Tracie McKinney
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social
Primatologist, anthropology and anatomy lecturer, and Appalachian gal abroad. She/her.
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
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theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
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It’s still better to do something rather than nothing.
Three ways to tackle injustice without being a full-time activist
It’s still better to do something rather than nothing.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:59 AM
It’s still better to do something rather than nothing.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
AI can now hallucinate very realistic-looking citations that name real scholars and relevant journals. As if grading wasn't a slow process already, now you get to check to see if source materials really exist when marking student work.
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
AI can now hallucinate very realistic-looking citations that name real scholars and relevant journals. As if grading wasn't a slow process already, now you get to check to see if source materials really exist when marking student work.
This thread is wild
"An academic discovers a paper attributed to him that does not exist has been cited 42 times" is a sentence with an actual referent in 2025.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This thread is wild
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On World Monkey Day, @peopleprimate celebrates Barbary macaques. SHPI supports #conservation through coexistence with monkeys & other #primates. human-primate-interactions.org Barbary macaques are captured for the pet trade. Visit barbarymacaqueconservation.org
Art credit: @Lydialehman on X
Art credit: @Lydialehman on X
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
On World Monkey Day, @peopleprimate celebrates Barbary macaques. SHPI supports #conservation through coexistence with monkeys & other #primates. human-primate-interactions.org Barbary macaques are captured for the pet trade. Visit barbarymacaqueconservation.org
Art credit: @Lydialehman on X
Art credit: @Lydialehman on X
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On World Monkey Day, @peopleprimate celebrates the mantled howler. SHPI provides advice & training to support #conservation through coexistence with #primates. human-primate-interactions.org Visit Somos Congos somoscongos.com/index Art credit: @Lydialehman on X
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
On World Monkey Day, @peopleprimate celebrates the mantled howler. SHPI provides advice & training to support #conservation through coexistence with #primates. human-primate-interactions.org Visit Somos Congos somoscongos.com/index Art credit: @Lydialehman on X
What do you buy for older parents when they don't need anything? Experience gifts are good but they live in the middle of nowhere and don't like to travel. One starts to run out of creative ideas after 40+ years of Christmases.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What do you buy for older parents when they don't need anything? Experience gifts are good but they live in the middle of nowhere and don't like to travel. One starts to run out of creative ideas after 40+ years of Christmases.
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Call them “LLeMmings”—the people who outsource their thinking to ChatGPT and other AI products. @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on a new kind of decision making—that could come with a cost:
The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Rise of the LLeMmings
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December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Call them “LLeMmings”—the people who outsource their thinking to ChatGPT and other AI products. @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on a new kind of decision making—that could come with a cost:
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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A heartfelt pant-hoot farewell to dearly departed Jane Goodall, from all of us at PSGB. Thank you Richard Wrangham for your moving Memorial Talk, guiding us through her life and legacy ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A heartfelt pant-hoot farewell to dearly departed Jane Goodall, from all of us at PSGB. Thank you Richard Wrangham for your moving Memorial Talk, guiding us through her life and legacy ❤️
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Thank you bringing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and hope to this year's Winter Meeting at National Museum Cardiff. We hope to see you all next year!
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thank you bringing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and hope to this year's Winter Meeting at National Museum Cardiff. We hope to see you all next year!
Great start to #PSGBCardiff2025! Fantastic plenary, excellent talks and posters, great chats in the workshop, lovely venue and food... Dw i'n wedi blino but looking forward to tomorrow!
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Great start to #PSGBCardiff2025! Fantastic plenary, excellent talks and posters, great chats in the workshop, lovely venue and food... Dw i'n wedi blino but looking forward to tomorrow!
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Have you seen a movie or a series that had a real monkey or ape (or one you think might be real) "actor" in it recently?
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Have you seen a movie or a series that had a real monkey or ape (or one you think might be real) "actor" in it recently?
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
I am compiling a list of such productions released since 2014 and could use your help (I am searching methodically but want to be sure I don't miss anything) (1/2) ...
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
I have it on good authority (from my confident gen alpha child) that they're going to reset all the memes at the end of the year.
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I have it on good authority (from my confident gen alpha child) that they're going to reset all the memes at the end of the year.
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My boss says we have to do more "marketing". I hope this is what she meant...
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My boss says we have to do more "marketing". I hope this is what she meant...
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Already planning your trip to our Winter Meeting in Cardiff? 😍 We've updated our website with information about travel, accessibility, and local attractions - check it out, and purchase your ticket by Friday to benefit from an early-bird discount! www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Meetings | Primate Society of Great Britain
www.psgb.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Already planning your trip to our Winter Meeting in Cardiff? 😍 We've updated our website with information about travel, accessibility, and local attractions - check it out, and purchase your ticket by Friday to benefit from an early-bird discount! www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Mae'r mwncïod yn dod i Gymru!
Primate Society of Great Britain Cardiff Nov 27-28
*Plenaries from Prof Jo Setchell & Dr Cecile Sarabian
*Jane Goodall memorial from Prof Richard Wrangham
*interactive workshops
*social event & networking
Early bird prices end Friday
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Primate Society of Great Britain Cardiff Nov 27-28
*Plenaries from Prof Jo Setchell & Dr Cecile Sarabian
*Jane Goodall memorial from Prof Richard Wrangham
*interactive workshops
*social event & networking
Early bird prices end Friday
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Meetings | Primate Society of Great Britain
www.psgb.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Mae'r mwncïod yn dod i Gymru!
Primate Society of Great Britain Cardiff Nov 27-28
*Plenaries from Prof Jo Setchell & Dr Cecile Sarabian
*Jane Goodall memorial from Prof Richard Wrangham
*interactive workshops
*social event & networking
Early bird prices end Friday
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Primate Society of Great Britain Cardiff Nov 27-28
*Plenaries from Prof Jo Setchell & Dr Cecile Sarabian
*Jane Goodall memorial from Prof Richard Wrangham
*interactive workshops
*social event & networking
Early bird prices end Friday
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Still grinning to myself thinking about the cute 3- or 4-year-old I overheard at the library today, trying to make friends by shouting in heavily accented English "I LIKE YOU FACE. YOU FACE - I LIKE IT."
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Still grinning to myself thinking about the cute 3- or 4-year-old I overheard at the library today, trying to make friends by shouting in heavily accented English "I LIKE YOU FACE. YOU FACE - I LIKE IT."
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
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Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
- Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
- Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM