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Silas Tittes
@silastittes.bsky.social
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staff scientist / population geneticist at university of oregon | computational methods | cephalopod evolution | moonlighting maize geneticist | dad jokes

https://kr-colab.github.io/
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Louise Glück, Bayesian statistician.
First stanza of a poem by Louise Glück titled Ripe Peach RIPE PEACH I . There was a time only certainty gave me any joy. Imagine certainty, a dead thing.
August 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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It’s about time I revived my half-baked conjecture plots.
A quick poorly drawn graph of email/text response time versus age is u shaped. No data used to make plot, only vibes.
July 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I take full responsibility for not catching this typo and I’m very glad I saw it before the proof stage 😂. My last name is pronounced like “tight” + “iss” in case you’ve ever wondered.
Screen shot of a google link to a manuscript I’m an author on, but my last name is spelled wrong.
July 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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How your email finds me.
Screen shot Preparing transaction: done Verifying transaction: done Executing transaction: done Installing pip dependencies: -\
April 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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New York Times Headline. Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.
February 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Hello old friend. Have you changed or have I?
Bottle of iconic Huy Fong sriracha, which hasn’t been on shelves for a while.
November 20, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Pretty twig on the sidewalk reminiscent of Darwin’s famous phylogeny sketch. Text bubble reads “I think”.
October 30, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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Three panels. First panel, person riding a bike and holding a stick with caption, "Jam tons of info into fasta headers including special characters". Second panel bike rider jams stick into spokes with caption, "Write software that requires simple headers and no special characters". Third panel bike rider laying on ground in front of bike holding knee with no caption.
September 19, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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My phone number has been found on
Stewart from Letterkenny. Caption reads, “The dark web.”
October 26, 2023 at 7:59 PM
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Moving from Twitter to here be like
Theoden looking up at Eowyn. “I know your face”
September 27, 2023 at 5:09 PM