbrownbirds.bsky.social
Just putting this out there since I want to increase my side hustling... I've created and revamped several websites for labs and individuals and businesses, and I can do so for you and your lab too! Get in touch if you need help with your lab or personal website 🙂 mine is taylorbrown.org!
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
I know there's a lot going on in the world and in people's lives right now - including mine - but I'm pretty excited and honoured to have gotten an award for one of my papers 🥹🎉

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/anim...

Read it here! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Taylor stands with her back to a pebble beach with calm waves. She is holding a young puffin in front of her, toward the camera, with both hands. She is smiling and looking down at the puffin.
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exetermarine.bsky.social
Fancy working with killer whales?

We have two exciting opportunities to support the work of Professor @darrencroft.bsky.social and team.

👉 Graduate Research Assistant - lnkd.in/egy9Knka
👉 Postdoctoral Research Associate - lnkd.in/eXyP7fZ4

Deadlines 22nd/19th Oct.

🦑🦤🌍🌊🐬🌐
text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text reads 'we're hiring, graduate research assistant and postdoctoral research associate. Logo are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines the graduate research assistant position, which is part time (14 hours), fixed term until 0ct 2028, based at the university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines postdoctoral research associate position, which is full-time fixed term until 31st oct 2028, starting salary £34.6k, location is university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york
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rezekjoe.bsky.social
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
From NYT article about the increasing use of AI in the classroom: “Writing is one of the most challenging tasks for students, which is why it is so tempting for some to ask A.I. to do it for them. In turn, A.I. can be useful for teachers who would like to assign more writing, but are limited in their time to grade it.”
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jonathanwosen.bsky.social
If you run a life science lab where research has either significantly slowed or shut down completely due to Trump administration policies, I’d like to hear your story. I'm a biotech and life sciences reporter for @statnews.com, and you can reach me at [email protected] #journorequest
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
#JobAlert!
Resource Conservation Manager II with Parks Canada in #Yukon. PM-05. Indeterminate, full time.
$96-104k/year + isolated post allowance. A degree and/OR recent and significant experience req'd.
emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Closes Sep 2, 2025.
#biology #conservation #jobs
Resource Conservation Manager II
Closing date: 2 September 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time
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tbrownbirds.bsky.social
#JobAlert!
Manager of Resource Conservation with Parks Canada in Fort Smith, NT. PM-06.
Term Sept 2025 to Nov 2026. $113-129k + isolated post allowance. Some education and/OR experience req'd.
emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Closes Sept 1 2025.
#jobs #biology #conservation #wildlife
Manager, Resource Conservation
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tbrownbirds.bsky.social
#JobAlert!
Resource Conservation Manager II position with Parks Canada in Inuvik, NT. Indeterminate! $113-129k/year + isolated post allowance.
"A degree" + experience required.
Closes Sept 7. emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...

#jobs #conservation #canada #arctic #biology #ecology
Resource Conservation Manager III
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tbrownbirds.bsky.social
Please check out the attached advertisement for a #masters project at @dalhousieu.bsky.social on Leach's storm-petrels! #MSc #biology #gradstudies #gradschool #birds #seabirds #research
A screenshot of an ad for a master's position at Dalhousie university. Contact Glenn Crossin glenn.crossin@dal.ca
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newseye.bsky.social
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
A little late but better than never - I am finally #PhDone!! I defended at the end of May, submitted my final thesis at the beginning of June, and am now just working full-time at LGL Limited and enjoying summer 😁 I'm always open to research collaborations though!! #PhD #gradschool #academia
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
Just putting this out there since I want to increase my side hustling... I've created and revamped several websites for labs and individuals and businesses, and I can do so for you and your lab too! Get in touch if you need help with your lab or personal website 🙂 mine is taylorbrown.org!
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
You guys are doing it again.

Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is.

I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟

blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)
Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.
blog.ucs.org
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
Feeling so sad for Jagmeet Singh today. Collateral damage in the election & in the political fight between US / Canada. If anything we need more, not less, NDP influence but I see this as a direct result of our electoral system whereby folks vote strategically as opposed to voting for their values.
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
Good feeling: reading a cool paper that says something neat and cites reference #4... You go look at reference #4 and it's your own paper 😍 I think I've leveled up!
homer simpson is standing in front of a stone wall and says woohoo !!
Alt: homer simpson is standing in front of a stone wall and says woohoo !!
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
A lot of people are asking why a Trump administration would want to create this chaos. I wrote this in the Guardian almost 12 years ago! We are not just talking about currency exchange here ofc, but for all hedging it holds true: There is less profit in stability, than in chaos. We must grasp this.
Money itself has become the thing most traded. It is critical to understand the size and nature of this behemoth industry in order to dispel the myth that as a country (and globally) we are united in a process of restoring economic stability. We are not. The money is made in predicting the peaks and troughs. No peaks and troughs, no profit.

The welfare of this enormous gravy train depends, in large part, on instability. The idea that we are rebalancing the economy is an illusion. It is impossible to create stable, balanced economies when vast interests within them have every incentive to drag them into instability and imbalance. We need to get this, urgently. We're building our financial megastructures, these days, entirely out of mud. And that is precisely as dangerous as it sounds.
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alexwitze.bsky.social
The last month has seen shock & sorrow in the US research community, with grant freezes & cuts, mass firings of government scientists, & much more.

Now many are fighting back. @heidiledford.bsky.social reports for @nature.com on the rise of scientist-activists:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🧪
US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
www.nature.com
tbrownbirds.bsky.social
Thank you for the repost and I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed reading about my work! 😊