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Doc Edge
3 days ago
Please repost: My department at USC is hiring for a teaching-track faculty position. We are looking for someone principally to teach statistics for biologists, but there will be opportunities for other courses in statistics & algorithms applied to biology
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
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Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC
Learn more about applying for Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC
https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/full-time-teaching-track-faculty-position-in-quantitative-and-computational-biology/1209/94300113920
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Daniel Moser
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Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Liz Neeley
3 days ago
Another new paper for the reading pile:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
They find that the partisan shift in support for higher ed “began at the national level and was instigated by nationally oriented ideological activists rather than mass-level demands…“
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The College Campus and the Culture War: The Development of Party Polarization on Higher Education, 1980–2025 | Studies in American Political Development | Cambridge Core
The College Campus and the Culture War: The Development of Party Polarization on Higher Education, 1980–2025
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-american-political-development/article/college-campus-and-the-culture-war-the-development-of-party-polarization-on-higher-education-19802025/6B54D6F416CEB869CE6C37497DA42EE8
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That fireside chat with Jay Bhattacharya: a view from across the pond - “In his answers to difficult questions, Bhattacharya revealed himself as someone who gets very uncomfortable when confronted with inconsistencies in his behaviour or views.”
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That fireside chat with Jay Bhattacharya: a view from across the pond
On Friday I attended (virtually) a workshop organised by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on Enhancing Scientific...
http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/04/that-fireside-chat-with-jay.html
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My first Trillium of the year. T. erectum along the path in Merrow Meadows Park, Mansfield, Connecticut
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Perkins Cove Marina, Ogunquit, Maine
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Trump 1 vs. Trump 2: The role of the two other branches of government (legislative and judicial)
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Trump 1 vs. Trump 2: The role of the two other branches of government (legislative and judicial) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
There’s a lot of discussion about how the second Trump administration is much more out of control than the first, and I’ve seen lots of reasons offered for this. In no particular order:
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/24/trump-1-vs-trump-2-the-role-of-the-other-branches-of-government/
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Karolina Heyduk
7 days ago
Hey regional friends, UConn's Titan arum is blooming next week! Follow the botanical conservatory (instagram: @uconnbotanicalconservatory) and come visit! We'll have extended hours on the night of the bloom. 🪰👃🌿
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Peter Dalgaard
7 days ago
R version 4.6.0 "Because it was There" (source version) has been released. It should be on CRAN by now.
#rstats
The choice of codename is in remembrance of R Core member Tomàš Kalibera (1978-2026). Among many other things, he was a keen mountain climber.
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Michael Roth's thoughts on the Yale report - Yale Has Come Up With a Surefire Way to Make a Terrible Situation Worse
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/o...
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Opinion | Yale Has Come Up With a Surefire Way to Make a Terrible Situation Worse
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/yale-has-come-up-with-a-surefire-way-to-make-a-terrible-situation-worse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.-fnr.9qnW6Ffj2Xes&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Sarcasm alert! - If that CDC report had just included some fake citations and some crazy dietary advice, the boss would surely have approved it for publication. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/22/i...
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If that CDC report had just included some fake citations and some crazy dietary advice, the boss would surely have approved it for publication. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
From a news article, “C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines”:
http://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/22/if-the-authors-of-that-cdc-report-had-just-thrown-in-some-fake-citations-and-some-crazy-dietary-advice-the-boss-wouldve-approved-it-for-publication/
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Greg Priest
9 days ago
Leopold did not imagine nature as a pristine wilderness untouched by human hands. We are here, and have put ourselves in a position where we cannot but act in and on the world. But even if we have no option but to “tinker,” we must do so with reverence and humility. 🌱🐋🦋🦫🧪🌎
#HistSTM
#PhilSci
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This news is not a surprise, but it is scary. Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
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Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
Scenarios now range from bad to awful
https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/21/global-energy-markets-are-on-the-verge-of-a-disaster?giftId=NjgwNjY0MTEtM2M1ZC00MTZiLTgxOGYtNjI2OGRhMmViNDZm&utm_campaign=gifted_article
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Society for the Study of Evolution
9 days ago
Current grad students: Submit your research proposal by May 18th to be considered for a Graduate Research Excellence Grant! Learn more about how to craft a strong proposal on our website:
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
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Jeremy Berg
9 days ago
My quote of the day I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. Abraham Lincoln
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Jazlyn Mooney
10 days ago
I am hiring a popgen postdoc! Looking for a creative scientist to join us at USC to investigate recessive variation and complex traits in model or non-model species. The project is funded by a multi-year NIH grant, contract can be renewed. Job add & details 👇🏽
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
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“I have seen the future of science. It is ruled by bitter competition instead of collaboration, pageantry instead of exploration. Bright minds … will be taught to debase their training for drudgerous pursuit of meaningless metrics.”
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/20/94/
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“I have seen the future of science. It is ruled by bitter competition instead of collaboration, pageantry instead of exploration. Bright minds beginning careers in science will be taught to debase their training for drudgerous pursuit of meaningless metrics. Those willing to toil over genuine questions will necessarily lose out to those that can furnish cheap answers. . . .” | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Reese Richardson reports on a recent study he did with Spencer Hong, Jennifer Byrne, and Luís Nunes Amaral, entitled “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing…
http://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/20/94/
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I know from an earlier discussion that
@stephenbheard.bsky.social
would agree with you (and I do too). Stephen convinced me that even in the rare case where “utilize” might be more appropriate, it is likely to be misinterpreted.
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Tim Onion
11 days ago
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of
@timheidecker.bsky.social
, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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Epstein Craved Harvard Connections. Many There Were Eager to Help.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...
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Epstein Craved Harvard Connections. Many There Were Eager to Help.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/us/epstein-files-harvard-university-faculty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.Bm57.CHDrEdcNxzva&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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14 days ago
I went to the library to get a book on Pavlov's dog and Schrodinger's cat. The librarian said that she thought it rang a bell but wasn't sure if it was there or not!
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Lawmakers Question Publish-or-Perish Culture of Research
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Lawmakers Question Publish-or-Perish Culture of Research
At a congressional hearing Wednesday, witnesses defended the scientific publishing industry while blasting the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to undermine it.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/04/16/lawmakers-question-publish-or-perish-culture
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Every once in a while there’s some good news. Renewable energy is the future. - For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas
e360.yale.edu/digest/us-re...
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For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas
http://e360.yale.edu/digest/us-renewables-natural-gas-coal?token=ab6uy3d0bvqlofy03aj2w99kzsp_e9zg&x-craft-preview=a09812a6e2e9e7d28862011a5e524ea3825e4eb19935e5d62bd015bf8aad5b17jlgvmkmfep
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As evidence of how little attention US news media pays attention to the rest of the world, I give you this. I wasn't even aware that special elections were coming or that they could give Careny a majority.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...
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John Novembre
17 days ago
Spread the word! UChicago BSD is currently searching for an instructional professor (open rank) to help develop and support graduate training in quantitative biology at UChicago. This is an Instructional Professor position (open rank).
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman
17 days ago
It's looking increasingly likely that I'll be hiring a 3-year computational pop-gen postdoc/PhD-level scientific programmer to start this Fall (2026). If you or someone you know is defending soon, and looking for a position, please DM/write to me! Thanks!
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Hampshire College in Amherst will permanently close in the fall
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Hampshire College in Amherst will permanently close in the fall
Founded in 1965 as a campus determined to "radically reimagine liberal arts education," the small liberal arts college started facing significant financial headwinds seven years ago. It failed to…
https://share.google/8e421FbpfbWP57fZX
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I’m sure that
@bcdreyer.social
will agree with this: You cannot go against the grain of people’s intuitions about how their language works and expect to win. But I wonder what he thinks about the rest. I wince at most of the examples.
