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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

It seems pretty clear to me now: Keir Starmer would rather lose to Reform than to the Labour left, which is his real enemy. Any policy that might recover lost ground with voters has to be struck down, as it looks like a concession to the Labour left. And he and his team cannot contemplate that.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 14d

Progress Over Perfection: how wellbeing and mental health expertise can help us deal with the barriers that stop us from making progress.

Join us this Tuesday 30th of September in #Trefforest

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 22d

How does challenging the lack of creative training in contemporary education systems look like?

Gaz Lawrence, #sciencecommunicator and artist, will share with us his new project all about astrophysics.

Join us this Tuesday 30th of September in #Trefforest

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Aug 26

Showing the viability of careers in the creative sector to people from Black and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds is crucial in building racial diversity in the sector.

One such finding from a 2023 report by CCW on the state of the film and TV industry in Wales.

An illustration showing four professionals from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the UK. From upper left: a young Central Asian female lawyer dressed in a suit, a middle-aged South East Asian man with a grey beard wearing a yellow hard hat and protection goggles, a young doctor with curly black hair on a wheelchair, and a non-binary black camera operator.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Aug 12

Take a look at the great work of our affiliate comic book artist, Scott Devantier.

Energetic, whimsical, slightly dystopia-coded, all-interesting.

superfreakowt @superfreakowt.bsky.social · May 22

Where’s the #cryptid fans on Bluesky then?? #mothman #indiecomic #comics

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Marine calcifiers @marinecalcifiers.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎥 Animation teaser by @cookedillustrations.com!

Our new study explores how bryozoans respond to ocean acidification and warming — showing changes in skeletons, microbiomes, and population decline.

Sneak peek below — full animation coming soon!

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#MedCalRes

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Aaron O'Dea @odealab.bsky.social · Jul 1

🐠🦈 Just out: In this paper we ask "How has reef trophic structure changed since humans started removing predatory fishes from Caribbean coral reefs?".

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Jun 24

The power of artistic co-production to engage young people with the climate emergency.

Tammie Esslemont from Nature Over Natter sharing her experience combining hope, community-building and art to create a better future.

Join us for future #sciart talks at Fieldnotes Stiwdio.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Jun 10

What do Tom Jones and Aneurin Bevan have in common?

A little preview of a new project we've been working on to help explain international assessments to school-aged children in #Wales.

What do you think of our Dragon? Isn't he just the best?

A red dragon character stands on the lower left with arms extended upwards, excitedly shouting. "Tom Jones and Aneurin Bevan!". The dragon has Welsh Dragon theming.

Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Jun 9

How do you engage general public with complex scientific issues?

Join us on Tuesday 24th in Newport for the next #FieldnotesStiwdio to explore how

⚱️ Ceramics as a way to understand cancer diagnoses
💚 Community arts to engage with climate change

And much more

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Jun 4

Are they your ñeques, or are you their human?

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · May 27

We believe this particular case study is thanks to the research of @barnaclebarclay.bsky.social who combines coastal archaeology and conservation paleobiology to look at human-animal-environment relations.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · May 27

Case studies of conservation paleobiology in action?
Of course! Part of an illustration series commissioned by @erinmdillon.bsky.social to showcase how the field can lead to real world changes.

The example here shows coastal clam beds in British Columbia and how they support local environments.

A vertical illustration showing a British Columbia coastal landscape. At the top, trees. At the bottom, a coastal line of clams.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · May 12

Dr. Emma Higginswill be talking to us about how drone technology can help in #conservation of rare species, specifically Anolis lizards, in Honduras.

Join us for this and more on Fieldnotes Stiwdio, a #sciart event, on the 27th of May:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · May 9

#Rewilding approaches on Great Britain.
Should the Grey Wolf be reintroduced to overgrazed highlands?

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · May 1

#FieldnotesStiwdio has been a success!

The first event covered themes of #digitaltwins, #videogames and #VictorianLiterature.

Join us on 27/May for another #sciencecommunication and #art evening.

Details coming soon.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · May 1

When all you have to do is stay silent and let the other people dig their own holes.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 26

Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago.

This is infuriating.

And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.

Jay Jinsing Falk @jjinsing.bsky.social · Apr 26

My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.

I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.

If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Apr 24

Folks in South #Wales! Researchers, scientists, and curious minds alike.
Next week 29th #FieldnotesStiwdio, a science and art series of talks, starts. With themes of #digitaltwins, #urbanism and #literature.

Come along and signal boost!

Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Apr 21

Recently read the whole of Icon. While very tropey, it is an artefact that stands the test of time while being very of its time. A comic that had something to say.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Apr 10

Sandy the Geoscientist is a #beaver studying the geological formations and nature of the Earth. She specializes in mountain environments, from how they form, to how humans build systems within them.

Sandy is the creation of Juan A. Ballesteros-Cánovas and Gerardo Benito.

#scicomm #geology

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Apr 9

“By redefining what we value and assume about the world, we can transform today’s interconnected risks into opportunities for collective well-being and resilience.” 🌍🧪

- @ununiversity.bsky.social #InterconnectedRisks Report

Read more: interconnectedrisks.org

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · Apr 8

🧪 Based on similar evolutionary split times, it's like putting some narwhal genes into a beluga and claiming you have a narwhal...

(actually it's worse, b/c while LCA times are similar in both cases c. > 5 Ma, the cetacean populations interbred a bit until c. 1 Ma, but dire wolves stayed isolated)

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · Apr 8

Hello, network.

We're creating a talk and networking event series all about science and art. If you're in the #Cardiff area on the 29th of April, consider coming along.

More information here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note...

#scicomm #Wales

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Kate Morozova @brushesandbiomes.bsky.social · Mar 13

Continuing with the weird and wonderful #2025MMM #RootsAndRelicts we have the frilled shark. Note it's bizarre teeth and frilly gills. It faces the interrupted fern, named so for the gap along the stem left by the reproductive parts after they wither away! #watercolor #fish #art #botanicalart 🧪🐡

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