It was a long time coming, but check out our new article in the Journal of Dairy Science! It's all about the importance of animal welfare information and public perceptions of technology in dairy farming. journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(25)00256-5/fulltext

Sooooo excited to see this lovely project to its conclusion, representing a @bradkellyaw.bsky.social’s epic MSc research. Watch this space for the paper, out soon!

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

Interesting paper! I’d love to see some results over a longer time span, or even across generations of cow-calf systems. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fascism is here. Name it. This is not what we are supposed to be about. 🇺🇸

PSA; you can use your library card to get free: - movies/TV shows (Kanopy), - ebooks/audiobooks (Libby and Hoopla) - language learning programs (Mango Languages) Plus, using these services helps support your local public libraries! 💳📚

Every dictatorship goes after its scientists early on. When it comes to determining what is true, science and the press are the state’s main competition.

Finally got around to reading "What Are Zoos For?" by @zoophilosophy.bsky.social and Walter Viet; really interesting read! I'll admit I was skeptical about some claims at first (mostly because they were very new to me), but after finishing the book I'm impressed at the arguments they laid out.

All I need is to be successful enough to get interviewed by Philomena Cunk one day

Hot off the JDS press; a very thorough review from Dr. Miller-Cushon and Dr. Jensen on social housing dairy calves! www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...

Very sad to hear about the passing of Karen Pryor; a true pioneer of animal training and a champion for positive interactions between humans and animals. There’s a nice passage on her website if you want to know more: karenwpryor.com

Shocking amount of “I got this fish from white elephant, what do I do?” posts going around. Don’t be a bad person, just give a blanket or something

Do you ever feel kinda bad reviewing? I don’t want to be overly harsh, but it’s not like it’s alright to let low quality slide either

Have yourself a crusty little #crustmas.

A small step in the right direction; Aqueon is no longer producing and selling their ridiculously undersized “betta kits” (per Bettaworldforbettas on IG). Nice to see positive change in the pet industry!

Our yearly online emergency training uses all AI images; why? Do we really not have photos of the inside of an office building?

Kirby (the new Asian elephant at Houston Zoo) has no right looking like this but I’m a huge fan 😂

I’ve been using Anki a lot lately; it’s a great way to make digital notecards. Open source, and syncs across devices. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an alternative to stacks of cards for each subject! apps.ankiweb.net

My first graduate stats course insisted we do everything in an R markdown file; now my profs seem to prefer R script. Is there really that big of a benefit to one over the other?

Here is a really interesting paper; moving mink to enriched environments decreased abnormal behaviors, but had no effect on recurrent perseveration. (However, authors specifically say this may be due to a type II error rather than a true effect) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21466825/

Does anyone have recommendations on books about development of social behavior? I’m trying to get a jump start on my New Year’s resolutions

Looks like Tennessee's luck ran out #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza #BirdFlu

One of the most important things my mentor recommended is to read papers from a ton of different species. I’ve learned so much from scientists who work outside my own field!