Andrew Millar
@a-j-millar.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
#OpenData and science policy, interdisciplinarity, #circadian biological clocks and plants. He/his.
University of Edinburgh, specifically the Biological Research […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
University of Edinburgh, specifically the Biological Research […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by Andrew Millar
JOB: Research Scientist at Wikimedia
"We’re hiring a Research Scientist strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, open source, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As a Research Scientist, you will conduct applied research on the integrity of Wikipedia knowledge […]
"We’re hiring a Research Scientist strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, open source, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As a Research Scientist, you will conduct applied research on the integrity of Wikipedia knowledge […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
December 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
JOB: Research Scientist at Wikimedia
"We’re hiring a Research Scientist strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, open source, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As a Research Scientist, you will conduct applied research on the integrity of Wikipedia knowledge […]
"We’re hiring a Research Scientist strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, open source, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As a Research Scientist, you will conduct applied research on the integrity of Wikipedia knowledge […]
Went to hear Elephant Sessions at the Usher Hall #edinburgh, somewhat randomly, and came away looking up
➡️ www.belugalagoon.com
Solo band, great following who knew the words, and danced. Andrew O'Donnell, owned the space.
And nature documentary series on the BBC, it seems.
#polymath #creative
➡️ www.belugalagoon.com
Solo band, great following who knew the words, and danced. Andrew O'Donnell, owned the space.
And nature documentary series on the BBC, it seems.
#polymath #creative
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Went to hear Elephant Sessions at the Usher Hall #edinburgh, somewhat randomly, and came away looking up
➡️ www.belugalagoon.com
Solo band, great following who knew the words, and danced. Andrew O'Donnell, owned the space.
And nature documentary series on the BBC, it seems.
#polymath #creative
➡️ www.belugalagoon.com
Solo band, great following who knew the words, and danced. Andrew O'Donnell, owned the space.
And nature documentary series on the BBC, it seems.
#polymath #creative
📢Forest Research in the UK is seeking two new members for the Expert Committee on #forest #science. 🧬🌳📖🌲🪵
Please boost.
* one early-career,
* one from the forestry sector,
Please see details on the link below.
The ECFS provides independent research oversight for Forest Research, the largest […]
Please boost.
* one early-career,
* one from the forestry sector,
Please see details on the link below.
The ECFS provides independent research oversight for Forest Research, the largest […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Andrew Millar
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP announces that the UK is rejoining Erasmus+. 🎉
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP announces that the UK is rejoining Erasmus+. 🎉
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
👀Great, hopeful review on one avenue to increase #crop yield 🌿🧪.
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good […]
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
👀Great, hopeful review on one avenue to increase #crop yield 🌿🧪.
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good […]
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good […]
[Post-doc job ad in Edinburgh]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
[Post-doc job ad in Edinburgh]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
The Summerhall complex has been such a focus for linking art and science in #edinburgh, usually on a shoestring budget, but many thanks due to Robert McDowell et al. since 2011.
Now disaggregation seems to be underway for the collections that were hosted there, like the Artiscience Library and […]
Now disaggregation seems to be underway for the collections that were hosted there, like the Artiscience Library and […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Summerhall complex has been such a focus for linking art and science in #edinburgh, usually on a shoestring budget, but many thanks due to Robert McDowell et al. since 2011.
Now disaggregation seems to be underway for the collections that were hosted there, like the Artiscience Library and […]
Now disaggregation seems to be underway for the collections that were hosted there, like the Artiscience Library and […]
Reposted by Andrew Millar
3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document […]
[EU politics and biology]
The #eu reached a complicated compromise on the regulation of biotech #crops last Thursday. This is a significant step, from negotiations under the Danish presidency 🇩🇰. The proposal still needs to be ratified by the Council and @europarl_en, though both were already […]
The #eu reached a complicated compromise on the regulation of biotech #crops last Thursday. This is a significant step, from negotiations under the Danish presidency 🇩🇰. The proposal still needs to be ratified by the Council and @europarl_en, though both were already […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reposted by Andrew Millar
Two years ago scientists across Europe demonstrated to give genes a chance to be in Europe's agriculture toolbox. This week it looks like the EU listened! So, we're cautiously celebrating. We are currently studying the text, but for now thank you Europe for giving genes a chance!
