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mannamacdonald.bsky.social
Wildlife disease, growing things I can eat, seeing things that make me feel.
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Exciting news! I'm looking for a computational biologist to join my lab at Wageningen University & Research! It's a 3-year postdoc position on Holomycota genome architecture and evolution. Spread the word! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Any QGIS fluent people here?

Proud of Zelensky

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I can teach Scientific Writing at your institution! I can offer a one-week intensive course for grad students and other early-career scientists. I'm (more than) fully booked for 2025, but have open slots in 2026. Contact me to discuss; more info here: scientistseessquirre...

It's been over a year, but today SHE came back ❤️ 🦊

Pepper starting

Ten minutes into my QGIS For Beginners and I want to cry.

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Finally deleted the old twitter.

Now seems a good time to mention that I haven't yet filled a postdoc position in phylogenetic methods. If you just lost your job, need something temporary, and know something about bioinformatics/statistics/evolution, talk to me.

Friday SCOOP: @vox.com has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants. This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US. @benjij.bsky.social has the story: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

There’s quiet, then there is the power is out quiet.

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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First tent cuke!

Free and easy simple map making tool?

Tf Animal Crossing?

Why does Harv get birds on his island I don’t :(

Sweet, round partridge visitors

⚠️ BREAKING: WHO Declares Marburg Outbreak in Tanzania 🇹🇿 with Suspected 9 Cases and 8 Deaths, Healthcare Workers Among Victims. The risk of this outbreak is considered "high" due to "several concerning factors," including evidence of geographic spread.

Sometimes there are snow buntings on the confederation bridge and they make me swoon 🐦

Writing about mosquitoes kinda bites…