Tim Waring
@twaring.bsky.social
I study the evolution of human culture with a focus on environmental behaviors and institutions and an eye toward helping these become more sustainable on a single, limited planet. https://timwaring.info/
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Tim Waring
@twaring.bsky.social
· Sep 15
🚨 Excited to share a new paper 📃, years in the making, with Zach Wood.
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
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Are you a scientist?
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Are you a scientist?
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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The end of the Oil Age won’t come from scarcity — it’ll come from irrelevance. Solar, wind, and batteries aren’t waiting for permission; they’re simply better.
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The end of the Oil Age won’t come from scarcity — it’ll come from irrelevance. Solar, wind, and batteries aren’t waiting for permission; they’re simply better.
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
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Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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I had some Thoughts about chance in biology and why it's real+important even if the universe is 100% deterministic
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
Does biology play dice? by @elisecutts.bsky.social
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development www.reviewertoo.com/does-biology... Yes it sure does, is the answer! 🎲🎲👋
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development www.reviewertoo.com/does-biology... Yes it sure does, is the answer! 🎲🎲👋
Does biology play dice?
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development
www.reviewertoo.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I had some Thoughts about chance in biology and why it's real+important even if the universe is 100% deterministic
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
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Next week, the Fed is meeting to decide interest rates, but they'll have to do it without the most recent jobs data.
The data is ready to go, but the Trump Admin is just sitting on it.
What do they have to hide?
Release the data.
The data is ready to go, but the Trump Admin is just sitting on it.
What do they have to hide?
Release the data.
Donald Trump should release the jobs data.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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October 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Next week, the Fed is meeting to decide interest rates, but they'll have to do it without the most recent jobs data.
The data is ready to go, but the Trump Admin is just sitting on it.
What do they have to hide?
Release the data.
The data is ready to go, but the Trump Admin is just sitting on it.
What do they have to hide?
Release the data.
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1) Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social at the University of California, Merced, for "Modeling Social Behaviour"
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1) Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social at the University of California, Merced, for "Modeling Social Behaviour"
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2) Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social (with Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Peter Richerson, Brian Vila) at
the University of California, Davis, for "Ecology, Nature, and Society"
the University of California, Davis, for "Ecology, Nature, and Society"
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2) Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social (with Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Peter Richerson, Brian Vila) at
the University of California, Davis, for "Ecology, Nature, and Society"
the University of California, Davis, for "Ecology, Nature, and Society"
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4) Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com and Tom Currie @tomcurrie.bsky.social at the University of Exeter, for "Evolution of Human Societies"
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
4) Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com and Tom Currie @tomcurrie.bsky.social at the University of Exeter, for "Evolution of Human Societies"
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Finally, special thanks to Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social (with Jasmeen Kanwal, Kalyani Twyman) at the University of St Andrews, who have donated their course on "The Science of Race and Racism" to the CES global teaching community
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Finally, special thanks to Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social (with Jasmeen Kanwal, Kalyani Twyman) at the University of St Andrews, who have donated their course on "The Science of Race and Racism" to the CES global teaching community
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We're pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards! This competition recognises leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching.
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards! This competition recognises leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching.
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
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Thanks Paul for catching that error in our original post! Congratulations to @psmaldino.bsky.social on his ACE Course Design Awards for "Cultural Evolution" and for "Modeling Social Behaviour".
Honored to have won TWO Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards for my courses “Cultural Evolution” and “Modeling Social Behavior”.
We're pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards! This competition recognises leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching.
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Thanks Paul for catching that error in our original post! Congratulations to @psmaldino.bsky.social on his ACE Course Design Awards for "Cultural Evolution" and for "Modeling Social Behaviour".
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Our recently announced ACE Course Design Awards showcased excellent teaching materials from CE courses.
We're now pleased to announce the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards, aimed at those looking to include more CE in their courses. Find out more @ the link below!
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We're now pleased to announce the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards, aimed at those looking to include more CE in their courses. Find out more @ the link below!
vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Our recently announced ACE Course Design Awards showcased excellent teaching materials from CE courses.
We're now pleased to announce the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards, aimed at those looking to include more CE in their courses. Find out more @ the link below!
vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We're now pleased to announce the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards, aimed at those looking to include more CE in their courses. Find out more @ the link below!
vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Excited to announce the first ACE Course Design Awards for excellent cultural education teaching. Those award winning classes will be placed in an open teaching repository for anyone looking to enhance cultural evolution content in their courses.
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
ACE Course Design Awardees Announced - Cultural Evolution Society
culturalevolutionsociety.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Excited to announce the first ACE Course Design Awards for excellent cultural education teaching. Those award winning classes will be placed in an open teaching repository for anyone looking to enhance cultural evolution content in their courses.
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
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“Young adults aren’t having enough kids” bro I’m employed full-time with a damn PhD and I’m struggling to afford both groceries and rent.
I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.
Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.
I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.
Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.
October 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“Young adults aren’t having enough kids” bro I’m employed full-time with a damn PhD and I’m struggling to afford both groceries and rent.
I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.
Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.
I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.
Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.
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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
Oh my god yes.
October 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh my god yes.
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Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
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The Regime doubles down on erasing history & silencing science in National Parks.
Administration Doubles Down on Erasing History and Silencing Science in National Parks
"NPCA has spent months speaking out against actions that deny the legacies spread across America's parks, battlefields, monuments and historic sites. And we are not backing down." - NPCA's SVP of Gove...
www.npca.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Regime doubles down on erasing history & silencing science in National Parks.
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The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
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We stress the ethics of studying human evolution, past, present and future. Some societies are not morally ‘better’ than others. Evolution is not perfection or destiny. It creates both good solutions and brutal outcomes.
But we hope our theory can help our whole species avoid the worst parts.
But we hope our theory can help our whole species avoid the worst parts.
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We stress the ethics of studying human evolution, past, present and future. Some societies are not morally ‘better’ than others. Evolution is not perfection or destiny. It creates both good solutions and brutal outcomes.
But we hope our theory can help our whole species avoid the worst parts.
But we hope our theory can help our whole species avoid the worst parts.
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📃 Check out the paper in BioScience:
"Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
But, wait, is this bullshit?
"Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
But, wait, is this bullshit?
Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution
Abstract. Previous research on a transition in human evolution has been befuddled by the complexity of adaptive culture and made little effort toward empir
academic.oup.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📃 Check out the paper in BioScience:
"Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
But, wait, is this bullshit?
"Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
But, wait, is this bullshit?