Ben Lockwood, PhD

Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of [@briefecology](https://climatejustice.social/@briefecology ) | 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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Last Notes

2026-04-24 01:28:24 CEST

What if the solution to students cheating with AI is to just get rid of grades

2026-03-30 04:39:23 CEST

I think maybe the worst thing we did as a modern society was normalizing the point camera at face and rant about something kind of video content

2026-03-27 03:23:33 CET

Scientists should invent a night that’s always raining steadily and warm enough to have the windows open

2026-03-22 01:29:46 CET

My hottest take is that I think golf courses should be abolished. Not because of how wasteful it is to upkeep that much grass (it’s very wasteful), but because I’m a hater and I think golf simply sucks as a sport. I’ll be blocking and reporting anyone who disagrees. Thanks, have a good weekend.

2026-03-06 18:26:59 CET

The thing about GenAI is that even if they were able to fix the "hallucinations" problem, you could still never trust it to provide accurate information instead of adhering to a view that best aligns/benefits whomever owns the model you're using

2026-03-03 15:14:25 CET

This war is really going to drive home the point that it’s not a great idea for society to depend on fossil fuels that are completely vulnerable to petrostate warmongering

2026-02-25 15:05:37 CET

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.

2026-02-10 14:34:38 CET

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.

2026-02-09 02:18:47 CET

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.

2026-02-07 00:57:42 CET

She’s got her heated blanket, I’ve got my bourbon, and now we wait for the Pistons/Knicks game to start.
#catsofmastodon #nba
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2026-02-05 14:28:47 CET

China is dominating renewable energy production while the EU fumbles around with carbon credit scams and the US is actively fighting its own climate scientists. It’s not hard to see who is actually planning for the future, and who is going to get left behind.

2026-02-04 17:36:20 CET

The rumors have been circling, and today Bezos brings the axe down on WaPo. Whether its news media, social media, or broadcast, these networks have been fully captured by the billionaire class and can no longer be relied upon to serve any public good.

2026-01-24 02:40:05 CET

The environmental movement must also be a labor movement.
The labor movement must also be an environmental movement.
There is no other way to stop the dual exploitation of workers and the planet that now threatens the survival of society itself.

2026-01-18 00:10:55 CET

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/115910904003144110
Brief Ecology is starting a new periodic newsletter called The Biodiversity Bulletin. In each one we’ll collect recent articles, studies, and perspectives in order to keep people informed on the ecological state of the planet. Climate change doesn’t get enough coverage, but our biodiversity crisis gets even less. We want to fix that. Check out the first bulletin 👇
#note15jy…xqh8

2026-01-17 16:22:53 CET

Shrimp just got way cooler
https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/911/119/272/089/560/original/a5eb3b2edc14910a.jpeg

2026-01-06 21:56:25 CET

For every copy of Ecologizing Society I sell, I’m planting one in a Little Free Library to spread the seeds of eco revolution 🌲
https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/850/146/046/656/219/original/69cc12859afd2909.jpeg

2026-01-03 15:23:36 CET

So the regime is starting a war in hopes that it distracts you from rising prices, a slowing economy, rampant corruption, a pedophilic president, measles outbreaks, ballooning healthcare costs, fascist government kidnappings, cover ups, and on and on

2026-01-01 18:49:02 CET

GenAI sits at the intersection of fascism, capitalism, labor, climate change, and environmental degradation. It is the quintessential technology of our time, the epitome of our current struggles. Defeating it is the key to defeating capital.

2025-12-20 14:48:28 CET

In Pennsylvania, data center construction is threatening environmental degradation in the southeast, while oil and gas development extracts from and exploits the environment in the southwest
https://www.briefecology.com/p/data-centers-development-and-dispossession
#ai #environment #fossilfuels #climateChange #pennsylvania #ecology

2025-09-05 23:55:10 CEST

All the cool kids are going floppy
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2025-02-15 22:44:29 CET

Wrote down some thoughts about exploring the #solarpunk concept as praxis:
https://write.as/benlockwood/exploring-solarpunk
#writing #socialecology #anarchism