Collin V (he/him)
@collinvb.bsky.social
Biodiversity | science policy | sustainability | equity | cute animals | pokemon
Visiting Scholar @ the Virginia Museum of Natural History | let's talk about ecosystem services!
Visiting Scholar @ the Virginia Museum of Natural History | let's talk about ecosystem services!
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In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
Urban Ponds and the Emerging Role of Garden Ponds: Ecosystem Services and Disservices, Multifunctionality, and Trade‐Offs
Urban ponds and garden ponds—a specific subset of the former, usually located in private gardens—are both typical examples of ponds in the urban landscape. They deliver multiple ecosystem services bu...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
🏙️🔵🏡
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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The next seminar in the Statistical Methods webinar series hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section is on November 3 at noon US ET.
Richard Schuster will present on “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package”
prioritizr.net
Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt
Richard Schuster will present on “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package”
prioritizr.net
Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: prioritizr R package. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Richard Schuster from Nature Conservancy of C...
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The next seminar in the Statistical Methods webinar series hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section is on November 3 at noon US ET.
Richard Schuster will present on “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package”
prioritizr.net
Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt
Richard Schuster will present on “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package”
prioritizr.net
Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt
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The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) and @agu.org will host webinar TOMORROW at 1pm EST on how to be an expert reviewer for @ipcc.bsky.social reports. Please register & learn how to improve science policy assessments like upcoming Special Report on #ClimateChange and Cities!
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) and @agu.org will host webinar TOMORROW at 1pm EST on how to be an expert reviewer for @ipcc.bsky.social reports. Please register & learn how to improve science policy assessments like upcoming Special Report on #ClimateChange and Cities!
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My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined).
Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/171625
Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/171625
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August 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined).
Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/171625
Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/171625
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Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553!
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
August 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553!
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
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Academic workers at state schools: Do not use your institutional email for union matters.
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Academic workers at state schools: Do not use your institutional email for union matters.
It's been 10ish years but sure, I can be a "dinosaur expert" 😅
(Taking bets on how long before a kid shows me up on dino facts)
(Taking bets on how long before a kid shows me up on dino facts)
July 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's been 10ish years but sure, I can be a "dinosaur expert" 😅
(Taking bets on how long before a kid shows me up on dino facts)
(Taking bets on how long before a kid shows me up on dino facts)
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Are you a researcher 5+ years post-PhD and interested in moving to Ireland? We have a new scheme which will support relocation and start-up costs.
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
www.researchireland.ie
July 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you a researcher 5+ years post-PhD and interested in moving to Ireland? We have a new scheme which will support relocation and start-up costs.
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Some good news. 🪶
Little spotted kiwi found on New Zealand's mainland for first time in 50 years
"I'm not sure how to express how thrilling this rediscovery is for the conservation world," an expert says.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Some good news. 🪶
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As someone from a low-income, blue-collar background who improbably navigated the rungs of academia to be here, this article speaks important truths. I've mostly been happy along my journey despite various struggles because I viewed the alternative scenario worse, but it wasn't easy. I've been lucky
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
journals.plos.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
As someone from a low-income, blue-collar background who improbably navigated the rungs of academia to be here, this article speaks important truths. I've mostly been happy along my journey despite various struggles because I viewed the alternative scenario worse, but it wasn't easy. I've been lucky
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It is with great pleasure that I share MAXMINDS 2.0, a new Max Planck program to support scholars in danger of displacement by war or natural disasters, and who have limited access to resources and institutional support.
If you know affected scholars, please share.
www.maxminds.mpg.de
If you know affected scholars, please share.
www.maxminds.mpg.de
MAXMINDS 2.0 Homepage
MAXMINDS 2.0
www.maxminds.mpg.de
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It is with great pleasure that I share MAXMINDS 2.0, a new Max Planck program to support scholars in danger of displacement by war or natural disasters, and who have limited access to resources and institutional support.
If you know affected scholars, please share.
www.maxminds.mpg.de
If you know affected scholars, please share.
www.maxminds.mpg.de
Yesterday I had a paper rejected (after 3 months of sitting on the editor's desk) that assesses whether research is addressing local priorities for ecosystem services. Why? Because including services derived from interviews with land managers was seen as a "questionable" methods choice. I-- um... hm
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Yesterday I had a paper rejected (after 3 months of sitting on the editor's desk) that assesses whether research is addressing local priorities for ecosystem services. Why? Because including services derived from interviews with land managers was seen as a "questionable" methods choice. I-- um... hm
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Last night at Moth Night, we saw a lot more than moths. The highlight was happening upon this beaver absolutely chowing down on some wood, corn on the cob style. You’re gonna want to put your sound on for this one.
