@research-zoo.bsky.social
PhD researcher in human animal interactions in zoos at the University of Lincoln UK. Interested in well-being. Lecturer in psychology, ecology, education, and animals at OU and ARU. Carer and crafter
Loves an analogy!
Loves an analogy!
I officially hate moving house. Your life is on hold whilst people nit pick and sneer at your beloved home.
August 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I officially hate moving house. Your life is on hold whilst people nit pick and sneer at your beloved home.
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The four horsemen of procrastination. @EllisRosen
July 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The four horsemen of procrastination. @EllisRosen
My 2nd #PhD supervisor is leaving. This is very sad, as she is so nice and encouraging. 😉
#phdsky, #phdchat #academicsky
#phdsky, #phdchat #academicsky
June 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My 2nd #PhD supervisor is leaving. This is very sad, as she is so nice and encouraging. 😉
#phdsky, #phdchat #academicsky
#phdsky, #phdchat #academicsky
Got feedback from my supervisors. Moving through the stages of #PhD grief;
Can't bear to look; feel over whelmed; want to give up; cheer myself up (buy shoes); and finally actually do something constructive!
#phdsky #academicsky #phdchat #academicchatter
Can't bear to look; feel over whelmed; want to give up; cheer myself up (buy shoes); and finally actually do something constructive!
#phdsky #academicsky #phdchat #academicchatter
June 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Got feedback from my supervisors. Moving through the stages of #PhD grief;
Can't bear to look; feel over whelmed; want to give up; cheer myself up (buy shoes); and finally actually do something constructive!
#phdsky #academicsky #phdchat #academicchatter
Can't bear to look; feel over whelmed; want to give up; cheer myself up (buy shoes); and finally actually do something constructive!
#phdsky #academicsky #phdchat #academicchatter
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Welcome back to Nature or No Nature!
Rachel Reeves, your own experts say nature-friendly farming is vital for our food security, wildlife, & climate.
Yet we hear you're set to slash the very funding it relies on.
With the clock ticking, and our future to play for, can you answer this question...
Rachel Reeves, your own experts say nature-friendly farming is vital for our food security, wildlife, & climate.
Yet we hear you're set to slash the very funding it relies on.
With the clock ticking, and our future to play for, can you answer this question...
June 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Welcome back to Nature or No Nature!
Rachel Reeves, your own experts say nature-friendly farming is vital for our food security, wildlife, & climate.
Yet we hear you're set to slash the very funding it relies on.
With the clock ticking, and our future to play for, can you answer this question...
Rachel Reeves, your own experts say nature-friendly farming is vital for our food security, wildlife, & climate.
Yet we hear you're set to slash the very funding it relies on.
With the clock ticking, and our future to play for, can you answer this question...
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Irreplaceable habitats are on the line. This is the reality if an unamended Part 3 of the Bill passes.
It must not.
It must not.
June 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Irreplaceable habitats are on the line. This is the reality if an unamended Part 3 of the Bill passes.
It must not.
It must not.
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AI doesn’t help you work less or get paid more, but does destroy the environment and climate.
Study looking at AI chatbots in 7,000 workplaces finds 'no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation'
Despite AI’s promise to revolutionize white-collar work, most workers are using it sparingly—or hiding it from their boss.
fortune.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
AI doesn’t help you work less or get paid more, but does destroy the environment and climate.
In my retreat they mentioned a saying "when movement is still, the stillness moves." I thought of pond dipping; scoop up muddy water, and see nothing, but when the mud settles, then the creatures become clear and their moves obvious.
May 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In my retreat they mentioned a saying "when movement is still, the stillness moves." I thought of pond dipping; scoop up muddy water, and see nothing, but when the mud settles, then the creatures become clear and their moves obvious.
Does anyone else feel they no longer fit in a non-academic arena?
...OK, so you referenced a study, but how about the critique or alternative? What does this really tell us?
Are you just confirming your preconceptions?
Feeling very confused!
#phdsky #phdchat #academicsky ##natureconnection
...OK, so you referenced a study, but how about the critique or alternative? What does this really tell us?
Are you just confirming your preconceptions?
Feeling very confused!
#phdsky #phdchat #academicsky ##natureconnection
May 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Does anyone else feel they no longer fit in a non-academic arena?
...OK, so you referenced a study, but how about the critique or alternative? What does this really tell us?
Are you just confirming your preconceptions?
Feeling very confused!
#phdsky #phdchat #academicsky ##natureconnection
...OK, so you referenced a study, but how about the critique or alternative? What does this really tell us?
Are you just confirming your preconceptions?
Feeling very confused!
