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waynemaddison.bsky.social

Raw pu-erh in the morning; oolong in the afternoon. Chocolate: dark milk. Would rather be drawing spider genitalia, usually. Looking forward to the next field trip. Thinking about getting a pottery wheel. Father of two amazing adults. Emeritus Prof @ UBC

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Bullying, bigotry, war, and fascism all dehumanize the Other as critical strategy. The resistance, therefore, must rehumanize them. Millions in the US need rehumanizing support now, but I'll mention one group: Who — as people — are US government workers? What are their stories?

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Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park. Masoala National Park, Madagascar, November. Cycads by the sea.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

When balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and morita chiles are lined up on my counter, I feel as if I could do just about anything.

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Plant #evol/#phylo peeps, come join us at UNAM! tinyurl.com/27jwrzne

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Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Scientists climb two mountains. Progress on the Mountain of Understanding is measured from below, how far up we've advanced. We should not despair for being far from the summit. The Mountain of Publication is measured from above, what remains for submission and acceptance. We must reach the top.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery. Foot bridge made of vines woven together, land of the Hewa, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

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We are working on a major update to Mesquite, version 4! We welcome any suggestions for features or fixes. A major emphasis will be phylogenomic data. We may not have time for more big features, but please suggest small features for data maintenance or editing that could make your lives easier.

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Taxonomic science fiction! A dystopian story about a massive database with the cheerfully ominous name "TAXONOMATIC", from our 2023 paper on species concepts. #SpeciesSaturday #taxonomy #evolbio #philbio #philsci #hpbio waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/t...

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Jay, I haven't read your paper yet, but a scan suggests it may align with ours. I (jokingly) think of ours as "eliminative monism" — that the species rank disappears, but that there is an unranked concept from which the single multipurpose taxonomy should derive. See: bsky.app/profile/wayn...

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Species concepts in conservation biology — some thoughts derived from our 2023 paper advocating a retrospective reproductive community concept. waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2024/12/28/s... #conservationbiology #evolbio #philbio #philsci #hpbio #SpeciesSaturday @jeannettewhitton.bsky.social

submitted 61 days ago • 2 comments

Bioinformaticians: In the NEXUS file format, use SINGLE QUOTES (') to delimit complex tokens, NOT double quotes ("). Please look at the original specs. I've found files out in the wild that use double quotes. That breaks things. Specs: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment