Tracie McKinney
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social
Primatologist, anthropology and anatomy lecturer, and Appalachian gal abroad. She/her.
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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...
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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...
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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
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Registration is open, and the programme is shaping up!
Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
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Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
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National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
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Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Registration is open, and the programme is shaping up!
New paper! 🧪🐒 Full text, open-access is now available for my survey of primates in fragmented habitats for Annual Review of Anthropology.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Primates in Fragmented Habitats
Forest fragmentation was highlighted as a conservation priority in primatology more than 20 years ago, yet this issue unfortunately remains a key challenge. In this article, I review the literature on...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New paper! 🧪🐒 Full text, open-access is now available for my survey of primates in fragmented habitats for Annual Review of Anthropology.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
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Of course women don't like the cybertruck. Women only want one thing and it's a walking castle in the waste, powered by a fire demon, with doors to kingsbury, porthaven and possibly Merthyr Tydfil
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Of course women don't like the cybertruck. Women only want one thing and it's a walking castle in the waste, powered by a fire demon, with doors to kingsbury, porthaven and possibly Merthyr Tydfil
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Early Bird Tickets are now on sale for our 2025 winter meeting! Get yours now, and take advantage of our additional discounts for students and members! 👍 Tickets can only be purchased through our website: www.psgb.org/events/psgb-...
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Early Bird Tickets are now on sale for our 2025 winter meeting! Get yours now, and take advantage of our additional discounts for students and members! 👍 Tickets can only be purchased through our website: www.psgb.org/events/psgb-...
WHO IS READY FOR SOME MONKEY BUSINESS? 🐒
PSGB is coming to Cardiff Nov 27-28. Get ready for
- gorgeous venue
- great plenary guests
- talks, posters, and interactive workshops
- plant-based lunch included
Abstract submission is open until 15 Oct, and tickets go on sale next week. #primates
PSGB is coming to Cardiff Nov 27-28. Get ready for
- gorgeous venue
- great plenary guests
- talks, posters, and interactive workshops
- plant-based lunch included
Abstract submission is open until 15 Oct, and tickets go on sale next week. #primates
Submissions are still open for abstracts and workshop proposals for our 2025 winter meeting in Cardiff! Submit before the 15th of October! www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
WHO IS READY FOR SOME MONKEY BUSINESS? 🐒
PSGB is coming to Cardiff Nov 27-28. Get ready for
- gorgeous venue
- great plenary guests
- talks, posters, and interactive workshops
- plant-based lunch included
Abstract submission is open until 15 Oct, and tickets go on sale next week. #primates
PSGB is coming to Cardiff Nov 27-28. Get ready for
- gorgeous venue
- great plenary guests
- talks, posters, and interactive workshops
- plant-based lunch included
Abstract submission is open until 15 Oct, and tickets go on sale next week. #primates
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Are you coming to our winter meeting in November? 😉 We've collaborated with local hotels to organize discounts specifically for conference attendees - check out three great options for your stay in Cardiff on the Meetings Page on our website: www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Are you coming to our winter meeting in November? 😉 We've collaborated with local hotels to organize discounts specifically for conference attendees - check out three great options for your stay in Cardiff on the Meetings Page on our website: www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
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Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission
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‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission
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October 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
Not sure if #icanhazpdf is still a thing, but would any of you happen to have this old paper? #primates #academicsky
Baldwin & Baldwin (1976). Vocalizations of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in southwestern Panama. Folia Primatologica 26: 81-108.
Baldwin & Baldwin (1976). Vocalizations of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in southwestern Panama. Folia Primatologica 26: 81-108.
September 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Not sure if #icanhazpdf is still a thing, but would any of you happen to have this old paper? #primates #academicsky
Baldwin & Baldwin (1976). Vocalizations of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in southwestern Panama. Folia Primatologica 26: 81-108.
Baldwin & Baldwin (1976). Vocalizations of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in southwestern Panama. Folia Primatologica 26: 81-108.
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
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#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
Growing up in an evangelical community and then moving on with your life feels like escaping from a cult. Some of y'all will understand, I'm sure. It hurts.
September 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Growing up in an evangelical community and then moving on with your life feels like escaping from a cult. Some of y'all will understand, I'm sure. It hurts.
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Analysis of habitat connectivity and aggregation suggested that more than half of global #forests have become more fragmented over the past two decades, painting a picture of widespread forest degradation beyond the direct effects of #habitat loss
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020
Habitat fragmentation, in which contiguous forests are broken into smaller, isolated patches, threatens biodiversity by disrupting species movement, shrinking populations, and altering ecosystem dynam...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Analysis of habitat connectivity and aggregation suggested that more than half of global #forests have become more fragmented over the past two decades, painting a picture of widespread forest degradation beyond the direct effects of #habitat loss
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Are you a future primatologist from a primate habitat country who'd like to do a masters in the UK? Come study with me! 🐒
Chevening scholarship applications now open for 2026-2027, with a deadline of 7 Oct 2025. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.
www.chevening.org/scholarships/
Chevening scholarship applications now open for 2026-2027, with a deadline of 7 Oct 2025. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.
www.chevening.org/scholarships/
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September 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Are you a future primatologist from a primate habitat country who'd like to do a masters in the UK? Come study with me! 🐒
Chevening scholarship applications now open for 2026-2027, with a deadline of 7 Oct 2025. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.
www.chevening.org/scholarships/
Chevening scholarship applications now open for 2026-2027, with a deadline of 7 Oct 2025. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.
www.chevening.org/scholarships/