And, here’s the paper to go with yesterday’s NYTimes article! Congrats to Fede Sànchez Vargas and @mebenitez.bsky.social!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

CapuchinAI 1.0: Development of a Machine Learning‐Based Touchscreen Paradigm to Test Cognition in Wild Capuchins

CapuchinAI is a novel approach in development bringing lab touchscreen cognitive testing to the field, allowing us to investigate primate cognition in natural settings. The method uses AI-based facia...

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I so love this project and this team! Congrats to Fede Sánchez Vargas and Marcela Benitez! In This Costa Rican Forest, Monkeys Come Face-to-Face With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/s...

In This Costa Rican Forest, Monkeys Come Face-to-Face With A.I.

CapuchinAI, a portable testing station equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, could help scientists study primate intelligence in the wild.

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Excited about our new paper led by postdoc Jacob Feder, which examines social organization variation of baboons and their relatives. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Jacob's website here: jacobfeder.weebly.com UMass news release here: www.umass.edu/news/article...

Baboon Societies Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All, Study Finds | UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst researchers identify three distinct social groups; findings offer fresh insight into evolutionary forces shaping social systems in primates, including humans.

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Derek Peterson sets the record straight. Time for UM to apologize for slandering him. facultysenate.umich.edu/statement-fr...

Massive and important positive news... #NSF #GRFP awards are out. 2,599 awards! + 1,440 Honorable Mentions. A significant boost from last year. Congratulations to the winners (and HM-s)! & many thanks to the reviewers & program officers who made this possible. www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

The President of the United States commemorates Easter by threatening war crimes and dropping an F-bomb We need a new president, immediately, insomuch as this one has lost all control over his faculties

Today, I'm introducing my wealth tax — and more than 50 members of Congress are joining me. It’s time for the government to start working for American families, not just the ultra-rich.

Monsters. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

Not all sexual swellings signal fertility. Some signal strategy. In our new Current Biology paper, we show how gelada females “fake it” during male takeovers—and why it works. authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7%7E93QW...

Very excited to announce the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award Ceremony and Lecture. Our first winner, Ed Hagen, will be speaking about "The Evolution of 'Recreational' Drug Use" on Oct. 24 @ 5:30pm at the Ann Arbor District Library. More info: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...

I see it's gonna be Lucy and the football. Again.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Chuck Schumer after the White House meeting: "We have very large differences, on health care and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to... I think for the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we need a bipartisan bill."

Thanks for the hlighlight @thetransmitter.bsky.social! @jbeehner.bsky.social and I are very excited to further explore some of the ideas put forth in this article.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience” by Jacinta C. Beehner and Shelly B. Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social in 𝑁𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 doi.org/10.1038/s413... #neuroskyence

Check out this new NPP 🔥 Hot Topic 🔥 from @flagel-lab.bsky.social & @jbeehner.bsky.social 👇

Shelly Flagel@flagel-lab.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to have this little @npp-journal.bsky.social "hot topics" article out with my dear friend and collaborator @jbeehner.bsky.social. Even more excited for the opportunity to jump into field research and explore some of these ideas. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rachel and Robin winning me over forever by matching Tupperware tops and bottoms. In this uncertain world, take control of the things that matter.

Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I are very much against the defunding of childhood cancer research.

Breaking news: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals won a federal election Monday, the country’s public broadcaster, the CBC, projected, a comeback that was fueled in part by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and attacks on Canada.

In stunning comeback, Carney’s Liberals win Canada’s federal election

The result marked a reversal in fortunes for a party that was on track for a massive drubbing only months ago and capped a campaign upended by Trump.

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Love love my Aunt Bethy Boo. Resist.

This NYT-driven nonsense bugs me every time I see it. Let's set the record straight (again). Our DEI office was *very* effective. thread

Jordan Acker@jordanackermi.bsky.social · last yr.

We did not "cave" on DEI. The decision to reimagine DEI as something different and more effective was made in October. Our DEI department was ineffective, did not improve outcomes across the University. We spent a lot of taxpayer and tuition money and it..didn't work. That's okay!

rather pleased with my quote in the WaPo

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UM faculty urge Ono, regents to create mutual defense compact in Big 10

The UM Faculty Senate adopted four resolutions to defend students, faculty and staff against recent pressure from the Trump administration.

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Can anyone help me understand why this generation of undergrad writers use “amongst” instead of “among”? Please explain.

Brown-headed Cowbird message to host species everywhere:

Bless you, Greenland! 🇬🇱

Greenland Trip Cancelled After Locals Refuse to Meet Usha Vance

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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FBI Kash Patel says he wasn't briefed on the war plans Signal group chat until last night??? was he in a coma all day?? if i had time to write a poem he had time to get briefed imo

Jessica McKenzie@jessimckenzi.bsky.social · last yr.

i have texted the war plans to the group chat and which you were probably hoping would stay between us forgive me i fat fingered and accidentally added the journalist

Late notice, but oday at 4pm, EHAP happily welcomes Kasja Malkoc to our speaker series. Please join us for her talk on variation in physiological plasticity (featuring songbirds!).