Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Looleveryday @looleveryday.bsky.social We must try to be good
Spider is ๐ท๏ธ ๐ธ๏ธ my "totem animal"
I'm only here to repost what I like.
I'm not streamer.
The Food & Wine Diva @thefoodandwinediva.bsky.social Freelance food/drink/travel journalist who reveres Democracy and equal rights, loves gardening, and toutes les choses franรงaises.
No DMs please.
Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social I am an Australian leftist political "big picture" thinker / writer. My recent focus has been on how the neoliberal era has shaped today's extreme politics worldwide.
See pinned post for recent articles.
More at https://timgoodacre.wordpress.com/
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata @ento-ea.bsky.social Experimental and applied entomology - Scientific journal of the Netherlands Entomological Society @nev.nl with research papers and reviews. #entomology #biocontrol ๐ชฒ๐ฆ๐ชฐ๐๐๐๐ชณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15707458
Matthew @matthewmatthew.bsky.social Creativity, baking, sourdough, woodworking, embroidery, democracy, scotch, video games, books, scale models, guitars.
Joshua Chamberlain @gshock81.bsky.social Elder Millennial, Congressional District 1 Mainer, UMaine Alum. On November 5, 2024, I invoked my hero, the famous Union Civil War General Joshua Chamberlain, and all of you fellow resistors became the 20th Maine. We will hold the blue line. โ๏ธ ๐
Anthen Morrow @smoothbeing47.bsky.social Blue forever - happily married 53 years. LGBTQIA ally who values the environment and all humanity. Heโs an adjudicated felon.
Rachel Thomson ๐ @rachelliephant.bsky.social ๐ PhD Elephant Cognition, Personality & Conflict
๐ง Comparative & Evolutionary Psychology
๐ University of Portsmouth / Elephants for Africa
๐ 1+3 South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership
๐ญ MRes Neuroscience / MSc Research Methods
AILA @ail39.bsky.social Climate / Cycling / Cats & Comedy / The Future
Caco (Caroline) @cacoberry.bsky.social PhD student in chimpanzee emotions & culture at the University of Geneva
Melisande Blackwood @melisande86.bsky.social Life doesn't offer many definitive answers.
To remain clear-headed, curious, and kind, and to live earnestlyโI think that's already quite good
Ocean Tiger @oceantigerii.bsky.social True Blue Boomer. I belive in the constitution and the way America was before Trump. I follow back like minded people. No MAGA!
Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social -Retired civilian physicist/electronics engineer for the USAF.
-Iโm very interested in American politics, history, movies, TV, music, and comic strips and books.
-I will block MAGAts, bigots, and assholes into oblivion.
Sukie ๐๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ @froggybottompond.bsky.social A Twitter Quitter w/104K followers.
Retired executive with national health organization๐ฉโ๐ผBelieves in science ๐งช
Rainbow Baby๐ Matriarch ๐ธ๐ผ
Manage @goochlanddems.bsky.social
Respect my existence or expect my resistance.
#ResisterForever
#VoteBlue ๐๐บ๐ธ๐
Lil A ๐ด๐ @lilatheofficial.bsky.social Gen Z | Democrat ๐ | Musician & Music Producer | YouTube: @LilATheOfficial
NEW ALBUM SOON - โฑ ฮ
85% - DONE
Followed by @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social, @meidasjordy.bsky.social, @theliamnissan.bsky.social, @markhamillofficial.bsky.social and more
ฯัะณเนเธฃ ๐ ๐น๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐.๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ @w3ctk.com w3ctk.com ๐ Protest/Pride Gear bluestuff.store
Chris Kelleher dad of 3 (1 ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ) in Villanova PA PHL
Ally: LGBTQIA+ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Dem ๐
Dev: OpenEdge, QAD, SQL, Infor Syteline
Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES
Red Cross Disaster Services Technology
Sarah Arnold @sejarnold.bsky.social Entomologist, likes pollination, insect behaviour, IPM, horticulture and agriculture, sustainability, nature and especially wild bees.
Works at Niab (UK). Views my own. she/her
Neurodivergent, quirky, sometimes wrong but usually teachable.
Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social Biogeochemist at University of Liverpool & SLU Uppsala. Greenhouse gases and water chemistry in peatlands, lakes, streams, ditches and ponds. Lover of mountains and wild places.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GXE28xwAAAAJ&hl=en
Eli Halbreich @halbreich.net Clinical Psychology PhD candidate studying Human-Animal Interaction at Texas Tech University | he/him/his
halbreich.net
Paul Keil @paulgkeil.bsky.social Undisciplined ethnographer | Sorry academic
Interested in human beings who are interested in nonhuman beings
BOOK: The Presence of Elephants http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003402985
Research https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Keil
@luci889.bsky.social @luci889.bsky.social 
Martin A. Nuรฑez @martin-nunez.bsky.social Ecologist that studies ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐พ๐ณ๐ฆ โฐ, mostly invasives. University of Houston. Executive Editor JAppliedEcology #bioinvasions. Views my own. See my new book! https://mybook.to/ScienceGuide
Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social Postdoc in the Comparative Cognition Lab, Cambridge Psychology Department working on cognition and curiosity in cuttlefish๐ and other animals. Formerly DPhil student at Oxford Biology. https://vajuwon.weebly.com
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite. Expect herons.
Tiago Monteiro @monteirotiago.bsky.social behavioural scientist ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ || researcher @DomLabVienna & @VetmeduniVienna || previously LearningLab @Neuro_CF & @OxfordBiology & @UnivAveiro
https://tiagomonteiro.weebly.com
A Moveable Feed @amoveablefeed.bsky.social Blunt, funny takes on todayโs biggest stories from a recovering DC insider. One sharp email a day so you actually understand the news. Subscribe โ https://buttondown.com/amoveablefeed
Jake Wiebe @jakethemammal.bsky.social I like bees
Lena Jannasch @crowladyl.bsky.social PhD student @ Uni Tรผbingen | Studying intelligence as an evolutionary spectrum, not a hierarchy | Avian cognition | Math at heart
We need global policies to make AI safe and aligned with human interests.
Computational Cognition Lab at Taipei Medical University @compcoglab.bsky.social The Computational Cognition lab @ the Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain and Consciousness (https://gimbc.tmu.edu.tw/gimbc/) of Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, lab page: https://sites.google.com/tmu.edu.tw/cdlab/home?authuser=0
thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Lindsey Swierk @lindseyswierk.bsky.social Assistant Professor at SUNY Binghamton | behavioral ecology | tropical ecology | herpetology๐ฆ๐ธ | lindseyswierk.com
New Guinea Singing Dog Conservation Society @ngsdconservation.bsky.social The NGSDCS is a nonprofit that promotes awareness, knowledge, conservation, and welfare of New Guinea Singing Dogs (NGSDs) ngsdconservation.org
Hayley Simpkin @pipkinzoo.bsky.social KS3- KS4 Jack of All (Science) Trades, KS5 Biology and Applied Science in the East Midlands. Previously all of the above plus SEMH and vocational/school farms bod.
Vildan Acar @vildanacar.bsky.social PhD student at the University of East Anglia. Studying cognition and gut microbiota in wild tits.
Measuring Behavior @measuringbehavior.bsky.social The next MB conference is April 28-30 2027 in Dรผsseldorf. It is a forum for the latest methods, inventions, prototypes, tools and techniques in behavioral research.
Ryan Ho Kilpatrick ไฝๆพๆฟค @ryanhk.blue Executive Editor, Hong Kong Free Press | Former Managing Editor of the China Media Project | Before that: TaiwanPlus, The Washington Post, TIME, dpa
๐ Hong Kong
Anouk Bouma @anoukbouma.bsky.social PhD candidate studying Monte Carlo simulations in the social/behavioral sciences | Meta-Research Center, Tilburg University | Board member at the Platform for Young Meta-Scientists (PYMS) @youngmetascience.bsky.social
Paul McDonald @bloodnut8.bsky.social 
Nik Taylor @animalsociology.bsky.social Prof at Uni Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand. Critical animal studies. Violence against animals. Neoliberalisation of education. Dog and pig obsessed. Views my own.
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Fabienne Dumoulin @fabdumoulin.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM
Phthalocyanines & co
Photodynamic Therapy & Molecular Materials & Nanomedicine
Associate editor JPP & RSC Advances
Acฤฑbadem Univ.
French in Tรผrkiye since 2005
FRSC
Michael Lairmore DVM, PhD @lairvet.bsky.social Member National Academy of Medicine, Distinguished Professor (Emeritus), University of California, Davis. Leader, Author, One Health Advocate, Scientist, and Consultant.
