Iâve gotten quite a few new followers recently, and havenât really introduced my research on Bluesky yet, so figure might be a good time to do a thread on my papers. My day job is as a research administrator in the Oxford Faculty of Law, but I still carry out research in my spare time.
Thinking about this all-time great Onion headline
NEW YORKâClucking his tongue with mock disappointment, Bill De Blasio announced to New Yorkers that âItâs not so easy to find a mayor that doesnât suck shit after all, huh?â during a press conference ...
In his 1947 book Spring in Washington, Louis Halle wishes that newspapers would treat the changing of the seasons as an event just as remarkable as elections and market swings. It's really exciting that the WaPo's local newsletter has started doing just that.
I feel like mass market bird decor usually sticks with the safe subjects of quotidian backyard birds (robin, blue jay, etc) but seeing an evening grosbeak thrown in with this mix on a shower curtain was an exciting surprise! đȘ¶
The GOP built a brand on three things: wholesome family values, fiscal responsibility, & keeping rural "real America" alive. You saw them bomb the family values part today. While we're all here, let's talk about how they're failing the fiscal & rural "real America" part too.đ§”
Psssst. Hey. If you prefer to buy books in paperback rather than hardcover, the paperback version of my book is (finally) available for preorder. www.amazon.com/Flight-Paths...
Amazon.com: Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration: 9780063161122: Heisman, Rebecca: Libros
How to Hide an Empire is fantastic! Incredibly well written and great scholarship
Yours truly has a feature in the Oct. issue of Scientific American!!! I was incredibly psyched to get to write this fun piece about what the hybrid zone between Black-capped & Carolina Chickadees has taught us about how species boundaries blur & change. đȘ¶đ www.scientificamerican.com/article/hybr...
S-tier reference
I can't even process how many birds over how many years that would take to make