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Amanda Bretman @amandabretman.bsky.social · Aug 20

@karendeepsidhu.bsky.social tells us about how monogamy/polygamy alters responses to heatwaves in burying beetles (well a 25oC Scottish heatwave anyway)

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Jack 🦠 @jack-d-barber.bsky.social · Apr 23

tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia
☝️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

im sure many of you are aware of hostility towards #trans staff & students in my department

myself & other ECRs have published a desperate call for action on #transphobia from departmental and university management

please read, share and SIGN IN SOLIDARITY ❤️

screenshot of open letter page 1 - full google doc available via link in post

screenshot of open letter page 2 - full google doc available via link in post

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · Jan 9

Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.

Apt-Get @aptget.bsky.social · Jan 9

Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.

#Trans #LGBTQ #UK

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...

petition.parliament.uk

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Hammad @hammadsarfraz.bsky.social · Dec 22

My latest article examines the #environmental impact of the #Gaza conflict. As @pmbigger.bsky.social from @cplusc.bsky.social noted: A substantial portion of land has now been destroyed, making it much harder to achieve any level of food sovereignty once the #genocide ends.

More: shorturl.at/C1v1R

As Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate Gaza, claiming countless lives in an unrelenting conflict, a quieter but equally devastating crisis is unfolding — the environmental destruction left in its wake. Conservative estimates based on satellite imagery comparing before-and-after conditions suggest that the conflict, which began on October 7 last year, has left much of the enclave uninhabitable, with its scars likely to endure for years long after the bombs have stopped falling.

More: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2517527/gazas-environmental-scars-may-never-fully-heal

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Dec 18

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”

Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

Alejandro Cencerrado 7291 @alexbici.bsky.social · Dec 18

Es alucinante cómo ha bajado la contaminación en París en 15 años. Anne Hidalgo lo ha llenado todo de carriles bici y no sólo ha reducido la contaminación en un 40%, sino que ha sido reelegida.

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Hosken Lab Cornwall @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social · Dec 17

Postdoc @ evol-lab. A Leverhulme funded 3-year postdoc studying body shape evolution (through a sexual conflict lens) on Exeter's Penryn (UK) campus. Starts April 2025. Contact David Hosken @ U of Exeter for detail.

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · Dec 14

#BIPOC voices are often missing from autistic spaces, so here is a BIPOC starter pack! 😊

go.bsky.app/TtXfpAt

#racialequality #antiracism

The image of autism as “only white boys” leads to underdiagnosis, discrimination & isolation for many

Our autistic community is much more diverse than that! ❤️

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Dee Sidhu @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social · Dec 13

That would be amazing!!!

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ASAB @asab.org · Dec 13

Final talks of #ASABWinter2024 by Kate Otter, @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social, @natacharossi.bsky.social / @animalbehaviour.live & Marina Paradopoulou

Finishing with teaching queer & feminist perspectives in biology, addressing colonial bias, online outreach & gender ratios in academic publications.

1. Kate Otter in front of a slide reading “Biology but make it Gay
A case study teaching queer and feminist perspectives in biology to first-year undergraduates
Kate Otter & Denise Pope”

2. Karendeep in front of a slide reading “Addressing colonial bias in Animal behaviour research?”
Karendeep Sidhu Supervisors: Prof Lesley Lancaster, Dr Greta Bocedi, Dr Paul Caplat,
Dr Natalie Pilakouta

3. Designing inclusive international conferences: Insights from Animal Behaviour
Live Natacha Rossi, Alexis Buatois, Valentin Lecheval & Ebi George
• School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK
• Molecular toxicology group, Eawag, Dubendorf, Switzerland
• Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

4. Slide with a woman and man symbol reading “The scientific impact of gender in animal behaviour” MARINA PARADOPOULOU, ANDREA ARUINE with a small video of Marina speaking in the corner

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Dee Sidhu @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social · Dec 13

It was amazing to get to give a talk on colonial legacies in Animal Behaviour, work has been ongoing for a long time behind the scenes, hopefully there will be more to come! #ASABWinter2024 #DecolonisingSBS

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Dee Sidhu @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social · Dec 13

Amazing to hear more in depth about helicopter research/parachute science with some colonial context! #ASABWinter2024

Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · Dec 13

@nicolakoyama.bsky.social talking about the “who, what, where” of animal behaviour research @asab.org #ASABWinter2024

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ASAB @asab.org · Dec 13

Congratulations to the 2024 ASAB medal winner Rebbeca Kilner🏅

We award this medal annually for contributions to the science of animal behaviour, through teaching, writing, broadcasting, research or for work on behalf of the association. Any member can nominate candidates! #ASABWinter2024

Melissa Bateson awarding the medal to Rebbeca Kilner

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Niki Khan @bula-niki.bsky.social · Dec 13

Great to see @asab.org speakers promoting of the value of traditional indigenous skills, and how certification allows for a range of benefits (including better salaries for locals in grant applications).

