Vivek Nityananda
@viveknityananda.bsky.social
I research behaviour. Writing. Illustration. Improv. Scicomm. Views my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈
website: www.viveknityananda.com
website: www.viveknityananda.com
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I Dream of Theresa May: an electric black comedy about the hostile environment
The former Home Secretary torments and guides a queer Indian immigrant as he desperately seeks settled status
www.standard.co.uk
How thrilling is this! A glowing review of I Dream of Theresa May in the London Evening Standard:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"There’s honestly not a weak link in this hilarious and heart-breaking production"
www.standard.co.uk/culture/thea...
On until November 29th @taratheatre.com :
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"There’s honestly not a weak link in this hilarious and heart-breaking production"
www.standard.co.uk/culture/thea...
On until November 29th @taratheatre.com :
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
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Can't wait for the post-show Q and A with some amazing people after today's edition of I Dream of Theresa May!
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Can't wait for the post-show Q and A with some amazing people after today's edition of I Dream of Theresa May!
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Can't wait for the post-show Q and A with some amazing people after today's edition of I Dream of Theresa May!
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Can't wait for the post-show Q and A with some amazing people after today's edition of I Dream of Theresa May!
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Play spoiler: Step 1 of being British is Gratitude and I'm grateful for everyone who's made it to the show!
And to those who go on the few remaining days:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Reposted by Vivek Nityananda
Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Motivational trade-offs as evidence for sentience in bees: a critique
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Vivek Nityananda
I watched All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen, 2022) twice in the past two days. I feel that in many ways it's the film I was trying to unearth in my writing about Kedi (Ceyda Torun, 2016). An ambivalent attempt to document the monstrous changes in animal life (including humans) caused by climate change.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I watched All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen, 2022) twice in the past two days. I feel that in many ways it's the film I was trying to unearth in my writing about Kedi (Ceyda Torun, 2016). An ambivalent attempt to document the monstrous changes in animal life (including humans) caused by climate change.
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And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
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Will there ever be an English edition of this book?
#booksky #xl8 #leguin #ursulakleguin #lem
(asking @ursulakleguin.com @suchmayer.bsky.social )
#booksky #xl8 #leguin #ursulakleguin #lem
(asking @ursulakleguin.com @suchmayer.bsky.social )
Best Related Work
The only one not actually published fully in English yet, I mów, że moja chwała z przyjaciół się bierze (And Say My Glory Was I Had Such Friends) is a collection of letters exchanged between Ursula Le Guin and Stanisław Lem.
It does include some letters reproduced in English.
The only one not actually published fully in English yet, I mów, że moja chwała z przyjaciół się bierze (And Say My Glory Was I Had Such Friends) is a collection of letters exchanged between Ursula Le Guin and Stanisław Lem.
It does include some letters reproduced in English.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Will there ever be an English edition of this book?
#booksky #xl8 #leguin #ursulakleguin #lem
(asking @ursulakleguin.com @suchmayer.bsky.social )
#booksky #xl8 #leguin #ursulakleguin #lem
(asking @ursulakleguin.com @suchmayer.bsky.social )
Oh wow! I would so love a translation of this book 😍
Best Related Work
The only one not actually published fully in English yet, I mów, że moja chwała z przyjaciół się bierze (And Say My Glory Was I Had Such Friends) is a collection of letters exchanged between Ursula Le Guin and Stanisław Lem.
It does include some letters reproduced in English.
The only one not actually published fully in English yet, I mów, że moja chwała z przyjaciół się bierze (And Say My Glory Was I Had Such Friends) is a collection of letters exchanged between Ursula Le Guin and Stanisław Lem.
It does include some letters reproduced in English.
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Oh wow! I would so love a translation of this book 😍
Reposted by Vivek Nityananda
Please share & donate to help Ahmad & Samar evacuate & start new lives in safety outside Gaza. Crossing the border and starting from a scratch in a new country is arduous and expensive, & they need help:
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please share & donate to help Ahmad & Samar evacuate & start new lives in safety outside Gaza. Crossing the border and starting from a scratch in a new country is arduous and expensive, & they need help:
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“[W]hen I hear Farage talking about rounding up & deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, & threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me & telling me that “Hitler was right”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“[W]hen I hear Farage talking about rounding up & deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, & threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me & telling me that “Hitler was right”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
Jhalak Prize submissions open for 10th year
Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
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Seagulls and ploughed fields - by English fine artist, Annie Ovenden
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Seagulls and ploughed fields - by English fine artist, Annie Ovenden
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
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🚨 Important reminder for those who have an earlier grant deadline for #ASABSpring2025 March 23-25 in Bristol 🚨
@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚨 Important reminder for those who have an earlier grant deadline for #ASABSpring2025 March 23-25 in Bristol 🚨
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Motivational trade-offs as evidence for sentience in bees: a critique
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Vivek Nityananda
Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.
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Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply
For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇
Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social
For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇
Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply
For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇
Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social
For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇
Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.social
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Good news we have hot water, bad news this shit was expensive
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
Plumber confirmed that the fuses blowing yesterday was due to the water heater and we need a new water heater. I did find the fuse for the water heater itself so we're good heating wise
(last night we had no light or heating in half the flat, which is less fun).
Wheee
Please buy my books?
(last night we had no light or heating in half the flat, which is less fun).
Wheee
Please buy my books?
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Good news we have hot water, bad news this shit was expensive
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
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For all his status as an action hero - with all the chakki peesing, kutte, kaminey dialogues - this is how I remember him best:
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
Ya Dil Ki Suno - Dharmendra - Sharmila Tagore - Anupama - Hemant Kumar - Evergreen Hindi Songs
YouTube video by Shemaroo Filmi Gaane
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For all his status as an action hero - with all the chakki peesing, kutte, kaminey dialogues - this is how I remember him best:
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
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@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
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ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
Reposted by Vivek Nityananda
@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #warblers. This one was in galveston, texas - pretty sure its a warbler but have no idea which one. #EastCoastKin #photography #birds
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #warblers. This one was in galveston, texas - pretty sure its a warbler but have no idea which one. #EastCoastKin #photography #birds
For all his status as an action hero - with all the chakki peesing, kutte, kaminey dialogues - this is how I remember him best:
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
Ya Dil Ki Suno - Dharmendra - Sharmila Tagore - Anupama - Hemant Kumar - Evergreen Hindi Songs
YouTube video by Shemaroo Filmi Gaane
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For all his status as an action hero - with all the chakki peesing, kutte, kaminey dialogues - this is how I remember him best:
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
youtu.be/poXBa76JNKk?...
Reposted by Vivek Nityananda
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
I've been pretty agnostic about mantis colour vision given the evidence so far. This new paper makes a convincing case they have the processing to do so. Mantises (probably) see in colour folks!
Praying mantises demontrate remarkable camouflage although they had been thought to be colorblind. A new ERG study reveals that 2 of 3 tested mantises species are trichromatic highlighting a physiological capacity for color vision.
@springernature.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@springernature.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Praying mantises possess multiple spectral photoreceptor classes - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Praying mantises often display elaborate camouflage, disappearing into the shapes, textures, and colors around them. But they have largely been thought to be monochromats, unable to perceive the color...
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I've been pretty agnostic about mantis colour vision given the evidence so far. This new paper makes a convincing case they have the processing to do so. Mantises (probably) see in colour folks!