Bernhard Voelkl
@bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social
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What the #USA used to be capable of .. 😞
Happy #anniversary #America
This day in 1969 you sent 3 great men to the moon, for a second time
Don’t @ me conspiracy theorists
You did
This year you sent one of the worst examples of mankind to the White House, for a second time
youtu.be/l11sW5KOi_g
Happy #anniversary #America
This day in 1969 you sent 3 great men to the moon, for a second time
Don’t @ me conspiracy theorists
You did
This year you sent one of the worst examples of mankind to the White House, for a second time
youtu.be/l11sW5KOi_g
Apollo 12: The Pinpoint Mission
YouTube video by NASA
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What the #USA used to be capable of .. 😞
Happy #anniversary #America
This day in 1969 you sent 3 great men to the moon, for a second time
Don’t @ me conspiracy theorists
You did
This year you sent one of the worst examples of mankind to the White House, for a second time
youtu.be/l11sW5KOi_g
Happy #anniversary #America
This day in 1969 you sent 3 great men to the moon, for a second time
Don’t @ me conspiracy theorists
You did
This year you sent one of the worst examples of mankind to the White House, for a second time
youtu.be/l11sW5KOi_g
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Can you even imagine a pre-tomato Italy?! Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free. 🍅 🇮🇹 🚫
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Can you even imagine a pre-tomato Italy?! Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free. 🍅 🇮🇹 🚫
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"I’m actually biased in favor of the intuitive value of preregistration; but things that seem intuitively sensible can turn out to be wrong anyway. Increasingly, I’m wondering if this is one of those things."
Preregistration Isn’t the Chief Executive of Science, It’s a Small Part of the Quality Control Department
And I'm Beginnning to Think It Should Be Fired for Poor Performance
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"I’m actually biased in favor of the intuitive value of preregistration; but things that seem intuitively sensible can turn out to be wrong anyway. Increasingly, I’m wondering if this is one of those things."
In a misty bog, a hooligan penguin from the clan lost his trousers and his dignity to whiskey galore. The bard laughed till the bottle smashed to smithereens—that were the glory old days.
There are so few Celtic words used in English. The ones I know off the top of my head:
trousers
smithereens
bog
galore
whiskey
bard
hooligan
clan
penguin
trousers
smithereens
bog
galore
whiskey
bard
hooligan
clan
penguin
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In a misty bog, a hooligan penguin from the clan lost his trousers and his dignity to whiskey galore. The bard laughed till the bottle smashed to smithereens—that were the glory old days.
VetMed25 at the Kultuurikatel in Tallinn -a really unique venue for a scientific conference. Steampunk at its best.
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
VetMed25 at the Kultuurikatel in Tallinn -a really unique venue for a scientific conference. Steampunk at its best.
So ridiculous - no doubt, that can only be sexual selection.
A 164.7 cm #rhino horn from #Yakutia sheds light on woolly rhinoceros morphology, longevity, and sexual dimorphism zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #permafrost #palaeoecology @davehone.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So ridiculous - no doubt, that can only be sexual selection.
What about ".. our results show that more research is needed in this area"
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What about ".. our results show that more research is needed in this area"
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Freaky deeeeeeer, thanks Cyndeer!
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Freaky deeeeeeer, thanks Cyndeer!
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Happy to announce, my palaeoart below, won the "Impression on China" Award (II), organized by the Chinese Embassy in Poland.
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy to announce, my palaeoart below, won the "Impression on China" Award (II), organized by the Chinese Embassy in Poland.
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Meet the team of EU-SABV!
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Meet the team of EU-SABV!
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
Great talk by Mafalda Dias and Jonathan Frazer on protein prediction models at #CTCRG2025 Check out the site: www.crg.eu/en/programme...
Centre for Genomic Regulation Website
www.crg.eu
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Great talk by Mafalda Dias and Jonathan Frazer on protein prediction models at #CTCRG2025 Check out the site: www.crg.eu/en/programme...
Just heading to the #CTCRG2025 meeting. Super excited about it and looking forward to the talks. (And of course, it's a splendid idea to have this meeting in Barcelona)
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Just heading to the #CTCRG2025 meeting. Super excited about it and looking forward to the talks. (And of course, it's a splendid idea to have this meeting in Barcelona)
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So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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"Dunbar's Number" is a zombie that lives forever in the science press it seems. Estimates of Dunbar's Number with 95% intervals, for a range of model specifications (from doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... ):
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Dunbar's Number" is a zombie that lives forever in the science press it seems. Estimates of Dunbar's Number with 95% intervals, for a range of model specifications (from doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... ):
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🥳 Congratulations to @tobykiers.bsky.social for receiving a MacArthur Fellowship for her exciting work @spun.earth investigating symbiotic relationships among plants, fungi, and other microbes and their role in planetary health. 🍄
October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🥳 Congratulations to @tobykiers.bsky.social for receiving a MacArthur Fellowship for her exciting work @spun.earth investigating symbiotic relationships among plants, fungi, and other microbes and their role in planetary health. 🍄
Survivor bias
Here is a baby turtle on its birthday trying to make it to the ocean on instinct. He made it and you can make it through this week too.
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Survivor bias
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![4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifiwgrkbhiwy4pflbhpba4x7ordt7w6sv7ihwxzqasx2jcgtnncgy@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For the last decades she was best known for her indefatigable commitment for conservation, but her contribution to science can't be overestimated as well. I feel priviledged to have met her on several occasions. We will miss her.
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For the last decades she was best known for her indefatigable commitment for conservation, but her contribution to science can't be overestimated as well. I feel priviledged to have met her on several occasions. We will miss her.
merlinbirds.org/species/ston... Giurlata, Corsica
Check out this bird - European Stonechat
Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.
merlinbirds.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
merlinbirds.org/species/ston... Giurlata, Corsica
merlinbirds.org/species/sarw... seen from the patio of our guest house in Girolata, Corsica.
Check out this bird - Sardinian Warbler
Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.
merlinbirds.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
merlinbirds.org/species/sarw... seen from the patio of our guest house in Girolata, Corsica.
Looking forward to the talk by Lisa Spitzer about "Preregistration in Psychology and Animal Studies: Bridges andPractical Tips", this Thursday as part of the animal welfare seminar series www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch/seminar/inde...
Seminar: Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare
www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to the talk by Lisa Spitzer about "Preregistration in Psychology and Animal Studies: Bridges andPractical Tips", this Thursday as part of the animal welfare seminar series www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch/seminar/inde...
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Upcoming events - ReproducibiliTea online
Check out our calendar for more details:
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#OpenResearch #OpenScience #metasci #academicsky
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#OpenResearch #OpenScience #metasci #academicsky
ReproducibiliTea Calendar
ReproducibiliTea - Journal Clubs for Open Science
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September 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Upcoming events - ReproducibiliTea online
Check out our calendar for more details:
reproducibilitea.org/calendar
#OpenResearch #OpenScience #metasci #academicsky
Check out our calendar for more details:
reproducibilitea.org/calendar
#OpenResearch #OpenScience #metasci #academicsky
Finally finished. Quorridor board made out of a single piece of oak wood (with integrated drawer for the pieces). Pretty pleased.
August 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Finally finished. Quorridor board made out of a single piece of oak wood (with integrated drawer for the pieces). Pretty pleased.