Kyle T David

This is not a place of honor (until I've had my coffee) No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here (until I've had my coffee) Nothing valued is here (until I've had my coffee)

"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."

behavioral thermoregulation as an ectotherm probably feels good af

I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit.

The single best piece of news I've read in the last 10 years conservatively

Let’s frolic in the stream with mama

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)

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

@conjustover.bsky.social explaining why all polyploid researchers are masochists at #Evol2026

Bag secured at #Evol2026, I think ti-moth-y chalamet would approve

“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

Which of my beloved mutuals are at #Evol2026 this week?

Happy #Frog #Friday to those who celebrate

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*

are you guys all starting group chats without me

new IQTREE new OrthoFinder I'm eating good this week academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nothing like a fresh OrthoFinder run to make me feel like everything is going to be okay

I have no mouth (because I am a giant silk moth), and I must scream

You know what they say, a 𝘏𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 in the hand is worth two 𝘏𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 in the bush

Concerned I may be entering into a codependent relationship with my online frog supplier

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? 👑

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

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

Babe wake up new Will Ratcliff post prefaced with “1/25” just dropped

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

Two amphipods found at 2,500m in the Nankai Trough during the #Shinkai6500 expedition. Amphipods play a vital role in recycling nutrients on the ocean floor. To date, over 10,700 amphipod species have been described, but many remain undiscovered, particularly in the deep sea.

European meetings really do hit different

Top right is particularly arresting, and was probably designed by a really cool handsome genius

Happy Darwin Day to all and to all a happy Darwin Day

Have a happy Valentine’s Day with your soul mate, soil mate, or both!! 🌱💚 Those litter critters can be easily overlooked, and may even treated as nuisances or pests in some scenarios, but together they maintain the soil rich and healthy! Which is your favorite soil mate?

I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago defector.com/who-the-hell...

What can we discover by analyzing new yeast genomes? Well, @kylethedavid.bsky.social noticed a suspiciously high number of duplicated genes in some species suggesting that there were additional whole genome duplications in the yeast subphylum! authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb33QW8S...

Researchers found three previously unknown whole-genome duplications in yeast, challenging the long-held view that such events are rare in fungi. The work reveals these ancient duplications occurred 100-200 million years ago.

May I offer you a mushroom in these trying times?

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

Some days you’re the top raccoon, but brother, some days you’re the bottom