Rodrigo Salvador
@krakenscholar.bsky.social
PhD丨Biologist/paleontologist studying 🐌 & 🐦丨Dungeon Master丨Curator & researcher at @nathist.bsky.social, @helsinki.fi丨Editor of the Journal of Geek Studies (@jgeekstudies.bsky.social)丨🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇿 🇳🇴 🇫🇮
Brilliant. I'm sharing this with everyone I know right now, over teams, whatsapp, you name it.
Whenever I find out a colleague is using LLM to do literature searches and to "summarise" papers
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Brilliant. I'm sharing this with everyone I know right now, over teams, whatsapp, you name it.
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Our 2025 Year in Review!
Readers from 185 countries/territories visited the Journal of Geek Studies this year. We appreciate your support! 🤗
Top 10: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China.
🎉 And for the first time, Montserrat and Côte d’Ivoire joined the party!
Readers from 185 countries/territories visited the Journal of Geek Studies this year. We appreciate your support! 🤗
Top 10: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China.
🎉 And for the first time, Montserrat and Côte d’Ivoire joined the party!
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our 2025 Year in Review!
Readers from 185 countries/territories visited the Journal of Geek Studies this year. We appreciate your support! 🤗
Top 10: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China.
🎉 And for the first time, Montserrat and Côte d’Ivoire joined the party!
Readers from 185 countries/territories visited the Journal of Geek Studies this year. We appreciate your support! 🤗
Top 10: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China.
🎉 And for the first time, Montserrat and Côte d’Ivoire joined the party!
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All‑time leaderboard update!
🥇 Astolfo Effect
🥈 Pokémollusca
🥉 Medjed
These three articles are officially the most accessed in JGS history.
🥇 Astolfo Effect
🥈 Pokémollusca
🥉 Medjed
These three articles are officially the most accessed in JGS history.
The Astolfo Effect: the popularity of Fate/Grand Order characters in comparison to their real counterparts
João Vitor Tomotani¹ & Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador² ¹ Independent Researcher. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ² Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington, New Zealand. Emails: tjvitor (at) gma…
jgeekstudies.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
All‑time leaderboard update!
🥇 Astolfo Effect
🥈 Pokémollusca
🥉 Medjed
These three articles are officially the most accessed in JGS history.
🥇 Astolfo Effect
🥈 Pokémollusca
🥉 Medjed
These three articles are officially the most accessed in JGS history.
Reposted by Rodrigo Salvador
We're approaching the year's end, so our 2025 volume is now closed. 🎉
You can check it out at jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
We have #geekstudies articles about Pokémon tournaments, Magic molluscs, cyberpunk, Another Crab's Treasure, conservation & video games, and steampunk dinosaurs in anime.
You can check it out at jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
We have #geekstudies articles about Pokémon tournaments, Magic molluscs, cyberpunk, Another Crab's Treasure, conservation & video games, and steampunk dinosaurs in anime.
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're approaching the year's end, so our 2025 volume is now closed. 🎉
You can check it out at jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
We have #geekstudies articles about Pokémon tournaments, Magic molluscs, cyberpunk, Another Crab's Treasure, conservation & video games, and steampunk dinosaurs in anime.
You can check it out at jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
We have #geekstudies articles about Pokémon tournaments, Magic molluscs, cyberpunk, Another Crab's Treasure, conservation & video games, and steampunk dinosaurs in anime.
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It’s officially ‘year in review’ season! Revisit our first 2025 issue and explore all the #geekstudies articles and interviews with game devs.
Vol. 12(1): June, 2025
Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): published on June 26, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. PD…
jgeekstudies.org
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s officially ‘year in review’ season! Revisit our first 2025 issue and explore all the #geekstudies articles and interviews with game devs.
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"Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology"
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social & @babimt.bsky.social
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social & @babimt.bsky.social
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology
Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Barbara M. Tomotani1,2 1Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic Universit…
jgeekstudies.org
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology"
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social & @babimt.bsky.social
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social & @babimt.bsky.social
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"Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering"
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social, N.C. Pedro & M. Carnall
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social, N.C. Pedro & M. Carnall
Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering
Rodrigo B. Salvador1, Natan C. Pedro2, Mark A. Carnall3 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo,…
jgeekstudies.org
December 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering"
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social, N.C. Pedro & M. Carnall
By @krakenscholar.bsky.social, N.C. Pedro & M. Carnall
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I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
Last Friday, I shared updates on our Arctic snails project during a seminar at UiT! 🐌 Here’s a slide from the talk - a sneak peek from a manuscript in progress with @babimt.bsky.social
@arcticseasonal.bsky.social @dndbeyond.com
#arcticstudies #MolluscMonday #dnd
@arcticseasonal.bsky.social @dndbeyond.com
#arcticstudies #MolluscMonday #dnd
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Last Friday, I shared updates on our Arctic snails project during a seminar at UiT! 🐌 Here’s a slide from the talk - a sneak peek from a manuscript in progress with @babimt.bsky.social
@arcticseasonal.bsky.social @dndbeyond.com
#arcticstudies #MolluscMonday #dnd
@arcticseasonal.bsky.social @dndbeyond.com
#arcticstudies #MolluscMonday #dnd
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We have a new article! 🎉
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology ⚙️🦖
@krakenscholar.bsky.social and @babimt.bsky.social discuss Iguanodon, from its discovery to modern-day interpretations.
