I am very proud of the artwork on the cover of our recent Phil Trans issue on consciousness. It is based on watercolor paintings and ink drawings on paper I did myself, based on published diagrams by recognized experts on comparative brain anatomy (detailed in the caption which it seems no one read)
Happy new year! I wanted to share my new Python package called chatter that streamlines the process of applying AI/ML models to animal communication 🦜🦇🐋🐵👨🌾 masonyoungblood.github.io/chatter/
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Tecumseh Fitch
Mason Youngblood
Still scratching my head about whether female #magnificentriflebirds display back at males or if all those copulations I’ve filmed actually involve immature males
And lastly, thanks a lot to @timsainburg.bsky.social for his valuable input and proposing to use Leiden community detection!
My master’s thesis is a paper now ☺️
And thank you to everyone involved in the poster: Jonas Lesigang, Sonia Kleindorfer and Tecumseh Fitch. And @alperyelimlies.bsky.social who gave me a lot of valuable feedback on the poster design.