“OA has already reduced participation by researchers from many middle-income countries. This model imposes a growing bias in scientific publishing, with clear consequences for the inclusiveness, fairness & global representativeness of fields like #ecology”
#RealTalk #OpenAccess
BREAKING
It’s been revealed that the Luxon government ‘kicked the tyres’ on game-changing solar subsidies to cut power bills but decided to let us keep paying rising prices - and then to make it even worse with costly gas imports:
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/588...
"Refusing to subsidize solar while underwriting a billion dollar gas terminal is like renting an expensive fossil fuel heater for a house you're already planning to electrify" #NZPol
Thank you Marta! It is great to see this one published!
Check out our new paper led by @andrebellve.bsky.social in this month's issue of @ecography.bsky.social. We show that preservation biases in the fossil record can distort species ecological niche and distribution models. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
For journalists who want to dig into stories about scientific integrity: Here's an exciting new opportunity from two of my favorite science-journalism organizations, @retractionwatch.com and @theopennotebook.bsky.social. I'll be joining a webinar to help kick things off on March 26!
This month's Funk lecture from @biogeography.bsky.social will be given by Juan Pablo Quimbayo. Sign up soon!
February's Funk Biogeography seminar is on the horizon! This month's speaker is Juan Pablo Quimbayo, who will talk about the role of traits in shaping marine biodiversity. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/fe...
Good advice. You can add more sites than just RNZ, and this will improve Google News results
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
New Research Paper Shows 90% of US Adults Don't Know How Many R's Are In The Word "Strawberry"
Please RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections...
#AccountabilityIsComing
Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
"Some of the oil executives meeting with Jones had been closely involved in the Tui disaster, but were invited to confidential briefings anyway."
How is this not corruption at the highest levels?
"Internal documents show how the sector repeatedly lobbied Resources Minister Shane Jones to dilute New Zealand's cleanup rules for ageing oil fields. Rules brought in to protect taxpayers after the 2019 Tui Oil Field collapse left the state burdened with a $300m bill."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Took this thread and made it a post, with links -
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
this is why I stopped using spotify. I buy albums on Bandcamp fairly often. I love finding new music. I tune in to my university's radio station for shows that showcase genres I like, so I can find them on Bandcamp. If i decide I want a streaming service, it'll be Qobuz, probably.
King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: ‘Sometimes you just forget that you have free will’
#seabirds #ornithology 🐧
This rules lmao
new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
*Private Health Insurance entered the chat*
New read from me this AM w exclusive polling:
Luxon headed into a $1500 a head donor dinner with his leadership of the economy and country under serious pressure.
Polling shows more think the county is on the wrong track than at any point since the election
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
You can see a breakdown by category, and look up your specific ward, too. If you want to avoid biasing yourself, you can also click the little 👁️ icon at the top left to hide the candidate's name/image. You can then 💜 the policies you like, and at the end, it will show you who aligned with most!
For my whānau in Aotearoa, if you haven't heard there is a fantastic new website for learning about your local election candidates: policy.nz - this was funded by the electoral commission and it gives you far more detail about the candidates, including their specific policies on a range of issues!
I wonder if they know how they sound...
Next week on Wednesday 17th September at 7pm NZ time I'll be talking to the NZ Geological Society on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction. You can register to see my talk using the link below.
