Had a very lovely trip to @teap2026.bsky.social. A new conference to me and have had a lot of fun. Thanks to @tuennermann.bsky.social (and Iris!) for putting together the foraging symposium! Pictured: successful foraging to enable continued science.
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We have lots of open code at github.com/Riadsala/FoMo
and we'd love to help if you think this model might be interesting to apply to your data - do get in touch if so.
Spending time in lovely Rijeka this week with @ljerkaostojic.bsky.social and @edlegg.bsky.social - what could be better than sunshine and science with friends! :)
If you would like some productive procrastination, please feel free to help us out with some research on individual recognition of great spotted woodpeckers (NB: needs to be done on a laptop/computer): mzmmcerny.github.io/GSW_game/ #academicsky #ecology #ornithology
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Roll up, roll up: @riadsala.bsky.social did some more thinking about our model of visual foraging: doi.org/10.1371/jour.... It now has some shiny new parameters (absolute direction!) and it's not bad at distinguishing individual differences in strategies too. #PsychSciSky #VisionScience
Author summary Foraging is an important behaviour for humans and other animals, helping them to find food, habitats, and mates. It can involve searching both through visual space (such as searching fo...
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
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