Dr. Vaskar Nepal
@nepalvaskar.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Illinois University; Research and teaching on aquatic animals; fish-lover; #Rstats; Dad x2
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This sport is the best
football is life
ALT: football is life
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June 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This sport is the best
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![Comic. [A person and a second person with a ponytail sitting at a table with a screen showing a soccer game behind them.] PERSON 1: They could be in trouble. Over the last 36 years, they’ve gone 0 for 2 when they’ve scored in the 37th minute to lead 2-1 against a team whose country comes before theirs alphabetically. [caption] I wish sports commentators hadn’t discovered p-hacking.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia7nj3d2xiski77uifyleeowddz6c24e5tgcxrk4jy5j6o3i2wryu)
June 24, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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Many animals rely on darkness to rest, feed, move safely and find their way. But artificial light can disturb these natural rhythms, including for migratory species like sea turtles, bats & birds.
Watch this video to learn how small changes at home and in our communities can help protect wildlife.
Watch this video to learn how small changes at home and in our communities can help protect wildlife.
June 24, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Many animals rely on darkness to rest, feed, move safely and find their way. But artificial light can disturb these natural rhythms, including for migratory species like sea turtles, bats & birds.
Watch this video to learn how small changes at home and in our communities can help protect wildlife.
Watch this video to learn how small changes at home and in our communities can help protect wildlife.
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Finally finished @philipcball.bsky.social's wonderful "How Life Works"! When I hit the part on the 2nd Law felt compelled to share my comic on Entropy from a few years back, bits of which I'm expanding on in the new work (& one reason I read this brilliant book!) spinweaveandcut.com/sketching-en...
June 19, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Finally finished @philipcball.bsky.social's wonderful "How Life Works"! When I hit the part on the 2nd Law felt compelled to share my comic on Entropy from a few years back, bits of which I'm expanding on in the new work (& one reason I read this brilliant book!) spinweaveandcut.com/sketching-en...
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Don't fall in love with your paper drafts
June 19, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Don't fall in love with your paper drafts
Harry Kane is the most complete and versatile player I have ever seen.
A quintessential Harry Kane performance last night.
Two goals, three points, and the type of touch map you'd expect from a box-to-box midfielder.
Two goals, three points, and the type of touch map you'd expect from a box-to-box midfielder.
June 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Harry Kane is the most complete and versatile player I have ever seen.
If this trend keeps, I and my coauthors won’t be able to publish in the MDPI journals. And that’s okay with me. 😁
@thejop.bsky.social announces the right to refuse consideration of manuscripts of those who have declined to review 3+ times.
Careful who you co author with!
Careful who you co author with!
June 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM
If this trend keeps, I and my coauthors won’t be able to publish in the MDPI journals. And that’s okay with me. 😁
Intriguing question
Should researchers still be posting their data openly online? It’s a question being debated by some researchers now that bots are routinely mining open-access databases and scientific publications to train artificial-intelligence tools'.
Bots are scraping open data — how should researchers respond?
The snowballing ability of artificial intelligence to trawl open data sets has some scientists worried about losing control of their information.
www.nature.com
June 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Intriguing question
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Measles cases have accelerated alarmingly over the past couple of years.
From the Washington Post editorial. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
From the Washington Post editorial. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
June 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Measles cases have accelerated alarmingly over the past couple of years.
From the Washington Post editorial. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
From the Washington Post editorial. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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A presentation is not a comprehensive overview of the whole accompanying paper. It’s the key methodological points, results highlights, and essential take-away messages. Lots of people have started including QR codes to their preprints at the end. This is a great idea!
(9/11)
(9/11)
June 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
A presentation is not a comprehensive overview of the whole accompanying paper. It’s the key methodological points, results highlights, and essential take-away messages. Lots of people have started including QR codes to their preprints at the end. This is a great idea!
(9/11)
(9/11)
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I hate painting epoccipitals almost as much as I hate painting teeth. In fact, no, more than teeth. I can at least choose to hide the latter. 😅
June 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I hate painting epoccipitals almost as much as I hate painting teeth. In fact, no, more than teeth. I can at least choose to hide the latter. 😅
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your feedback
was kind
gentle
and correct
and still
i resent you
was kind
gentle
and correct
and still
i resent you
June 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
your feedback
was kind
gentle
and correct
and still
i resent you
was kind
gentle
and correct
and still
i resent you
At the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, where I will be presenting some work looking at common gotchas when using bioenergetics models to calculate habitat suitability indices for fishes.
