Dr Alex Bond
@TheLabAndField
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🏳️🌈🇨🇦🐧 Conservation, curator in charge of birbs, island hopper, connoisseur of fine teas, biscuit fiend, v left, queer af, he/him.
Milton Keynes/Tring, UK
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Problems signing in here on desktop so a friendly reminder I can be found elsewhere
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Put another way...
Another Pride Month with a friendly reminder that queers should get paid for being professionally queer.
Your timer starts now.
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I have, and always will, maintained that eiders make the sound of a granny when, while sat down with milky tea and biscuits on a a floral-patterned sofa, you tell her you've met a nice boy.
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I have always said that eiders sound like your northern grandmother when you tell her you've met a nice boy
when my mum and her friends are shown the dessert menu
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Well, it finally happened. Asked to review my own paper.
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Corporate “self care” advice after a year of literal pandemic:
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This is a balloon clip to hold helium balloons together.
Mr Gaspo operated between 1975-1980.
We hauled this out of a dead seabird three weeks ago.
Fuck your helium balloons. They will end up in the woods for us to pick up for you, and your kid probably cried when it flew off anyway. Do something less shit with this scare resource.
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Scientific publishing is really getting tough these days...
Nature wants 5 of your 7 children dead. It wants you dead by 50. Everything better than that is brought to you by science & technology
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It’s always good to see a paper that I worked for 2 years on come out in a decent journal.
It’s less good to see this is the first I’d heard of it, and I’m not a coauthor.
Folks, make sure you recognize the contributions of former staff after they leave.
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Yes hello I've been using R since 2008 and have made a simple ggplot figure without having to look anything up for the first time ever today ✨💫
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It's only C. elegans if it's from the Caenorhabditique region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling nematode.
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So the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum are in a twitter throwdown and it’s wonderful.
@NHM_London
is full of old fossils, but we have robots, a Spitfire and ancient poisons. Boom!
#AskACurator
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I’m very excited to announce that I’ve been promoted to Principal Curator in Charge of Birds
@NHM_London
@NHM_Tring
! I’m lucky to work with an amazing team and looking forward to more
#MuseumScience
in 2022!
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Well *I’m* certainly ready for strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as a basis for a system of government right now
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Did you know that the largest hummingbird is bigger than the smallest bird of prey? Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) vs Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)
#AskACurator
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I am willing to accept the biological inaccuracies of this
Please read every single word on this package!!!!!!!
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if you're ever tempted to ask "how did this study pass peer review?!" remember that "peer review" consists of 2 people who happen to be available and respond in a reasonable time.
Just because it's peer-reviewed doesn't mean it's right.
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Waking up to a £200k successful (and highly competitive) grant application, scored 99/100 with “no major weaknesses identified” is most definitely a cause for celebration! See you soon,
@nesospiza
! 🎉🎉🎉
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Here you go. The world’s largest hummingbird (Giant hummingbird; Patagona gigas) is bigger than the world’s smallest bird of prey (White-fronted Falconet; Microhierax latifrons)
#ornithology
#BirdsOfUnusualSize
The biggest hummingbird is larger than the smallest birds of prey
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Today's gay agenda:
1. Call to order
2. Be gay
3. Do amazing science
4. Be gay
5. Lunch
6. More science
7. AOB
8. Adjournment
#LGBTSTEMDay
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In brighter news, 15 years ago today I went on a first date with a fellow at the James Joyce Pub at the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel in Fredericton NB. He pawned his TV to pay for it; I didn't find that out until years later. I've only been on one first date. 🥰
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Just heard on BBC Radio 4 Today: “I know you’re a scientist, so resist sentimentality”
Science isn’t (and shouldn’t be) devoid of emotion. Scientists shouldn’t fear showing emotional reactions to their science.
