Will Deter
@emergentappalachia.substack.com
Love growing things—plants, ideas, projects
Exploring better ways to do what matters
PhD student in Systems Science @ Binghamton
https://will-deter.github.io
Exploring better ways to do what matters
PhD student in Systems Science @ Binghamton
https://will-deter.github.io
Does anyone else feel like we’re constantly recognizing crises too late to do anything about them?
September 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Does anyone else feel like we’re constantly recognizing crises too late to do anything about them?
New hobby, who dis?
August 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
New hobby, who dis?
Finally is an understatement. 🙃
Finally out:
Behavioral and Topological Heterogeneities in Network Versions of Schelling’s Segregation Model
By Will Deter
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
TL;DR:
Heterogeneous behaviors & network topologies make society less segregated demographically, BUT *more segregated behaviorally*
Behavioral and Topological Heterogeneities in Network Versions of Schelling’s Segregation Model
By Will Deter
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
TL;DR:
Heterogeneous behaviors & network topologies make society less segregated demographically, BUT *more segregated behaviorally*
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Finally is an understatement. 🙃
I’m reading Mary Douglas’ How Institutions Think. Can anyone suggest follow up reading covering the next 40 years of science (bonus points for network science vibes)? #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’m reading Mary Douglas’ How Institutions Think. Can anyone suggest follow up reading covering the next 40 years of science (bonus points for network science vibes)? #booksky
Paper accepted. @hirokisayama.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Paper accepted. @hirokisayama.bsky.social
This was one of the best talks I've heard so far this year. Super interesting and relevant stuff from Mirta Galesic and @sfiscience.bsky.social. The applications of this work could be profound in the years to come as we try to understand increasing human mobility and interconnection. #NERCCS2025
#NERCCS2025 started with BU President Harvey Stenger's opening remarks followed by Mirta Galesic's keynote talk
April 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This was one of the best talks I've heard so far this year. Super interesting and relevant stuff from Mirta Galesic and @sfiscience.bsky.social. The applications of this work could be profound in the years to come as we try to understand increasing human mobility and interconnection. #NERCCS2025
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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
The use of children in this latest spectacle is sickening.
March 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The use of children in this latest spectacle is sickening.
The sitting US president is sending people to prison in El Salvador without due process in direct defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
White House Denies Violating Judge’s Order in Deporting Venezuelans (Gift Article)
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, also asserted that the federal courts “have no jurisdiction” over President Trump’s conduct of foreign affairs or his power to expel foreign enemies.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The sitting US president is sending people to prison in El Salvador without due process in direct defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
I just planned my schedule for #NERCCS2025! This is the 8th iteration of this conference. There are some truly awesome keynote speakers and contributed talks. There is a virtual option as well.
You can check out the conference here: nerccs2025.github.io
You can check out the conference here: nerccs2025.github.io
March 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I just planned my schedule for #NERCCS2025! This is the 8th iteration of this conference. There are some truly awesome keynote speakers and contributed talks. There is a virtual option as well.
You can check out the conference here: nerccs2025.github.io
You can check out the conference here: nerccs2025.github.io
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The manner in which we have treated Zelensky is beyond shameful.
February 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The manner in which we have treated Zelensky is beyond shameful.
This artist nailed it.
February 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This artist nailed it.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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May I present some ways that we might ask for our users' sex/gender on our forms in order to comply with new EOs: codepen.io/buttermilkbi...
Malicious compliance gender patterns
...
codepen.io
February 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
May I present some ways that we might ask for our users' sex/gender on our forms in order to comply with new EOs: codepen.io/buttermilkbi...
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
February 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
Imagine being on the professional staff of an org like this and having to accede to the utter stupidity of these directives. I think my brain would short circuit.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons
The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...
www.npr.org
February 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Imagine being on the professional staff of an org like this and having to accede to the utter stupidity of these directives. I think my brain would short circuit.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
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Wow! Zipf's law in whale songs!!
A thread explaining our new discovery about humpback whale song published today in Science... We found key statistical properties that characterise all human languages in another species for the first time. We have more in common with whales than we previously thought! doi.org/10.1126/scie...
February 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wow! Zipf's law in whale songs!!
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I am begging, pleading, with the legal system, the press, and Democratic lawmakers to finally recognize the scope of this problem and rise to the challenge. This is not business as usual. Wake up.
February 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I am begging, pleading, with the legal system, the press, and Democratic lawmakers to finally recognize the scope of this problem and rise to the challenge. This is not business as usual. Wake up.
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If migrants were not needed in developed countries, they would not come.
It is demand and supply.
It is demand and supply.
February 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If migrants were not needed in developed countries, they would not come.
It is demand and supply.
It is demand and supply.
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OMG this is coming to Binghamton:
complexnetworks.org
complexnetworks.org
Complex Networks and their Applications 2025 | CNA 2025
complexnetworks.org
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
OMG this is coming to Binghamton:
complexnetworks.org
complexnetworks.org
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As someone who is very familiar with both the US and Canadian systems, I can confirm that PHAC is a great source of info, especially regarding guidance and easy to access facts. It doesn’t replace American data lost at CDC in the great purge but it does provide reliable health & medical information.
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As someone who is very familiar with both the US and Canadian systems, I can confirm that PHAC is a great source of info, especially regarding guidance and easy to access facts. It doesn’t replace American data lost at CDC in the great purge but it does provide reliable health & medical information.