@viveknityananda.bsky.social
I research behaviour, mostly with insects. Writing (Book out here: https://tinyurl.com/ypu67rb9; Play: https://tinyurl.com/cjscz4c4). Illustration. Improv. Scicomm. Views my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈 website: www.viveknityananda.com
“Read it now” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Weaving folklore, fairy tale & Norse myth into a shimmering, witty & slyly subversive tapestry, Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – a rediscovered gem of classic #fantasy writing – has just been republished in the UK by Virago
💙📚
store.virago.co.uk/products/tra...
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
This is a charcoal pencil drawing of a dragon dancing through a Calcutta monsoon sky that I did while writing THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR. It can be found inside the Indian edition of the book from @westlandbooks.bsky.social:
39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.
Look out for us in...
- Newcastle (Monument Metro. Friday 13 and Saturday 14 March, 10 am to 4pm)
- Birmingham (Victoria Square. Saturday 14 March, 10am to 4pm)
- Cardiff (Working Street. Sunday 15 March, 10am to 4pm)
- Belfast (Botanic Park. Saturday 21 March, 10am - 4pm)
With the help of 'window to the wild’ TV vans we're bringing real, live footage of Holnicote's thriving beaver population to cities across the country.
We're taking beavers on tour!
Ever wanted to see one of the UK's most elusive mammals up close...?
Don’t be too shocked to discover that Reform top the polls for gay/bi men.
There’s a long history of gays supporting those who do not support our rights.
Margaret Thatcher, whose Government introduced the homophobic Section 28, was voted ‘Woman of the Year’ by Capital Gay readers, at least twice.
🎉🎂 Happy UK Book Birthday to INTERGALACTIC FEAST, the concluding book in @lavanya.bsky.social 's FLAVOUR HACKER duology, which began in Pen n Paper Award Winning INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF!
The future of food could decide the future of the galaxy...
https://geni.us/Megachef
https://geni.us/intergfeast
Job opportunity at the Natural History Museum in London! Principal researcher in human evolution. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
PREMIERING RIGHT NOW On Youtube, FOR FREE: The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Ncuti Gawa, from The National Theatre!
6 days only. Also available in streams with BSL & audio description.
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8?...
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8?...
Every time I see anything about Alexander the Great now I am compelled to recommend @thresholdrose.bsky.social's amazing upcoming historical novel THE POISON PALACE, following a courtesan from the Indian subcontinent as she makes her way to Alexander's conquering army to try and assassinate him.
PASSAGE OF TIME, TRANSLATED
2025 — “the other day”
2024 — “a few months ago”
2021-2023 — “last year”
2020 — “oof, maybe 10-15 years ago?”
2016-2019 — “a couple years ago”
2011-2015 — “10-15 years ago”
2000-2010 — “like 5-10 years ago”
'Urgent and immediate appeal
My husband’s condition is critical after he was injured. He needs surgery to remove shrapnel from his back.We urgently need $200.My sick heart cannot bear this situation,& the tears of my 5 kids have dried up from pain
✅
@mommunism.bsky.social'
'Our home was in North Gaza, but war took everything.
Now my daughter fights a serious illness, and we can’t afford treatment.
🙏 She survived the war… please help her survive this illness.
🫶 Any donation, even small, can save her life. Please don’t leave my child alone'
Had to try again with a better brighter monitor:
What's My JND? 0.0049
Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
This was fun!
What's My JND? 0.0074
Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
INTERGALACTIC FEAST is out in North America!
It’s the sequel to Interstellar MegaChef, with more Serenity Ko shenanigans, more secrets sneaking up on Saras… and all the food in the galaxy 🍩🚀
I’m super excited to be sharing this book with you!
A 🧵 of gratitude! But first…
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama!
Three positions, each including salary & a research budget.
Applications due April, 15th.
DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us!
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Are all of you still stuck there in an infinite loop?
I truly can’t tell you how delighted I am that the first Lizards book has been shortlisted for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social I love writing these books sooooooo much; they’re just pure joy for me. Plus Tim Miller’s hilarious illustrations, it’s just utter pleasure. Made my day.
Walking on thin air...
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (22-Spot Ladybird)
🐞 #insects #insectphotography #ladybug
Out this week!!
I feel like that post is a poem in itself.
Please help Mohammed get his son treatment for his vision loss. His family's gone through the ordeal of nearly losing Elias to starvation, & you all helped him survive. He needs your help again.
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We usually assume 🐜 ants 🐜 learn views when facing their goal, but our data shows that it is not necessarily the case!
We combined field experiments with a biologically constrained model to show how a two-stage neural circuit (MB -> CX) could allow this:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📣 JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
a really super important phrase here, which the Cass report itself leaned heavily on, is "good quality."
to be considered good quality, a study normally has to be double-blind - but for a lot of medical treatments, double-blind testing on children isn't ethical or appropriate