@thelabandfield.bsky.social
Conservation, curator in charge of birbs, island hopper, runner, connoisseur of fine teas, biscuit fiend, v left, queer af, Erdős–Bacon = 8, he/him.
[🏳️🌈🇨🇦🐧 and some 🇦🇺🇵🇳]
📍 Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
@marcusjdl.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialThe BBC’s transphobia is not just BBC News
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialCultural historians will struggle with our time
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialOne of the sadnesses is occasionally I remember a friend's Very Excellent Post and when I go to find it I realise it was probably from the hellsite before it was abandoned. Alas.
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialmate
@pixelatedboat.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialAustralopithecus 3 million years ago:
@thelabandfield.bsky.social😂
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialCareful...
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialSo rude
@digs.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.social“The opposite of hope isn’t despair. It’s inaction”. Great stuff from @helenpilcher.bsky.social #conservation #kakapo
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@beccanical.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialit is extremely important that we build the data centres that kill you & the planet to run the Product that kills you & the planet. if we stop devoting money & resources to the Our Creation Kills Everyone project, the economy will collapse. you wouldn't want line go down, would you?
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialThe number of collections with known or presumed avian types and no publication now stands at 121 albnd.github.io/bird_types/n...
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialBibliography of avian types -- update v.2026.10.09
-new additions including collections and bibliography
-encoding error (hopefully!) fixed
-some de-duplication of references.
>1000 refs to >200 collections now available.
Corrections welcome!
@thelonglab.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialMy favourite part of this poster design is that is a “myriorama” (inspired by @tomgauld.bsky.social’s “Endless Journey” cards), meaning the sections can be cut out and re-arranged in 10! (i.e. 3,628,000) different combinations! #SciArt
@sabs.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.social🧪 probably a long shot, but: has anyone heard of a two-headed trout specimen named Cuthbert the Great?
the specimen allegedly went to the AMNH in 1940 but the museum has no record of it. trying to track down Cuthbert.
www.nytimes.com/1944/08/13/a...
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialThe number of collections with known or presumed avian types and no publication now stands at 121 albnd.github.io/bird_types/n...
@thelabandfield.bsky.social(and crucially, a trial of our update procedure, which needed some steps ironing out in practice - should be all good from here on out though!)
@thelabandfield.bsky.socialBibliography of avian types -- update v.2026.10.09
-new additions including collections and bibliography
-encoding error (hopefully!) fixed
-some de-duplication of references.
>1000 refs to >200 collections now available.
Corrections welcome!
@davehb.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialJust had a meeting with my (suited, knighted) boss, then realised I still have a ladybird sticker on my shirt that my toddler put there yesterday. Thankfully I work in ecology, so if anything he was the weird one for lack of cool insect stickers.
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.social📣 Have you filled in the Seabird Group’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion survey yet?
We want to make our community more inclusive and welcoming for everyone, and we need your input! 💙
📝 Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to everyone who’s already responded!
@mattio.bsky.socialReposted by @thelabandfield.bsky.socialThis is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD:
