Tristan S. Rapp ✓

@Hieraaetus · Denmark · joined 11 Jul 2011

⚓Nimis Audax Mundo, Nimis Stultus Caelo. Master's in biology at Aarhus University & Co-founder of @theextinctions

24 842Followers

91Following

20 836Posts total

22.7KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Tristan S. Rapp ✓@Hieraaetus7 Sep

This is not per se wrong, but it is also not necessary. It is true that if you stick to the path of least resistance tourist experience, you will probably sample a functionally identical lifestyle, maybe with some elephants thrown in. However, you can go off the beaten track. htt

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Tristan S. Rapp ✓@Hieraaetus3 Sep

This meme is true on 2 separate levels https://t.co/8aLQAL6vTp

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Tristan S. Rapp ✓@Hieraaetus2 Sep

The idea of Bronze Age/Stone Age outriggers in Europe is extremely cool, though we have no actual evidence of this - all available material data indicates that outriggers were invented by the Austronesians and spread from SEA. Nevertheless, it is ofc an intriguing possibility. 2.4K views · 45 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Tristan S. Rapp ✓@Hieraaetus2 Sep

This is archaeologist Stephen Clarke's putative reconstruction of a Bronze Age launching site for double-hulled vessels with an outrigger at Monmouth, Wales (UK); the channels date to the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. https://t.co/xfAXLVFuUf

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Tristan S. Rapp ✓@Hieraaetus31 Aug

Final day of summer! https://t.co/aP2mmnxiGU

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Tristan S. Rapp ✓@Hieraaetus25 Jun

NEW from me: from the high ridges of Tibet and the Andes to the shallow seas of Southeast Asia, from the ability to consume dairy to the fine structure of our metabolisms - humans remain enmeshed in the process of biological evolution, yet how does our unique agency impact it? ht

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Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views3 600this account1 061median for 10K–100K

Reach, %14.49%this account3.72%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.30%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 600	1 061	3.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	14.49%	3.72%	3.90×
Engagement rate	1.30%	1.65%	0.79×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

7K25 Jun

82631 Aug

4.8K2 Sep

2.4K

6.6K3 Sep

1.1K7 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.79%25 Jun

2.66%31 Aug

1.51%2 Sep

2.10%

0.62%3 Sep

1.09%7 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes80.2%223 in total

Reposts7.6%21 in total

Replies3.2%9 in total

Bookmarks9.0%25 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.