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Professor John R. Hutchinson

@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biomechanist. Awesome animals, dinosaurs, anatomy, locomotion, computer modeling, whatsinjohnsfreezer.com, #DisabledInSTEM. #DAWNDINOS, #CROCOLOCOEVO. He/him. Fellow of the Royal Society. Views = mine. Unabashed left wing politics.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 6h
Started watching "The Boroughs" (Netflix) sci-fi series. It's very polished, maybe even too polished, but having many scenes look like a set might be part of the plot. Anyway, cool show, top-tier veteran actors (Geena Davis!), great music, funny, and a neat monster (not a spoiler).
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 16h
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 14h
this photo by Diego Perez, from Peru, for the Nikon Comedy wildlife photography awards lol www.dpreview.com/photography/...
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 6h
hell yeah, unionized wizards although seems a shame they couldn't call themselves a guild or a league or an order...
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 8h
I might be dragged into using LinkedIn more. It seems to be much more active than it used to be, and there are some different people I know on it. So, I am here (longtime account; seldom used) and will see how that goes: www.linkedin.com/in/jrhutch/
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 8h
First #CROCOLOCOEVO ERC grant job posted! More to come tomorrow! 50% time "Research administrator" with an important twist: the ERC thankfully has reduced its bureaucratic burden for grantholders, quite a bit. #scicomm people would be welcome- see next skeet! jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... (1/2)
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Job Opportunity at the RVC: Research Administrator
This is a fixed-term, part-time position (17.5 hours per week) for 36 months.Applicants should ideally be able to commence by 1 December 2026, although some flexibility may be possible. The role will ...
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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 15h
Unsportsmanlike Conduct…..
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Nature @nature.com · 14h
The IceCube observatory at the South Pole is a vast array of 5160 sensors, buried more than 1.5km below the surface of the ice sheet. Today, the observatory won the Nobel Prize in Physics Originally published 2023 go.nature.com/4hEJF0t
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The most unusual portrait of the Milky Way yet: mapping the Galaxy with neutrinos
A vast telescope buried beneath Antarctica has captured high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic Centre, ushering in a new era for observing the Universe.
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Dr. Emma E. Bird @dremmabird.bsky.social · 16h
For years, 💀MorphoSource💀 has given researchers, educators, and students 🚨free access🚨 to 3D data on museum specimens from around the world. 🔆Now it is asking for some help to continue its work🔆 www.morphosource.org/donate/
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Why Give | Support MorphoSource
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23h
other day i was at david lynchs grave just having a moment of thought and admiration and lookin down at all the flowers, and coffee cups, and two cookies and a coke, and wow it just hits you like a thousand suns that art is immortal. creation is too radiant to contain in a body. we trot across time
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some basic info about #CROCOLOCOEVO project from my new @erc.europa.eu ERC Advanced Grant, starting later this year. There will be a lot more to come over the next 5 years. www.rvc.ac.uk/research/res...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
Dude was mad that the pope wouldn’t say his imaginary friend had a soul. You can’t make this shit up.
Before he flew out, Olah received a copy of the encyclical the Pope was about to publish — and what he saw was a disaster in the making. One of the most influential people in the world full stop, and almost certainly its most visible faith leader, was completely dismissing even the possibility of AI consciousness. So indignant was Olah that he reportedly threatened to pull out of the event, though in the end he decided to show up.

According to the NYT, once the Anthropic delegation arrived at the Vatican, Olah and his team lobbied the pope’s advisers to take the possibility of AI consciousness seriously. Anthropic declined to discuss the details of the conversations when the NYT reached for comment.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gray Ezo squirrel from Hokkaido Island, Japan
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Igor Adameyko @adameykolab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From the tank in my office
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'2 year suspended sentence and 200 hours community service/unpaid work' "Imagine the carnage if this guy was brown!......" via We Demand UK
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Mochi in his favourite post-dinner position, after ball-chase-and-fetch play, in the crook of my arm.
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Dan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most disappointing video you’ll see today.
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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This BBC story about EVs and car sickness includes a quote from an American doctor. "'I've heard about it many, many, many times,' he adds, saying about two patients a month specifically reference feeling motion sick in electric vehicles." Many, many, many. Two a month.
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*takes off smoking jacket sadly*
Facebook memory of a sign seen in Croatia. Red circle with a picture of a smoking pipe crossed through.
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What. What?! WHAT?!?! futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Island of the Hippos" (Prime)- cool story of hippos on a West African island that hang out in the ocean during the dry season! Also, nice to see a hippo-focussed show. Better narration, too. Icing on the cake: ?West African crocodiles (Crocodylus suchus)?. And Gambian boxer mantis. Recommended.
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Rhinoceroses: The Curese [sic] of the Magic Horn" (Prime)- good footage of all 5 extant rhino soecies, but narrator gives a dull read of the scripts they do; did the Cuba one too. Highlight: CGI of asteroid blowing away brontotheres (WTF?) Lowlight: very depressing imminent extinction of 2 species.
