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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 1d

EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀

If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!

If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!

DEADLINE: 16/12/2026

HERE IS THE FORM 👇

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

EHBEACommitteeNominationForm_Pres_Sec.doc

EHBEA Committee 2026-2029: Nomination Form The EHBEA Steering Committee is calling for nominations for the following open committee positions for 2026-2029. You are invited to nominate one or more c...

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Adrian Viliami Bell @avbell.bsky.social · 2d

I'm co-directing an independent film w/ Ella Warnick about marine foraging, environmental adaptation, & family in Tonga, trailer:

youtu.be/3ttrOkX-esU?...

Still not finished! I have a job already, but to finish this film please support my young, up-and-coming co-director:

gofund.me/d9b24a5af

Fatongia | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Ella Warnick

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d

If one man marries two women, another man must go unmarried, right? No. Demography matters. If sex ratios are skewed towards women, then polygyny can exist alongside universal marriage for men (who want to marry women). If only more people understood demography 😊

Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

www.pnas.org

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 1/ New paper from CCEs @rebeccasear.bsky.social led by @hggaddy.bsky.social with @anthrolog.bsky.social challenging some common assumptions about polygyny (there are many…)

it's open access 🔓 🧪 @brunelpsy.bsky.social

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market

www.pnas.org

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

www.pnas.org

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Jeff Lockhart @jwlockhart.bsky.social · 5d

I'm excited to share my new paper with a former student, Tommy Smith. "'This Work Would Not Have Been Possible without...': The Length of Acknowledgments in Sociology Books"

Open Access in @sociusjournal.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Main figure from the paper. Violin plots showing the length of acknowledgments sections in books by sociologists, broken out by gender, race, sexuality, parents’ education, millennium of author’s PhD, and publisher type.

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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d

"Sexual selection and parental care shape lifespan differences" across mammals and birds

https://www.mpg.de/25470066/0926-evan-why-women-live-longer-than-men-150495-x?c=2249

Why women live longer than men

Study traces the evolutionary roots of the lifespan gap between women and men

www.mpg.de

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Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite part of @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social 's model is that it provides a theoretically cogent account of why uncertainty is associated with the emergence (and stabilization) of new rituals without assuming specific psychological needs (e.g. for certainty).

ucdavisnews.bsky.social @ucdavisnews.bsky.social · 7d

UC Davis Researchers Develop Theoretical Model to Determine How Pilgrimages Can Emerge @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...

UC Davis Researchers Develop Theoretical Model to Determine How Pilgrimages Can Emerge

Pilgrimages are ubiquitous across all major world religions.

www.ucdavis.edu

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Kris Smith @kris-smith.bsky.social · 12d

We're hiring! WSU anthropology is looking to hire a TT Asst Prof in cultural anthropology, with a health, well-being, or human-environment interactions. This is a great dept with friendly folks! CV and cover letter due by 11/2 wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

Assistant Professor

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: November 2, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 270-NN_FACULTY - A...

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Jorge Peña @jorgeapenas.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Apply to our (2-year) research fellowships at @iast.fr

Join a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and indisciplinary group of scholars in Toulouse, walkable/cyclable pink city of chocolatines in the South of France.

Deadline: November 15, 2025.

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Research Fellowships

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

Can we all forget the Department of Government Efficiency... but remember Kabosu - who inspired her devotes to "Do Only Good Everyday"... a brief history of one VERY cute dog(e).

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 20d

Teaching advice please —

I’m deciding if I should replace traditional paper assignments with an alternative now that we are all battling AI generated student papers…

But what is the best alternative?

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21d

It’s not about whether you like Kimmel or not. It’s about free speech.

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

ps. - here are some pictures of my dog, Pietro.

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

And sadly, last year (May 26 2024), Kabosu passed away aged 18 years, after a long battle with leukemia and liver disease. Rest in peace, Kabosu. You were a cutie.

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

In 2023, Kabosu was honored by a monument in her hometown of Sakura, one I visited this summer.

The inscription reads "On Feb 13th, 2010, Kabosu graced in the internet, becoming the world's most beloved meme. She is wholesome, calm and accepting, inspiring her devotees to Do Only Good Everyday"!

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

Is all this a good thing, or has the innocent Doge meme now fully corrupted?

I don't know…...

but here is the now very rich Dogemother herself, talking about Kabosu's legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BAc...

Doge Mother Atsuko Sato Endorses Own The Doge

YouTube video by Own The Doge

www.youtube.com

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

The buyers recently founded "the Cultural Institute of Doge". Their mission "is to use the Doge meme and IP to pursue, propel & proliferate the ethos of D.O.G.E. (Doing Only Good Everyday)"... erm, you can also buy merch and a share of the NFT...and a documentary is on the way!
www.ownthedoge.com

Own The Doge: Welcome to the Cultural Institute of Doge

Join the community that collectively owns the iconic Doge NFT via DOG. Own The Doge gives you an opportunity to be a part of meme history. Learn more & explore the Dogeverse!

www.ownthedoge.com

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

In 2021, Sato sold a non-fungible token (NFT) version of the original Doge photo and netted a whopping $4,240,000!

The highest price ever paid for an NFT, and the fourth most expensive photo ever sold in the history of the world!

Much wow! So money!

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

From here, popularity waxes and wanes - but Doge keeps popping up in remixed ways. In 2019, Doge wins an online poll for meme of the decade, beating the Real Housewives "woman yelling at cat" meme.

It's official - dogs are better than cats.

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

Things spiral in the following years - not least because Kabosu is co-opted into "Dogecoin", a still popular and at times controversial cryptocurrency…. learn.swyftx.com/altcoins/wha...

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

And the cute just keeping coming... I am a fan of this sticker set. Especially the "bread-doge" variant.

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

Around 2013, variants of the Doge photo go truly viral, after someone combines Kabosu with sweet internal dialogue in broken English and comic sans font.

Much wow!

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21d

That same year, one of the images was shared on Reddit - the first known linkage of "Doge" to Kabosu... and argued origin point of Kabosu becoming a meme -

"LMBO (laughing my butt off) LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE".

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