Josh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈
@joshlukedavis.com
Science writer, editor and author @ the Natural History Museum, London | Queer animals, birds and embroidery | he/him | ✏️🏛🦦 | joshlukedavis.com
Pinned
I guess it's probably time to re-introduce myself!
Hi everyone! I'm Josh, and I work at the Natural History Museum, London 🎉 where I write about natural history and badger curators into letting me nose about their collections.
I also wrote an entire book on ✨queer✨ nature! 🙌🌈🦆
Hi everyone! I'm Josh, and I work at the Natural History Museum, London 🎉 where I write about natural history and badger curators into letting me nose about their collections.
I also wrote an entire book on ✨queer✨ nature! 🙌🌈🦆
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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somehow had no idea that some bats emit their echolocation sonar through their NOSE and feel like I have been missing out on so much
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
somehow had no idea that some bats emit their echolocation sonar through their NOSE and feel like I have been missing out on so much
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Yes, it’s definitely being used to look for lost pets and nothing else.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Yes, it’s definitely being used to look for lost pets and nothing else.
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This February, WATWH is diving into the wild, queer side of nature. Join us for a celebratory, thoughtful, and eye-opening evening of science, history, and queerness in the animal kingdom.
rzsnsw.wildapricot.org/event-6560993
rzsnsw.wildapricot.org/event-6560993
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
This February, WATWH is diving into the wild, queer side of nature. Join us for a celebratory, thoughtful, and eye-opening evening of science, history, and queerness in the animal kingdom.
rzsnsw.wildapricot.org/event-6560993
rzsnsw.wildapricot.org/event-6560993
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This April we're doing environmental ed a little differently.
Join us for Biodiversitease: an Earth Day Cabaret!
We just don't see any reason why a bodacious bumblebee can't teach you about the critical role of pollinators, ya know?
This *will* sell out. Get tix now
Biodiversitease.eventbrite.com
Join us for Biodiversitease: an Earth Day Cabaret!
We just don't see any reason why a bodacious bumblebee can't teach you about the critical role of pollinators, ya know?
This *will* sell out. Get tix now
Biodiversitease.eventbrite.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This April we're doing environmental ed a little differently.
Join us for Biodiversitease: an Earth Day Cabaret!
We just don't see any reason why a bodacious bumblebee can't teach you about the critical role of pollinators, ya know?
This *will* sell out. Get tix now
Biodiversitease.eventbrite.com
Join us for Biodiversitease: an Earth Day Cabaret!
We just don't see any reason why a bodacious bumblebee can't teach you about the critical role of pollinators, ya know?
This *will* sell out. Get tix now
Biodiversitease.eventbrite.com
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Botany valentine. Another oldie.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Botany valentine. Another oldie.
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A beautiful and healthy 400 year old oak tree near my house was mysteriously assessed as “dying” and cut down after surveyors said it was thriving
probably a coincidence that the landowner wants to let a local football club pave over the site but couldn’t bc of the tree
probably a coincidence that the landowner wants to let a local football club pave over the site but couldn’t bc of the tree
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
A beautiful and healthy 400 year old oak tree near my house was mysteriously assessed as “dying” and cut down after surveyors said it was thriving
probably a coincidence that the landowner wants to let a local football club pave over the site but couldn’t bc of the tree
probably a coincidence that the landowner wants to let a local football club pave over the site but couldn’t bc of the tree
somehow had no idea that some bats emit their echolocation sonar through their NOSE and feel like I have been missing out on so much
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
somehow had no idea that some bats emit their echolocation sonar through their NOSE and feel like I have been missing out on so much
I *love* the chubby little grease fish 🥺
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I *love* the chubby little grease fish 🥺
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New episode today is ELUSIVE! @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com share stories of strange fishes, noisy shrews, and mysterious trees www.youtube.com/watch?v=eORr... 🐟🌲🐀. In case there is any doubt, we do not recommend using any animals as candles...🕯️
Why can no-one remember the time they used fish as candles? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep19
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
New episode today is ELUSIVE! @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com share stories of strange fishes, noisy shrews, and mysterious trees www.youtube.com/watch?v=eORr... 🐟🌲🐀. In case there is any doubt, we do not recommend using any animals as candles...🕯️
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obsessed with this Victorian gothic excuse for not going for extra drinks in this weekends guardian blind date
February 8, 2026 at 8:17 AM
obsessed with this Victorian gothic excuse for not going for extra drinks in this weekends guardian blind date
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The oldest known image of an owl:
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
February 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The oldest known image of an owl:
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
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Many students said they were careful to avoid "banned words" in their GRFP applications, but in some cases it was unavoidable. Now they're wondering if these words led to their RWR notifications.
“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”
“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Many students said they were careful to avoid "banned words" in their GRFP applications, but in some cases it was unavoidable. Now they're wondering if these words led to their RWR notifications.
“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”
“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”
*softly chanting*
birds birds birds birds birds birds
birds birds birds birds birds birds
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
*softly chanting*
birds birds birds birds birds birds
birds birds birds birds birds birds
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A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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heated rivalry new season
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
heated rivalry new season
I feel like I am going insane because you can also people watch by... going to an actual bar???
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bar livestreams: All the drama of a night out - from my sofa
There's been a surge in people watching such streams on TikTok, but bars say they face sanctions.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I feel like I am going insane because you can also people watch by... going to an actual bar???
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
obsessed with this Victorian gothic excuse for not going for extra drinks in this weekends guardian blind date
February 8, 2026 at 8:17 AM
obsessed with this Victorian gothic excuse for not going for extra drinks in this weekends guardian blind date
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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Would be interesting to compare the results on more recent models - but this problem won’t go away. LLMs are always going to be extrapolating from what has already, and often, been thought, which is why they aren’t windows to the future but anchors to the past.
Neat demonstration of how artificial so-called intelligence is taking us backwards.
"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."
#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...
"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."
#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...
New study uses Neanderthals to demonstrate gap between generative AI and scholarly knowledge
Technological advances over the past four decades have turned mobile devices and computers into the world's largest library, where information is just a tap away. Phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatche...
phys.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Would be interesting to compare the results on more recent models - but this problem won’t go away. LLMs are always going to be extrapolating from what has already, and often, been thought, which is why they aren’t windows to the future but anchors to the past.
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Some of the unprecedented flock of 35+ Common Cranes just off A1 a little north of Alnwick, #Northumberland #nebirding
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Some of the unprecedented flock of 35+ Common Cranes just off A1 a little north of Alnwick, #Northumberland #nebirding
my current position
February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
my current position
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We had a wonderful time yesterday at Exploring Queerness in Natural History.
We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.
We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.
February 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
We had a wonderful time yesterday at Exploring Queerness in Natural History.
We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.
We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.
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⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
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This could be why Bitcoin is crashing. People are switching back to high yield tulips.
Tulips from Lincolnshire on sale in a cafe/deli around the corner from my office in London for... yes, **£50** a bunch 🌷🌷😬😲
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM
This could be why Bitcoin is crashing. People are switching back to high yield tulips.