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We can all go home now; nothing could possibly beat this
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Find yourself a man who looks at you like
@JayHulmePoet
looks at an Emperor Penguin chick 🥰
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Antarctica is about to have its first ever Pride
What a great idea! Despite years in the field, we never had any Pride celebrations. Wishing I had!
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Pride is a protest. Pride is a celebration. Pride wouldn't exist today without Black & Trans folks.
#BlackLivesMatter
#PrideMonth
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If you've followed for a while, or know me offline, you'll know that things have been a bit ... off the last few weeks/months. This came to a head on Sunday. After a GP consultation this afternoon, I'm starting a course of treatment for depression
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"What's it like being a queer scientist?"
Well, today I spent close to 2 hours dealing with a professional society that thought the A in LGBTQIA+ stood for "ally" and published "f****t" in a blog post. Thanks for asking
#WrathMonth
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I've been chasing this exact photo for nearly a decade, and very chuffed with the result - a Red-tailed Tropicbird against a clear blue sky. East Beach, Henderson Island.
#seabirdersaturday
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Heads up - THIS IS HOW YOU SUPPORT YOUR QUEER STAFF, TRAINEES, AND STUDENTS
#LGBTscience
#QueerInSTEM
#Pride
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what’s it like being an LGBTQ+ scientist? Just like any other scientist (with all the challenges that presents), but with the morality of your very existence questioned on a national platform in front of millions.
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Pronouns in paper author lists! I’ve also seen them as footnotes like affiliations 🥳
Our paper ‘Preprinting is positively associated with early career researcher status in ecology and evolution’ led by
@geneticsjesse
with Layla MacKay, Sarah Haworth,
@marieelaurence
,
@modedato
,
@kianabyoung
, &
@Elliott99Colin
is out now
@Ecol_Evol
.
👉
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Bond, A.L. 2020. Survival rates of biscuits during a period of reduced predator home range: implications for waistlines. J. Quarant. Sci. (forthcoming)
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It's
#NationalComingOutDay
! In case it wasn't abundantly clear, I am quite firmly "Team Sparkle". I first came out in September 2005. I last came out, well, in this tweet.
You might think it's just not a big deal in 2021, but I can assure you that it is (1/6)
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In the last few weeks since I vented on here about being left of a paper I thought I should’ve coauthored, I’ve had no less than 15 people write & say something similar is/has happened to them. Nearly all were ECRs; the majority were women
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We really need to start recognising the mental cost of this pandemic on everyone. Folks are not ok.
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Are YOU aware of penguins? They could be where you least expect. Stay alert. Be Penguin Aware™️
#PenguinAwarenessDay
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The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) is found throughout Europe and the Palearctic. This shot by photographer Hajime Nakatsuka captured one in mid-flight, highlighting its body's roundness [source + IG account: ]
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Another Pride Month with a friendly reminder that queers should get paid for being professionally queer.
Your timer starts now.
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An acquaintance got hate-crimed in London last week, requiring an ambulance and hospital visit.
I have been out for 17 years.
I hate, Hate, HATE that we are still in the "travel in a group, and have a plan in case you get queerbashed" kind of society.
17 years.
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Trans friends please do not use this as a binder alternative
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Please tell me someone has thought of a statistics game show called Akaike's Next Top Model.
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@BL_prints
@NHM_London
@TheMERL
@britishmuseum
@BLMedieval
I hasten to add that we have several of Audubon's *actual* ducks here at
@NHM_Tring
...
Also Darwin's, Wallace's, Cook's, ... just saying.
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In the spirit of this festive season, I give you perhaps the best gift that
@DuckSwabber
gave me, several years ago.
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I love the early morning light before the doors open to this cathedral of nature 🥰
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I am exceptionally pleased & humbled to announce that I've been appointed Ornithologist in Residence at
@StNicholasLeics
!
This raises the question of why a church has an ornithologist in residence, and why it’s me (not a member of the congregation, or Christian). THREAD!
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Science protip: have a folder called “Encouragement” and keep all the emails you receive that pick you up & make you beam.
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Periodical tweet that fancy whiz-bang science is cool and all, but for many species (even those that are well studied!) we still lack some basic information on what's often called "natural history" - distribution, phenology, morphology, etc. All of which is still important!
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The best place to be first thing in the morning is this cathedral of science where I’m lucky enough to work.
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Oh. My. Goodness. Paper accepted! And not just any paper, but a BIG PAPER. Can't wait to share it!
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About to submit a single-species paper to a journal that has constantly rejected my single-species papers saying they do not publish single-species papers but whose latest issue has 70% of articles on single species.
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Right... you asked for it! Giant Hummingbird vs Black-thighed Falconlet from the
@NHM_London
collections at
@NHM_Tring
. The biggest hummer & smallest bird of prey.
Fun fact: the giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is roughly the same size as the smallest birds of prey, like the black-thighed falconet (Microhierax fringillarius). The hummingbird is lighter, though.
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The American queer experience is not universal and should stop being treated as such.
Please share with me your most controversial take on LGBTQI films.
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If you can't make your own brain chemicals, store-bought is fine
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“What’s it like being queer in STEM?”
It’s like watching those who question our community’s right to exist get honoured by the Royal Society, the epitome of scientific excellence in this country.
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My boring Westminster Abbey fact is that they have the oldest taxidermied bird in the world - an African Grey Parrot that belonged to Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond (1672-1702) and died shortly after she did.
my boring westminster abbey fact is that the chandeliers in there were donated by the Guinness family. the light of god is filtered through thick irish stout
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We are deeply humbled, and so very grateful to everyone who's helped make
@LGBTSTEM
a success over the last 5+ years. Here's looking to the next 5!
Big news!
@TheLabAndField
&
@PhDGeek
from LGBTQ+ STEM have been awarded the 2020
@royalsociety
Athena Prize for advancing diversity in STEM
#LGBTQSTEM
#QueerInSTEM
#TransInSTEM
#BiInSci
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A new record. Not one we're happy to share though
#PlasticPollution
#ornithology
Today our beautiful, broken
#AdriftLab
team removed >400
#plastics
from one baby
#seabird
and >50g from another. It’s been rough (!), proud of how we’ve rallied around one another 💔🐦♻️
#PlasticIsNotADistraction
#Ecogrief
#LordHoweIsland
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The annual
@ILGAWORLD
report on state-sponsored queerphobia is out.
It's illegal to be gay in 69 (not nice) countries.
28 have marriage equality.
A handful offer full protection.
And societal acceptance and legality are often far apart.
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NEW PAPER! In 2018
@rdriver215
and I started looking at problematic, racist, and inappropriate English common names of birds. This has had more attention now thanks to
@BirdNames4Birds
. But we dig deeper in our OA paper in
@IBIS_journal
. CW: racism (1/7)
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They also get darker with time, before settling on a dark forest green!
For anyone that has never seen a
#cassowary
egg , they are bright green!! Part of the research at
@usceduau
#animalecology
@ornithallogy
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at what point do we have to talk about the ridiculous financial burden of masters-level courses?
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OK folks, against all good advice, I'm happy to announce it's time for ...
#Auktober
! There are 25 modern auks, which is (about) one a weekday all month. So hold on to your bill sheaths and sandeels!
#ornithology
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The muffin cup is the official storm-petrel weighing instrument
#facts
Great to start the Storm-petrel study season out in the Faroes. A handful of fluff balls in the nestboxes already, but most have hatched out in the last couple of days - really hoping we'll be able to deploy some
@pathtrackltd
GPS tags on the adults in the coming days!
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Giving this seminar at work today and not nervous at all nope not me why do you ask.
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The "stop using 'guys' in diversity training 2021" challenge
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What if, and hear me out, academics weren’t bullied by their institutions into applying for highly competitive low success rate grants that take months to write and instead did some science?
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As we approach Pride Month, I genuinely don't want to see any "we see you" posts from straight folks. That's utterly useless and empty and comes at zero cost to you.
We don't need seen, we need you to muck in, in a serious way.
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<gets on rainbow-coloured soapbox> We need more queer spaces that aren’t dance clubs, alcohol-centered, and largely catering to under 30s. (you’re all lovely, but I just don’t have the energy anymore) <grabs railing to step down off soapbox & teeter away>
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Straight friends - think about this. Let it sink in.
Features this sobering result - percentage of gay men who **"always"** avoid holding hands in public with a same-sex partner for fear of being assaulted, threatened or harassed:
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If you had any remaining doubt about the climate we find ourselves, this should be your red line. The time for "love is love" and "all are welcome here" is over. Allyship demands action, not words.
EXC: Schools trans guidance revealed - with
@NatashaC
- No pronoun or uniform change without parental consent
- No hiding changes from parents
- Head can say no to protect other kids
- Competitive sport protected - gender questioning pupils banned
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I never expected "don't send students/staff to places where they are legally prohibited" to be such a controversial take but here we are
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Guess what drops today? It's my first book!
We’re super egg-xcited that Birds (A Day in the Life) is out TODAY!📣
🦜🦅Kids will spend an action-packed 24 hours with some of the coolest birds in the world.
@TheLabAndField
and
@henry__rancourt
tell this story in the style of a nature documentary, perfect for animal lovers!
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"The oceans have undergone significant change in the last century"
Reviewer: as you did not test this statistically, please do not use the word "significant".
Goodness sakes.
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After 625 days, my treatment for depression (sertraline) has come to an end after 7 months symptom free. That's not to say it won't come back in the future, of course.
I can confidently say that without treatment I'm doubt I'd be here today.
Look after yourselves, friends x
If you've followed for a while, or know me offline, you'll know that things have been a bit ... off the last few weeks/months. This came to a head on Sunday. After a GP consultation this afternoon, I'm starting a course of treatment for depression
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So I have some news. Starting in November, I'll be the Senior Curator in Charge of Birds at
@NHM_Tring
!
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After 17 years being out and 19 years doing field work I realised that I tend to “unrainbow” in the field. It wasn’t a conscious choice (usually) but it’s something I thought I should fix.
Which I have now done 🏳️🌈🥰
#LHIadventure
#
#LGBTQSTEM
#QueerInSTEM
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As an undergrad, I idolized The University; a place of knowledge, self-discovery, and community.
As a grad student, I learned it was much more about funding, admin, and processes.
As a researcher, I find they are almost universally awful.
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Heartbreaking scenes from the US overnight (and not just from last night tbh). Police brutality and racism have no place in the world I want.
Science is political. Science is people. You can’t be for diversity in STEM and not outraged at things right now.
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NEW PAPER! Ingested plastics (big AND small) cause multi-organ damage in seabirds.
Evidence of sublethal scarring, necrosis, and plastics embedded in tissues of Flesh-footed Shearwaters (1/7)
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I’m indebted to so many folks.
@AonghaisC
who (without telling me!) nominated me,
@SeabirdSentinel
@i_jayas
and
@PhdGeek
and so many others with whom I build things.
Truly a humbling honour.
Congratulations to Dr Alex Bond, curator of birds at
@NHM_London
& Marsh Award for Ornithology winner! Alex communicates his work on
#Seabird
conservation engagingly & advocates for equality, diversity and inclusion in
#Ornithology
.
@swlanaturaleye
@MarshAwards
@TheLabAndField
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Nature is healing 🥰
The natural wonders of Britain are unmatched.
A terrapin rides a dead fox down Regent's Canal, London.
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A Southern Royal Albatross (the largest seabird in the world) with Alex for scale
#seabirds
#ornithology
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Some ornithological advice for
#covid19
. Don’t be a Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), be a Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
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