Mad skills to take macro shots of insects * while they are flying * !!! Incredible!

Who is this? Some sort of mustelid?

Should I report the results with random effects or not (brms, re_formula = NULL vs NA)? Then I’d say use re_formula = NA (the default for marginal_effects, right?), i.e. Panel A, because these will not include the uncertainty from the county/region levels. Panel B would answer the questi...

I think so, yes - just the main effects. ‘re_formula = NULL’ gives the prediction for an unobserved grouping factor (i.e random effect level), given the observed grouping factor levels. Here’s a related q: discourse.mc-stan.org/t/should-i-r...

Avril 14th YouTube video by Aphex Twin - Topic

Happy Avril 14th to those who celebrate: youtu.be/uxTdTaNIUxo?...

Avril 14th YouTube video by Aphex Twin - Topic

Happy Avril 14th to those who celebrate: youtu.be/uxTdTaNIUxo?...

He is full of surprises, but I didn’t expect the pope to agree to sparring with ships approaching the US blockade tbh. Sounds like Trump is pretty confident in Leo’s abilities though. 🚤🥊✝️

Ha! Like an inverse version of the last bit of David Shrigley’s Good Song video for Blur (which is worth the whole thing): share.google/CGuoi5KK0BKr...

Unless you are swimming in the sea of Bayes ;)

Weird, because you can trend towards a cliff edge, but you can’t trend your way out of the sea of insignificance

🌺 PhD position in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology! 🌺

There is about two weeks left to apply to come work with me on the evolution of plant reproductive strategies at @unifr.bsky.social ! Contact me or visit here or for more info: tinyurl.com/monoecy

Please share! 🌱

Jacque(s) - Phonochose #1 : Live-looping à l'Amour YouTube video by Théophile Boutin

Can't tell if weird french speaking people make the best looping music, or if perfecting loops makes french speaking people weird... e.g. Daft Punk, or this guy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUHZ...

Early-life microbiome assembly and its effects on bird phenotypes We are looking for a motivated Masters/HBO/internship student to partake in upcoming microbiome manipulation experiments, investigating how this fascinating community impacts phenotypes in birds. Star...

Looking for MSc student(s) to be involved in some really cool germ-free experiments with house sparrows at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ! 🐣🦠Get in touch if you're interested and please share :)
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

I would love to see a phylogeny of hiphop.

I love these nest-cam updates from @sevans.bsky.social - check them out!

Join us for a Master's in Evol Bio! We have leading experts in theory (@kokkonut.bsky.social), behavioural genomics (@socialinsectlab.bsky.social, @hibernogruppe.bsky.social), palaeogenetics, and more! Mainz also offers hikes along the Rhine, sporadic Roman ruins, and the most castle rich area of 🇩🇪.

Applications for our international Master‘s programme in Evolutionary Biology open again soon!
We offer teaching and exciting research in molecular and experimental evolution, behaviour, ecology to genomics, bioinformatics and modelling.
Come join us at JGU Mainz!

We've had so much fun teaching in this program already. Looking forward to welcoming the next cohort! Might it include you?

I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word!

With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭

To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀

tinyurl.com/2wem36zz

30 years ago - don’t scare people like that!

This week's EGI seminar will be given by Prof Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz @unimainz.bsky.social on the role of time in avian trade-offs. All welcome in person in LT1 in LaMB @biology.ox.ac.uk 3.30pm on 6 March. Also live-streamed: details available ⬇️

This is not a laughing matter. No, stop sniggering. Go look for shags on the beach. Seriously.

So did Wales!

Decline in body mass in adult (left) and nestling great tits. In the nestling plot, the purple line represents all nestling and the green line those that recruited to the population as breeders. Their different slope suggest an increase in the strength of selection on nestling mass something confirmed in the MS by analysing the temporal trends in selection differentials (see link for further information)

We have published a new pre-print showing a decline in great tit adult and nestling mass of around 1 gram in 47 y. [rate of approx. -0.040 Hadanes] With @ellafcole.bsky.social, @devisatarkar.bsky.social, Sam. Crofts, @mcmahok.bsky.social & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A perennial problem: bsky.app/profile/tomo...

They seem to be out by a hundred years or so!

And Daft Punk, of course!

Jacque(s) - Phonochose #1 : Live-looping à l'Amour YouTube video by Théophile Boutin

Shout out to previous holder of this esteemed award, the exquisite Jacques:

Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

New “Francophone Musical Act Who Spent So Long in the Basement Perfecting Loops That They Became Supremely Weird” award goes to Angine de Poitrine.

Hats off to them! But they can keep theirs on.

Cannibalistic jellyfish with a vanishing anus are invading Venice | LBC Venice is being invaded by cannibalistic jellyfish from the Atlantic that are threatening the delicate balance of the lagoon's ecosystem.

Roses are red
Anyone for tennis?