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Laura McBride

@gallowayselkie.bsky.social

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Marine ecology consultant for Europe's #1 Crab Museum 🦀 | PhD student studying eDNA, seagrass and fish at Aberdeen Uni 🧬 🐟 | Wild Swimmer 🦭

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Nov 13

For my first Blue Sky post, I'm going to shamelessly plug my first author and first ever paper! A collaborative effort between the amazing team at ALCES at Auckland Univeristy of Technology, NIWA, and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 🦑🦑🦑

#deathtotwitter #cephalopods

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Trophic ecology of the deep-sea squid Moroteuthopsis ingens (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae) from the Chatham Rise, Aotearoa New Zealand

Cephalopods form important components of marine trophic systems worldwide, including those in the South Pacific. Moroteuthopsis ingens (Onychoteuthidae) is one of the most abundant deep–sea squids ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 27d

A well written engaging article, an end of the week reminder that humans are capable of acting for the greater good, but also of what's at stake when we don't...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

www.theguardian.com

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 27

From fieldwork to festival with one day turnaround. #whatascientistlookslike

Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 25

Shout out to @syskpodcast.bsky.social for keeping me company and intrigued during the long hours in the "lab." Found it amusing catching the Flannan Lighthouse episode whilst also working nearby!

Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 25

After an ∞ number of litres filtered and an ∞ number of podcast hours listened to, it's time to say tìoraidh to Èirisgeidh and tìoraidh to this years field season! Really lucky I got the good weather and a stellar crew to help me out with my sample collecting. Now it's time to rest 😌

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 22

Oh my GOD. Thank you. I actually feel it most in my elbows 😭😫

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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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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 21

🏝 Sound of Barrabados 🏝

#Èirisgeigh #Hebrides #Alba

Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sowwy have to change our plans cause Laura got a bit dizzy 2km from shore 😩😫 literally so embarrassing.

Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 20

How it feels to be the only person in the monitoring team to get seasick.

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sunburnt and questionable fashion can be forgiven for doing seagrass/mileanach surveying in such a gorgeous location. Also an excellent place to practice my gàidhlig. Tha latha math ann! #gàidhlig #hebrides #hebrideanislands #alba #seagrass #fieldwork #mileanach

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 19

All done by moi in my makeshift lab in oor accommodation. Oh she is TIRED. #eDNA #fieldwork

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 19

10pm at night and we're still up filtering water samples by hand for eDNA analysis. The grind never stops 😩 #neverstopneverstopping

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Aug 15

Listening to silly music whilst doing silly stats 😝

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Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit (CRRU) @crru.org.uk · Aug 13

Introducing our 2nd newborn bottlenose calf of the 2025 season with her proud mum "Barbi" (ID#253)! 🐬

This new youngster (5th known calf for Barbi), was probably only hours old when we met her yesterday, as evidenced from its bent-over dorsal fin and uncoordinated surfacing behaviour. 🧪

Newborn bottlenose dolphin calf surfacing next to its mother. Fetal folds and a bent over dorsal fin are visible on the calf.

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · Jul 9

Fascism? Simply too much trouble to do anything about it. We’ve got lefties to scold and arrest

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

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Jacob Simon (says) @jacobsimonsays.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re officially halfway through 2025… Here’s what went right in every month so far.

What impact will you have in the second half of the year?

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

I don’t think enough of us talked about the footage of the Norwegian Orcas makin’ out yesterday.

www.livescience.com/animals/orca...

Orcas filmed making out in the wild for first time

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.

www.livescience.com

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Jun 30

Is there a saint or goddess you can pray to for successful eDNA extractions? Asking for ME. 💁🏼‍♀️

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Jun 28

Super cute Monterey pride parade today! The Monterey Gay Aqueerium float was amazing 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Jun 26

See the delight on my face not having to suffer bruises on my hands pushing litres of water through a filter

Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Jun 26

Squidney Sweeney 🦑

Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · Jun 26

Got to hang out with a bunch of cool people from Biota Trace testing out an automated sampler (lovingly known as my wee robot pal) to collect water samples from Loch Craignish. @seawilding.bsky.social were also kind enough to let us use their shed and kept us company 😁 🐟 🤖

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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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Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social · May 8

My friend's so talented 😍

Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · May 3

Razorbill, Alca torda,
Fowlsheugh, Scotland

📷 Fujifilm X-Pro1 XF 70-300mm
🎞️ 1/2000 • f/5.6 • 300mm • 800 ISO

🪶 #birds #seabirds #wildlife #photography #razorbill #scotland #RSPB #fujifilm

A closeup picture of a razorbill on a stone (cliffside). The background is a blurry sea, in dark blue, and the razorbill sits in the centre in the sun. The razorbill has a white chest and underbelly, a sharp beak and a white line across its face from its eye to its beak. There is a blurry foreground just under the feet, giving the picture depth.