Jesse Alston

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Easily top 5 cmikesspinmove bit

“Fine starting nickel who is 26” went for $12 million a year last offseason

I don’t get this trade for the Titans—they would probably get a 2027 4 or 5 comp pick if they just let him walk? Unless they plan to spend big in FA, which has also not worked for them…

A logo for the CAMBIUM NRT featuring stylized rings.

An organ pipe cactus in the moonlight with a starry sky above.

The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎

Just shared it with some folks

If anyone’s looking to get me a birthday present…

Only necessary qualifications are typically a love for animals, willingness to work for very little pay, and ability to tolerate truly insane coworkers and bosses

1 week left to apply to our Postdoc job with our lab using AI to analyze camera trap images at the NC Museum of Natural sciences and NCSU and in collaboration with Wildlife Insights https:/​/​jobs.ncsu.edu/​postings/​223025

Does this simulation involve every AFC-NFC game going AFC the rest of the way? These numbers seem unpossible any other way

Understanding and Addressing Temperature Impacts on Mortality Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Worth considering www.nber.org/papers/w34313

Magnet that says “you might think I am listening to you… but I am really thinking about bobcats!” and two fortune cookie papers

Added some @cmikesspinmove.bsky.social style inspiration to my office door yesterday

I recall it being pretty easy to do from SoundCloud (albeit, 7 years ago)

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

Yeah, it’s often a run play and a pass play or two runs to opposite sides. The play gets changed based on things like how many defenders are in the box that make it generally more favorable to run or pass or if the front is unfavorable for a run call to one side

Opportunity to join our team. Open to African students at Masters or PhD level.

PEEP - Power Estimator for Ecological Planning | Statistical Power Calculator PEEP: Your friendly companion for sample size calculations and power analysis in ecological research. Professional tools for field studies, experimental design, and grant proposals.

Just finished a first draft of an ecological power analyzer app. Been watching students struggle to figure out sample sizes. Hope this helps. Fork it, steal it, use it. Mostly accurate. Work in progress. ufduttonlab.github.io/peep-power/

He has both improved and will regress on this stuff over the second half of the season, and unfortunately like 5 people on Football Twitter will be the only people who will be able to talk about this normally

No Country for Old Men

I did come across a New Yorker and an Englishman extolling the virtues of Choctaw Bingo, though, which brought me great joy

I’ve read far too many of the replies to this and regrettably none of them mention the perfect country/western song

In case it wasn’t clear, I meant that this song is good enough that it could credibly be the greatest living songwriter’s best song

I don’t think it’s Isbell but this is the song that makes me feel worst about this opinion

Mike Cooley is the best answer I’ve seen so far

Staring down the barrel at this next year

Brandon McManus’ field goal for the tie won my match last week, so I have zero concerns about how that was handled

Very cool paper that I was lucky to be a part of. Worth reading in depth because in addition to describing updates to a vital resource for mammal research, it also includes a brief history of collections-based mammalogy

The cartels are very real but they are very dependent on small contractors and are much more fluid and diversified entities than they were historically

Age curvecels be seething over regression to the meanchads

The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here:
www.amnat.org/announcement...