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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 2h

Look at that! My play I Dream of Theresa May is up for an award 😍: www.asianmediaawards.com/asian-media-... Many thanks to @taratheatre.com and @natashakchandra.bsky.social for their amazingness! And @livetheatre.bsky.social for their support! Play details here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...

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Asian Media Awards 2025 Finalists

Asian Media Awards 2025 Shortlist was announced on Tuesday 23 September.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 8h

McGill are bigging her up after closing her department. Clownshow all round.

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danielle taphanel @treelet.bsky.social · 2h

I have to buy groceries and pay my medical bills on Monday, so if you'd like a commission for the holidays, now is a good time.

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Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 8h

Huge protests planned in India this weekend against voter suppression. All trains to Delhi have been cancelled and tens of thousands of police deployed ahead of time. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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India’s ‘Cockroach’ party accuses government of mass detention of members ahead of weekend protest

Thousands expected to march in Delhi on Saturday, as anger mounts over controversial changes to voter lists in world’s largest democracy

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Asian Media Awards 2025 Finalists

Asian Media Awards 2025 Shortlist was announced on Tuesday 23 September.

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · 4h

Excited to share the first preprint from the Ferreira lab, led by PhD students Mirjam Heinemans and Rui Goncalves! 🪰🧠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We knew fruit flies freeze when threatened alone and that they freeze less in a group. Surprisingly, we found this social buffering differs by sex!

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 10h

6 years and counting in prison without bail or trial for legal protest.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 22h

I'll happily take it and offer some in return.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 22h

Haha I should be coming to you for moral support (and grant writing tips!)

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks so much! Very good of you and likewise 🤗☺️ Just have to keep applying. Fingers crossed 🤞 🤞 🤞

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

RED ISLAND (Robin Campillo, 2023). Beautifully observed coming-of-age tale that draws on Campillo’s own childhood spent on an army base in Madagascar in the 1970s. I love how we see the protagonist’s parents and their friends from the perspective of a child who is >> #FilmSky

Film showing a beach scene with lots of people in swimwear looking out at an idyllic sea.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Argh! So sorry! Time for a tub of icecream!

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ah thanks Dani! It's been a tough few years on that front

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fab story from Margaret Hamilton, RIP, showing why Science-Mums are brilliant scientists! When innovating at the cutting edge of technology, it's so important to bring together a wide range of lived experiences. Sad that only ~20% comp-scientists are female 👩‍🔬🧪 ℹ️: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Right: A woman looking very cool in a 70's dress standing next to a massive pile of very thick books
Left text: Did your life as a software engineer and a mother ever collide?
Often in the evening or at weekends I would bring my young daughter, Lauren, into work with me. One day, she was with me when I was doing a simulation of a mission to the moon. She liked to imitate me – playing astronaut. She started hitting keys and all of a sudden, the simulation started. Then she pressed other keys and the simulation crashed. She had selected a program which was supposed to be run prior to launch – when she was already “on the way” to the moon. The computer had so little space, it had wiped the navigation data taking her to the moon. I thought: my God – this could inadvertently happen in a real mission. I suggested a program change to prevent a prelaunch program being selected during flight. But the higher-ups at MIT and Nasa said the astronauts were too well trained to make such a mistake. Midcourse on the very next mission – Apollo 8 – one of the astronauts on board accidentally did exactly what Lauren had done. The Lauren bug! It created much havoc and required the mission to be reconfigured. After that, they let me put the program change in, all right.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There's a huge difference between knowing where the time goes and making the effort to go after it.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would not have anticipated a naked mole rat algorithm!

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 07/10/2026

Still upset about that highly cited paper in Psych Science you consider deeply flawed? Now is your time to shine ✨

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I now know there are computer algorithms and disease forecasting tools called Mantis. This is not helping my literature searches. (The stomatopod mafia have already driven me to add -shrimp every time)

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 07/10/2026

Fascinating insights into the early history of Zotero, including the fact that the name is the Albanian word for "to learn well or master". Hats off to everyone involved in this project. Also if you're not using Zotero, why not? Dump that closed rubbish you're using now and switch.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 07/10/2026

"As programming increasingly becomes a caffeinated bender with magical bots, this measured pace and emphasis on communal thinking likely holds an important lesson." Love this piece on the development of Zotero. newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...

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The Slow Formation of Durable Software

How a group of historians took years to imagine Zotero, the research application that would eventually be used by millions

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Tomer J. Czaczkes @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

3+3 year postdoc position with the lovely Gabriele Uhl! Greifswald is a lovely, cosy city too. A really great opportunity for a behavioural ecologist.

