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Ben Allen

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Mathematical biologist studying evolution. Professor of Mathematics at Emmanuel College, MA. Queer, nonbinary (they/them). For social and ecological justice. Jewish as in Free Palestine. https://www.emmanuel.edu/emmanuel-mathematical-biology-research-embr

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · Jul 27

New preprint: "Adaptive dynamics of sexual signaling and discrimination under different mating conditions" with Sam Rothberg and Brian Lerch

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Adaptive dynamics of sexual signaling and discrimination under different mating conditions

A wide variety of animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior (SSB). Some instances of SSB appear to arise from individuals mating indiscriminately without regard to the sex of their partners. Theory s...

www.biorxiv.org

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 6h

Just tell the algorithm to read a book

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Book, Seven-Place Values of Trigonometric Functions for Every Thousandth of a Degree | Smithsonian Institution

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 1d

Make this famous

White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 2d

A masked ICE agent sprayed David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois on 22 September 2025.

Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Should have led with this

Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to this! A non-Elsevier alternative to Theoretical Population Biology / Journal of Theoretical Biology

Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 8d

Population Biology Modeling & Theory (PBMT) is a peer-reviewed journal reporting advances in modeling and theory within population biology. Its scope spans demography, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, population genetics, and phylogenetics. PBMT will be online soon.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 2d

BlueSky suspended a Jewish woman for describing Christian Zionist eschatology???

@bsky.app @jay.bsky.team this is outrageous

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

Suspending Erin Biba, a Jewish woman for this skeet is nasty work. Between this and intentionally misreading Link’s use of a meme as a threat, bsky mods are more than willing to ban based on the Spirit Of The Law for *some* posters but never Jesse Singal.

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"All the Jews have to die or convert to trigger the rapture. Then our dead bodies surround Jerusalem and they climb over us to reach Jesus, who will bring them to heaven. It's why they're all Zionists obsessed with Israel.
Cause they need Jews to go there so we can die"

Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 2d

Instigating the violence they claim to protect us against

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Stephen Miller &
• @StephenM
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The issue before is now is very simple and clear. There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general.
The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks.
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TIME

OCT 6, 2025 5:00 AM ET|
House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze
POLITICS
EXTREMISM
St. Paul's Fire District/Facebook
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
REPORTER

[Photo of home on fire]

The home of South Carolina
Circuit Court judge Diane...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

Symmetry breaking was a mistake

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

300% more, approximately

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

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Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social · 4d

The public showed up to overwhelmingly reject the MA Special Commission's IHRA-based recommendations for combating antisemitism in k12 schools.

Will they listen?

jewishjournal.org/2025/10/03/p...

Public commenters overwhelmingly reject antisemitism commission's findings and composition - Jewish Journal

BOSTON – Dozens of Jews and several legislators offered some suggestions for – but mostly criticisms of – the work of the state’s Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism at its public comment ses...

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

"Some used the space to air political grievances"

Goose meme:

What were the grievances?

WHAT WERE THE GRIEVANCES,
JEREMY?

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Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social · 3d

Jeremy Burton, CEO of JCRC and member of MA Antisemitism Commission, is misrepresenting public testimony to the Commission.

He dismisses the >75% of testimony that was critical of their reliance on IHRA definition as "some used the space to air political grievances"

We Need You to Make Your Voice
Heard

Jeremy Burton

On Thursday, September 25, the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism convened its twelfth hearing at the State House. This session was dedicated to public comment.

The hearing brought a wide range of voices. Some used the space to air political grievances, but there were also important contributions that spoke directly to the Commission's charge: sharing lived experiences of antisemitism in Massachusetts and offering recommendations for how our schools, campuses, and state can respond.

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

so important

Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

Bonus:

Selfie in front of rock that says "Trans Rights"

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 3d

Quincy Quarries!

Outdoor selfie in pink shirt in front of graffiti-covered rock

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3d

Over the past days, a story broke finding 4 in 10 American Jews think Israel is committing genocide in Gaza: www.timesofisrael.com/poll-nearly-...

and another that Israel is investing millions in trying to court Christian support in the US: www.jta.org/2025/10/03/i...

This is the same story.

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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 5d

⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...

Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups

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Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social · 4d

On September 8, CJFS members testified to the MA Special Commission on how to combat antisemitism without enabling the Trump administration's attacks on free speech and education.

See our testimony here: www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/video-testim...

Video Testimony | Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff

www.concernedjewishfaculty.org

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Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social · 4d

The public showed up to overwhelmingly reject the MA Special Commission's IHRA-based recommendations for combating antisemitism in k12 schools.

Will they listen?

jewishjournal.org/2025/10/03/p...

Public commenters overwhelmingly reject antisemitism commission's findings and composition - Jewish Journal

jewishjournal.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.

Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.

They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 5d

Rutgers Newark is hiring multiple new profs who work in microbial pathogenesis, structural bio, human/microbial genetics, genomics, biochemistry, or computational biophysics. I loved doing my PhD at Rutgers and I LOVE New Jersey. Reach out if you’re applying and have questions about the school/area.

Open Rank Faculty Position on the Tenure Track - Newark, New Jersey (US) job with Rutgers | 12844885

MULTIPLE TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE The Dept. of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 8d

Note: reversible does not mean unbiased. We can have A->B be more likely than B->A without violating reversibility. Reversibility just means there is no preferred direction around a *cycle*

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