Jerry Husak
@jerry-husak.bsky.social
Professor of Biology @ the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN - evolution, physiology, endocrinology, monsters, punk rock connoisseur
Thanks for writing this, Thom. Resonates with me in many ways. We’ve all got to be better at communicating what we do and why science and critical thinking are essential for society!
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Thanks for writing this, Thom. Resonates with me in many ways. We’ve all got to be better at communicating what we do and why science and critical thinking are essential for society!
Love the transformation scene in this one so much!
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Love the transformation scene in this one so much!
Was just recently talking to Alex about this. There must be some tradeoffs to deal with this!
August 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Was just recently talking to Alex about this. There must be some tradeoffs to deal with this!
I love the speed-accuracy tradeoff, known for cognition and decision making as mentioned above. But my fave part of it is the functional tradeoff. Great videos of crashing quolls! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25653423/
Running faster causes disaster: trade-offs between speed, manoeuvrability and motor control when running around corners in northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) - PubMed
Movement speed is fundamental to all animal behaviour, yet no general framework exists for understanding why animals move at the speeds they do. Even during fitness-defining behaviours like running aw...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I love the speed-accuracy tradeoff, known for cognition and decision making as mentioned above. But my fave part of it is the functional tradeoff. Great videos of crashing quolls! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25653423/
I love this book and especially this story!
May 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I love this book and especially this story!
It is such a bizarre ride
March 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It is such a bizarre ride
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I want to stress the two things are simultaneously true here.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I want to stress the two things are simultaneously true here.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.