Brian O'Meara
@omearabrian.bsky.social
I study diversification, species delimitation, trait evolution & similar questions, often using new methods. Also random coding projects. College prof living in Oak Ridge, TN, USA. Opinions my own. He/Him
It was taught by John Wakeley. It was a grad class, but by my senior year they let me take a few of the grad classes (they were interesting).
I ended up doing the HW for that class on Thurs nights, often falling asleep on top of my books/notebooks.
I ended up doing the HW for that class on Thurs nights, often falling asleep on top of my books/notebooks.
February 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It was taught by John Wakeley. It was a grad class, but by my senior year they let me take a few of the grad classes (they were interesting).
I ended up doing the HW for that class on Thurs nights, often falling asleep on top of my books/notebooks.
I ended up doing the HW for that class on Thurs nights, often falling asleep on top of my books/notebooks.
In my quals I went very literal under stress.
Faculty member: “Can you write a variance-covariance matrix for a tree?”
Me: “Yes”
Silence.
More silence.
Faculty member: “Would you?”
Faculty member: “Can you write a variance-covariance matrix for a tree?”
Me: “Yes”
Silence.
More silence.
Faculty member: “Would you?”
February 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
In my quals I went very literal under stress.
Faculty member: “Can you write a variance-covariance matrix for a tree?”
Me: “Yes”
Silence.
More silence.
Faculty member: “Would you?”
Faculty member: “Can you write a variance-covariance matrix for a tree?”
Me: “Yes”
Silence.
More silence.
Faculty member: “Would you?”
Sadly, I arrived after the mighty clashes that rent the biology department into the OEB and MCB clans
January 31, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sadly, I arrived after the mighty clashes that rent the biology department into the OEB and MCB clans
Reposted by Brian O'Meara
sacred monophony leads to sacred monophyly
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 AM
sacred monophony leads to sacred monophyly
Guest lecture by Hildegard von Bingen…
January 31, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Guest lecture by Hildegard von Bingen…
Classes can take a few cycles to build up a reputation: not many want to take it the first time, but those who do tell their friends to take it next year, etc. But many universities have a minimum threshold to run a class.
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Classes can take a few cycles to build up a reputation: not many want to take it the first time, but those who do tell their friends to take it next year, etc. But many universities have a minimum threshold to run a class.
Reposted by Brian O'Meara
Please feel free to respond to this thread with examples of GRFP RWR's that seem illegitimate: what state, what discipline, a little bit about the topic.
January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Please feel free to respond to this thread with examples of GRFP RWR's that seem illegitimate: what state, what discipline, a little bit about the topic.