Rob FlynnDec 17, 2022
Carl T. Bergstrom

Intro post: I'm a professor of #Biology at the #UniversityOfWashington. My training is in #EvolutionaryBiology, #BehavioralEcology, #PopulationGenetics, and #Epidemiology. I did lots of work in #Bibliometrics and #NetworkTheory. I teach #DataLiteracy. These days I spend a lot of time thinking about the spread of #Misinformation, the #ScienceOfScience, and #PhilosophyOfScience. I do a lot of #BirdPhotography and love #ravens, #crows, and all #corvids.

For your trouble, here's a perfect crow.

Nov 7, 2022 at 3:54amWeb
Show threadBen TorkingtonNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom just discovered your instagram feeds which was I was not aware of. Big fan!
Show threadRonathon Livingston SeagullNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I just wish that perfect crow would help me tell if it was not a raven!
Show threadZain SyedNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom great picture!
Show threadsorrykbNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Crow!
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Nov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom very happy to see you here. Will be silently favoriting comments
Show threadFrank HaganNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom
All crows are perfect.
Show threadJessica. 🦕Nov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom
I'm just going to say it: that crow is absolutely amazing.
Show threadJosh Russell 🌎Nov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Thanks, that's my next album cover.
Show threadAndrea Stocco (he/him)Nov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I have to admit that thanks to you I have developed a new aesthetic sense... For crows! ( Also, congrats on your pic of the belted kingfisher!)
Show threadMatildaNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Perfect crow is perfect
Show threadEllieNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom One minor point - all crows are perfect though your one is particularly perfect. Along with our winter geese, one wonderful sound of cold season is the corvid winter roost. We have a large pre roost gathering on campus. As the darkness falls that sound is magical.
Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 7, 2022
@norahmoo You're right. All crows are perfect. Your roost sounds lovely. I enjoy hearing the crows talking animatedly as the fly over my house to the roost a few miles north of here. Particularly on days with high winds, when they delight in diving and chasing and rattling at one another.
Show threadLindylootNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom
Show threadRobert StrongNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom
and you have one helluva masthead on your profile! Love it!
Show threadThornbill9Nov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom love the feather detail and color balance. Amazing capture!
Show threadRuchira MandalNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Does he say Nevermore?
Show threadLVLMLeahNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I love crows. I live on south end. Every AM a large group fly over our house to the west and every evening fly back to the east. Sometimes there'll be many just sitting in one tree down our hill. ❤
Show threadPhillip KyriakakisNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom i love crows, but not as much as ravens!
Show threadCynthia SchimelpfenigNov 7, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I love crows, especially the European ones with their smart grey vests
Show threadSue McBean 🌿Nov 8, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Super
Show threadCameron Campbell 康文林Nov 8, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Maybe we need a Mastodon instance just for people posting pictures of #corvids. I took this at Baylands Nature Preserve last weekend.
Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 8, 2022

@cameron

That's lovely. We absolutely need such an instance!

Show threadScratchin'ProNov 8, 2022

@ct_bergstrom @cameron

Do you mean like...

A murder of crows?

#BaDumTsss 😉

Show threadSikntyrd54Nov 8, 2022
@cameron @ct_bergstrom What about my two Red-Bellied Woodpeckers? They’re worthy of recognition, too. 😊
Show threadPatrickMeyfroidtNov 8, 2022

@cameron @ct_bergstrom

Nice, another very impressive one holding its ground on Mount Seymour (Vancouver) this week-end

Show threadMike McCaffreyNov 8, 2022
@cameron @ct_bergstrom I would join and post and the crows in my neighborhood (and sometimes in my office)!
Show threadTony CavaNov 8, 2022
@cameron @ct_bergstrom Noice!
Show threadSteve In AshlandNov 8, 2022
@cameron @ct_bergstrom Build it and they will flock.
Show threadAnalia pieriniNov 8, 2022
@cameron @ct_bergstrom I ❤️ corvids!
Show threadLucy BNov 9, 2022

@ct_bergstrom have followed you on the birdsite for ages but didn't know about the bird photography. Following you on insta now too. Good to see you here.

I'm also a fan of bird photography and crows.

Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 9, 2022
@linuxlucy My goodness Lucy that baby is gorgeous. What a wonderful photo. I've just followed you (here and on IG) and hope to see a lot more of the same.
Show threadLucy BNov 9, 2022

@ct_bergstrom thank you 😊

Your crow is also amazing. It is the perfect crow photo. I look forward to seeing more from you too

Show threadj robinsonNov 10, 2022
@ct_bergstrom They're all good crows, Carl.
Show threadChrisHNov 13, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Ate you familiar with Barb McQuade from University of Michigan?
Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 13, 2022
@charrispwd I am not. Why?
Show threadChrisHNov 13, 2022
@ct_bergstrom She’s currently writing a book about disinformation. Used to work for DOJ and is now teaching at U of Michigan Law School. @BarbMcQuade
Show threadGrasshopper40Nov 14, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Pleased to meet you. That is, indeed, a perfect crow.
Show threadAlexTheRetroChickenNov 14, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I'm here for the corvid pics ❤️
Show threadBookfairiecymruNov 14, 2022
@ct_bergstrom he’s magnificent!
Show threadoilsdadNov 14, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I too love crows and ravens
Show threadPootenskiNov 15, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Brown eyes! Wow!
Show threadAnathema DeviceNov 15, 2022
@ct_bergstrom "here's a perfect crow." is that to imply there are less than perfect crows, sir? Because I might have to challenge you to a corviduel :)
Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 15, 2022
@anathema_device It's more like "Here is a prime that is not divisible by anything but 1 and itself."
Show threadMorriganNov 17, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Love that pic!
Show threadDiane G. Wilson Nov 18, 2022
@ct_bergstrom perfect. Just perfect. Great to meet you.
Show threadHans GruberNov 18, 2022
@ct_bergstrom The exactness, the attention to every foreseeable detail...perfection.
Show threadMichiGANGSTERNov 19, 2022
@ct_bergstrom Corvids are the coolest!
Show threadJen Newmeyer, CFRENov 19, 2022
@ct_bergstrom I love this perfect crow. It's... well... perfect. 💛
Show threadClaudia Greco 🇮🇹Nov 19, 2022

@ct_bergstrom your book is awesome!

(And I love corvids too, as you may have guessed based on my username "corvina" 😁)

Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina It should be a textbook for data science, cyber, IT/IS, mandatory reading material.We knew about a lot of these threats in the 90’s however. The populace and networks, didn’t really allow most things to be weaponized threats. Mostly bad actors from within the community, or focused threats, hostile countries. Imho,Social Engineering,imho was always the greatest threat. Because humans are much easier to succumb to bullshit, rather then a firewall.
Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina Now of course we are seeing an acceptable level of bullshit coming out of corporations. What’s that level? About 75 percent accuracy out of standard news media. Keep in mind I fact checked the bird site(bird watch)(community-notes). I was aghast, at what I saw trying to be passed along as truth. Often times a video or text would have millions of views sometimes before 5 people could act in the blind before we got a note out.
Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina It actually was becoming better. Right before the site was sold and after, before I deactivated my account. About 2 weeks ago. I saw the ultimate craziness, which was fact checkers, in complete disarray. It wasn’t the greatest system. You have 5 people working in the blind. If they all click the same set of boxes, within a small margin of error, a community note would be displayed. Keep in mind it’s not easy.
Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina There was about 8-10 different boxes and then a second set of 8-10 different boxes the first set was usually what type of offense. Then underneath it was another 8-10. All of the language was fairly close, but specific, misinfo, relevance, etc. It was a decent crowd sourced platform. It needed improvements but it was a start. Now no idea. I wish the best to the users. I had planned on fighting disinformation and keeping my account active.
Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina This was cut short because many in infosec were cautioning, against staying on the site and recc, deactivating. When I have accounts I trust recommending this I listened but I still feel bad to the two networks, I was connected to then. Many who were high profile scientists, who I tried to help let my friends in the autistic community, who would sometimes not know who to trust in science, so I was trying to pass the messages downstream.
Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina Considering some in the science community were targeted with hate speech abuse and bullying, not to mention threats. I deactivated my account to protect both of my social accounts on the platform. It was sad for me because the science community, in essence had saved my family’s lives and helped the other community local and online, and provided unwavering accuracy. I will forever be grateful for A,C, G,T,F,Tb,J and many others.
Show threadLiam Oliver@asherthcatNov 21, 2022
@ct_bergstrom @corvina I hope I can with lists I can build this flow of information to those who want to learn and signal who to trust. But I’m much more cautious now. As I don’t want to bring more pain to either party. Mastadon to me bridges a lot of these gaps. Not quite the same as it’s not quite as easy. It’s a work in progress, plus I myself am still a researcher, who is learning, as well, although since I have reached a stopping point until I can wade through info.