#phdsky #phdchat #academicsky ##natureconnection
I'm at a nature and mindfulness retreat and finding myself irritated. This morning was about awe and fractals, which are lovely, but are sanctified: Nature in the image of humans. Nothing addresses human destruction, or encourages action for nature. It feels too one sided, empty. #natureconnection
May 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm at a nature and mindfulness retreat and finding myself irritated. This morning was about awe and fractals, which are lovely, but are sanctified: Nature in the image of humans. Nothing addresses human destruction, or encourages action for nature. It feels too one sided, empty. #natureconnection
I've signed up for a week's retreat in mindfulness and nature. We introduced ourselves today. I said I'm on this retreat partly to support a PhD in wellbeing and nature and partly to escape a PhD in wellbeing and nature... #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #natureconnection
May 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I've signed up for a week's retreat in mindfulness and nature. We introduced ourselves today. I said I'm on this retreat partly to support a PhD in wellbeing and nature and partly to escape a PhD in wellbeing and nature... #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #natureconnection
Yesterday I listened to pdf papers on #natureconnection.
I walked through a #horse field causing no interest. Today I listened to a pdf on #equinetherapy. This was the interest.
#research #phd #academia #phdsky #phdchat #academicsky #academicchat
I walked through a #horse field causing no interest. Today I listened to a pdf on #equinetherapy. This was the interest.
#research #phd #academia #phdsky #phdchat #academicsky #academicchat
May 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yesterday I listened to pdf papers on #natureconnection.
I walked through a #horse field causing no interest. Today I listened to a pdf on #equinetherapy. This was the interest.
#research #phd #academia #phdsky #phdchat #academicsky #academicchat
I walked through a #horse field causing no interest. Today I listened to a pdf on #equinetherapy. This was the interest.
#research #phd #academia #phdsky #phdchat #academicsky #academicchat
Today's #research involved listening to pdf papers and making notes whilst walking. Nice reflection of changing seasons. #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #academia #researchsky
May 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today's #research involved listening to pdf papers and making notes whilst walking. Nice reflection of changing seasons. #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #academia #researchsky
Just booked a nature based mindfulness retreat. It is relevant to my #PhD and not just time away, honest!
It will contribute to sessions that focus on nature or animals to further explore the impact of both on human well being. #PhDsky #academicsky #academicchatter
It will contribute to sessions that focus on nature or animals to further explore the impact of both on human well being. #PhDsky #academicsky #academicchatter
May 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Just booked a nature based mindfulness retreat. It is relevant to my #PhD and not just time away, honest!
It will contribute to sessions that focus on nature or animals to further explore the impact of both on human well being. #PhDsky #academicsky #academicchatter
It will contribute to sessions that focus on nature or animals to further explore the impact of both on human well being. #PhDsky #academicsky #academicchatter
I have banned myself from writing for 2 weeks. I need to read (although in my case, listen to) research articles, assimilate, and consider. This involves a lot of walking around the garden! #academicsky #phdsky #phdchat
May 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I have banned myself from writing for 2 weeks. I need to read (although in my case, listen to) research articles, assimilate, and consider. This involves a lot of walking around the garden! #academicsky #phdsky #phdchat
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Student complaint: my assignment is late as I forgot it. Y offered me a way where I could get a mark for it, instead of 0 for a late assignment. You are not sympathic, so I need a new tutor.
#academicsky
#academicsky
April 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Student complaint: my assignment is late as I forgot it. Y offered me a way where I could get a mark for it, instead of 0 for a late assignment. You are not sympathic, so I need a new tutor.
#academicsky
#academicsky
Having foraged a bit in my time, I realised today that I have never eaten plantain buds or pepperwort
April 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Having foraged a bit in my time, I realised today that I have never eaten plantain buds or pepperwort
Been at a journalling day today. The conversation made me wonder does believing that Covid doesn't exist take a lack of imagination, as you can't imagine the excessive business of death, or does it take an over active imagination because of the cognitive gymnastics you have to do.
April 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Been at a journalling day today. The conversation made me wonder does believing that Covid doesn't exist take a lack of imagination, as you can't imagine the excessive business of death, or does it take an over active imagination because of the cognitive gymnastics you have to do.
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I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
Went for a lovely walk on the Essex coast today. Watched turnstones throwing sticks and a grey seal. I have a conundrum; my phone camera has little zoom, but it is with me. A better camera might be left at home. So do i get a better camera, or just make do. #seals #birdwatch #nature #dogwalk
March 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Went for a lovely walk on the Essex coast today. Watched turnstones throwing sticks and a grey seal. I have a conundrum; my phone camera has little zoom, but it is with me. A better camera might be left at home. So do i get a better camera, or just make do. #seals #birdwatch #nature #dogwalk
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Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature.
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature.
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
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“The postwar era is over. The global architecture built in 1945 is being burned to the ground by Trump. Europeans need to plan for a future where they have to defend themselves without the US. That future does not loom in the distance. It is already here.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen | Jonathan Freedland
His capitulation to Putin over Ukraine reveals a pattern. He’s the patsy: giving everything away, getting little in return, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“The postwar era is over. The global architecture built in 1945 is being burned to the ground by Trump. Europeans need to plan for a future where they have to defend themselves without the US. That future does not loom in the distance. It is already here.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...