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Pierce Ekstrom @pierceekstrom.bsky.social · 1d

We're recruiting PhD students to join us at Nebraska! Spreading word:

Whether you (or your student's) current home is in Psych or PoliSci, if you're interested in political psych, you could be a great fit.

I run a joint lab (www.pierceekstrom.com/ekstromlab) with Ingrid Haas (paclab.unl.edu). 1/3

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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 6d

📣 New publication alert! In a large, diverse sample, #CompanionDogs with a history of trauma before 6 months were seen as more fearful and/or aggressive than trauma-free dogs or those with trauma later on in life
🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs

doi.org

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Josh Miller @jdmiller.bsky.social · 6d

New paper led by @drlynam.bsky.social on the need for more training in and engagement with open science practices in clinical psych programs. It has been difficult to make progress due to a variety of barriers, including students working in labs uninterested or hostile to these approaches.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 7d

The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd

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karoger.bsky.social @karoger.bsky.social · 7d

On Monday, October 6th I’ll be presenting the @manydogsproject.bsky.social at the @btscon.bsky.social. 🐕✨

Looking forward to introducing the ManyDogs Project ☺️

#btsconference #manydogs2 #manydogsproject #onlineconference

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Valentine Comin @valentine-comin.bsky.social · 15d

I am looking for an intern to work with captive crows this winter semester. Please feel free to share, or contact me if interested !

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 13d

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds

Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 13d

Job Alert!

Come and join our team at our field site CRP Simenti in Senegal. Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social) is recruiting a #Research_Manager. Work with the wonderful lovely Guinea baboons and manage our long-term data collection.

👉 www.dpz.eu/karriere/ste...

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Jeff Stevens @jeffreyrstevens.com · 18d

Yes, just click on Terms of Use and you can access your account and delete it. I just did!

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Andrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to share the latest (but still not the last!) study I had the chance to work on with the Family Dog Project 🐶🇭🇺

We found that Gifted Word Learner dogs' talent goes beyond what we expected; they can generalise words based on function, not just looks.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dogs extend verbal labels for functional classification of objects

The relationship between language and human thought is an ongoing debate,1 and it has been proposed that language shapes object categorization.2 Words…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 22d

Welcome to the world, little book! Cover photo by @jeffreyrstevens.com. @holidayhouse.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @wd4c.bsky.social #BookBirthday #MG #NF #K-12 #KidLit #Dogs #Conservation #InvasiveSpecies #SnifferDogs #STEMeducation #STEM #STEAM

It's a dog party! Happy Birthday Little book! Six silhouetted dogs celebrate the middle grade book Detective Dogs: How working dogs sniff out invasive species by Alison Pearce Stevens. Published by Holiday House.

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 4

I have another book on the horizon! When Beavers Move In tells the tale of how the Tulalip Tribes Beaver Project is transforming the Cascade Mountains. Gorgeous illustrations by the uber talented Natasha Donovan. @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

When Beavers Move In book cover showing an illustrated beaver swimming with a branch in its mouth, ready to add it to its dam. Written by Alison Pearce Stevens, Illustrated by Natasha Donovan.

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Jeff Stevens @jeffreyrstevens.com · Aug 26

I'm super excited to promote @alisonpstevens.bsky.social Detective Dogs for International Dog Day. I got to help research this and even took the cover photo! Comes out Sept 16. Preorder at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752555...

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fantastic new job, advert now live - Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour, Dept Biology, Oxford. Closing date 8th Oct. Come and join us!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Aug 22

Velcrow

Birds of a feather stick together.

www.worldofmoose.com/products/vel...

Cartoon: A crow is standing on a branch. Another, smaller crow is lying on top of it, on its back, legs in the air. Caption: Velcrow

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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · Aug 20

When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind?

In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners

royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...

Mental representation of the locations and identities of multiple hidden agents or objects by a bonobo | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Humans are adept at navigating the social world in part because we flexibly map the locations and identities of agents around us. While field studies suggest primates can track individual conspecifics...

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy to announce ✨quarto-revealjs-editable✨

This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides

github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #slidecrafting

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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Jul 3

#OpenScience principles help students gain lots of useful skills that are an advantage on the job market in and beyond academia. Read our latest book chapter where we provide tips for educators to bolster employability through open science: doi.org/10.31219/osf...

Open science contributes to more rigorous and impactful science. However, little attention is often paid to the benefits that it provides to its users, such as project management and programming skills. Although not its primary objective, these skills may be considered additional benefits supporting the transition to open science practices. Drawing from international perspectives, this chapter will discuss skills that students develop explicitly or implicitly by engaging in open science and their benefits to careers within and outside of academia. It will also showcase examples of how engagement in open science is considered in (academic) hiring decisions, including ongoing debates and areas for (structural) improvement. Ultimately, this chapter will inform educators about the most important open science skills and provide insights into how to strategically build a resume to present open science-related skills convincingly to improve employability, including practical tips and resources.

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Blas M. Benito @blasbenito.com · Aug 18

In case you didn't know:

You can run your package unit tests with {testthat} in parallel with two simple steps (see testthat.r-lib.org/articles/par...):

tldr:
1. Add `Config/testthat/parallel: true` to DESCRIPTION.
2. Add `TESTTHAT_CPUS=8` to your .Renviron and restart R.

#rstats

Running testthat unit tests in parallel with Rstudio.

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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · Aug 18

Doh! I have this extension installed (via @grrrck.xyz 's Positron +1e, open-vsx.org/vscode/item?...), but didn't know about it and haven't been taking advantage of it!

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Aug 17

About that mysterious new project in my department....

A cartoon by the brilliant Tom Gauld.
Two scientists are crossing campus, the first wearing a scarf, the second walking a dog on a lead.
"So everyone's talking about this mysterious new project in your department..." says the first scientist. "Are they?" the second scientists responds evasively.
The first scientist tries again: "Something about non-human cognition and communication enhancement, I heard..." But the second scientist remains steadfast. "We're not supposed to talk about it."
"Can't you tell me anything?" asks the first scientist. "You'll find out when we publish, but it's pretty big news." says the dog.

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · Aug 13

Excited to share my newest quarto revealjs plugin: imagemover

Easily reposition and resize images directly in your quarto revealjs slides for a much smoother slidecrafting experience

github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · Aug 10

Civilization, visualized

Positively mesmerizing: www.chronotrains.com/en/explore/2...

Cities reachable by train from Vienna in under 10 hours

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Mid terms are November 3rd 2026. Go register voters. @randvegan.bsky.social · Aug 6

Today is my annual reminder that read_csv() is vectorized and you can just pass a vector of file paths and it will read and append the datasets.

No need to use map or for loops to read in multiple files.

#rstats

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