Stephen Murphy (smurph)
@smurph.bsky.social
Professor at U Waterloo - Sch Environment, Resources & Sustainability. Ecologist, EIC Restoration Ecology, Botanist, Protected Areas. Grasslands. https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-resources-and-sustainability/blog/you-break-it-we-fix-it
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#meetECONOVO - @jonastrepel.bsky.social is a PhD researcher working with Robert Buitenwerf, Elizabeth Le Roux and @jcsvenning.bsky.social. His research explores how large herbivores shape vegetation dynamics and plant diversity, including fieldwork in South Africa.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#meetECONOVO - @jonastrepel.bsky.social is a PhD researcher working with Robert Buitenwerf, Elizabeth Le Roux and @jcsvenning.bsky.social. His research explores how large herbivores shape vegetation dynamics and plant diversity, including fieldwork in South Africa.
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Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
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CrustNet visits the California coastal scrublands! We set up a site at the Santa Margarita Reserve and were excited to find liverworts and a highly diverse community of moss and lichen. Gorgeous landscape!
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
CrustNet visits the California coastal scrublands! We set up a site at the Santa Margarita Reserve and were excited to find liverworts and a highly diverse community of moss and lichen. Gorgeous landscape!
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
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Hi.
Myself and 10-ish other people published this article today about global fire regimes. I hope you enjoy it. 🧪🌎🔥
Thank you for your attention on this matter!
dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Myself and 10-ish other people published this article today about global fire regimes. I hope you enjoy it. 🧪🌎🔥
Thank you for your attention on this matter!
dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
The Properties of Individual Fire Events Are Essential for Understanding Global Fire Regimes
Aim As fire activity changes globally, we need to better understand the spatial and temporal characteristics of the individual events that, when aggregated, constitute fire regimes. Most global stud...
dx.doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hi.
Myself and 10-ish other people published this article today about global fire regimes. I hope you enjoy it. 🧪🌎🔥
Thank you for your attention on this matter!
dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Myself and 10-ish other people published this article today about global fire regimes. I hope you enjoy it. 🧪🌎🔥
Thank you for your attention on this matter!
dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
🚨 Please repost widely!🚨
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
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When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales
@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales
@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales
@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales
@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
The DFO, ECCC, NRCan, and Parks Canada ones are absolutely stupid - naturally, most allude to some miracle of what they think is AI (its actually generative GPT like slop and probably general large language models that can't do whatever hopium they have in mind)
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Annex 3: Comprehensive expenditure review: Planned reductions by organisation | Budget 2025
Annex 3: Comprehensive expenditure review: Planned reductions by organisation — Part of Budget 2025.
budget.canada.ca
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The DFO, ECCC, NRCan, and Parks Canada ones are absolutely stupid - naturally, most allude to some miracle of what they think is AI (its actually generative GPT like slop and probably general large language models that can't do whatever hopium they have in mind)
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
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Behind every #wildlife conservation conflict lies an opportunity. Practitioners from around the globe have come together to share tools for #conflictmanagement & #coexistence.
A new toolkit, built from real experience, launches TODAY, November 6! Stay tuned.📢
#EthicalConservationDay
A new toolkit, built from real experience, launches TODAY, November 6! Stay tuned.📢
#EthicalConservationDay
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Behind every #wildlife conservation conflict lies an opportunity. Practitioners from around the globe have come together to share tools for #conflictmanagement & #coexistence.
A new toolkit, built from real experience, launches TODAY, November 6! Stay tuned.📢
#EthicalConservationDay
A new toolkit, built from real experience, launches TODAY, November 6! Stay tuned.📢
#EthicalConservationDay
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New CSIRO survey of 900 Tasmanians shows strong love for the coast, but almost 70 percent worry about rapid change. Ocean warming, plastic waste, and biosecurity top the list. Scientists are the most trusted voices, with strong support for restoration work.
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New CSIRO survey of 900 Tasmanians shows strong love for the coast, but almost 70 percent worry about rapid change. Ocean warming, plastic waste, and biosecurity top the list. Scientists are the most trusted voices, with strong support for restoration work.
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"The Democratic sweep of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and public service commissioner races in Georgia offers an early glimpse of what could be a sleeper issue in the 2026 midterm elections: the politics of AI infrastructure."
The under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia | Fortune
As the AI land rush accelerates, local fights over water, power, and land may shape who wins and loses in American politics.
fortune.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"The Democratic sweep of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and public service commissioner races in Georgia offers an early glimpse of what could be a sleeper issue in the 2026 midterm elections: the politics of AI infrastructure."
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From the Guardian.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
From the Guardian.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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New study finds more generous state safety net policies w/ fewer administrative barriers are linked to better birth outcomes, esp for marginalized groups. Very relevant finding in current policy environment!
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New study finds more generous state safety net policies w/ fewer administrative barriers are linked to better birth outcomes, esp for marginalized groups. Very relevant finding in current policy environment!
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
Per Prof. @donmoyn.bsky.social, this quotation (properly cited from Don) is going to launch my winter grad level course on how we deal with data properly; its mostly quant focused but the foundation starts with not fooling ourselves and cases where, drumroll:
"But the data does not add up"
"But the data does not add up"
New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Who's Threatening Who?
The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Per Prof. @donmoyn.bsky.social, this quotation (properly cited from Don) is going to launch my winter grad level course on how we deal with data properly; its mostly quant focused but the foundation starts with not fooling ourselves and cases where, drumroll:
"But the data does not add up"
"But the data does not add up"
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so many good pictures out there
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
so many good pictures out there
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Congratulations to @csldf.org Board member @naomioreskes.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize!
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-...
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-...
Harvard Professor Naomi Oreskes Receives the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize
Press Release from the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned earth scientist and historian from Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. S...
www.volvogroup.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Congratulations to @csldf.org Board member @naomioreskes.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize!
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-...
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-...
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Does anyone have a good-quality photo of a Common Yellowthroat in the field, which they would be willing to submit (without monetary compensation) as cover photo accompanying a paper in Canadian Field-Naturalist? You would receive credit for the photo of course.
Let me know! 😄
Let me know! 😄
a cartoon truck says oh wow a warbler in front of a pink fence
Alt: a cartoon truck says oh wow a warbler in front of a pink fence
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Does anyone have a good-quality photo of a Common Yellowthroat in the field, which they would be willing to submit (without monetary compensation) as cover photo accompanying a paper in Canadian Field-Naturalist? You would receive credit for the photo of course.
Let me know! 😄
Let me know! 😄
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I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.
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Brazil’s $125bn forest fund – framed as the “biggest thing to come out of COP30” – goes live tomorrow.
Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”.
@yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.
Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”.
@yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.
NEW – COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? - Carbon Brief
Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Brazil’s $125bn forest fund – framed as the “biggest thing to come out of COP30” – goes live tomorrow.
Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”.
@yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.
Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”.
@yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.