More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

Absolutely wild that, in the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-five, there's a new research article that calls women "females" but calls men "men"

Warum soll ich KI nicht zum Bestimmen von Pilzen verwenden? TL;DR: es kann böse enden. Ich hab ein Bild eines Spitzgebuckelten Raukopf (tödlich giftig) von einer Pilzplattform im Internet geliehen und Freund ChatGPT um Bestimmung gefragt. Das Bild zeigt alle typischen Merkmale außer die Lamellen.

The same is true for Coca Cola... #psychopy

Ever been interested in which research fields money is being poured into or which German universities are successful in attracting foreign brains? Sharing this cool data source, the German Research Funding Atlas (provided by the DFG, but including many funding sources) foerderatlas.dfg.de/en/

Do you know the difference between misinformation and disinformation? Find out. 👇🏿

“I use a healthy level of skepticism when using ChatGPT, just like with anything else I read on the internet.” Well you shouldn’t. You should be using an *unhealthy* level of skepticism. You should use the same level as when a drunk guy in the street yells something about your mother. Here’s why:

A little rant, why I do not want to use large language models - some reasons may speak to others too! And Happy Birthday, Wendell Berry! #AI #ClimateChange #Writing everythingisdata.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...

Very grateful to have been a part of the #ISHE2025 summer congress in Vienna! Amazing feedback on my poster, and great learning opportunity in the workshop I attended. Thanks again to the organizers and all the participants @ishe-society.bsky.social See you next year in Les Eyzies!

Almost two weeks ago, Skype was no more. I wondered how Skype fared once smartphones became mainstream. Check out my newest SciCom Blogpost, on my Substack: everythingisdata.substack.com/p/skype-in-t...

{tinyplot} 0.3.0 is out! 🚨 It's a lightweight #Rstats 📦 to draw beautiful and complex plots, using an ultra-simple and concise syntax. This is a massive release! @gmcd.bsky.social @zeileis.org and I worked hard to add tons of new themes and plot types. Check it out! grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/

Bussi Baba Wien, Moin Hamburg! After almost 5 years of postdoc at the @scanunit.bsky.social it is with a mixture of gratitude and excitement that I am starting my new position as a permanent researcher at the Medical School Hamburg, in a collegial and dynamic environment.

Did you know I enjoy a spot of creative writing from time to time? Check out a short story I wrote for @scienceandfiction.bsky.social :)

I have been a flexitarian for the last 8 years or so, early this year I made the shift to vegetarianism. This story was birthed this fall, on a holiday at the Italian seaside, where I looked a lobster in the eyes. Thank you to @helenahartmann.bsky.social for giving my story an amazing platform!

Christmastime is cookie time! look at this amazing creation by my lovely colleague Thomas Karner! Very yummy yellow-coloured gray matter :D

Lieber Leser, denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern? Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt. Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen! de.in-mind.org/blog/...

Did you know I have a DataSci-Blog? Check out my newest "short and sweet" post in which I look at CO2 emissions over the last 22 years. If you want to support my endeavour, consider subscribing to the newsletter (free!) to or retweeting #ClimateCrisis everythingisdata.substack.com/p/financial-...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1.992.207!

Guten morgen! Hoffentlich seid ihr alle ausgeschlafen. Schon mal gefragt, was unser Gehirn eigentlich nachts (anders) macht? Hannes Jarke und Marten Fröbisch erklären: #NachtsImGehirn

Eine Menge tollen Lesestoff zum Thema Psychologie der Klimakrise findet ihr (wie ihr vielleicht an unseren Retweets gemerkt habt) in unserer neuesten Ausgabe: "Mind the Gap: Psychologie der Klimakrise" Diesmal haben insgesamt 16 Autor:innen mitgewirkt!

Check out my first post as a social media volunteer for In-Mind! :)

With a digital poster now.. :)