Published by Michael Bailey

If you say things like “ah well you know how females are” or “oh females always do this” I want you to know that I have judged you and found you lacking

I know I’m a biologist working in reproductive behaviours but sometimes? Sometimes I just need to spend 24 hours without hearing the word “female”. (This is specifically directed at people who say “female” when talking about humans, particularly when they mean to say “woman”)

There is a certain irony about NERC putting out a funding call entitled “AI for environmental science”

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

"A queer feminist approach ... would not frame chemically-poisoned frogs as pitiable freaks of nature, as well-intentioned scientific and media coverage tends to do."

Nothing like writing a PhD thesis to make a man feel both incredibly smart and also incredibly inept at the same time

Hello I have just discovered that the people who made the spider gripper robots are based at the same uni that made the rice purity test

#Genotype and social environment influence female–female interactions in a non-social insect @animalsexpert.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #OpenAccess

Did you know that bisexual flowers are perfect? Botanists do. My latest pin celebrates the fact that 90% of flowering plants have individual flowers with both male and female parts. Botanists call these 'bisexual' or 'perfect' flowers. Please share! www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

The day my first scientific article is published is also the day I adopt my first dog- if you excuse me I shall be vibrating with joy over in the corner

First ever paper is finally out!!!! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

I’m adopting a dog in the next few weeks and I can’t believe I’m expected to work instead of lay on the floor and think about Booster

Our #study finds that #male #dominance isn't the norm among #primates, and starts to unravel what shapes flexibility in intersexual power paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122 press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249

Submitting to a format-agnostic journal is all fun and games until revised manuscripts have to be submitted in publication-ready format and you have 60 days to reformat and also do revisions

I did my first ever stand up set yesterday and it was amazing- Bright Club is such a great opportunity to do fun science communication

I’m doing my first ever stand up set tonight! Come see if you’re around :)

This is so cool and I love it but I did literally spend the last two days making phylogenies without this and so I’m maybe a little sad 🙃

If you think these are pretty but you're not trans and you're worried you shouldn't wear them, just go for it. You have permission. Enjoy the pretty fern and have fun confusing the transphobes. Wear it as a reminder to be an active ally. canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4312... #SciArt

We're looking for disabled or neurodivergent STEM role models! Especially in engineering but all fields welcome. Let’s show that STEM is for everyone. Apply: forms.gle/eHzFwm9G779y... 📩 [email protected] #DisabledInSTEM #NeurodivergentVoices #STEMStories

We're halfway through Pride so now seems a good time to drop a pin that people have been requesting: something for allies. The thing is though, I'm not interested in selling a traditional ally pin that allows just anyone to claim they're on our side, so lets talk about that 🧵 canopyrobin.etsy.com

What is common knowledge in your field, but. shocks outsiders? Most birds don’t have p*nises - the ones that do are “inflated” lymphatically rather than with blood like in mammals

Just did a for loop in R on my second try and I’m finally feeling like I actually might be earning my PhD

I am doing standup!!! About how I have slowly eroded my ability to be normal by doing a PhD in s-e-x

as some of you may be aware, we have been dealing with considerable transphobia (among other issues) in our department at the uni of aberdeen. we are sharing this letter publicly to raise awareness and ask for your support. please sign and share 💕🏳️‍⚧️ tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia #LGBTQinSTEM

Anyone know a bigender, genderfluid, or intersex doctor who might like a pin? Those designs still haven't sold any yet. Likewise with the pale pink and pale blue designs.

Today I learned that “jizz” means “vibes” in birding from an old bird book that gives such golden quotes as “Merlin Falco columbarius is another bird almost always 90% jizz”

Had a long day at work today and part of it was that I had to read this

Hello friends I need song recommendations- what’s a song with the same vibes as David Bowie’s bit in Under Pressure? I need it injected into my brain

Hello Bluesky what’s the gayest number

Sometimes I’m having a normal day and then a scientific paper talks about marmot cucks

I’ve gotten to the point of desperation that I’ve started listening to Only Lady Gaga while working in the hopes that it will magically give me Gay Productivity Powers

Just called my friend to rant about how I’ve learned too much about spider reproduction from one incredibly explicit paper and all she did was ask me if I’ve been outside today???

Some snapshots from my paper reading recently - oh to have the freedom to write like a naturalist from 1947

Today in: sentences that make me love reading old scientific papers

Sometimes doing a PhD in animal sexual behaviour leaves you googling questions like “what is normal scrotal consistency for a pony stallion” and “how do you test scrotal consistency”

RACISM, NOT RACE: Answers to FAQs 👨🏼‍🎓🔬 Questions? Come & listen to Joseph Graves speak at the DECOLONIZING SCIENCE public lecture, hosted by the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Biology Anti-Racism & School of Biology EDI committees 📅12th of March 1pm at the Booth Lecture Theatre Everyone is welcome!

Took my glasses for for three seconds and now I’m wandering around my flat and squinting at things trying to find them- a successful work from home day I’d say

Other fun times in my PhD involves extracting data from 2000+ papers and running into things like “goosing”

Fun times at the end of a PhD involving a database of 2000+ scientific papers and a laptop that is losing storage - I keep deleting apps and hoping it doesn’t just crash my computer 🫠

Was going through some whaling records from South Georgia when I found this fascinating case of an adult female fin whale transitioning to male #intersex #trans #nature #whales

The gay gene 😭

Hello all, I didn't expect to be writing this, but I'm glad that I've convinced myself, bc I couldn't have got anywhere without community, its the reason I'm still here, the reason I keep going, and I'd love for you to share and donate as much as is within your capacity rn 🙏🏽🤎🦋 gofund.me/6ae2e902

Subtle foreshadowing (I am working to publish a paper on the same video set but looking at aggression and same-sex sexual behaviour)

Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...

Distinguishing between sexual and romantic orientations is common in asexual communities... yet there's no research specifically about the split attraction model. Until now! I just published a study in Social Currents about split attraction. You can read it here:

Conferences. Also - salaries: being disabled is expensive

For @xtramagazine.com I wrote about Julia's national call for action and the need for trans people and our family, friends, and allies to call our representatives and senators. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...