Carl T. Bergstrom
UW biology prof.
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
I don't like fascists.
he/him
- Bennington birding 🪶
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View full threadIt seems bigger than the 150-600mm I have and I'm inclined to think it might be a Sony 400-800 or some other 800mm, but maybe the lens barrel is simply extended.🤷♂️
- Yes! Nikkor 800mm f/6.3 PF
- Sweet! A new hobby would be to identify lens in silhouette or shadow.
- Any guesses?
- Another shot of the pileated woodpecker.
- An extraordinary story about how scientists in the US are afraid to speak up as the entire science research ecosystem is demolished at the hands of the Republican administration. Without our voices, how will people understand the scope and generational consequences of the ongoing destruction?
- “The lived experience of a scientist right now is terrifying” My colleague Warren Cornwall spoke to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, @rebekahtromble.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social and others about “the fear and self-censorship coursing through the nation’s scientific establishment today”. 🧪
- Trying to understand whether, why, when, and how to take a public stand? It's scary, and difficulty — particularly the how part. I found @philipncohen.com's recent book extremely useful in this regard, for social scientists and natural scientists alike. cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen...
- This is not good news. And none of the 278 men sent to CECOT without due process have been returned to the US, despite court orders.
- Straining the bounds of propriety is when I gave a talk at an Ivy League med school wearing jeans and a polo. This is extraordinary corruption.
- "Strains bounds of propriety"? How about "shatters every ethical norm of public service"? I truly want to know what the headline writers at the @nytimes.com are smoking, and to what end.
- "Strains bounds of propriety"? How about "shatters every ethical norm of public service"? I truly want to know what the headline writers at the @nytimes.com are smoking, and to what end.
