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I worked in SA in the late 90s. One of my best memories is from about 10 minutes before the start of the '98 Soweto marathon: all the runners waiting to go singing Shosholoza with all the harmonies. It was beautiful... and my first sub-3 :-)

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@qmucu.bsky.social Remember when this character was the worst VP for Science and Engineering at QM that anyone could remember? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Some more pix from Monday #birds #ukwildlife #seabirds #wildlife #Bempton

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Fascinating stuff from @labrannelly.bsky.social and coauthors: terminal investment in frogs infected with chytrid. 🧪

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Went out on a boat at early o'clock on Monday to take some photos of gannets feeding. Here are some results. Note in the first photo the upper bird has a fish-hook embedded in its wing and is trailing fishing line :-( #Birds #UKWildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Seabirds

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Flybase has lost its NIH funding and is close to collapse. please donate if you can 🧪

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This is good and it does something all journalists looking at UK politicians and education should do, it lists where each of the MPs attacking universities went to school (invariably a posh grammar or private college then a top flight university for a PPE or equivalent).

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Your regular reminder about why you should publish in @jevbio.bsky.social:

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Black-headed gull chicks, South Marsh, Tophill Low, East Yorkshire yesterday evening. Doing what siblings do the world over. #birds.

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Forecast: full sunshine tomorrow right from the start. Me: gonna get up at early o'clock and head over to local spot to take pix of #birds in early morning light before work. Gets up at 0530. Blinks, looks out of window. It's raining. Welcome to East Yorkshire.

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More evidence for rapid evolutionary change induced by human activities. Feeders and exotic Eucalyptus associated with more Anna's hummers, but only feeders appear to have led to a change in beak morphology. These hummers now overwinter in southwestern BC, Canada!

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@domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy @jdjgilbert.bsky.social and myself talking about animal sex in the pub on Monday. Only a few tickets left! 🧪

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Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...

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I was there! It was ****ing awesome. Angry Bruce == 100% genuine rock 'n' roll. Show a little faith, there's magic in the night!

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Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!

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Just want to say that we hate Nickelback in the UK as well. Solidarity with our Canadian sisters and brothers!

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Direct link to the incredibly depressing list documenting the decimation of UK higher ed here qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

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Awful.

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Recently got back from a visit to the Kruger Park. I took some photos... full set is on flickr flic.kr/s/aHBqjCbm6S #wildlife #photography #SouthAfrica #Kruger #animals

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The 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is the definitive version and all others are doomed to fail by comparison, even with Olivia Colman as Mrs Bennet. I will not be taking questions on this. #Austen #JaneAusten www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus male with big ambitions for his nest. Tophill Low, East Yorkshire. #birds #wildlife #photography

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Everyone who told me "what's the harm in hyping de-extinction technology that doesn't work" can choke on a bag of black-footed ferret dicks www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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@danirabaiotti.bsky.social had a huge role in bringing scientists over in the very early days of Bluesky. She & @bossett.social created the Science Feed and both deserve much praise for their time and hard work! @katharinehayhoe.com also brought over many scientists and helped people connect! 🧪

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In 1981, author-editor Dougal Dixon devised the idea of using 'future animals' to illuminate evolutionary processes. His book - After Man - was a sensation and resulted in him beginning the face of what we now call Speculative Zoology. An interview with the main himself... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/3/...

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Got up super early this morning to try and get a photo of one of the Marsh Harriers at Tophill Low since the forecast was for perfect conditions for long-lens photos. Seem to have been successful :-) #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #raptor

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You surely know that Greenland sharks live for centuries — but did you know that females likely don't reach sexual maturity until they're older than the oldest human who has ever lived? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Tawny owl chilling in the Scots Pines at Tophill Low, East Riding of Yorkshire. #birds #birding #wildlife

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Past conservation efforts reveal which actions lead to positive outcomes for species | PLOS Biology

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Experimenting with some Xavi Bou type bird trail images. Seem to have worked out how to do them. Here are some seabirds at #Bempton #birds #wildlife #photography

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Every other FRS with a spine / functioning moral compass / ounce of integrity should step down. But of course they won’t.

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Bloody hell! Blue-lined octopus males inject females with tetrodotoxin before mating with them. 🧪 Something for your sexual conflict lectures... www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Despite drawbacks, several good points here: (1) Dundee University is genuinely fighting for its life; (2) some uni management teams in some unis are out of control; (3) the multiple UK govts don't even have a clue what's going on, no controls and no plan... (1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

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Excellent article by my marine science colleagues at @uniofhull.bsky.social explaining the importance of the local coastline and the serious environmental risks from the North Sea tanker collision #conservation #nature 🧪

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