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  • Ooh, Shiny!

    I finally returned to The Cnidae Gritty because I found a groove with Shiny app development again!

    Since my postdoc in France, I’ve been wanting to improve a barebones photo annotation script that I created there.

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  • Trust Science!

    Trust the science?

    Trust the scientists?

    Trust {the |}scien{ce|tists}!

    Ahh. That’s safe.

    Wait, what science? Or which scientists?

    ...read more


  • Pseudoquasivegetarianism

    2016 was a pivotal year for me.

    For the past four years, I had been traveling the world and studying coral reefs from every region. I was becoming an expert on their evolution and their interactions with various microbes. I knew these ecosystems had been in decline for decades, that climate change was a major threat, and that some people had claimed that eating meat and flying in airplanes were major contributors to climate change.

    ...read more


  • Big guys shout 'merde!' louder

    New preprint!

    Bacterial sepsis triggers stronger transcriptomic responses in larger primates

    I am happy to report that a paper I’ve been working on for a long time is finally available

    ...read more


  • Maybe it doesn't Matern

    Calling all bored and crazy Stan coders. I need a long term coding partner.

    I’ve been doing a lot of completely solo work for a couple years now, and you can guess the result. I have a couple of really awesome models that I am proud of, and yet they’re (1) not quite what I want, (2) probably way more complicated and messy than necessary, and (3) sitting there, waiting for me to figure out how to be a real modeler and justify them.

    ...read more


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iNaturalist

Ryan's most recent taxonomic discoveries

(observations of taxa that he'd never before uploaded)

Usnea cornuta

Inflated Beard

2025-02-21

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Lemna minor

Common Duckweed

2025-02-21

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Pholiotina rugosa

Common Conecap

2025-02-16

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Galanthus nivalis

common snowdrop

2025-02-16

ID confirmed

Megalorchestia pugettensis

2025-02-16

ID confirmed

Pugettia producta

Northern Kelp Crab

2025-02-16

ID confirmed

Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii

succulent seaweed

2025-02-16

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Ruditapes philippinarum

Japanese Littleneck

2025-02-16

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Saxidomus gigantea

Butter Clam

2025-02-16

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Metacarcinus gracilis

Graceful Rock Crab

2025-02-16

ID confirmed

Larus brachyrhynchus

Short-billed Gull

2025-02-16

ID confirmed

Platichthys stellatus

Starry Flounder

2025-02-16

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Cyclamen hederifolium

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

2025-02-14

ID confirmed

Stereum subtomentosum

yellowing curtain crust

2025-02-13

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Rosa pisocarpa

cluster rose

2025-02-13

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Pentaglottis sempervirens

Green Alkanet

2025-02-13

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Stramonita biserialis

2025-02-12

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Mactromeris catilliformis

Dish Surfclam

2025-02-12

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Siliqua patula

Pacific Razor Clam

2025-02-12

ID confirmed

Ramalina subleptocarpha

Slit-rimmed ramalina

2025-02-11

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Bookwyrm.social

Ryan recently finished reading:

The Once and Future King

T. H. White

Finished Dec. 29, 2024

5 stars

The Last Resort

Sarah Stodola

Finished Dec. 5, 2024

4 stars

Coral Whisperers

Irus Braverman

Finished Nov. 23, 2024

4 stars

Parent Effectiveness Training

Gordon Staff

Finished July 11, 2024

4 stars

Dutch

Pimsleur

Finished July 11, 2024

4 stars

El león, la bruja y el ropero

C. S. Lewis

Finished March 2, 2024

4 stars

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

Finished June 26, 2023

5 stars

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

Finished June 11, 2023

4 stars

Erased: the untold story of the Panama Canal

Marixa Lasso

Finished June 4, 2023

4 stars

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Finished Jan. 2, 2023

1 star

...and is currently reading:

Le lion, la sorcière blanche et l'armoire magique

C. S. Lewis

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Blood Struggle

Charles F. Wilkinson

Asimov's Guide to the Bible

Isaac Asimov