Pat Savage

patrickesavage.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:20

The Vanderbilt Report data do not remotely support their conclusions of "deterioration in scholarly standards" in the humanities, and should be corrected or retracted. (My updated preprint now reflects analysis of data from belatedly published Vanderbilt sub-reports: doi.org/10.31234/osf...)

Vivek Nityananda

viveknityananda.bsky.social

15 October 2026 21:42

This is beautiful, hopeful and moved me to tears.

Eiko Fried

eikofried.bsky.social

15 October 2026 21:42

Fonagy’s mammoth review has no truck with the snowflake generation caricature: the rise in mental health problems is real, & so is the difficulties they cause. Young people are contending with more powerful forces than I ever faced. I am in awe of their courage. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Will Oestreich

will-oestreich.bsky.social

15 October 2026 21:41

Kelly Benoit-Bird and I wrote a paper about how the biophysical dynamics of the pelagic ocean shape the ecology & evolution of collective behavior. Check out the full paper in Phil Trans B: tinyurl.com/4352f6bd And news brief from @mbarinews.bsky.social: www.mbari.org/news/new-res...

Andrej Spiridonov

andrejpaleo.bsky.social

15 October 2026 07:31

Whaaat? Flightless bird ("Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis... from southeastern China") in the Jurassic? Dude you literally just learned to fly and you are immediately dropping this superpower. Reminds me the story of limb loss in early tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio