tomjwebb
@tomjwebb.bsky.social
Professional marine biodiversity data scientist and academic @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Amateur dad, musician, natural historian, cricketer, kayaker, gardener, cook, haver of opinions.
Stumbled across this on R4’s comedy of the week and it’s a delight www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Comedy of the Week - Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby - BBC Sounds
Stand-up Scott Bennett tells the story of his baby’s battle with a rare genetic condition.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Stumbled across this on R4’s comedy of the week and it’s a delight www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
I know you're trying to be polite and I appreciate that but 'gentle reminders' don't cut it with me any more I'm afraid. Go hard or go home.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I know you're trying to be polite and I appreciate that but 'gentle reminders' don't cut it with me any more I'm afraid. Go hard or go home.
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Listening to Tommy Robinson
What did I learn by giving the right-wing activist my ears for 90 minutes?
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/listening-to-tommy-robinson
What did I learn by giving the right-wing activist my ears for 90 minutes?
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/listening-to-tommy-robinson
Listening to Tommy Robinson
What did I learn by giving the right-wing activist my ears for 90 minutes?
tomstafford.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Listening to Tommy Robinson
What did I learn by giving the right-wing activist my ears for 90 minutes?
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/listening-to-tommy-robinson
What did I learn by giving the right-wing activist my ears for 90 minutes?
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/listening-to-tommy-robinson
People use 'singular' to mean 'single' quite a lot these days, I've noticed. Not sure I'm particularly fussed but it just slightly jars every time I read it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
People use 'singular' to mean 'single' quite a lot these days, I've noticed. Not sure I'm particularly fussed but it just slightly jars every time I read it.
Turns out whippets stack quite efficiently. I might get a few more.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Turns out whippets stack quite efficiently. I might get a few more.
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Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Enjoyed the Scotland-NZ game but I found the (Scottish) commentator’s constant rhapsodising of the All Blacks as some kind of mythical ‘gods of rugby’ really grating. They’re a good side, sure. But.
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Enjoyed the Scotland-NZ game but I found the (Scottish) commentator’s constant rhapsodising of the All Blacks as some kind of mythical ‘gods of rugby’ really grating. They’re a good side, sure. But.
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🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
"Each pea has AI in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine"
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Each pea has AI in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine"
Yes I know that *in general* everything's crap and getting worse, but I quite like the new split view in Chrome.
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yes I know that *in general* everything's crap and getting worse, but I quite like the new split view in Chrome.
Worth remembering that a trillion dollars is only £760Bn in real money.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Worth remembering that a trillion dollars is only £760Bn in real money.
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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“How many hours a month do you work on your ‘newsletter’? What is your real job?”
When we asked Andrew Milne why he was sending 'very aggressive' letters to Sheffield leaseholders he threatened to take us to the High Court.
But the distress of those we spoke to meant we had to publish. Story 👇
When we asked Andrew Milne why he was sending 'very aggressive' letters to Sheffield leaseholders he threatened to take us to the High Court.
But the distress of those we spoke to meant we had to publish. Story 👇
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“How many hours a month do you work on your ‘newsletter’? What is your real job?”
When we asked Andrew Milne why he was sending 'very aggressive' letters to Sheffield leaseholders he threatened to take us to the High Court.
But the distress of those we spoke to meant we had to publish. Story 👇
When we asked Andrew Milne why he was sending 'very aggressive' letters to Sheffield leaseholders he threatened to take us to the High Court.
But the distress of those we spoke to meant we had to publish. Story 👇
Does anyone have nice examples of real-world conservation reports that make for good student coursework assignments? For instance, IUCN Issues Briefs, POSTnotes, MCCIP report cards. Any others?
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Does anyone have nice examples of real-world conservation reports that make for good student coursework assignments? For instance, IUCN Issues Briefs, POSTnotes, MCCIP report cards. Any others?
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🦜 New PhD project with @ACCE_DTP and project partners Macaw Recovery Network and Longleat — using bioacoustics data to help conserve one of the Neotropics’ most charismatic parrots, the Critically Endangered Great Green Macaw.
