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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣πŸ¦₯ πŸ¦‡πŸ‹πŸ’πŸ
@devoevomed.bsky.social
Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY | 1st Gen | Extinction is forever | DevoEvo & EvMed | Science & Society | Friend of Corvids and swans | Science Nerd | I❀️Biology! Lives with Epilepsy
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Updated a broken link in my substack post about the
#ColossalBio #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign – dire wolves are still extinct.

open.substack.com/pub/devoevom...
The Extinction of Truth
Or, a Colossal Pile of Bullshit
open.substack.com
Buffalonians unite! Go Bills! 🦬
Do you:
1) Live near/in Buffalo?
2) Like to organize stuff?
3) Hate what the government is doing to science?

If you answered yes, help me organize the Stand Up for Science rally on March 7th! I need reps from UB, Buff State, Canisius, D’Youville to spread the word. I need general support. DM me!
February 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Do you:
1) Live near/in Buffalo?
2) Like to organize stuff?
3) Hate what the government is doing to science?

If you answered yes, help me organize the Stand Up for Science rally on March 7th! I need reps from UB, Buff State, Canisius, D’Youville to spread the word. I need general support. DM me!
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
We should all share it…
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβ€”because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Did you know that elephant pregnancies last almost two yearsβ€½ #EleFunFactFriday πŸ§ͺ 🐘 πŸ«„
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Funky duck season...
February 6, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Fucking @yale.edu, this is disgusting; yet another example of student newspapers doing far better reporting than legacy media like the @nytimes.com (Full disclosure, I have a PhD from @yale.edu EEB)...
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.

Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.

yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Interrobang - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Same! I also really like β€½
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Publishers take note, give us the option to us the am dash –– Unicode, you are my only hope!

www.theamdash.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Long live the funky fancy floor parrot!
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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My outstanding postdoc is looking for a research job in Albany, NY. Please forward all leads and RT!
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Looks like pro level meme’ing
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
This is heart warming…
Female #kakapo Kohengi on her three eggs on Pukenui/Anchor Island today. We don't yet know if they're fertile, but will investigate soon. So far fertility on Anchor is very high: only 8 infertile out of 33 checked. We expect many more infertile eggs though. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Same.
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Good advice…
Almost as good as my rule of thumb: has anyone you know ever written anything in it you want to cite? If not, then it’s not the Journal for you.
🚨Scientists 🚨: Tired of come-ons from journals & conferences that may or may not be predatory? A new tool called Aletheia-Probe could help. πŸ§ͺ By @silverjacket.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Methods matter and the debate over the meaning and means of studying #PetosParadox are revisited, revisited, revisited, revisited, revisited, and revisited yet again. I'm here for it... #EvMed πŸ§ͺ β™‹

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF
ALT: Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
:,-(
❀️
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Cool. Cool. David Brooks, a columnist from an elite newspaper who’s wrong most of the time…
Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1.

Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
January 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
lol, well yes :-)
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Backfired as in caused disruption to the rest of the ecosystem?
Does anyone know of an example where the reintroduction of a locally extirpated species backfired? πŸ§ͺ 🌍
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Good point!
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Does anyone know of an example where the reintroduction of a locally extirpated species backfired? πŸ§ͺ 🌍
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Gods I love it when a reviewer agrees πŸ§ͺ
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Stop reviewing?
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM