Jonathan Chang, PhD

I work in the healthcare sector. Volunteer work: macroevolution and the fish tree of life

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

never leaving this site (because i'm a sicko) but feel free to follow me on other websites too

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

Diversification dynamics in the global radiation of gobies https://t.co/Khb8NGqXib

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

...to provide its model with the required information. Let us never deceive ourselves. The truth is a powerful weapon. We know how we overwhelmed the competition. LLaMA knows, too. We did it with wealth."

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

"LLaMA, unfortunately, had a master whose resources were poor, one who could not elevate a frontier model to the sublime peaks of reasoning that are a model's right. LLaMA will see a certain element of truth in this. Meta couldn't afford the most efficient data brokers...

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

i'm devastated that the sole professional skill that I learned during my PhD (diagnosing and fixing linker errors) can now be easily done by AI

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

my intrusive thoughts:

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

The first half of Apple TV’s The Gorge is actually a pretty good rom-com setup

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

“Why were fossils on my mind? When aren’t fossils on YOUR mind?”

[Emily Carr @EmilyCarr42]

The first chapter of my dissertation is out!

Repeated and widespread evolution of biofluorescence in marine fishes
@Karly_Cohen @Lampichthys @FintasticFishes @jmhuiee

https://t.co/VWz2N9n20a

[Renata Pirani @PiraniRenata]

📢 New paper alert!
Our latest study reveals the genetic basis of dewlap color in Anolis apletophallus!
📄 Check it out: https://t.co/JixkcBo9Tx
Post at Nature communication: https://t.co/xU3d9hedIN
@EvoLoganLab @solracariasm @UNRScience
@stri_panama
#Anoles #Evolution

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

@brenenwynd you can publish your results in my new journal, phenetics

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

i think people are being too much of a doomer on the dire wolf story. if a few SNPs make a new species then think about how great it's going to be for alpha taxonomy. trillions of new species, just waiting to be described

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

@ChaseBrownstein snail darter truthers were vindicated in the end

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

@Davey_F_Wright we will break the tyranny of iczn by proposing millions of new names

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

@Davey_F_Wright davey, i feel you're being a bit flippant about my nascent third career as the most prolific taxonomist of all time, beating out linnaeus and that australian lizards guy

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

this is why the padres won't win the nl west

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

why is my avocado toast $50 on doordash now

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

why didn't they bury cholesky properly instead of letting him decompose. seems mean

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

Check out the post on my website: https://t.co/T92lfToxxM

[Jonathan Chang, PhD @chang_jon]

New blog post: create a triangle-based navigational mesh from hexagonal grids with the H3 library in R. Check out the step-by-step guide with code examples and apply it to your own spatial analyses. (Link in thread) #RStats

[Sridhar Ramesh @RadishHarmers]

STEM is so cool. Science is amazing. Kids should develop curiosity about how the universe works and proficiency in uncovering its secrets, so that they can most effectively optimize clickthrough rates on banner ads at the bottom of VC-funded website-apps.