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xebernal.bsky.social
FrogLover
@xebernal.bsky.social
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Behavior & Sensory Ecologist | Prof at Purdue Univ & Research Associate at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | PokéBio co-creator | she/ella | #Cienciaparatodes

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xebernal.bsky.social
You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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sallyaitken.bsky.social
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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analyssi.bsky.social
If you are or you know people on an #H1B, get in touch with your U international office to get guidance and know what you/they should/should not be doing.
I just received the information below from #AAUP. Feel free to share and check in with your immigrant friends/colleagues. They are not doing ok.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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elizabethhobson.bsky.social
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
Image showing Hobson Lab logo (with parakeets, a social network, and R code), two Monk Parakeets, and several individually-marked parakeets with the text "Now recruiting PhD students!!"
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
barharborstory.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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jessicalwarelab.bsky.social
AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
careers.amnh.org
September 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
xebernal.bsky.social
Lo and behold which study is the most read paper currently at JEB, congratulations @bleavell.bsky.social!!
Table listing the most read papers showing Brian Leavell et al study at the top
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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bleavell.bsky.social
Thanks for reading!

Article open access here 😀:
Variation in sexual signals and defensive strategies elicits receiver-dependent shifts in attractiveness
Summary: The degree to which calling male túngara frogs defend themselves from eavesdropping frog-biting midges alters their attractiveness to females and predatory bats, though the sensory mechanisms...
journals.biologists.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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bleavell.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨

Variation in sexual signals and defensive strategies elicits receiver-dependent shifts in attractiveness

*Open Access!* in @jexpbiol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

w/ Dineilys Aparicio, Hoover Pantoja-Sánchez, Rachel Page, & @xebernal.bsky.social

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Photo by Christian Ziegler
Fringe-lipped bat mid-flight, eavesdropping on the calls of male túngara frogs, which it uses to find its prey. Photo by Christian Ziegler.
August 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
GREAT news everyone!

The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions.

Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...

Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...

And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...

Apply or die!
Careers at The Onion
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March 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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biotropica.bsky.social
Hey! Biotropica has a new paper category devoted to SYNTHESIS of research programs. We are looking for manuscripts from one study site or group that represent integration of long-term insights and understanding.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Editorial: Biotropica Announces a New Paper Category: Synthesis
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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daylab.bsky.social
UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community!
uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23916
uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23944
uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/24010
Academic Joint Departments-Open Rank/Tenure-Neurobiology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine invites applications for 4 open-rank faculty positions in the Department of Neurobiology. We are seeking candidates who apply ...
uab.peopleadmin.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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scurry.bsky.social
It would be *spun* as political, but the challenge to the RS is whether it has the courage to stand by the values of science its code of conduct requires of all Fellows. Without that, how can it maintain its claim to speak for the wider scientific community? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘It would be seen as political’: why the Royal Society is torn over Elon Musk
Many fellows feel the billionaire has breached its code of conduct, but others say scientific neutrality is at stake
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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markey.senate.gov
Trump, McMahon, Musk, and MAGA Republicans are threatening every student, educator, family, and community in this country. They are attempting to destroy public education as we know it—cutting funding and spreading hate instead of creating opportunities for students to thrive. It’s unconscionable.
March 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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marcrr.bsky.social
Dear @royalsociety.org, the University of Lausanne can only manage, but never erase, the stigma of giving Mussolini a doctorate honoris causa in 1937. Act now, or be for ever the scientific society which kept a fascist leader as a member.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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nature.com
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists

https://go.nature.com/4koFGpq
US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
go.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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joelsiegel.bsky.social
This is quite a kicker in Thomas Edsall’s latest op-ed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
March 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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fastlerner.bsky.social
David Fotouhi's confirmation hearing is tomorrow - the man who could by #2 at EPA and recently tried to overturn the agency's ban on asbestos.
Stay tuned...
www.propublica.org/article/davi...
Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm
David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s fir...
www.propublica.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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johnrhutchinson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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adambonica.bsky.social
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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ljrissler.bsky.social
"It is absurd to mindlessly decimate the workforce that has led the world in science over the past 75 years, and to willingly give up excellent scientists and talent," Beyer wrote.

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and agency employee.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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ljrissler.bsky.social
Public comment period is <30 days. COMMENT!

“This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.”

www.regulations.gov/document/CEQ...
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March 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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danielbolnick.bsky.social
If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti...
Please share widely
Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute
How to contribute a Story
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March 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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samwang.bsky.social
The latest science update: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYEf...

@annechurchland.bsky.social
Science update with Anne and Alex 02282025
YouTube video by anne churchland
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March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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annechurchland.bsky.social
I’ve been overwhelmed trying to keep up with everything that’s happening at the NIH. I wondered if others were likewise overwhelmed so I am going to start regularly posting videos with what I know. Pls feel free to leave suggestions and comments. youtu.be/MvgNHWSJtH0
Science Update With Anne And Alex Feb 25 2025
YouTube video by anne churchland
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM