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Sicily Fiennes 🍉

@sicilyfiennes.bsky.social
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Post doc fellow at @nationaltrust.org.uk on the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project. Working on increasing access to nature. they/them 🏳️‍⚧️ conservationsensationblog.wordpress…

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Chris Hassall @katatrepsis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
When @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social started their PhD with @extinctionleeds.bsky.social, the project was a great #conservation #science idea. This latest paper on a more-than-human approach to #bird trade, however, shows how superbly their work developed: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A more‐than‐human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade
Since its inception, conservation science has considered wildlife trade a problem. In focusing on conservation outcomes, conservationists almost completely ignore the welfare of traded animals and pl...
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Great project at a cool institution with an awesome supervisor! Run don't walk 🦏
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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I think the fact that @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social etc latest paper has the phrase "a more than human political ecology" in its title neatly demonstrates the shift towards interdisciplinary in @conbiology.bsky.social in recent years. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A more‐than‐human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade
Since its inception, conservation science has considered wildlife trade a problem. In focusing on conservation outcomes, conservationists almost completely ignore the welfare of traded animals and pl...
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
And I forgot to reshare my own episode imagine. Tune in to hear more about the world of bird trade 🦜
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Tom Juniper🏳️‍⚧️ @tomjuniper.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Have a break. Have 12 Tonnes of KitKat. Remember, kids, Nestle is literally the company who literally told African mothers that their breast milk wasn't good enough in order to sell more formula. Don't be a snitch, now.
An official statement from Nestle appealing for information as to who has nicked 12 tonnes of KitKats.
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Alice Winterland @alicewinterland.com · 04/04/2026
@pinknews.bsky.social is publishing propaganda to sanitize the image of a raging transphobe who’s harmed trans youth across the UK. Wes Streeting and this Labour government have been incredibly detrimental to trans people. They’ve banned crucial aspects of care for trans youth 🧵
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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 04/04/2026
also trans ppl existing in the world isn't a 'progressive worldview'. we've always been here. 🤷‍♀️ stripping us of our rights and replacing our healthcare with conversion is a regression of the status quo.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 06/11/2025
I also made this online document of easy-to-take actions for allies who want to support trans people right now: docs.google.com/document/u/0... 🏳️‍⚧️
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Actions for Trans Allies
Actions For Allies With increasing transphobia in the media and politics, being trans is getting more dangerous every day. Trans people’s access to public spaces, services, and healthcare are being re...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 14/03/2026
#OtD 14 Mar 2018 Marielle Franco, bisexual Afro-Brazilian socialist feminist was assassinated in Rio de Janeiro. She spoke out against extrajudicial killings by police. Suspects all had links to security forces or far-right ex-President, Jair Bolsonaro stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8600...
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 05/03/2026
Temporarily increasing my dispatch times on canopyrobin.etsy.com because life is too stressful right now and this is the easiest change I can make immediately. Please keep buying and sharing them though because transition costs are also stress... they might just take a couple extra days to arrive
A collage of photos showing enamel pins in lots of different pride colours and nature inspired shapes, including trees, flowers, ferns, a tree ID guide, pronouns, and the gamechanger loop-de-loop that says "we've been here the whole time". In the middle of the collage, text reads "fundraising for my transition at canopy robin dot etsy dot com"
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Resharing again in case anyone hasn't seen. Please get in touch if you'd be interested in joining this symposium in November!
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/02/2026
Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚
INTRODUCING! 

