Joel Pick
@joelpick.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist and open science advocate. Interested in social evolution, population dynamics, statistics, and open science. Parent x2. Incompetent but enthusiastic naturalist
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📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
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We all make mistakes... often you feel really stupid in hindsight because they were so obvious 😅
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December 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We all make mistakes... often you feel really stupid in hindsight because they were so obvious 😅
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Reading the structured abstract alone should set off a half dozen statistical alarms in any scientists head.
The fact that this found its way into Science makes me wonder how we drive home those stats 101 lessons and make them intuitive.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The fact that this found its way into Science makes me wonder how we drive home those stats 101 lessons and make them intuitive.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reading the structured abstract alone should set off a half dozen statistical alarms in any scientists head.
The fact that this found its way into Science makes me wonder how we drive home those stats 101 lessons and make them intuitive.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The fact that this found its way into Science makes me wonder how we drive home those stats 101 lessons and make them intuitive.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
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CALL OPEN NOW - Would you like to join the JEB Editorial Board?
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑💻🪸🦎
Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
CALL OPEN NOW - Would you like to join the JEB Editorial Board?
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
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I don't even buy the 'LLMs will make work faster' argument these days - we've had two projects where LLM used (for code and writing) have actively delayed the project, because of slop, errors, and poor quality. Good luck with the talk, would love to see the recording :)
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I don't even buy the 'LLMs will make work faster' argument these days - we've had two projects where LLM used (for code and writing) have actively delayed the project, because of slop, errors, and poor quality. Good luck with the talk, would love to see the recording :)
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We’re currently working on fleshing out @sortee.bsky.social’s workshop and webinar series roster for 2026! If you’d like to speak to a global audience this year on anything related to open, reliable, and transparent eco/evo, shoot me a message and I’d love to chat about possibilities!
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We’re currently working on fleshing out @sortee.bsky.social’s workshop and webinar series roster for 2026! If you’d like to speak to a global audience this year on anything related to open, reliable, and transparent eco/evo, shoot me a message and I’d love to chat about possibilities!
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Another day, and another reference to these bangers. Contemporary causal inference has fundamentally changed the way I think about control variables and mediation analyses. These can show you why:
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
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doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Another day, and another reference to these bangers. Contemporary causal inference has fundamentally changed the way I think about control variables and mediation analyses. These can show you why:
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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Thanks to @johnholbein1.bsky.social I learned about this paper on rent control in Berlin.
Because I was marking, I immediately downloaded the replication materials.
bsky.app/profile/john...
Because I was marking, I immediately downloaded the replication materials.
bsky.app/profile/john...
Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thanks to @johnholbein1.bsky.social I learned about this paper on rent control in Berlin.
Because I was marking, I immediately downloaded the replication materials.
bsky.app/profile/john...
Because I was marking, I immediately downloaded the replication materials.
bsky.app/profile/john...
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It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄
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xkcd comics published about statistics correlates with The number of concierges in Ohio (r=0.921)
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
xkcd comics published about statistics correlates with The number of concierges in Ohio (r=0.921)
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The Frink Award, ZSL’s lifetime achievement award goes to Professor Josephine Pemberton, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, for contributions to behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, and long-term field research that have transformed our understanding of wild animal populations 🏆
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Frink Award, ZSL’s lifetime achievement award goes to Professor Josephine Pemberton, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, for contributions to behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, and long-term field research that have transformed our understanding of wild animal populations 🏆
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Took me a year (😱), but I finally published a blog post about our article on the #quantgen variance partition of phenitypic plasticity with @lmchev.bsky.social, published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social.
🇬🇧 devillemereuil.legtux.org/quantitative...
🇫🇷 devillemereuil.legtux.org/fr/genetique...
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Quantitative genetics of reaction norms: an onion partitionning – Pierre de Villemereuil
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December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Took me a year (😱), but I finally published a blog post about our article on the #quantgen variance partition of phenitypic plasticity with @lmchev.bsky.social, published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social.
🇬🇧 devillemereuil.legtux.org/quantitative...
🇫🇷 devillemereuil.legtux.org/fr/genetique...
🇬🇧 devillemereuil.legtux.org/quantitative...
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Mittel: negative genetic covariance of lamb survival and adult size explains why feral 🐑 do not evolve larger size despite clear advantages for adults, higher survival of larger lambs. Cost of growing large leads to missing fraction? Highly relevant for wild ungulates 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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December 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mittel: negative genetic covariance of lamb survival and adult size explains why feral 🐑 do not evolve larger size despite clear advantages for adults, higher survival of larger lambs. Cost of growing large leads to missing fraction? Highly relevant for wild ungulates 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A very interesting article in @economist.com
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
made me think about the risk of AI slop science papers, and how to create barriers to them (especially at the preprint stage). One idea in this economist article is about tracing the writing & research process..
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
made me think about the risk of AI slop science papers, and how to create barriers to them (especially at the preprint stage). One idea in this economist article is about tracing the writing & research process..
AI misinformation may have paradoxical consequences
To understand why, consider the side-blotched lizard
www.economist.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A very interesting article in @economist.com
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
made me think about the risk of AI slop science papers, and how to create barriers to them (especially at the preprint stage). One idea in this economist article is about tracing the writing & research process..
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
made me think about the risk of AI slop science papers, and how to create barriers to them (especially at the preprint stage). One idea in this economist article is about tracing the writing & research process..
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« The hours have to come from somewhere, so when someone ignores the fact that I get the same 24-hour-day as everyone else, it makes me angry — especially so when it’s coming from people with better job security and higher salaries. »
As a postdoc, I could not relate more.
As a postdoc, I could not relate more.
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
« The hours have to come from somewhere, so when someone ignores the fact that I get the same 24-hour-day as everyone else, it makes me angry — especially so when it’s coming from people with better job security and higher salaries. »
As a postdoc, I could not relate more.
As a postdoc, I could not relate more.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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We have a permanent vacancy for a lecturer in Zoology at Aberystwyth University jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l... Deadline 14th December!
Aberystwyth University - : Lecturer in Zoology (6015)
jobs.aber.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We have a permanent vacancy for a lecturer in Zoology at Aberystwyth University jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l... Deadline 14th December!
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Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird #sparrows
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird
Abstract. When altricial birds hatch, they are unable to regulate their own temperature, but by the time they fledge they are thermally independent. Early-
doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird #sparrows
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
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Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
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DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑💻🪸🦎
Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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Thermal physiology meets quantitative genetics - our new paper explores the drivers of body temperature in nestling sparrows #ornithology
@jevbio.bsky.social
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@jevbio.bsky.social
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Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird
Abstract. When altricial birds hatch, they are unable to regulate their own temperature, but by the time they fledge they are thermally independent. Early-
academic.oup.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Thermal physiology meets quantitative genetics - our new paper explores the drivers of body temperature in nestling sparrows #ornithology
@jevbio.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
@jevbio.bsky.social
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CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases.
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases.
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
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Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...