Biologist, illustrator, urbanist, defender of colloquial paraphyly. Tweeting mostly fish stuff. English/español. He/him
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The Musk/Twitter deal went through. I'm not deleting my account, but I deleted the app from my phone, and I won't be logging in for the foreseeable future. You can find me by email or on old-fashioned web forums.
OK, I'll do one. Today I learned I've stayed overnight at least once in the majority of US states.
For yours: tenpages.github.io/us-level/…
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Dorado - (Salminus affinis) It is a predator in the Bryconidae family and is native to the Araguaia-Tocantins, upper Amazon, and Orinoco River basins.. It can reach a maximum length of 46.5 cm (about 18 inches) with a maximum weight of 2.3 kg (5 pounds). redbubble.com/people/fishfol…
POV: you scooped up a window-stunned brown creeper to put in a tree, but it decides it prefers your shirt.
Good news: A year after a shoulder injury, I can do handstands again.
Bad news: Handstands give me heartburn now.
This is a very ominous fortune.
ALT Fortune cookie slip with the message, "You need not worry about your future."
I'm doing @activetrans Bike the Drive on Sunday, starting from the south end of the route, if any Chicago pals want to join! bikethedrive.org/event/
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When frequent and reliable passenger rail service is available, people choose to take the train.
Yet some of our fastest-growing communities don't have that option. That's why we're working with states and @USDOT to deliver our first major passenger rail expansion in 50+ years!
ALT Amtrak Connects US proposed service map.
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We're excited to officially launch our custom physical model making service! In our latest blog post, just out today, we explain our 10-step process for creating 3D printed anatomical models. (1/2)
3danatomystudios.com/blog/20…
#3dprinting #anatomy #cats
ALT 3D printed cat cranium on hand
Essentially all of my debt is student debt, and this will wipe out more than half of it. washingtonpost.com/education…
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The Tarumania paper is out! We finally got genomic data for this rare characiform, estimated its phylogenetic placement, estimated the tarumaniid-erythrinid split during the Paleogene, and discussed its natural history and ecomorphological adaptations.
frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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The giant filter-feeding fish Leedsichthys is named after a person, not the city, but WAS first found in England. New remains from Chile were published this week, along with several other Jurassic fishes: peerj.com/articles/13739/ #SciArt #FossilFriday #OpenAccess
ALT Painting of Leedsichthys problematicus by Bob Nicholls, showing the enormous filter-feeding fish with its mouth open, presumably collecting plankton. It dwarfs an ichthyosaur shown for scale, of perhaps one eighth the length.
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Do you need models of dogfish #shark chondrocrania that your students can actually handle? With the endocranial cavity and foramina for all the cranial nerves? And at 2X life size so they can actually see the anatomy? DM or email us at [email protected] for more info!
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I didn't get a picture but a high-cube 53' truck just smashed into the girders under the State/Lake CTA station. Maybe we should consider restricting downtown to smaller delivery vehicles.
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Worth checking out just for the scans of the skulls of long-extinct crocodile relatives (many of which didn't work nearly as hard for the same bite force). Congrats to @kalebsellers and other authors!
ALT A selection of skull scans of extinct pseudosuchian genera in lateral and posterior view, showing important muscle attachments. Includes: Araripesuchus, "Gomphosuchus", Junggarsuchus, Prestosuchus, Revueltosaurus.
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#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑗𝑎𝑗𝑎𝑟𝑎, A new species of #𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑠 (#Characidae), with deep genetic divergence, from the Mearim & Munim river basins, NE #Brazil, and evidence for hidden diversity in adjacent river basins. #Characins
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If someone proposes new housing in your neighborhood, there are 3 reasonable reactions:
1) "This is a good, sensible, sustainable place to live, and more people should be able to enjoy it. Let's also increase the frequency of the bus so my new neighbors can get around."
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2) "This place doesn't have the resources to support a large population; wow I should move away!" [This applies to most American suburbs.]
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