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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 4d

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!

We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 4d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

www.nytimes.com

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · 16d

Not sure if #icanhazpdf is still a thing, but would any of you happen to have this old paper? #primates #academicsky

Baldwin & Baldwin (1976). Vocalizations of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in southwestern Panama. Folia Primatologica 26: 81-108.

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 19d

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation

Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25d

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · 25d

Dooooo it!

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · 25d

I think once for fun, then passed them along 😄

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · 25d

This thread is cracking me up. It reminds me of the care package I got from Momaw when I was doing field work, which contained matching his-and-hers camouflage tank tops.

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · 25d

Growing up in an evangelical community and then moving on with your life feels like escaping from a cult. Some of y'all will understand, I'm sure. It hurts.

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Simon Hedges @simonhedges.bsky.social · 25d

Analysis of habitat connectivity and aggregation suggested that more than half of global #forests have become more fragmented over the past two decades, painting a picture of widespread forest degradation beyond the direct effects of #habitat loss

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020

Habitat fragmentation, in which contiguous forests are broken into smaller, isolated patches, threatens biodiversity by disrupting species movement, shrinking populations, and altering ecosystem dynam...

www.science.org

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · 26d

Me too 🤞

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you a future primatologist from a primate habitat country who'd like to do a masters in the UK? Come study with me! 🐒

Chevening scholarship applications now open for 2026-2027, with a deadline of 7 Oct 2025. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

www.chevening.org/scholarships/

Scholarships | Chevening

Chevening Scholarships

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do you have a passion for primates and a precise editorial eye? We’re looking for a new editor for the PSGB Primate Eye Newsletter. 🦧 📝 Curate Issues; highlight members’ achievements, and act as a critical mouthpiece for PSGB. 📧 [email protected] for more information about how to apply.

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's the workshop call for the #Primate Society annual meeting! Abstract call is coming soon. Feel free to message with any questions. Reposts are appreciated 🐒

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are delighted to announce that our 2025 Winter Meeting will be hosted at the National Museum in Cardiff, Wales (27th & 28th Nov).

Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November

www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!

@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you a future primatologist from a primate habitat country who'd like to do a masters in the UK? Come study with me! 🐒

Chevening scholarship applications now open for 2026-2027, with a deadline of 7 Oct 2025. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

www.chevening.org/scholarships/

Scholarships | Chevening

Chevening Scholarships

www.chevening.org

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do you study crocodiles, or work in crocodile conservation? If so, please help my MSc student with their project by filling out this quick survey. Reposts appreciated - we are looking for a a pretty niche audience! #wildlife #crocodile #academicsky

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Knowledge, Attitude and Application of Culture, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Community Engagement in Human-Crocodile Conflict (HCC) Mitigation.

You are invited to take part in a student research project titled “Evaluating the Knowledge, Attitude and Application of Culture, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Community Engagement in Hum...

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 24

Amazing! I *loved* Demon Copperhead and am a big Silas House fan, but don't know much of the rest. Thanks!

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 23

Ooh. Any favourites to recommend?

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 20

Costa Rica for the win (always). They're making an urban park from a decommissioned city zoo site which will connect to a larger wildlife corridor. Brilliant.

ticotimes.net/2025/08/19/f...

Former Zoo to Become Costa Rica’s First Urban Natural Park

Simón Bolívar Park in San José will be transformed into Costa Rica’s first Urban Natural Park by 2026, turning the former zoo into a space for conservation, culture, and community.

ticotimes.net

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 20

Working from home with kids is wild. Like, why did I have to pause a paper review to tune a ukulele?

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · Aug 18

#conservationoptimism

Experts thought the critically endangered Sumatran rhino population in southern Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park had gone extinct

But now Working Dogs for Conservation has detected several signs of them in the park, @jeremyhance.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.com

Sniffer dogs may have rediscovered a lost population of Sumatran rhinos

Sumatran rhinos — hairy and noisy — were thought to have gone extinct from southern Sumatra for years. Then came the dogs. Recently, dogs with Working Dogs for Conservation have discovered what are be...

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 17

I am getting loads of replies and messages from people raising money. Palestinian friends: I see you, and I contribute as often as I can but there are just so, so many requests 💔

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Aug 16

[COMMENTARY]

A new op-ed explains how language shapes the way we view wildlife and their conservation, as even subtle word choices can drive perceptions of species or situations.

** The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily of Mongabay.

It’s time to update the language of human-wildlife interactions (commentary)

Language shapes the way we view our world. In the field of wildlife conservation, even very subtle word choices drive peoples’ perceptions around individual species or situations. These word choices…

news.mongabay.com

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Tracie McKinney @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks, Sarah! 😊

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