Mitchell Owens
@mcowens.bsky.social
Water + policy geographer. Technically a bug taxonomist. Currently a Hoosier. Eclectic music enthusiast. Unrepentant Hornets/Rays/Tar Heels sicko.
🎶Am I mooooore than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
🎶Am I mooooore than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week🎶
After [redacted] number of years in Bloomington, I've finally made it to an IU soccer game! Now I just gotta make time to go to all the other random sports IU is good at, like diving or whatnot.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
After [redacted] number of years in Bloomington, I've finally made it to an IU soccer game! Now I just gotta make time to go to all the other random sports IU is good at, like diving or whatnot.
It might just be because I see them regularly for work, or because they're less-known and I can never shake my hipsterness, but I'm fond of aquatic caterpillars. Petrophila is a particular fav, because it's easy to ID and because the part that makes it easy to ID are the silly lil gills on the side
September 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It might just be because I see them regularly for work, or because they're less-known and I can never shake my hipsterness, but I'm fond of aquatic caterpillars. Petrophila is a particular fav, because it's easy to ID and because the part that makes it easy to ID are the silly lil gills on the side
Grid 8: Scratching an -ic
September 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Grid 8: Scratching an -ic
Grid 7: Mo(e)s, Bos, and Joes (this was an attempt at a Mo-only grid, but I stalled out at 5 and pivoted)
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Grid 7: Mo(e)s, Bos, and Joes (this was an attempt at a Mo-only grid, but I stalled out at 5 and pivoted)
Grid 6: Just Some Guys (NBA edition). It's surprisingly heavy on former Hawks, which seems fitting for the Just Some Guys of NBA franchises
September 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Grid 6: Just Some Guys (NBA edition). It's surprisingly heavy on former Hawks, which seems fitting for the Just Some Guys of NBA franchises
Back in the truck for another long ride to a field site, so it's time for more Remembering.
Grid 5: Just Some Guys
Grid 5: Just Some Guys
September 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Back in the truck for another long ride to a field site, so it's time for more Remembering.
Grid 5: Just Some Guys
Grid 5: Just Some Guys
Grid 3: The Great Galoot Brothers
September 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Grid 3: The Great Galoot Brothers
Grid 2: Some Bobcats I Loved Despite It All
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Grid 2: Some Bobcats I Loved Despite It All
Damnit now I'm just gonna be doing this all day.
Grid 1: (Un)Notable Devil Rays
Grid 1: (Un)Notable Devil Rays
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Damnit now I'm just gonna be doing this all day.
Grid 1: (Un)Notable Devil Rays
Grid 1: (Un)Notable Devil Rays
Extremely good stuff here:
August 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Extremely good stuff here:
Oh you know it was Weston with somehow the most bafflingly dumb take
February 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Oh you know it was Weston with somehow the most bafflingly dumb take
I had to educate my college friends on this today after one of them posted this tattoo pic and none of them understood why I was saying Carly Rae was one of the two objectively valid + correct choices here. As for the third, I get why someone would say TSwift, but that doesn't make them right.
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I had to educate my college friends on this today after one of them posted this tattoo pic and none of them understood why I was saying Carly Rae was one of the two objectively valid + correct choices here. As for the third, I get why someone would say TSwift, but that doesn't make them right.
@evelynshh.bsky.social did have some light constructive criticism about brushing the cars off *before* shovelling rather than after, but I blame that on having to chase a toddler who wanted to help shovel but absolutely not brush
February 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@evelynshh.bsky.social did have some light constructive criticism about brushing the cars off *before* shovelling rather than after, but I blame that on having to chase a toddler who wanted to help shovel but absolutely not brush
Well if that ain't just a perfect microcosm of liberal vs progressive/leftist problems in America
February 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Well if that ain't just a perfect microcosm of liberal vs progressive/leftist problems in America
For context, here's some employers of similar size to the number of people who are getting laid off at once here. Imagine the economic catastrophe of one of these companies simply ceasing to exist and all of their employees flooding the market at once.
February 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
For context, here's some employers of similar size to the number of people who are getting laid off at once here. Imagine the economic catastrophe of one of these companies simply ceasing to exist and all of their employees flooding the market at once.
Would something nested like this make sense? If you want the regional comparison to be more prominent, you could flip the region to be nested within occupation instead. Since sex and cit are currently independent, you could prob split this into separate tables for each to make it a bit cleaner too
January 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Would something nested like this make sense? If you want the regional comparison to be more prominent, you could flip the region to be nested within occupation instead. Since sex and cit are currently independent, you could prob split this into separate tables for each to make it a bit cleaner too
9/10 of these picks are objectively correct and should be HoF locks. I am open to discussion on vote #10 (currently Pettitte, but boy do I not feel strongly about him vs the field here).
November 18, 2024 at 6:18 PM
9/10 of these picks are objectively correct and should be HoF locks. I am open to discussion on vote #10 (currently Pettitte, but boy do I not feel strongly about him vs the field here).
Today, my toddler managed to stuff basically all of these markers into this ukulele, almost completely silently and without being noticed. Truly a "I'm not mad, I'm legitimately impressed" parenting moment if there ever was one.
April 30, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Today, my toddler managed to stuff basically all of these markers into this ukulele, almost completely silently and without being noticed. Truly a "I'm not mad, I'm legitimately impressed" parenting moment if there ever was one.
Love coming home to see news that the cops have planted a fucking sniper on the roof of the IU union after less than one day of Gaza protests on campus. As pretty much always, the protesters are never the ones to start escalating the situation
April 25, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Love coming home to see news that the cops have planted a fucking sniper on the roof of the IU union after less than one day of Gaza protests on campus. As pretty much always, the protesters are never the ones to start escalating the situation
Just read this new article from @kstackwhitney.bsky.social, and it is something that should probably immediately become required reading for ecology/env sci students. This paragraph in particular just absolutely knocked it out of the park for me. Now to convince my coworkers to read it...
April 1, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Just read this new article from @kstackwhitney.bsky.social, and it is something that should probably immediately become required reading for ecology/env sci students. This paragraph in particular just absolutely knocked it out of the park for me. Now to convince my coworkers to read it...