There is an unfortunate error in this newly published @globalchangebio.bsky.social paper. The caption for this image reads "upper panel with dragon icon symbolising all tetrapod" but this is incorrect. That is either a wyvern (with two wings and two legs) or it is not a tetrapod (6 limbs).

Today I'm sharing one of my favorite drawings I did this year. It's ink on watercolor paper, and is inspired by kelp. vis.social/@kristinHenr... #ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #ink #drawing #art

#academiclife goldengatexpress.org/114511/campu...

#gllvm is constantly evolving and expanding, so Pekka Korhonen wrote a paper demonstrating new features in the package since Niku et al. 2019. peerj.com/articles/203... We've already been working on even more features, so I suppose eventually a 3.0 paper will have to follow... 🙃

As I'm building my new lab web page, I'm also compiling a list of places for post-grad job opportunities. If you have some I should be listing, send them my way, or check out byrneslab.github.io/celp-lab/und... for what is already there.

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊 🎂Dec 21, 1889 Sewall Wright born in Melrose, MA, USA 🇺🇸 1920: invention of the path diagram to show relations among a network of endogenous and exogenous variables forming a system of structural equations [Revolutionized thinking about systems of linear models]

#rstats #package #modsem provides researchers the simplicity of assessing #latent #variable #interaction #moderation in #SEM modsem.org

2013 was the first time in 30 years the Maine shrimp season was canceled. It never reopened (if you had Maine shrimp in the intervening years, it was from the small "test catch" done to see if they could reopen. This year's catch was < 7 pounds). This is just so sad. We did this.

I've been writing a lecture which is going to feature a wide range of different invertebrate taxa. At some point, I realised that instead of trying to source photos/images for all those taxa, it'd be easier (+ more stylistically consistent) for me to just draw them all myself. #Invertebrate #SciArt

But seriously, happy solstice, Bluesky peeps. Here is the last light today over Eagle Lake in Acadia NP, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot territory.

This trick saved me many times: copy a table from website or spreadsheet, paste to a dataframe in r github.com/MilesMcBain...

I have become a slop collector. 😮‍💨 Dirty job, but someone has to do it. I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations. #AcademicChatter

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

They’re stealing from us. They are stealing from us and we have to put a stop to this. This cannot stand.

"Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, was celebrating Hanukkah with his wife of 57 years, Larisa Kleytman, also a Holocaust survivor, when the attack began. He was killed while shielding Larisa from the bullets with his own body." www.timesofisrael.com/chabad-rabbi...

Wins for title.

I'm concerned the folks don't seem to know that there is a whole ass album of Hanukkah folk songs written by Woodie Guthrie. Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah by the Klezmatics. m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpcS...

Chag sameach from our plague house to youre! Ok, hopefully yours is not also a plague house.

"The Trump administration in May canceled a $700 million contract with Moderna to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Secretary Kennedy has cut other funding for vaccine research and scrapped long-held federal vaccine guidance." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, it’s important to give thanks to the sea creatures who made that possible.

We’ve got to give it up for our dive team! From collecting to outplanting to monitoring, they spent A LOT of time working underwater this year. Our #kelp forest restoration wouldn’t be possible without them! #2025recap #ScienceDiving #ScubaDiving

Sharing a hugely impt study representing 5+ yrs into getting a data standard addressing biological inventories adopted through Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)/GBIF, then adopted by the community. We often have to play the long game folks! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Game changer.

Nominate a species for the WORMS top 10 marine species of 2025! form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...

Here's an opportunity to lead research at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station (northern Finland, but close to the border with Norway and Sweden). An amazing place and job. Please forward to Arctic-focused folk. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Putting together a weekly book club for "Regression and Other Stories" (reply if interested!) and this page, "Common statistical tests are linear models," is a key motivation. If you git gud at regression, so much else comes along for free. lindeloev.github.io/tests-as-lin... #statsky

Hey hey! My new package 'bpvars' is on CRAN now! 🖤💙 It's for Forecasting with Bayesian Panel Vector Autoregressions doi.org/10.32614/CRA... #bpvars #bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats

A new ornament recognizing employees of federal agencies who have dissented against ongoing damage to their agencies. NSF, NIH, USAID, VA, EPA, FEMA, CDC, NASA in place of honor next to Heinz ketchup bottle. Courage is Contagious @standupforscience.bsky.social #BethesdaDeclaration

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I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills! I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.

#CopernicusClimate has released its first data from the Copernicus pan-Arctic Regional Reanalysis (CARRA2): 2.5 km pan‑Arctic coverage, 24 years of data in the Climate Data Store, more realistic physics & improved details for local extremes, lots of added details with respect to ERA5. ⬇️

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

NEW: A federal judge denied the Trump admin attempt to revoke approvals for US Wind, a project slated to be Maryland's 1st offshore wind farm. This shows cracks in Trump's anti-wind legal strategy. Last month, a judge sided w/ Trump admin that it *can* reconsider approvals for a Mass wind farm.

This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again. This is a GOOSEFISH. This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark. It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one. fullfact.org/online/tasse...

Interested in helping students travel to the Benthic Ecology Meetings? We just put a donate link on our main website! bem.disl.org

Giant kelp is a productivity powerhouse—about 40x more productive than the kelp that’s replaced it on Tasmania’s east coast. Our new study found that if we restore giant kelp it boosts fisheries like abalone and rock lobster 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70242

Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow. Please repost :)

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026. Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes? Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research. #hybridization #minnows #mudskippers

A lovely diversity of "carpet stars" from Australia! Meridiastra calcar! #echinoday flic.kr/p/UzD2sd

It's right there! They blew it!

We're getting a native R %notin%!! "after many years of private definitions mostly hidden in packages" 😂😂 #rstats #databs

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I have to flag this as not actually a parody.

Working on leftovers, and this was a hit - although don't sauce the tops much at all if you want crisp. What should I do next? frienji.kenjilopezalt.com/posts/leftov...

This is so good. But I want to see more exampled of 'bespoke' models versus a 'default' model to help solidify the comparison - and how frequently someone in our field would go the bespoke route. I've never gotten a clear definition on 'bespoke'... is that most of what I do? Or none?

Nice preprint for eco evo folk to check out from @sfwalmsley.bsky.social and colleagues - Towards a causal understanding of bidirectional effects in ecology and evolution - ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #causalinference 🌍

Pod alert: UBC's Chris Harley and Colleen Kellogg of the Hakai Institute discuss ways to conceive of different levels of biodiversity, the features of False Creek, how False Creek could become a Living lab, and the 2022 BioBlitz. Check it out: falsecreekfriends.org/podcast#ep-5

11 months of #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025 down! I can see the finish line!

First day of #crustmas with some friends gathered for the holidays. From left to right: Magnapinna squid, sea pig, pterotrachea sea elephant, giant Pacific octopus, remipede, coelacanth, and tripod on the rug