And that’s a wrap on statistical inference in biology at Shandong University! This course was a blast and a reminder of how much motivation for science I get from teaching it 🥰

On climate protest, a superb point from @richarddenniss.bsky.social. If protest wasn't effective, govts wouldn't try to ban it. And as much as politicians like to talk about parliamentary logjams, as soon as fossil capital is threatened, they mobilise with extraordinary rapidity and efficacy.

I'm taking the DRY principle very seriously by linking the majority of the developer docs of a new project straight into the docs of an older/wiser project (which were thoughtfully written largely thanks to @fredjaya.bsky.social)!!

First day back in the office after bringing in the new year cruising around Kangaroo Island on these beauties, here goes 2025

🐍🌲 piqtree: IQ-TREE2 meets Python via cogent3! 🤝⚡️ The developers of IQ-TREE2 and cogent3 have joined forces to bring the power of IQ-TREE2 to Python users as piqtree. piqtree exposes selected IQ-TREE2 capabilities within Python, using the cogent3 library as the interface...

One year later: contribution graphs looking (mostly) green, git habits definitely better, but dev friendship = unparalleled.