OK ENOUGH PLAYING AROUND WHO THE FUCK HAS THIS VARIED THRUSH?!
Dr Alex Bondyou know, for a taxon described in 1991, it's surprisingly hard to figure out where the holotype is.... Honestly, taxonomists.
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OK ENOUGH PLAYING AROUND WHO THE FUCK HAS THIS VARIED THRUSH?!
Dr Alex Bondyou know, for a taxon described in 1991, it's surprisingly hard to figure out where the holotype is.... Honestly, taxonomists.
Worth remembering that this government is subsidising a theme park to the tune of £1.3bn. An amount that would go some way to preserving the intellectual and economic footprint of our universities.
James WoodfieldAccording to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
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To the reviewer and AE who were *adamant* that we should delete these watercolors: FYI im getting loads of compliments on them. Everyone says we need more art like that in peer-reviewed pubs.
Rafael MarcondesAlso check out these GORGEOUS watercolors by Rice biology/art student Caroline Pollan!
Today is the deadline for abstract submissions for the LGBTQ+ STEMinar 2026!! Please get those abstracts in if you want to speak! We will extend the poster abstract deadline for a bit longer, but oral presentation abstract deadline is today. #lgbtqsteminar26 sites.google.com/view/lgbtqst...
✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
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The Seabird GroupJoin us for our next panel discussion 'Being queer in Seabird Science'! 🏳️🌈 🗓️ Friday 7th August ⏲️ 09:30 - 11:00 (BST) 📍 Online Sign-up here to receive the joining link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📷 @scottishseabird.bsky.social
Walkers should start producing small bags with exactly eight Quavers in them called Semibreve send tweet
Our members working in collections access at V&A have voted unanimously for strike action because they don't have time for toilet breaks or to drink water. All V&A members have separately also voted to strike over pay and conditions. Read more in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
This came out in the middle of the move to Cleveland, but my work on the under-appreciated starling genus Aplonis is out in MPE. These understated island-loving starlings hide plenty of biogeographic intrigue and taxonomic complexity: doi.org/10.1016/j.ym... 🧵
AI companies (preparing to start up the book-shredder 5000): why does everyone hate us
PSA: your avocado is trans. What an absolutely wonderfully fantastical world we live in!
Jeff GrohAvocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📚 Zimbabwe's century-old plant collection, one of the largest in southern Africa, is being unlocked from the #herbarium and made #accessible worldwide through several digitisation initiatives: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.196914
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this summer's cultural cross over we've all been waiting for jimothy x bayeux
A couple of Parakeet Auklets discussing their adventures since the last nesting season as they meet in their colony near Gambell #Alaska #BIrdsSeenIn2026 🪶
📢 NEW PAPER 📢 Our review on the state of #mycology in #Honduras reveals major knowledge gaps + logistical, institutional, and funding challenges limiting progress. We outline priorities for the future, along with #stakeholders and their roles. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #openaccess
Why can't we be a global leader in something actually interesting that's going to help the world, rather than mostly making it worse? I don't hate AI, but I really do hate the obsession with it. There is so much that the money could have gone to, where we have an actual shot at being world leaders.
Kirsty GraingerEarlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...