Michael Rosenberg
@mrosenberg.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist, Data Scientist, Amateur Fiddler Crab Wrangler I don't so much focus on specific topics as meander randomly through the topical landscape, like a broken adaptive model that doesn't realize downhill isn't supposed to be an option.
I’ve seen trees you people wouldn’t believe. Deep branches collapsing off the shoulder of a saturated site, unresolved. I watched long-branch attraction glitter in the dark near the root of the Archaea. All those topologies will be lost in time… like tips in a polytomy.
Males of Afruca tangeri fiddler #crabs demonstrating to each other in a bit of stand-off in Rio Chara preserve at Tarifa, Southern Spain 🦀
Start your day with a couple dozen fiddler crabs, and the crab feed 🦀 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Fumio Takeshita@fum10.bsky.social · last mo.In the last six days, the @nytimes.com has sent me (identical email address) the same solicitation 5 times (but using 4 slightly different subject lines). SPAMing potential customers is always a great business strategy.
So apparently one of MDPI's latest scam schemes has been to create a "networking" site, which they did by (as far as one can tell) scraping/copying everything off of ResearchGate and other science social media into their own version (possibly even BlueSky profiles).
today I discovered this incredible story of a minor league pitcher who is 6'4 wears glasses and a ginger beard who hurt his elbow and went to the doc for Tommy John surgery and was mistaken for a pitcher from a diff team who was also there for TJ surgery on same day anyway heres their pics and names
Back in April I commented about the number of class-action lawsuits for which I seemed to be a party of, counting at least 11 new ones in the 12 preceding months. In the two months since, I've been notified of 3 more, so I am now averaging more than 1 per month.
Scientists have discovered a tiny blue octopus lurking beneath the waters near the Galápagos Islands. About the size of a golf ball, the newly identified deep-sea species was found nearly 1,800 meters below the surface during an expedition in the Pacific Ocean.
TFW you log into a meeting only to discover that you royally screwed up the time zone it was scheduled for and missed it by n hours
I got curious and did a search through email...over the past 12 months I've been a member of at least **eight** different class action lawsuits. I feel like this says something about society, but I'm not sure what. I suspect it says a lot less about me, beyond being an active member of said society.
For those interested in a non basketball bracket this March, I direct you to the #FiddlerCrabBracket I posted 2 years ago, memorialized in order in this Google doc docs.google.com/document/d/1... I'll be out of touch for a week, but will happily answer questions when I return #FiddlerCrab 🦀🦑🧪
Fiddler Crab Tournament Archive
Fiddler Crab Tournament Bluesky Posts Introduction March 29, 2024 Inspired by March Madness (and not at all influenced by March Mammal Madness), I've decided to run a #FiddlerCrab tournament brack...
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Another example of AI failure. I will not use generative AI. Full stop. However, I have collaborators who will for minor purposes.
Mysterious furry object found. Investigation will commence.
Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!
Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦@donnag.bsky.social · 5mo agoIncredible article about Art Borkent, biting midges, and aging taxonomists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our paper is out from Animal Behaviour! Fiddler crabs can discriminate between neighbor unfamiliar individuals and familiar ones in the territorial fighting. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dear enemy phenomenon in fiddler crabs: escalation of fights with unfamiliar individuals rather than familiar neighbours
In territorial animals, fights against strangers are often more aggressive than those against neighbours. This is called the ‘dear enemy’ phenomenon a…
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New species of fiddler crab has been described from the Pacific coast of Panama, bringing the current total number of recognized extant species to 108. doi.org/10.15359/rev...
A new fiddler crab species (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from the Pacific coast of Panama | Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras
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Allometric constraints and the modulation of weapon evolution by mating system in fiddler crabs doi.org/10.1093/evol... 🦀🧪🦑
Allometric constraints and the modulation of weapon evolution by mating system in fiddler crabs
Abstract. Sexual selection potentially drives the evolution of exaggerated traits used in intrasexual contests. However, the extent to which mating systems
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Looking back at 2025, I realized I posted a deficit of cat photos, so while not a New Year's resolution per se, I aim to be a bit better about keeping the "Internet Cat Photo Gods"™ appeased this year. Here is Normal, ~11 months old, asking why I'm shoving my phone in his face.
Some visitors for the New Year: A pair of red foxes having fun 1/8