June 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
At the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, where I will be presenting some work looking at common gotchas when using bioenergetics models to calculate habitat suitability indices for fishes.
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Today is my birthday.
If you wanna give me something: Spread my art.
Thank you.
If you wanna give me something: Spread my art.
Thank you.
May 23, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Today is my birthday.
If you wanna give me something: Spread my art.
Thank you.
If you wanna give me something: Spread my art.
Thank you.
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*JOB* We are seeking a marine ecologist to investigate how physical disturbance - bottom trawling - influence carbon, nutrient and greenhouse gases. The advert is now live until 08/06/2026. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/3416326HN
jobs.soton.ac.uk/3416326HN
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow in Marine Ecology
We are seeking a highly motivated Marine Ecologist to join our collaborative research group at the University of Southampton. This position is funded by the NERC C-FLOOR highlight topic and offers a u...
jobs.soton.ac.uk
May 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
*JOB* We are seeking a marine ecologist to investigate how physical disturbance - bottom trawling - influence carbon, nutrient and greenhouse gases. The advert is now live until 08/06/2026. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/3416326HN
jobs.soton.ac.uk/3416326HN
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Hey Gandalf, what animal is closely related to maize?
May 20, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Hey Gandalf, what animal is closely related to maize?
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The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
Your School District Is Probably Scoring Worse Than 10 Years Ago
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
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On my way to #EGU26, perfect time to drop a new post! 🗺️ Something I've been wanting to write about: Mercator projections still showing up in high-profile journals. So here it is: projections you should stop using (for most things) 👇
#gis #rstats #dataviz
dominicroye.github.io/blog/map-pro...
#gis #rstats #dataviz
dominicroye.github.io/blog/map-pro...
Map projections: a practical guide to common mistakes and how to fix them
Researcher in climate science at MBG-CSIC
dominicroye.github.io
May 4, 2026 at 6:12 AM
On my way to #EGU26, perfect time to drop a new post! 🗺️ Something I've been wanting to write about: Mercator projections still showing up in high-profile journals. So here it is: projections you should stop using (for most things) 👇
#gis #rstats #dataviz
dominicroye.github.io/blog/map-pro...
#gis #rstats #dataviz
dominicroye.github.io/blog/map-pro...
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World's most contagious falsehoods
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April 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
World's most contagious falsehoods
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An author in China with nearly 500 preprints has continued to add his daughter’s name to papers – despite her insistence she was not involved.
‘I asked him to stop’: Father adds daughter’s name to over 100 preprints without her permission
Anja/Pixabay An author in China with nearly 500 preprints has continued to add his daughter’s name to papers – despite her insistence she was not involved. Shifa Liu, whose papers list affili…
retractionwatch.com
April 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
An author in China with nearly 500 preprints has continued to add his daughter’s name to papers – despite her insistence she was not involved.
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NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...
April 18, 2026 at 5:21 AM
NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...
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Following completion of the largest dam removal in US history in 2024, the Upper Klamath River saw its first naturally hatched Chinook salmon this year - a promising sign of recovery for both the fish and the tribes that historically relied on them www.ijpr.org/wildlife/202...
Chinook salmon are hatching in Upper Klamath for first time in a century
The Klamath Tribes are celebrating evidence of Chinook salmon spawning in Klamath River tributary.
www.ijpr.org
April 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Following completion of the largest dam removal in US history in 2024, the Upper Klamath River saw its first naturally hatched Chinook salmon this year - a promising sign of recovery for both the fish and the tribes that historically relied on them www.ijpr.org/wildlife/202...
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This is another great example of a rule that resonates with me:
When someone asks you to send more time consuming/interacting with material than was spent creating it, it is
SOUL CRUSHING
When someone asks you to send more time consuming/interacting with material than was spent creating it, it is
SOUL CRUSHING
I never have any proof that a student used an LLM and it generally doesn't feel worth it to pursue, but it's pretty soul crushing to be grading and giving feedback to papers that reads like chat gpt
April 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
This is another great example of a rule that resonates with me:
When someone asks you to send more time consuming/interacting with material than was spent creating it, it is
SOUL CRUSHING
When someone asks you to send more time consuming/interacting with material than was spent creating it, it is
SOUL CRUSHING