Hannah Spencer 

The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON 

Green Party 

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Being trans is a joy and a gift! Some folks are trying to take away that joy! We will not let them! We will become even more trans and more joyful as time goes on!
a banner which reads Trans Rights Are Human Rights surrounded by stars and yellow roses
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Leverhulme Extinction Studies DTP @extinctionleeds.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In Episode 4 of Edges of Extinction, Seb Stroud, @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social and @jdroberts.bsky.social talk to Andrea Boom about language, plants, culture and frankincense in Oman #environmentalhumanities #socialsci #linguistics #extinctionstudies extinctionstudiesleeds.podbean.com/e/edges-of-e...
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Edges of Extinction Episode 4: The World of Frankincence | Extinction Studies at Leeds
Sicily Fiennes, Jonathan Roberts and Seb Stroud talk to Andrea Boom about language, plants, culture and frankincense in Oman. The discussion follows on from Episode 3.   Podcast logo by Sicily Fiennes...
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Researchers, practitioners, and resource users in the marine human-wildlife coexistence/conflict space we are hoping to run a symposium and focus group at the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) in Edinburgh from 13-17 November 2026.
The circular logo depicts a seal surrounded by a purple weed I can't remember the name of in the foreground, with a castle on a cliff in the background. The words IMCC8 in Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17 2026 are spelled out at the top.
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 19/02/2026
With every fibre of my being, let me say this in a loud, clear, booming voice: this should have happened when Virginia Giuffre was alive to see it.
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Leverhulme Extinction Studies DTP @extinctionleeds.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
In Episode 3 of 'Edges of Extinction', Andrea Boom, @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social & @jdroberts.bsky.social talk to Seb Stroud about the looming extinction of botanical knowledge and the importance of plants extinctionstudiesleeds.podbean.com/e/edges-of-e... #botany #education #extinction
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Edges of Extinction Episode 3: Wool Aliens and Dog-piss Communities | Extinction Studies at Leeds
Sicily Fiennes, Jonathan Roberts and Andrea Boom talk to Seb Stroud about the looming extinction of botanical knowledge and the importance of plants   Podcast logo by Sicily Fiennes. Incidental music ...
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Sad mazov @sadmazov.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
You realise it is three years to the day that Brianna Ghey was murdered. An innocent young girl killed because of transphobia and hate. What's changed in the three years since? Transphobes have upped their attacks. The government has increased discrimination. It doesn't have to be like this.
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Really happy to have found @junoryleejournalism.com’s work. She’s a brilliant journalist and we need to be supporting a) the free press, b) our comrades in the States and c) trans women who make the world go round!!!!
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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I urge you to fill in this consultation if you can - with this very helpful support from Amnesty International - although AND because ! it is heart-breaking that this country has sunk so low that Amnesty suggest in a number of cases to provide no answer as the terms of the question are so evil
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Leverhulme Extinction Studies DTP @extinctionleeds.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Next episode is up of our podcast ‘Edges of Extinction’! Aptly titled ‘Killer Language’… @katatrepsis.bsky.social and @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social speak to Diane Nelson about language extinction, what it means for a language to die, and how this happens. bit.ly/4roa1XL
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Edges of Extinction Episode 2: The Killer Language | Extinction Studies at Leeds
Sicily Fiennes and Chris Hassall talk to Diane Nelson about language extinction, what it means for a language to die, and how this happens. The discussion follows on from Episode 1.   Podcast logo by ...
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Fascist governments are undermining abortion access, trans health care, gay relationships, etc under the guise of “fighting gender ideology.” So, anyone who believes in women’s rights and gay rights should be showing solidarity to oppose their politics, not colluding with it to attack trans people.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/01/2026
🚨 6 DAYS LEFT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. Over 5,000 have taken action. Will you join them? action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-…
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Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
URGENT: Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE. Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this. Do it now. We have a week. Please share.
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Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQI+ people. But Sex Matters is in...
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Myself and @jdroberts.bsky.social made a podcast!!!! Introducing a short series ‘Edges of Extinction’. Recorded at the Helix Suite at the University of Leeds!
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Pollik @pollik.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I think this needs to shared widely. Especially to those who have the power to stop it.
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Emotional music and red squirrels is a bit much for a Tuesday morning 😩
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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Want to protect yourself & others even if healthcare systems aren’t? A well-fitting n95 or better dramatically reduces the odds you will get or spread illness. It’s self care & community care & meaningful resistance of fascism, ableism, & all the other intertwined -isms. Get/give mask mutual aid:
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Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"One day, I left school and drove to a gas station to use their bathroom. Another day, I held it and thought I was going to pee myself in front of class ... This is humiliation disguised as policy, and it is why I decided to leave a job I love and was born to do."
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I loved my teaching job. But as a trans man in Texas, quitting was the only way to get my dignity back
After the state’s bathroom ban went into effect in December amid a slew of new anti-trans policies, I couldn’t keep trying to hide my identity at work
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AGC @agc1985.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Updated version here: bsky.app/profile/agc1...
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Little late to the party but I have noticed there are lots of PhD adverts closing soon. If anyone needs any advice on applications or being a PhD student in the UK (or at the University of Leeds), please PM me, I'd love to help 💡
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
New paper out on 'Investigating the illegal online trade of Indonesian parrots'; this was a labour of love, which I contributed to during my time on the GCRF Art, Feathers and Crime in 2021 with @dremilinesmith.bsky.social and Chloe Heys 🦜 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Want to join our panel @eccb26leiden.bsky.social on "Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past"? We are looking for presentations exploring the histories of conservation. Email me (g.holmes@leeds.ac.uk) with an abstract by 9th Feb.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners - www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestin…
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'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners
Doctors supporting families of the two activists say they risk irreparable damage to their organs if the situation continues
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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Jess Hardie @jesshardie.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
In retaliation for a solidarity event for Palestinian political prisoners in Israel and a screening of the film “Hind Rajab.” For this they shot students.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
This was probably meant to be a late-night post: I spent eight months working on a stunt blog about a $200 sandwich. Or, no, I did an end-of-year post about my mental health and the federal funding crisis. I'm not sure which. Maybe you can figure it out. www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/epi...
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Epic chicken sandwich — The Carlson Lab
Invocation to Sandwich: April 22, 2025 The madness creeps in for the first time as a Master’s student in my lab is telling me about her job hunt. Did you know that Epic – yes, that Epic, the electron...
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Proud to have my photo essay out in the publication Current Conservation. I got really into photography during my PhD including using a film camera. I hope it conveys some of the visual experience of being in a bird market and the sense of place. Enjoy 🐦 www.currentconservation.org/visual-stori...
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Visual stories from a bird marketplace | Current Conservation
Current Conservation Visual stories from a bird marketplace
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Amazing work by my new colleagues on the ExCASES team on the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project. Led by the indomitable Clare Bissell - there are some beautiful resources crafted on cultivating communities of care for nurturing urban trees 🌳: renewbiodiversity.org.uk/urban-trees/
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Cultivating communities who care for urban trees
Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
One of my PhD chapters: 'Designing user-centered technologies to address the illegal wildlife trade' is OUT NOW in the @society4conbio.bsky.social journal Conservation Science and Practice! Please check out the graphical abstract and give it a read: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Graphical abstract on a paper on designing user-centred technologies to address the illegal wildlife trade. The image depicts four visual parts of the study, 1. the geographic location where the research was conducted, in Indonesia, 2. Some of the methods, including a needs assessment where members of conservation law enforcement ranked the effectiveness of features that would assist them in their jobs together with a correct species identification, such as the IUCN or protection status, the 3. part shows a prototype of an app on a mobile phone screen, which is the use case we are considering. It shows a picture of a bird taken in a wildlife marketplace followed by the percentage accuracy that the artificial intelligence model has assigned the classification of the image. The 4. section discusses some implications of the study, i.e. that technology results wouldn't be admissible in court (i.e. this species was correctly identified by a tool and not a person) and that bird trade is socially acceptable, which compromises the efficacy of enforcement.
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
PhD tea towels!!!! Thank you to my amazing supervisors @katatrepsis.bsky.social, @georgeholmes.bsky.social & Chris Birchall. And thank you to Freddy of Dreadful Threads in Leeds for producing :)
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Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I’m in a video about my very cool PhD program @extinctionleeds.bsky.social. Shot during a difficult time for me, I’m still happy I managed the filming and shared my research 🧐
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