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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Can't really afford the registration for a conference as I'm mostly unemployed. Is it really worth spending $600 I don't really have to go to a conference that is local? #STEM #science🧪 #ecr #earlycareerresearcher

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Spotted a bunch of wild Austroplebia hives along a mental bridge Cairns Botanic Gardens.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Day 1 of the Australian Native Bee Association conference today! My talk is all done and I got to show off my custom bee shirt. #nativebees #anba2026 #tetragonula #science🧪 #bees #entomology

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Australian Native Bee Association's July meeting is tomorrow via zoom. At 6pm AEST (UTC+10) I will give a brief talk about my research on the brains and intelligence of Aussie native bees. You don't have to be from Australia to join, you just need to love bees! #science🧪 #nativebees #entomology

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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/06/2026

A new Science study shows that bumble bees can position a ball underneath a fake “flower” to reach a reward, suggesting they can exhibit spontaneous problem-solving and challenging the notion that such advanced cognitive abilities are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates. scim.ag/4vs08dC

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Dr. Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy #PrideMonth! To celebrate, I'm starting a thread of readings on queerness in animals/evolution, and keep adding throughout the month. I'll include a mix of writing for popular audiences as well as some scientific articles and book recommendations! 🧪 🏳️‍🌈 (1/n) Nature has ALWAYS been queer! 🌈

Graphical abstract with a drawing of two bonobos copulating on branches with greenery in the background, and a researcher wearing a pride mask sitting with a clipboard observing.

In the upper right text box above the researchers's head, the text has "Are bonobos just gal pals? (in bold), with bullet points:--same-sex "sociosexual" behavior is often treated as social rathan than sexual, --we overn overlook social functions in mixed-sex sexual behavior, --we should study social and sexual functions across all sex pairings!"

In the bottom left, under the bonobos, is another text box, with the bolded text: "LGBTQ+ scientists provide a situated perspective that expands our understanding of social and sexual behavior within queer frameworks."

The graphical abstract is from Graham and Rodrigues (2026), "Just Gal Pals! The Differential Treatment of Sexual Behavior Among Nonhuman Great Apes,'" in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Barcoding museum collections has given me a very cool opportunity to see extinct and rare Australian specimens. Very grateful for the chance and will be sad when it comes to an end at the end of June.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

So I didn't get the postdoc I applied for (bummer!) but the feedback was very positive! It made for some good experience in grant writing and I'm overall proud of what I produced. Hopefully one day I'll be able to actually do the project. #academia #postdoc #entomology #science

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I was asked to give a talk and join in at a native bee art workshop! There's nothing I love more than a captive audience and rambling about bees! Check out art workshops by @curiositiesbyz (on Instagram). #scicom #bees #nativebees #art #entomology

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

yeah im bummed about sora. bummed i sora bunch of stupid fake videos

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Does anyone have any advice on how to write up a project proposal? I'm struggling with the ROPE section. I've found lots of good advice online but no examples. It's hard to figure out what exactly I need to write.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I have a second job! When I'm not teaching at Taronga zoo, I am helping to barcode the natural sciences collection at the Australian Museum.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The trickiest bees I've photographed so far! The cuckoo bees (Thyreus), with the chequered cuckoo bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus) on the left and the neons cuckoo bee (Thyreus nitidulus). #bees #australianbees #entomology #macrophotography #nativebees

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

First day at new job! Excited to teach undergrads about animals and zoological research.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Happy start to the Sydney Mardi Gras season! Here's a couple of pride flags (rainbow + trans) I made up using my Australian native bee photography! #QueerSTEM #macrophotography #nativebees #sydneyMardiGras #transgender #Australiannativebees

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Full on autocracy ⬇️ Minns will restrict protests even more. The point of a protest is a show of force (voters) and to be seen. Reducing the size of protests, or relegating them to areas where there aren't many people, defeats the purpose of protesting. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

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Chris Minns flags further crackdown on protests in central Sydney

‘We’re going to have to confront this idea that the centre of Sydney can be dominated weekend after weekend,’ NSW premier says

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 26/01/2026

I think everyone should trans their gender at least once, as a treat

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

New stingless bee tattoo for submitting and finishing (corrections are almost done) my PhD. My PhD focused on the cognition, learning and brains of the only Sydney stingless bee - Tetragonula carbonaria. I have a pretty full arm of bee tattoos now! #bees #entomology #tattoo #scientistswithtattoos

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I'm still struggling to find work post PhD. It feels like everyone else around me was able to get great jobs right away while I've applied for almost 200 with only a couple interviews to show for it. Unsure what I'm doing wrong 😔 #phdlife #phdadvice #science #jobhunt #academia

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Local bush walk today and stumbled onto some male native bees, Lipotriches australica, aka. green and gold nomia. #entomology #nativebees #bees #australianbees

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

My garden is being visited by the aptly named, Amegilla bombiformis, aka teddy bear bee. On the left is a female and on the right, a male. #macrophotography #entomology #insects #australianbees #nativebees

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I'm never going to be okay with the idea that I'm supposed to sit politely while people talk about using ChatGPT to do their research! I actually do this science stuff because I enjoy it, and I think if you hate writing your own papers or parsing your own data THAT much you should do something else!

