Ben Lockwood, PhD

Postdoc @ Penn State | Forest ecology, carbon, ecosystem services, dendrochronology, geography, social nature. Photographer. Part-time fiction & nonfiction writer. 


Interests include: #ecology #geography #forests #carbon #theory #rstats #writing #photography #socialism #anarchsim #ecofiction #FOSS #unions #cycling #basketball #fedi22

Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-15

Light at the forest floor

📷:
- 35mm
- 1/80 sec
- f/2.2
- ISO 200

#SilentSunday #photography #nature #fern #light #ecology #plants

A fern in shade with rays of sunlight reaching outer tips of frond
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2025-06-15

“In the broadest sense, degrowth is about decelerating, or slowing down, economic growth.”

open.substack.com/pub/benlockw

#ecology #ClimateChange #degrowth

Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-14

@lcwheeler Yeah, the efficiency and simplicity keeps me using an ereader for some things, but you just can’t beat the real thing

Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-14

I like the idea of of reading on an e-reader, not so much the experience of it though

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2025-06-14

I rode my bike to the library to return a book, which isn't terribly exciting, but I'm pleased that I can now take care of local errands by bike instead of car.

A bike at a library drop box.
Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-14

“In the broadest sense, degrowth is about decelerating, or slowing down, economic growth.”

open.substack.com/pub/benlockw

#ecology #ClimateChange #degrowth

Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-13

Since my partner and I are long distance, every Friday night we watch a shitty 80s horror movie together using Tubi + Teleparty. This gem is on the docket for tonight

Movie poster for “slaughterhouse rock” 80s horror movie with a vampire ish creature guy
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2025-06-13

UK ‘currently’ training Israeli soldiers on British soil, despite ICJ ruling to stop... - LBC

More complicity. Yeet them.

lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics

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We are getting reports of clinics shutting down that provide care to trans youth over the latest CMS letter threat. If your clinic has shut down or you work at one, or your child's clinic has shut down, please send us a DM - we are putting together a big story on this.

Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-13

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#ecology #environment

Graphic that says “Read the planet’s stories: join over 1,700 brief ecologists during the summer member drive. Subscribe by midnight
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2025-06-13

Anyone got a good recommendation for books on conceptual figure design? Not something software-specific, I’m thinking something more akin to Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence, but more focused on the concept figure. #AcademicChatter

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2025-06-13

Scenes from a (Quiet) Revolution.

For the last two weeks, the street between two elementary schools in #Montreal have been closed to cars.

My son goes to one of them. The drop-off and pick-up, which used to be dangerous and stressful, have become a real pleasure—something to look forward to.

Take a look:

🧵

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Our eldest dog soon learnt that a medical intervention of any sort earnt her a treat so you soon just had to look at her foot and a treat was demanded. She then extended this to her deserving a treat if another dog had a medical intervention. Then if I do something to Stuart that may be considered medical. Yesterday I was cleaning my camera with q-tips, which I also use on her ears. She watched me intently then demanded a treat for my medical intervention on the camera😂

Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-12

Anyone got a good recommendation for books on conceptual figure design? Not something software-specific, I’m thinking something more akin to Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence, but more focused on the concept figure. #AcademicChatter

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2025-06-11
"Ice can end". Spotted on the corner of Mission and 18th in SF. This is one of Sapien's "Magic Acrostic Squares" that can be read left to right, or top to bottom. #SFGraffiti #AbolishIce #Graffiti #MagicAcrosticSquares #Sapien
Large graffiti on a wall in San Francisco. The text has three words, Ice, Can, and End, written in a 3 by 3 square. So the words can be read from left to right, or from top to bottom. The letters are on a wall filled with other graffiti pieces by other artists.
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2025-06-10

GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government

🔗 404media.co/github-is-leaking-

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2025-06-10
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2025-06-10

Chat, is this solarpunk?

#LAriots #solarpunk #bike #BikeTooter #fuckice

A guy with a medical style face mask does a wheelie on a bicycle along a street. Beside him in the street are three totally trashed and graffitied waymo cars, the two closest are ablaze, you can see huge flames and lots of dark smoke
Ben Lockwood, PhDbenlockwood@ecoevo.social
2025-06-10

I'm thinking about getting into #vermicomposting. Someone should talk me out of this idea

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