Brian O'Meara

omearabrian.bsky.social

21 October 2026 20:31

"I did not talk to anyone who worked in or with this Directorate, but my impression..." "Alternatively, the NSF could look outside of science for potential grant selectors, like McKinsey/Boston Consulting Group-style consultants or even prediction markets" Hard to take seriously for NSF "reform"

Dax Kellie

daxkellie.bsky.social

21 October 2026 20:30

It's #ReptileAwarenessDay 🦎! Since the start of 2025, there have been >120,000 observations recorded of reptiles in the Atlas of Living Australia, with skinks the most recorded family Code 💻 & high-res image 📷 👇 #rstats #dataviz 🌏🧪

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

16 October 2026 10:43

📖 Published 📖 This approach reveals where particular regions of climatic space are common or rare, how isolated they are and how these properties influence species richness across dimensions 🗺️ 🦔 📈 👉️ buff.ly/IDWtvjS

Paleobiology Database

paleodb.bsky.social

10 October 2026 20:06

Congrats to @paleodb.bsky.social on our 2,000,000th occurrence!!!! This momentum occurrence is Larcopyle buetschlii, a radiolarian from the E-ODP collections. The collections is from Site U1344 (IODP expedition 323). paleobiodb.org/classic/basi...

Dan Warren

danlwarren.bsky.social

09 October 2026 04:09

Reading Statistical Rethinking by @rmcelreath.bsky.social and “If you are confused, it is only because you are trying to understand” is such a great line that I am definitely going to have to quote it when I’m teaching.