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Andrew Christopher Knapp
@knapprew.bsky.social
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Stop-and-chat avoider. Lido afficionado. Was once world's youngest person, albeit briefly.
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kristalerista.bsky.social
SVP Diversity Committee co-chair here. Feel free to dm me your thoughts. I’m working with DivComm and some other committees on an action plan and I’d love to know what you want to happen and what would make you feel safer, reassured, and welcome.
skyemcdavid.com Skye McDavid @skyemcdavid.com · 1d
SVP has finally put out the statement they should have put out 9 days ago, instead of the disgraceful one they put out originally. This is better, but it's not enough. If SVP wants to regain its members' trust without increasing transparency, we need to see results, not promises.
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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robknell.bsky.social
Speaking as someone who was involved in the sexual selection argument referred to here, along with @tetzoo.bsky.social and @davehone.bsky.social, I reckon Horner got thoroughly and convincingly panned. One of my main takeaways was how little actual biology some of these senior palaeo guys know... 🧪
nataliajagielska.bsky.social Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉) @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 3d
For people outside of paleontology:

This senior paleontologist, who married a 19-year-old, visited a convicted pedophile in 2012 & 2016. Is beefing over a conference argument from 13 years ago, angry because he was banned from a family-friendly event across the Atlantic. The level of petty.
Jack Horner Facebook post from 12 Feb. So, while I'm being investigated by SVP, why don't you outraged paleo-people get back to doing some factual science, using the scientific method. You seem to have forgotten how that works, you know, using actual evidence? For Darren, I think this is essential, as I get the impression from his DinoCon disinvite, he's still cheesed off from Kevin and I pummeling him over the whole Darwin sexual selection argument back in 2013. But, I do thank you Darren, for weeding out the invasive nuisances from my social media platforms, I was curious as to how I was going to do that on my own.
February 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM
knapprew.bsky.social
This might be a good opportunity to link to my first ever publication, in which we test Padian and Horner's 'species recognition' hypothesis (something they never bothered doing) in ceratopsians and found no evidence for it. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
February 12, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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mwestneat.bsky.social
The new computational model for jaw mechanics in piranhas is called PiranhaLever, available for download on my GitHub github.com/mwestneat/Pi.... Along with various other models for biomechanics and morphometrics. All Mac apps, install the dmg and skirt your security demon 😎
GitHub - mwestneat/PiranhaLever: Mac app for jaw biomechanics of piranhas
Mac app for jaw biomechanics of piranhas. Contribute to mwestneat/PiranhaLever development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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jeradwalker.bsky.social
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Summary. One of the promises of Al is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, Al tools don't reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it's not quite so simple. These changes can be unsustainable, leading to workload creep, cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making. The productivity surge enjoyed at the beginning can give way to lower quality work, turnover, and other problems. To correct for this, companies need to adopt an "Al practice," or a set of norms and standards around Al use that can include intentional pauses, sequencing work, and adding more human grounding.
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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gregsmusings.bsky.social
“Shawn the Prawn” is a fossilised prawn in the marble floor of Australia’s Parliament House.
Guys, meet Shawn.
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 AM
knapprew.bsky.social
I found this fossil vertebra on the floor of a hotel spa in Egypt! #urbangeology
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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friedmanlab.bsky.social
Study on the diversification of jaw shape in pelagiarian/scombriform fishes led by @knapprew.bsky.social out in Evolution Letters as Editor's Choice. Gorgeous trichiuroid render by co-author @sternarchella.bsky.social nabbed the cover! Open access: academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
Cover of Evolution Letters featuring a 3D model of a fish skull with long fangs rendered in shades of purple and magenta.
February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
knapprew.bsky.social
Delighted that our article on pelagiarian mandible evolution has made the cover of @evolletters.bsky.social!
evolletters.bsky.social Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 8d
Check out our Editor’s Choice article academic.oup.com/evlett/artic... by @knapprew.bsky.social et al showing the K/Pg adaptive radiation in open-ocean fish in jaw morphology. With this amazing micro-CT image of the deep-sea black scabbardfish on the cover, by @sternarchella.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
knapprew.bsky.social
The egrets are off to bed! Another perfect evening on the #Egyptian Red Sea coast.
A flock of cattle egrets fly over a hotel swimming pool at dusk, off to roost for the night. Photo courtesy of @samuraipizzakat
February 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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hiattb.bsky.social
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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benjyhere.bsky.social
Lunchtime #bittern at London Wetland Centre and a better shot of a cousin. @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
knapprew.bsky.social
As it's #FossilFriday, why not share this wonderful artwork of objectively the best group of #dinosaurs?
jhemiptera.bsky.social JH @jhemiptera.bsky.social · 23d
#Sciart #Paleoart #Dinosaur Ceratopsid dinosaurs (2025)
January 23, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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lesleyam13.bsky.social
This shot of a heron passing across the aptly named Heron Pond in Bushy Park is one of my favourites from a magical early morning shoot last week. I love the silhouette effect and the mystical atmosphere created by the morning mist and reflections in the water.❤️ @theroyalparks.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
🔥🇪🇺 “Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity.

Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance.”
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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jlittlefair.bsky.social
🔍Home PhD opportunity with funding to start in October 2026: "Integrating environmental DNA into national biodiversity datasets to explain drivers of biodiversity loss" 🧬📊🐛🌳🪿supervised by me, Charlie Outhwaite (ZSL) and Eleni Matechou (School of Mathematical Sciences, QMUL).
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
All Reform councils to raise taxes despite campaign pledges

Who would have guessed

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
All Reform councils to raise taxes despite campaign pledges
Council leaders have found themselves hamstrung by social care costs, but party sources hope they will have the lowest average tax rises of any party
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
knapprew.bsky.social
This tweet was deleted while he was in the press conference announcing he was defecting!
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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landbeforetim.bsky.social
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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lewisajones.bsky.social
These roles are now live! 🚨

Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.

Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
knapprew.bsky.social
Some excellent work by Susie and colleagues, and some fantastic ceratopsian news (for those who partake)!
tweetisaurus.bsky.social Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Jan 7
Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe - Nature
New results indicate that rhabdodontids and the previously described Ajkaceratops are actually distinctive European ceratopsians, a group better known from Asia and North America.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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kristalerista.bsky.social
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶

So pretty!

www.featherbase.info/zh/home
A picture of green jay feathers (Cyanocorax luxuosus). They are all lined up and organized: primaries, secondaries, coverts, tail feathers. Most of the feathers are gray with a green tip.
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
This is really cool, it's a display of all the bugs found on a single tree.

#Invertebrate
A large display with thousands of insects, most of them tiny A section of the display of bugs Another section Another section with some of the larger bugs
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM