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Fyi that photo is actually the last iNaturalist observation I submitted. Not exactly a wildlife photographer, am I. 😆

Fyi that photo is actually the last iNaturalist observation I submitted. Not exactly a wildlife photographer, am I. 😆

[big poorly focused beetle pic for attention!]My student is conducting research on how species traits influence @inaturalist observations....

[big poorly focused beetle pic for attention!]

My student is conducting research on how species traits influence @inaturalist observations. Are you an inaturalist user, in the United States, over the age of 18? Please complete our survey! (and please repost!)

https://kent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9TUZJjkBI9REVsG

You weirdos over here also deserve to be spammed with images of this cat. This ridiculous creature now lives with us. His name is...

You weirdos over here also deserve to be spammed with images of this cat. This ridiculous creature now lives with us. His name is Cauliflower. He's 4 years old, likes small spaces, being fed regularly, spooning, and drooling when you pet him on his folded-in ear. His dislikes include crinkly plastic bags, taking his medicine, and, unexpectedly, a toy snake that my 11 year old had in her room. We think he's been through some stuff, and look forward to giving him a much cushier life from now on.

My darlings, I am an Older Femme Nerd. There is literally nothing left that has not been mansplained to me.

My darlings, I am an Older Femme Nerd. There is literally nothing left that has not been mansplained to me.

Cue folks explaining my jokes back to me in 5...4....3...

Cue folks explaining my jokes back to me in 5...4....3...

Basically all the "enthusiastic adopter" spaces I've traveled in. The ones that say they're for everyone without talking...

Basically all the "enthusiastic adopter" spaces I've traveled in. The ones that say they're for everyone without talking to a user base that doesn't look like them. It's.... something.

You're not a real mastodon fan, you're just here to find a boyfriend.

You're not a real mastodon fan, you're just here to find a boyfriend.

Oh you're a mastodon fan? Name every instance.

Oh you're a mastodon fan? Name every instance.

I keep trying this crap but getting M'lady vibes and then going back to refresh the birdsite.

I keep trying this crap but getting M'lady vibes and then going back to refresh the birdsite.

My 7 year old rolls out of bed talking full speed every morning. This morning here's what he started with:7: "I'm in the...

My 7 year old rolls out of bed talking full speed every morning. This morning here's what he started with:

7: "I'm in the Ghostbusters and I'm going to prove that our family has many spectres."
Me: "I don't know, you'll have to show me evidence to convince me ghosts are real."
7: "Spectres are ghosts you can't see so that means if you can't see it, that's evidence.'

PS: that's my advising/supervisory style. Mean Girls gifs. I'm a one trick pony.

PS: that's my advising/supervisory style. Mean Girls gifs. I'm a one trick pony.

Okay I guess this is how I gif now. From my phone.

Okay I guess this is how I gif now. From my phone.

#job #tenuretrack #kentstate #microbiology #microbialecology #botany #plantbiology #evolution We're also hiring two new faculty members...

#job #tenuretrack #kentstate #microbiology #microbialecology #botany #plantbiology #evolution
We're also hiring two new faculty members in my department. Deets here: https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/621863/tenure-track-full-time-faculty-in-ecology-and-evolutionary-biology-/?LinkSource=PremiumListing

I'm on the search committee and, first and foremost, it'll make my job easier if we get some awesome applicants. Review begins Nov 21.

(ooh edit button is okay feature)Basically, my lab is the best ever. And I'm hoping for techy, program-y biology nerds to join me. We'd...

(ooh edit button is okay feature)

Basically, my lab is the best ever. And I'm hoping for techy, program-y biology nerds to join me. We'd actually love a digital humanities person, too. We're aggressively interdisciplinary, and are basically working on the edge by asking questions about how data really works in ecology, and how that intersects with the people making the data.

Now, for an important question: can I easily add gifs in this platform? Hmm. I see a larger menu of emoji.

Also, #postdoc #jobs #datascience #ecology #biodiversity OBVIOUSLY everyone who sees this here will be an earnest, hardcore nerd, so...

Also, #postdoc #jobs #datascience #ecology #biodiversity OBVIOUSLY everyone who sees this here will be an earnest, hardcore nerd, so that's kind of the audience I'm going for. I need a postdoc. I NEED 3 actually. here's the ad: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iufj4nEyCg2cGx8Q69gHHv3S8beM2l3y7z5bTdw2ziU/edit?usp=sharing

It links to the official application site, which HR made and I'm embarrassed by. Just upload your name and ignore the rest of their terrible form, gimme a CV and letter as attachments.

All right, I did the thing where I imported a bunch of my network from Twitter. But I'm still going to be grumpy and skeptical about it...

All right, I did the thing where I imported a bunch of my network from Twitter. But I'm still going to be grumpy and skeptical about it all.

We better be allowed to be grumpy here. It's my whole brand.

@EagarForEcology FYI John said you were sad, very, very sad that I had not followed you back, but I just want you to know, I tried! I...

@EagarForEcology FYI John said you were sad, very, very sad that I had not followed you back, but I just want you to know, I tried! I clicked the "Follow back" and it says THAT ACTION IS NOT ALLOWED.

This blue death feigning beetle is absolute crap at feigning death: wouldn't sit still for a photo.

This blue death feigning beetle is absolute crap at feigning death: wouldn't sit still for a photo.

I'm waiting on a shipment of live insects and it's practically making me giddy. And here I thought my 'experimentalist' days...

I'm waiting on a shipment of live insects and it's practically making me giddy. And here I thought my 'experimentalist' days were behind me.

We're making a training database for a tool that we're building to relate ground insect activity to actual population density! ISN'T THAT COOL?!

All three of you better retoot my job ads and pithy commentary.

All three of you better retoot my job ads and pithy commentary.