I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption

An AI-generated video showing a capybara, a South American rodent, in a bathtub, "could boost people’s interest in keeping such animals as pets and fuel the illegal trade of such species." Fab piece by Katarina Zimmer on the perils of AI-generated animals: atmos.earth/science-and-...

Is Nanotyrannus a baby T. rex, or is it its own species? @shamini.bsky.social has been finding out!

In 2021, the chance of 40C heat in the UK by 2040 was estimated at 0.02% In 2022, multiple regions hit 40C This is one example of a systematic underestimation of climate risks in UK and internationally Important new report @paulbehrens.bsky.social www.scientistswarningeurope.org.uk/cost-of-living

When you change the console colours on the programming software you use

Super late but had such a blast returning to @linneansociety.bsky.social to deliver an evening event on Queer Ecology featuring trailblazing scientists from the past, animals outside our human binaries, and the challenges facing us today. Thank you! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

The Starmer government is REALLY running scared of this petition, now at 2.75 million, to the extent that it has responded 3 months early, in a transparent attempt to spike it. So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.

Had a lovely evening at @linneansociety.bsky.social, listening to @aquadan1.bsky.social and generally being nerdy about #QueerNature, queer people in the sciences and why it's important to talk about both. Always great to hear different perspectives, Thank you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Tonight! 😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Petition from @zslofficial.bsky.social about making sure every child has access to nature!

BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀

Pelagic fauna

Happy Shark Awareness Day 🦈 Glowing in the dark, jumping high in the air or touching gently fins ... They are such fascinating, crucial, and beautiful animals.

Stop using AI and pay people to write!!

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

Rewatching Mrs. America and would recommend it to everyone, especially younger millennials and gen z cause literally all the bullshit we deal with now is the same shit we've always been dealing with

New podcast from @zslofficial.bsky.social about the work we're doing on sharks in North Wales!

Accidentally printed badge templates too big last year working at the @linneansociety.bsky.social but now I get sweet nature #Pride decor!

The sun bleaching out a stain on one of my first Pride tshirts.... ally 🥹

Using swears to get rid of the AI summaries is so fun, thanks @georgiacowie.bsky.social !

The first US woman to fly in space said little about her personal life in public. A candid film discloses the pressures she endured https://go.nature.com/43LB8TP

Watched this, absolutely loved it, go do the same!

TIL: When the Original Star Wars Trilogy finally aired on Chilean TV in 2003, the network spliced custom beer commercials into the films themselves to avoid cutting to commercial breaks. these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.

89% of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis but feel they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research suggests Thanks @bes-cascade.bsky.social for sharing this link, love some afternoon optimism!

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Blackouts occurred regularly in my childhood. They were annoying but not life-threatening. Yes, we knew how to deal with them, but more importantly, we had a more resilient infrastructure that has now vanished, eg, phone landlines, appliances, ways of storing food that didn't need electricity, etc.

Little gentle reminder to all the human creatives out there 💪

Kurt Vonnegut man

The thing re: de-extinction I worry about most is undermining the public’s sense extinctions are serious, terrible, and to be avoided (“why save it now when we can de-extinct it later if we want?”) while in fact ALSO not meaningfully bringing extinct species back (it’s not really a dire wolf).

I hate the Ghibli AI trend so much cause it disrespects what Ghibli stands for, but also so depressing to see people want glasses that put plants on buildings. We can do that??? For real???

Make some noise for this noisy #shark 🙌 🦈 Scientists found out that Mustelus lenticulatus make clicking sounds when in distress- article 👇 www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... 🐡

“Enjoy the peace, Gaia. Thank you for guiding us to the stars. Thank you for helping us, realizing our dreams. Thank you for inspiring our future. Almost family.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/s...

Toss up between these three honestly

Interested in -fish -historical ecology -local/fisher ecological knowledge -critical fish habitat ? Then follow @projectfishistory.bsky.social!

Thinking of those marching for science in the US today, solidarity from Wales ✊️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh 🇮🇪🧪 #StandUpForScience

How well do people understand the #climate impact of #behavior?🌱 In a new paper, we examine people’s climate-impact perceptions of different behaviors and lifestyles and whether these are linked to behavior and support for behavior-regulating climate policies 🧵 #GreenSky osf.io/preprints/ps...

This has been such an amazing project to be part of! You can check out our completed guidelines for LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork at inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧪

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

Very excited to share these new pins! I couldn't find my favourite version of the transbian flag as a pin already, so I decided to make them myself. Please share these around so that other people can find and enjoy them too! canopyrobin.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

I promised myself that if i got into a PhD I'd treat myself to @falseknees.bsky.social "Minnow's World" print. It's been a couple of months now so I've added some of my favourites and they're really brightening up my workspace 😍

I read There is No Planet B by @mikebernerslee.bsky.social when I first started doing climate education work when I finished my BSc, yesterday I got to listen to his talk at Bangor University a few months into my climate (and shark!) focused PhD and he was just as grounding & inspiring! Thanks Mike!

I was awake way too early in the morning but my first PhD poster presentation at the CDT SuMMeR Symposium went really well and we got to hear about some amazing research, including from @lornamckellar.bsky.social

CDT SuMMeR (sustainable management of marine resources) symposium - ended with a project synergy/ collab session amongst PhD students. Developing discussion groups around key PhD themes - my theme/ q of interest: what does ‘restored’ look like for different habitats? 🤔🌱

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It fucken WIMDY

First talk of the PhD done! Thanks Lorna for the proof 😂🦈

Today and in the coming days, remember