Niece got put on blockers cos she hit puberty at 10, my son was in line to get them at 11 but Dr said kids are hitting puberty younger nowadays. Said early in her career my kid would have been on them no question but come back if we wanted them Literally that simple for cis kids to delay puberty

Ignore the performative, disingenuous cries of "antisemitism" Trump & GOP have so cynically used as a political shield. Look instead at what they're actually doing: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

✌️ I love being a scary lefty activist

Feels especially pertinent right now. The hatred my community has received this past couple of years has been deliberately manufactured by very rich and powerful people with agendas beyond that which they would have you think. These people are costing lives.

Looking forward to this week's department seminar with Rob Wilson @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social from the #science museum in Madrid, invited by @camilarocabado.bsky.social

It's almost as if deliberately making every aspect of society worse has a negative effect on people.

Getting legacy media to give air time to actual scientists who can communicate - and there are plenty out there - is incredibly difficult; and they are then set up against cranks whose opinions are supposedly the same value as years of scholarship

I moved the cory squad over to the 29 gal. Now they have more room for activities such as snorfling.

Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.” Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop

📢 Adoption of new IUCN resolution on #amphibian #conservation 📢 🐸 Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for: -updated conservation guidelines -govts to implement long term national plans -funding research

One of my favorite quotes I’ve heard across some of these short Chinese dramas: “To be merciful to those who hurt you is the greatest cruelty to yourself.” They really do use your mercy to continue to hurt you.

Don't miss our @chillsubs.bsky.social page! Lifesaver for us writers looking for specific publication standards and guidelines! www.chillsubs.com/magazine/lun.... Just another publication hoping never to charge reading fees and encourage everybody to create art!

Just launched an online literary magazine that I've been working on this past year. Eager to read what everybody has to send us! We are accepting fiction, poetry, CNF, and artwork. #literarymag #openforsubmission #fiction #poetry #writersofbluesky #artmagazine lunarsealit.wordpress.com/submissions/

Can someone please tell me how the fuck I'm supposed to verify my age if this stupid verification site keeps not accepting my face scan or my card details...Like, no direct messaging for me I guess??? @bsky.app #fuckkierstarmer

#OctoberForBats 🦇 Together, we can make a difference for bats! This month, let's rally behind bat research and outreach programs by fundraising and spreading awareness. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps us, help bats. Learn how you can participate and donate at www.albertabats.ca 💡

Again I ask: how did we go from half of parliament and all of the press up in arms denouncing racism as a weapon to hound out the left, to the PM giving Enoch Powell speeches and fascists running riot in the street without a word of criticism from the main parties, and active support in some cases.

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

Final words of the last #ESEB2025 plenary by @jmappes.bsky.social: "Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility"

Very moving presentation from one of the recipients of the EUEA award from @eseb.bsky.social . As a trans academic myself, seeing effort being put into inclusivity has been refreshing. Thank you for platforming this topic and supporting people like this speaker 🏳️‍⚧️

A selection of the wonderful #herp posters I have seen this week at #ESEB the European society for evolutionary biology conference 🐸 the sheer breadth of topics being covered is awesome, from population trends and conservation genetics to transposable elements and sexual dimorphism in meiosis!

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

@karendeepsidhu.bsky.social tells us about how monogamy/polygamy alters responses to heatwaves in burying beetles (well a 25oC Scottish heatwave anyway)

265,000 Long Term Empty Homes in England 720,000 empty homes in England currently 1,627,450 second homes in England (99610 in Wales) It's not assylum hotels stopping us housing homeless people. It's political choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Having a great time at the European society for Evolutionary Biology conference! Loads of interesting talks and posters, including a strong Aberdeen contingent, favorite title so far definitely goes to Eva Ringer with "who let the frogs out" 🐸 #evolution #biology #conference #herpetology

Looking forward to presenting my poster later at ESEB 2025 🐸 board 166 come find me if you're here

Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

🐸File-eared tree frog (Polypedates otilophus). Max. size for males 80 mm (3.1"), for females 100 mm (3.9"). Eats mostly insects and spiders. Found on the island of Borneo. Considered Least Concern by the IUCN. 📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik

Just spotted this slow worm weaving its way through my garden #reptiles #herpetology #nature 🧪 🐸🦎 youtube.com/shorts/nc0IM...

I'm currently watching the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale (airing right now on Channel 4). It's not lost on me that we are cheering on the courageous handmaids as they carry out a plot to kills the commanders of Gilead, their rapists and oppressers, whilst the rebels try to overthrow 🧵

beautiful day to be anti-colonial & anti-apartheid, we love to see it

Roxie Collie Simpson Laybourne (September 15, 1910 – August 7, 2003) was an #American #ornithologist born in #Fayetteville, North Carolina. She pioneered the study of forensic #ornithology while at the National Museum of Natural History. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxie_C...

Bombing for peace is like burning books to promote literacy.

A newly identified group of deep-sea spiders carries methane-eating microbes on their legs, revealing a unique symbiosis and a surprising new lineage in the ocean depths #DeepSea #NewSpecies #MarineBiology #OceanExploration #biology 🧪🕷️🌊 Paper www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Spineless gits coating lives once again. I was not old enough to remember the last time but I won't forget this in the years to come.

They used to have to fabricate or deliberately misinterpret intelligence to give the veneer of legitimacy to these actions. They don't even think you're worth that anymore.

Remember, we fought the entire Vietnam and Iraq wars without an official congressional declaration. Congress has only officially declared war eleven times in US history. The last time in WWII.

They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”

Vertebrate hotspots are expected to see increased climate extremes in the coming decades; often in places where animals may be most naive to such events. New research out of my lab led by Dr. van den Bosch in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🧪🌐🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Democrats should introduce articles of impeachment for RFK jr Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it

"Ban news and ban communication Ban talking back to cops Ban all the politicians you can't pay for Ban fair trials and elections Ban anything and everything That you see as threatening" #DailyAntiFascJam Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0dgAOb... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHN...

Update: still watching rattlecam, I'm going crazy on R, but these silly goobers are a nice distraction

Rattlecam has me in a chokehold I have it up on one of my monitors at work as we speak

Rude!!! 😂 Watch live at RattleCam.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-pW...

The people on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which is meant to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza are saying there is a drone hovering over their ship, which they take as a threat given what happened last time. This is happening right now.

Incase anyone is wondering if it is legit, I did in fact Google it and I found the HHS whistleblower portal and their 'guidance'....this is horrifying

the juxtaposition between blaring #pride PR and silence on institutional #transphobia at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social is jarring our last resort has been to publish an open letter and ask for students and colleagues across academia to add their signatures in support 👇👇 tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia

Happy Pride Month @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social it has been over a year since we opened a complaints process regarding the transphobia in SBS and have been met with a wall of silence ever since. Performative gestures like this are not enough to reconcile the harm that has been caused.