Josue (Yoshi) Arteaga-Torres (he/his)

We should ban cars on Halloween every year and expand from there

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

Postdoctoral Researcher All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!

Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.

(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)

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I love it! It is less time-consuming because you don't need to prepare a full deck and invest a lot of money! And also that rush of emotion of getting pulls! The downfall is getting yourself full of cards you might never use again...

‘Underground Atlas’ Shows How Vulnerable Fungal Networks Are Underground fungal networks are crucial to life on Earth. But a new map shows that less than 10% of fungal hotspots are in protected areas.

Scientists at @spun.earth have unveiled an atlas of the underground fungal networks that support life on Earth. 🌍🍄

Guide to Graduate Studies in Ornithology in the United States and Canada Information for undergraduates about graduate degree programs in ornithology.

This back-to-school season, be sure to bookmark our free Guide to Graduate Studies and share it with any #ornithology-loving undergrads in your life!

Only funding pet hypotheses favored by the government is how you end up with Lysenkoism.

(If you’re unfamiliar, it’s essentially a set of disproven ideas about plant growth that led to poor agriculture, famine, and the deaths of maybe 50 million people: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_...)

🔊 VACANCY

Could you be our next Conference Support Officer?

Help us to deliver our exciting conference programme

You'll receive an annual honorarium + free place at BOU conferences

Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the...

⏰ Deadline: 29 August

#ornithology 🪶

Social information use increases with decreasing winter temperature in a passerine bird | doi.org/10.1098/rsos... | Royal Society Open Science | #ornithology 🪶

The “study” showing more than 1/4 of NSF grants were “woke stuff” was Ted Cruz’s garbage pile of a report. Those grants and their subject matter can be seen and analyzed here bsky.app/profile/brun...

iNaturalist is shaping the future of biodiversity research. See our recent paper, published in Bioscience. doi.org/10.1093/bios...

everything

we’ve made it clear that anyone who visits the US could be disappeared into a Salvadoran prison but I’m sure it’s the kids and their avocado toasts who’re to blame

Guest Post: Solving the Mystery of Arkansas’s Saw-whet Owls I walked into the woods hoping the brownish blob I could see hanging in the mist net wasn’t another leaf or some illusion of the dark night.

Today is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay! 🦉 What better time to re-share this blog post from last year on research on the mysterious habits of saw-whet owls at the southern edge of their range?

A Barn Owl stands sentinel on a wooden post, set against a backdrop of golden, autumnal grasses. The evening light bathes the scene in a warm glow, highlighting the owl's heart-shaped face, white underbelly, and the delicate brown speckles along its wings and back.

A Tawny Owl perched on a gnarled branch in a lush forest setting. The owl blends in with its surroundings, showcasing its natural camouflage. Its feathers are brown with white spots, and its deep, black eyes gaze into the distance. Sunlight filters through the leaves, creating a soft, dappled light across the scene.

A Short-eared Owl sitting on the thin branches of a shrub in an open field. The background is a soft, out-of-focus blend of warm browns and golds. The owl's striking yellow eyes are wide open, and it has brown and cream mottled feathers.

A Long-eared Owl hidden among the dense, dark branches of a forest at dusk. Its piercing orange eyes stand out against the shadowy environment. The owl's feathers are intricately patterned with an array of browns, blacks, and tans.

Owl enthusiasts, unite.

It's #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay 🦉

New study: Uncovering Bias in Movement Ecology. We investigated who does #movementecology research, where it happens, and how it’s shared. Results show biases shaped by geography, funding, and power-including #parachutescience. Let's make science more inclusive and equitable
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📖Published📖

Animal tracking technologies and analytical methods may introduce biases in home range size estimates. Kale et al. assessed these potential biases using simulated tracking data and published home range size estimates from empirical animal tracking studies 🐢

🌍 🧪

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FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1M to Trump's super PAC in April.

What happened next?

Three weeks later Trump pardoned her son, a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to withholding millions from his workers' paychecks (while buying a luxury yacht).

Everything is for sale.

🎉New preprint!

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"

tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk

We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!

Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

I finished my 1st draft!!

Pro tip for writers:

A very bad first draft is not a failure—it’s a great start, Congratulations!

You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great

🌟Editing is easier than Creating🌟

We are very far over the cliff here folks

Green

A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.

He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.

We cannot become immune to this cruelty.

Want to enjoy Magic without the high costs? Tom explores budget formats that keep the game accessible. Which affordable format would you try first? #MTG #MTGCommunity bit.ly/47acCxJ

Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers.

👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK!

A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

Aeroecology drives seasonal movements and predicts future distributions of a critically endangered terrestrial bird | www.cell.com/current... | Current Biology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there.
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
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A Kestrel perches on a branch, eyes fully closed, with its head tucked deep into its feathers. Its soft plumage is fluffed and rounded, giving it a sleepy, cocooned look, like it’s trying to block out the world and pretend Monday isn’t happening.

Monday? I choose denial. And sleep.

#MondayMotivation

📷 Paul Browning

AviList: a unified global bird checklist Biodiversity and Conservation - Universally recognized scientific names for organisms are necessary for accurate and efficient communication. Incongruence in taxonomic treatments results in...

AviList: a unified global bird checklist | link.springer.com/ar... | Biodiversity and Conservation | #ornithology 🪶