Dr. Alyssa (they/them) @yesthattoo.bsky.social Autistic researcher with too many interests and no real intention of narrowing it down. Mostly AAC research at the moment. Sometimes a math teacher.
Not speaking on behalf of any companies/organizations here.
Just Comics @justcomics.bsky.social Joan Chan. I draw comics about animals.
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
Dr. Alexandra Safryghin @alexsafry.bsky.social I research how apes communicate ๐๐ค๐ป๐ค๐ป Currently Early Career Leverhulme Fellow @UStA in Wild Minds Lab!
Sishuo Wang @sishuowang.bsky.social sessional prof at chinese univ of hong kong (cuhk), alumni chn (fka beijing) agric univ & ubc. phylogenetics, computational molecular evolution sishuowang2022.wordpress.com
Flรณra Elhart @el-flo.bsky.social Attempting to understand the behavio(u)r of my non-human friends (ethology MSc student).
Collector of random interests.
Probably overthinking something right now.
Sweden. Welcome!
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival @dancemusicexper.bsky.social Festivals take place in downtown Toronto, Canada, for the audience feedback video.
The festival has created 4 tiers to enhance your festival experience.
https://filmfreeway.com/ExperimentalFilmMusicVideoFestival
https://experimentalfilmfestival.com
Brian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social I study diversification, species delimitation, trait evolution & similar questions, often using new methods. Also random coding projects. College prof living in Oak Ridge, TN, USA. Opinions my own. He/Him
Dr Blake Morton @drblakemorton.bsky.social University lecturer in animal & human behaviour. Inspired by #biodiversity & #conservation. Head of the #CoexistProject ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆก๐ฆซ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ Check out my group's latest research: https://www.blakemorton.co.uk/
solhog @solhog.bsky.social The truth should not be silenced! Sustainable democracy, human and environmental (life!) rights.
With tunnel vision we fumble around in the corridor of lifeโฆ
- Born 316ppmCO2 - Biologist Mother Forever - Retired and on the move
__ _ สยทอกแดฅยทส_ _ _
Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social A diamond ๐ open-access international journal for all fields of vertebrate zoology
No APCs โข Free English editing โข First decision <21 days โข @bioone.bsky.social reach
Published by @ivb-cas.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social and Czech Univ Life Sci
Hannah Scharf @hannah-scharf.bsky.social Akademische Rรคtin at LMU Munich studying great tits | PhD from UIUC on cowbirds and prothonotary warblers #PROWandCow | behavioral ecology | she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Sage Raymond @raisedbyfieldguide.bsky.social Behavioural Ecology - Field Biology - Natural History - Wildlife Tracks and Sign - Conservation
Muhammad Ilyas @himalayanlynx.bsky.social PhD student at Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen and Environment Institute, University of Adelaide | Macroecology ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆฌ | Biogeography ๐๐บ๏ธ| Conservation๐ฑ| Ecological Modelling </>๐ป| MSc Applied Data Science @exetergses.bsky.social
ilyaszarif.github.io
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival @environmentalfest.bsky.social A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre.
https://filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFestival
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
FieldFutures @fieldfutures.bsky.social We empower field teams, researchers, agencies, classes, and institutions to prevent, intervene in, and respond to harassment and assault in field settings.
Book a training session for your team today! www.fieldfutures.org
Marc Naguib @marcnaguib.bsky.social Professor in Behavioural Ecology, Wageningen University | Director Wageningen Institute of Animal Science (WIAS Graduate School)
@miriamkuspiel.bsky.social @miriamkuspiel.bsky.social Researcher in animal behaviour, acoustic communication, and social behaviours
Marina Garrido-Priego @marina-ipiak.bsky.social Postdoc @unibasel in Ecosystem Conservation ๐จ๐ญ
Behav & Movement Ecology
Following frogs around the world (and now birds!) ๐ธ ๐ฆ
๐ณ๏ธโ๐
EthoArt 2026 โ Ethology & the Arts @ethoart2026.bsky.social Ethology, Literature and the Arts ๐จ๐ฆ โ Erice, Sicily, 24-27 Sep 2026. How the science of animal behaviour shapes philosophy, literature, film & art. Abstracts due 10 Sep. ๐ centromajorana.it/ethoart2026
Lorenzo Betti @loreb92.bsky.social PhD Student in Network Science at the Department of Network and Data Science, Central European University
https://people.ceu.edu/lorenzo-betti
Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social Associate Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
Marta Mosna @marta-mosna.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist/behavioural ecologist and nature/human rights activist ๐๐ซ๐.
