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Charlie T

@agentlaughingperch.bsky.social

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Herpetologist & PhD student at Uo Aberdeen studying range dynamics and conservation of T. cristatus under global change 🐸 Conisseur of all things slimy, scaly and generally underrated🐍 I go to gigs 🤘 sometimes I draw stuff 🦎 All views my own 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍉

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Nov 13

go.bsky.app/U5gPRq6
Re-skeeting to share the #Herpetologist starter pack I made! Please feel free to self nominate or suggest others to be added🦎🧪🐍🐸

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TheDrIsIn @thedrisin.bsky.social · 22h

One of my favorite quotes I’ve heard across some of these short Chinese dramas:

“To be merciful to those who hurt you is the greatest cruelty to yourself.”

They really do use your mercy to continue to hurt you.

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Dihya Tamaghza @dihyatamaghza.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our @chillsubs.bsky.social page! Lifesaver for us writers looking for specific publication standards and guidelines! www.chillsubs.com/magazine/lun.... Just another publication hoping never to charge reading fees and encourage everybody to create art!

Lunar Sea Literary - Chill Subs

We vow to never charge fees for writers and artists, and hope, in time, to compensate successful submitters for their craft. This is our vision. A world in which the weird and wonderful thrive in harm...

www.chillsubs.com

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Dihya Tamaghza @dihyatamaghza.bsky.social · 1d

Just launched an online literary magazine that I've been working on this past year. Eager to read what everybody has to send us! We are accepting fiction, poetry, CNF, and artwork. #literarymag #openforsubmission #fiction #poetry #writersofbluesky #artmagazine
lunarsealit.wordpress.com/submissions/

Submissions

Submissions are presently accepted via email: [email protected], or via the online submission form below. We do not presently accept snail mail due to timing and geographical difficulties …

lunarsealit.wordpress.com

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 1d

Can someone please tell me how the fuck I'm supposed to verify my age if this stupid verification site keeps not accepting my face scan or my card details...Like, no direct messaging for me I guess??? @bsky.app #fuckkierstarmer

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 3d

#OctoberForBats 🦇 Together, we can make a difference for bats! This month, let's rally behind bat research and outreach programs by fundraising and spreading awareness. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps us, help bats. Learn how you can participate and donate at www.albertabats.ca 💡

Text reads Happy Bat Month! Support Bats! DIY Fundraising! for more info visit www.albertabats.ca Collage of bat images (all by Jason Headley) including top left - Long-eared myotis, top right - hoary bat held in a black gloved hand, bottom left Little Brown Myotis on a cave wall, and bottom right close up of the face of a Little Brown Myotis.

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hiya, so unfortunately I can't because this speaker's talk was recorded and anonymous for their own safety as they've had to escape persecution in their home country.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · Aug 22

Again I ask: how did we go from half of parliament and all of the press up in arms denouncing racism as a weapon to hound out the left, to the PM giving Enoch Powell speeches and fascists running riot in the street without a word of criticism from the main parties, and active support in some cases.

Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats

Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone calls

www.theguardian.com

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 22

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.

Two genders - male, and political.

Two religions - Christian, and political.

Two races - white, and political.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Aug 21

Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...

Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight

“We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.&#82…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.bsky.social · Aug 22

Final words of the last #ESEB2025 plenary by @jmappes.bsky.social:
"Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility"

Photo of the final slide of J Mappes's plenary at ESEB
Text on the slide:
Take-home
Natural history matters
Ecological reality is complex
Fresh ideas matter
Be ready to reject your favourite hypothesis
Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very moving presentation from one of the recipients of the EUEA award from @eseb.bsky.social . As a trans academic myself, seeing effort being put into inclusivity has been refreshing. Thank you for platforming this topic and supporting people like this speaker 🏳️‍⚧️

Another presentation slide which contains some Qr code links to resources and some steps which academics could take to make space for trans academics. These steps are as follows:
- apply for DEI grants
- support LGBTQ+ scholarship funds
- learn about local medical/legal systems to offer newly-arrived colleagues guidance
- Avoid harmful rhetoric and behaviours

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Aug 21

A selection of the wonderful #herp posters I have seen this week at #ESEB the European society for evolutionary biology conference 🐸 the sheer breadth of topics being covered is awesome, from population trends and conservation genetics to transposable elements and sexual dimorphism in meiosis!