Find out more about ACCE+ DLA and how to apply 👉 accedtp.ac.uk
Find out more about ACCE+ DLA and how to apply 👉 accedtp.ac.uk
ACCE+ DLA programme: Landscape-scale drivers and limits of endangered species spatial and temporal distribution at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: Landscape-scale drivers and limits of endangered species spatial and temporal distribution at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🦜 New PhD project with @ACCE_DTP and project partners Macaw Recovery Network and Longleat — using bioacoustics data to help conserve one of the Neotropics’ most charismatic parrots, the Critically Endangered Great Green Macaw.
Find out more about ACCE+ DLA and how to apply 👉 accedtp.ac.uk
Find out more about ACCE+ DLA and how to apply 👉 accedtp.ac.uk
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five days left to submit an abstract for #speciesonthemove in Taiwan in April!
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
Home - Species on the Move 2026
www.speciesonthemove.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
five days left to submit an abstract for #speciesonthemove in Taiwan in April!
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
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Applications are open for the free NERC short course "Integrative biodiversity discovery" at the Natural History Museum, London from 2-6 March 2026. Deadline: 1 December 2025. More info: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/integrative-biodiversity-discovery.html #course
Integrative biodiversity discovery | Natural History Museum
An introduction to field collection, laboratory analysis and phylogenomics.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Applications are open for the free NERC short course "Integrative biodiversity discovery" at the Natural History Museum, London from 2-6 March 2026. Deadline: 1 December 2025. More info: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/integrative-biodiversity-discovery.html #course
Bit on the nose for a meeting about workloads…
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Bit on the nose for a meeting about workloads…
There's this one lecture I struggle with every year and I must admit the temptation to just hand it over to AI and say 'can you make this interesting?' is reasonably strong. Although ironically in its current form it does sort of read a bit AI-y…
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There's this one lecture I struggle with every year and I must admit the temptation to just hand it over to AI and say 'can you make this interesting?' is reasonably strong. Although ironically in its current form it does sort of read a bit AI-y…
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🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
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The new podcast, 'That’s Science', explores the myths and truths in science!
In the first episode, we investigate the Wood Wide Web - from its origins to what modern science really says about it.
Listen: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/wood-...
In the first episode, we investigate the Wood Wide Web - from its origins to what modern science really says about it.
Listen: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/wood-...
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The new podcast, 'That’s Science', explores the myths and truths in science!
In the first episode, we investigate the Wood Wide Web - from its origins to what modern science really says about it.
Listen: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/wood-...
In the first episode, we investigate the Wood Wide Web - from its origins to what modern science really says about it.
Listen: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/wood-...
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Come join @lec-reefs.bsky.social !
2 new post-doc positions with the amazing @timlamont.bsky.social at Lancaster Environment Centre. An exciting time to join + form his new Future Leaders research on transforming ecosystem restoration.
🌊 🧪🦑
2 new post-doc positions with the amazing @timlamont.bsky.social at Lancaster Environment Centre. An exciting time to join + form his new Future Leaders research on transforming ecosystem restoration.
🌊 🧪🦑
We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2)
@lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
@lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Come join @lec-reefs.bsky.social !
2 new post-doc positions with the amazing @timlamont.bsky.social at Lancaster Environment Centre. An exciting time to join + form his new Future Leaders research on transforming ecosystem restoration.
🌊 🧪🦑
2 new post-doc positions with the amazing @timlamont.bsky.social at Lancaster Environment Centre. An exciting time to join + form his new Future Leaders research on transforming ecosystem restoration.
🌊 🧪🦑
Epic compilation of philosophers interpreted through the medium of Peep Show (via Zadie Smith on Adam Buxton’s podcast) youtu.be/pHxw1yI-VSY?...
Philosophers described by Peep Show
YouTube video by JP
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Epic compilation of philosophers interpreted through the medium of Peep Show (via Zadie Smith on Adam Buxton’s podcast) youtu.be/pHxw1yI-VSY?...
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🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking