Evan Adams
@ecoevan.bsky.social
Quantitative Ecologist, birder, disc golfer, qwerl.org
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HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN!
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN!
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
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Folks: I will be flying an ad for well funded PhD and MSc positions in the coming days. If you want to do movement ecology and conservation with these incredible animals… watch this space 🦉🌲
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Folks: I will be flying an ad for well funded PhD and MSc positions in the coming days. If you want to do movement ecology and conservation with these incredible animals… watch this space 🦉🌲
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
Oh you have a PhD in Ornithology? I saw a bird yesterday and don’t know what it is. I have a blurry iPhone photo if that helps.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Oh you have a PhD in Ornithology? I saw a bird yesterday and don’t know what it is. I have a blurry iPhone photo if that helps.
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🪶📍It's Mystery Map Monday! 🤔 Up for a challenge to test how well you know your local bird distributions? Which Maryland breeding bird matches this Breeding Bird Atlas 3 map that has observations documented in >40 blocks & experienced a 51% increase in total blocks from previous breeding bird atlas?
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🪶📍It's Mystery Map Monday! 🤔 Up for a challenge to test how well you know your local bird distributions? Which Maryland breeding bird matches this Breeding Bird Atlas 3 map that has observations documented in >40 blocks & experienced a 51% increase in total blocks from previous breeding bird atlas?
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it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
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Newly expanded version of my guide to scientific writing -- known as the “15 steps” -- published in PLOS Computational Biology. Special thanks to Éric Marty for creating a fantastic visualization.
Check it out: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#ScientificWriting #PLOSComputationalBiology
Check it out: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#ScientificWriting #PLOSComputationalBiology
September 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Newly expanded version of my guide to scientific writing -- known as the “15 steps” -- published in PLOS Computational Biology. Special thanks to Éric Marty for creating a fantastic visualization.
Check it out: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#ScientificWriting #PLOSComputationalBiology
Check it out: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#ScientificWriting #PLOSComputationalBiology
404 rocks. Great people who do great reporting on tech and its intersection with everything. This is a steal.
We very rarely do sales at @404media.co but today is an exception so pls consider and get all this stuff:
www.404media.co/cyber-monday...
www.404media.co/cyber-monday...
December 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
404 rocks. Great people who do great reporting on tech and its intersection with everything. This is a steal.
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📢 The call for proposals for Symposiums, Workshops, and Special Events for #AFOWOS2026, our 2026 joint meeting with @fieldornith.bsky.social, is OPEN! Don's miss your chance to help shape the meeting's program—the deadline is January 18! afowos2026.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📢 The call for proposals for Symposiums, Workshops, and Special Events for #AFOWOS2026, our 2026 joint meeting with @fieldornith.bsky.social, is OPEN! Don's miss your chance to help shape the meeting's program—the deadline is January 18! afowos2026.org
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I have said this over and over, I will continue to say it: The most common American positions on trans issues are "idk, none of my business." Most people do not think about it and do not give a shit. They wish the news would shut up and talk about something that they think is actually important.
This is a really well-done corrective to the NYT/Atlantic party line on how attitudes about trans people affect Democrats' electoral prospects. Liberal Currents continues to shine.
www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I have said this over and over, I will continue to say it: The most common American positions on trans issues are "idk, none of my business." Most people do not think about it and do not give a shit. They wish the news would shut up and talk about something that they think is actually important.
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Killing people who are marooned on a shipwreck is so obviously illegal it's one of the super obvious cases that the Department of Defense actually uses as a textbook example in it's on procedural manual. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGk...
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Killing people who are marooned on a shipwreck is so obviously illegal it's one of the super obvious cases that the Department of Defense actually uses as a textbook example in it's on procedural manual. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGk...
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The call for symposia, workshops and special events for our joint AFO WOS 2026 conference IS OPEN!
You have time to submit your proposals until January 18, 2026. Find all information and application links on the website: afowos2026.org
#AFOrnithevents #AFOWOS2026 @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
You have time to submit your proposals until January 18, 2026. Find all information and application links on the website: afowos2026.org
#AFOrnithevents #AFOWOS2026 @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The call for symposia, workshops and special events for our joint AFO WOS 2026 conference IS OPEN!
You have time to submit your proposals until January 18, 2026. Find all information and application links on the website: afowos2026.org
#AFOrnithevents #AFOWOS2026 @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
You have time to submit your proposals until January 18, 2026. Find all information and application links on the website: afowos2026.org
#AFOrnithevents #AFOWOS2026 @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
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DECEMBER!
Painting from The Forest Revealed. Posters, postcard sets, and signed copies of the book are available at jadafitch.etsy.com
#december #snowyowl #winter #winterwildlife #watercolor #illustration #bookart #wildlifeillustration #maineartist #newenglandartist #birds #nature #art
Painting from The Forest Revealed. Posters, postcard sets, and signed copies of the book are available at jadafitch.etsy.com
#december #snowyowl #winter #winterwildlife #watercolor #illustration #bookart #wildlifeillustration #maineartist #newenglandartist #birds #nature #art
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DECEMBER!
Painting from The Forest Revealed. Posters, postcard sets, and signed copies of the book are available at jadafitch.etsy.com
#december #snowyowl #winter #winterwildlife #watercolor #illustration #bookart #wildlifeillustration #maineartist #newenglandartist #birds #nature #art
Painting from The Forest Revealed. Posters, postcard sets, and signed copies of the book are available at jadafitch.etsy.com
#december #snowyowl #winter #winterwildlife #watercolor #illustration #bookart #wildlifeillustration #maineartist #newenglandartist #birds #nature #art
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🆕 Academic slop reporter!
I'm going to start collecting and compiling A.I. slop graphics that have appeared in academic journals, similar to my collection of academic hoaxes.
If you stumble across any slop in a journal, tell me about it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'm going to start collecting and compiling A.I. slop graphics that have appeared in academic journals, similar to my collection of academic hoaxes.
If you stumble across any slop in a journal, tell me about it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals.
The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🆕 Academic slop reporter!
I'm going to start collecting and compiling A.I. slop graphics that have appeared in academic journals, similar to my collection of academic hoaxes.
If you stumble across any slop in a journal, tell me about it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'm going to start collecting and compiling A.I. slop graphics that have appeared in academic journals, similar to my collection of academic hoaxes.
If you stumble across any slop in a journal, tell me about it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
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Same as it ever was; to provide sex for the students, sports for the alumni and parking for the faculty.
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Same as it ever was; to provide sex for the students, sports for the alumni and parking for the faculty.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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After a very competitive and successful 2025 round, applications are open for the 2026 Bergstrom Grants!
To learn more about eligibility and application instructions, please visit our website: afonet.org/grants-award...
#AFOgrantsandawards
To learn more about eligibility and application instructions, please visit our website: afonet.org/grants-award...
#AFOgrantsandawards
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
After a very competitive and successful 2025 round, applications are open for the 2026 Bergstrom Grants!
To learn more about eligibility and application instructions, please visit our website: afonet.org/grants-award...
#AFOgrantsandawards
To learn more about eligibility and application instructions, please visit our website: afonet.org/grants-award...
#AFOgrantsandawards
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Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States
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November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States
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Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint
Click on the article title to read more.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
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Frontiers | A decision support tool for assessing entanglement risk to protected species from fixed-gear fisheries with applications to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northwest Atlantic www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🦑🌎
Frontiers | A decision support tool for assessing entanglement risk to protected species from fixed-gear fisheries with applications to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northwest Atlantic
Entanglement is one of the primary anthropogenic threats to the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis; right whale) whose habitat overlaps fixed-ge...
www.frontiersin.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Frontiers | A decision support tool for assessing entanglement risk to protected species from fixed-gear fisheries with applications to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northwest Atlantic www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🦑🌎
In addition to being a terrible idea to cut scientists out of science, this seems a drastic oversell on what AI can do.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In addition to being a terrible idea to cut scientists out of science, this seems a drastic oversell on what AI can do.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.