Mats Ittonen
@matsittonen.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist, entomologist, and environmentalist. Macroecology postdoc at the University of Tartu (@macroecologyut.bsky.social), now also meandering into soil ecology. Bird and butterfly watcher.
https://matsittonen.com
https://matsittonen.com
...which I think says something essential about being a biologist! (2/2)
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
...which I think says something essential about being a biologist! (2/2)
Web Ecology (The European ecological federation's diamond open access journal) seems like the obvious choice.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Web Ecology (The European ecological federation's diamond open access journal) seems like the obvious choice.
Finland's main newspaper asks whether the police shouldn't originally have stopped the illegal logging (by the city of Helsinki), instead of carrying the activists away! www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2...
Kommentti | Poliisien olisi ehkä kannattanut jättää vitsit sikseen ja ottaa tieto norosta vakavasti
Käräjäoikeuden päätös saa miettimään, olisiko poliisin kannattanut valvoa vesilain noudattamista eikä varmistaa hakkuiden toteutumista, kirjoittaa HS:n ympäristötoimittaja Heli Saavalainen.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Finland's main newspaper asks whether the police shouldn't originally have stopped the illegal logging (by the city of Helsinki), instead of carrying the activists away! www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2...
It took me some thinking to even understand the somewhat subtle difference in meaning between "none is" and "none are"... And then I realised that my native languages (Finnish & Swedish) both use different word forms (in place of "none") for the two meanings; very practical! 😊
September 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It took me some thinking to even understand the somewhat subtle difference in meaning between "none is" and "none are"... And then I realised that my native languages (Finnish & Swedish) both use different word forms (in place of "none") for the two meanings; very practical! 😊
I would've written "are", and "is" sounds weird. So I had to google what @grammargirl.bsky.social has to say: www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/non.... Turns out Word (and my instinct) weren't that wrong!
‘None Is’ or ‘None Are’?
When you’re thinking about singulars and plurals, you often consider whether you have one or many of something, but the word “none” is tricky because it’s nothing—it’s not one or many of something. Th...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I would've written "are", and "is" sounds weird. So I had to google what @grammargirl.bsky.social has to say: www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/non.... Turns out Word (and my instinct) weren't that wrong!
Pölytysmielessä siitä voisi olla hyötyä, jos vaikka haluaa houkutella kotipuutarhaansa perhosia ja muita hyönteisiä, jotka sitten samalla voivat tulla käyneeksi kukillakin.
August 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Pölytysmielessä siitä voisi olla hyötyä, jos vaikka haluaa houkutella kotipuutarhaansa perhosia ja muita hyönteisiä, jotka sitten samalla voivat tulla käyneeksi kukillakin.
Enpä osaa kuvitella mitään oikeaa haittaa, ellette sitten tehtaile niitä sadoittain samalle alueelle. :) Teoriassa se on pois nälästä ja siten pölytyksestä, mutta käytännön merkitys lienee olematon. Ja kyllä ne perhoset käsittääkseni pärjäävät millä tahansa sokerilitkulla, mitä onnistuvat löytämään.
August 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Enpä osaa kuvitella mitään oikeaa haittaa, ellette sitten tehtaile niitä sadoittain samalle alueelle. :) Teoriassa se on pois nälästä ja siten pölytyksestä, mutta käytännön merkitys lienee olematon. Ja kyllä ne perhoset käsittääkseni pärjäävät millä tahansa sokerilitkulla, mitä onnistuvat löytämään.
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Germany is probably hiding millions of observations in paper archives. ;) It's also interesting to see how Lithuania and Estonia are much better covered than Latvia. I wonder if this has something to do with different traditions in ecological research. (2/3)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Germany is probably hiding millions of observations in paper archives. ;) It's also interesting to see how Lithuania and Estonia are much better covered than Latvia. I wonder if this has something to do with different traditions in ecological research. (2/3)
Note to @eseb.bsky.social: I can't change her birthday (anymore), but you could organize the conference a week later. 😉
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Note to @eseb.bsky.social: I can't change her birthday (anymore), but you could organize the conference a week later. 😉