Timothée Poisot
@ctrlalttim.com
Almost certainly one of the ecologists of all time.
AI/ML, biodiversity monitoring, viral emergence, open science, methodological anarchism
he/they
🧪 https://epic-biodiversity.org/
AI/ML, biodiversity monitoring, viral emergence, open science, methodological anarchism
he/they
🧪 https://epic-biodiversity.org/
Publishing in society journals means nothing as soon as these journals are captured by Wiley et al. and turned into mandatory open access.
And societies are to blame for letting themselves be captured and turned into a money making machine for for-profit publishers.
And societies are to blame for letting themselves be captured and turned into a money making machine for for-profit publishers.
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Publishing in society journals means nothing as soon as these journals are captured by Wiley et al. and turned into mandatory open access.
And societies are to blame for letting themselves be captured and turned into a money making machine for for-profit publishers.
And societies are to blame for letting themselves be captured and turned into a money making machine for for-profit publishers.
A personal pet peeve of mine in North American academia is the disdain for Ph.D.s done on European timelines. They aren't a cheaper version of the same diploma. They are the real deal - only with increased time pressure. 🧪
February 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
A personal pet peeve of mine in North American academia is the disdain for Ph.D.s done on European timelines. They aren't a cheaper version of the same diploma. They are the real deal - only with increased time pressure. 🧪
I think this Neal Stephenson book will be my last Stephenson book. He's got advanced James Islington disease when it comes to writing women characters. That's just painful.
January 24, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I think this Neal Stephenson book will be my last Stephenson book. He's got advanced James Islington disease when it comes to writing women characters. That's just painful.
Hey museum / collection / natural history folks! I am looking for a database of inter-institution loans of specimens. Does such a thing exist? Is this info that would be in @gbif.org in some way?
@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
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@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
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January 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Hey museum / collection / natural history folks! I am looking for a database of inter-institution loans of specimens. Does such a thing exist? Is this info that would be in @gbif.org in some way?
@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
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@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
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🧪 Figuring out the right way to represent interactions as a network is a really difficult task, makes a big difference on the interpretation.
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology
ecoevorxiv.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
🧪 Figuring out the right way to represent interactions as a network is a really difficult task, makes a big difference on the interpretation.
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Really, really cool and thorough literature review by @crcruzr.bsky.social - what is the current shape of socio-ecological indicators for decision and policy making?
My personal highlight is the glob. North/South divide in the ways different groups are contributing as stakeholders v. experts.
My personal highlight is the glob. North/South divide in the ways different groups are contributing as stakeholders v. experts.
New paper and blog post by the one and only @crcruzr.bsky.social - are socio-ecological indicators ready to provide guidance for concrete biodiversity action?
epic-biodiversity.org/blog/2026/01...
The answer is: partially, but there are all sorts of interesting lessons for the future. 🧪🌎
epic-biodiversity.org/blog/2026/01...
The answer is: partially, but there are all sorts of interesting lessons for the future. 🧪🌎
Has socio-ecological research provided tools that can help policy? | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Really, really cool and thorough literature review by @crcruzr.bsky.social - what is the current shape of socio-ecological indicators for decision and policy making?
My personal highlight is the glob. North/South divide in the ways different groups are contributing as stakeholders v. experts.
My personal highlight is the glob. North/South divide in the ways different groups are contributing as stakeholders v. experts.
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get in, no time to explain
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
get in, no time to explain
Human-wildlife conflict
Imagine your house falls down one day and it's because a load of parakeets have been systematically eating your mortar
Parakeets feeding on Welwyn barn wall display Amazonian behaviour
Ornithologist Jack Baddams says the video is "really cool".
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Human-wildlife conflict
Two days later there are still sentences of this book running in my head. And I think it helped me figure out something: I don't like fiction in academic contexts that aren't written by people with actual experience of academia.
The Practice, The Horizon, and The Chain, by Sofia Samatar, is absolutely breathtaking. Really tight prose and an uncompromising look at how dangerous the university as an institution can be when it tries to uplift for the wrong reasons.
January 19, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Two days later there are still sentences of this book running in my head. And I think it helped me figure out something: I don't like fiction in academic contexts that aren't written by people with actual experience of academia.
The last set of minis I painted was in [redacted] during my undergrad, so these didn't turn out awful? Now to finish the many details left over.
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The last set of minis I painted was in [redacted] during my undergrad, so these didn't turn out awful? Now to finish the many details left over.
Reposted by Timothée Poisot
Look for the helpers
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Look for the helpers
The Practice, The Horizon, and The Chain, by Sofia Samatar, is absolutely breathtaking. Really tight prose and an uncompromising look at how dangerous the university as an institution can be when it tries to uplift for the wrong reasons.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The Practice, The Horizon, and The Chain, by Sofia Samatar, is absolutely breathtaking. Really tight prose and an uncompromising look at how dangerous the university as an institution can be when it tries to uplift for the wrong reasons.
Do you have data on wildlife pathogens? The days to publish them on PHAROS before it was cool are counted.
@danjbecker.bsky.social is tirelessly advocating for the adoption of better data curation/archival practices: Proc. B is now the 2nd journal to list PHAROS as an archive for these data.
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@danjbecker.bsky.social is tirelessly advocating for the adoption of better data curation/archival practices: Proc. B is now the 2nd journal to list PHAROS as an archive for these data.
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we're excited to share that Proceedings B has also come on board for listing PHAROS as a recommended repository for open wildlife pathogen and parasite testing data! thanks to @royalsociety.org for the support. @viralemergence.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
For Authors | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
For Authors | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
Information for authors
Presubmission enquiries
...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Do you have data on wildlife pathogens? The days to publish them on PHAROS before it was cool are counted.