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Last night at Moth Night, we saw a lot more than moths. The highlight was happening upon this beaver absolutely chowing down on some wood, corn on the cob style. You’re gonna want to put your sound on for this one.
Goes without saying, but...
what a f*cking week.
what a f*cking week.
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Goes without saying, but...
what a f*cking week.
what a f*cking week.
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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And *anyone* interested in #ICVM2025:
You can still register (costs as low as $75 US) and virtually attend! It's a heck of a bargain, to be able to see hundreds of presentations across >3 weeks!
www.xcdsystem.com/icvm/program...
You can still register (costs as low as $75 US) and virtually attend! It's a heck of a bargain, to be able to see hundreds of presentations across >3 weeks!
www.xcdsystem.com/icvm/program...
ICVM 2025
www.xcdsystem.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
And *anyone* interested in #ICVM2025:
You can still register (costs as low as $75 US) and virtually attend! It's a heck of a bargain, to be able to see hundreds of presentations across >3 weeks!
www.xcdsystem.com/icvm/program...
You can still register (costs as low as $75 US) and virtually attend! It's a heck of a bargain, to be able to see hundreds of presentations across >3 weeks!
www.xcdsystem.com/icvm/program...
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Louder for those at the back, whenever I hear an academic say "I used copilot/chatGPT to [insert routine bit of our job] to save time" I hear "I lack the most fundamental core skills required to do my job".
Cannot emphasize enough that, if you dislike doing the things academics do (reading, writing, developing and expressing opinions about things you've read) enough to try to make a chatbot do them for you, there are lots of actual humans who would be happy to take that unpleasant job off your hands
Got gossip from a managing editor pal of a journal that a few reviewers used ChatGPT to write their assessments for them, and didn't even conceal it. I'll say it again - it won't be the neoliberal administrators that take down the humanities. It'll be humanities professors who've stopped reading.
July 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Louder for those at the back, whenever I hear an academic say "I used copilot/chatGPT to [insert routine bit of our job] to save time" I hear "I lack the most fundamental core skills required to do my job".
I worked as a contractor at USAID for over 3.5 years supporting food security and climate adaptation programs and advancing youth inclusion to provide the next generation with good economic opportunities. The work we did saved lives and made the world safer. Without it... well, we'll see...
Today, USAID shuts down.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
July 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I worked as a contractor at USAID for over 3.5 years supporting food security and climate adaptation programs and advancing youth inclusion to provide the next generation with good economic opportunities. The work we did saved lives and made the world safer. Without it... well, we'll see...
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NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
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This caught my eye when it was still a preprint, and I’m so happy to see it out. Everyone talking about the applications of AI to health or conservation or you name it… needs to reckon with this
New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature
An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.
www.nature.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This caught my eye when it was still a preprint, and I’m so happy to see it out. Everyone talking about the applications of AI to health or conservation or you name it… needs to reckon with this
We're back, baby 🙌
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We're back, baby 🙌
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If you're trying to remove Google AI from your search results (on Google dot com) you can do this!
Btw folks ... small tip:
If at the end of anything you type in google search you append " -ai" (ie space minus ai) it removes the AI summaries from your search results.
If at the end of anything you type in google search you append " -ai" (ie space minus ai) it removes the AI summaries from your search results.
a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
ALT: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
media.tenor.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you're trying to remove Google AI from your search results (on Google dot com) you can do this!
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BHL contains the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌱 🌏 🦎 📖 🪱 🧪 🦉 There are countless researchers, educators, policy makers, fields, institutions, databases & species that rely on BHL. Please share our Call for Support as widely as you can: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran...
June 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
BHL contains the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌱 🌏 🦎 📖 🪱 🧪 🦉 There are countless researchers, educators, policy makers, fields, institutions, databases & species that rely on BHL. Please share our Call for Support as widely as you can: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran...
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
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"Moreover, governments should create and fund boundary‐spanning roles; that is, they should foster professionals whose explicit mandate is to bridge the gap between research institutes and government ministries."
Excellent piece from @cgiar-emd.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Excellent piece from @cgiar-emd.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bridging the divide: Why the science-policy interface matters for global food systems
For decades, empirical evidence has pointed to the unsustainable trajectory of global food systems, linking industrialized production to soil degradation, water stress, and nutrition deficits across v...
www.science.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Moreover, governments should create and fund boundary‐spanning roles; that is, they should foster professionals whose explicit mandate is to bridge the gap between research institutes and government ministries."
Excellent piece from @cgiar-emd.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Excellent piece from @cgiar-emd.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...