Matt Jones, PhD

Paleontologist specializing on Paleogene mammals|University of Kansas alum|Assistant Professor at ASU|He/him|Beers, bats, Battlestar Galactica.

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I’m happy to announce our new paper out today in Biology Letters describing the first early Eocene bat fossils from Asia! (1/7)
https://t.co/BIVJpJXygx

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@samfritz924 It was on exhibit at KU, but it was never a KU specimen. It was always privately owned.

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@Swagdaddy_23 @LisaMattern5 @cowboyKal3b That is absolutely a saguaro cactus in the image.

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@codycornett @alpinecasey @nolelifestyle I mean, Kansas beat the Iowa State team that beat Miami, so I'm not sure Miami would even beat Kansas.

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@daarteag33 @nolelifestyle Fifth, at best... and they would've lost to Kansas.

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@TylerVesely @HBreak8898 @PFTCommenter Ah, so ND *only* dominated Georgia in 2 of 3 phases of the game.

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@pipkin_brandon @DarrionLovinsky @joelklatt Oh, wait til you find out about Texas lol. They hated the Big 12 like they hated the Southwest Conference like they hate the SEC. Texas would be independent if they could make the same money as they can in a conference. Only a matter of time before they start making demands again

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@HBreak8898 @TylerVesely @PFTCommenter BYU beat SMU head to head, though. They both have a legit argument to have been in over SMU.

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@TylerVesely @HBreak8898 @PFTCommenter I'm not sure "competitive" is how I'd describe a game that was 20-3 late in the third quarter.

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@pipkin_brandon @DarrionLovinsky @joelklatt One. And they weren't in the conference at all during that dominant SEC run you mentioned, so I guess the Big 12 still gets to claim them.

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@minnesotaeng @RedditCFB Then they shouldn't have been in the CFP to begin with. Wasn't that the argument against FSU last year?

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@HBreak8898 @TylerVesely @PFTCommenter Indiana played ND closer on the road than Georgia did at a neutral site. They belonged. SMU vs. BYU or ISU is an argument, though.

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@lucystone1871 @edeplorableunum @MargaretAtwood It's funny how many MAGAts complaining about biological men and women couldn't biologically define a man or woman. Or rather, it would be if it wasn't so sad.

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@craigboleman @TrekkiesforPete I think/hope Sedgwick Co (Wichita) will flip this year. With Johnson (KC suburbs), Wyandotte (KCK), Shawnee (Topeka) and the major college towns (Lawrence, Manhattan) going blue in 2020, it suggests Kansas should be considered "in play" going forward.

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@Escape2desert @bakes781 @TrekkiesforPete That's quite the backtrack from "Kansas is red" and "only parts of KC are blue".

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@Escape2desert @bakes781 @TrekkiesforPete Also, the Chiefs play in Missouri so... 🤷🏽‍♂️
Sporting KC plays in Kansas though, and they are blue.

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@Escape2desert @bakes781 @TrekkiesforPete You aren't from Kansas, are you? Five counties were blue in 2020, cumulatively accounting for 40% of the population. Sedgwick Co. (Wichita) was red, but most of the city itself was blue. If Sedgwick goes blue and the others remain blue that accounts for ~60% of the population.

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@ThomNolan @thatkatieberry @lyzl Kansas has a fairly educated population for a red state, and has always had a bit of a progressive undercurrent dating to its founding. Those things don't necessarily translate to Missouri (look up both state's roles in the Bleeding Kansas conflict, for instance).

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@i_forklift @Dean_Paz @RyanShead @TonyHinchcliffe You pay for Twitter.

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@teachnfishpkp @SethAbramson Except they do. If she has closed the gap from 15% to 5% in a reliably red state, what does that say about her chances in traditional swing states?

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@Se7enDeucePI @SethAbramson @joncoopertweets And it's the suburbs at that. Wichita will likely go blue, but the key is flipping the suburban precincts.