Morgan Ernest

"Planning to run a workshop under air raids and blackouts required us to think of many things not covered by The Carpentries Handbook."

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I’ve bought mine!

They just don’t get it - they’re trying to replace the part of our job we like the *most*.

If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE

Thanks, @lfhuenneke.bsky.social . Portal continues to teach a masterclass in the unexpected. I just wish writing about the rodents struggling to survive in unprecedented conditions was a little less on the nose.

I don't know who needs a break from the world to read about desert rodents, but I definitely needed a break from the world to write it. Nearly a year has passed, but here's an update on the unprecedented events over the past year at the Portal Project.

I'd like to note that none of these cost $$$

Oooo, I’m looking forward to reading this!

Enshittification Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocen...

"Sure Googlers [also faculty] had been willing to pull long hours, putting work before personal life and health, in order to realize the company's [university's] mission, but the quid pro quo those workers expected was for the company [university] to take that mission as seriously as they did."

a woman in a leather jacket stands next to a young girl Alt: Sigourney Weaver in a leather jacket stands next to a young girl who says they mostly come at night, mostly

As a teen I could recite every line in this movie

I’ve wondered if it thinks we’ve misspelled “species”? And it should be specy? It’s the closest I’ve gotten

Omg your supposed to apply for that? No wonder I’m not in the academy! We can join together 🤣

I just looked at mine. I also apparently study “specy”

Poster announcing the workshop.

Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

bunch of executives on the deck of a ship with only one guy rowing and a quote "I don't understand, after so many budget cuts why dont we move faster?"

ooof this feels like most every university rn

Dreamt I was locked inside a ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ mental hospital that was on fire and I couldn’t escape. Funny how brains create dreams unrelated to reality…oh wait…

An excited looking bespectacled bearded person holding a tin that says: Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir. Ingredients: fair trade roasted cacao nibs, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, Sasparilla (all organic)

It’s finally cooling off here and it’s been a long week, so definitely time for a pot of @sagenatural.bsky.social’s Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir

Trying to process a meeting where I feel like leadership basically said: “our ship has been boarded by pirates but other ships are sinking so this is pretty good”

PSA: It’s natural to crave control during unprecedented times. If rearranging deck chairs brings you calm, that’s fine, but please make sure you’re not forcing other people to rearrange deck chairs when they need to be bailing out the ship or helping people into life rafts.

Shrubby desert with sunrise kissed golden mountains behind. Faint rainbow links mountains with silver clouds

Returned from a trip to the field. Made me appreciate the finer things in life…like no internet! Seriously, go touch some dirt. It’ll (probably) be good for you.

Join me! We're hiring a TT position for interdisciplinary #DataAnalytics Program @ Denison University. Looking for someone who intersects with #SportsAnalytics in their research -- health, performance, biomechanics, media, economics, education.. Happy to answer Qs!
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We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

All while corporate academic publishers enjoy 30-40% profit margins.

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera. No cheating!

Conversely, if you are not feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, you may need to ease up on the Xanax.

Huge congrats to @elenalitchman.bsky.social on being elected an ESA Fellow!! 🧪🌊🦠 She does inspiring and foundational work in trait-based ecology, working across scales from phytoplankton in lake Baikal to the human microbiome. And, she's a super kind and caring mentor -- so, so, well deserved! ✨✨✨✨

Really honored and humbled to be selected as an ESA Fellow.

And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows!

@conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social

DeSantis involved in University of Florida canceling dean search UF canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. The governor's office stated that they were involved and implied the cancellation was related to claims that the four finalists were "ALL radical D...

The University of Florida canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. A spokesman for the governor's office stated they were involved & implied the cancellation was related to claims the four finalists were "ALL radical DEI progressives."

Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...

a woman is making a peace sign with her hand and the words `` stay strong '' behind her . Alt: a woman is making a peace sign with her hand and the words `` stay strong '' behind her .

Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.