Gilbert Roberts
@gilbertroberts.bsky.social
Free-range academic studying the evolution of behaviour in animals including humans. Cooperation, reputation, interdependence.
This is great news. I chose this area as my place in the world. My house, Simonside Cottage, is for sale if you want to live in this picture - www.lastminute-cottages.co.uk/properties/u...
Simonside Cottage nr Rothbury, Morpeth, | Last Minute Cottages
<p>Simonside Cottage nr Rothbury, a property with a garden, is situated in Morpeth, 43 km from Northumbria University, 43 km from Theatre Royal, as well as 44 km from Newcastle Train Station. The holi...
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Craig Bennett@craigbennett3.bsky.social · 18h agoThrilled to be announcing this👇 today THANK YOU to the more than 25k of you that donated! I'll be on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme around 7.20am to discuss! www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/future-...
After Google *illegally* hacked down the forest. Please stop or minimise Google. Protonmail etc. have free tiers and there are other search engines now. futurism.com/future-socie...
Wolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data Centers
Google's cut-first pay-later approach to Finland's boreal forests is leaving wild fauna without a place to call home.
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In today's helpful official advice - keep physical copies of documents 🤯 news.sky.com/video/keep-p...
Keep physical copies of documents to protect against cyber threats, AI minister advises
Kanishka Narayan MP spoke to Sky's Anna Jones about what members of the public can do to safeguard themselves against ongoing cyber security threats.
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🎤 The lineup is here! We’re delighted to introduce the keynote speakers for the Culture Conference 2027, taking place in Leipzig from 31 March to 2 April! And there are five of them this year! 🎉 Explore the lineup on our website: culture-conference.com/keynote-spea... 🧵 Read on to meet them all!
Humans have long relied on cooperation to cope with unpredictability.A study in rural Bangladesh found that people in tightly connected moneylending networks were more willing to take risks,while those who could turn to more households for food and household items were less willing. These findings..
How social connections shape our willingness to take risks - HBES
– by Joon Hwang Imagine you have two options: get $50 for sure or take a 50-50 chance of getting $100 or nothing. Both options have the same expected payoff ($50), but one might appeal to you more…
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The shooting industry damages natural ecosystems. It is time for it to end.
Watching Only Connect for the first time. Anyone else bemused by them saying Holy Island is in the Irish Sea?! (Sure there is one but not the best known one...)
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
Instructions for authors: "Figures must be supplied as separate files". So I extract all Figures and convert to requested formats. Also extract all captions to be supplied separately. Read a few hundred lines... "all figures and related captions must be embedded".😵💫 Funny that no editor read these..
Facing hundreds of human-wildlife conflict cases in southeastern Zimbabwe, livestock owners are turning to a low-tech solution: painting fake eyes on their animals' rear ends. The eye-spots trick predators into abandoning hunts, drastically reducing attacks on farm animals. Cecil Dzwowa reports.
Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe
NYANGOMBE, Zimbabwe — In the first six months of 2026, the local council in Chiredzi recorded 317 cases of human-wildlife conflict in this district of southeastern Zimbabwe. In villages like…
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This week's Cooperation Colloquium: Patricia Kanngiesser @patkanngiesser.bsky.social Sustaining cooperation in intra- and inter-generational resource dilemmas Date: October 2 Time: 15:00 UTC+2 (Vienna) / 9am NYC Sign up: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...
One year ago today [redacted for legal reasons]. What a waste of a year.
Is Endnote online unavailable or is it just me?
❇️ I've updated Data Skills for Reproducible Research to v6.1. The Iteration & Functions chapter has been split in two and I've added some material on unit testing. It's a living textbook, so please submit issues if you find a mistake or something unclear. psyteachr.github.io/reprores-v6/...
"whether or not AI ever allows us to talk with animals, there’s nothing stopping us from listening to them, and caring about their lives"
Stephanie L King@stephanielking.bsky.social · last mo.
It was an honor to host our event last week to celebrate 50 years of The Selfish Gene. A special pleasure to meet biology alumni from Richard's time as tutor at New College. (It sounds like I'm more gentle in my essay feedback!) @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
50 year anniversary of The Selfish Gene. The book: minor revisions. The zoo building: completely replaced.
I see "Burnham eyes labour leadership" is trending on Bluesky. Good to see we're on the ball on a Monday morning.
Just stunning sometimes what is revealed about the lives of our unassuming birds www.birdguides.com/articles/tag... News from BirdGuides 07/09/2026
Tags reveal 'summer of love' for Eurasian Dotterel
The first study to track female Eurasian Dotterel across an entire breeding season reveals a summer of long-distance travel in search of multiple partners.
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It's World Shorebirds Day 2026! www.worldshorebirdsday.org/world-shoreb...
World Shorebirds Day 2026 — Inspiring News on the Horizons
World Shorebirds Day 2026 looks at recent progress for shorebirds and why continued monitoring of local sites matters beyond a single day or count.
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Thanks for the shout out at #ECBB2026 ! We’re looking forward to having everyone join us next summer for #Behaviour2027 in Vienna 🤗 Our call for symposia is now open: behaviour2027.eventsairsite.com
The curious case of James Orr 21percent.org?p=4327
The Curious Case of James Orr - 21percent.org
James Orr is an Associate Professor at Cambridge's Faculty of Divinity and, since February 2026, Head of Policy at Reform UK. He has described Nigel Farage's party as an "insurgent right-wing force" a...
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Contact with nature is good for us Experiments have found that nature contact decreases negative affect, stress & anxiety, and increases positive affect. Lowers cardiovascular disease & mortality risk and greater life satisfaction are associated with living near nature. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
While you can easily access @andyradford.bsky.social and his science, these pearls of wisdom were the parting gift from his plenary at #ECBB2026!
