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Kyle T David

@kylethedavid.bsky.social
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NSF postdoc in the Rokas lab at Vanderbilt university, interested in macro(ecology x evolution) 🧬 ➡️ 🦎 ➡️ 🌐

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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tadpole shrimp GOTTA be up there, or maybe Hydra
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@haleybiont.bsky.social
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That’s when they’re expected to share their advanced technology lest they be considered prudish
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"We need a Hork-Bajir Chronicles spin-off!" shouts a fan to K.A. Applegate at the premiere. She mischievously raises an eyebrow and shrugs. "I can't say anything right now," she says. "But I think Hork-Bajir fans are going to have a great 2027, that's all I'm gonna say."
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
behavioral thermoregulation as an ectotherm probably feels good af
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
really needed this one
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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit.
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“What a beautiful universe, hon" says a telescope as gazes upon an aurora borealis. “It really is”, responds the telescope's partner, who it turns out is not a telescope, but a microscope. Hands full of algae, she wades waist deep in a disgusting swamp, amazed by the heavenly microscopic life all around them.
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The single best piece of news I've read in the last 10 years conservatively
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Dogs Lend Their Noses to Find Turtles for Science
Specially trained spaniels—aka turtle dogs—are helping researchers find and study elusive ornate box turtles.
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
whoa these go hard
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
also also: Frederic Edwin Church
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
See also: Rockwell Kent
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
not Canadian, just an admirer of latitudinal extremes
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They really do hit different
3 canvas prints of Lawrence Harris’ work on a wall
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Let’s frolic in the stream with mama
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Pediatrician Dr. Mildred Stahlman revolutionized the care of premature infants (incl a miniature iron lung). She spent her career at #Vanderbilt U. Med Center & is credited w/ establishing the world's first modern Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She died #OTD 2024. #WomenInSTEM #medsky (1/3)
A black-and-white historical photograph of Dr. Mildred Thornton Stahlman (1922–2024), the visionary pediatrician who founded the world's first modern Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Seen from the waist up, Dr. Stahlman stands in a hospital setting, cradling a newborn infant gently but securely in her hands. She wears a protective medical scrub gown over a collared shirt and tie, her hair neatly pulled back, revealing a focused, deeply compassionate expression as she looks down at the baby. The infant, wrapped in a small cloth, rests fragilely against her forearms. The background is a softly blurred hospital nursery or NICU, featuring medical equipment, charts on a bulletin board, and another figure indistinctly visible, emphasizing her daily clinical environment. The composition is intimate and tightly framed, casting a poignant, reverent mood that highlights her lifelong dedication to pioneering neonatal care and saving infant lives.
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Tracy Heath @trayc7.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Feat. @omearabrian.bsky.social & @jacejostles.bsky.social
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
From lenticular printing to mounted displays, #Evol2026 is pushing the boundaries of what it means to present a poster
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The audience for your talk actually all died in a fire 30 years ago
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
@conjustover.bsky.social explaining why all polyploid researchers are masochists at #Evol2026
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Bag secured at #Evol2026, I think ti-moth-y chalamet would approve
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“Tiktaalik wasn’t the needle in the haystack, it was the tip of the iceberg” Paraphrasing @neilshubin.bsky.social ‘s inspiring Gould Award Talk kicking off #Evol2026
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Which of my beloved mutuals are at #Evol2026 this week?
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Obvious ChatGPT cadence too
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Happy #Frog #Friday to those who celebrate
A Ranitomeya variabilis dart frog perched gracefully on a Fittonia plant in my new terrarium
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 12/06/2026
If you’re wondering why Brötchen blew up seemingly out of nowhere, guess what: he’s a nepo baby. His mom is literally a pygmy hippo *at the same fucking zoo*
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
are you guys all starting group chats without me
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
new IQTREE new OrthoFinder I'm eating good this week academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
nothing like a fresh OrthoFinder run to make me feel like everything is going to be okay
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I have no mouth (because I am a giant silk moth), and I must scream
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
You know what they say, a 𝘏𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 in the hand is worth two 𝘏𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 in the bush
a cecropia moth lands on my hand. it is the largest moth in North American
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Concerned I may be entering into a codependent relationship with my online frog supplier
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
serve jellyfish shots and upcharge them 5000% and you've got yourself a business
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Tbf there are very few statements that this wouldnt work for
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
That’s them alright
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Synalpheus my beloved
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Chentomology @chentomology.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Long live the queens! Some of those eusocial critter queens do have an extremely long life span up to 30 yrs or even longer (naked mole-rat, ants and termites), which is phenomenal considering their sizes. Which queen would you wanna be or serve if you’re a little critter? 👑
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: at a house party, a guy is standing next to his buddy, a human-size horseshoe crab. They’re both holding red solo cups. The guy is looking to the other side of the room and excitedly says to the crab, “hey, there’s another horseshoe crab here!” The crab replies, “ugh.” Panel 2: the guy says, “what’s wrong?” The crab says, “he’s one of those guys who flaunts it too much.” Panel 3: we see the other horseshoe crab in question, engaged in conversation with a group of smiling people standing around him. This second horseshoe crab is wearing a cap with a horseshoe on it, and a novelty t-shirt that reads: I SURVIVED 5 MASS EXTINCTIONS. IS IT FRIDAY YET?
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If I had a nickel for every time Ralph Fiennes played someone named Coriolanus I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
media.tenor.com
a man with a beard wearing sunglasses is smiling
ALT: a man with a beard wearing sunglasses is smiling
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This deep sea creature is as sharp & clear as broken class, & can grow as long as your hand. This giant amphipod, (Cystisoma) only has two colored body parts: the dense orange stomach/egg pouch, & two MASSIVE eyes, which are a glittering holographic orange layer completely covering its head. 📽️ MBARI
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Babe wake up new Will Ratcliff post prefaced with “1/25” just dropped
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This would be the fastest pycnogonid in history, definitely AI imo
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
can I have the @
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Kyle T David @kylethedavid.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
the "how on earth am I going to fill X pages" to "how on earth am I going to fit this all in X pages" pipeline
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