Diogo B Proietti
@provete.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UFMS, Brazil. Interested in Biodiversity synthesis. Humboldt fellow. Manuela’s dad. Advisor. Senior Editor at J Biogeography and Ecology and Evolution. Open science activist. 🐸☀️🌳🚫👕👖
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Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
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*Exceto se o heroi for Sérgio Moro ou Dallagnol
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
*Exceto se o heroi for Sérgio Moro ou Dallagnol
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I'm imagining an instructor somewhere making a syllabus with chat gpt, assigning reading from books that don't exist
But the students don't notice, because they are asking chat gpt to summarize the book or write the essay
But the students don't notice, because they are asking chat gpt to summarize the book or write the essay
July 4, 2023 at 8:23 PM
I'm imagining an instructor somewhere making a syllabus with chat gpt, assigning reading from books that don't exist
But the students don't notice, because they are asking chat gpt to summarize the book or write the essay
But the students don't notice, because they are asking chat gpt to summarize the book or write the essay
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i wish it had taken longer for this to become literally true
The syllabus is posted online and the papers become part of student portfolios; crawled for citations, the books are listed on authors Wikipedia pages.
Before long search engines are showing snippets: "Jorge Luis Borges, best known for works like The Coalescing of Ephemeral Objects"
Before long search engines are showing snippets: "Jorge Luis Borges, best known for works like The Coalescing of Ephemeral Objects"
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
i wish it had taken longer for this to become literally true
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FWIW:
This paper, which argues that Twitter is no longer a useful or widely used place for talking about research and people have mostly switched to Bluesky, has been shared:
-68 times on Twitter
-3,560 times on Bluesky
🧪
This paper, which argues that Twitter is no longer a useful or widely used place for talking about research and people have mostly switched to Bluesky, has been shared:
-68 times on Twitter
-3,560 times on Bluesky
🧪
WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
FWIW:
This paper, which argues that Twitter is no longer a useful or widely used place for talking about research and people have mostly switched to Bluesky, has been shared:
-68 times on Twitter
-3,560 times on Bluesky
🧪
This paper, which argues that Twitter is no longer a useful or widely used place for talking about research and people have mostly switched to Bluesky, has been shared:
-68 times on Twitter
-3,560 times on Bluesky
🧪
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Pubblicati i file di Epstein. Migliaia di foto, c'è anche Clinton in piscina. Trovati i nomi di 1.200 vittime
https://www.corriere.it/esteri/25_dicembre_19/usa-pubblicati-i-file-di-epstein-migliaia-di-foto-c-e-anche-clinton-in-piscina-0f6d7dcc-0879-48f9-b8fb-2ebd40dbbxlk.shtml
https://www.corriere.it/esteri/25_dicembre_19/usa-pubblicati-i-file-di-epstein-migliaia-di-foto-c-e-anche-clinton-in-piscina-0f6d7dcc-0879-48f9-b8fb-2ebd40dbbxlk.shtml
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Pubblicati i file di Epstein. Migliaia di foto, c'è anche Clinton in piscina. Trovati i nomi di 1.200 vittime
https://www.corriere.it/esteri/25_dicembre_19/usa-pubblicati-i-file-di-epstein-migliaia-di-foto-c-e-anche-clinton-in-piscina-0f6d7dcc-0879-48f9-b8fb-2ebd40dbbxlk.shtml
https://www.corriere.it/esteri/25_dicembre_19/usa-pubblicati-i-file-di-epstein-migliaia-di-foto-c-e-anche-clinton-in-piscina-0f6d7dcc-0879-48f9-b8fb-2ebd40dbbxlk.shtml
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🇧🇷 Deputado Sóstenes Cavalcante, líder do PL na Câmara, declarou ter apenas R$ 4.926,76 em bens nas eleições de 2022.
Hoje, a PF apreendeu cerca de R$ 430 mil em dinheiro vivo em sua residência em Brasília. Ele alegou que o dinheiro seria de uma venda de imóvel e que não teve tempo para depositar.
Hoje, a PF apreendeu cerca de R$ 430 mil em dinheiro vivo em sua residência em Brasília. Ele alegou que o dinheiro seria de uma venda de imóvel e que não teve tempo para depositar.
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🇧🇷 Deputado Sóstenes Cavalcante, líder do PL na Câmara, declarou ter apenas R$ 4.926,76 em bens nas eleições de 2022.
Hoje, a PF apreendeu cerca de R$ 430 mil em dinheiro vivo em sua residência em Brasília. Ele alegou que o dinheiro seria de uma venda de imóvel e que não teve tempo para depositar.
Hoje, a PF apreendeu cerca de R$ 430 mil em dinheiro vivo em sua residência em Brasília. Ele alegou que o dinheiro seria de uma venda de imóvel e que não teve tempo para depositar.
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New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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And so checked out Google Scholar. Now on my profile it doesn't appear, but somwhow on Nelli's it does and ... and ... omg, IT'S BEEN CITED 42 TIMES almost exlusively in papers about AI in education from this year alone... scholar.google.com.vn/citations?vi...
scholar.google.com.vn
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And so checked out Google Scholar. Now on my profile it doesn't appear, but somwhow on Nelli's it does and ... and ... omg, IT'S BEEN CITED 42 TIMES almost exlusively in papers about AI in education from this year alone... scholar.google.com.vn/citations?vi...
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What sets Ecological Applications apart?
"The journal’s emphasis on bridging theory with management application is a unique space that other functional ecology journals just don't fill."
