Timothée Poisot
@ctrlalttim.com
Almost certainly one of the ecologists of all time.
AI/ML, biodiversity monitoring, viral emergence, open science, methodological anarchism
he/they
🧪 https://epic-biodiversity.org/
AI/ML, biodiversity monitoring, viral emergence, open science, methodological anarchism
he/they
🧪 https://epic-biodiversity.org/
8/ House of Open Wounds, by Adrian Tchaikovsy. What if Pratchett's Small Gods was very bleak? The character arcs are all extremely well done, and this book has a perspective on war that is not common enough in the genre (I think).
January 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
8/ House of Open Wounds, by Adrian Tchaikovsy. What if Pratchett's Small Gods was very bleak? The character arcs are all extremely well done, and this book has a perspective on war that is not common enough in the genre (I think).
7/ The West Passage, by Jared Pechacek. Yeah I'm not sure what this one is about. What if the little freaks in the margins of medieval manuscripts had adventures together? It's served by impeccable prose, and I read it in one sitting.
January 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
7/ The West Passage, by Jared Pechacek. Yeah I'm not sure what this one is about. What if the little freaks in the margins of medieval manuscripts had adventures together? It's served by impeccable prose, and I read it in one sitting.
6/ Blood over Bright Haven, by M.L. Wang. h/t to @alexandraphelan.bsky.social for the suggestion. This is a book about how magic is bad, but it's actually about climate justice.
January 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
6/ Blood over Bright Haven, by M.L. Wang. h/t to @alexandraphelan.bsky.social for the suggestion. This is a book about how magic is bad, but it's actually about climate justice.
5/ Lost Ark Dreaming, by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Afrofuturism is consistently outstanding, and this is a tale of greed, climate change, inequality, and sea monsters.
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
5/ Lost Ark Dreaming, by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Afrofuturism is consistently outstanding, and this is a tale of greed, climate change, inequality, and sea monsters.
4/ We Speak Through the Mountain, by Premee Mohamed.. A book that I think surpasses the previous one. Spectacular.
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
4/ We Speak Through the Mountain, by Premee Mohamed.. A book that I think surpasses the previous one. Spectacular.
3/ Green Teeth, by Milly O'Neill. A little predictable if you know the genre and the literary inspirations of this specific book, but it ultimately doesn't matter because the characters are so likable. Especially the ornery bog lady with sharp teeth. Queen.
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
3/ Green Teeth, by Milly O'Neill. A little predictable if you know the genre and the literary inspirations of this specific book, but it ultimately doesn't matter because the characters are so likable. Especially the ornery bog lady with sharp teeth. Queen.
2/ The Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman. What if you gave yourself a concussion and then listened to Le Morte d'Arthur as an audiobook? This book is probably the closest you'll come to this. Amazing.
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
2/ The Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman. What if you gave yourself a concussion and then listened to Le Morte d'Arthur as an audiobook? This book is probably the closest you'll come to this. Amazing.
1/ The Bullet Swallower, by Elizabeth Gonzalez James. I love magical realism, and it's a magical realism cowboy story with superb prose. And it's genuinely moving.
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
1/ The Bullet Swallower, by Elizabeth Gonzalez James. I love magical realism, and it's a magical realism cowboy story with superb prose. And it's genuinely moving.
Running laps in the living room
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Running laps in the living room
Big Iron music intensifies
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Big Iron music intensifies
Furiously praying to the one true god (*) for good luck
* Veronica Santangelo
* Veronica Santangelo
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Furiously praying to the one true god (*) for good luck
* Veronica Santangelo
* Veronica Santangelo
The simulations didn't work and I didn't get as far as I thought on this draft, bug the baking?
The baking got done.
The baking got done.
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The simulations didn't work and I didn't get as far as I thought on this draft, bug the baking?
The baking got done.
The baking got done.
11y.o. decided on tyrannids. We're SO back.
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
11y.o. decided on tyrannids. We're SO back.
"reviewers finish reading a paragraph before commenting" challenge (impossible)
Very seriously, my adventures as an author recently suggest that none of you should be complaining about the low reading skills of students. Fix your attention span.
Very seriously, my adventures as an author recently suggest that none of you should be complaining about the low reading skills of students. Fix your attention span.
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"reviewers finish reading a paragraph before commenting" challenge (impossible)
Very seriously, my adventures as an author recently suggest that none of you should be complaining about the low reading skills of students. Fix your attention span.
Very seriously, my adventures as an author recently suggest that none of you should be complaining about the low reading skills of students. Fix your attention span.
I was reading about rotation forests, as one does, and then I started thinking; if rotation forests are better than random forest, surely rotation boosted trees would be very good, right?
I wasn't ready for how effective they are.
I wasn't ready for how effective they are.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I was reading about rotation forests, as one does, and then I started thinking; if rotation forests are better than random forest, surely rotation boosted trees would be very good, right?
I wasn't ready for how effective they are.
I wasn't ready for how effective they are.
Damn Google scholar you're a freak
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Damn Google scholar you're a freak
Pray for my undergrads, nothing wrong with them but they're learning about pairwise invasibility plots today
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pray for my undergrads, nothing wrong with them but they're learning about pairwise invasibility plots today
we're getting somewhere
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
we're getting somewhere
Rough draft, obviously, but I think I like this approach to bivariate legends.
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Rough draft, obviously, but I think I like this approach to bivariate legends.
OK, that's enough dataviz for tonight.
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
OK, that's enough dataviz for tonight.
I was out of the country for less than 3 days. My reimbursement claim is 24 pages long, for 7 items. By the time I was done, I had spent about 2 hours on it. 🧪
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was out of the country for less than 3 days. My reimbursement claim is 24 pages long, for 7 items. By the time I was done, I had spent about 2 hours on it. 🧪
I surprisingly enjoyed writing my NSERC discovery application this time. Now I need to clean up my CCV. I will enjoy this a lot less.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I surprisingly enjoyed writing my NSERC discovery application this time. Now I need to clean up my CCV. I will enjoy this a lot less.
A pretty good day for the bike ride in the way that this is a pretty nice rollercoaster, I guess
June 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A pretty good day for the bike ride in the way that this is a pretty nice rollercoaster, I guess
I am adding a lecture on boosting to my Data Science for Biodiversity class, so I decided to spend a few hours writing AdaBoost from scratch. This was fun!
June 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am adding a lecture on boosting to my Data Science for Biodiversity class, so I decided to spend a few hours writing AdaBoost from scratch. This was fun!
When reviewer 2 uses your own papers to criticize your manuscript during anonymous peer review
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When reviewer 2 uses your own papers to criticize your manuscript during anonymous peer review