Monkey’s Uncle

Meng’s Big Data Paradox and the Recent Twitter Poll

statistics

American politics

big data

I decided to do a cocktail-napkin calculation this morning, as one does. Since Elon Musk bought the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter in October of 2022, there…

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Termination Shock

CliFi

climate change

Adaptation

I just re-read Neal Stephenson’s Climate-Fiction novel, Termination Shock. I read this the moment it was published in 2021 and enjoyed it immensely. Having recently finished…

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AABA 2024

anthropology

anti-racism

TESCREAL

I am recently back from the annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA). Back in my first blogging period, I always liked to do meeting…

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Thinking About Uncertainty

uncertainty

adaptation

ESS185

I have been pretty obsessed with risk for a while now. My interest in formal risk management was piqued when I began thinking about life-history strategies for variable…

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Novels (Mostly CliFi) from 2023, Cozy and Otherwise

CliFi

narrative

I managed to read 28 novels in 2023. Most of these were climate fiction since that remains a teaching (and possibly research) interest.

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Imagining Adaptive Societies

CliFi

climate change

This winter, I once again have the great fortune of co-teaching with Margaret Levi and Paula Moya our class entitled Imagining Adaptive Societies. In this class, we explore…

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Plotting Notes for Adaptation Class

R

adaptation

ESS185

I will be teaching my class, Earth System Science 185: Adaptation, again this winter quarter. One of the stated learning outcomes for this class is to be able to “interpret…

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Monkey’s Uncle Reprise

news

scicomm

I started writing my blog, Monkey’s Uncle, back in 2008. My wife had major surgery and I was a bit distracted from the task of academic writing. I thought that having a blog…

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