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Jesse Alston
@jessealston.bsky.social
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Computational mammalogist at the University of Arizona. Public land and Green Bay Packers enjoyer.

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d
I spent a couple of weeks in rural Nepal in 2016. Barely any electricity in the village, no running water. I vividly remember our host family and their neighbors crowded around a tiny TV to watch WWE wrestling
keptsimple.bsky.social m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d
this post has a ton of quote tweets claiming american pop culture was actually never influential. bluesky moment.
seva.bsky.social Seva @seva.bsky.social · 2d
people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. the death of US soft power is going to have long term consequences we are only beginning to see

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d
Society journals are quietly innovating even as MDPI and Frontiers eat their lunch
katelaskowski.bsky.social Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 2d
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.

My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/

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Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d
You signed it and put it back, right?

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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 2d
Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

Reposted by Jesse M. Alston

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d
this post has a ton of quote tweets claiming american pop culture was actually never influential. bluesky moment.
seva.bsky.social Seva @seva.bsky.social · 2d
people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. the death of US soft power is going to have long term consequences we are only beginning to see

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Márk E. Hauber , and 2 more

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 2d
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.

My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/

academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
academic.oup.com

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 2d
SD cards have tripled in price since I last bought them (last year) 🙃

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Roland Kays @rolandkays.com · 6d
Post Doc Job open with us to work with biologists to build AI models to analyze camera trap data. The specific focus will be to study animal coloration and camouflage, but there will be opportunities to work on other related projects.
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Jesse M. Alston

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Jenny McKee @jennymckee.bsky.social · 7d
New study on mule deer in Wyoming reveals that migration is critical to maintain a robust population. I got the chance to chat with lead author Anna Ortega and @wyokauffman.bsky.social about their recent @currentbiology.bsky.social research: www.uwyo.edu/news/2026/02...
Migration Pays Off: Study Links Long-Distance Movement of Mule Deer to Robust Population Growth
Ungulate migration has fascinated people for millennia. In the Western United States, ungulates such as elk, bison and mule deer migrate each spring and fall, navigating snow, predators and human infr...
www.uwyo.edu

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 8d
The thing I think gets lost in this is that the dumb rich kids *are* what makes the fancy schools the fancy schools. The benefit of going to Georgetown isn’t that it has better classes, it’s that you might become friends with a Cheney family friend

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 11d
Drive-by Truckers
.357 String Band
The Boomswagglers
JJ Grey and Mofro
Sturgill Simpson
gurtsherm.bsky.social Gurt Sherm @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 11d
Fuck it tell me full honesty your top five favorite bands/artists and nobody's allowed to tell you that you have poor taste unless it's an objectively bad person

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 11d
The funniest thing was our teach tape was mostly 2012 Shanahan offense because there was no film from the year before, and everyone in the RB room was like “Uh, coach, we aren’t physically capable of moving like Alfred Morris”

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 11d
I played for Mike in college. Enjoyed playing for him and enjoyed the offense infinitely more than the super basic Air Raid we ran the two prior years

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Gurt Sherm @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 11d
Fuck it tell me full honesty your top five favorite bands/artists and nobody's allowed to tell you that you have poor taste unless it's an objectively bad person

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 13d
Fundamentals help but also some people really are just built different even compared to other NFL players

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 14d
Between my phone updating to Liquid Glass and my university email now needing daily sign-in, I’m about ready to join the @bengoldfarb.bsky.social flip phone movement

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Jesse M. Alston

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 14d
The Boreal Avian Modelling Centre is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to develop high-resolution, Canada-wide models of waterbird density.

The models will be used as indicators of local wetland health and large-scale environmental change.

Open until filled!

borealbirds.ca/postdoctoral...

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 15d
F-47 going to be crewed like a Compass Call, I guess

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 15d
I’m just a dunce, but won’t the single-seater platform constrain CCA effectiveness? Seems like a lot to put on one crewmember

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 15d
It’s called a stot, Griff

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 17d
The difference between his nonfiction and fiction writing voices is always jarring to me

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 17d
Not even listed, how does that do compared to others listed?

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 17d
13 seconds

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 18d
Seems like increasingly peers don’t care—bothers me to no end

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 20d
My wife and I both go by Jessi/e and it makes introductory small talk very easy

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 20d
If this happens, it will be absolutely hilarious to see the Jims from Chippewa Falls of the world collectively do a 180 on the MLF extension

Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 21d
Wim van Leeuwen and I are looking for a postdoc. Come work with us!

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 21d
Good chance a Smith offense would be better than a Kubiak one

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Jesse Alston @jessealston.bsky.social · 23d
Bold move to go with a base defense here—gonna give up a lot of explosives that way