Stephen Murphy (smurph)

I teach both undergrads and grads about R and stats and expt design. The two posts by @bharrap.bsky.social @hormiga.bsky.social are going in my syllabi this winter. Thanks to both of you.

I clearly had a lot of thoughts/feelings from reading Terry's blog post, so I wrote one of my own

It ended up being a bit of a stream-of-thought post but I think it captures some of my worries

benharrap.com/post/2025-10...

#statssky #episky #academicsky

Look at this awesome figure per @vanhinsbergen.bsky.social & Jonny Wu for their book chapter. Pangea in one pic.

Nobel laureates fleeing the US for other places. Unsurprising.

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

Way to go Batten School & VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory #RestorationEcology

Bay scallops surge on Virginia's Eastern Shore Virginia's bay scallop population is experiencing an unprecedented resurgence, thanks to years of dedicated restoration work led by the Batten School & VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory (ESL) in Wachaprea...

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Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

More silly costumes. Fewer black masks.

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause.

That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?

It had an impact.

Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️

Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...

Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Trump administration’s latest attack on cherished public lands | Opinion “For more than two decades, the Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of our national forests from industrial development.”

"Research shows wildfires are 4x more likely in areas w/roads than in roadless forests...and >90% of wildfires occur within 1/2 mile of a road. Even USFS's own research undercuts the argument that repealing the roadless rule would have a positive effect on fire mgmt."🌍 www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

A graphic advertising phage ecology and evolution research at the University of South Carolina, showing a central image of a tide pool flanked by a photo of an agar plate containing diverse microbes and a TEM image of a virus particle.

Very happy to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina in January! My group will be working on environmental phage ecology and evolution, and I am recruiting for the upcoming year (more info below).

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

#WarRavagedPortland

The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!

Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?

I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!

research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

I just learned that the number of children in the U.S. navigating life with Long COVID exceeds that of the number of kids with asthma.

Wow.

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These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:

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On this issue, I note that the editorial staff do not have any say in which publisher is used - the governing Society decides that and whether to switch & contracts cannot legally end until they are up for renewal. I understand the anger to be sure & wish I had a solution.

With due respect, I think this is actually a Canadian variant of "Minnesota Nice".

And I write this from sitting in the shade reading a book on a lovely fall day

Damn right. Well said as always

The 280 pediatric flu deaths are the highest number reported in the U.S. since the 2009-10 H1N1 pandemic and the highest for a non-pandemic flu season since child deaths became nationally notifiable in 2004. The mortality rate was highest overall in infants under 6 months of age

You would think our uni would. But we both know they never do.