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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are you interested in the past, present & future of Artificial Life (ALife) as a scientific field? 🚨 We are hosting an interdisciplinary minisymposium this December, so send us your work & come along! Please share widely! 🔗 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsci #academicsky #evobio #AI #HPS

Promotional graphic for a mini-symposium titled “Life As It Could Be: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Life,” taking place 7–8 December 2026 at Aula Symbiosis, BioScience Center, KU Leuven. The text appears over a blue-and-orange honeycomb-like cellular pattern.

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

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Gaurav Athreya @gauravathreya.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

wanna read the latest overview of “internal evolutionary conflicts” — scenarios where genes spread despite being organism-deleterious? and wanna learn how to model them? look at our new preprint! we introduce unifying ideas, and try hard to write accessibly. small 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is not even a matter of choice xD Considering it a choice is what is already wrong....

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Arcades and _especially_ with old games like SFII and Metal Slug still exist?!?!?!

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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026

Has anyone tested the hypothesis that the brain has a 'code'?

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thanks for sharing this!!! Sooo many opinions on these things by people who "know"... It's always refreshing to read something from people who actually understand what it is that they're talking about :)

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Articles written by people who know what they're talking about are always important to read.

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Can we engineer ecosystems before they collapse? In our new perspective on "emergent bioengineering" we argue that the key challenge is not simply controlling living systems, but designing interventions that can adapt and sustain functional ecological networks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Yogi Jaeger @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

I find this highly unlikely. What is missing from biology today is a good, actionable theory of the organism. This is a gaping hole in the midst of the discipline, and without it, we cannot understand the nature of life, no matter how many new methodologies we invent, and however many data sets […]

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Institut Natura e Teoria ※ Pireneus (INTP) @intp-science.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📢 Applications are open for the 4th INTP Autumn School “Syntheses in Theoretical Community #Ecology” A week-long school designed for researchers who want to step back and build a broader, more synthetic and critical view of the field. 👉 Full details & application: intp.science/en/autumn26.... 🌍🌐🧪

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Life in the computer? Before the internet and Alife, John Conway was already watching strange digital creatures emerge from a few simple rules in his Game of Life. These are the notes he sent to Martin Gardner, who made it a famous one in @sciam.bsky.social Check here www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns...

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Thanks for sharing this! I recall I saw an interview of Conway about math. The way he spoke about it (math not just game of life) was so captivating! It's a real shame he passed away from COVID :/ (Despite being 80something when that happened)

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Glad to have shared! If you remember it, whenever you read it, share your thoughts on it :)

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Complexity Cat 🐱 @amahury.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Agreed! We need philosophy to ground our conceptions of causation, emergence, and mechanism in biological contexts. A good starting point is to conceive life as a process, rather than as a substance, as we have been doing for centuries. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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Biology Needs Philosophy, But What Philosophy?

Abstract. Philosophy of biology has the potential to contribute to biology by improving scientific reasoning. However, this potential is largely unrealized

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks for this link as well!! The first time that this concept of we are not machines, and life is not what we _really_ think it is, was more well established in my head with this book, which I can't recommend enough! It's a shame that it hasn't become a "classic".. www.amazon.com/Creation-Lif...

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Creation: Life and How to Make It

Creation: Life and How to Make It [Grand, Steve] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Creation: Life and How to Make It

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We are definitely NOT machines... In _any_ way

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I LOVE papers of this kind! It's about time we start to push towards leaving behind mechanistic and reductionist thinking... _Especially_ when it comes to biology!

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I REALLY want to hang this as a poster outside of my room's door!

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 25/03/2026

The International Society for Artificial Life is offering 5$ memberships to a limited number of people located in low/middle income countries. If you have been interested in the membership benefits (alife.org/membership/) but cannot afford it, apply here: alife.org/2026/03/24/n... #ALife

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New ISAL Global Membership Program Pilot

Overview ISAL has core values of being an inclusive and supportive community as well as making the field viable for junior and early career scholars to succeed and thrive in. We recognize that the cos...

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I haven't personally collaborated with the team, but from what little I know them, it will be a great great opportunity to have LOTS of fun and do some top tier science! Don't lose the opportunity ^^ Share and enjoy!

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Matteo Farinella (he/him) @matteofarinella.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Have you heard people identify as left-brained or right-brained? It’s a common myth that people’s personalities are tied to a dominant side of their brain, but the truth isn’t that simple. #BrainAwarenessWeek #BrainWeek

Brain Awareness Week - Right/Left Brain myth - illustration by Matteo Farinella

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This semester, we will be reading selected chapters from "Everything flows", edited by @djnicholson.bsky.social and John Dupré in our Reading Group. All interested are welcome to join us at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de (room NDEF04/346). If needed, we can also arrange hybrid meetings. #HPBio #PhDSky

Poster for this semester's reading group. We meet every first Wednesday at 4:15pm (CET) at Ruhr University Bochum (room NDEF04/346). If you need more information (abstract of the book, topics of the individual dates, information about the moodle course etc.), please e-mail me! vera.straetmanns[at]rub.de