The following pictures in this post are all of scientific posters at an evolutionary biology conference which show the methods and/or results of research currently being conducted on a wide range of topics, often accompanied by figures, pictures and graphs that help with the explanation. The title is usually displayed at the top of the page along with the authors names and their contact information, some people also choose to put a picture of themselves on the poster so that people recognise them and can talk to them at the poster session.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 12

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.scrippsnews.com

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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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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · Aug 20

265,000 Long Term Empty Homes in England

720,000 empty homes in England currently

1,627,450 second homes in England (99610 in Wales)

It's not assylum hotels stopping us housing homeless people. It's political choice.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Empty home crisis: Why aren't they being used to solve shortages?

There are almost 720,000 empty homes in England. And many more on social housing waiting lists. Is using one to help solve the other a case of a missed opportunity?

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

doi.org

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Aug 19

Having a great time at the European society for Evolutionary Biology conference! Loads of interesting talks and posters, including a strong Aberdeen contingent, favorite title so far definitely goes to Eva Ringer with "who let the frogs out" 🐸 #evolution #biology #conference #herpetology

A room full of people watching a presentation entitled "who let the frogs out?"

A room of people at the conference watching a presentation entitled "uncovering the genetic and mechanistic basis of phenotypic polymorphisms in island populations of wall lizards"

A room of people watching a presentation entitled "sexual selection shapes eco-evolutionary dynamics at range margins.

A room of people watching a presentation, the slide is about diversification and adaptation in a changing world.

Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Aug 18

Looking forward to presenting my poster later at ESEB 2025 🐸 board 166 come find me if you're here

A person standing in front of a scientific poster and smiling

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jun 30

Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

Brad with Zohran Mamdani at the Pride parade.

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plesnercph🇩🇰 @plesnercph.bsky.social · Jun 30

🐸File-eared tree frog (Polypedates otilophus).

Max. size for males 80 mm (3.1"), for females 100 mm (3.9").

Eats mostly insects and spiders.

Found on the island of Borneo.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik

A mostly brown frog is holding on to a flower stem and bud. It has a white belly and throat. The frog has black pupils and is staring directly at the camera.

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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just spotted this slow worm weaving its way through my garden #reptiles #herpetology #nature 🧪 🐸🦎

youtube.com/shorts/nc0IM...

A slow worm (Anguis fragilis) sliding through my unkempt lawn #reptiles #herpetology

YouTube video by Chris Simms

youtube.com

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Jun 29

People like Bob Vylan and Knee Cap who speak out in support for Palestine are being investigated by the police. It's pretty clear to me which side are the terrorists and it's not the ones trapped in the rubble of a bombed out Gaza. 🧵End

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Jun 29

The media wrings their hands and insists on towing the line that "Israel has the right to defend itself" and that we must condemn the violence of Hamas. Idk. The parallels between the fictional fight in Gilead and the real fight in Palestine are clear to see and yet in real life...🧵4

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Jun 29

So why is it that in real life, as we watch people fighting for freedom in Palestine, when they fight back against their oppressors, their rapists, their colonizers, they are not supported, they are not cheered on by the media like we sit and cheer for June Osbourne. They are called terrorists. 🧵3

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Jun 29

..the government. Those in Gilead call the deaths of 37 commanders an "abomination" and "affront to God". Some would consider it "terrorism". But us as the watchers see it as necessary, that a violent regime such as Gilead cannot be overthrown without bloodshed... 🧵2

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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · Jun 29

I'm currently watching the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale (airing right now on Channel 4). It's not lost on me that we are cheering on the courageous handmaids as they carry out a plot to kills the commanders of Gilead, their rapists and oppressers, whilst the rebels try to overthrow 🧵

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