When @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social started their PhD with @extinctionleeds.bsky.social, the project was a great #conservation #science idea. This latest paper on a more-than-human approach to #bird trade, however, shows how superbly their work developed: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great project at a cool institution with an awesome supervisor! Run don't walk 🦏

I think the fact that @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social etc latest paper has the phrase "a more than human political ecology" in its title neatly demonstrates the shift towards interdisciplinary in @conbiology.bsky.social in recent years. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

And I forgot to reshare my own episode imagine. Tune in to hear more about the world of bird trade 🦜

Have a break. Have 12 Tonnes of KitKat. Remember, kids, Nestle is literally the company who literally told African mothers that their breast milk wasn't good enough in order to sell more formula. Don't be a snitch, now.

@pinknews.bsky.social is publishing propaganda to sanitize the image of a raging transphobe who’s harmed trans youth across the UK. Wes Streeting and this Labour government have been incredibly detrimental to trans people. They’ve banned crucial aspects of care for trans youth 🧵

also trans ppl existing in the world isn't a 'progressive worldview'. we've always been here. 🤷‍♀️ stripping us of our rights and replacing our healthcare with conversion is a regression of the status quo.

I don’t know dude. If James Baldwin was able to write all his work while his friends were being assassinated by the FBI, and while he was living in terror as a gay Black man … then maybe you can write without using A.I.

I also made this online document of easy-to-take actions for allies who want to support trans people right now: docs.google.com/document/u/0... 🏳️‍⚧️

#OtD 14 Mar 2018 Marielle Franco, bisexual Afro-Brazilian socialist feminist was assassinated in Rio de Janeiro. She spoke out against extrajudicial killings by police. Suspects all had links to security forces or far-right ex-President, Jair Bolsonaro stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8600...

If you’re reading this and you’re scared, that’s understandable. And I can’t tell you that you’ll be able to pass as cis. But just to give you a single data point, I didn’t come out at work until I was 34. You can be alright, and you do have a future. People know what trans people are. It’s fine.

Temporarily increasing my dispatch times on canopyrobin.etsy.com because life is too stressful right now and this is the easiest change I can make immediately. Please keep buying and sharing them though because transition costs are also stress... they might just take a couple extra days to arrive

Resharing again in case anyone hasn't seen. Please get in touch if you'd be interested in joining this symposium in November!

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Being trans is a joy and a gift! Some folks are trying to take away that joy! We will not let them! We will become even more trans and more joyful as time goes on!

In Episode 4 of Edges of Extinction, Seb Stroud, @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social and @jdroberts.bsky.social talk to Andrea Boom about language, plants, culture and frankincense in Oman #environmentalhumanities #socialsci #linguistics #extinctionstudies extinctionstudiesleeds.podbean.com/e/edges-of-e...

Researchers, practitioners, and resource users in the marine human-wildlife coexistence/conflict space we are hoping to run a symposium and focus group at the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) in Edinburgh from 13-17 November 2026.

With every fibre of my being, let me say this in a loud, clear, booming voice: this should have happened when Virginia Giuffre was alive to see it.

In Episode 3 of 'Edges of Extinction', Andrea Boom, @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social & @jdroberts.bsky.social talk to Seb Stroud about the looming extinction of botanical knowledge and the importance of plants extinctionstudiesleeds.podbean.com/e/edges-of-e... #botany #education #extinction

This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old

You realise it is three years to the day that Brianna Ghey was murdered. An innocent young girl killed because of transphobia and hate. What's changed in the three years since? Transphobes have upped their attacks. The government has increased discrimination. It doesn't have to be like this.

Really happy to have found @junoryleejournalism.com’s work. She’s a brilliant journalist and we need to be supporting a) the free press, b) our comrades in the States and c) trans women who make the world go round!!!!

I urge you to fill in this consultation if you can - with this very helpful support from Amnesty International - although AND because ! it is heart-breaking that this country has sunk so low that Amnesty suggest in a number of cases to provide no answer as the terms of the question are so evil

Next episode is up of our podcast ‘Edges of Extinction’! Aptly titled ‘Killer Language’… @katatrepsis.bsky.social and @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social speak to Diane Nelson about language extinction, what it means for a language to die, and how this happens. bit.ly/4roa1XL

Fascist governments are undermining abortion access, trans health care, gay relationships, etc under the guise of “fighting gender ideology.” So, anyone who believes in women’s rights and gay rights should be showing solidarity to oppose their politics, not colluding with it to attack trans people.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

🚨 6 DAYS LEFT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. Over 5,000 have taken action. Will you join them? https://action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-matters-infiltrating-the-council-of-europe

URGENT: Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE. Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this. Do it now. We have a week. Please share.

Myself and @jdroberts.bsky.social made a podcast!!!! Introducing a short series ‘Edges of Extinction’. Recorded at the Helix Suite at the University of Leeds!

I think this needs to shared widely. Especially to those who have the power to stop it.

Emotional music and red squirrels is a bit much for a Tuesday morning 😩

Want to protect yourself & others even if healthcare systems aren’t? A well-fitting n95 or better dramatically reduces the odds you will get or spread illness. It’s self care & community care & meaningful resistance of fascism, ableism, & all the other intertwined -isms. Get/give mask mutual aid:

"One day, I left school and drove to a gas station to use their bathroom. Another day, I held it and thought I was going to pee myself in front of class ... This is humiliation disguised as policy, and it is why I decided to leave a job I love and was born to do."

Updated version here: bsky.app/profile/agc1...

Little late to the party but I have noticed there are lots of PhD adverts closing soon. If anyone needs any advice on applications or being a PhD student in the UK (or at the University of Leeds), please PM me, I'd love to help 💡

New paper out on 'Investigating the illegal online trade of Indonesian parrots'; this was a labour of love, which I contributed to during my time on the GCRF Art, Feathers and Crime in 2021 with @dremilinesmith.bsky.social and Chloe Heys 🦜 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Want to join our panel @eccb26leiden.bsky.social on "Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past"? We are looking for presentations exploring the histories of conservation. Email me ([email protected]) with an abstract by 9th Feb.

'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-linked-activists-60-days-hunger-strike-damage

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

In retaliation for a solidarity event for Palestinian political prisoners in Israel and a screening of the film “Hind Rajab.” For this they shot students.

This was probably meant to be a late-night post: I spent eight months working on a stunt blog about a $200 sandwich. Or, no, I did an end-of-year post about my mental health and the federal funding crisis. I'm not sure which. Maybe you can figure it out. www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/epi...

Proud to have my photo essay out in the publication Current Conservation. I got really into photography during my PhD including using a film camera. I hope it conveys some of the visual experience of being in a bird market and the sense of place. Enjoy 🐦 www.currentconservation.org/visual-stori...

Amazing work by my new colleagues on the ExCASES team on the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project. Led by the indomitable Clare Bissell - there are some beautiful resources crafted on cultivating communities of care for nurturing urban trees 🌳: renewbiodiversity.org.uk/urban-trees/

One of my PhD chapters: 'Designing user-centered technologies to address the illegal wildlife trade' is OUT NOW in the @society4conbio.bsky.social journal Conservation Science and Practice! Please check out the graphical abstract and give it a read: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

PhD tea towels!!!! Thank you to my amazing supervisors @katatrepsis.bsky.social, @georgeholmes.bsky.social & Chris Birchall. And thank you to Freddy of Dreadful Threads in Leeds for producing :)

I’m in a video about my very cool PhD program @extinctionleeds.bsky.social. Shot during a difficult time for me, I’m still happy I managed the filming and shared my research 🧐