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Davis Summer Population Genomics Program Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

09.02.2026 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 136    ๐Ÿ” 168    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Might have actual nightmares about Matthew Broderick doing a Jonathan Pruitt by like asking a bot to โ€œdo the spreadsheetโ€

09.02.2026 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Food Energy Food Energy is an illustrated wall chart that turns everyday snacks and meals into a colorful map of how they power our bodies. Each food is placed by how much of its energy comes from fats, proteins,...

Found this! visionarypress.com/products/foo...

04.02.2026 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
YouTube video by random804 Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)

They can play so many songs with that skill... youtu.be/5pidokakU4I?...

27.01.2026 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I watched Crazy Rich Asians over the holidays. Why didn't any of you tell me that the protagonist is a game theorist?

22.01.2026 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My brain keeps trying to interpret the new "food pyramid" as a ternary plot.

20.01.2026 04:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For example, seeing "game theory" and "agent-based modeling" as distict approaches.

16.01.2026 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In my limited experience, economists, and by extension political scientists, have a narrow view of what "game theory" includes. The perils of an insular field.

16.01.2026 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Trogday to those who celebrate!

14.01.2026 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Transmissions Episode 2 with Dr Sarah Matthew
YouTube video by Cultural Evolution Society Transmissions Episode 2 with Dr Sarah Matthew

Excited for the new Transmissions episode on ASU's Sarah Mathew on how human warfare evolved, and her fieldwork in Kenya.

Watch here:
youtu.be/eUqEcxf5uBQ?...

New Episodes monthly! Created by @ferylbadiani.bsky.social and @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social

CC: @arizonastateuni.bsky.social

13.01.2026 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blind Melon - No Rain
YouTube video by BlindMelonVEVO Blind Melon - No Rain

Blind Melon - No Rain

31.12.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise

A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise

๐Ÿ“ข Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

01.10.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As long as the placard contains the caveat that it was a tongue-in-cheek response to the suggestion that additional data would resolve the issue of Berkson's paradox.

18.12.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm more of a theory person, anyway. So if I were to imagine the space of all possible recipes, I suspect that more pots would imply worse outcomes as there are probably more ways to make things worse than better.

18.12.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know. You seemed to care enough to propose a correlation and provide some (admittedly anecdotal) evidence for it.

18.12.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dude, this is Berkson's paradox.

17.12.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"We welcome PhDs to a round table table discussion from assistant professors who were recently on the job market"

16.12.2025 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 186    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Agreed. I don't recommend learning trigonometry solely from that video.

09.12.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3Blue1Brown - Trigonometry fundamentals Mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Linear algebra, calculus, neural networks, topology, and more.

www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/ldm-...

09.12.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Key & Peele - "Gremlins 2" Brainstorm - Uncensored
YouTube video by Comedy Central Key & Peele - "Gremlins 2" Brainstorm - Uncensored

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l...

08.12.2025 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop! The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...

They sound like the type of kids who would appreciate a "squid facts" advent calendar. squidfacts.bigcartel.com

25.11.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DoggCatcher >> Spotify

06.11.2025 06:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Avatar, also fantasy and not subtle.

31.10.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I was in the Air Force, many of my troops were on SNAP.

27.10.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm hoping Frozen 3 ends with Olaf being elected president of Arendelle.

17.10.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had a Mathnet badge and would buy one again.

12.10.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My masters advisor wrote a paper where they failed to train chickens to push buttons to turn on a heater. Even after they defeathered them.

03.10.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"The toppings contain potassium benzoate." Whenever getting ice cream.

02.10.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you have a print if this available?

29.09.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image showing Hobson Lab logo (with parakeets, a social network, and R code), two Monk Parakeets, and several individually-marked parakeets with the text "Now recruiting PhD students!!"

Image showing Hobson Lab logo (with parakeets, a social network, and R code), two Monk Parakeets, and several individually-marked parakeets with the text "Now recruiting PhD students!!"

**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!)

23.09.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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