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Two years ago scientists across Europe demonstrated to give genes a chance to be in Europe's agriculture toolbox. This week it looks like the EU listened! So, we're cautiously celebrating. We are currently studying the text, but for now thank you Europe for giving genes a chance!
Soon to start the next #staygrounded trip 🚄🏴 , for @dfg_public to Kassel 🇩🇪 , to review an ambitious #circadian PhD training 🎓 programme. 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Soon to start the next #staygrounded trip 🚄🏴 , for @dfg_public to Kassel 🇩🇪 , to review an ambitious #circadian PhD training 🎓 programme. 🧵
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Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
RE: https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah/115582068879659968
European Commission actively engaged with FOSS - free and open source software - to build different, read non-US, digital ecosystem 🧵
European Commission actively engaged with FOSS - free and open source software - to build different, read non-US, digital ecosystem 🧵
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons/115580812452004048
I will be live blogging from the European Commission in Brussels today and tomorrow.
Mute this thread, #dcps25, or me for 2 days if nerds talking with government leaders about free and open source software is not of interest to you at […]
I will be live blogging from the European Commission in Brussels today and tomorrow.
Mute this thread, #dcps25, or me for 2 days if nerds talking with government leaders about free and open source software is not of interest to you at […]
Original post on alpaca.gold
alpaca.gold
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
RE: https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah/115582068879659968
European Commission actively engaged with FOSS - free and open source software - to build different, read non-US, digital ecosystem 🧵
European Commission actively engaged with FOSS - free and open source software - to build different, read non-US, digital ecosystem 🧵
RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/115585080411152865
#Climate change mitigation is cheaper than #adaptation, but we need both 👇. It's rarely 'either/or' in this space, almost always 'both/and'. Which begs the question of how to pay.
After ending #fossilfuel subsidies (innovations like […]
#Climate change mitigation is cheaper than #adaptation, but we need both 👇. It's rarely 'either/or' in this space, almost always 'both/and'. Which begs the question of how to pay.
After ending #fossilfuel subsidies (innovations like […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/115585080411152865
#Climate change mitigation is cheaper than #adaptation, but we need both 👇. It's rarely 'either/or' in this space, almost always 'both/and'. Which begs the question of how to pay.
After ending #fossilfuel subsidies (innovations like […]
#Climate change mitigation is cheaper than #adaptation, but we need both 👇. It's rarely 'either/or' in this space, almost always 'both/and'. Which begs the question of how to pay.
After ending #fossilfuel subsidies (innovations like […]
[AI Bubble gossip]
Quote of Carole Cadwalladr post, Monday 17th Nov 25, "Peter Thiel gets out of Dodge",
itself quoting...
“The CFO of OpenAI, Sarah Friar, gave the game away a week ago when she said that she was thinking that there was a role for the government to play in backstopping the […]
Quote of Carole Cadwalladr post, Monday 17th Nov 25, "Peter Thiel gets out of Dodge",
itself quoting...
“The CFO of OpenAI, Sarah Friar, gave the game away a week ago when she said that she was thinking that there was a role for the government to play in backstopping the […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
[AI Bubble gossip]
Quote of Carole Cadwalladr post, Monday 17th Nov 25, "Peter Thiel gets out of Dodge",
itself quoting...
“The CFO of OpenAI, Sarah Friar, gave the game away a week ago when she said that she was thinking that there was a role for the government to play in backstopping the […]
Quote of Carole Cadwalladr post, Monday 17th Nov 25, "Peter Thiel gets out of Dodge",
itself quoting...
“The CFO of OpenAI, Sarah Friar, gave the game away a week ago when she said that she was thinking that there was a role for the government to play in backstopping the […]
Reposted by Andrew Millar
In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
1/4
1/4
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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If you see the news that Denmark has set a new 'ambitious' 2035-goal of 82% emissions reduction vs. 1990 levels, then you should be aware that we will reach 80% just by existing policies.
Read why and how CONCITO recommends 90% reduction (in Danish): concito.dk/udgivelser/v... #dkgreen #dkpol
Read why and how CONCITO recommends 90% reduction (in Danish): concito.dk/udgivelser/v... #dkgreen #dkpol
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you see the news that Denmark has set a new 'ambitious' 2035-goal of 82% emissions reduction vs. 1990 levels, then you should be aware that we will reach 80% just by existing policies.
Read why and how CONCITO recommends 90% reduction (in Danish): concito.dk/udgivelser/v... #dkgreen #dkpol
Read why and how CONCITO recommends 90% reduction (in Danish): concito.dk/udgivelser/v... #dkgreen #dkpol
RE: https://wisskomm.social/@DPGPhysik/115547697059448416
Welcome to the DPG 👋, really good to see this new account from a learned society.👍
#academicchatter
Welcome to the DPG 👋, really good to see this new account from a learned society.👍
#academicchatter
wisskomm.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
RE: https://wisskomm.social/@DPGPhysik/115547697059448416
Welcome to the DPG 👋, really good to see this new account from a learned society.👍
#academicchatter
Welcome to the DPG 👋, really good to see this new account from a learned society.👍
#academicchatter
Reposted by Andrew Millar
New reflections from me about the challenge of countering disinformation when the state itself is distributing it
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-erosio...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-erosio...
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New reflections from me about the challenge of countering disinformation when the state itself is distributing it
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-erosio...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-erosio...
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Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x
Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!
#rankings #universities […]
Reposted by Andrew Millar
📢 Looking forward to my return visit to Norwich and the @earlhaminst, this time to give the Dame Janet Thornton lecture on Thursday 13th.
Register link (with reception afterwards 🍰, do come and say hello!):
➡️ https://www.earlham.ac.uk/events/dame-janet-thornton-annual-lecture-2025
As well as […]
Register link (with reception afterwards 🍰, do come and say hello!):
➡️ https://www.earlham.ac.uk/events/dame-janet-thornton-annual-lecture-2025
As well as […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢 Looking forward to my return visit to Norwich and the @earlhaminst, this time to give the Dame Janet Thornton lecture on Thursday 13th.
Register link (with reception afterwards 🍰, do come and say hello!):
➡️ https://www.earlham.ac.uk/events/dame-janet-thornton-annual-lecture-2025
As well as […]
Register link (with reception afterwards 🍰, do come and say hello!):
➡️ https://www.earlham.ac.uk/events/dame-janet-thornton-annual-lecture-2025
As well as […]
Reposted by Andrew Millar
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Andrew Millar
ASPB has a Managing Editor position open to support Plant Cell and Plant Physiology!
www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...
Application deadline November 17, 2025.
Note that candidates must reside in one of these regions:
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida,
Pennsylvania.
www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...
Application deadline November 17, 2025.
Note that candidates must reside in one of these regions:
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida,
Pennsylvania.
a cartoon dog wearing headphones and a bow tie
Alt: a cartoon dog wearing headphones and a bow tie who is juggling back and forth between two computers
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ASPB has a Managing Editor position open to support Plant Cell and Plant Physiology!
www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...
Application deadline November 17, 2025.
Note that candidates must reside in one of these regions:
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida,
Pennsylvania.
www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...
Application deadline November 17, 2025.
Note that candidates must reside in one of these regions:
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida,
Pennsylvania.
Willow in the marsh, polypody ferns.
#thicktrunktuesday #mosstodon
Find a #rainforest in the UK? 👀
➡️ https://map.lostrainforestsofbritain.org/
HT Guy Shrubsole et al.
#thicktrunktuesday #mosstodon
Find a #rainforest in the UK? 👀
➡️ https://map.lostrainforestsofbritain.org/
HT Guy Shrubsole et al.
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Willow in the marsh, polypody ferns.
#thicktrunktuesday #mosstodon
Find a #rainforest in the UK? 👀
➡️ https://map.lostrainforestsofbritain.org/
HT Guy Shrubsole et al.
#thicktrunktuesday #mosstodon
Find a #rainforest in the UK? 👀
➡️ https://map.lostrainforestsofbritain.org/
HT Guy Shrubsole et al.