Eric Searle, PhD
@ebsearle.bsky.social
Forest ecologist. A bad progressive trying to be better. He/him
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AI makes everything worse, and science and all of us stupid.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
AI makes everything worse, and science and all of us stupid.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
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everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
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You genuinely can’t get much closer to winning the World Series without doing it.
That Blue Jays run was incredible, and nothing that came before today was invalidated by that result — but a win sure could have elevated it.
That Blue Jays run was incredible, and nothing that came before today was invalidated by that result — but a win sure could have elevated it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You genuinely can’t get much closer to winning the World Series without doing it.
That Blue Jays run was incredible, and nothing that came before today was invalidated by that result — but a win sure could have elevated it.
That Blue Jays run was incredible, and nothing that came before today was invalidated by that result — but a win sure could have elevated it.
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Players with 30+ hits in a single MLB playoff run:
Ernie Clement
That's it.
Ernie Clement
That's it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Players with 30+ hits in a single MLB playoff run:
Ernie Clement
That's it.
Ernie Clement
That's it.
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The job isn't done yet, but the Blue Jays have been getting it done in the World Series. And, of course, this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking about the Only Thing That Matters.
Have a listen! 👇
Have a listen! 👇
🎧BJHH: 201 - One. Win. Away.
The job isn't done yet, but the Blue Jays have been getting it done in the World Series...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The job isn't done yet, but the Blue Jays have been getting it done in the World Series. And, of course, this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking about the Only Thing That Matters.
Have a listen! 👇
Have a listen! 👇
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In MLB history, 334 hitters have come to the plate 60+ times in a playoff run.
Of that group, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 2025 ranks second by wRC+ (248) behind only Barry Bonds in 2002.
Of that group, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 2025 ranks second by wRC+ (248) behind only Barry Bonds in 2002.
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In MLB history, 334 hitters have come to the plate 60+ times in a playoff run.
Of that group, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 2025 ranks second by wRC+ (248) behind only Barry Bonds in 2002.
Of that group, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 2025 ranks second by wRC+ (248) behind only Barry Bonds in 2002.
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📢 latest IDENT paper, in @journalofecology.bsky.social !
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🍃 Functional traits best predict tree growth when age and leaf habit are considered–growth relationships shift over time and between deciduous and evergreen species🌿
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Read more:https://buff.ly/2d9ppq9
@meganedeziel.bsky.social
@alainpaquette.bsky.social
Read more:https://buff.ly/2d9ppq9
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
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A recent @newscientist.com cartoon #fungi
May 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A recent @newscientist.com cartoon #fungi
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This is, by a large margin, the most astonishing sample I have seen in my 'career' (15 yr sampling glacier subfossil wood)! 🥰
Wanted to share it on this first World Glacier Day! 🧊❄️
This trunk has spent almost 10,000 years below a glacier and I have never seen bark better preserved! 💪
Wanted to share it on this first World Glacier Day! 🧊❄️
This trunk has spent almost 10,000 years below a glacier and I have never seen bark better preserved! 💪
March 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is, by a large margin, the most astonishing sample I have seen in my 'career' (15 yr sampling glacier subfossil wood)! 🥰
Wanted to share it on this first World Glacier Day! 🧊❄️
This trunk has spent almost 10,000 years below a glacier and I have never seen bark better preserved! 💪
Wanted to share it on this first World Glacier Day! 🧊❄️
This trunk has spent almost 10,000 years below a glacier and I have never seen bark better preserved! 💪
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with everything going on in the usa regarding both the major and rapid changes to the law/regs/practice re immigration and trans ppl, how the hell can canada responsibly issue a blanket "normal risks" status without at least a warning for trans people specifically?!
Travel advice and advisories for United States (USA)
Travel Advice and Advisories from the Government of Canada
travel.gc.ca
February 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
with everything going on in the usa regarding both the major and rapid changes to the law/regs/practice re immigration and trans ppl, how the hell can canada responsibly issue a blanket "normal risks" status without at least a warning for trans people specifically?!
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OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
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whether we can access healthcare or not, we're trans. what these EOs are doing, is hurting and destroying the lives of trans kids, before they take aim at adults. years of treating a marginalised community like a shameful political football, like we're an embarassment to liberal political and legal
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
whether we can access healthcare or not, we're trans. what these EOs are doing, is hurting and destroying the lives of trans kids, before they take aim at adults. years of treating a marginalised community like a shameful political football, like we're an embarassment to liberal political and legal
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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Posting on behalf of my colleague Sylvie Quideau. She is offering a funded Ph.D. position in Soil Science- Forest Soil Carbon. See ad below for details. Please share. Thx!
January 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Posting on behalf of my colleague Sylvie Quideau. She is offering a funded Ph.D. position in Soil Science- Forest Soil Carbon. See ad below for details. Please share. Thx!
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Favorite coast redwood/acorn woodpecker granary tree.🪶
January 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Favorite coast redwood/acorn woodpecker granary tree.🪶
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This year, I recorded every movie, TV show, game, podcast, and book I engaged with, which was an experience I recommend.
Speaking of recommendations, here are the recs I have to offer based on that undertaking:
Speaking of recommendations, here are the recs I have to offer based on that undertaking:
December 31, 2024 at 5:23 PM
This year, I recorded every movie, TV show, game, podcast, and book I engaged with, which was an experience I recommend.
Speaking of recommendations, here are the recs I have to offer based on that undertaking:
Speaking of recommendations, here are the recs I have to offer based on that undertaking:
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fuck "the cruelty is the point." healthcare bans kill. closets kill. trans death and disappearance is the point.
At Turning Point AmFest, Trump promises on day one to go after trans people with executive orders, banning trans people from the military, banning gender affirming care, and removing trans people from schools.
December 23, 2024 at 12:11 AM
fuck "the cruelty is the point." healthcare bans kill. closets kill. trans death and disappearance is the point.
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Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out!
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
Job: Postdoctoral Opportunity: Hydraulic redistribution in forests | Carnegie Science Careers
jobs.carnegiescience.edu
December 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out!
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...
It's time for my favourite pastime! Looking at the Ontario 511 highway cameras and saying "Oof, that's alot of snow"
Hopefully I get a few months of it this year!
Hopefully I get a few months of it this year!
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 PM
It's time for my favourite pastime! Looking at the Ontario 511 highway cameras and saying "Oof, that's alot of snow"
Hopefully I get a few months of it this year!
Hopefully I get a few months of it this year!
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I have no interest in Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, but sometimes you find yourself in a bar in Saulte Ste Marie, and it's on 11 screens....
November 16, 2024 at 3:11 AM
I have no interest in Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, but sometimes you find yourself in a bar in Saulte Ste Marie, and it's on 11 screens....