Mike Fowler

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Theoretical & Quantitative Ecologist. Dad. Whisky lover. Relearning the drums. Not necessarily in that order. He/him

#Dynamics #SpeciesInteractions #Stochasticity #InvasiveSpecies

Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=SGEOj94AAAAJ&hl=en
Swansea BioMathshttps://biomaths.swansea.ac.uk/
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I'm off the grid for about a week, starting tomorrow. Don't worry, I've scheduled comics for while I'm away. Email [email protected] with any pressing concerns in my absence.

Now the climate crisis is self-evident, a common argument by those who STILL defend polluters is that “NZ is too small to make a difference, and so shouldn’t have to stop intensive dairy farming or driving Ford rangers to school in Auckland”

Rod Carr destroys it in this mic-drop moment.

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #nzpol #newzealand

I’ve spent much of this year examining car bloat, the process through which smaller vehicles are being replaced by increasingly massive SUVs and trucks.

What I’ve learned: Huge cars are terrible for society, often in ways that are hidden.

Some basic facts:
◆ >80% of US car sales are now trucks/SUVs.
◆ Models keep expanding. For example, the F-150 is now ~800 lbs heavier and 7 inches taller than in 1991.
◆ EVs can make the problem worse due to huge batteries.

Continued (THREAD)

#cars #climate

Oh hello over here. If you're going to #ESA2023 or know someone who is, please read and share:

For anyone interested in open science—we'll have a @sortee booth at ESA and an informal meetup on Weds, Aug 9 at 7pm (right after the poster session) at Hey Love (920 E Burnside). Meet us there or walk over with us from the SORTEE booth. First drinks are on us!

Achievement unlocked?

I’m gonna say this here because it comes off like I’m defending Musk if I say it on Twitter & saying it on Threads is what they want.

STOP TRYING TO REHABILITATE MARK ZUCKERBERG INTO SOME KIND OF COOL FUN MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

Facebook joined up with Cambridge Analytica to play a huge part in spiking the 2016 election & turn all our parents’ brains to cracked bowls of screamgravy.

I fucking hate Musk but that shit is worse than anything he’s done.

Yet, anyway.

Evening dog hobble (physio consult tomorrow).

The pipes on this lad!

https://youtu.be/JWafXIMfuXg

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Caravan Of Love & You Keep It All In - Live @ Warrington 2017

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This track was a very close second choice for musical accompaniment.

https://youtu.be/5rRg2sL5jxs

The Housemartins - Happy Hour - TOTP - 1986

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Not been very active here yet, mostly feeling overwhelmed by the state of UK higher education (i.e., appalling mismanagement by its 'leaders') on the bird place.

So, to try and rebalance all that whelm and keeping this a more positive space for me, I'm happy to report that I held a really enjoyable writing retreat last week in beautiful Gower, and I've finally been trying to get my head around SEM this week!

https://youtu.be/JGYofWnTueQ

The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited

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