#ASABWinter2024

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ASAB @asab.org · Dec 13

Final plenary by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social concerning the language barriers in science. The hurdles for non-native English speakers are significant! #ASABWinter2024

Also, our congratulations to Tatsuya for winning the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Equality and Diversity Champion award this week!

Tatsuya in front of a slide showing a runners race track titled “Language barriers to the generation of evidence by non-native speakers” Text reads :50% of non-native English speakers often decide not to give an oral presentation; 30% of non-native English speakers often decide not to attend a conference;
Presentation Need 94% more time to prepare and practice; Paper revision Frequency of language related revision is 12.5 times higher; Non-native Ask someone to edit their English for 75% or more of their papers; Values are for those with one publication
Reading Need 91% more time to read a paper; Writing Need 51% more time to write a paper;
Paper rejection Frequency of language related rejection is 2.6 times higher
Amano et al (2023) PLOS Biology

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Dee Sidhu @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social · Dec 12

First talk session wrapped up at #ASABWinter2024 and my mind is racing with all these new understandings of biases! Can't wait for what's to come!

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · Dec 9

The sad truth is this isn't even everything, this department's transphobia and racism is completely out of control and continues to hurt so many people

Jack 🦠 @jack-d-barber.bsky.social · Dec 9

reflecting on the past year of #queerphobia in my department (school of Biological sciences) at bsky.app/profile/unio...

TW: #transphobia

• posters torn down
• posters defaced with penis stickers
• transphobe invited by management to give #EDI workshop

(1/5) #PhDSky #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM

tweet on invitation of simon fanshawe to give EDI workshop

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · Dec 9

When I try to explain how things are actually getting worse, people look at me like I'm crazy.This piece is spot on. #SIStem (senior #womeninSTEM)

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Dec 9

"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."

Women faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climate

The gender gap in faculty attrition worsens after tenure, according to a new study

www.science.org

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Jack 🦠 @jack-d-barber.bsky.social · Dec 9

reflecting on the past year of #queerphobia in my department (school of Biological sciences) at bsky.app/profile/unio...

TW: #transphobia

• posters torn down
• posters defaced with penis stickers
• transphobe invited by management to give #EDI workshop

(1/5) #PhDSky #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Dec 4

"Anyone who considers themselves a member of the STEMM community is welcome to sign.

Please go to: forms.gle/oHqgSPGpiYte..., and provide your name, affiliation, and field of study."

Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · Dec 4

Around this time last year @boyswillbebugs.bsky.social, @allomygale.bsky.social, @spissatella.bsky.social, @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social and I published an open letter on supporting transgender persons in STEMM.

We have decided to open to additional signatures 🧪⚒️🦑

medium.com/@transrights...

An open letter to the scientific community in the US and UK on the crisis impacting transgender…

Downloadable file

medium.com

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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · Nov 8

I'm very happy to share with you the results of a collaborative experiment between the Catawba Indian Nation and faculty, staff, and students at Davidson College.

Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters🌽🫘🎃

A few take home points:

(a) The raised beds on June 15, 2023. (b) The Three Sisters planting design typically forms a large circular shape with maize/bean mounds interspersed with squash. In our study, the Three Sisters were established in raised beds by planting four maize seeds in a 6-in. (15.2 cm) square each with a bean plant 3 in. (7.6 cm) toward the edge of the bed on a diagonal with the center of the maize square. Maize/bean squares were spaced 4 ft (1.2 m) apart within each row. Squash seeds were planted in pairs between each maize/bean square.

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Dee Sidhu @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social · Nov 25

Can I please be added?

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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · Nov 25

#CiteBlackScholars

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Nov 25

Papers written by non-white economists receive 5.1% to 9.6% fewer citations than those written by white economists.

This disparity is not attributable to differences in research quality, author ability, or visibility.

However, this racial gap has declined by quite a bit in recent years.

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Dee Sidhu @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social · Nov 24

Can you please add me Georgia!

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Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social · Nov 21

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.

**Tell Everyone**

www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship

We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).

www.leeds.ac.uk

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