Christopher Anderson
@cranders.bsky.social
Languid and bedeviled computational ecologist interested in plant/pollinator communities and mutualistic networks.
PhC at UW/Seattle
From Colorado originally
he/him.
PhC at UW/Seattle
From Colorado originally
he/him.
Wow, Pluto is incredible. Because of my python muscle-memory I've just been running julia in jupyter whenever I needed a notebook but I finally took the plunge and it's crazy how many features this thing has. #julialang
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Wow, Pluto is incredible. Because of my python muscle-memory I've just been running julia in jupyter whenever I needed a notebook but I finally took the plunge and it's crazy how many features this thing has. #julialang
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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
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Reminder that the New England Patriots are ontologically evil, so therefore any act against them is inherently good.
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Reminder that the New England Patriots are ontologically evil, so therefore any act against them is inherently good.
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I am certain that whenever someone posts about “gatekeeping art” or whatever, they’re talking about posting drawings online for clicks. They never mean arranging rocks in the back yard. They never mean whistling to yourself and finding a tune that makes you happy. They never mean napkin doodles.
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I am certain that whenever someone posts about “gatekeeping art” or whatever, they’re talking about posting drawings online for clicks. They never mean arranging rocks in the back yard. They never mean whistling to yourself and finding a tune that makes you happy. They never mean napkin doodles.
Ughgh, science has wrecked my ability to feel "productive". I spent the last 3 hours just thinking about whether or not I should remove a single variable from an equation. Ultimately, I didn't. So I'm right back to where I was when I started this morning. 🫠
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Ughgh, science has wrecked my ability to feel "productive". I spent the last 3 hours just thinking about whether or not I should remove a single variable from an equation. Ultimately, I didn't. So I'm right back to where I was when I started this morning. 🫠
I just finished all of the Murderbot books and since I've also recently read some of the Culture books, I now have a silly little headcanon that they all exist in the same universe. The ships in Murderbot--Perihelion/ART and Holism--are early examples of ship minds #scifi #murderbot #booksky
February 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I just finished all of the Murderbot books and since I've also recently read some of the Culture books, I now have a silly little headcanon that they all exist in the same universe. The ships in Murderbot--Perihelion/ART and Holism--are early examples of ship minds #scifi #murderbot #booksky
Finally watched Bugonia. Great documentary of what happens if you keep non-native bees.
January 31, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Finally watched Bugonia. Great documentary of what happens if you keep non-native bees.
All you need to know about how cool Geese are is how low that bass is being played.
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
All you need to know about how cool Geese are is how low that bass is being played.
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If I know you use this I will literally never cite your work again, because there is literally no way to trust it or you
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers.
www.technologyreview.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
If I know you use this I will literally never cite your work again, because there is literally no way to trust it or you
My kingdom for a CJ Anderson-esque TD run in this game.
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
My kingdom for a CJ Anderson-esque TD run in this game.
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There is nothing more pure in life than a fat man touchdown.
January 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
There is nothing more pure in life than a fat man touchdown.
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FRANK CRUM, WELCOME TO VALHALLA!
January 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM
FRANK CRUM, WELCOME TO VALHALLA!
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no, being a real shitlord to people who you find annoying on social media from the comfort and convenience of your own home is not actually praxis, much as you may wish it were so
January 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
no, being a real shitlord to people who you find annoying on social media from the comfort and convenience of your own home is not actually praxis, much as you may wish it were so
Oh man, a mathematically robust exploration of mutualistic community dynamics with code examples in python??? 😍😍😍
msia.centre-mersenne.org/item/10.5802...
msia.centre-mersenne.org/item/10.5802...
msia.centre-mersenne.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Oh man, a mathematically robust exploration of mutualistic community dynamics with code examples in python??? 😍😍😍
msia.centre-mersenne.org/item/10.5802...
msia.centre-mersenne.org/item/10.5802...
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[reading one book by Nabokov] truly this man was troubled but inarguably brilliant, a pedlar of the voluptuous to his fellow embarrassed and abused sybarites
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
April 16, 2024 at 10:34 PM
[reading one book by Nabokov] truly this man was troubled but inarguably brilliant, a pedlar of the voluptuous to his fellow embarrassed and abused sybarites
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
Economy in plot and storytelling is cowardice. #pluribus #fionnaandcake
December 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Economy in plot and storytelling is cowardice. #pluribus #fionnaandcake
I'm an ecologist with an undergrad degree in evolutionary bio and yeah, you can't seriously study biology without quickly realizing that the only hard and fast rule is that there's an exception to literally every rule that has ever been formulated. Life is *weird* (and beautiful for that weirdness!)
“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists:
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm an ecologist with an undergrad degree in evolutionary bio and yeah, you can't seriously study biology without quickly realizing that the only hard and fast rule is that there's an exception to literally every rule that has ever been formulated. Life is *weird* (and beautiful for that weirdness!)
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Crazy to see Redvale…My grandma once told me that it used to be “Fredvale” until an oversized semi came along and knocked the “f” off the sign.
December 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Crazy to see Redvale…My grandma once told me that it used to be “Fredvale” until an oversized semi came along and knocked the “f” off the sign.
Oof. It’s so refreshing to read such an insightful and well written article. In a sea of slop, I love reading a line like “But solutions curdle”. An LLM could never. And it’s a reminder of one of the most important reasons we write:
Nature would do well to publish more content like this thoughtful piece from @kevinbaker.bsky.social and fewer Buzzfeed listicles gussied up as career advice "Five productivity hacks for using AI in your scientific workflow"
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oof. It’s so refreshing to read such an insightful and well written article. In a sea of slop, I love reading a line like “But solutions curdle”. An LLM could never. And it’s a reminder of one of the most important reasons we write:
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People are like “oh well it’s just the way it is now” no it’s not!! You can simply not open a ChatGPT window!!! You can still ask your friends questions instead of asking the bullshit machine!!!
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
People are like “oh well it’s just the way it is now” no it’s not!! You can simply not open a ChatGPT window!!! You can still ask your friends questions instead of asking the bullshit machine!!!
I feel genuinely insane when I see really emotional and tribal posts in video game subreddits re: the game awards. Who cares about the game awards?? Is it a psyop by their marketing when I see someone crash out that “their” game didn’t win??
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I feel genuinely insane when I see really emotional and tribal posts in video game subreddits re: the game awards. Who cares about the game awards?? Is it a psyop by their marketing when I see someone crash out that “their” game didn’t win??