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This is the most bullshit Friday linkfest you’ve ever seen. You’ll be actively angry it exists.original ↗
11 Sept 2026
28 Aug 2026
20 Aug 2026
Poll results on up front reference letters for faculty positions: almost everybody dislikes them, but the people who dislike them most are the people who don’t have to write themoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2026
4 Aug 2026
Come find me at the ESA meeting to tell me what you thought of my book, and I’ll give you a signed bookplate!original ↗
25 Jul 2026
This is a very normal Friday linkfest which is not drawing any special attention to itself whatsoeveroriginal ↗
24 Jul 2026
8 Jul 2026
‘Then a miracle occurs’: share your creative ways to relieve student anxiety about exams and other assignmentsoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
Poll results: acknowledgements in scientific papers are the least controversial topic in the worldoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
26 Jun 2026
How many recent TT ecology hires in N. America got their bachelor’s and PhD degrees at the same place?original ↗
24 Jun 2026
When is it inappropriate to acknowledge people and organizations in a scientific paper, if ever? Take our poll!original ↗
17 Jun 2026
15 Jun 2026
11 Jun 2026
“I’ve come to see the lack of model validation in ecology as shocking and embarrassing”: interview with Peter Adler on applying modern coexistence theoryoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2026
8 Jun 2026
I used to think that I could tell which TT jobs I had a really good shot at, and which TT jobs were longshots for me. I was wrong every time.original ↗
3 Jun 2026
It’s hard to see how all the social structures that support Friday linkfests will avoid major disruption over the next few yearsoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
“Designing a statistics project to show that we ecologists are doing something wrong is not my idea of fun”: interview with Scott Peacor on meta-analysis in ecologyoriginal ↗
18 May 2026
11 May 2026
The greatest lie that textbooks teach is that the hard part is coming up with a Friday linkfest. No, the hard part is usually coming up with a worthwhile title.original ↗
8 May 2026
4 May 2026
27 Apr 2026
Which US colleges and universities hire the most ecologists and evolutionary biologists? Which hire the most relative to their enrollment? (UPDATED with additional results)original ↗
22 Apr 2026
Backing in to experimental design: how to design experiments (and other studies) in the face of constraintsoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2026
How often, and how far, do N. American ecologists typically move before landing a TT job? (UPDATED with new data and analyses)original ↗
8 Apr 2026
3 Apr 2026
The geography of US EEB faculty job applications, take 4: everyone wants to work at my alma mater, apparently. And also hates crab cakes and cheese steaks, apparently. (UPDATEDx2 with additional analysis and a very minor correction)original ↗
25 Mar 2026
The majority of new TT ecology hires in N. America have master’s degrees–with one exceptionoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2026
“If you keep your mind too open, your brain falls out”: interview with theoretical ecologist Chuliang Songoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
What’s the best example of ecological research that’s of both great fundamental interest AND has direct applications?original ↗
9 Mar 2026
The value of close replications and how to get more of them: interview with Kate Laskowskioriginal ↗
17 Feb 2026
You can get an extension on reading this Friday linkfest if you’re competing in the Olympicsoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
Visiting assistant professor positions in the US and Canada hardly ever convert into tenure-track positionsoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2026
10 Feb 2026
A Friday linkfest is not a thing but an aggregation of billions of decisions, each made on the basis of incentives, opportunities and desiresoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2026