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bbolker.bsky.social
Ecology, evolution, epidemiology, statistics (mixed models). McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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Now seems a good time to mention that I haven't yet filled a postdoc position in phylogenetic methods. If you just lost your job, need something temporary, and know something about bioinformatics/statistics/evolution, talk to me.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org

submitted 11 days ago • 27 comments

I know it doesn't matter *at all*, but I'm wondering who I should ask to fix the Canadian Common CV PDF so that the Digital Alliance logo doesn't have weird JPEG compression artifacts ... 🇨🇦 #firstworldacademicproblems

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

submitted 17 days ago • 35 comments

I am excited to announce that we are advertising a summer school in model-based multivariate analysis for ecologists. It will take place in Hjerkinn, Norway from 21-25 July. More information can be found at bertv.folk.ntnu.no/index.html and in this 🧵. #GLLVM

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 (1/?) Posting technical Qs to distract me from <stuff>: thinking about optimizers/MCMC for ugly surfaces (multimodal/rough/weakly identifiable), e.g. differential evolution github.com/ArdiaD/DEoptim, doi.org//10.18637/js... or dx.doi.org/10.1086/670067 affine-invariant ensemble sampler

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment