Author: Steen

Steen is a nerdy biologist who spends a lot of time trying to cultivate Chloroflexi, who also likes to draw comics, play video games, and climb.

Why evolutionary narratives make me mad

Darwin’s reaction in the last panel sums up how I feel about society’s perception of natural selection. This comic was made by the amazing Claude TC of Gronk Comics.

Those of you who know me would know that I’m always complaining about popular science writing and reporting, and how they gloss over key points or (and this is my biggest pet-peeve) how they tend to misrepresent natural selection (I believe this really does harm to our society as a whole).
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MOAR film!

Tea time during Sunday Streets in the Mission (Tri-X ISO 400)

Well, I didn’t like a lot of the shots I took on Tri-X iso 400 film because when we developed them we didn’t realize that we didn’t pour enough developer to submerge the film.  But sufficient people seem to like some of these shots that I figure, what the heck, I’ll post em.  So here you are, exclusively for your viewing pleasure, is some more film shots!

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My film – who cares what it looks like?

Watching the festivities at Carnival in the Mission (Lomography Earl Grey ISO 100)

So Doc has encouraged me to start shooting on film, and I’ve discovered that I really like developing film (we’ve been using the Noisebridge darkroom).  Continue reading “My film – who cares what it looks like?”