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武政諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Railroad in Flowers (2023) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Our latest microgrant funding round is ongoing! The deadline to apply is the 30th of October. Spread the word, and donate if you can! Student microgrants are only possible because of each donation to ABC! For more information and to apply and donate: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective

Our latest microgrant funding round is ongoing!
Deadline to apply is the 30th of October.

Spread the word, and donate if you can! Students microgrants are only possibe due to eveyone that donates to ABC :)

For more information and to apply and donate: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective

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Jayce @jayceb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Everyone, Hamza and Aziza need at least $70 urgently and as soon as possible for the continued medical costs. They keep coming to me because no one else is helping them. Please help me boost them and get their needs met. chuffed.org/project/1462...

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Help Hamza survive

I am Hamza, I am raising funds for my baby and my wife, Aziza. My wife's condition is worsening. I've had a miscarriage before and I don't want it to happen again. Your help brings us hope. Save my li...

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ha! Very cool indeed. But not as cool as the title of your paper!

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hello, since Redbubble did me dirty (suspension without explanation while owing me money) let's experiment a little bit! If I've known you long enough not to abuse my work and you want a print/sticker/whatever from me, pay me what you want, I'll give you high resolution files. Try me! #Art #SciArt

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hand-colored engravings of insects from ‘Der monathlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung’ by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. Published in Nuremberg, 1746-1761. University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections. #insectart #sciart

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It is Black History Month in Britain, and International Creole Heritage Month, LGBTQ+ History Month in the US. If you want a book that celebrates all of the above … uk.bookshop.org/p/books/call...

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Call and Response

In these deftly written stories of the fantastic, Christopher Caldwell unravels the complicities of personhood and gender, slavery and war. Winner of the Crawford Award. Saints and sailors, scoundrels...

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are so excited to announce Arvid Ågren as our next webinar speaker on the 21st October at 3:30PM (BST). @arvidagren.bsky.social works on genomic conflict—the selective tensions within every cell and how they are resolved. Register (for free) here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/evol...

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VERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Hark! A Vagrant classic

Watson: Oooh, what’s that you’ve got?
Franklin: My final report
Watson: Little Rosie Franklin’s research! I bet it’s something!
Franklin: ROSALIND.
Crick: Oh, that’s a big name
W: You’re getting fancy on us! Tell me—
F: Ah. I love this game.
W: Is it a scientific breakthrough in feelings?
F: Well, I suppose I have to go into hysterics or have a baby somewhere, good day gentlemen
W: GO, GO
[W and C slip a look at F’s notes]
C: Nice
W: Quit hogging

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Clearly I'm (very) slow with both news and skeeting! :)

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Isn't it just great when books you love win the awards they deserve? Go read this one everybody!

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wow- that's amazing news! Congrats and so happy to see it!

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Will Oestreich @will-oestreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am recruiting a PhD student to work with our group at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior! Learn more & apply here: tinyurl.com/kd4xx4ku Deadline: 15 Nov 2026 Start date: Flexible (summer-fall 2027) @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Monash University is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship to an outstanding student in animal behaviour/evolutionary ecology. Choose from eight project areas. For information about what project I'm offering, please DM me or see application form: forms.gle/ia9t4KPD3FKT.... Deadline: 15 Nov.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The memories these bring back! I was terrified of that last one

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 01/10/2026

Usually, the orientation behaviour of migratory butterfly/moth species are tested when tethered in flight simulators at ground level. In this new study, monarch butterflies are tethered on a balloon to test their orientation behaviour at a height of 30 m. 🦋 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

The more I learn about this Cornell situation, the angrier I get because it's SO normalized in academic environments.

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Zoe Rahman Trio were spectacular tonight! Evocative, tender, thunderous. The best concert I've been to all year www.litandphil.org.uk/event/newcas...

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Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2026 | Zoe Rahman Trio - The Lit & Phil

NFOJAIM 2026 | Image provided by promoter Friday 2nd October [...]

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I liked this clue in today's Graun prize crossword: A King of blues accompanies a pop group (4) www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...

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Prize crossword No 30,128

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excited to share my lab’s latest preprint led by postdoc @yukihaba.bsky.social and grad student Ryan Schwark. We surprisingly find that spontaneous behavior in isolation predicts a naked mole-rat’s identity, its colony membership, and even rank within its colony. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Are plant–pollinator interactions more specialised in the tropics? After almost 25 years of thinking about this question, our new global analysis suggests there’s no simple latitudinal rule - it all depends! Read about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/10/01/a... #pollinators #ecology #biodiversity

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Are plant-pollinator interactions more specialised in the tropics? A new global analysis suggests that it’s complicated…

Some scientific questions have a habit of following you around for much of your career. Back in 2002, Louise Cranmer and I published a paper in the journal Oikos asking a deceptively simple questio…

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