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Graham Kendall @grahamkendall.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts theconversation.com/should-austr...

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Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts

Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Why does my desk turn into a mess every time I do some insect pinning! 😭

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Maybe police and security services should have spent less time harassing peace protesters and more time looking into IS-affiliated guys with multiple weapons who went to the Philippines for terrorist training…?

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Gaza’s Government Media Office reports Israel has broken terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire at least 738 times since it took effect on October 10, killing at least 386 Palestinians, while severely restricting shipments of food, shelter, medicine, fuel and other basic goods into Gaza.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This male Lipotriches australica was bubbling! A process in which the bee will bubble nectar in order to evaporate the water and condense the nectar! #macrophotography #entomology #nativebees #australianbees #insects

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

NSW police are doing what they do best, using a tragedy as an excuse to over police and arrest minorities.

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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It's wonderful that antisemitism is finally universally condemned. But you didn't have to make virulent Islamophobia acceptable instead

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The attack at Bondi is directly linked to the fact the government won't lift a finger to stop racists neo-nazis terrorising Sydney as they please.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 14/12/2025

Devestating to wake up to the news of the death toll reaching 16 people at the #Bondi shootings yesterday. Just awful. 7News is reporting that the hero who tackled the gunman is Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43-year-old Lebanese immigrant, father and fruit grocer from the suburb of Sutherland.

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Hero suffers two gunshot wounds in Bondi beach shooting | 7NEWS

YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Probably just a coincidence that the list of Australia's new fossil fuel projects will come out on the Friday before Xmas. #takingoutthetrash #Auspol #climate #transparency

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A review paper I did during COVID finally got accepted! A nice early Christmas surprise.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Another chapter from my PhD thesis submitted for review! This research was really exciting, fingers crossed for a smooth review process.

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Trans.au 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.au · 24/11/2025

We just added a new article! - QNews - NSW man convicted of transgender hate speech trans.au/news/qnews-n...

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

F'ing this! 👇

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Today's native bee for #auspollinatorweek is Leioproctus sp. (hairy colletid bee). These small, hairy bees are most commonly found in Australasia! #pollinatorweek #invertebrates #bees #nativebees #entomology #macrophotography

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Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The Tiny Bees Powering Giant Eucalyptus Trees! 🐝🌳 Australia's best superheroes are often overlooked! ⭐ Euryglossinae Bees are only found in Australia where over 400 species are pollinating Eucalyptus trees every day! 👊🌸 The catch? They are TINY! Only 3-8mm big! 🤯 (1/2)

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Female round-headed masked bee (Hylaeus rotundiceps) pollinating lillypillys today. Named for their mask-like facial markings. #nativebees #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweek #invert #australianbees #invertebrates🐙 #Australianwildlife

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp. or the leaf cutter bee. This female was covered in pollen, they store the pollen on the long scopal hairs under their abdomen. #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweek #bees #nativebees #macrophotography #entomology #australianbees

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Standing room only in the Queer Entomology symposium, especially for Chris Marshall and the greatest grad student T-shirt ever created

Late 90s Cornell Entomology unofficial shirt design, featuring a classic Tom of Finland hunk with a butterfly net.

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This was my first time combining two of my photos, at different focuses, to get a clear, in focus, subject. These Amegilla sp. are currently pollinating all the salvia and tomato plants in my backyard. #macrophotography #bees #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweek #insectphotography🐝📷

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It's Australian native pollinator week! I'll be trying to post a native bee a day. Here's today's (10/11) bee the Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia (Lipotriches phanerura), capable of buzz pollination. #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweekaus #australianpollinatorweek #entomology #nativebees #science🧪

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

How many pollinators can you fit in one photo? Found these two brown flower beetles mating next to flying ants and two foraging native bees (Hylaeus and Parasphecodes). #nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪

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Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝 @fumblebeefae.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I have officially heard back that I have passed my PhD! I’m giving myself a day to celebrate before I tackle the corrections. #PhBee #PhD #doctorbee

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