Chris Moore
@mutualismecology.bsky.social
He/him. Ecologist studying the population & community ecology of mutualism. Faculty at Cal State Northridge. Also a human. Views m'own.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5783-9833
ORCID: 0000-0001-5783-9833
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The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has a new exhibit: Ants - Tiny Creatures, Big Lives. We went today, and here are some impressions. It’s not a massive exhibit, but well done and certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area. The exhibit runs through May 17.
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has a new exhibit: Ants - Tiny Creatures, Big Lives. We went today, and here are some impressions. It’s not a massive exhibit, but well done and certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area. The exhibit runs through May 17.
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Waking up to the news of Alice Wong's death, and very sad. She was, and remains, a force. Interview from early 2025: "To be a disabled oracle is someone who tells their truths in a hostile ableist world that does not believe you." #AliceWong #disability #disabilitycommunity #longCOVID
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Waking up to the news of Alice Wong's death, and very sad. She was, and remains, a force. Interview from early 2025: "To be a disabled oracle is someone who tells their truths in a hostile ableist world that does not believe you." #AliceWong #disability #disabilitycommunity #longCOVID
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Amazing to have a byline with @cbo.bsky.social - read our take on Watson’s ultimate legacy in the Boston Globe. Will be in Sunday’s print edition.
"What James Watson got wrong about DNA"
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
What James Watson got wrong about DNA - The Boston Globe
The science he helped pioneer consistently undermines his view that genes determine everything about us.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Amazing to have a byline with @cbo.bsky.social - read our take on Watson’s ultimate legacy in the Boston Globe. Will be in Sunday’s print edition.
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Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, former National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis told The Guardian.
National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, former National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis told The Guardian.
On top of everything else, my poor eyes!
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
On top of everything else, my poor eyes!
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And a great perspective by Peter and Anthony!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
And a great perspective by Peter and Anthony!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
bsky.app/profile/jlst...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
bsky.app/profile/jlst...
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NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
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Gaza has become the world's largest mass grave, with over 10,000 bodies estimated to be buried in the rubble. Palestinians are asking for international help to find and identify the remains of their loved ones.
“The World’s Largest Mass Grave”: Palestinians Say 10,000 Bodies Are Buried Under Gaza’s Rubble
In Gaza, Israel’s military is continuing to target the southern city of Khan Younis with airstrikes and artillery fire despite the U.S.-brokered truce that took effect nearly a month ago. On…
www.democracynow.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Gaza has become the world's largest mass grave, with over 10,000 bodies estimated to be buried in the rubble. Palestinians are asking for international help to find and identify the remains of their loved ones.
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Hi. I wrote my dissertation on philosophy of science. I continue to teach a PhilSci seminar each year.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hi. I wrote my dissertation on philosophy of science. I continue to teach a PhilSci seminar each year.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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![In response to the revelations of Epstein's support of Nowak and his lab (the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics), Nowak was suspended from supervising undergraduate research for two years, and the institute was permanently closed. 1911101 Harvard's review, leading to the suspension, uncovered that Epstein had maintained access to a personal office in Nowak's lab for 9 years, even after his conviction for sex crimes, and used the office over 40 times, "typically accompanied by young women serving as his assistants". (11]
In 2023, Harvard lifted the sanctions against Nowak and he remains on the faculty, jointly
appointed in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kiozjehz4wovetl76xlzbex5/bafkreig5bsb4m3n6iuktvti7qgtalcptujocrs2bgns4phajnlhgz3oo4m@jpeg)
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See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
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Reboosting for weekday crowd: AI is creating incentives that’ll change how scientific papers are written (basically doing SEO [search engine option optimization] but for inclusion in AI training corpus: “AIO”?)
How the use of AI by colleagues to generate citations or overviews, even if we avoid these “tools” ourselves, may put new pressures on scientific publishing: brianomeara.info/posts/ai_opt...
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reboosting for weekday crowd: AI is creating incentives that’ll change how scientific papers are written (basically doing SEO [search engine option optimization] but for inclusion in AI training corpus: “AIO”?)
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🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
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#SciComm community, I can use your help!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
#SciComm community, I can use your help!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
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Congratulations to winners of the 2025 ESA Antlion Pit innovation competition! First Place: Ellie Fausett, VectorGuard (right). Runner Up: Meredith Willmott, Local Critters for Local Knitters (left). Winners pictured here with competition chair Marianne Alleyne (center). #EntSoc25
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Congratulations to winners of the 2025 ESA Antlion Pit innovation competition! First Place: Ellie Fausett, VectorGuard (right). Runner Up: Meredith Willmott, Local Critters for Local Knitters (left). Winners pictured here with competition chair Marianne Alleyne (center). #EntSoc25
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I will forever end essays/reviews/perspectives with “In this paper I settle the matter once and for all, by showing which elements of each side are correct.”
I remember really enjoying this paper on individuality. Some time since I read it though, and I see there's a bunch of new stuff I haven't read yet...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Plant individuality: a solution to the demographer’s dilemma - Biology & Philosophy
The problem of plant individuality is something which has vexed botanists throughout the ages, with fashion swinging back and forth from treating plants as communities of individuals (Darwin 1800; Bra...
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I will forever end essays/reviews/perspectives with “In this paper I settle the matter once and for all, by showing which elements of each side are correct.”
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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delete your meta accounts.
move on to new frontiers and horizons, leave the dead internet to the AI tech bubble.
move on to new frontiers and horizons, leave the dead internet to the AI tech bubble.
Meta confirms they plan to add tons of AI-generated users to Facebook and Instagram
They will have bios, profile pics and can share content
(via Financial Times)
They will have bios, profile pics and can share content
(via Financial Times)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
delete your meta accounts.
move on to new frontiers and horizons, leave the dead internet to the AI tech bubble.
move on to new frontiers and horizons, leave the dead internet to the AI tech bubble.
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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📍✨Don't forget to sign up for THE PIN DOWN - Insect Mounting Challenge at the annual @entsocamerica meeting in Portland📍✨
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📍✨Don't forget to sign up for THE PIN DOWN - Insect Mounting Challenge at the annual @entsocamerica meeting in Portland📍✨
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
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Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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🧪 do eugenecists deserve to be lauded as “complicated,” as opposed to racist, sexist, ableist etc?
do they deserve “balanced” obituaries after writing memoirs deriding women scientists also involved in those discoveries? where was the balance & fairness for Franklin & others he discriminated ag?
do they deserve “balanced” obituaries after writing memoirs deriding women scientists also involved in those discoveries? where was the balance & fairness for Franklin & others he discriminated ag?
NYT obituary of Jim Watson.
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🧪 do eugenecists deserve to be lauded as “complicated,” as opposed to racist, sexist, ableist etc?
do they deserve “balanced” obituaries after writing memoirs deriding women scientists also involved in those discoveries? where was the balance & fairness for Franklin & others he discriminated ag?
do they deserve “balanced” obituaries after writing memoirs deriding women scientists also involved in those discoveries? where was the balance & fairness for Franklin & others he discriminated ag?
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This program has spread nationwide, with many institutions, including my own, following this model. It’s been spectacular for my department and for my college.
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This program has spread nationwide, with many institutions, including my own, following this model. It’s been spectacular for my department and for my college.