Sometimes all it takes to finish and submit a grant application is a sick ass playlist I may have to start thanking Vulfpeck in all my outputs for the things they do to my productivity
Tom Green (they/he)
@animalsexpert.bsky.social
St Andrews -PhD Student- studying homosexual behaviour in non human animals - trans 🏳️⚧️ and disabled
My version of science communication is hijacking a whisky tour in Islay to talk about belly button snails and to get everybody invested in my search for snails
Amazing. No notes. @evoroseman.bsky.social talk about race science for Ghent University. ugent.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
Lecture Charles C. Roseman 11-06-2026
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Hello please recommend books that will ruin me emotionally (queer books are a bonus but if you say a Little Life or whatever that book is I’m gonna scream)
I love living in Scotland and learning all the slang and scots words but every time somebody asks to clap my dog I get very confused
#BrightClub #BrightClubStAndrews is returning to the #ByreTheatre June 10th for some smart laughs and a few pints! byretheatre.com/shows/bright...
Getting back into working in R for the first time since writing my thesis and good lord I spent the whole day yesterday troubleshooting code only to realise it was the most basic mistake this morning I don’t think I missed this part of stats
Today I learned that there are only 8 species of bee that lose their stinger after they sting I also learned that I am allergic to bees
Oh, I passed my viva btw I’m a doctor now, no biggie
Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trans in Natural History Survey 2026
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We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers
Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.
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Just got a CPAP machine can’t wait to become an entirely new person after one single night
Ah the joys of publishing a paper (not pictured, a quote by the CEO of palantir after the name of published behavioural ecologist/primatologist that is absolutely not the person who wrote this email)
#BrightClubStAndrews is so soon! I'll be working the door, then enjoying our 6 funny folks and our wonderful MC! Come if you can, it's only a fiver :) wegottickets.com/event/691981 P. S. There's a bar ;) #BrightClub
Open Science isn’t just a values choice. It’s an economic one. We are sharing a new independent report by @technopolis-group.com on the economic benefits of #OpenScience and what drives value when research outputs are designed for reuse at scale: plos.io/4rdAxCY
Importantly they are planning to hire these people on 2 year contracts so what actually happened is they fired everyone so they could rehire them with worse working conditions and an easy revolving door with industry 🔭
Sarah Hörst@planetdr.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt’s weird how this doesn’t say “oops we accidentally pushed out/incentivized to leave/fired” a lot of engineers and it turns out engineering projects need those.
Apparently the only place it says that you have to register for your abstract to be considered is after you submit the abstract?
Tom Green (they/he)@animalsexpert.bsky.social · 5mo agoHas anybody sent an abstract for the euro evo devo conference in Glasgow? It seems strange that in order to apply you have to already have paid the £300 early bird registration fee and they only offer a 25% refund if you cancel
Has anybody sent an abstract for the euro evo devo conference in Glasgow? It seems strange that in order to apply you have to already have paid the £300 early bird registration fee and they only offer a 25% refund if you cancel
It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023. Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G
Fish, neuroscience, and the internet, oh my! Bright Club St Andrews is doing the comedy thing again... We have six hilarious acts, compered by the incredible Susan Morrison of Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club Join us on 10th March, 7pm, Sandy's Bar, tickets £5 wegottickets.com/event/691981
Bright Club St Andrews: Spring 2026
The freshest thing in stand-up! Six of academia's finest and funniest share the hilarious highs and lows of their work. MC'd by the fabulous Susan Morrison of Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club Featuring...
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New Mitski Album brb reverting to my 20 year old mental health so i can experience it properly
Same-sex sexual behavior in North American field crickets, including courtship singing, mounting, and “booty bumping,” is not the result of sex recognition failure but is associated with reduced aggression. In PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2506022123
Found some queer and trans organizations in various cities in Kansas, specifically - Lawrence: tlcks.org - Kansas City: www.ourspotkc.org - Wichita: www.thecenterofwichita.org
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org
Trans Continental Pipeline
Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado
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If you're in need of a guffaw, might I recommend...?
@brightclubsta.bsky.social · 5mo agoFish, neuroscience, and the internet, oh my! Bright Club St Andrews is doing the comedy thing again... We have six hilarious acts, compered by the incredible Susan Morrison of Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club Join us on 10th March, 7pm, Sandy's Bar, tickets £5 wegottickets.com/event/691981
As far as I know, farm archives have never really been used to track queer histories before. Given they mostly record the financial ongoings on a given farm, you can understand why. However, my year of research at The MERL has proved their potential. Find out more in this blog:
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)@themerl.bsky.social · 5mo agoIf you're researching queer history in England, farm records might be one of the last places you'd check. Yet for #LGBTQHistoryMonth, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares how he's tracing queer histories within our farm archives, and gives tips for future research. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
Booty bumping is officially a scientific term!!!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Multispecies analysis of social effects on same-sex sexual behavior challenges mistaken identity hypotheses in insects | PNAS
Same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in insects has historically been considered a byproduct of sex recognition failure, or “mistaken identity,” and cons...
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