Joel McGlothlin
@joelmcglothlin.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist. Associate Professor at Virginia Tech.
Very bad start to the day. I got Jeff Samardzija and Jake Arrieta confused on @immaculategrid.com. These two now join Jon Lester and John Lackey as commonly confused former Cubs pitchers with J names.
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Very bad start to the day. I got Jeff Samardzija and Jake Arrieta confused on @immaculategrid.com. These two now join Jon Lester and John Lackey as commonly confused former Cubs pitchers with J names.
Eight manuscripts in my editorial queue. Deep breaths.
September 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Eight manuscripts in my editorial queue. Deep breaths.
Regretting not using this answer yesterday for a shot at @learnedleague.com best-wrong-answer glory:
After a series of high-profile incidents, in 2001 a table replaced a horse for future competitions in what Olympic event, per the broader sport's international rules federation?
HORSE TENNIS
After a series of high-profile incidents, in 2001 a table replaced a horse for future competitions in what Olympic event, per the broader sport's international rules federation?
HORSE TENNIS
September 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Regretting not using this answer yesterday for a shot at @learnedleague.com best-wrong-answer glory:
After a series of high-profile incidents, in 2001 a table replaced a horse for future competitions in what Olympic event, per the broader sport's international rules federation?
HORSE TENNIS
After a series of high-profile incidents, in 2001 a table replaced a horse for future competitions in what Olympic event, per the broader sport's international rules federation?
HORSE TENNIS
If he had stayed healthy, this might have been right. What a game he had the other day.
Hunter Greene is going to win the NL Cy Young Award
September 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If he had stayed healthy, this might have been right. What a game he had the other day.
If the wizards at Microsoft could make PowerPoint stop doing that thing where all of a sudden all your pictures disappear and you can't save your file and you lose three hours of work that would be great
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If the wizards at Microsoft could make PowerPoint stop doing that thing where all of a sudden all your pictures disappear and you can't save your file and you lose three hours of work that would be great
Just found that the title of one my papers has been wrong on my CV for 18 years. The reviewers requested that we shorten it in the final revision and I forgot to change it on my CV when the paper went to press.
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just found that the title of one my papers has been wrong on my CV for 18 years. The reviewers requested that we shorten it in the final revision and I forgot to change it on my CV when the paper went to press.
75% of academia is writing reports and then writing other reports that report on the reports
August 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
75% of academia is writing reports and then writing other reports that report on the reports
I have been writing my statement for my promotion packet, and I think I now have managed to convince myself that I should be promoted.
July 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I have been writing my statement for my promotion packet, and I think I now have managed to convince myself that I should be promoted.
Proposal: A Tex-Mex/Italian fusion restaurant called Fajitaboudit
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Proposal: A Tex-Mex/Italian fusion restaurant called Fajitaboudit
#1: The Fourth of July is a holiday about opposition to monarchy, and as a nation, we should probably get back to that
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#1: The Fourth of July is a holiday about opposition to monarchy, and as a nation, we should probably get back to that
AI is everywhere. Why can't it read my email backlog and make me a priority list of which ones to deal with first? I would prefer this to the distracting auto-suggestions of words I don't actually want to type.
July 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
AI is everywhere. Why can't it read my email backlog and make me a priority list of which ones to deal with first? I would prefer this to the distracting auto-suggestions of words I don't actually want to type.
Reposted by Joel McGlothlin
The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...
A bibliography for the 2025 IDEA plenary
The recording of my talk for the 2025 IDEA plenary is now posted over on the Evolution meeting YouTube channel (there’s a bunch of dead air at the start of the recording; the action starts a …
lab.jbyoder.org
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...
Reposted by Joel McGlothlin
My @asn-amnat.bsky.social Presidents Address for #Evol2025 is now available on YouTube:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
ASN Presidential Address - EVOLUTION 2025
YouTube video by Evolution Meetings
m.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My @asn-amnat.bsky.social Presidents Address for #Evol2025 is now available on YouTube:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
#Evol2025 was for me maybe the most important meeting I have ever been to. My science will be drastically improved by my interactions over the past week. It was bittersweet due to the current situation and the people who weren't there, but I'm optimistic that we are strong enough to overcome this.
June 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
#Evol2025 was for me maybe the most important meeting I have ever been to. My science will be drastically improved by my interactions over the past week. It was bittersweet due to the current situation and the people who weren't there, but I'm optimistic that we are strong enough to overcome this.
Incensed
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Incensed
New nickname alert #Evol2025
My favorite so far is Dr. Joseph Yoda @pseudacris.bsky.social #evol2025
June 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New nickname alert #Evol2025
St. Patrick's speciation #Evol2025 #FunnySubtitles
June 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
St. Patrick's speciation #Evol2025 #FunnySubtitles
Remember tweetups?
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Remember tweetups?
Had dinner with a friend from grad school days. She said "haven't seen you in forever" and I said "didn't we see each other at an Evolution meeting not that long ago?" We figured out it was at the Raleigh meeting. In 2014. 👴 #Evol2025
June 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Had dinner with a friend from grad school days. She said "haven't seen you in forever" and I said "didn't we see each other at an Evolution meeting not that long ago?" We figured out it was at the Raleigh meeting. In 2014. 👴 #Evol2025
PowerPoint voice recognition technology is a weird combination of very good and very bad. Why doesn't it use the words on the slides to help it come up with the right spellings of uncommon words (species names, etc.)? Why does it get stuck and miss whole sentences sometimes? #Evol2025
June 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
PowerPoint voice recognition technology is a weird combination of very good and very bad. Why doesn't it use the words on the slides to help it come up with the right spellings of uncommon words (species names, etc.)? Why does it get stuck and miss whole sentences sometimes? #Evol2025
I remember being anxious as a junior scientist trying to introduce myself to senior people at meetings. Now I'm one of the senior people, I guess. Consider this your invitation to come introduce yourself if we haven't met. #Evol2025
June 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I remember being anxious as a junior scientist trying to introduce myself to senior people at meetings. Now I'm one of the senior people, I guess. Consider this your invitation to come introduce yourself if we haven't met. #Evol2025