cepaea

@cepaea@mstdn.social

✳️ Emerit Professor in the Dept of Philosophy at UC Davis, retired from teaching but still researching

✳️ Research: #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfBiology (especially #evolution and #ecology) #HPS #EnvironmentalEthics

✳️ Following: #climate #EndangeredSpecies #politics #OpenAccess

✳️ Book in production with the University of Chicago Press: The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium

✳️ Co-editor https://scicomm.xyz/@ptpbio

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cepaea, to conservative

And I have a cover for my forthcoming book! Due out in July from the University of Chicago Press. If you just want an e-copy, though, don't pre-order -- it will be available to download for free,

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo219284936.html

cepaea,

@richard Thank you -- very kind -- although full disclosure, the Press received money from the University of California, Davis (my university) to publish it open access.

cepaea, to random

I am angry & upset & will no doubt regret what I'm going to write. But I can't help but think that what this professor posted to Twitter is just a more extreme version of language I have seen throughout academia & the "logical" conclusion to be drawn from it.

https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/article280775760.html

stevesilberman, to random
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Welcome to social media, where if you post a picture of a gorgeous hot pastrami sandwich in a deli, the first response will be someone telling you, wrongly, that your choice of a half-sour pickle was obviously the wrong choice. (Not me, not my sandwich, but seriously.)

cepaea,

@stevesilberman It is not possible for a half sour pickle to be the wrong choice. That person was deeply confused. There are few things in life that are as good as a half sour pickle.

Chrishallbeck, to random
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cepaea,

@Chrishallbeck I'm glad it's not just me who does this.

DemocracySpot, to memes
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cepaea,

@Rasta @DemocracySpot My thoughts exactly!!

cepaea, to climate

A powerful and moving 5 min. climate action music video, focusing on the Davis/Sacramento area but of course broader as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO3SrgSDjGY

cepaea, to HashtagGames

#LifeWithoutTheInternet

Having used the Internet for just a bit less than 40 years... I really don't know what that would mean.

#HashtagGames

cepaea,

@Huck I remember life w/out cell phones too. I remember that if you got into trouble and weren't near a phone, you were SOL.

There were certainly nice things about being cell-phone-free, I would agree, but I wouldn't list feeling safer among them.

cepaea,

@Huck Yes, I am not happy about the loss of privacy and personal info.

luckytran, to random
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We've seen this movie before. As Imani Barbarin says, they’re going to “herd immunity” climate change.

Screenshots of headlines. CNN: This month is the planet’s hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say The Washington Post: Your body can build up tolerance to heat. Here’s how.

cepaea,

@luckytran So infuriating. Even if this were possible (which it won't be in many times/places) -- how many times do people need to hear that the heat itself is not the only effect we need to be worried about?? How many droughts, floods, extreme storms, coastal inundations, etc., do people need to see?

cepaea,

@dancinyogi @luckytran Yep, I've breathed a lot of those here in California.

cepaea, to generationx

Fans of might be interested in a recent playlist put together by the 4 members of the band, with each picking their 10 favorite R.E.M. songs. Michael's are 1-10, Peter's 11-20, Mike's 21-30, & Bill's 31-40.

https://found.ee/rem-top40-playlist


DemocracySpot, (edited ) to PetBirds
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    cepaea,

    @DemocracySpot As Rachel Carson foresaw. ->

    DemocracySpot, to random
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    🎧 Listening to -only until my life suddenly changes for the better.

    cepaea,

    @DemocracySpot Ditto.

    cepaea, to random

    Important article that sets the record straight on Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of DNA as a double helix -- with significant new findings.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5

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