John Wares
@johnwares.bsky.social
Ride your bike. Have a burrito. Study benthic diversity. Have a beer. UGA Professor. He/him. PRO diversity. PRO equity. PRO inclusion. www.wareslab.net
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If cities want to be artsy, do it to car parking...
I am once again asking cities to install usable bike parking instead of whatever this is. Could you imagine if cities installed car parking spots that were based on art versus functionality?
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If cities want to be artsy, do it to car parking...
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
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The first legislators arrested for inspecting these spaces were Black legislators from New Jersey
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The first legislators arrested for inspecting these spaces were Black legislators from New Jersey
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alright guys. after the longest month ever I have just one question. how’s it going
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
alright guys. after the longest month ever I have just one question. how’s it going
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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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.
Imagine.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt designed to keep him in office after losing the 2022 presidential elections.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started on Tuesday to serve his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt designed to keep him in office after losing the 2022 presidential elections, a move that many in the South American nation doubted would ever take place.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Imagine.
Measure your success as a grad mentor by the students who come back to see you :) Dr. Katie Bockrath USFWS came back to blow my mind with all the cool stuff she is doing - love it.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Measure your success as a grad mentor by the students who come back to see you :) Dr. Katie Bockrath USFWS came back to blow my mind with all the cool stuff she is doing - love it.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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We have a new postdoc position available in the Promislow lab at the HNRCA at #Tufts in #Boston, to work on the #systemsbiology of #aging in #Drosophila. Come join us! For info on the position and to apply, see promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...
promislowlab.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We have a new postdoc position available in the Promislow lab at the HNRCA at #Tufts in #Boston, to work on the #systemsbiology of #aging in #Drosophila. Come join us! For info on the position and to apply, see promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...
If you see this, qtp with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If you see this, qtp with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
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In this systematic evaluation of #STRUCTURE, the most popular #population clustering method, Xiao-Xu Pang and Da-Yong Zhang offer praise--but also caution.
Find out why! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#systematics #evolution
Find out why! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#systematics #evolution
A cautionary note on using STRUCTURE to detect hybridization in a phylogenetic context
Using simulations, we provide the first systematic evaluation of the performance of STRUCTURE under a variety of cross-species hybridization scenarios. We find that STRUCTURE performs well in identif...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In this systematic evaluation of #STRUCTURE, the most popular #population clustering method, Xiao-Xu Pang and Da-Yong Zhang offer praise--but also caution.
Find out why! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#systematics #evolution
Find out why! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#systematics #evolution
Restarting my office computer first time since semester began please clap
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Restarting my office computer first time since semester began please clap
Gross for so many reasons.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Gross for so many reasons.
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I don't know what to do with a society after choosing to do this to people. America has chosen to torture based purely on racial animus while the people who voted for it find literally any excuse to ignore the moral costs.
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I don't know what to do with a society after choosing to do this to people. America has chosen to torture based purely on racial animus while the people who voted for it find literally any excuse to ignore the moral costs.
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The EPA's new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act, as written currently, would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections for our nation's wetlands, streams, lakes, and rivers.
Read our statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
Read our statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
American Rivers Concerned EPA’s New Proposed Clean Water Act Rule Will Damage Wetlands, Increase Flood Risk
American Rivers is today announcing its disapproval of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposed definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) provision of the Clean Water Act.
www.americanrivers.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The EPA's new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act, as written currently, would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections for our nation's wetlands, streams, lakes, and rivers.
Read our statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
Read our statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
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After all that, turns out DOGE itself IS the waste, fraud and abuse. Who'da thought?! 🤷🤦🖕
via Aaron Parnas:
"Reuters has confirmed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was quietly shut down eight months early after reports showed it had wasted more than $21.7 billion,
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via Aaron Parnas:
"Reuters has confirmed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was quietly shut down eight months early after reports showed it had wasted more than $21.7 billion,
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
After all that, turns out DOGE itself IS the waste, fraud and abuse. Who'da thought?! 🤷🤦🖕
via Aaron Parnas:
"Reuters has confirmed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was quietly shut down eight months early after reports showed it had wasted more than $21.7 billion,
1/2
via Aaron Parnas:
"Reuters has confirmed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was quietly shut down eight months early after reports showed it had wasted more than $21.7 billion,
1/2
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"Her wit was as sharp as her convictions, and her honesty was refreshing and rare."
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
Vanessa Koelling Obituary - Montgomery, AL
Celebrate the life of Vanessa Koelling, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Leak Memory Chapel.
www.dignitymemorial.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Her wit was as sharp as her convictions, and her honesty was refreshing and rare."
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
A wonderfully written (by @gbaucom.bsky.social) obituary for my grad school friend and Auburn University Prof. Vanessa Koelling, who passed away last week.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/m...
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SING. IT. LOUD: "As of right now, there is no compelling evidence, to us, that genAI is useful to promote the development of learning as framed by a model of expertise (i.e., the MDL) or any other scientifically backed model of learning" #resistAI www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
SING. IT. LOUD: "As of right now, there is no compelling evidence, to us, that genAI is useful to promote the development of learning as framed by a model of expertise (i.e., the MDL) or any other scientifically backed model of learning" #resistAI www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Musk & Trump promised that DOGE would save AT LEST $1 trillion, with the former saying that $2t in a year wasn't out of the question.
10 months into Trump's 2nd term & they've saved...
** checks notes **
Negative $1 trillion.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
10 months into Trump's 2nd term & they've saved...
** checks notes **
Negative $1 trillion.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
www.pbs.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Musk & Trump promised that DOGE would save AT LEST $1 trillion, with the former saying that $2t in a year wasn't out of the question.
10 months into Trump's 2nd term & they've saved...
** checks notes **
Negative $1 trillion.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
10 months into Trump's 2nd term & they've saved...
** checks notes **
Negative $1 trillion.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Large brains are useful when conditions favor plastic behaviors, smaller brains when reliable behaviors increase fitness. Or: why are there so many minnows?
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Large brains are useful when conditions favor plastic behaviors, smaller brains when reliable behaviors increase fitness. Or: why are there so many minnows?