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Charlie T

@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social

Herpetologist & PhD student studying range dynamics and conservation of T. cristatus under global change 🐸 Conisseur of all things slimy, scaly and generally underrated🐍 I go to gigs 🤘 sometimes I draw stuff 🦎 All views my own 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍉

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Cath Hodsman@cathhodsman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1. A short thread on wildlife gardening & rewilding: I've read that some folks consider rewilded gardens to be neglected messes. In my opinion, my rewilded garden is quite lovely & definitely not a neglected mess. Two short vids here to show you the habitats we've created.....🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐸🕷️🦔🦡🐦‍⬛

Charlie T@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Nagatitan is an awesome name for a sauropod 🦕 #paleontology #taxonomy

The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia

nature.com

Charlie T@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 4mo ago

www.instagram.com/reel/DXZMRif... Thissss all day long. Bobby never misses.

Double Down News on Instagram: "This is the shocking story of how the British Department for Education has been captured by Israeli forces. It's time to ask ourselves, who do our politicians actually...

41K likes, 1,257 comments - doubledownnews on April 21, 2026: "This is the shocking story of how the British Department for Education has been captured by Israeli forces. It's time to ask ourselves, ...

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Gus Bova@gusbova.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport

The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

texasobserver.org

Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕@restingdinoface.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Smithsonian Magazine asked me to highlight five Hell Creek Formation discoveries that changed what we know about the last days of the dinosaurs. I was happy to include @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social's Infernodrakon in the short list.

The Hell Creek Formation Is North America's Legendary Boneyard. See the Top Five Discoveries Found in the Iconic Fossil Bed

From preserved plants to T. rex, the material found in these Late Cretaceous rocks has resulted in countless breakthroughs for paleontologists

smithsonianmag.com

Earth BioGenome Project 🌍@ebpgenome.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A major milestone for biodiversity genomics: EBP-affiliated projects have now contributed over 6,000 genome assemblies toward the goal of sequencing all known eukaryotic life. 🧬 Thank you to all EBP-affiliated projects behind this work, from sampling and DNA extraction to sequencing and assembly.

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Charlie T@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's #worldfrogday! Here are some of my favourite anurans that I've had the pleasure to see this past year (more info in alt txt). Amphibian species are in decline, approximately 41% are threatened with extinction. We need action now from politicians and the global community to stop this crisis 🐸

Two common toads in amplexus on a path in the Scottish Highlands. The male is on top of the slightly larger female and is gripping her sides. This can be a common sight around ponds in the UK and elsewhere in Europe at this time of year, though Bufo bufo have declined significantly in the UK due to habitat loss and fragmentation as well as high road mortality when they migrate to and from their breeding ponds.A captive specimen of Atelopus varius the variable harlequin toad which comes from Central America. This individual is perched on a brown leaf in the Manchester Museum's vivarium. They are a striking looking animal with blotchy yellow and black colouration. This species is critically endangered due to the deadly fungus chytrid, as are many other members of their genus. A captive golden mantella frog, Mantella aurantiaca, which hails from Madagascar. This specimen is also from the Manchester museum and is sat in the middle of some leafy greenery. The frog is bright orange and highly contrasted against the moist green leaves and the darker background. They are very restricted in their range in the wild and are one of the most threatened species of amphibian in Madagascar.
Charlie T@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Great weekend at Herp Workers 2026 in Glasgow🦎🐸 Highlights for me were the workshops on conservation genetics and updating the HSI for crested newts. Some very interesting discussions also had surrounding rewilding in UK, more on that to follow!

A photo at dusk overlooking the river Clyde in Glasgow from Bell Bridge. On the right of the river is the Crown Plaza hotel (the location of the conference) and on the left is the BBC Scotland building.
Dee Evelyn@deeboom.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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

kat@katvapid.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Sorry to always repeat this, but it’s important: my trans kid saw multiple specialists +had therapy for over a year before receiving any gender-affirming care. My short cis child had hormones/puberty blockers aggressively pushed on him by drs starting at age 5 bc they were concerned about his height

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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...

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

washingtonpost.com

Charlie T@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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.

Alexis Vandom@vandomva.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today is the Trans Day of Rememberance. We are still losing so many innocent souls to murder and suicide. Sadly, in this climate of genocidal hostility cultivated by public figures and governments alike, it isn't surprising. We must fight back. For the fallen. And for those still with us. #TDOR

Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living. Transgender Day of Rememberance. This is why we're so fucking angry.
STEAMLORD@exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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

K9MacMac@k9wag.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Scientists are partly to blame by not learning to effectively communicate in lay language on modern communication channels. That information void is then ripe for disinformation to fill. Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.