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Thomas CK Hall
@baeussupremacy.bsky.social
Hymenopterist / Phylogenetics
What if, instead of the sun, there was just like, a big wasp? That'd be neat, I think.
🇨🇦 in 🇨🇿
MSc @ University of Toronto
PhD Student @ Univerzita Karlova
My friend Sequoia who is the bestest isopod in the world needs help funding grad school! Over the past few years she's completed the work equivalent of a whole MSc and a half in isopod zoology all by herself as an amateur, and now she's getting the chance to go get the degree!! gofund.me/4568dd521
Donate to Help a trans isopod nerd go to grad school!!, organized by Sequoia Wrens
Hello my name is Sequoia and I am a trans woman studying isopods! Help me g… Sequoia Wrens needs your support for Help a trans isopod nerd go to grad school!!
gofund.me
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀

I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?

Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?

We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.

Find out more:

collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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As part of my Wikimedian in Residence position at the Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research Group of the Bioeconomy Science Institute I've recently created documentation on linking publications to Natural History Collections in #Wikidata doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Linking publications to collections : adding cites work, uses or acknowledged statements to Wikidata
This resource outlines simple workflows for adding “cites work”, “uses” and “acknowledges” statements to Wikidata items for publications. These statements link publications to natural history collecti...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reason 37518 to not skip lunch when working - everything starts to look delicious, including this egg of a chalcidoid wasp (left)
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey 🇨🇦! Looks like conservative MPs (derogatory) are trying some anti-intellectual fuckery with NSERC (+ tri-council) because they can't do long division 😔. Please sign the petition to protect applicant EDI data! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
**Edited to add: we have received more than 4400 signatures for our letter but adding any more than 2000 names to this public page seems to be causing our Form to crash! Rest assured that we have all ...
docs.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Had some fun looking through the entomological collections at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung!
October 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Apply apply apply!!!
📍University of Guelph is looking for 10 entomologists with expertise in taxonomy and molecular biology.

📆Application Deadline: 15 SEPTEMBER 2025

🔍Scan the QR code or follow the link below for more information on the university's website: graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hi y'all! I'm back from #Wikimania in Nairobi! Here's a cheetah eating some kind of ungulate :)
August 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In anticipation of #Wikimania2025, here is my favourite wikipedia meme.
August 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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If you can, please donate to help with funeral costs and supporting her family. RIP Sheila Colla. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...
Donate to Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna Penner
There is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillian… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment
www.gofundme.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!

You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Babe, wake up. Anxious snails just dropped
1/3 First evidence of anxiety in snails

They exhibit fear responses hours after the source of their anxiety is removed. These responses can be reduced with an anxiolytic, such as alprazolam. They have also demonstrated high-level learning.

(paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Finally photos (1st ever?) of a living Liebelia, the other (non-Diplolepis) genus of rose gall wasp that's endemic to Asia. We've confirmed it is L. fukudae, previously only known in Japan, so new genus record for China thanks to @inaturalist.bsky.social

www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Liebelia fukudae
Liebelia fukudae from 中国北京市门头沟区 on May 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM by zhangqianyi
www.inaturalist.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Please share.
We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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happy pride month please consider throwing a few dollars my way bc being trans + mentally ill while giving back to the ND community is expensive and exhausting
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June 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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June 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Job in Mexico:

UNAM busca investigador/a en Entomología Sistemática para plaza de tiempo completo en el Instituto de Biología.
UNAM is a hiring full-time researcher in Systematic Entomology, Institute of Biology.
Fecha límite/Deadline: 4 agosto/Aug 4
tinyurl.com/2557avf6
🧪 #entomology #sciencejobs
tinyurl.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Based on actual real-life field observations:
June 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Hello friends, my first first-author publication has just released! Please take a read, its open access! rdcu.be/eq1xQ
June 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Bee*
June 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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💫 PLEASE SHARE 💫

I’m hiring a short-term program manager:

* Flexible location in 🇨🇦
* Start date ASAP
* Apply by Fri June 20
* Must already be legally allowed to work in 🇨🇦
* www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...

#ConservationJobs
June 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM