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If you can’t be bothered writing it, I can’t be bothered reading it. — Crooked Timber
If you can’t be bothered writing it, I can’t be bothered reading it. — Crooked Timber
by Hannah Forsyth on August 4, 2026
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Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs
Why quantitative understanding of effect sizes matters, even if all you care about is the presence of the effect | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Why quantitative understanding of effect sizes matters, even if all you care about is the presence of the effect | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
In reaction to my article with Andy King proposing post-publication review, Dan “Fast and Frugal” Goldstein writes:
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U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel wapo.st/4fQywc5
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear (Gift Article)
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
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Come see my talk exploring associations between biotic pollinators, morphology, and climate in South African Protea! Tuesday 4:15pm in San Xavier #Botany2026
Ah, botanists. Can spell Metasequoia glyptostroboides, can’t spell Tucson.
ecoevojobs.net is a great resource for our community listing faculty, permanent, & postdoc jobs. I made a quick wrapper ( brianomeara.info/ecoevojobs.h... ) to highlight recent posts, but still go to the original site for all the insights on the job searches and institutions #AcademicSky 🧪
EcoEvoJobs – Brian O’Meara
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There’s a good chance that you’ve been interpreting odds ratios wrong. I know I have. I’ve been interpreting them as if they were risk ratios instead. — Reviewer notes: Odds ratios are really odd
Reviewer notes: Odds ratios are really odd
When psychological researchers investigate binary outcomes, they routinely report odds ratios to quantify the strength of an effect or an association. This is quite understandable given that…
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As you're making your itinerary on the #Botany2026 app, check out some of these lab presentations!!!
Folks! @gcbias.bsky.social and I have two slots left in our popgen workshop. Aug 10-21, 9-11am (Pacific) via zoom. We’re raising money for research grants for grad students. $500 a seat. Spots available to first folks to respond. DM me if interested.
Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequences - "A lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do."
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grateful to have received the lab's first NSF grant to study cyclical processes of speciation with new theory and tools (applied to Melanesian birds). ad to come, but I'll be looking for a postdoc with computational biology chops—please reach out! (and repost) www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
If I were 40+ years younger and looking for a postdoc, you'd be seeing my application.
Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · last wk.Finally posted an ad for the postdoc position on my new NSF-funded project—come help build a new method to study plants' responses to environmental variation in space and over time, and figure out interesting ways to use it! Apply by 23 August to ensure consideration. Details: buff.ly/qTvaqvD
Finally posted an ad for the postdoc position on my new NSF-funded project—come help build a new method to study plants' responses to environmental variation in space and over time, and figure out interesting ways to use it! Apply by 23 August to ensure consideration. Details: buff.ly/qTvaqvD
NEW: ICE agents have been conducting "targeted operations" at Bradley International Airport, the airport authority and state officials tell me. Those operations appear to be part of a nationwide trend. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/... #nutmegsky
ICE activity at Bradley Airport, Connecticut officials confirm
The agents wore plain clothes and “were not readily identifiable as ICE agents,” according to CT Airport Authority.
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I’ve been standing stock still in this wood for about 10 minutes while I mess about with a photo on my phone. I look up, notice the shape, and slowly crouch down to film This has made me so happy I feel I could cry. It’s as close to magic as I hope to get.
Those of you who know me know that I love my fountain pens. Here’s good advice if you’re considering a fountain pen (including the observation that modern gel pens are nearly s good). - Writing by Hand is Good for your Brain
Writing by Hand is Good for your Brain - Here's how to do it
Because I am known to write using a fountain pen on paper, a number of people have pointed me to this post and its underlying research. I won’t rehash what is said in those sources, but the gist of…
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Rosalind Franklin was born OTD in 1920. Her X-ray crystallography was key to discovering DNA’s structure (her student Raymond Gosling took photo 51). She also studied viruses. After her untimely death, a colleague Aaron Klug continued her work and won a Nobel. 🌱🐋🧪 #EvoBio #HistSTM #WomeninSTEM
Spread the word! #AppsPlantSci is accepting applications for our Reviewing Editor board. It's a great opportunity for postdocs & grad students to get hands-on experience in the editorial & review process. Applications due Aug 15. Term starts September 15 2026 More info: botany.org/home/publica...
