Unsere Kritik hat immerhin den Nonsens der Bestrafung schnellerer Promotionen abgeräumt. Aber es bleibt dabei: Die Pläne für die Novelle des #WissZeitVG sind lächerlich. Postdoc-Phase bleibt prekär wie gehabt. Anti-Werbung für Wissenschaft als Beruf in D. Da muss sich noch viel ändern! #IchBinHanna

Jan-Martin Wiarda@jmwiarda.bsky.social · last wk.

Entschieden, aber vorläufig  Wissenschaftspolitischer Hochbetrieb im Hochsommer: Das Kabinett bringt die WissZeitVG-Novelle auf den Weg, der Bund verteilt die Fusionshubs. Beide Entscheidungen schaffen Klarheit – und verschieben einige Konflikte nur. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/07...

Really good summary on metabolic scaling. One question remains: How did they know what's the safe dose of LSD for cats?? 😡😡😡 youtu.be/tL9Lw250spc?...

Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?

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What is this new capitalistic hellscape the #academicpublishing industry is now enforcing?! To be able to read a paper that authors have paid to be published, and needs a subscription to be read, I have to either consent to trackers or pay for my privacy?! #academicchatter #research #MedSky #IDEpi

Reviewing a paper including a simulation study:

My boy still enjoying last seasons's trend: the slab #caturday

If you are attending NSO-GfÖ 2026, you can now register for my 0.5-day workshop "Nonlinear curve fitting in R with brms". Think of growth models, thermal performance, species interactions, mechanistical models, ... #NSO2026 #GfOe2026 #NSO‑GfÖ‑conference #brms #RStats (1/2)

Workshops ⇽ Joint NSO–GfÖ Conference 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos

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No #caturday picture today, but we have a special visitor in the garden

Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social

#ichbinhanna erreicht 🫡 abgeschwächt die breite Bevölkerung. Ist natürlich blöd, aber ich hoffe, mehr Menschen verstehen nun, wie bescheiden es ist, solange befristet zu arbeiten (schon lange so in der #Wissenschaft). Eure #Probezeit ist jetzt 4 Jahre lang. Gekoppelt mit #Grundsicherung-Drohung, 🤮🤢🤬

André Herrmann@andreherrmann.de · last mo.

Merz stellt grad seine Arbeitsmarktreformen vor: - Arbeitsverträge können 4 Jahre lang befristet werden - telefonische Krankschreibung wird abgeschafft - Pflicht zum Krankenschein ab Tag 1 - Verstaaatlichung von Wohnungsbaukonzernen wird verboten Gut gemacht, SPD. Ihr wart wohl gar nicht dabei.

🌍 How does biodiversity keep ecosystems functioning? A new study, published today in Nature, shows that healthy ecosystems depend on more than simply having many species. What really matters is the complex web of interactions between plants, herbivores and predators.

Let the dough rest at warm temperature until doubled in size #caturday

You're renewed your last order

Zeta Of 1@zetaof1.bsky.social · last mo.

You've bonnied your last iver

Official heatwave regulations: absolutely no MCMC indoors! #Rstats

Note to myself: try not to catch a cold right before the next heatwave 🤧

📦 The {BayesFR} package is now on CRAN! It allows fitting functional responses by providing dynamical prediction models for use in #brms. Includes many trophic interaction models, and now also multi-species models. #Rstats (1/3)

BayesFR: Fitting Functional Responses in 1- and 2-Prey Systems

Easy application of Bayesian inference for functional responses via 'brms'. This package allows to fit various FR models for single- and multi-prey experiments by providing nonlinear prediction functi...

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@leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social urges #BMFTR to clarify the qualification concept in #WissZeitVG. Since #profs can mandate non-scientific work, #ScienceAsAService threatens careers. Clear boundaries and binding career paths must protect academic development Statement: tinyurl.com/ujhkubr9 #ichbinhanna

How on earth did people ever develop R packages before you could just let an LLM figure out all the error messages?

🌿 Early‑bird registration is now open! You can now register for the joint NSO–GfÖ 2026 conference at the early‑bird rate from 15 June-17 July. After this, the full fee applies until 16 Aug 2026. 🔗 Website: vist.ly/57ri8 #NSO2026 #GfOe2026 #NSO‑GfÖ‑conference

This is outrageous. When I hire KPMG to validate my priors I expect to receive the wildly overconfident lies of a 23 year old MBA, not those of some stinking robot.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo ago

KPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI ft.trib.al/Ef8zdYs

new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)

Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology 🧪🌐 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology

An exploration of chaos theory in population dynamics showed that unpredictable systems can often be modelled using surprisingly simple mathematics.

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Was das BMFTR mit dem #WissZeitVG vorhat, ist galaxienweit davon entfernt, die Bezeichnung "Reform" zu verdienen. Mehr dazu in der Stellungnahme von @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & mir, heut exklusiv vorab (1 Tag vor Hannas 5. Geburtstag 🥹) im #ArbeitInDerWiss Newsletter! #IchBinHanna

Planlose Ungestaltung: Warum die WissZeitVG-Reform (noch) keine ist

von Amrei Bahr, Kristin Eichhorn und Sebastian Kubon

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Workshop accepted at #NSO2026 #GfOe2026 ! Join me for a 0.5 day stats course "Nonlinear curve fitting in R with brms" and learn about estimating, e.g. feeding rates or thermal performance curves

Great For All Mankind season finale, but extremely disappointing that they closed the door on The Expanse canon. What a missed opportunity!

15 new articles on statistical workflow! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/05/29/1...

"Mutloser Minimalkompromiss" – "Vereinbarter Rahmen ausgeschöpft" – "Arbeitsverweigerung" Was sagen Regierungsfraktionen und Opposition zum WissZEITVG-Entwurf, was Wissenschaftsrat, HRK und Wissenschaftsinitiativen? Ein Überblick zu den Reaktionen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...

Anlässlich des Entwurfs zur "Reform" des #WissZeitVG teile ich einige ältere Stellungnahmen aus den Jahren 2021 und 2022 zur Erinnerung, was für eine RIESIGE Debatte das damals tatsächlich war. Hier Kathrin Meißner in "Zeitgeschichte online". #IchBinHanna @amreibahr.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social