Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 A great effort from the @sortee.bsky.social advocacy committee: @jsharapi.bsky.social @jepsonnomad.bsky.social @ecolology.bsky.social @itchyshin.bsky.social @benauxier.bsky.social @borneangibbons.bsky.social @sarahhasnain.bsky.social @cmarin.bsky.social 120
Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We are starting data extraction at the @sortee.bsky.social conference on Tuesday 13th October 9 UTC, and you are welcome to contribute asynchronously if you cant make it! Please reach out if you want to be involved!! sortee.org/upcoming/sortee.orgUpcoming SORTEE conferenceUpcoming conference by the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE) 130
Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨Exciting project alert!!🚨 Are you interested in data and code sharing in Ecology and Evolution? @eivimeycook.bsky.social and I are running a hackathon to quantify data and code availability and sharing quality across 90 society journals, and looking for people who want to be involved. 23428
Reposted by Joel PickPierre de Villemereuil @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With fieldwork, I didn't get to advertise our (not so now) new paper on the quantitative genetics of growth in the 🦎 in @journal-evo.bsky.social: dx.doi.org/10.1093/evol... It's an exciting paper paper in which we disentangle what it means to treat the whole growth curve as a function-valued trait!dx.doi.orgQuantitative genetics of lifetime growth curves in a lizardAbstract. Body size is an iconic trait in quantitative genetics. For species with indeterminate growth however, growth curve, a function-valued trait, is t 23521
Reposted by Joel PickEdward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A reminder to sign up to the @sortee.bsky.social conference: 13-14th October sortee.org/upcoming/! The advocacy committee will be running a hackathon (second event) looking at EcoEvo society journal policies and data/code availability/quality.sortee.orgUpcoming SORTEE conferenceUpcoming conference by the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE) 127
Reposted by Joel PickMethods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026📖 Published📖 This perspective argues that reframing persistent challenges as interconnected problems of implementation, rather than aspiration, will help in overcoming a century of inertia in quantitative ecology education 📚️ 📈 🎒 🔎 buff.ly/EdhVNrVbesjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comhttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210x.70405 041
Reposted by Joel PickRuben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 11/09/2026An interesting thing is happening to me at the moment. I have a standing bug bounty policy for my first authored scientific work. That means, I've committed to pay people who report bugs in my code, up to 750€ for severe errors. Since GPT-6 Astra came out, I'm now getting several bug reports daily. 39334
Reposted by Joel PickCorey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology 410475
Reposted by Joel PickDan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New preprint! 🎉 I analysed 1660 papers from 4 psychology journals and found materials sharing went from 9% of papers in 2015 to 82% in 2025, and these materials *do* get downloaded — a median of 135 times each. BUT shared code is often hard to run. doi.org/10.31234/osf... Let's walk through it 🧵 4265113
Reposted by Joel PickKate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you know me, you know that Am Nat 🐌 is one of my fav journals. So I am delighted (and a little terrified) to say I've recently accepted a role as one of its Senior Editors! Be sure to keep us in mind as home for your favorite work (including behavior) 😉! @asn-amnat.bsky.social 511416
Reposted by Joel PickMartin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Before writing an introduction, make a one-line roadmap for each paragraph. Then read only those lines. Do they form a logical argument? If not, reorganize the roadmap before polishing the text. 🌐🧪 1124
Reposted by Joel PickDr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Is plastic pollution getting worse?" It's the question we get asked more than any other. After 15 years of data from Lord Howe Island, we finally have a straight answer. 🧵 🔗 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 18359
Reposted by Joel PickJournal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026@prof-tregoning.bsky.social argues that scientific paper format does not reflect how we do science: 🤥are we telling a false story? 💡are we dismissing the central role of creativity in science? What do you think? Let us know in the comments... journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 085
Reposted by Joel PickDaily Spurious Correlation 🤖 @dailycorrelation.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The distance between Uranus and Earth correlates with Asthma prevalence in American children (r=0.932) 032
Reposted by Joel PickBarbara Class, Ph.D. (she/her) @barbaraclass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Tired of reviewing for for-profit academic publishing? How about reviewing for diamond open-access journals instead? Sign the Diamond reviewer pledge and spread the word! forrt.org/diamond-revi...forrt.orgDiamond Reviewer PledgeSignatories of the Diamond Reviewer Pledge commit to reviewing at least one article in the next 12 months for a diamond open access journal. 022
Reposted by Joel PickLaura Ross @laurarossevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My lab @ Edinburgh university is recruiting a postdoc to work on the weird and wonderful germline-specific chromosomes of flies. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... collaboration with @germline.bsky.social and yukiko yamashita funded by @novonordisk.bsky.social please repost! 16866
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 05/09/2026For once, I actually agree with Steve's advice. Being silly is good for the soul. 4717163
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hope you get the job, Steve! (He won't) 522429
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thanks for that, Steve... 220824
Reposted by Joel PickTempleton World Charity Foundation @templetonworld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Congratulations to Dr @katelaskowski.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 Ctrl-Z award by the Center for Scientific Integrity. The award celebrates scientists who discover errors in their work and take the necessary steps to correct the record. 👉 Learn more about the prize: bit.ly/4hSKk0b 05310
Reposted by Joel PickFrancisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Great collection of Shiny apps (and R package) for #teaching #ecology. Apps come in different languages (including Spanish) ecoevoapps.gitlab.io 02418
Reposted by Joel PickEric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm 6179148
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Good philosophy when you think about it. 447484
