Chris Anderson
@cnanderson.bsky.social
I study evolution, ecology, & behavior and teach at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Interested in Broadening Participation in STEM. Greater Chicago Area. He/him.
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taxonomy 101: whales are not fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
taxonomy 101: whales are not fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
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The UC system struck some sort of deal with several publishers. Where UC authors get a discount on the order of $1,000. Again, I haven’t kept close watch. But I swear the publisher fees are now miraculously more than $1,000 higher then when the deal was announced. UC should have built in protection.
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The UC system struck some sort of deal with several publishers. Where UC authors get a discount on the order of $1,000. Again, I haven’t kept close watch. But I swear the publisher fees are now miraculously more than $1,000 higher then when the deal was announced. UC should have built in protection.
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hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
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Post a photo of an animal that looks Gen-AI but is 100% real.
Giant Anteros (Anteros kupris), Colombia
Giant Anteros (Anteros kupris), Colombia
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Post a photo of an animal that looks Gen-AI but is 100% real.
Giant Anteros (Anteros kupris), Colombia
Giant Anteros (Anteros kupris), Colombia
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Blowing snow on the prairies, initially hard to see but once you do it's everywhere across the image on the left. Zooming out, you see it's mainly on the flattest land; much less sign of it on patches of hummocky stagnant ice terrain, though still very low-relief. Late November, western Minnesota.
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Blowing snow on the prairies, initially hard to see but once you do it's everywhere across the image on the left. Zooming out, you see it's mainly on the flattest land; much less sign of it on patches of hummocky stagnant ice terrain, though still very low-relief. Late November, western Minnesota.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Convergent evolution invertebrate tailfeathers
(Planthopper nymph 🤍)
(Planthopper nymph 🤍)
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Convergent evolution invertebrate tailfeathers
(Planthopper nymph 🤍)
(Planthopper nymph 🤍)
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i retold your joke but worse, please respond
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i retold your joke but worse, please respond
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It’s time to hang up the holiday GAR-land 🎄
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s time to hang up the holiday GAR-land 🎄
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
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Pro tip (and subtweeting that Atlantic article without giving them views): the more inclusive one’s course design, the more everyone can benefit (including those with needs but without the resources to get a formal diagnosis, which is likely a big population).
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Pro tip (and subtweeting that Atlantic article without giving them views): the more inclusive one’s course design, the more everyone can benefit (including those with needs but without the resources to get a formal diagnosis, which is likely a big population).
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December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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In the year of our Lord two-thousand-twenty-five, there are still shockingly diagnosable, legit never-before-seen-by-scientists new bird species out there to be discovered
New species of tinamou, the slaty-masked tinamou (Tinamus resonans): mapress.com/zt/article/v... 🪶🧪 (📷Luis A. Morais)
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In the year of our Lord two-thousand-twenty-five, there are still shockingly diagnosable, legit never-before-seen-by-scientists new bird species out there to be discovered
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Writing an Introduction is hard. There are a few ways Introductions often go astray - avoid these. "What your Introduction section isn't" -
What your Introduction section isn’t
Today, the fourth and final instalment in a short series inspired by bad papers I’ve read (some of them, I’ll admit once again, my own). I’ve let myself rant about what a Methods sections shouldn’t…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Just updated the lab website with some new photos. Check out all the fun bird shenanigans we got up to this year! danbaldassarre.weebly.com/photos.html
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just updated the lab website with some new photos. Check out all the fun bird shenanigans we got up to this year! danbaldassarre.weebly.com/photos.html
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Long Pond in Acadia NP about an hour after sunset tonight, on the eve of a snowstorm. The light reflecting off of the waves in the foreground is actually moonlight, not the remnants of twilight in the distance.
Look at that textbook, U-shaped glacial trough. *chef kiss*
Look at that textbook, U-shaped glacial trough. *chef kiss*
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Long Pond in Acadia NP about an hour after sunset tonight, on the eve of a snowstorm. The light reflecting off of the waves in the foreground is actually moonlight, not the remnants of twilight in the distance.
Look at that textbook, U-shaped glacial trough. *chef kiss*
Look at that textbook, U-shaped glacial trough. *chef kiss*
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Very good piece on the quite fast rollout of "AI-powered" textbooks in South Korea. The government went from making the textbooks mandatory to supplementary because of complaints and now the textbook companies are suing because "the market suddenly disappear[ed]."
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Very good piece on the quite fast rollout of "AI-powered" textbooks in South Korea. The government went from making the textbooks mandatory to supplementary because of complaints and now the textbook companies are suing because "the market suddenly disappear[ed]."
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
Great thread by @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social. I’ve got a whole Ken Catania pair of classes on moles in my Animal Behavior class. Star-nose moles feature prominently, but worm grunting is the student favorite: as.vanderbilt.edu/catanialab/r...
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Great thread by @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social. I’ve got a whole Ken Catania pair of classes on moles in my Animal Behavior class. Star-nose moles feature prominently, but worm grunting is the student favorite: as.vanderbilt.edu/catanialab/r...
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Tule fog fills California’s Central Valley.
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tule fog fills California’s Central Valley.
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At first I was like “I’m not gonna pay 5 more dollars for plasmid extraction and sequencing in less than 24 hours”….but…it’s so much easier and it magically works way better than having undergrads prep and nanodrop
I am thankful for gene synthesis, hi-fi assembly, and inexpensive whole-plasmid sequencing.
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At first I was like “I’m not gonna pay 5 more dollars for plasmid extraction and sequencing in less than 24 hours”….but…it’s so much easier and it magically works way better than having undergrads prep and nanodrop
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Your periodic reminder: I keep a list of useful resources for scientific writers - book, blogs, software, etc - here:
Writing Resources
Writing is a huge part of any career in science, and for many writers – no, for most writers – it’s a daunting challenge. But it’s not a challenge that you have to tackle alone. That’s a lesson I w…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Your periodic reminder: I keep a list of useful resources for scientific writers - book, blogs, software, etc - here:
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Here is the first bug/insect - straight out of the camera as all my editing stuff is back home. This is Argiope versicolor - Multi-coloured Saint Andrew’s Cross Spider from Koh Yao Yai in Thailand.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Here is the first bug/insect - straight out of the camera as all my editing stuff is back home. This is Argiope versicolor - Multi-coloured Saint Andrew’s Cross Spider from Koh Yao Yai in Thailand.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The Little Bee-eater is the smallest of the African bee-eaters, growing only 15-17cm long. They are incredibly common, with an estimated 60-80mil individuals across Sub-Saharan Africa. As their name suggests, they feed on insects, primarily bees, wasps, and hornets.
#huevember #birds
#huevember #birds
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.