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Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social · 5d

I like that it looks like you are studying human-eating wolves.

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Nico @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social · 29d

First paper of the PD out!

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

We argue that we can think about the start of a new collective ritual as a Stag Hunt Game. But a frequency-independent payoff is needed to get it going. In our case, perceived miracles is such a mechanism!

The emergence of a new pilgrimage as an assurance game | Royal Society Open Science

Pilgrimage has received long-standing scholarly attention, but most theoretical work focuses on how these rituals can be maintained, rather than the bigger puzzle of how they emerge. Using empirical i...

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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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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 8d

ACE Teaching Innovation Awards empower scholars to incorporate high-quality cultural evolution course materials into their teaching. This is a great opportunity for those from majority-world countries and ECR academics, but everyone can apply!

culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

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Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social · 23d

cucfa.solidarity.tech/ucop-release...

UCOP Releases Lists to Feds without Warrant - CUCFA

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Aug 31

Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland

Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future

I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · Aug 29

Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence!

The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).

If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!

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

Open letter

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · Aug 19

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....

13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

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Human Behavior & Evolution Society @humbehevosoc.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨 Job Post: Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
www.hbes.com/assistant-pr...

Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge - Stanford - HBES

We seek applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in the field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (also referred to as ...

www.hbes.com

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 27

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

https://go.nature.com/44nH0la

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

go.nature.com

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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 28

Senate Republicans dropped a nearly 1,000-page “Big Beautiful Bill” in the DEAD OF THE NIGHT.

And they want to vote on it TODAY.

Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.

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Kathy Roberts Forde @krforde.bsky.social · Jun 28

OK, #academicsky. If we don't stand up now to support Harvard and UVA, we are LOST. Join our faculty-led movement to stand together against this authoritarian takeover of higher ed in the US: www.standtogetherhighered.org. Sign up on homepage.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 27

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 27

... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Jun 25

Since May:

Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.

Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.

A judiciary at war with itself.

Bar chart titled “The Supreme Court vs. The Lower Courts: Rulings on the Trump Administration” showing three horizontal bar charts for May 1-June 23, 2025. Federal District Courts: large red bar (82 cases, 94.3% against) with tiny green bar (5 cases, 5.7% for). Circuit Courts of Appeal: medium red bar (15 cases, 68.2% against) with smaller green bar (7 cases, 31.8% for). Supreme Court: tiny red bar (1 case, 6.3% against) with large green bar (15 cases, 93.7% for). Shows dramatic reversal from lower courts ruling against Trump administration to Supreme Court ruling for it.

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Dr Rebecca Koomen @rebeccakoomen.bsky.social · Jun 5

🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳

Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?

All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏

Career Opportunities: PhD position Cooperative Sustainability (14208)

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Jun 15

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!

Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions

Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social · Jun 14

Best birthday present so far. #nokings #vienna #virginia

Protestor at #nokings protest dressed like trump waving a scepter and milk bottle

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university)

This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-25-124: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-124. NIH

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Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · Jun 5

Join us on the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social executive committee! Shape the field of cultural evolution alongside amazing colleagues @maximederex.bsky.social, @nicolewen.bsky.social, @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social, @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @ferylbadiani.bsky.social & incoming President Fiona Jordan

Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · Jun 4

It's CES election time! We have FOUR positions that have come up for renewal, so please consider nominating yourself or your colleagues. Nominations close June 20th, with voting from June 30th -July 4th.

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Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social · Jun 1

A great introduction to some of the current threats to higher education in the US for anyone who hasn't been paying close attention to this catastrophe.

NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · May 29

Universities are places of learning, yes. But they’re also so many other things. Including: science labs. Many of which get federal money for research. That system’s been going on for decades.

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 31

The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.

This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

www.nytimes.com

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · May 31

June 14. Millions of us are standing up against the tyranny of Donald Trump and standing FOR Americans and our democracy.

Trump wants to make himself a king. But we have no kings here. This is a country of, by, and for The People. Find the No King's event near you at www.nokings.org

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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