Alex Courtiol ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ
๐จโ๐ป @datazoogang.de Quantitative wildlife biologist based at IZW Berlin ๐ฉ๐ช / datazoogang.de / #wildlife #ecology #demography #conservation #evolution #rstats #linux
Erika Sininรคrhi @erikasininarhi.bsky.social PhD student @ univ.Helsinki & univ.Oulu
Behavioural ecologist, studying personality in the banded mongoose.
Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social Computational biologist | Postdoctoral Researh Fellow ๐she/her
โจ๏ธ Collective animal behavior, behavioral ecology, self-organization, ABM, heterogeneity, complex social systems
๐Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (GER)
๐ www.mpapadopoulou.com
Eloise Newman @eloisenewman.bsky.social DPhil student at University of Oxford โข Interested in social networks, behavioural ecology and microbiomes ๐ฑ๐ฆ www.eloisenewman.co.uk
Petr Prochรกzka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฆresearcher @ivb-cas.bsky.socialโฌ @czechacademy.bsky.social | #ornithology #birdmigration #birdringing #birdtracking #broodparasitism #HABITRACK | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aGO2IjIAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/rytikerttunen/
Will Baxter-Bray @wbaxterbray.bsky.social Field biologist. Ex-crew lead of the UF Snail Kite monitoring project. Working on science and nature writing. https://vagrantpursuit.blogspot.com/?m=1
Chrissie Painting @cpaintingnz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Uni Waikato, Behavioural Ecologist, Bug lover, Pฤkeha, Mama to 2 kiddos, Senior Ed for NZJZ, Prez of ASSAB, She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Pablo Alberti @pabloalbertibio85.bsky.social ๐ Biรณlogo
๐ฆ Mรกster en Biodiversidad y Biologรญa de la
Conservaciรณn
๐งโ๐พ Profesor de Secundaria
Xinrui Wang ็ๅฟ่ @xinruiwang1014.bsky.social PhD candidate - Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) & Wageningen University || Animal behavioural ecology; Wildlife conservation; Nature reserve management ๐ฆ || History lover ๐
Marcus Michelangeli @mrmic1.bsky.social Lecturer and leader of the wildlife behaviour and ecotoxicology research group @griffith.edu.au
Upama Aich @upama.bsky.social Forrest Research Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology @ceb-uwa.bsky.social. Interested in sexual selection, ageing, behaviour, and evolutionary biology. Past @MonashBiol. PhD from Jennions Lab @EcoEvo_ANU ๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐บ
https://upamaaich.com
Jose Ricardo Paula @josericardopaula.bsky.social Ass Prof @ University of Lisbon; President of @SPEtolgia; PI of http://www.behcomplexitylab.eu
Tatiana Demidova @tatademidova.bsky.social study behavioral ecology, shrews, killifish
Akhil Murali @akhil-murali.bsky.social he/him, Plant ecologist๐๐ณDoctoral researcher๐งโ๐ซ in TreeDi @iDiv ๐ณ @Uni_Leuphana.
interested in Biodiversity ecosystem functioningโณ๏ธTree-Shrub interactionsโณ๏ธPlant functional traitsโณ๏ธ
Tom Ratz @tomratz.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist | Independent Group Leader & SNSF Fellow at University of Zurich | Evolution, plasticity, & social interactions ๐ชฐ๐๐ฆ ๐ท โฆ
tomratz.weebly.com
Emily Gilford @emilygilford.bsky.social PhD Student @ Uni of Exeter (Cornwall), UK.
Interested in how animals cope with stress in changing environments ๐ currently studying crickets ๐ฆ
Research & Dissemination Officer at the Animal Welfare Research Network ๐
Yosef Prat @yprat.bsky.social Evolution of cognition, communication & language. MSCA Fellow at University of Oxford @oxexppsy.bsky.social
Varpu Pรคrssinen @varpuinen.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher interested in behavioral ecology, sexual selection and speciation. Studies ๐ฆ๐ชฐ๐, also likes๐ฆโโฌ๐ฆ
Matthew Silk @mattjsilk.bsky.social Research Fellow in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at University of Edinburgh. Social networks, behaviour, disease, demography and some wildlife photos.
Lisa Fontana @lisafontana.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Australian National University, working on innovation, cognitive ecology and social learning in sulphur-crested cockatoos ๐ฆ