Jennifer L. Funk on why you should publish with us.
🔗https://ow.ly/V4hN50XKyTq
ESA Journals #Ecology
"The journal’s emphasis on bridging theory with management application is a unique space that other functional ecology journals just don't fill."
Jennifer L. Funk on why you should publish with us.
🔗https://ow.ly/V4hN50XKyTq
ESA Journals #Ecology
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What sets Ecological Applications apart?
"The journal’s emphasis on bridging theory with management application is a unique space that other functional ecology journals just don't fill."
Jennifer L. Funk on why you should publish with us.
🔗https://ow.ly/V4hN50XKyTq
ESA Journals #Ecology
"The journal’s emphasis on bridging theory with management application is a unique space that other functional ecology journals just don't fill."
Jennifer L. Funk on why you should publish with us.
🔗https://ow.ly/V4hN50XKyTq
ESA Journals #Ecology
People who submit manuscript to scientific journals without line and page numbers,
why do you hate editors and reviewers so much? Why?!
why do you hate editors and reviewers so much? Why?!
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
People who submit manuscript to scientific journals without line and page numbers,
why do you hate editors and reviewers so much? Why?!
why do you hate editors and reviewers so much? Why?!
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Hey scientists and academics, anyone interested in moving to Canada? The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is a one-time initiative designed to support Canadian institutions in attracting world-leading researchers whose work addresses critical national and global challenges. 🧪 ⚛️ #AcademicSky
Application process - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hey scientists and academics, anyone interested in moving to Canada? The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is a one-time initiative designed to support Canadian institutions in attracting world-leading researchers whose work addresses critical national and global challenges. 🧪 ⚛️ #AcademicSky
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Very happy to share that I just published a new paper from my thesis! 🎉
We analysed 546 species of ant to understand how extreme specialisation into reproductive and non-reproductive roles evolved.
Key discoveries in thread🧵 👇
Full paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
We analysed 546 species of ant to understand how extreme specialisation into reproductive and non-reproductive roles evolved.
Key discoveries in thread🧵 👇
Full paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very happy to share that I just published a new paper from my thesis! 🎉
We analysed 546 species of ant to understand how extreme specialisation into reproductive and non-reproductive roles evolved.
Key discoveries in thread🧵 👇
Full paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
We analysed 546 species of ant to understand how extreme specialisation into reproductive and non-reproductive roles evolved.
Key discoveries in thread🧵 👇
Full paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Brazil makes history! 🇧🇷
WHO has validated Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of #HIV — making it the most populous country in the Americas to reach this milestone.
WHO has validated Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of #HIV — making it the most populous country in the Americas to reach this milestone.
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brazil makes history! 🇧🇷
WHO has validated Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of #HIV — making it the most populous country in the Americas to reach this milestone.
WHO has validated Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of #HIV — making it the most populous country in the Americas to reach this milestone.
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Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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🎙 "Pacificação é golpista preso"
Renan Calheiros discursa por último antes da abertura da votação sobre a Dosimetria/Anistia aos criminosos do 08 de Janeiro.
Renan Calheiros discursa por último antes da abertura da votação sobre a Dosimetria/Anistia aos criminosos do 08 de Janeiro.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🎙 "Pacificação é golpista preso"
Renan Calheiros discursa por último antes da abertura da votação sobre a Dosimetria/Anistia aos criminosos do 08 de Janeiro.
Renan Calheiros discursa por último antes da abertura da votação sobre a Dosimetria/Anistia aos criminosos do 08 de Janeiro.
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VERGONHA! Me recuso a chamar isso de dosimetria: é anistia disfarçada. Virando as costas para as robustas mobilizações do fim de semana e sem qualquer pudor, o Senado aprovou um projeto que busca livrar Bolsonaro de responsabilização em cerca de dois anos. INACEITÁVEL!
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
VERGONHA! Me recuso a chamar isso de dosimetria: é anistia disfarçada. Virando as costas para as robustas mobilizações do fim de semana e sem qualquer pudor, o Senado aprovou um projeto que busca livrar Bolsonaro de responsabilização em cerca de dois anos. INACEITÁVEL!
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The new AmphibiaWeb newsletter is out. Read it here. mailchi.mp/273198f7b9a4...
AmphibiaWeb Winter 2025 Newsletter
mailchi.mp
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The new AmphibiaWeb newsletter is out. Read it here. mailchi.mp/273198f7b9a4...
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"These integrated approaches are essential for climate-resilient, adaptive management."
Éva Plagányi shares her excitement for coupling social and ecological models in Ecological Applications to understand human behavior.
➡️ Read the interview: https://ow.ly/3gQ450XKlZ5
ESA Journals #Ecology
Éva Plagányi shares her excitement for coupling social and ecological models in Ecological Applications to understand human behavior.
➡️ Read the interview: https://ow.ly/3gQ450XKlZ5
ESA Journals #Ecology
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"These integrated approaches are essential for climate-resilient, adaptive management."
Éva Plagányi shares her excitement for coupling social and ecological models in Ecological Applications to understand human behavior.
➡️ Read the interview: https://ow.ly/3gQ450XKlZ5
ESA Journals #Ecology
Éva Plagányi shares her excitement for coupling social and ecological models in Ecological Applications to understand human behavior.
➡️ Read the interview: https://ow.ly/3gQ450XKlZ5
ESA Journals #Ecology
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The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
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Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
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December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...