I’m increasingly of the opinion that Frank Herbert’s Butlerian Jihad is the only legitimate position on Generative AI
Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
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Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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RE: @benlockwood@ecoevo.social
If publishing weird, unsettling, horrific pieces of ecofiction is wrong, then I don’t want to be right
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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The latest piece of weird ecofiction from The Rotting Leaf just dropped. Check out She Burrows and Invites, by Akis Linardos 👇 🪲
https://www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-leaf/she-burrows-and-invites
#fiction #horror #writing #shortstory #weirdfiction #ecohorror
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Every time this guy opens his mouth he says something more horrific
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Targeted degrowth alongside a switch to renewable energy could make global oil crises a thing of the past. And it would also have the added benefit of reducing carbon emissions, improving public health, and increasing quality of life for many. This is a future we can easily have.
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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A truly ecological society would be able to reconcile its ethical obligations to the environment with its own needs to sustain itself.
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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I am not going to elaborate on this or explain it in any way, but Pete Hegseth looks like a salamander
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Mar 09, 2026
The funniest thing about Trump giving prepared statements (and why he hates using a teleprompter) is how bad he is at reading
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Mar 08, 2026
I don't think #bookwyrm gets enough use for how cool of a thing it is. Or maybe I just need to find more people over there. If you use Bookwyrm hit me up at https://bookwyrm.social/user/brlockwood
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 28, 2026
So the “anti-war” president has now threatened or engaged in military action in Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, and Iran. Have I got that right?
Update: okay yes I know there’s lots more but please, have mercy on my notifications
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 26, 2026
As the US continues to antagonize Cuba, you can expect a deluge of lies about socialism there. But the truth is very few countries have achieved what they have in terms of standards of living for all, literacy rates, medical access, and more, all in the face of actively hostile international relations.
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 26, 2026
Others have probably found this already, but if not here’s a uBlock Origin filter list for GenAI
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 25, 2026
The DOJ has been credibly accused of covering up the rape and sexual assault of a child by the President of the United States. Why is this not *the top story* everywhere?
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 25, 2026
It’s becoming increasingly clear that those in power view climate change as an opportunity for imperialist, Arctic expansion, rather than a crisis to be mitigated. The potential conflicts and wars to come will never benefit the people or the working class. The demand is no war but class war.
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 24, 2026
It’s once again that time of year when I start tuning in to college basketball and pretend I’ve been paying attention the whole season
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 16, 2026
Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
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@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 10, 2026
One thing the Epstein files reveal is that the capitalist billionaires absolutely have class solidarity. The rest of us should too.
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@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 10, 2026
I’ve said it before, but it needs repeating: We already have all the knowledge and technology we need to make an ecological society. It is our political and economic structures that prevent it. The quest for unlimited growth and accumulation exploits both people and our environment.
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Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 09, 2026
If someone were to watch all the Super Bowl commercials they’d come away thinking the entire U.S. economy was based on AI and sports gambling. And they’d be right.
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Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Feb 09, 2026
These AI companies so desperately don’t want you to realize that using their product is outsourcing your thought and will literally make you less intelligent
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Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Dec 24, 2025
As major universities start to add AI “learning” to their curriculum, it’s worth saying that the pointless loop of students using AI to write papers that professors use AI to grade is the ultimate endpoint of treating education as a product rather than a process.
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@benlockwood@ecoevo.social God, I sure hope not. I do note that sometimes my dreams resemble those nonsense videos created by AI where the guy is sweeping and gets on it like a witch and it turns into
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social nobody thinks they work the same.
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
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Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of Brief Ecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere Interests include: # ecology # geography # forests # biodiversity # carbon # theory # rstats # writing # photography # socialism # anarchism # ecofiction # FOSS # unions # cycling # basketball
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Dec 11, 2025
There’s a myth in the US that the only way to enact change is to elect sympathetic politicians and hope they do the right thing. But history shows that the most effective way to get politicians to act is to disrupt economic activity. Strikes, boycotts, sabotage, and other organized disruptions have overwhelmingly been the primary catalysts behind every major legislative action that has benefited the public.
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