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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I had the pleasure of talking about #QueerNature on BBC Radio Kent today! Give it a listen here, from about 12.45: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Gay Giraffes, Intersex Bears, and more - it's once again #QueerNature time. Returning to the Powell-Cotton Museum on the 20th and 21st September as well as 4th and 5th October, explore #LGBTQ+ animals as part of a great day out! powell-cottonmuseum.org/event/queer-...

A massive thank you to all the lovely people who joined a #QueerNature tour at the Powell-Cotton Museum over the last 2 weeks. Being able to share my work has been such a rewarding experience, I cannot wait to continue this project. Keep your eyes peeled for more Queer Nature in the future 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Just over a week until I'm putting my #scicomm degree to good use, and #QueerNature launches at the Powell-Cotton. Come along for LGBTQ+ animals and an all-round fun day out. Tour attendance will support our local, #MargatePride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Today in the UK, the Online Safety Act (2023) came into force. This means that social media companies are required to undertake age verification for users in the UK to see "adult content". And who decides what is and is not "adult content"? The social media companies themselves.

The Endlings Kickstarter is LIVE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com... Every little bit helps us fund this awesome show. Please help if you can!

The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in #Gaza. Among them are 1 million children. Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

It's happening! #QueerNature is coming to the Powell-Cotton Museum for the second and third weekend in August (9,10,16,17). The guided tour is part of the museum entry, and tours start at 12 noon and 14.30. For those not joining a tour, a self-guided, all ages trail will be available.

As part of my Master's project at Uni Edinburgh, I developed "Queer Nature". The guided tour explores LGBTQ+ behaviours in animals, based on the dioramas at the Powell-Cotton Museum. Yesterday was the first time I presented it to a small audience, to prepare for its launch in August 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

There are many rubbish things going on in the world right now, so it was a nice change of pace to see many familiar faces come and celebrate Canterbury Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Here's a list of things you can do that would really ruin Akua's day whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

ICYMI, we & friends in Gz launched a giving circle so they could get steady, DIRECT support to survive. Donor are matching the next 400 🌹Every dollar helps these families eat. Last check, 860/1500 for the week. tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...

Part-time Editorial Assistant job at NHM at the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology and Systematics and Biodiversity. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job... #ScienceJobs #JobOpportunity

Sometimes what makes your day at work is a kid drawing a buffalo trophy head for you.

The crab museum is (kind of) local to me, and run by amazing folks. If you're in the area, show them some love, and all the while enjoy a really clever museum experience 🦀🏳️‍⚧️

News | Small museums respond to UK Supreme Court gender ruling – @vaginamuseum.bsky.social and Crab Museum pledge their support for trans community

Trans women are women, trans men are men, intersex people exist, non-binary people are non-binary 🩷🩵🤍🩵🩷 Send some love to the queer people in your lives. They need it ❤️ Cassils' "Becoming an Image" 2000, at the ONE Archive, Los Angeles 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

palestinian accounts on here this is a good thread to help you fundraise effectively and avoid a spam label!! please please read this

Swartkrans paranthropids getting memed is extremely niche and yet *extremely* my thing. lol

My cousin's pre-teen sons informed me that I have a cool workplace (The Powell-Cotton museum). I tend to agree, but it's nice to have their discerning approval.

Hi friends, I'm giving a free talk on May 13 about advocating for queer museum people in museums as an independent museum professional. See you there: www.indiemuseumpros.com/impevents/ad...

📢NOMINATIONS OPEN! Kids in Museums are starting their search for the next winner of the #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award. If your museum is fab for families, excellent at access, or is running great projects with young people, take a look at how to enter: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/f...

Come and join our team! Special Collections Project Cataloguer, Library and Archives. 🔎Based: South Kensington, London 🔎Fixed term contract (1 year) 🔎Part time 🔎Closing date: 12/03/2025 Full details: https://buff.ly/4keUxTm #NaturalHistoryMuseum #ArchivesJobs #LibraryJobs #GLAMJobs

So what exactly is the Project for Awesome? Since 2007, my brother @hankgreen.bsky.social and many friends and online creators have come together to host an annual 48-hour livestream in support of great charities. Over the years, we've raised over $22,000,0000 for a huge variety of charities...

The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live

I can whole-heartedly recommend joining one of these tours, I had such a great time and learned a lot 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The National Archives are seeking participants with lived experience as LGBTQ+ individuals to engage in a focus group that will help shape future research guidance on sexuality and gender identity history Find out more & apply ⬇️ 🗓 31 January 2025 🕒 2:00-4:15 PM 📍 The National Archives, Kew, Surrey

Object cleaning may not be the most glamorous job in #Museums, but seeing the immediate effects is definitely satisfying.

Really enjoyed this, lots to think about !

I just found out that around 20% of the neanderthal genome still exists today in living people!! No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.

New here, so to start this of *just* right, here's a picture of my parents cat, being ridiculously pretty.