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How grammarians failed to contain reflexive pronouns
The standard rule on pronouns that end in -self or -selves, set out in grammar books from Lowth (1762) to Whitney (1885) to Jespersen (1933) to Quirk (1985) to Garner (2022), is that they are for r…
https://stroppyeditor.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/how-grammarians-failed-to-contain-reflexive-pronouns/
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Jeremy Berg
17 days ago
My quote of the day I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime And bad mistakes I've made a few I've had my share of sand kicked in my face But I've come through (We're gonna go on and on and on and on) Freddy Mercury
www.youtube.com/shorts/CFrXM...
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HUNGARY SINGS: "We Are The Champions" as Peter Magyar Ousts Orbán & Russia!
YouTube video by ECONOMIC BATTLEGROUNDS
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CFrXMqgDpgE
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Good news from Hungary — A take on the election news and thoughts about the future of Trumpim from down under
crookedtimber.org/2026/04/13/g...
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Good news from Hungary — Crooked Timber
by John Q on April 13, 2026
http://crookedtimber.org/2026/04/13/good-news-from-hungary/
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The attempt to cap overhead costs at 15 percent is dead. - Trump administration ends court battle to cap NIH indirect costs
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Trump administration drops court fight to cap NIH payments for research overhead costs
The Trump administration will not be asking the Supreme Court to take up its fight to slash NIH support for research indirect costs
https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/trump-administration-drops-nih-indirect-costs-court-challenge/
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Shocking, I know, but investigators found that X's algorithmic feed "increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions". They "found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
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Rod Page
22 days ago
Four years ago as
@gbif.org
passed 2 billion records, I tweeted that GBIF was, to a first approximation a database of birds
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. Four years later we have nearly twice as many records (3.6 billion) and... it's still a mostly a database of birds
www.gbif.org/occurrence/t...
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Harmit Singh Malik
22 days ago
They should have called it Straight of Schrödinger: it is both open and closed depending on whom you talk to and when.
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Hero rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines is honored with giant statue
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
23 days ago
What proportion of the sunflower genome has an indel in at least one individual? Basically all of it -- there's almost no sequence (at least at the 100kb window scale) found in all sunflowers!
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Vaughn Cooper
23 days ago
Reposting because we all need a moment
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The Department of the Interior is proposing to cut more than $150M in funds for tribal colleges and universities. - Interior Department Proposes Axing Tribal College Funds
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Interior Department Proposes Axing Tribal College Funds
Tribal college advocates expressed concern Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Interior proposed nixing more than $150 million for tribal colleges, universities and postsecondary programs as part of…
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/04/08/interior-department-proposes-axing-tribal-college-funds
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If you want to follow NSF funding yourself and you have a bit of familiarity with R, check out rnsf from Brian O’Meara
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rnsf – Brian O’Meara
R package and cache of NSF grants
https://brianomeara.info/posts/rnsf/
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Marko Spasojevic
24 days ago
LTER has been archived for about a year now. It’s normal between solicitations. LTER is still here.
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Naomi Fraga
24 days ago
I have been hiding in the desert, clamoring on rocks while taking tips from lizards on the best way to collect seeds from the Death Valley Sage.
@npr.org
came along for the ride and it was amazing.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage
For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.
https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5749446/botanist-search-seeds-rare-death-valley-sage
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I look forward to buying and reading this when it becomes available.
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Mike Kaspari
25 days ago
NSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.
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No agenda, no meeting
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No agenda, no meeting | Ben Balter
Announcing noagendanomeeting.net — a single-page site advocating that every meeting deserves an agenda, and most meetings deserve to be a document instead.
https://ben.balter.com/2026/04/06/no-agenda-no-meeting/
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Gary Buckley
26 days ago
Cherry blossoms in Japan.
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Near Shenipsit Lake, 31 May 2025
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Karolina Heyduk
28 days ago
!! Wow, NPR article highlighting botanist
@naomibot.bsky.social
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John Wares
28 days ago
Morning iced tea bottle cap wisdom
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The world just lived through the 11 hottest years on record — what now?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The world just lived through the 11 hottest years on record — what now?
Measurements of Earth’s energy input and output reveals that the planet is more out of balance than ever before.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00946-6
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