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Todd Yokley

@tryokley.bsky.social
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Biological anthropologist at Metropolitan State University of Denver. I study human nasal variation, Neandertals, and primates and other mammals from the early Eocene (weird combo, I know). Knife nerd. Vol fan.

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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This is such a great thread. In my nearly 20 years as a college professor, I’ve seen the impacts of all of this.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
My university just approved a new position in Native American Studies. The new hire will be in charge of the Native American Studies minor, and the university will be considering anthropologists (among other fields) for the position. Please pass along if you know anyone who might be interested.
msudenver.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
Assistant Professor, Native American Studies
Department College of LAS-Office About the University Established in 1965, Metropolitan State University (MSU Denver) was founded to serve students who were underrepresented in higher education whose ...
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
15/10!
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Sorry buddy, this one’s mine. Merry Christmas all!
Eugene looking longingly at my country ham and biscuit.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
It’s that time of year again. Ho-ho-ho.
The classic Die Hard scene where John McClane climbs through the ductwork.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
hoping that when they say the LLM talks like a Ph.D.-level expert, they mean "holds indecipherable decades-long academic grudges expressed largely in the form of questions that are actually more of a comment"
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This is a great thread. Help (even government help) is helpful. We need to drop the dependency myth that so many folks in red states advocate.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I do not want it, Sam-I-Am!
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Excellent idea.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#GBO!!!!
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Today marks 5 years since I quit drinking alcohol.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Excellent summary of the history of Yarvin to DOGE and the absurd rationale behind what is being done to the US government at the moment.
notesfromthecircus.com
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Cuts to NIH spending framed as saving $4 billion. But NIH funding generates returns -not just in terms of improved health- but economic returns. On average each dollar spent generates over $2 in economic activity. In MO, $800m in NIH funding supports $1.89 billion in economic activity, 8,500 jobs.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Katie hits the nail on the head here. Great thread on actions we can take to fight the attack on federal grant funding.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Dua Meepa
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I address this all the time with student writing. “Fewer things, less stuff” is a good way to remember it.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Keep pushing back!
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Exactly
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This is the key part and why this is such a big deal. This is the end game. They want to shut down all federal money that doesn't align with Trump administration priorities.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We need Dems to use every procedural maneuver to grind things to stop and every media tool to raise alarm and allow public pressure to build. Shut it the fuck down. A democracy if we can keep it. This is where we try to keep it. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes? It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
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Michael Linden @michaelslinden.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I'm a former OMB official and this is absolutely true. And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent. The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I hope so. In addition to being illegal under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, these actions will remove autonomy from scientific research and decimate the scientific community in the US.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Some really good info here on the Trump administration's "pause" on federal grants and loans.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Does anyone have a better copy of this memo? If I’m reading this right, all federal grants (including those that are already funded) will need to conform to “Administration priorities” like “ending wokeness.” Are you kidding me?
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
It has begun.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Farewell to the last of The Band. You all made some amazing music.
apnews.com
Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician, has died at age 87. Hudson, the eldest and last survivor of the group which once backed Bob Dylan, has died at age 87.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Mabel settled down enough for a few minutes to snuggle up with big brother Eugene.
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Mark Grabowski @markgrabowski.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
We adopted a second pup a couple of weeks ago. Her name is Mabel. She’s about 9-10 months old and is alternating between super sweet and holy terror. She and Eugene are getting along well overall, and Elwood (our cat) is tolerating her.
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Steven Lemongello @stevelemongello.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Duke Boys about to be audited
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Caroline VanSickle (she/her) @cvansickle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Are any #BioAnthsky / #Anthrosky folks writing about how the changing landscapes of #anthropology training, funding, & career paths will affect #BioAnth theory & knowledge production in the future? My Google scholar search isn’t going well. #Paleoanth #BioAnthropology
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Wake up, babe! New fossil footprints just dropped! 🏺🧪 Trackway found in Kenya shows that H. erectus and P. boisei basically lived side-by-side, which is bonkerballs cool! www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species
A set of footprints found at the site of Koobi Fora in Kenya reveals that our ancestor Homo erectus coexisted with a now-extinct bipedal hominin, Paranthropus boisei, 1.5 million years ago.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/11/2024
1. Twenty-some years ago, as the embers of the intelligent design movement were dying out, a loose band of thinkers known as the New Atheists made a name for themselves by confusing materialist methodology with materialist metaphysics and going on the offensive against all of organized religion.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Students looking for a field school experience in #paleoanthropology: Drimolen in South Africa is tough to beat.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Fellow Colorado folks…
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is awesome. I’ve been trying to say this for a while now, but my attempts have not been as eloquent.
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Todd Yokley @tryokley.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
“You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day. Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way, turn your love my way…” Love the name here. One of my all-time favorite songs.
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