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Tadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Systems Ecology, a new journal launched today, "run by researchers, for researchers, and is free to read and free to publish, with no article processing charges" systems-ecology.org/index.php/se...

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Systems Ecology

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was doing Applied Math in my undergrads and my PhD, working on computational fluid dynamics. Recent events on the Navier-Stokes equations are certainly both exciting and controversial. Here are two brilliant and quite accessible videos on the topic: First one, Quanta Magazine always delivers:

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Why Navier-Stokes Pushes Math and Physics to the Edge

YouTube video by Quanta Magazine

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I guess in a non-hierarchical model you want an overall "intercept" that corresponds to the actual average of the level-specific intercepts.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

How would you combine the sum to zero (hard constraint) with the normal(0,sigma) (soft constraint)?

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On this train, I have already seen 2 or 3 vaguely familiar faces, a couple of poster containers, and the person in front of me is running R scripts. This is the way.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wanted to listen to some Danish ambient / electronica on the train. Wait what, the Trentemoller album I used to play all the time back in the days is - checks notes - 20 years old?? 😳

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On my way to Odense! Looking forward to giving my new workshop on nonlinear modeling for the first time! #NSOGFÖ2026

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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 10/09/2026

A wonderful review by Stefano on 100 years of Lotka–Volterra models. Don’t miss the incredibly detailed Supplement, truly the “War and Peace” of LV models. I really wish it had existed when I was a grad student! doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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One Hundred Years of Lotka–Volterra Models

Over the past century, the generalized Lotka–Volterra (GLV) model has grown from a mathematical curiosity to a cornerstone of theoretical ecology. Here we celebrate the enduring legacy of Lotka and Vo...

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GEW – Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft @gew.de · 07/09/2026

80 % der Wissenschaftler*innen ohne Professur haben keinen unbefristeten Vertrag. Der Regierungsentwurf schreibt das WissZeitVG fest. 16 Organisationen fordern: aus damit. Jetzt unterschreiben: campact.org/dauerbefristung

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last year, I publicly complained multiple times (see e.g. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...) that the open access movement had been captured by publishers, and we are now worse off than before open access. Well people got mad at me for saying it. But I think things are still getting worse.

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Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

me: *chanting* brms! brms! brms! brms! other statisticians: *chanting* BRMS! BRMS! BRMS! every Bayesian: BRMS! BRMS!!!

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you teach power analysis to undergrads or your grad students need a review, this widget may help. Includes a description and visualizations of power analyses for multiple tests, high-resolution OC charts, and sample code for #MATLAB, #Rstats, and #Python. #stats tpavlic.github.io/asu-simulati...

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Power Explorer—statistical power by simulation and by formula

Statistical power made manipulable: watch the null and alternative sampling distributions separate as the sample size grows, estimate power by Monte Carlo simulation and check it against the exact ans...

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Bündnis aus Studi-Orgas und Gewerkschaften hat eine Petition zum sächsischen Doppelhaushalt 2027/2028 erstellt, bitte mitzeichnen:

petition.landtag.sachsen.de

Hochschulen am Limit: Investitionen statt Sparpolitik

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Vito Volterra, father of theoretical #ecology, joined the opposition to the fascistMussolini regime & was one of only 12 of 1,250 professors who refused to take a mandatory oath of loyalty - he wrote "Empires die, but Euclid’s theorems keep their youth forever" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Vo... 🧪🌐

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Vito Volterra - Wikipedia

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have a couple of tutorials in an R-package, which provides prediction functions to brms to estimate feeding rates. Currently working on a more general 1-day workshop on nonlinear modeling with brms. benjamin-rosenbaum.github.io/BayesFR/

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Overview – BayesFR tutorials

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Agreed. I'm trying my best advertising that one can do actual nonlinear statistical modeling & testing in brms quite conveniently, instead of just fitting a curve through some data

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

So... should we switch to spaghetti plots as a default?

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Unsere Kritik hat immerhin den Nonsens der Bestrafung schnellerer Promotionen abgeräumt. Aber es bleibt dabei: Die Pläne für die Novelle des #WissZeitVG sind lächerlich. Postdoc-Phase bleibt prekär wie gehabt. Anti-Werbung für Wissenschaft als Beruf in D. Da muss sich noch viel ändern! #IchBinHanna

