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Wayne Myrvold
@wmyrvold.bsky.social
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He/him.
Philosopher of science, with emphasis on philosophy of physics. Mediocre guitarist. Occasional nature photos.

You might like my book, Beyond Chance and Credence: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/beyond-chance-and-credence-9780198865094
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Just checking... we're still counting "based off of," when they mean "based on," as incorrect, yes?
Google ngram for frequency of the phrases "based off" and "based off of" from 1900 to 2020, showing an alarmingly steep rise that takes off around the year 2000.
October 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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At the Ponds: lily with pollinator.
Bee coming in for a landing on a water lily.
August 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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A visitor to the Westminster Ponds (London, ON, Canada). Solitary Sandpiper? Lesser Yellowlegs?
A sandpiper with white belly, brown spotted back, and yellowish legs, walking in a muddy marsh. Another shot of the same bird, striding purposefully through shallow water.
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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"What perfect albums were released when you were 16?"

1979:
Cover of David Bowie's "Lodger". Cover of the self-titled debut album of the B-52's. Cover of "London Calling," by The Clash. Cover of Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures".
July 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Call for abstracts, and registration, now open!

100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future
Oct 20 – 24, 2025, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, Canada

events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/1013/
Banner for 100 Years of Quantum conference.
May 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Under a cherry moon
Near total eclipse of the moon. Shadowed part is deep red.
March 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Approaching totality
Moon, about three quarters dark red.
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Starting to turn blood red
Moon, a little over half eclipsed. Reddish hue in the dark part.
March 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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It begins...
Moon, with earth's shadow beginning to show, at lower left Moon, with earth's shadow growing
March 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Philpapers helpfully points out a "similar" item.
March 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Moon and Venus right now
Crescent moon, with bright Venus to the right of her, shining with an amber hue in a slightly misty sky
February 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Yesterday it rained
Twigs encrusted with ice, with the sun glinting off the ice crystals. Twigs encrusted with ice, with the sun glinting off the ice crystals.
February 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Absolutely. Taken last July at a local pond. Here are some more.
Two pink water lilies emerging from a pond, surrounded by lily pads.
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery
Pink water lily emerging from water, surrounded by lily pads.
January 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I know y'all have other things on your minds, but don't forget it's Penguin Awareness Day!
Photo of a bagpiper and a penguin on a field of snow, with caption, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, plays the bagpipes for a indifferent penguin, March 1904."
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Runners up:
Exploded milkweed pod backlit by the sun Moon amid mackerel clouds Sunrise over a pond. Sky is swirls of gold, copper, and blue
November 13, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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Favorite photo you've taken this year

Here's mine:
Full moon with clouds, looking as if it has a fiery plume.
November 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Last night at The Ponds
Setting sun, golden sky above and dark clouds and trees below.
November 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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Facebook post written from YYZ Terminal D, last year. I think I got home at 2 am.
September 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Yes. I tried to find it on X, and it doesn't exist.
September 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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Downy woodpecker in the morning light
Silhouette, mostly dark but lit from one side with an orange light, of a downy woodpecker on a bare tree branch.
September 2, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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If you see this, quote post this with a beach photo from your gallery.
Glowing orange sun setting on Lake Huron, with gull standing at water's edge.
August 31, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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Today is #ShowYourStripes day. Here's the temperature change in Toronto, closest city to where I live for which they have graphs, 1850-2023.

Graphs by @edhawkins.bsky.social

showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...
June 21, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Wood ducks are the best ducks.
A female wood duck, swimming, accompanied by two males. Two wood ducks, male and female, on a pond
October 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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Saunders Pond, this morning
Dark silhouettes of three Canada Geese against the background of a pond lit with a coppery glow by the morning sun.
October 2, 2023 at 5:56 PM