Carl T. Bergstrom

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Biology professor at the University of Washington.

I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.

I wrote a book: *Calling Bullshit*: http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b

I love ravens and crows: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk

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Crows are such amazing ecological generalists. For several years I've watched various birds in the Seattle area that have learned to pluck fish from the water, sometimes swooping and scooping, other times, hovering almost like a tern. Below, some very jerky video (hand-held 800mm lens). 🪶

crow fishingyoutu.be This American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) has learned to pluck fish from the water of Seattle's Lake Washington.This is very shaky video, because it's hand-...

This is such a good watch. And, and tackles a question that I was obsessed with when I was seven. If the universe is everything there is, what shape is it and what’s outside of it?

The first episode of my new video series, Cosmology 101, is out now! This one is about cosmic expansion. Check it out and subscribe to the Perimeter Institute’s YouTube channel to get the whole series! youtu.be/7GC8XOKwRpM?... #Cosmology101

Expansion of the Universe Explained | Cosmology 101 Episode 1youtu.be In this episode of Cosmology 101, we dive into the concept of an expanding universe. From the first moments of the Big Bang, our cosmos has been stretching i...

I'm intrigued by western duo Buffalo Kin. So far, they've only released a 22-minute demo. I'm eager to hear what they are going to do next. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Buffalo Kin | “Old Paint Horse” | Western AFwww.youtube.com Western AF presents Buffalo Kin “Old Paint Horse”...Western music is alive and well in the states thanks to folks like the infallible duo that is Buffalo Kin...

[Mastodon gripe deleted] I just need to remember not to post things there, even if I think they are important.

If you’ve never seen Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the World War II internment camps and the Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned there, today is a good day to see them and to commit to making sure this never happens again. anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothe...

What can this possibly mean? Brains evolved over 500 million years ago; language probably less than 100,000. So he can't mean it literally. Bach studies cognitive architectures and has a PhD in cognitive science, so he knows the difference between brains and transformers.

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So walking down the hallway today with three people not far behind me, I remembered something and just straight up turned around, no words, no arm motion, no nothing. They stared. I suppressed the urge to shout "I forgot something, motherfucker, got a problem with that?" It felt gangster.

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something to crow about: interdisciplinary workshop on corvid vocal communication (12th and 13th Sept 2024) covco2024.github.io

Divert campaign funds to buy a Supreme Court justice. Or six. Pay up front, not after the fact like a coward.

Okay, folks, who is putting together the list of the funniest crimes that Biden should be committing between now and election day to highlight the absurdity of today's immunity ruling? Not the stuff like assassinations. Just stuff to make a point.

I never want to shoot another digital portrait again. Not when film looks like this.

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Ok #photography folks, show us any 9 frames from your Instagram grid and drop your Insta handle. I'll start. @ctb_insilico

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You know that thing you do, when you realize you have to go the other direction, and you think just turning around would make you look like a weirdo, so instead you mumble and gesture to nobody as you turn around because that will totally look normal? Yeah uh huh

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@carlbergstrom.com I would like to nominate this graph I came across today as an example of Graph Crimes. For multiple reasons.

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Moved my stuff out of my office today, entering a strange interstitial place between one position ending and hopefully the next. The stack of books on my coffee table awaiting a home on a shelf was a great reminder of how awesome the past decade in science has been.

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SCOTUS overrules Chevron, a massive blow to the ability of federal agencies to function. The familiar 6–3, with Roberts writing for the majority www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

Simple question for those who want to more aggressively criminalize scientific fraud. How would you prevent such systems from being weaponized against climate scientists, public health officials, etc. who report inconvenient truths? Even the threat of such abuses would be chilling.

Dancer Brenna Chumacero with Santa Barbara's State Street Ballet was doing this photoshoot with photographer Andre Yew a few hundred yards down the beach; the backlighting was amazing and my 800mm lens revealed a completely different angle on the scene.