Reposted by Jake BervCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311800322
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh wait. 125k, so no, that is a lot more than inflation. 020
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Seems like that is about aligned with inflation (a bit surprised that it isn't a lot more) 000
Reposted by Jake BervAusarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Sternberg Museum is now also in danger of closing. So today here are old photos of a small Pteranodon from the George F. Sternberg collection. #FossilFriday 12418
Reposted by Jake BervJournal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A bird’s eye view of the fossil record: perspectives on avian systematics by Benito & Steell. Read here: buff.ly/fJattSx This is the latest article in our collection of agenda-setting reviews in the systematics of major fossil groups - with many more articles coming soon! #FossilFriday 13116
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026To be fair it probably cost 2 bucks and a bag of Doritos back then. 100
Reposted by Jake BervJohn P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Check out this lovely profile of the University of California, Davis’s Peter Wainwright, whose lifelong fascination with fishes inspired a remarkable career in research and teaching. Peter was my postdoc advisor years ago when he was at Florida State University, and is awesome dude and mentor.ucdavis.eduAmong the Academies: A Lifelong Fascination With FishFor Peter Wainwright, the academic path was simple: he simply followed his fascination with fish.“I dare say there wasn't a lot of deep thought about what direction I should go in my life,” he said. “... 36119
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Self host for free opensource.posit.co/software/shi...opensource.posit.coshiny-serverHost Shiny applications over the web. 000
Reposted by Jake BervDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026More geekery tonight. Trying to make sure my code worked as intended and generating Raup's Figure 2 from his 1962 paper "Computer as Aid in Describing Form in Gastropod Shells" #marinelife #SciArt #paleobiology #MolluscMonday #paleontology 36618
Reposted by Jake BervSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social 02439
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For a second I thought we were going back to Cleveland again. 010
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There is no GUIstatic.klipy.comMatrix: Spoon Boy and NeoALT: Matrix: Spoon Boy and Neo 141
Reposted by Jake BervJo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never trust the GUI, only command line 6273
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yeah that is my understanding as well. from the PO: "However, it does not say you cannot list it, only that is not required for you to do so. Use your start up package to complete the form." I dont really feel strongly about it, i just have no idea what I'd enter for person-months. I can ballpark 200
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026PO got back to me today and suggested I enter my start up info. But apparently that is not required for disclosure normally. 200
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Right, the problem is that I can't generate the C+P document without listing at least one entry 100
Reposted by Jake BervMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ANSP 22341, an unassuming slab from the Famennian Catskill Formation with portions of a few articulated lobe-finned fishes (Holoptychius) and a placoderm (Bothriolepis). Special to me as the first fossil I found to end up in a museum, collected during the first summer of my PhD. #FossilFriday 14611
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Need the hive mind I am a sponsoring scientist on an NSF PRFB proposal but as incoming faculty I have no current or pending grants yet; sponsoring scientists should not include the PRFB proposal in their C&P. in SciENcv, the Download PDF button is disabled/greyed out when no C&P is entered. Ideas? 100
Jake Berv @jakeberv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026GPT-6 astra can make nice looking tables in word. AGI is here folks.static.klipy.comOwen Wilson's Iconic 'Wow' ReactionALT: Owen Wilson's Iconic 'Wow' Reaction 021
Reposted by Jake BervDan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I was very pleased to review @stevebrusatte.bsky.social's new book "The Story of Birds" for @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks to @wtf-r-species.bsky.social for the invitation! doi.org/10.1093/evol... 16010
Reposted by Jake BervKim, Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️ @easybakedoven.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You look at this and think AI took an artist's job; I look at this and think AI took the CEO's job. 4164
Reposted by Jake BervProfessor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Astounding find of a thylacine head bought for £25, sold for £62,000 to private natural history collection-- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'I saved an extinct Tasmian Tiger's head from obscurity'James Cranfield knew an "antique fox head" up for auction was something much more special. 1124
Reposted by Jake BervHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 18/08/2026www.nsf.gov/news/foundat...nsf.govAugust 2026 Notices of Funding Opportunity for Foundational ResearchLearn about new NSF funding opportunities prioritizing foundational research across the sciences and engineering. 048
Reposted by Jake BervByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Crossposted with @openvibe.social 35715
Reposted by Jake BervSantiago Claramunt @sclaramunt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Trying some techniques to measure wings on live birds. #NeotropicalBirds #morphometrics #Choco #Ornithology 1173
Reposted by Jake BervMark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler @rejectresubmit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on an NSF-funded project developing new models of trait evolution for phylogenetic comparative methods! Info about the lab here: mhibbins.github.io Applications to our grad program are due December 1. Please share!mhibbins.github.ioHibbins Lab 15665