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Professor John R. Hutchinson
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biomechanist. Awesome animals, dinosaurs, anatomy, locomotion, computer modeling, http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com, #DisabledInSTEM. #DAWNDINOS. He/him. Fellow of the Royal Society.

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John Hutchinson is a British academic. He is a reader in nationalism at the London School of Economics (LSE), in the Department of Government.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 9h
Happy birthday fellow crocophile!
a cartoon of animals holding a sign that says " happy birthday "
ALT: a cartoon of animals holding a sign that says " happy birthday "
media.tenor.com

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 11h
Li et al. investigated the population genomics of Malayan pangolins, revealing three highly distinct genetic populations. Genetic diversity and genome-wide inbreeding were at moderate levels.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag016

#evobio #molbio
Population genomics reveals deep diversification in Malayan pangolins
Abstract. Archipelagos and oceanic islands have remarkably high levels of endemism, which is associated with rapid speciation. The Malayan pangolin (Manis
doi.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2059...

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 14h
We can’t trust anything coming out of this administration. It’s getting tiresome.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 16h
Factoids:
-Markiplier = 38M YT followers
-They promoted the film-- it showed in >3000 theatres
-~$3M budget, $22M opening weekend, $44M global to date
-80,000 gallons of fake blood (it shows!); most ever in a film-- 2013 Evil Dead 2nd at 70,000
-Markiplier went to hospital for too much blood in eyes

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 16h
Sigh... f'ing DOGE. We saw this coming a year ago.
www.ecoticias.com/en/all-u-s-s...
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
A whistleblower warns a mishandled cloud copy of Social Security data could put millions at lifelong risk and force SSNs to change.
www.ecoticias.com

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
I'll be thinking about this one for a while. Nice to have such a creative, original sci-fi, truly cosmic horror flick.
Absolutely a film to see in cinema. Audiovisual mind-blowing.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Iron Lung" (cinema)- a claustrophobic ramshackle submarine descends with a convict into a literal ocean of (alien) blood. Based on video game. Slow burn builds into maniacal finale. YouTuber Markiplier outdoes himself. I loved it, but it's not for everyone! Better than Event Horizon IMO.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
(I am reminded again of a low, lonely, lost point in grad school when I went alone to a bar on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley and left even more dejected... I grew out of that sad phase, thankfully)

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
A great thing about getting old, for me, is calm acceptance and enjoyment of going out alone, such as to a movie or concert. In my younger days I'd have felt like a loser. Now it's liberating. I don't give a fuck, and while I like company I enjoy my own headspace sometimes.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
Do people still join Mensa?
A rhetorical question, I suppose.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
Reminds me of this classic paper:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Cavemen Were Better at Depicting Quadruped Walking than Modern Artists: Erroneous Walking Illustrations in the Fine Arts from Prehistory to Today
The experts of animal locomotion well know the characteristics of quadruped walking since the pioneering work of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s. Most of the quadrupeds advance their legs in the same ...
journals.plos.org

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
A fierce wildcat scratches in its natural "litter box" in the desert.
Its scratching uncovers a precious dinosaur fossil, like in that scene early in Jurassic Park.
It proceeds to evacuate its excretory system atop the taphonomic miracle.
Then it scratches dust over it all, covering its palaeocrime.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
It's great, except that the hippo is doing a pacing gait, which they definitely do not normally do.

Still, the artist out-skills me.
alisonfisk.bsky.social Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d
Happy #WorldHippoDay! 🦛❤️

To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
Photo of an Ancient Egyptian artists’s small, naturalistic painting of a standing hippopotamus on a flake of white limestone, dated c. 1479–1425. The hippo is painted in profile with head lowered and to the right. The body is outlined with black paint and painted brown. The belly, eyes, and ears are painted red. Although the ancient Egyptians were well aware of the danger and destructive power of hippos, this painted hippo has rather a friendly face! Dimensions: H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in); W. 12 cm (4 3/4 in); Th. 1.7 cm (11/16 in) Egyptian artists made practice sketches on flakes of limestone, sometimes for use as templates when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Limestone flakes were readily available because of the constant construction of temples and rock-cut tombs. A number of such sketches were recovered at Deir el-Bahri during the 1922-23 MMA excavations. This painting was acquired by the museum in the division of finds.

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Christopher McCabe

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 1d
"Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good & natural thing."

Evolutionary biologists have a responsibility to oppose the unscientific, deeply unethical, & immoral promulgations of billionaire-funded, pseudoscientific eugenics pablum glorifying exploitation

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d
"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 1d
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell, John R. Hutchinson, Linda Martín Alcoff

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d
Can’t believe we are still doing this
Screenshot from The Onion reading; “Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition of Concentration Camp Sign of Healthy Society.”

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d
Happy #WorldHippoDay! 🦛❤️

To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
Photo of an Ancient Egyptian artists’s small, naturalistic painting of a standing hippopotamus on a flake of white limestone, dated c. 1479–1425. The hippo is painted in profile with head lowered and to the right. The body is outlined with black paint and painted brown. The belly, eyes, and ears are painted red. Although the ancient Egyptians were well aware of the danger and destructive power of hippos, this painted hippo has rather a friendly face! Dimensions: H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in); W. 12 cm (4 3/4 in); Th. 1.7 cm (11/16 in) Egyptian artists made practice sketches on flakes of limestone, sometimes for use as templates when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Limestone flakes were readily available because of the constant construction of temples and rock-cut tombs. A number of such sketches were recovered at Deir el-Bahri during the 1922-23 MMA excavations. This painting was acquired by the museum in the division of finds.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
When they say things like this, believe them and pressure leaders to act. This is not democracy.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Noem will ensure the ‘right people’ vote in midterms and elect ‘the right leaders’
The Homeland Security Secretary said her department was responsible for election security
www.independent.co.uk

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d
It's better to go in cold and not know what's up and try to figure it out; so definitely no spoilers.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d
"The Life of Chuck" (Netflix)- not the most romantic Valentine's Day film, but there are dance scenes. A surreal Stephen King adaptation w/3 Acts in reverse. Stunning star turn by Jacob Tremblay. I was shocked that was Mark Hamill as Albie. Quite a few other stars pop up including Matthew Lillard.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d
Mochi and Hermes wish you Happy Meowentine's Day!
Black and white tuxedo cat lying on cat bed, embraced by ginger/white longhair cat. Both look into the camera.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d
It gets worse. Discord's new age verification/personal data harvesting system is via Persona, a company co-funded by Peter Thiel of Palantir. Surely nothing could go wrong with that...
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.
www.pcgamer.com

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Brandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 2d
Elephant trunks can both rip down trees and gently pluck peanuts because their trunk whiskers contain a stiffness gradient, allowing them to sense fine contours and adjust their grip strength accordingly! 🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Graphical abstract of linked paper. Elephant whisker tops are ovular, dense, and soft. Elephant whisker bases are ovular, porous, and stiff. This contrasts to most other mammals with whiskers that are circular and stiff throughout.

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 2d
Zoomies with our emus going crazy on Valentine’s

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, A. E. Dessler, John R. Hutchinson , and 8 more

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 2d
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

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Gunge James @gungejames.bsky.social · 2d
Happy Valentine's Day 😙

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Goh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social · 2d
An old Street Fighter themed Valentine's card I made. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀

@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...