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Just slightly editing the uni/AI massaged description for my unit because why can't students 'address' or 'critique' or 'investigate' or 'explore' important topics instead of 'delve into' them? #AcademicSky

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Our global effort to raise the urgency of research into Long Covid in children published in The ERJ ⬇️ Huge thanks to @buonsenso.bsky.social and @laelyonker.bsky.social for leading on this. #longcovidkids @longcovidkids.bsky.social publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...

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A serious rebuttal to shit science‼️ Authored by @putrinolab.bsky.social and my incredible WHN Long Cövid Crew. Co-signed by a plethora of other experts... You'll know them all off you're following Long Cövid. www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

submitted 14 days ago • 69 comments

Second round of devastating floods for NSW east coast this year, many records broken, and this rain event is ongoing. Meanwhile the southern part of the state is in drought with no rain for over a year. Climate action now. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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While we spread C19 and other diseases through every classroom, and congratulate ourselves on a job well done… a combination of deadly factors is ensuring the most vulnerable kids in our world are being killed in waves… We could reduce this together. Peace. Clean air. Clean water. Food.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

New blog: new paper on science denial. Combatting denialism depends on community approaches to scicomm. Experts need to be supported by academic and research institutions, policymakers, and journalists #academicsky #commsky wp.me/pF3Q3-TP

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Ecology and Humanities have a lot in common. Why I encourage my research students to pursue 'questions' instead of traditional 'hypotheses'

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Are you an insect or interaction ecologist, in a department where plant and vertebrate ecologists dominate the teaching space? What are your tips on engaging potential Honours/research students with insect ecology problems? #academicsky ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2022/10/24/e...

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I am thinking a lot today about how heavy things feel in my world of faculty doing scientific research. There's the immediate chaos and panic about our ability to pay people and continue our research. But there's also a deeper grief at watching everything get bulldozed for no reason

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Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

The autumn break hasn't arrived across most of southern Australia, and we've been getting above-average rain across the NSW Northern Tablelands www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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What role do non-native plants play in butterfly nectar diets? New paper explores this question (and more) 🌻 @hkharouba.bsky.social @respublications.bsky.social resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Also great example of why more news editors need training in scientific style! Every news item I've seen reporting this story names the species as 'messor cephalotes' instead of '𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴'

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PhillyVoice: 'COVID-19 puts kids at increased risk of kidney, heart and gut problems' 'The illness raises the likelihood that children develop chronic kidney disease, irritable bowel syndrome and cardiovascular issues, Penn researchers say' www.phillyvoice.com/covid-long-t...

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Sad that teenagers are driven to this by illegal insect trade markets. Illegal insect trade is not just a biosecurity concern, it can affect ecosystem function and deprives local communities and researchers from ecological, cultural and economic benefits #ecosystemservices apnews.com/article/keny...

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Happy day for most Aussies today. "Cost of living and climate concerns outweighed culture wars" edition.cnn.com/2025/05/04/a...

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Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

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The environment has been largely ignored at every election for as long as I can remember. Instead of more party policy comparisons, where are the analyses on why the environment is still not considered a major political issue worth voting for? www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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We're recruiting 3 new Editors-in-Chief covering medical, veterinary & forensic entomology. We're looking for researchers committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity. 📅 Deadline: 11 May Apply 🔽 buff.ly/W60vdzt @MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt

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Climate denial campaigns have been influencing Australian policy and politics for decades. Don't fall for the misinformation this election theconversation.com/these-3-clim...

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Just discovered I was 'following' the current USA President & VP accounts on FB. I have never followed or engaged with them and do not support them... How did my FB profile follow these accounts without me knowing? (unfollowed now!)

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

Space tourism is not feminism or science engagement. "the Blue Origin dream (of space exploration for the unfathomably wealthy) is a nightmare for the climate because it perpetuates an unsustainable culture." theconversation.com/why-katy-per...

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

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Our newest paper in #RESInsectConsDiv explores nocturnal light visitation in #butterflies using #CommunityScience data from #iNaturalist 🦋 Over 100 butterfly species were reported at artificial light sources in North America See the article🔽 doi.org/10.1111/icad.12826 @manusaunders.bsky.social

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NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

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Look forward to adding this to the examples I use in my Ecology unit for why: A. De-extinction is not plausible B. De-extinction is not a conservation solution C. Media reporting often confuses press releases from start-up/tech experiments with peer reviewed science www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

submitted 45 days ago • 1313 comments

"Hell is here, in Boston, in the way a woman’s voice goes unnaturally high as she strangles a shriek when surrounded by six masked people in plainclothes who claim to be police. Hell inhabits the place in your heart where you feel her fear."

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It's published! The largest research work I've ever undertaken: Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz 1/x

submitted 51 days ago • 8 comments

Discover what's in the March issue of #RESInsectConsDiv Volume 18, Issue 2 See the full list of articles🔽 buff.ly/sG2W6BO @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com #entomology #insects #InsectDiversity #InsectConservation

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Ask yourself why our nation's only Environment Law, made to literally protect The Environment, is consistently interpreted by governments to prioritise business and economic interests. How many other laws do you expect should prioritise business over justice? theconversation.com/protecting-s...

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Scientific societies have an obligation to hold their representatives accountable for actions that compromise the integrity of science, diversity and inclusion. The impact on public trust in science will be huge www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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A decision I find hard to understand. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 58 days ago • 17 comments

Beyond the clickbaity headline...a good science story on the complexities of ecology and why scientific debates over HOW we measure insect decline are important, with some comments from me 🌏🧪 #scicomm www.sciencefocus.com/comment/inse...

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🌀 “Global Weirding” is now on the Climate Words lexicon. Read the full entry at climatewords.org/words/global-weirding We thank @katharinehayhoe.com for providing the definition 🌎

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Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts. 24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded. 6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals. >20 is catastrophic. coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...

submitted 64 days ago • 6 comments

When I saw this map of lactation rooms on my campus, I was pretty impressed. I share an office with two other postdocs, but was so pleased to see that there's a lactation room in the building next door. This would be easy, I thought. WRONG. A 🧵 #academicsky custom-maps.stanford.edu/view//Maps/1...

submitted 65 days ago • 4 comments

Five years on and we’re still going round and round with whether Covid is airborne. There’s no scientific doubt. Denial broke us. healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...

submitted 73 days ago • 41 comments

As kids get sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, pneumonia, & more, while masks, clean air and the pandemic are pointedly never mentioned. www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...

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A new article in #RESInsectConsDiv reports presents the impacts of #climate and the extreme #drought in 2018 on population growth in Swedish #moth species 🌦️ Read the #OpenAccess article now🔽 doi.org/10.1111/icad.12817 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

People with long covid, people who don't want to get long covid, people with other autoimmune conditions, people who are trying to keep their kids safe from covid etc. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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