#GeekStudies #ScienceHistory #GeekCulture #anime #PrincessPrincipal
👉 Read it here:
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology ⚙️🦖
@krakenscholar.bsky.social and @babimt.bsky.social discuss Iguanodon, from its discovery to modern-day interpretations.
#GeekStudies #ScienceHistory #GeekCulture #anime #PrincessPrincipal
👉 Read it here:
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology
Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Barbara M. Tomotani1,2 1Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic Universit…
jgeekstudies.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We have a new article! 🎉
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology ⚙️🦖
@krakenscholar.bsky.social and @babimt.bsky.social discuss Iguanodon, from its discovery to modern-day interpretations.
#GeekStudies #ScienceHistory #GeekCulture #anime #PrincessPrincipal
👉 Read it here:
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology ⚙️🦖
@krakenscholar.bsky.social and @babimt.bsky.social discuss Iguanodon, from its discovery to modern-day interpretations.
#GeekStudies #ScienceHistory #GeekCulture #anime #PrincessPrincipal
👉 Read it here:
Thanks, @yawaguchi.bsky.social. This seems like a great tool! I just played around a bit today, but it's already saved on my favourites bar to come back to when I have my next tree.
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thanks, @yawaguchi.bsky.social. This seems like a great tool! I just played around a bit today, but it's already saved on my favourites bar to come back to when I have my next tree.
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Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Can conservation really be effective through video games? A case study on Jack Barau and some perspectives
Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…
jgeekstudies.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
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🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Can conservation really be effective through video games? A case study on Jack Barau and some perspectives
Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…
jgeekstudies.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
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we're snailposting, post your snails
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we're snailposting, post your snails
A quick reminder about the Journal of Geek Studies 😉
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A quick reminder about the Journal of Geek Studies 😉
Omg this is my new favourite tree sparrow photo. 本当にかわいい
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Omg this is my new favourite tree sparrow photo. 本当にかわいい
There's a new Geek Studies article around! 🦀
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
We've got a new article! 🦀
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
When trash stops being a treasure: pollution and its effects in Another Crab’s Treasure
Abraham U. Morales-Primo Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: aump.puma (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Marine e…
jgeekstudies.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
There's a new Geek Studies article around! 🦀
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
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October 29, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
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Ever wondered how many molluscs live in the @magic.wizards.com multiverse? 🐌
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering
Rodrigo B. Salvador1, Natan C. Pedro2, Mark A. Carnall3 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo,…
jgeekstudies.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Ever wondered how many molluscs live in the @magic.wizards.com multiverse? 🐌
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
We got a new paper for #MolluscMonday, led by MSc student Rafael Rosa.
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We got a new paper for #MolluscMonday, led by MSc student Rafael Rosa.
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
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I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
September 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
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It's #InverteFest, so it's time to correct my forgetting to post about my latest paper from a couple months ago. It has *double* the invertebrates: snails, and their parasites! doi.org/10.1093/cz/z...
How does urbanization shape shell phenotype, behavior, and parasite prevalence in the snail Cornu aspersum?
Abstract. Urbanization is a complex and multivariate environmental change, leading to habitat fragmentation and loss, changes in local climate, soil imperv
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's #InverteFest, so it's time to correct my forgetting to post about my latest paper from a couple months ago. It has *double* the invertebrates: snails, and their parasites! doi.org/10.1093/cz/z...
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My blog post on the process for creating a natural history museum exhibit is up. (Featuring many mollusks of course!)
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
Making Mollusks Marvelous: Designing Museum Exhibits — Paleontological Research Institution
By Brendan Anderson There are many avenues for communicating science, but one of the most trusted avenues have been museum exhibits (Merritt, 2019). Those who have visited museums in recent years c...
www.priweb.org
August 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My blog post on the process for creating a natural history museum exhibit is up. (Featuring many mollusks of course!)
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
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These freshwater snails, discovered by @krakenscholar.bsky.social, were named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc from The Lord of the Rings.
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
The Shellowship of the Ring: two new snail species named after Tolkien characters
Two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil have been named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc from The Lord of the Rings.
blog.pensoft.net
August 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
These freshwater snails, discovered by @krakenscholar.bsky.social, were named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc from The Lord of the Rings.
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)