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.
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Postdoc at the University of Bristol on Global Change Ecology, working with Chris Clements, Dylan Childs, and Andrew Beckerman on how chordate niches may change in the coming decades.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP951/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP951/s...
Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Global Change Ecology at University of Bristol
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November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Postdoc at the University of Bristol on Global Change Ecology, working with Chris Clements, Dylan Childs, and Andrew Beckerman on how chordate niches may change in the coming decades.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP951/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP951/s...
Can highly recommend these - they’re just as silly and warm-hearted as you’d expect if you’re familiar with @trouteyes.bsky.social on here, ours both loved them (before they turned into teenage monsters)
My kids books make nice presents.
Read one to a small person you know.
Keep kids reading ❤️
Read one to a small person you know.
Keep kids reading ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Can highly recommend these - they’re just as silly and warm-hearted as you’d expect if you’re familiar with @trouteyes.bsky.social on here, ours both loved them (before they turned into teenage monsters)
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🌊 Funded PhD: Advancing Plankton Imaging & Machine Learning to Transform Marine Biodiversity Monitoring 🔬🌍 @plymuni.bsky.social
Bring together AI-powered image analysis, innovative sensors, and real-world policy frameworks.
Two funding options:
1. lnkd.in/e566f8RR
2. lnkd.in/eKPRGhsP
Bring together AI-powered image analysis, innovative sensors, and real-world policy frameworks.
Two funding options:
1. lnkd.in/e566f8RR
2. lnkd.in/eKPRGhsP
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🌊 Funded PhD: Advancing Plankton Imaging & Machine Learning to Transform Marine Biodiversity Monitoring 🔬🌍 @plymuni.bsky.social
Bring together AI-powered image analysis, innovative sensors, and real-world policy frameworks.
Two funding options:
1. lnkd.in/e566f8RR
2. lnkd.in/eKPRGhsP
Bring together AI-powered image analysis, innovative sensors, and real-world policy frameworks.
Two funding options:
1. lnkd.in/e566f8RR
2. lnkd.in/eKPRGhsP
Censored or not the first Reith lecture is pretty bracing www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Censored or not the first Reith lecture is pretty bracing www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I was helping (after a fashion) my son with some Y10 (1st yr GCSE) homework yesterday and it struck me how the questions he was set were almost perfectly phrased as AI prompts. This really is catastrophic for education across the board isn't it?
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I was helping (after a fashion) my son with some Y10 (1st yr GCSE) homework yesterday and it struck me how the questions he was set were almost perfectly phrased as AI prompts. This really is catastrophic for education across the board isn't it?
This is a really interesting listen
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Why tech sucks. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term “Enshittification” joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is a really interesting listen
Grandparents of Britain: placing things close to - but not actually in - the dishwasher, is not helping quite as much as you think it is.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Grandparents of Britain: placing things close to - but not actually in - the dishwasher, is not helping quite as much as you think it is.
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🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
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Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Book I'm reading at the moment has a lot about Messiaen in it. I knew he was heavily influenced by birdsong, but hadn't realised this extended to actually attempting to write it down in musical notation. A small selection here: www.oliviermessiaen.org/birdsong
Olivier Messiaen - Birdsong
This webpage enables detailed comparison of five of Messiaen's birdsongs with the actual birdsongs he used as models. The spectrograms, the 78 rpm records from which he derived the North American bird...
www.oliviermessiaen.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Book I'm reading at the moment has a lot about Messiaen in it. I knew he was heavily influenced by birdsong, but hadn't realised this extended to actually attempting to write it down in musical notation. A small selection here: www.oliviermessiaen.org/birdsong
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📣Applications are now open!
Find out more about how to apply 👇
Find out more about how to apply 👇
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📣Applications are now open!
Find out more about how to apply 👇
Find out more about how to apply 👇
Some nice shots in this collection - birdlife Australia photo awards www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
A preening brush turkey, a wise cassowary and some hungry terns are among the winning and shortlisted photos in this year’s prize
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Some nice shots in this collection - birdlife Australia photo awards www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
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... just look at these 👀 Just a handful of the incredible new #PhD opportunities at the lab.
Visit our website to see them all, and apply!
🔗 pml.ac.uk/Working-with...
#PhDs #PhDopportunities #hiring #Plymouth #PhDlife
Visit our website to see them all, and apply!
🔗 pml.ac.uk/Working-with...
#PhDs #PhDopportunities #hiring #Plymouth #PhDlife
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
... just look at these 👀 Just a handful of the incredible new #PhD opportunities at the lab.
Visit our website to see them all, and apply!
🔗 pml.ac.uk/Working-with...
#PhDs #PhDopportunities #hiring #Plymouth #PhDlife
Visit our website to see them all, and apply!
🔗 pml.ac.uk/Working-with...
#PhDs #PhDopportunities #hiring #Plymouth #PhDlife
I didn't mind the tram being crocked on my way to work this morning as it gave me an hour extra listening to the cricket, however I do wish they would post service updates somewhere other than X - it's the only time I ever go back there, the aim is to get in and out without seeing anything else…
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I didn't mind the tram being crocked on my way to work this morning as it gave me an hour extra listening to the cricket, however I do wish they would post service updates somewhere other than X - it's the only time I ever go back there, the aim is to get in and out without seeing anything else…
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Funded PhD opportunity!!🧪🌎
Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected?
Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods?
This PhD could be for you!
Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH
(UK or settled status applicants)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected?
Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods?
This PhD could be for you!
Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH
(UK or settled status applicants)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Funded PhD opportunity!!🧪🌎
Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected?
Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods?
This PhD could be for you!
Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH
(UK or settled status applicants)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected?
Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods?
This PhD could be for you!
Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH
(UK or settled status applicants)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Well this looks like it could be tremendously useful for those of us working on UK marine ecosytems…
*NEW* We’ve just released 337 harmonised layers from 35 sources capturing human pressures, heritage features, ecological assets and net-ocean conditions for UK waters.
Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Explore our interactive portal: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Explore our interactive portal: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Well this looks like it could be tremendously useful for those of us working on UK marine ecosytems…
Invention of the scythe sadly preceded the widespread ability to read the instruction manual?
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Invention of the scythe sadly preceded the widespread ability to read the instruction manual?
Pretty sure I know of some other mums actually
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Pretty sure I know of some other mums actually
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There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
I watch very little natural history TV these days but we’re been working through Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles and it’s really lovely www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles - Series 1: 1. Spring
Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the spring revealing hidden natural spectacles across the UK. Badgers, adders and nightingales offer memorable and intimate encounters.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I watch very little natural history TV these days but we’re been working through Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles and it’s really lovely www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation
Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
1degC here this morning, feels like -5; just heard the ice cream van
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
1degC here this morning, feels like -5; just heard the ice cream van
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Searching for a spectacular writer! 🔎🪲
GBIF are seeking a contractor to support the Secretariat in producing an overview paper documenting GBIF's 25 years of operations.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 📍 3 December 2025.
⚡Explore the details here:🔗 gbif.link/25-year-co...
GBIF are seeking a contractor to support the Secretariat in producing an overview paper documenting GBIF's 25 years of operations.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 📍 3 December 2025.
⚡Explore the details here:🔗 gbif.link/25-year-co...
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Searching for a spectacular writer! 🔎🪲
GBIF are seeking a contractor to support the Secretariat in producing an overview paper documenting GBIF's 25 years of operations.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 📍 3 December 2025.
⚡Explore the details here:🔗 gbif.link/25-year-co...
GBIF are seeking a contractor to support the Secretariat in producing an overview paper documenting GBIF's 25 years of operations.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 📍 3 December 2025.
⚡Explore the details here:🔗 gbif.link/25-year-co...