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Brian O'Meara
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I study diversification, species delimitation, trait evolution & similar questions, often using new methods. Also random coding projects. College prof living in Oak Ridge, TN, USA. Opinions my own. He/Him
I mean, it could be they're *more* open than most. No posts from #SBP2025 (Society for Boneless Paleontology), for example. ;-)
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I mean, by the standard of “hey, sorta looks like = deextinct” it’s already happened: scaly herps dropping onto animals below from trees:

weather.com/nature/wild-...
Falling Iguana Weather Has Arrived In Florida | Weather.com
As the coldest air of the season dips into South Florida, residents could witness the state’s quirkiest winter tradition: falling iguana season, when cold-stunned reptiles lose their grip and tumble f...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Brian O'Meara
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
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November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Thanks! Peter Wainwright started a conversation at UC Davis on how rate and disparity could be different and how best to measure this, leading eventually to this paper.
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Reposted by Brian O'Meara
I embedded all the talks on one page here: doi.org/10.59350/xyj... #Rstats
posit::conf(2025) talks on YouTube
Over 100 recorded talks from posit::conf(2025) are now available on YouTube
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reposted by Brian O'Meara
Prints and and posters are now available for sale!

They'll ship anywhere world-wide plastic-free and 5% of profits will go to bird rescue in NYC.

There's the big one, and then passerine, parrot & hummingbird editions.

www.jerthorp.me/category/of-...

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November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And everyone starts somewhere and can feel ridiculous when first starting. But the accessories can be very silly.
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ah, but if you do wealth per capita, it looks even better: the singularity = end of scarcity line continues to shoot up, but so does the singularity = human extinction one: one person eventually owns ALL the things, even if economic production ceases.

I want to make Financial Times charts, too

😉
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM