Peter J. Wagner

@PeterJWagner6
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Computational Paleobiologist, Lord of Chaos & Entropy, Cubs Fan & self-proclaimed Bilbo Baggins of Paleo. Opinions & sarcasm mine and model-based. he/him.
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/peterwagnersscienceextras/
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Peter J. WagnerOct 30, 2023
Where the hell is GitHub sending its 2FA notices? It's not going to my Github app, my email, or to messages linked to my email...
Peter J. WagnerAug 21, 2023
Classes start tomorrow and I have never been this down about it. I have never liked teaching: but I am coming to loathe it passionately. ☚ī¸
Peter J. WagnerAug 16, 2023
Damn: summer is the one time that I can really do research, but it slips by soooo quickly every year. (By the time I recover from Spring term, it is halfway done!)
Peter J. WagnerJul 26, 2023
I think that I'm on 6 abstracts submitted to GSA today. I'll be able to cop insanity pleas on parking tickets once I explain that to the judge.
Peter J. WagnerMay 5, 2023
I didn't see Star Wars when it first came out: I didn't even learn about it for a few weeks! I was 12 and prepublicity was not what it is now. But when I did learn about it, my friends & I biked down to the mall theater & saw it. Bikes. Malls. Star Wars. Pre-teens without parents. Late '70s in a nutshell!
Peter J. WagnerApr 30, 2023
myrmepropagandistApr 30, 2023

A lot of people don't know the difference between capitalism and ... having markets and shopping and little coops and companies in non-super-essential economic sectors that operate independently.

Markets existed before capitalism and will exist after.

Peter J. WagnerApr 26, 2023
I only just learned a couple of days ago that Jim Valentine died. I don't think that anyone, even Stephen Jay Gould, did more to advance theory in paleobiology than Jim did. Jim was (and is) a huge influence on my research: and he was very helpful to me in both the beginning and middle of my career. He was 96, but even as of a few years ago he was quite active in the field. He won't be forgotten while anybody still does paleontology.
Peter J. WagnerApr 6, 2023
mekka okereke Apr 6, 2023

The new Chicago mayor *is* "tough on crime." If by "tough on crime," you mean "Will actually put in place the measures that have been shown time and time again, in city after city, to actually reduce violent crime." 🤷đŸŋ‍♂ī¸

Paradoxically (or common sensibly), you can't reduce crime by brutalizing innocent Black folk. You increase it. đŸ˜ĸ

And we can't avoid our addiction to police brutality just by having a Black mayor. Simply having "Black faces" in high places, is not enough.

Peter J. WagnerMar 18, 2023
Sigh. That sinking feeling when you realize that it's the 2nd weekend of spring break, and I still haven't started the two main tasks that I set out to finish while I could actually work on science... 😩
Peter J. WagnerMar 11, 2023
I really need a version of "WhenIsGood" that links me across multiple polls. Yes, this time slot is currently open for me: but if Meeting A decides to hold it at that time, then I cannot make Meeting B at that time!