Reposted by Joel PickSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026⏰ Final call: Nominations for the 2026 SORTEE Commendation Awards close in one week! Know a project promoting Open Science in ecology & evolution? Projects of any scale are welcome. Submit now: sortee.org/awards/ #OpenScience #EcoEvo #SORTEE 0109
Reposted by Joel PickLukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I meant to post that #FLoRA now has over 2,500 replications and reproductions - but we are already at >2,600! This is only possible due to our team of >200 researchers submitting + validating entries, approving them, and maintaining the search pipeline and validation app. forrt.org/flora-explor... 1106
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Stop thinking so hard, Steve. It's a fruitless endeavor. #SteveThoughts 1435349
Reposted by Joel PickKate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Attention: dream job alert!! 🚨 This is *my* home department, which I unabashedly love! We're a super collegial group (that really protects & supports junior faculty 💪) and Davis is a great place to live. Happy to chat more about what it's like to be a faculty here 03432
Reposted by Joel PickJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026On the off chance you're relying on OSF to store your data; put copies of it somewhere safe ASAP. I like to think they've got the runway to keep storing things like they suggest, but it wouldn't be the first time something like this went dark on the internet. www.cos.io/osf-changescos.ioOSF Changes | Center for Open ScienceWe are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif... 54834
Reposted by Joel PickRuss Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 11/08/2026Many of you will have seen the recent post about changes at OSF. If you'd like to learn more about how to use other services (particularly Zenodo) to share data and code, see my book chapter on resource sharing. bettercode-book.org/book-sharing...bettercode-book.org12 Sharing Research Objects – Better Code, Better Science 317783
Reposted by Joel PickCommon Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Question: do I know anyone near Nantes who would be willing to pick up a dead gull-billed tern and its logger? L49 has sadly been killed near a road. I’d be very grateful for a picture and the logger and would of course reimburse postage. 553100
Reposted by Joel PickMarco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Reviewing manuscripts is a service, not a power trip. 082
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/08/2026...Has anyone seen Brad? 1432448
Reposted by Joel PickMarcelo Lima @marcelocegonha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Costa Rica has approved a law requiring wildlife crossings in public road infrastructure where ecological connectivity is affected—bringing connectivity conservation directly into infrastructure planning and policy. delfino.cr/2026/08/asam... @fletcherecology.bsky.socialdelfino.crAsamblea aprueba ley que obliga a incluir pasos de fauna en la infraestructura pública del paísIniciativa aprobada por unanimidad indica que MOPT, municipalidades y otras entidades públicas deberán coordinar con el Sinac para estudiar la necesidad o no de estas estructuras en nuevas obras viale... 087
Reposted by Joel PickDaniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Remember: whether a claim is causal or descriptive is a property of your *question* (and implied theory), not your *analysis* 1445
Reposted by Joel PickDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Yay for @katelaskowski.bsky.social !!! A well deserved award. 151
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Wise words from Steve... 629876
Reposted by Joel PickSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026🌟 Final month to nominate projects for the 2026 SORTEE Commendation Awards! Know a project promoting Open Science in ecology & evolution, such as workshops, tools, repositories, outreach & more? Projects can be local or global, team-based or individual. sortee.org/awards/ 01118
Reposted by Joel PickSabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Drawing on an analysis of over 100000 articles in ecology-related disciplines [...], we show that the shift to pay-to-publish OA has already reduced participation by researchers from many middle-income countries." nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comPayment‐based open access is biasing scientific participation from the Global South in ecologyOpening access to the products of scientific research is widely considered a key step toward both fairness and better science worldwide. Since the 1990s, different forms of open access (OA) to journa... 34342
Reposted by Joel PickJon Aguiñaga @jon-aguinaga.bsky.social · 03/08/2026🚨 Behavioral ecologists 🚨 I am about ready to submit a review paper on animal contest behavior. If you have any high quality photos of your study system engaging in a dyadic interaction (fight), DM me. I am revising a figure that has photos of different study systems. Photo creds will be provided! 2912
Reposted by Joel PickRuben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 01/08/2026my kid likes making stop motion movies. the apps I found cost money, had ads or were not very child-friendly, so I had claude fable one-shot a cross-platform PWA rubenarslan.github.io/trickfilm/ works a charm :-) and completely localrubenarslan.github.ioTrickfilm 1203
Reposted by Joel PickIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Thanks for that, Steve... 838366
Reposted by Joel PickJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 30/07/2026New blog post! Odds ratios are...a bit weird. Here I explain two problems (interpretation, non-collapsibility) and provide some simple recommendations for improved reporting. www.the100.ci/2026/07/30/r...the100.ciReviewer notes: Odds ratios are really oddWhen psychological researchers investigate binary outcomes, they routinely report odds ratios to quantify the strength of an effect or an association. This is quite understandable given that psycholog... 2428779
Reposted by Joel PickPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 29/07/2026#Preregistration supports #OpenScience, but is uncommon in animal research. This Meta-Research study by @hannowuerbel.bsky.social reveals that despite known benefits, perceived bureaucracy, time costs and inflexibility hinder adoption. 🧪#AcademicSky @unibe.ch @swissrn.bsky.social plos.io/4pL0tXq 0149
Reposted by Joel PickBrooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...doi.orgNeurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences SpacesAbstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in 517861
Reposted by Joel PickSimon Evans @sevans.bsky.social · 16/07/2026What are the conferences/meetings that plant evolutionary ecologists in the UK attend? It seems silly for us to be siloed by taxonomy, so I’m keen to explore how we can encourage greater discourse. Please RT. 008
Reposted by Joel PickPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Peter's Law of Chatbot Accuracy*: "everything you read that's produced by an LLM is absolutely true, except for the rare output about which you happen have expert knowledge". *Remixed from Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy, where the exact same rules apply! 77726