Brian O'Meara
@omearabrian.bsky.social
I study diversification, species delimitation, trait evolution & similar questions, often using new methods. Also random coding projects. College prof living in Oak Ridge, TN, USA. Opinions my own. He/Him
I thought this was a #2025SVP post at first.
Though the idea of having all the best “public talk but only to those who can afford registration, travel, and visas” people compete with a modern US college football team is interesting…
Though the idea of having all the best “public talk but only to those who can afford registration, travel, and visas” people compete with a modern US college football team is interesting…
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I thought this was a #2025SVP post at first.
Though the idea of having all the best “public talk but only to those who can afford registration, travel, and visas” people compete with a modern US college football team is interesting…
Though the idea of having all the best “public talk but only to those who can afford registration, travel, and visas” people compete with a modern US college football team is interesting…
Or as they call it in the Harvard astronomy department, “life on Mars confirmed to be rainbow space narwhal”
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Or as they call it in the Harvard astronomy department, “life on Mars confirmed to be rainbow space narwhal”
I mean, by the standard of “hey, sorta looks like = deextinct” it’s already happened: scaly herps dropping onto animals below from trees:
weather.com/nature/wild-...
weather.com/nature/wild-...
Falling Iguana Weather Has Arrived In Florida | Weather.com
As the coldest air of the season dips into South Florida, residents could witness the state’s quirkiest winter tradition: falling iguana season, when cold-stunned reptiles lose their grip and tumble f...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I mean, by the standard of “hey, sorta looks like = deextinct” it’s already happened: scaly herps dropping onto animals below from trees:
weather.com/nature/wild-...
weather.com/nature/wild-...
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Brian O'Meara
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
Thanks! Peter Wainwright started a conversation at UC Davis on how rate and disparity could be different and how best to measure this, leading eventually to this paper.
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Thanks! Peter Wainwright started a conversation at UC Davis on how rate and disparity could be different and how best to measure this, leading eventually to this paper.