Tristan A.F. Long
@thelonglab.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University 🇨🇦
Evolutionary Genetics & Behavioural Ecology #DrosLife #ScienceDoughnuts #JournalKlatch
ORCID: 0000-0002-8708-2728
Evolutionary Genetics & Behavioural Ecology #DrosLife #ScienceDoughnuts #JournalKlatch
ORCID: 0000-0002-8708-2728
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Tristan A.F. Long
@thelonglab.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Laurier Biology Seminar Posters
Explore this photo album by Tristan Long on Flickr!
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A chronological archive of the ~180ish posters I have made (so far) for #LaurierBiology departmental seminars, since I began in 2014! #SciArt
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ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
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Obviously, I already think my students are pretty great. Then application season rolls around and I get to read their full personal statements and I'm always gobsmacked at how accomplished they are outside of lab and how much they invest in their families, service, and community. 🤩
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Obviously, I already think my students are pretty great. Then application season rolls around and I get to read their full personal statements and I'm always gobsmacked at how accomplished they are outside of lab and how much they invest in their families, service, and community. 🤩
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How about some support for sectors hammered by shitty provincial governments?
Carney announces new support for sectors hammered by U.S. tariffs nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/26/c...
Carney announces new support for sectors hammered by U.S. tariffs
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
How about some support for sectors hammered by shitty provincial governments?
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Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
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This hairdo doesn't just help male pheasants woo females--it also obscures their vision, making them more vulnerable to predators. Fun story at @science.org
Love practically makes these birds go blind
Unusually obstructive plumage compromises the vision of two types of pheasants—a first in birds
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This hairdo doesn't just help male pheasants woo females--it also obscures their vision, making them more vulnerable to predators. Fun story at @science.org
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“You will be visited by 3 spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“You will be visited by 3 spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
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it's abominable
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
it's abominable
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My genetics students are so talented- check out this poster one group made for their unit 2 project! Prompt was to dive into the genetics of at least 5 corn snake morphs. Shared with permission.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My genetics students are so talented- check out this poster one group made for their unit 2 project! Prompt was to dive into the genetics of at least 5 corn snake morphs. Shared with permission.
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
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I have given
the plum
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for humans
to a groundhog
I am not sorry
my guy
really enjoyed it
the plum
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for humans
to a groundhog
I am not sorry
my guy
really enjoyed it
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I have given
the plum
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for humans
to a groundhog
I am not sorry
my guy
really enjoyed it
the plum
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for humans
to a groundhog
I am not sorry
my guy
really enjoyed it
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HELP BEN
A colleague is looking for an open-source/online (pref. peer-reviewed) reference for properties of probability distributions. Any ideas? (NIST gives *very* basic properties e.g. www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handb... but I think they're looking for something more complete ...)
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
HELP BEN
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Here's the second of the #botanicalillustration courses I'm teaching at #Cambridgeuniversity #botanicalgardens in the UK next year. This one is in May:
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here's the second of the #botanicalillustration courses I'm teaching at #Cambridgeuniversity #botanicalgardens in the UK next year. This one is in May:
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
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Ever wondered whether dogs are a different species from wolves? On an ecological, and behavioral basis, I think so. The Dec 2 issue of PNAS will be interesting! www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... and the introductory article to the issue: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... . Here: my daughter, my son, and our dog:
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Ever wondered whether dogs are a different species from wolves? On an ecological, and behavioral basis, I think so. The Dec 2 issue of PNAS will be interesting! www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... and the introductory article to the issue: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... . Here: my daughter, my son, and our dog:
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Reacting to the presence of chatbots with assignment that ask students to look for mistakes in something they got a chatbot to spit out is not a sound approach to teaching your course material.
"GenAI allows seemingly limitless possibilities for assignments that
cultivate crucial literacies. For example, here’s the same old assignment caper that everyone and their AI dog has been suggesting for the past three years.”
#genai+writing
cultivate crucial literacies. For example, here’s the same old assignment caper that everyone and their AI dog has been suggesting for the past three years.”
#genai+writing
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Reacting to the presence of chatbots with assignment that ask students to look for mistakes in something they got a chatbot to spit out is not a sound approach to teaching your course material.
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!