Christopher Anderson
@cranders.bsky.social
PhC at UW/Seattle
Computational ecologist interested in plant/pollinator communities and mutualistic networks.
Will occasionally live skeet Suns games.
he/him.
Computational ecologist interested in plant/pollinator communities and mutualistic networks.
Will occasionally live skeet Suns games.
he/him.
It's so obvious that the OU nonsense is about so much more*. But it really makes me want to once again talk about how I think the best model for "grading" is to just give everyone an A but then actually be honest about how dogshit their effort/assignment actually is.
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
It's so obvious that the OU nonsense is about so much more*. But it really makes me want to once again talk about how I think the best model for "grading" is to just give everyone an A but then actually be honest about how dogshit their effort/assignment actually is.
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another normal style win for the denver boncos
the broncos have the dumbest version of plot armor i’ve ever seen
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
another normal style win for the denver boncos
A movie that takes place where you were born.
Filmed an hour away.
Filmed an hour away.
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A movie that takes place where you were born.
Filmed an hour away.
Filmed an hour away.
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guys the suns are fun again
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
guys the suns are fun again
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🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
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WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There's a bunch of shows airing right now that I enjoy (Fionna and Cake, Hazbin, Pluribus) and it's reminding me how much I dislike most online discourse for shows, especially around plot-pacing. I swear most people just want the characters to read a wikipedia article of plot points.
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There's a bunch of shows airing right now that I enjoy (Fionna and Cake, Hazbin, Pluribus) and it's reminding me how much I dislike most online discourse for shows, especially around plot-pacing. I swear most people just want the characters to read a wikipedia article of plot points.
Suns legend Cale Makar
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Suns legend Cale Makar
Oh no. The Functional Fabric Fair is overlapping with the Entomology Conference in Portland. Last night a scientist who studies fiber-eating moths was cornered by a group of weavers in a dark corridor. Things escalated and the scientist has been badly injured.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Oh no. The Functional Fabric Fair is overlapping with the Entomology Conference in Portland. Last night a scientist who studies fiber-eating moths was cornered by a group of weavers in a dark corridor. Things escalated and the scientist has been badly injured.
Just presented at #EntSoc25! All about the benefits and challenges of using autonomous camera sampling and machine learning to study plant/pollinator interactions.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just presented at #EntSoc25! All about the benefits and challenges of using autonomous camera sampling and machine learning to study plant/pollinator interactions.
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Reading a really nice paper on equilibrium (or lack thereof) in ecology and it has one of the most ecology coded passages I've read in a while:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reading a really nice paper on equilibrium (or lack thereof) in ecology and it has one of the most ecology coded passages I've read in a while:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I'm so happy to be able to post this for the first time in years. No expectations, but let's fucking go Suns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFx...
SUNS WIN!
YouTube video by By The Bayou
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I'm so happy to be able to post this for the first time in years. No expectations, but let's fucking go Suns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFx...
All I want is for the vibes to be better for the Suns this year. The team has just been so hard to watch the last couple of years. Go Suns!
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
All I want is for the vibes to be better for the Suns this year. The team has just been so hard to watch the last couple of years. Go Suns!
Me seeing Lakers fans finally realize how much of a drag Ayton is to have on your team, no matter the price.
a man with a beard and mustache is smiling for the camera
ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is smiling for the camera
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Me seeing Lakers fans finally realize how much of a drag Ayton is to have on your team, no matter the price.
Something that I actually kind of like about doing stats in python instead of R is that being forced to implement a lot of things by hand gives me more of an understanding of the equations that I'm using for any given analysis. I don't know if this is really a "pro".... #rstats #pystats
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Holy cow this is incredible. I loved the Owl House but I'm so excited to see what a fully unleashed Dana Terrace can do. This *needs* to be picked up for a full series
September 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Holy cow this is incredible. I loved the Owl House but I'm so excited to see what a fully unleashed Dana Terrace can do. This *needs* to be picked up for a full series
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Reviewing this disinformation filled document was a colossal effort! See link in thread to sign up to receive the comment and press package.
Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Example: refuting one sentence.
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Reviewing this disinformation filled document was a colossal effort! See link in thread to sign up to receive the comment and press package.
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I love everything about this. I also love how much it breaks some people's brains that you don't have to make yourself miserable to make art or even run a company. I have no doubt that they could have released this in a fraction of the time if they had "real" project management. But at what cost?
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love everything about this. I also love how much it breaks some people's brains that you don't have to make yourself miserable to make art or even run a company. I have no doubt that they could have released this in a fraction of the time if they had "real" project management. But at what cost?
I find the argument that "LLMs might exhibit some aspects of human cognition! We might be probability machines too! So we should treat them as actual intelligence" to be really tiresome. Especially since it feels like a lot of these people wouldn't give the same consideration to animal cognition.
August 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I find the argument that "LLMs might exhibit some aspects of human cognition! We might be probability machines too! So we should treat them as actual intelligence" to be really tiresome. Especially since it feels like a lot of these people wouldn't give the same consideration to animal cognition.
My first ever middle school dance, I got it in my head to request "War Pigs". I guess the DJs didn't know it, because they actually played it (right after "It's getting hot in herre"). They got 30 secs into it before yelling at me that I couldn't request music anymore. RIP Ozzy. Absolute legend.
July 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My first ever middle school dance, I got it in my head to request "War Pigs". I guess the DJs didn't know it, because they actually played it (right after "It's getting hot in herre"). They got 30 secs into it before yelling at me that I couldn't request music anymore. RIP Ozzy. Absolute legend.
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After long and ardent thought, I have come up with what I believe to be the definitive Philosophy of AI:
It sucks.
It sucks.
July 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
After long and ardent thought, I have come up with what I believe to be the definitive Philosophy of AI:
It sucks.
It sucks.