Well, this is timely and convenient: bit.ly/3FXUFDB I thought of Elon Musk a lot this week at #COP15 in Montréal—every time I passed through a door that said «Poussez», en fait… I’m on Post and Mastodon in the event this earns me the whip. To clarify: Fuck that guy.

“a staggering $598 billion to $824 billion is needed annually to reverse the loss of species worldwide.” Dino Grandoni your framing overlooks comparable expenditures, the costs of inaction, or the 2006 Stern report’s prediction of costs rising over time. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

And for some behind-the-scenes of my reporting: pulitzercenter.org/stories/denmar…

Hey, look at that—new research from elon musk sucks and friends! doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14…

“It's strange to realise that the collapse of Lebanon has posed inextricable problems to families living at the other ends of the earth, in Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu and the outskirts of Addis Ababa.” — Charif Majdalani via Ruth Diver, Granta #158

A THREAD ABOUT READING FINNEGANS WAKE: I’ve read Joyce’s hyper-challenging novel five (5) times. I don’t pretend to understand it. Here are some strategies/texts I’ve found helpful when studying the book:

We are still looking for a post-doc or early career researcher in the context of the B-Cubed Project project. Montpellier is a great city and the Pl@ntNet team is pioneer in AI for ecology, we are waiting for your application !

The Special issue on 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚, sponsored by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF @ecoevo.social/@gbif) is online! 44 new #datasets for above 200,000 #georeferenced occurrence records ➡️bit.ly/3KnsOPe

This item on male chimeras in an invasive ant species is so weird that I have to surface and make goggle eyes at Donat Agosti 👀🧐😵‍💫nature.com/articles/d4158…

Chicago River Snapper aka Chonkosaurus. Great to see this beast thriving here on what was once such a toxic river, but is slowly getting cleaned up & restored. Somebody planted a bunch of native plants up the river from here, too. I can only wonder this things been eating.

Executive secretary (and plant phylogeneticist) @acaciajoe, in Rome for the meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, signs on to promote data standards and data exchange focused on #CropWildRelatives #PGRFA #GBIFfood

We eagerly await Chonkosaurus' imminent arrival via iNaturalist: inaturalist.org/observations/1…

I just uploaded “Pippa says it’s a nice day” to #Vimeo: vimeo.com/828607877

Who among you knew Cormac McKenzie Carthy was a Bob Seger fan? You, Jeffrey Insko 🐳🐬🐋 ?

I just liked “Ozu // Passageways” by kogonada on #Vimeo: vimeo.com/55956937

While I'm stopping in from the future when #undeadTwitter is no stalks the earth, Jeffrey Insko 🐳🐬🐋, you're up on this, right? theguardian.com/science/2023/j… Would love to see Amitav Ghosh across this story, too…

If you're as 😵 as we are about a policy here to discourage links, don't miss gems like: mailchi.mp/gbif/2023-gbif… Just connect with us elsewhere: #Masto: ecoevo.social/@gbif #LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/gbif #yourInbox: gbif.org/newsletters