Chris Moore
@mutualismecology.bsky.social
He/him. Ecologist studying the population & community ecology of mutualism. Faculty at Cal State Northridge. Also a human. Views m'own.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5783-9833
ORCID: 0000-0001-5783-9833
🎶It’s the most wonderful time, of the yeeeeaaaarrrr🎶
September 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🎶It’s the most wonderful time, of the yeeeeaaaarrrr🎶
In my population modeling course I often find myself having to push students to learn through experimenting. A few years back someone related it to FAAFO. So, I just designed and printed stickers of the slightly more classroom-friendly and nerdy version of FAAFO as a constant reminder to them.
February 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In my population modeling course I often find myself having to push students to learn through experimenting. A few years back someone related it to FAAFO. So, I just designed and printed stickers of the slightly more classroom-friendly and nerdy version of FAAFO as a constant reminder to them.
Flannelbush (Fremontodendron sp.) has such a beautiful leaf shape 🌱❤️ We can and will beat the fascists.
January 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Flannelbush (Fremontodendron sp.) has such a beautiful leaf shape 🌱❤️ We can and will beat the fascists.
Admiring the infinitely-cute Pippa Noodle is a nice way to end this week 🐩❤️
December 7, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Admiring the infinitely-cute Pippa Noodle is a nice way to end this week 🐩❤️
Nice to have some time to make progress on a few projects, including a fun glue up with a ton of clamps (ash), finishing a box for my mortising chisels (tulip poplar), and whipping up a small container (red oak) with fun bevel going into into it.
November 27, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Nice to have some time to make progress on a few projects, including a fun glue up with a ton of clamps (ash), finishing a box for my mortising chisels (tulip poplar), and whipping up a small container (red oak) with fun bevel going into into it.
Show me your pet and what they were names for.
November 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Show me your pet and what they were names for.
He founded Evolutionary Theory and Evolutionary Monographs. Volume one, page one of the former was where he published the Red Queen hypothesis, and ended the paper with this gem:
November 21, 2024 at 4:00 AM
He founded Evolutionary Theory and Evolutionary Monographs. Volume one, page one of the former was where he published the Red Queen hypothesis, and ended the paper with this gem:
Apparently our pumpkins are carnivorous 🎃🐿️
November 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Apparently our pumpkins are carnivorous 🎃🐿️
How am I supposed to go into the office when I am being trapped by this canid?!
November 13, 2024 at 2:31 PM
How am I supposed to go into the office when I am being trapped by this canid?!
I don't, but Oliver Pearson created "a mechanical model for the study of population dynamics" (www.jstor.org/stable/1933324) that "resembles a metamerically elongated pinball machine." So, a scientific pinball machine, but not Waddington's . . .
November 8, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I don't, but Oliver Pearson created "a mechanical model for the study of population dynamics" (www.jstor.org/stable/1933324) that "resembles a metamerically elongated pinball machine." So, a scientific pinball machine, but not Waddington's . . .
Agreed to the extent that I sometimes present graphics to my students in this aesthetic style (e.g., the attached video of predator-prey population cycles). I hope they do, but I don't know that they appreciate it that much as those of us who sat in front of those screens typing in MS-DOS . . .
November 8, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Agreed to the extent that I sometimes present graphics to my students in this aesthetic style (e.g., the attached video of predator-prey population cycles). I hope they do, but I don't know that they appreciate it that much as those of us who sat in front of those screens typing in MS-DOS . . .
Heard about the salary of Colby's president getting an almost $1M boost since I last looked a year ago. Wow.
November 4, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Heard about the salary of Colby's president getting an almost $1M boost since I last looked a year ago. Wow.
Made some fingers with bloody fingernails for class tomorrow . . . still sorta creeps me out 😱😱
October 31, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Made some fingers with bloody fingernails for class tomorrow . . . still sorta creeps me out 😱😱
I like field days in class, where I get to introduce students to my fall friends.
October 25, 2024 at 1:04 AM
I like field days in class, where I get to introduce students to my fall friends.
Not a bad walk home; not bad at all . . . 🌳🍂🍁🍃
October 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Not a bad walk home; not bad at all . . . 🌳🍂🍁🍃
This sign that I frequently pass, for some reason, brings me disproportionate joy.
October 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
This sign that I frequently pass, for some reason, brings me disproportionate joy.
There are 140 varieties of apples grown on this one farm 🍎
October 14, 2024 at 12:40 AM
There are 140 varieties of apples grown on this one farm 🍎
Is accidentally adding wood shavings to one’s coffee a happy accident? I’m uncertain, but it was certainly unexpected.
September 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Is accidentally adding wood shavings to one’s coffee a happy accident? I’m uncertain, but it was certainly unexpected.
This is peak for us from what I understand. Also, a much worse phone photo!
September 18, 2024 at 2:47 AM
This is peak for us from what I understand. Also, a much worse phone photo!
Curious: looks like we joined the same day, with me slightly behind you.
September 17, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Curious: looks like we joined the same day, with me slightly behind you.
There's something very gratifying about making these. I think it's the all of the physical and psychological aspects of working with my hands, texture, building, creating, the sounds, and smells, but it's also building a new type of relationship with trees and their wood.
September 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
There's something very gratifying about making these. I think it's the all of the physical and psychological aspects of working with my hands, texture, building, creating, the sounds, and smells, but it's also building a new type of relationship with trees and their wood.
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
August 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
I learned catty-corner in southern California.
I always like how kitty- and catty- were divided by I80 in the east (dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q...).
I always like how kitty- and catty- were divided by I80 in the east (dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q...).
August 31, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I learned catty-corner in southern California.
I always like how kitty- and catty- were divided by I80 in the east (dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q...).
I always like how kitty- and catty- were divided by I80 in the east (dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q...).