Tom Holding
@verwirrt.bsky.social
Postdoc at MPI EVA Leipzig, developing agent-based modelling tools for cultural evolution and demography
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Starting the week strong 💪 we share now the plenary talk of @heidicolleran.bsky.social, which was part of @ehbea2025.bsky.social
Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶
Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned!
youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...
Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶
Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned!
youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...
Heidi Colleran - EHBEA 2025
YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association
youtu.be
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Starting the week strong 💪 we share now the plenary talk of @heidicolleran.bsky.social, which was part of @ehbea2025.bsky.social
Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶
Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned!
youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...
Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶
Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned!
youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...
Humans can see light polarisation!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Seeing polarization of light with the naked eye
Many readers may know that scores of animal species sense the polarization of light for purposes including navigation, predation, and communication1. …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Humans can see light polarisation!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!
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Reposted by Tom Holding
Today in the USA, women are TWICE as likely to DIE giving birth than their mothers were a generation ago.
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today in the USA, women are TWICE as likely to DIE giving birth than their mothers were a generation ago.
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
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New paper with @lottybrand.bsky.social and @verwirrt.bsky.social. We use some cool modeling to argue for a central role of analogy in the evolution of both language and high-fidelity social learning, using multiple NK landscapes. Feedback welcome.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 1, 2024 at 3:22 PM
New paper with @lottybrand.bsky.social and @verwirrt.bsky.social. We use some cool modeling to argue for a central role of analogy in the evolution of both language and high-fidelity social learning, using multiple NK landscapes. Feedback welcome.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Campaign for cross-border financial support for safe abortions within the EU
www.myvoice-mychoice.org
www.myvoice-mychoice.org
My Voice, My Choice
Movement for safe and accessible abortion in Europe. Join us and be a part of change for Europe that is free, equal, and just for all. Together we are stronger.
www.myvoice-mychoice.org
May 13, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Campaign for cross-border financial support for safe abortions within the EU
www.myvoice-mychoice.org
www.myvoice-mychoice.org
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Sigh. ☹️
New paper: of 5000 PhDs awarded at large Dutch uni, men were about twice as likely to receive a cum laude degree even if they had same supervisor. Difference most severe with all male PhD committees & reduces with more female members.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students
www.nature.com
December 4, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Sigh. ☹️
As hostile as the internet sometimes seems, I still love that it's full of old articles where someone has spent unreasonable time to explain random things to strangers in great depth. A whirlwind tour of algorithms for sampling discrete probability distributions: keithschwarz.com/darts-dice-c...
December 14, 2023 at 1:30 PM
As hostile as the internet sometimes seems, I still love that it's full of old articles where someone has spent unreasonable time to explain random things to strangers in great depth. A whirlwind tour of algorithms for sampling discrete probability distributions: keithschwarz.com/darts-dice-c...
Backup career: Ornithomancer! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornitho...
October 5, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Backup career: Ornithomancer! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornitho...
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New paper on voter fraud conspiracy theories out! We found evidence that the spread of voter fraud tweets during the 2020 US election was boosted by a bias for negative emotion (w/ @albertoacerbi.bsky.social, Morin, Stubbersfield, and Glassman) 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Negativity bias in the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theory tweets during the 2020 US election - ...
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Negativity bias in the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theory tweets during the 2020 US election
www.nature.com
September 18, 2023 at 2:14 PM
New paper on voter fraud conspiracy theories out! We found evidence that the spread of voter fraud tweets during the 2020 US election was boosted by a bias for negative emotion (w/ @albertoacerbi.bsky.social, Morin, Stubbersfield, and Glassman) 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 13, 2023 at 10:27 AM