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Tess

@tessaroo

PhD in Genetics from Uni of Aberdeen I read books and do science and sometimes take pictures of animals

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@aptshadow.bsky.social saw this guy and immediately thought of Jack from Pretenders to the Throne of God…

21.02.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes when I was looking at this I noticed it was paraphyletic! I wasn’t happy, paraphylies annoy me.

24.12.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah just another one of my weird hobbies

21.11.2025 09:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a me!

21.11.2025 09:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Genetic Identification of Birds - The Aberdeen Wildlife DNA Lab Help Martin Collinson raise money to support University of Aberdeen Development Trust SCIO

Thank you to everyone who continues to contribute to our fundraiser. Recent greatest hits from samples sent in by ringers and birders for ID include an Atlas Flycatcher in Spain, and a MΓ©nΓ©tries's Warbler in Poland!

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05.10.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like a great book idea

25.09.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool cool cool, I probably need more shelves anyway πŸ˜‚

30.06.2025 08:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally got Mr. Tchaikovsky’s newest book, and absolutely love the art on the hardback.

@aptshadow.bsky.social your books now take up nearly a quarter of my shelf space. Unrelated, do you know if the paperback of Bee Speaker will match my copies of the previous books?

29.06.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

all my people cat people πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

25.06.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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IT’S HERE!!! @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @franzanth.bsky.social @skypeascientist.bsky.social

25.06.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

stunning 🀩

23.06.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a green sweater is standing in front of a television with the words im in written on his chest . ALT: a man in a green sweater is standing in front of a television with the words im in written on his chest .
17.06.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do I need a third copy? No, but I kind of want one now. Just a little bit. Dammit.

17.06.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Ogres cover is πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

27.05.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two identical shirt designs but one is magenta and one is orange. It says biology is bigger than binaries and it has a clownfish and a bee and a lily

Two identical shirt designs but one is magenta and one is orange. It says biology is bigger than binaries and it has a clownfish and a bee and a lily

🚨Wee ooh wee ooh 🚨

Less than one week to get these shirts guaranteed in your size and color choice!

@franzanth.bsky.social designed β€˜em!
They support science communication work here in Philly!
Screen printed on 100% cotton next level tees.

Get β€˜em
Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

RTs super appreciated!

26.05.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 413 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

currently have Even in Arcadia on a loop. no other music exists in the universe.

12.05.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also have an annoying brain so I really appreciated that segue πŸ˜‚ recently read a secondary world fantasy where someone was reading braille. Was it cool to see? Yes. Would it have been a lot of work to make up an alternate system? Probably. But threw me right out of the world!

12.05.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the company that’s planning to β€œresurrect” the mammoth so not surprising. The woolly mice were cute, but not technologically groundbreaking.

07.04.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of transgenic mouse, a black mouse called King, wearing a photoshopped-in crown.

Photo of transgenic mouse, a black mouse called King, wearing a photoshopped-in crown.

Transgenic mouse rights are mouse rights ✊πŸ§ͺ🐭

08.03.2025 23:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The plot thickens. I reordered Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and received the next 240 pages of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.

07.02.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I ordered a book off Amazon (bad Tess, I know). I was pretty excited to read about feminism and socialism and stuff. But I opened the book and it’s a different book inside! Wtf just happened?

06.02.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today I learned that kangaroos have three vaginas and two uteri (and that the plural of uterus is uteri). I’m quite happy with my Friday.

31.01.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a PhD on taxonomy and systematics and species delimitation and all that stuff, and this thread is brilliant

17.01.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and of all things it was apparently the most read in our department!

15.01.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because my brain is kind of a dick, I have very detailed plans for several apocalypse scenarios. All of which are highly divorced from reality and its many constraints. Fun times all around.

05.01.2025 07:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon cat with a pink bow on her head ALT: a cartoon cat with a pink bow on her head
17.12.2024 08:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
torn poster

torn poster

tweet on invitation of simon fanshawe to give EDI workshop

tweet on invitation of simon fanshawe to give EDI workshop

reflecting on the past year of #queerphobia in my department (school of Biological sciences) at bsky.app/profile/unio...

TW: #transphobia

β€’ posters torn down
β€’ posters defaced with penis stickers
β€’ transphobe invited by management to give #EDI workshop

(1/5) #PhDSky #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM

09.12.2024 13:16 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Went into town to grab @aptshadow.bsky.social’s new book before going into work today. If I can mark three papers by lunch, I’ll reward myself with a little reading break 😊

05.12.2024 10:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

peacock spider, pallas's cat, caracal, spoon-billed sandpiper

11.09.2024 09:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My cat has learned to boop my nose when she wants me to wake up and pay attention to her. I’m impressed but not thrilled.

10.09.2024 09:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0