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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎

@thatecologist.bsky.social

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Graduate student studying mycorrhizal-mediated PSF and mesophication I <3 ericoid mycorrhizal fungi Currently reading: Statistical Rethinking by Richard McElreath

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 16h

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 20h

Here's me at 17, dressed as Jane Goodall for our AP bio class costume day

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 1d

When will it be available?

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 1d

I got badged for four days at COP30 and (against all odds) we got a place to stay! If you'll be there and want to meet for a coffee let me know 😄

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 1d

I will be using this method to find an international postdoc

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 1d

Same in Tennessee, it's too rare here. I miss my childhood in the UP where snowbanks are taller than I am for half the year and the winter nights are long. Spiritually I'm here:

A drawing of a woman in the 1840s shoveling a snow path with her daughter close behind. Illustration from the book "Kirsten Snowbound" from American Girl.

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 1d

I like rain, but snow's my favorite weather condition

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 5d

🚨 Please repost widely!🚨

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions

An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.

A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.

A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 2d

I sent this to a couple recent grads, hope you find a good student!

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 3d

Karoline, an alleged Roman Catholic, is either not attending or listening to mass. The gospel reading two Sundays ago was very clear about the consequences of ignoring people in need.

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 3d

I have lab meeting on Monday so.. yeah I got up at 4 am to work on an analysis to present today. We're in the same boat 😅

a fluffy kitten sitting next to a cup of coffee on a table

ALT: a fluffy kitten sitting next to a cup of coffee on a table

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing, love to see progress in conservation
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

26 new Biosphere Reserves: UNESCO’s continues unprecedented expansion

UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves across 21 countries – the highest number in 20 years. The World Network of Biosphere Reserves now includes 784 sites in 142 countries, with an additional

www.unesco.org

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 5d

I've never made a linkedin account because ECOLOG-L and EcoPhys jobs are much better (for ecologists)

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 6d

He's a conservative adult convert, which is the worst kind of Catholic

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 6d

Stewardship of creation is very much a Christian ideal. So is preferential option for the poor, which gives all of us the obligation to do something about climate change because of its disproportionate effect on the most marginalized people in the world

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 6d

He's an adult convert, one of the weird ones who just wants to appropriate a religion for his own selfish reasons

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Rafaela Schinegger @rschinegger.bsky.social · 7d

RIP 🤍

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 7d

Conservative Catholics need to get with the program. Preferential option for the poor means mitigating and helping the most vulnerable adapt to climate change because they are disproportionately affected. Thanks Pope Leo

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7d

"Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor for the very thing that affects them the most."

BBC News - Pope Leo condemns climate change critics
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

www.bbc.com

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 7d

My only solace is that the nights are getting longer even if the temperatures are staying high

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 7d

There's mass shootings all the time, we're already there

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 8d

*Over 26. Or under for those who aren't lucky enough to have parents with good health insurance plans.

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder that every domestic graduate student under 26 at Tennessee State University will be losing their health insurance because of this. The university does not offer health insurance to GRAs and ACA plans will now be too expensive.

Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 8d

When has the U.S. military not had blood on their hands?

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Ghostpipe Haunter 𔓎 @thatecologist.bsky.social · 8d

Only plant fans will get mine... but it is halloween themed 𔓎