@octopus-ac.bsky.social is a new model for modular academic publishing. Anyone is welcome to respond to this article by posting either a peer review or a linked hypothesis.

Maybe @rppw.bsky.social

🖋️ Signing a contract with no end date is also a strange new experience for me, and more stability than I ever hoped for in life. I'll always be an academic nomad at heart, though! 🗺️🌏

The 'circles of friendship', as they're referred to here, is a direct update to Dunbar's Number. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

Dunbar's recent research considers precisely the social behaviours (e.g. gossiping, singing, laughing) that enable human groups to scale, depending upon their time efficiency. Different activities may enable different groups sizes, so he now has many "numbers".

PCI will review a pre-print for free

I plan on adding some of my own research as connected publications that stem from these research questions, but other's may also post items that stem from this. Happy to discuss how to use Octopus with anyone that is interested!