Morgan Ernest
@skmorgane.bsky.social
Ecologist who is so enamored with long-term data I now run two separate long-term studies: the Portal Project in Arizona and a wading bird project in the Everglades. She/her
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They just don’t get it - they’re trying to replace the part of our job we like the *most*.
If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE
If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
They just don’t get it - they’re trying to replace the part of our job we like the *most*.
If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE
If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE
I don't know who needs a break from the world to read about desert rodents, but I definitely needed a break from the world to write it. Nearly a year has passed, but here's an update on the unprecedented events over the past year at the Portal Project.
New update on the regime shift at our long-term study site from
@skmorgane.bsky.social
"...our kangaroo rats losing their battle with the forces of dryness, but if you squint real hard you might be able to see them pushing themselves back up. Maybe."
doi.org/10.59350/4y0...
@skmorgane.bsky.social
"...our kangaroo rats losing their battle with the forces of dryness, but if you squint real hard you might be able to see them pushing themselves back up. Maybe."
doi.org/10.59350/4y0...
Portal Regime Shift Update: How bad can it get?
Well, 2025 was a wild ride. The lack of updates on the potential regime shift at Portal isn’t because it fizzled, but because [wave hands at the world]. And Portal was not immune to [waves hands at…
doi.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I don't know who needs a break from the world to read about desert rodents, but I definitely needed a break from the world to write it. Nearly a year has passed, but here's an update on the unprecedented events over the past year at the Portal Project.
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I'd like to note that none of these cost $$$
Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?
I love past me for developing the habit of simultaneously drafting presentation slides when I write papers and/or grant proposals. It makes things sooooo much easier when people ask me to give a talk.
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'd like to note that none of these cost $$$
Oooo, I’m looking forward to reading this!
Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Oooo, I’m looking forward to reading this!
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"Sure Googlers [also faculty] had been willing to pull long hours, putting work before personal life and health, in order to realize the company's [university's] mission, but the quid pro quo those workers expected was for the company [university] to take that mission as seriously as they did."
Enshittification
Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocen...
us.macmillan.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Sure Googlers [also faculty] had been willing to pull long hours, putting work before personal life and health, in order to realize the company's [university's] mission, but the quid pro quo those workers expected was for the company [university] to take that mission as seriously as they did."
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Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
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November 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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ooof this feels like most every university rn
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ooof this feels like most every university rn
Dreamt I was locked inside a ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ mental hospital that was on fire and I couldn’t escape. Funny how brains create dreams unrelated to reality…oh wait…
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dreamt I was locked inside a ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ mental hospital that was on fire and I couldn’t escape. Funny how brains create dreams unrelated to reality…oh wait…
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It’s finally cooling off here and it’s been a long week, so definitely time for a pot of @sagenatural.bsky.social’s Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s finally cooling off here and it’s been a long week, so definitely time for a pot of @sagenatural.bsky.social’s Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir
Trying to process a meeting where I feel like leadership basically said: “our ship has been boarded by pirates but other ships are sinking so this is pretty good”
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Trying to process a meeting where I feel like leadership basically said: “our ship has been boarded by pirates but other ships are sinking so this is pretty good”
PSA: It’s natural to crave control during unprecedented times. If rearranging deck chairs brings you calm, that’s fine, but please make sure you’re not forcing other people to rearrange deck chairs when they need to be bailing out the ship or helping people into life rafts.
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
PSA: It’s natural to crave control during unprecedented times. If rearranging deck chairs brings you calm, that’s fine, but please make sure you’re not forcing other people to rearrange deck chairs when they need to be bailing out the ship or helping people into life rafts.
Returned from a trip to the field. Made me appreciate the finer things in life…like no internet! Seriously, go touch some dirt. It’ll (probably) be good for you.
September 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Returned from a trip to the field. Made me appreciate the finer things in life…like no internet! Seriously, go touch some dirt. It’ll (probably) be good for you.
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Join me! We're hiring a TT position for interdisciplinary #DataAnalytics Program @ Denison University. Looking for someone who intersects with #SportsAnalytics in their research -- health, performance, biomechanics, media, economics, education.. Happy to answer Qs!
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September 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join me! We're hiring a TT position for interdisciplinary #DataAnalytics Program @ Denison University. Looking for someone who intersects with #SportsAnalytics in their research -- health, performance, biomechanics, media, economics, education.. Happy to answer Qs!
apply.interfolio.com/172731
apply.interfolio.com/172731
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We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!
Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny
Postdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)
100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49
shorturl.at
June 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!
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Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
June 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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All while corporate academic publishers enjoy 30-40% profit margins.
The publisher has cut their costs by outsourcing to this company, the company has cut their costs by using AI/low-paid staff instead of paying for a proper job, while I’ve spent hours & hours fixing the manuscript, so all the extra labour from cost-costing has fallen on me, the unremunerated author
May 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
All while corporate academic publishers enjoy 30-40% profit margins.
If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera. No cheating!
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera. No cheating!
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Conversely, if you are not feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, you may need to ease up on the Xanax.
BTW. If you’re a scientist and are feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, I understand you. You are perfectly sane and you are not alone.
April 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Conversely, if you are not feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, you may need to ease up on the Xanax.
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Huge congrats to @elenalitchman.bsky.social on being elected an ESA Fellow!! 🧪🌊🦠 She does inspiring and foundational work in trait-based ecology, working across scales from phytoplankton in lake Baikal to the human microbiome. And, she's a super kind and caring mentor -- so, so, well deserved! ✨✨✨✨
🌟Announcing the 2025 ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows!🌟ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management & policy. Learn more about this year's cohort: esa.org/blog/2025/04...
April 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Huge congrats to @elenalitchman.bsky.social on being elected an ESA Fellow!! 🧪🌊🦠 She does inspiring and foundational work in trait-based ecology, working across scales from phytoplankton in lake Baikal to the human microbiome. And, she's a super kind and caring mentor -- so, so, well deserved! ✨✨✨✨
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Really honored and humbled to be selected as an ESA Fellow.
And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows!
@conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social
And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows!
@conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social
🌟Announcing the 2025 ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows!🌟ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management & policy. Learn more about this year's cohort: esa.org/blog/2025/04...
April 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Really honored and humbled to be selected as an ESA Fellow.
And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows!
@conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social
And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows!
@conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social
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The University of Florida canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. A spokesman for the governor's office stated they were involved & implied the cancellation was related to claims the four finalists were "ALL radical DEI progressives."
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
DeSantis involved in University of Florida canceling dean search
UF canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. The governor's office stated that they were involved and implied the cancellation was related to claims that the four finalists were "ALL radical D...
ufwatch.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The University of Florida canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. A spokesman for the governor's office stated they were involved & implied the cancellation was related to claims the four finalists were "ALL radical DEI progressives."
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
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Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.
a woman is making a peace sign with her hand and the words `` stay strong '' behind her .
Alt: a woman is making a peace sign with her hand and the words `` stay strong '' behind her .
media.tenor.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.
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A UF student is being deported for traffic violations and the number of “we are aware of…”messages from our administration is…zero. www.alligator.org/article/2025...
UF student detained by ICE, facing deportation - The Independent Florida Alligator
Felipe Zapata Velásquez, a 27-year-old food and resource economics third-year international student, is currently being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.alligator.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A UF student is being deported for traffic violations and the number of “we are aware of…”messages from our administration is…zero. www.alligator.org/article/2025...