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hahahahaha! This is SO DOPE MAN!!! :D

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Anyone who can recommend a good book in #eco-evo #ecoevo or #ecology and #evolution? Preferably theoretical :) Thank you~ #science #sciencetalk

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Institut Natura e Teoria ※ Pireneus (INTP) @intp-science.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

⏳ Two weeks left to apply to our Summer School, and benefit from the early-bird rate! Don’t miss this opportunity to join us for a week of inspiring lectures and discussions with an exceptional community of researchers - all set in the beautiful Pyrenees ⛰️ ☀️ We look forward to welcoming you! 🧪🌐

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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨 Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!) Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

What the actual.... Even if it was not a predatory journal, the way it's written, the only actual answer is no... This thing is pure cringe. Such big words and then the "thyself"... Just wow!

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Charlotte Bunnenberg @cbunnenberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I'm extremely grateful to have received the Anne Keymer prize for my oral presentation at the BES annual meeting 2025! A big thank you to the @britishecologicalsociety.org and everyone who came along to the talk—it was an absolute honour to have the chance to share my research with you all!

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The top one is "the Shadow"??

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Yogi Jaeger @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

RE: spore.social/@yoginho/1157364865934… #39c3 Please help make this workshop happen! pretalx.c3voc.de/39c3-haecksen-work… All we need is one ticket for me, if someone has one to spare.... 🙏

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

AI is the easy way out of everything and the easy solution of everything... Maybe in a way it "differentiates" (for a lack of better word) people who are in it for the passion of learning, improving, etc, and those who are in it for the results and don't care how they reach them. Easy being better

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James Lea @jamesmlea.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🚨POSTDOC JOB ALERT🚨 We have an exciting opportunity for a 2 year postdoc on remote sensing of icebergs and marine terminating glaciers. See the link below for more info! Please spread widely, and feel free to email me with any Q's :) tinyurl.com/2jjcmea9

Photo of a marine terminating glacier in Greenland with icebergs in front of it

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I LOVE zines! I LOVE that people always find ways to share their ideas far and wide! Expression and worries and rising up should and can't be silenced :)

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

All of them were so so good! And I have to admit I learned a lot myself by reading them! :D Sequential images (BD, comics, whatever) are such such a fun thing to do and I think all who make 'em support each other! We share the same passion :D That's the BEST part :D

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

One of my favorite things in class - last day of term in my intro comics class, I do a whirlwind recap of every single thing we did over the term - then I have Ss each sketch out a main takeaway from the course & take turns explaining & sticking down to big sheet. It’s a blast! Some highlights 1/3

A bunch of drawn stickers about comics stuck to sheets of paper on the floor

Closeup on a student drawn sticker - this one about space

Closeup on a student drawn sticker - this one about analysis

Closeup on a student drawn sticker - this one about making stuff

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Louica Philipp @louzula.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Hey fellow wizards, I'll be at the #BES Annual Meeting in #Edinburgh next week! If you're interested in food web and metacommunity models, emergence of self-organised patterns and eco-evo feedbacks, please join the >> Theoretical/Computational Ecology << session on Tuesday afternoon 🦊

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

WTF is wrong with the world? o.O 1945 was not even a century ago, cold war ended in the 90s... Do they even get that they are destroying everything around them and they're playing with VERY VERY BAD stuff for everyone?? It won't be good for business cause there will be no business... JFC....

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 22/06/2025

C&B has been dying a slow death for months, and it seems that no one cares. Support articles like the one below; soon they won't be anywhere on the internet. For the last time, we are asking you to help us survive; please share this link with all your friends: cinephiliabeyond.org/donate2024/

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I am on my first year of my PhD.... Knowing I'll go through it (again after trying to start a PhD), is sooooo comforting (not)...

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J. Marshall Smith @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Hey, I know we're all trying to weather an idiotic societal collapse, but do you want to preorder my new book or buy the original cover art drawing? I'm looking for another job(s?) but in the meantime I'm selling off originals to try to keep the lights on.

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I had no idea there were these many demons in science :O

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Why is it that evolutionary biology these days is 99% bioinformatics and *omics and 1% everything else (more abstract, mathematical, even wetlab oriented)? :/ At least based on what I see anyway... Maybe I'm wrong. If I am please say so! :) It'll make me a bit happier :)

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Being there was so so so so damn great!!! :D Highly encouraged to chill, be in a cool scientific atmosphere and talk with people who know a LOT on science, open to new ideas, cook AMAZING vegetarian/vegan food and are nerds to the bone (warhammer, games, manga, anime, BD)! (There's a donkey around)

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Dimitris Nakos @nakdim.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It was absolutely great being there \o/ The whole experience rocked so hard! :D

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025

A request for biologists (reposts appreciated): do you have any images of "reduction spots" like those in the Mars biosignature paper, but on Earth and 100% confirmed to be caused by life? Also welcome: pic of any "leopard spots" patterns caused by colonies of organisms.

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