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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · Aug 19

www.reddit.com/r/transgende...

Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.

From the transgenderUK community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community

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James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · Aug 19

@dinoconuk.bsky.social Mega Thread begins…

Thanks to @pigeoncircus.bsky.social @charliebgraham.bsky.social @irishpalaeo.bsky.social and the other volunteers for all the hard work and effort put in over the weekend. Thanks to @palaeogames.bsky.social for the opportunity, trust, and belief. Pt1

Watercolour tyrannosaur from the art rooms

Inspiring pieces and prompts for the art room

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Back from a fantastic weekend volunteering at #DinoConUK !! So lovely to reconnect with TetZooCon friends, and to meet a bunch of new ones! ♥️

Now to start work on some palaeoart...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jul 29

I went into goblin mode last night and completed what is for sure the most unhinged zine I have produced to date.

I'll fold some up tonight and put them around and see how people react lol

If anyone is interested in printing one for your own enjoyment, here ya go drive.google.com/file/d/1eVEW...

caked up mother earth in her thigh high fishnets is stomping in her stripper heels looking back at it. The words say "Milfs for Mother Earth

The earth is once again looking back at it in her fishnets but looks more coy in this one. The words say "Ok so climate change, a couple important things to note: 1) it's not too late to make a difference 2) Every 1/10th of a degree of warming matters 3) Governments need to do most of it 4) Acting as communities really matters. Here are some things we CAN do 1) Ditch cars, take transit 2) Switch to renewable energy 3) get solar for your roof 4)Share stuff, buy less 5) Don't use AI 6) talk to your friends and family about solutions. Details here (which points to a QR)

Mother earth looks at you over her sunglasses over the words "Do something" repeated a bunch of times, then under her it says "Doing anything is better than nothing", "learn how" and a qr

Mother earth is wearing a flower crown and peeking up from the bottom of the page. The words say "Biodiversity When it comes to protecting plants and animals, start by thinking local. Animals usually suffer most from habitat loss and climate change. Solving climate change is hard. Building habitat for wildlife is easier. Every action you take matters. Here's what we can do 1) Create good habitat by planting native plants 2) Stop using pesticides and get others to stop too 3) Kill your lawn, replace with useful plants 4) Fight to preserve wild spaces and to reclaim abandoned land 5) Encourage friends and family to do all this too"

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Jul 29

how to train your swift 🪶

#birdart #gouachepainting #animalartwork #fantasyillustration

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Jul 2

I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Jul 2

They are coming for your lunch. 🥪

#herringgull #ukwildlife #wildlifeartwork #birdsketch #birdart #seagulls #ohuhumarkers

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Jun 30

It’s been a real joy watching the young storks grow up on the @whitestorkproject.bsky.social nest cam at Knepp Estate. 💗

Incredible birds and wonderful to see them in the UK!

#whitestork #birdart #birdsketches #ohuhubrushmarkers #wildlifeart #wildlifesketching

a sketchbook page of marker drawings of white storks

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Jun 5

A cartwheeling frog 🤸‍♂️🐸

#watercolourart #frog

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · May 30

These are glorious

Hannah Bluish @hannahbluish.bsky.social · May 30

My medieval pigeon pre-order is still open and will be till the 1st. They’ll eventually end up on Etsy too but if you’d like a pre-pride pigey party, then you can grab one now…Because what is queerer than a pigeon in a hat.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · May 24

I'm told we've sold 323 t-shirts so far, which is bonkers. Can we get to 500 by next week?

The money goes to helping scientists connect directly with classrooms all over the US. We need science communication more than ever now.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 23

You've got ~a week left to pre-order our collab w/@franzanth.bsky.social, Bigger Than Binaries!

I'll order some extras in orange in a limited size range because I lack a warehouse, I have only a room full of lizards.

Printed locally on 100% cotton.

Get 'em while you can! squidfacts.bigcartel.com

2 versions of the same design, all of which say "Biology is bigger than binaries", with a central image of a bee, a clownfish, and a lily. The one on. the left is pink, the right is orange,

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · May 23

WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …

Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes

MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · May 20

Our review paper about same sex partnerships in birds is out today🏳️‍🌈🐦:

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

It has been so fun working with @tashgillies.bsky.social and I can't wait to do more projects together

Yay to the gay birds!!!

Illustration : @bertillemohring.bsky.social

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · May 12

Excellent.

Please support @wildjustice.bsky.social if you can - they are acting for all of us.
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...

Wild Justice starts legal proceedings against Government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Wild Justice

Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has written to the government calling on it to correct a statement made in Parliament […]

wildjustice.org.uk

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · May 6

thank you belle :)!!

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Apr 29

A little doodle of a mouse bard 🐁🎶 #watercolour #painting #animalart #ukartist #wildlifeart

a watercolour painting of a mouse playing a lute

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · Apr 26

Stand up for trans rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Join me and @goodlawproject.bsky.social and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:

goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project

goodlawproject.org

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Apr 24

there has been something of a fox development 🦊🦊🦊

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Johanna Saunders @johannasaunders.bsky.social · Apr 17

I will never understand how a group of bigoted women go all out to destroy the rights of a tiny, marginalised group of predominantly harmless women instead of using their centuries of built up rage to actively destroy the patriarchy and the actual men who do us real harm.

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Apr 6

Barn owls are otherworldly 🦉

#barnowl #birdsketch #birdart

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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · Mar 20

Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!

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Robyn Womack @pigeoncircus.bsky.social · Apr 2

According to Butterfly Conservation research, letting some of your garden grow wild (with long grass) can increase butterfly numbers up to 93% ! Click through for resources on how you can help save our butterflies, they need our help! ⬇️ 🦋

Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Apr 2

Where did all the butterflies go? 🚨🦋

Newly released data has revealed that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for butterflies in the UK, and more than half of butterfly species are now in long-term decline.

We are in a #ButterflyEmergency.

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Transmitting Science @tscourses.bsky.social · Mar 27

#JustIn: Scientists have revealed the fur color of Jurassic-era mammals for the first time! 🦇

A new study in Science shows that ancient mammals like Arboroharamiya fuscus had dark brown or gray fur—a sign of their nocturnal lifestyle

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Mar 24

Interested in anything and everything related to #dinosaurs (and other fossil animals)? Join us in Exeter on August 16-17 for #DinoCon, the UK's biggest dinosaur-themed event ever. Accommodation, tickets and more at www.dinocon.co.uk Follow us at @dinoconuk.bsky.social

DinoCon

www.dinocon.co.uk

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