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LucyParkerPaul🦉🇦🇺 @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This Pacific Baza appeared totally oblivious to us as it hunted its breakfast. It's the first time I've seen one with a frog and definitely one of the highlights of today's 55 species early morning walk. #birds #wildoz #brisbane
A Pacific Baza eating a small green tree frog. It took it a while to get the frog down, but as soon as it did it was off hunting again, tracking movements with its bright yellow eyes.
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Kevin Stevens @neohibolites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Still one of my all-time favorite pics that I managed to shoot of my fish. 🐟 #photography #fishkeeping
Two cichlids facing off in a planted aquarium, above a piece of driftwood. On the left is an orange and dark green/black ruby green cichlid. On the right is a larger and brown with a red head Lake Bermin cichlid. Both have their mouths wide open to intimidate the other.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s a formal warning. If he does it again he’ll start to lose marks for the course.
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Dr. Jack Cooper @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨Big News🚨 I wrote a book! It's out on February 9th & it’s available to pre-order now! 🦈 Published by UniPress Books & @princetonupress.bsky.social & featuring incredible art by the amazing Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social, you can pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/Megalodon-Ot... 🦈 (1/4)
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do I invest?
Cat Pokémon
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cats are super stoned on catnip OD, wrassling and rolling. So funny!
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Cuba: Life Shelter" (Prime)- beautiful natural history documentary. And yes it's got loads of Cuban crocodile footage so I'm in heaven! I also did not know that female hutia rodents have their nipples on the sides of their torso.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/10/2026
It's a cult.
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
PhD opportunity: 🦠🪱☠️🪣🔬🏞️ Do you want to test hypotheses of how fossils form, figure out if lab experiments reflect the real world? Come and join our lab! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Bridging the taphonomic gap between the lab and the real world: Experimental Insights into Fossilization and Preservation at The University of Manchester ...
PhD Project - [School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Bridging the taphonomic gap between the lab and the real world: Experimental Insights into Fossilization and Preservation at The University ...
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Shalune (Usually) @shalune.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hope people are realizing this effort to classify a non-human thing as human is them trying to get away with Citizen's United times a million.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of Musks breeding allies has apparently called it quits. I know I keep harping on this but imagine the media coverage if the top donor to the Democrats was a billionaire with a baby breeding cult? And yet the media has mostly ignored this part of Musk’s story.
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Grant agreement signed! Advertising 4 new jobs (3 year contracts w/potential to extend +2 years) on ERC #CROCOLOCOEVO grant next week-- stay tuned for details. 2 postdocs 1 technician 1 research administrator who can do science communication Start date flexible but could be as soon as 1 November!
Picture of right hindlimbs and pelvis of Terrestrisuchus (long skinny legs) and Crocodylus (modern croc; beefy and stubby), from 3D computer models
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🎀 The Eiffel Tower lit up in pink to mark the launch of Pink October, the awareness month dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. 🎀
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 02/10/2026
I Pushed My Luck, Reheated My Burrito An Extra 30 Seconds, and It Exploded All Over The Microwave. Here's Why That's A Lesson for Democrats
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My man looks like he's the lead singer of a Creed cover band called Creedence, and he thinks he can keep ignoring the letters from John Fogerty's lawyer.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 02/10/2026
"The University of Cambridge refused to sign plagiarism detection software Turnitin’s new licence agreement, which could have allowed students’ work to be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models."
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Uni opposes Turnitin AI training plans
The University is now exploring alternatives to the plagiarism detection service, according to the SU
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Phenomenal question, revealing answer. Love to see it
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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can't believe I missed this preprint earlier this week (head down, writing). The first time anyone has added a new gene to a cephalopod. They've created cuttlefish that glow red in fluorescent light. 🦑 🧪 Nice story @sarareardon.bsky.social! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Scientists engineered a glowing cuttlefish. Why was it so hard?
Breakthroughs in genetically altering cephalopods pave way for new studies of perception, brain evolution, and more
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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Have you ever seen so many craneflies in one place? Spotted this group by a trig point in Somerset during a run. A few were mating. They seemed to have chosen this spot to shelter from the wind. 🧪 🦟 #wildlife @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @juliet-turner.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excited to dive into Fates Warning's "Awaken the Guardian" 3-disc 2017 with live set including DVD! The original 1986 album is a high-water mark in progressive metal. Before Dream Theater etc., there was this.
Colourful 3-disc set displayed atop CD drive, showing fanciful otherworldly art.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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brie skull emoji @brie-skull-emoji.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
oh, so trans women were right about him? so we were right? trans women were right about gavin newsom? trans women were correct? trans women fucking told you so?
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
taking a bite out of the pumice stone to assert dominance at the public bathhouse
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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow two "fuck yous" to the disabled community in two days. YAY SOCIALISM 😱
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