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
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.
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
Contributing a slide w ref from my last invert ecol class
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Contributing a slide w ref from my last invert ecol class
Type 2 fun in mtns w friends
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Type 2 fun in mtns w friends
@tomflood.bsky.social it’s a terrible life in a 15 minute neighborhood
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
@tomflood.bsky.social it’s a terrible life in a 15 minute neighborhood
Our solar array may not break even in $ but breaks even in a lot of other ways
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our solar array may not break even in $ but breaks even in a lot of other ways
Stupid AI doesn’t understand that when inverts people say “5 phylum stew” we only mean the metazoans
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Stupid AI doesn’t understand that when inverts people say “5 phylum stew” we only mean the metazoans
Heading in for last full lecture of my 1st semester teaching invert ecology. I think I didn’t do too badly. Grateful as always for my jump into inverts at Friday Harbor decades ago. (Though photo is from about 9 years ago)
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Heading in for last full lecture of my 1st semester teaching invert ecology. I think I didn’t do too badly. Grateful as always for my jump into inverts at Friday Harbor decades ago. (Though photo is from about 9 years ago)
Really grossed out that our center for teaching and learning is doing stuff like this 🤡
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really grossed out that our center for teaching and learning is doing stuff like this 🤡
Even bad times can feel better on a gorgeous fall day
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Even bad times can feel better on a gorgeous fall day
I’m just happy to remember to step out into a cold clear night and look up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I’m just happy to remember to step out into a cold clear night and look up.
Cold neon Polyphemus?
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cold neon Polyphemus?
Into the 20s outside, the nearly 60-year-old citrus tree has arrived in our dining room for now. Yes, it needed fertilizer and it has some now.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Into the 20s outside, the nearly 60-year-old citrus tree has arrived in our dining room for now. Yes, it needed fertilizer and it has some now.
Last lab of semester, students examining light enhancement through coral skeletons. Almost done — I think inverts went well.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Last lab of semester, students examining light enhancement through coral skeletons. Almost done — I think inverts went well.
I’ve enjoyed a national forest lately. You probably have as well.
Or maybe enjoyed a cleaner creek than it was decades ago.
Or climate data important for your inference in a study.
Thank a federal scientist. They’re not all ok.
Or maybe enjoyed a cleaner creek than it was decades ago.
Or climate data important for your inference in a study.
Thank a federal scientist. They’re not all ok.
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’ve enjoyed a national forest lately. You probably have as well.
Or maybe enjoyed a cleaner creek than it was decades ago.
Or climate data important for your inference in a study.
Thank a federal scientist. They’re not all ok.
Or maybe enjoyed a cleaner creek than it was decades ago.
Or climate data important for your inference in a study.
Thank a federal scientist. They’re not all ok.
Mildewed but going through moms old camping gear. Dad passed 20 years ago but she and I did an overnighter in the Gila Wilderness with her carrying this Kelty external frame pack, older than I am.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mildewed but going through moms old camping gear. Dad passed 20 years ago but she and I did an overnighter in the Gila Wilderness with her carrying this Kelty external frame pack, older than I am.
Bring in the very old (older than me) citrus tree
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bring in the very old (older than me) citrus tree
I blame Mike Collins' mullet for the shutdown.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I blame Mike Collins' mullet for the shutdown.
No bears today on a long ride in Chattahoochee NF I don’t mind!
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
No bears today on a long ride in Chattahoochee NF I don’t mind!
5 years ago today Georgia was dealing with hurricane Zeta and other now-normalized news stories (from a logging app)
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
5 years ago today Georgia was dealing with hurricane Zeta and other now-normalized news stories (from a logging app)
It still has his set lists taped to the back 🥲 if you want to know more about Dac: ecology.uga.edu/in-memoriam-dac-crossley-1927-2024/
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It still has his set lists taped to the back 🥲 if you want to know more about Dac: ecology.uga.edu/in-memoriam-dac-crossley-1927-2024/