Dr Douglass Rovinsky

#evolution | #paleobiology | #thylacine | #fossils | #carnivores | industrial, goth rock, & post-punk | 🇺🇸 in 🇦🇺 | non-conforming (he/him)

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

My last PhD paper is (finally) out: https://t.co/GeqIGKyaE9
@BMC_series

In this #openaccess jam, we look at the idea of convergent #evolution between the #thylacine and the 'usual suspects' - the #wolf or dog
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[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

Hey everyone,
I'm finally pulling the plug on this hellmouth. You'll find me over in the blue sky. See you there, or be square!

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@NarimaneChatar @Val_Fisch @Tseng_ZJ @grumpyDrFabre @charlier_b @UCBerkeley Congratulations!! Well-deserved, and look forward to seeing all the science you continue to do!

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@maddiejayy @keywordnovelist Sunscreeeeeen!!!

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@_erikaroper @LoneRangifer Yeah, go ahead!

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@Rule3O3 @lauren_wilford Was definitely my take; he acts and presents just like my (decidedly Boomer) uncle.

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@maddiejayy Sounds like a party to me!

[Dr James Rule @Palaeo_JRule]

New paper by my colleagues and I on the reproductive anatomy of a leopard seal 🦭

Leopard seal reproduction is mostly unknown. This note from a @MonashUni dissection discusses the importance of morphology in providing some clues.

Open access paper here: https://t.co/70Dqba8MsX

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@WryCritic It’s the worst.

Or opening up old spreadsheets/data collections… UGH 😫

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@MarkWitton From what I’ve heard, the scattering thing has erased the main reason why people like me (and presumably you) used this site: the outreach and networking.

I can’t be bothered to put in the effort again on an orders of magnitude smaller audience. Been thinking about just exiting.

[Branden Holmes @Athedeism]

Our book Thylacine comes with free shipping within Australia and New Zealand until 3 September if you use the code FATHERS23 as per the link

https://t.co/XZlJIyA7GW

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@iheartguitar I feel the same way. I put in a lot of effort to try & build a presence, network, & space here. The community at one point was really wonderful, useful, & exciting.

Now it's all gone & replaced with *gestures to all of it* this shit.

I'm waiting for the final reason to leave.

[Tom Diserens @tomdiserens]

The ecological impact of wolf reintroduction to Britain. A wolf ecologist’s view🧵.

Wolf reintroduction to Britain is again a hot topic in the media. So I want to share what we know about the wolf’s ecological impacts in a model European system, Białowieża Primeval Forest.

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

More guitar manufacturers need to put out models with P90 pickups.

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@MarkWitton During my PhD I got an impinged ulnar nerve. Had to move to a vertical mouse and take breaks.

During write-up my rotator cuffs failed.
That took lots and lots of physical therapy and steroid inections.

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@maddiejayy I see zero problems, not that it matters in the slightest.

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@Formorphology I just Stopped Doing Things

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@maddiejayy And I was thiiiis close to inviting you over to Australia.

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

Interested in the hidden sensory superpowers of limb-reduced skinks? Look no further than our new publication on the inner ears of these critters! https://t.co/cdI0vQOYxu

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

@Judy_Dunlop I got (jokingly) told off for saying "Yes ma'am" to the test convener.

Sorry, but you just can't take the Texan outta a person. It gets baked in.