Vor allem aus der Postdoc- und Mittelbauszene kam scharfer Protest. Die Initiative "#IchbinHanna" warnte vor einem Fehlanreiz, die Promotionsphase möglichst weit auszureizen, und vor einer Verschlechterung für schnell Promovierte. Jetzt gelten die insgesamt zwölf Jahre weiter wie bisher: Wer beispielsweise nach vier Jahren promoviert, kann die übrigen zwei Jahre weiterhin zusätzlich in der Postdoc-Phase nutzen.
Schnelle Promotionen verkürzen damit nicht automatisch die anschließende Qualifizierungszeit.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Really good summary on metabolic scaling. One question remains: How did they know what's the safe dose of LSD for cats?? 😡😡😡 youtu.be/tL9Lw250spc?...

youtu.be

Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What is this new capitalistic hellscape the #academicpublishing industry is now enforcing?! To be able to read a paper that authors have paid to be published, and needs a subscription to be read, I have to either consent to trackers or pay for my privacy?! #academicchatter #research #MedSky #IDEpi

A screenshot of Springer Medicine with the option of continuing to enter the website by allowing trackers, or to have the option of not having ads and trackers then pay this amount of money.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

True, but that's a luxury problem 😉

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Reviewing a paper including a simulation study:

don't make me tap the sign meme:
in simulated datasets, you can make everything significant with enough replicates

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My boy still enjoying last seasons's trend: the slab #caturday

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The workshop title is bait. I will convince you that it's easy to move away from simple curve fitting, and perform proper statistical analyses: include treatment variables & random effects, perform model checking & hypothesis testing. (2/2)

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you are attending NSO-GfÖ 2026, you can now register for my 0.5-day workshop "Nonlinear curve fitting in R with brms". Think of growth models, thermal performance, species interactions, mechanistical models, ... #NSO2026 #GfOe2026 #NSO‑GfÖ‑conference #brms #RStats (1/2)

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Workshops ⇽ Joint NSO–GfÖ Conference 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

LG aus Leipzig, wo man heute vom Till Lindemann Fest selbst 4km entfernt noch akustisch behelligt wird

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

No #caturday picture today, but we have a special visitor in the garden

Doggo sleeping peacefully on a giant pillow in the garden

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Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social

Geographic distribution of the 318 food webs across four ecosystem types that were analysed to test how food web architecture modulates BEF relationships

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Gudrun Lotze @gudrunlotze.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#ichbinhanna erreicht 🫡 abgeschwächt die breite Bevölkerung. Ist natürlich blöd, aber ich hoffe, mehr Menschen verstehen nun, wie bescheiden es ist, solange befristet zu arbeiten (schon lange so in der #Wissenschaft). Eure #Probezeit ist jetzt 4 Jahre lang. Gekoppelt mit #Grundsicherung-Drohung, 🤮🤢🤬

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🌍 How does biodiversity keep ecosystems functioning? A new study, published today in Nature, shows that healthy ecosystems depend on more than simply having many species. What really matters is the complex web of interactions between plants, herbivores and predators.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Let the dough rest at warm temperature until doubled in size #caturday

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Official heatwave regulations: absolutely no MCMC indoors! #Rstats

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Note to myself: try not to catch a cold right before the next heatwave 🤧

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

For the statistical modeling part, there is e.g. Uszko 2020 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2... and recently Baey 2026 doi.org/10.24072/pcj.... My tutorials also cover many relevant applications benjamin-rosenbaum.github.io/BayesFR/

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Overview – BayesFR tutorials

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

For the deterministic prediction model, we published this some years ago: doi.org/10.1111/2041.... There are also some papers by Okuyama, e.g. doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The list of available models will be extended in the future. If there is a specific FR model you would like to see added, open an issue or reach out directly! (3/3)

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The goal: ditch simple curve fitting for proper statistical modelling: include treatment variables & random effects, perform model checking & hypothesis testing. All easy in #brms. BayesFR has many tutorials to get you started. (2/3)

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Gudrun Lotze @gudrunlotze.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

@leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social urges #BMFTR to clarify the qualification concept in #WissZeitVG. Since #profs can mandate non-scientific work, #ScienceAsAService threatens careers. Clear boundaries and binding career paths must protect academic development Statement: tinyurl.com/ujhkubr9 #ichbinhanna

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Joint Statement of German Postdoc Networks on the Reform of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act (WissZeitVG) – Leibniz PostDoc Network

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benrosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

How on earth did people ever develop R packages before you could just let an LLM figure out all the error messages?

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Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🌿 Early‑bird registration is now open! You can now register for the joint NSO–GfÖ 2026 conference at the early‑bird rate from 15 June-17 July. After this, the full fee applies until 16 Aug 2026. 🔗 Website: vist.ly/57ri8 #NSO2026 #GfOe2026 #NSO‑GfÖ‑conference

Informative flyer for the NSO-GfÖ conference in September 2026 featuring early-bird registration details. Background of serene coastal scenery.

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