It is my great privilege to be an ecologist on your speed dial list 😍

Thanks Bob!!

(It is very much a biggie)

Oh, I passed my viva btw
I’m a doctor now, no biggie

Trans in Natural History Survey 2026

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...

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...

Just got a CPAP machine can’t wait to become an entirely new person after one single night

Turdus migratorius, that’s what I call a bowel movement

A screenshot of an email reading: I think 🤔 using the term "same sex behavior" is wildly anthropomorphic & presumptive (have you checked your assumptions with math models?); why isn't it good enough to use the Ethologists' terminology for the behavior--agonistic display?; the field of Animal Behavior remains more like a Social Science than a Science; social scientists complicate phenomena when the job of a scientist is to simplify it, usually by unpacking variability & apparent complexity (see Parisi Nobel Prize Physics 2021); 🤔

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

The image is an infographic titled "Open science creates economic value through reuse at scale," by PLOS. It highlights four benefits of reuse: prevents duplication of effort, accelerates research processes, compounds benefits through network effects, and enables reuse across sectors. The left side features a flowchart illustrating reuse from a single research output. On the right, a text box emphasizes that open science can enhance productivity and strengthen long-term performance when done correctly. A final note states, "Publishing is a vital part of the infrastructure that enables reuse at scale.

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 🫩 🔭

Apparently the only place it says that you have to register for your abstract to be considered is after you submit the abstract?

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

This brings me great joy

One of my favourite things I’ve ever found in the depths of old papers (aside from the time I learned that “jizz” was a term old British birders used in reference of the vibes of a bird)

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

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

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...

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

Dead Woman is a song that (and I mean this as a compliment) would have delayed me recognising myself as transgender and kept me thinking I was a woman for at least another year if it had come out before I transitioned

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

If you're in need of a guffaw, might I recommend...?

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:

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...

Booty bumping is officially a scientific term!!!!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Top surgery recovery:
Sitting in a hotel bed listening to the audiobook of Whipping Girl by @juliaserano.bsky.social and knitting an ants in a row raglan (altered to scarab pattern) by @leafhopper.bsky.social
Top tier transgenderism

Thank you 🤩

a green curtain is hanging on a red curtain in a room . ALT: a green curtain is hanging on a red curtain in a room .

Nine days until top surgery!!!!!