@danjbecker.bsky.social is tirelessly advocating for the adoption of better data curation/archival practices: Proc. B is now the 2nd journal to list PHAROS as an archive for these data.
🧪🌎
@danjbecker.bsky.social is tirelessly advocating for the adoption of better data curation/archival practices: Proc. B is now the 2nd journal to list PHAROS as an archive for these data.
🧪🌎
Reposted by Timothée Poisot
we're excited to share that Proceedings B has also come on board for listing PHAROS as a recommended repository for open wildlife pathogen and parasite testing data! thanks to @royalsociety.org for the support. @viralemergence.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
For Authors | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
For Authors | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
Information for authors
Presubmission enquiries
...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
we're excited to share that Proceedings B has also come on board for listing PHAROS as a recommended repository for open wildlife pathogen and parasite testing data! thanks to @royalsociety.org for the support. @viralemergence.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
This is a real tour de force by Maria Isabel. This paper is, put together, a whole century of CPU time done with the help of Calcul Québec. We will also be moving some of the outputs to BON-in-a-Box, @geobon.org cloud-based tool to facilitate the reporting of biodiversity indicators.
🧪🌎 Only 12% of Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest is located within protected areas, which puts over 750 species of plants, birds, and mammals at risk of habitat loss.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Are we there yet? Ongoing habitat loss in Colombia’s Tropical Dry Forests | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is a real tour de force by Maria Isabel. This paper is, put together, a whole century of CPU time done with the help of Calcul Québec. We will also be moving some of the outputs to BON-in-a-Box, @geobon.org cloud-based tool to facilitate the reporting of biodiversity indicators.
Reposted by Timothée Poisot
🧪🌎 Only 12% of Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest is located within protected areas, which puts over 750 species of plants, birds, and mammals at risk of habitat loss.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Are we there yet? Ongoing habitat loss in Colombia’s Tropical Dry Forests | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
🧪🌎 Only 12% of Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest is located within protected areas, which puts over 750 species of plants, birds, and mammals at risk of habitat loss.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Reposted by Timothée Poisot
For Canadian scholars, the reality is bleak .
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
For Canadian scholars, the reality is bleak .
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Doing the final edits and bringing the last bits of nuance to this statement was a good reminder that by far the best part of this job is to just do things. We get to think about stuff and then do it. Amazing. Still can't believe it most days.
Last week, during the lab meeting, we adopted a position statement (and lab rules) on the use of generative AI.
epic-biodiversity.org/generative-ai/
In a nutshell: "The use of GenAI is disallowed-by-default", but we also go to great length to justify why.
epic-biodiversity.org/generative-ai/
In a nutshell: "The use of GenAI is disallowed-by-default", but we also go to great length to justify why.
Use of generative artificial intelligence | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Doing the final edits and bringing the last bits of nuance to this statement was a good reminder that by far the best part of this job is to just do things. We get to think about stuff and then do it. Amazing. Still can't believe it most days.
@colincarlson.bsky.social @jbyoder.org hear me out
Hello, I'm passing on some stuff we found in the closet of doom! I feel almost certain that multiple people who follow me want Star Trek Catan. If someone will pay shipping it can be yours!
The catch: the back uh... appears to be in German? I suppose the inside is too maybe? LOL
The catch: the back uh... appears to be in German? I suppose the inside is too maybe? LOL
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
@colincarlson.bsky.social @jbyoder.org hear me out
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One of the reasons I am in the lab pretty much every day, and a assistant on all my student’s assays: if you aren’t practicing those skills, you are losing them (and one of the best parts of this whole profession imo)
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
One of the reasons I am in the lab pretty much every day, and a assistant on all my student’s assays: if you aren’t practicing those skills, you are losing them (and one of the best parts of this whole profession imo)
This is a genuine issue for two very important (and inter-related) concerns.
First, pandemic preparedness; second, the hopefully last remnants of a colonialist perspective on open science that demands the right to exploit, and dares call it "access".
A short thread.
First, pandemic preparedness; second, the hopefully last remnants of a colonialist perspective on open science that demands the right to exploit, and dares call it "access".
A short thread.
“[P]utting data into GISAID is like dropping it in a mail slot in an unmarked building,” says @colincarlson.bsky.social. “It’s wonderful that there’s so much cool stuff in that building. It would be great if we knew who owned it, or who paid for it, or what they plan to do with it.”
#IDsky 🧪
#IDsky 🧪
Fresh conflicts erupt around giant database for flu and COVID-19 sequences
Critics say “autocratic” behavior by GISAID could hamper response to a future pandemic
www.science.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This is a genuine issue for two very important (and inter-related) concerns.
First, pandemic preparedness; second, the hopefully last remnants of a colonialist perspective on open science that demands the right to exploit, and dares call it "access".
A short thread.
First, pandemic preparedness; second, the hopefully last remnants of a colonialist perspective on open science that demands the right to exploit, and dares call it "access".
A short thread.
Reposted by Timothée Poisot
It was great to meet so many other Early Career Researchers at our #TIBS2026 mixer last night - both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It was great to meet so many other Early Career Researchers at our #TIBS2026 mixer last night - both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
I suspect that one of the reasons behind the widespread adoption of generative AI by faculty is that it gives people the illusion that they can still do the things they knew how to do as a postdoc. Gen AI is used as a poor substitute to maintaining core skills.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I suspect that one of the reasons behind the widespread adoption of generative AI by faculty is that it gives people the illusion that they can still do the things they knew how to do as a postdoc. Gen AI is used as a poor substitute to maintaining core skills.