Vivek Nityananda
@viveknityananda.bsky.social
I research behaviour. Writing. Illustration. Improv. Scicomm. Views my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈
website: www.viveknityananda.com
website: www.viveknityananda.com
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I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
Under two weeks before my #play hits the stage @taratheatre.com ! Can't wait!
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there.
Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️
#theatre #newWriting #immigration
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Absolutely blown away by the staging and acting at opening night of my play @taratheatre.com last night. Thanks so @natashakchandra.bsky.social and the entire team for transforming it into something special!
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Absolutely blown away by the staging and acting at opening night of my play @taratheatre.com last night. Thanks so @natashakchandra.bsky.social and the entire team for transforming it into something special!
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
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Arizona velvet ants are colorful little insects that will DESTROY you. Their sting is described as 'hot oil from the deep fryer'. As wingless wasps, they will drop you to your knees. They will make you call to god. They are the reason countless children are afraid of cute insects.
they are perfect
they are perfect
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Arizona velvet ants are colorful little insects that will DESTROY you. Their sting is described as 'hot oil from the deep fryer'. As wingless wasps, they will drop you to your knees. They will make you call to god. They are the reason countless children are afraid of cute insects.
they are perfect
they are perfect
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Absolutely blown away by the staging and acting at opening night of my play @taratheatre.com last night. Thanks so @natashakchandra.bsky.social and the entire team for transforming it into something special!
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre
taratheatre.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Absolutely blown away by the staging and acting at opening night of my play @taratheatre.com last night. Thanks so @natashakchandra.bsky.social and the entire team for transforming it into something special!
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
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Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
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the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
Britain’s Bathroom Ban
The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
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Want a cool visualization of your eBird lifelist? 🪶
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Want a cool visualization of your eBird lifelist? 🪶
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
Crossword fans nostalgic for the time when AI meant a three toed sloth.
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Crossword fans nostalgic for the time when AI meant a three toed sloth.
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Also, check out the abstract in Tamil by using the toggle option!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bt…
A small step towards makin#sciencece more accessible
@vinita_gowda @TrEE_La#ScienceForAlll#BirdResearchch
Read: researchmatters.in/news/urban-str��� to deep-dive!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bt…
A small step towards makin#sciencece more accessible
@vinita_gowda @TrEE_La#ScienceForAlll#BirdResearchch
Read: researchmatters.in/news/urban-str��� to deep-dive!
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Also, check out the abstract in Tamil by using the toggle option!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bt…
A small step towards makin#sciencece more accessible
@vinita_gowda @TrEE_La#ScienceForAlll#BirdResearchch
Read: researchmatters.in/news/urban-str��� to deep-dive!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bt…
A small step towards makin#sciencece more accessible
@vinita_gowda @TrEE_La#ScienceForAlll#BirdResearchch
Read: researchmatters.in/news/urban-str��� to deep-dive!
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🔥 Hot out of press 🧵
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🔥 Hot out of press 🧵
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
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Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
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Meet our Plenary Speaker Daniela Rößler
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Meet our Plenary Speaker Daniela Rößler
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Exactly this. It's utterly baffling!
You can tell who the proudest British people are because they’re the ones who want to tear down the most well known British institutions 🫡
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Exactly this. It's utterly baffling!
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You can tell who the proudest British people are because they’re the ones who want to tear down the most well known British institutions 🫡
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
You can tell who the proudest British people are because they’re the ones who want to tear down the most well known British institutions 🫡
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2 year position (Indiana, USA) studying the Neurobiology of insect welfare in the Barrett lab. Sort of a pre-doc position for someone with a BSc (and ideally) MSc in a relevant discipline. An excellent opportunity to gain (paid) research experience!
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
2 year position (Indiana, USA) studying the Neurobiology of insect welfare in the Barrett lab. Sort of a pre-doc position for someone with a BSc (and ideally) MSc in a relevant discipline. An excellent opportunity to gain (paid) research experience!
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
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From the always interesting AI Shift newsletter by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and @sarahoconnorft.ft.com:
AI is maximising job applications and word counts, in vicious circle of doom kind of ways
AI is maximising job applications and word counts, in vicious circle of doom kind of ways
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
From the always interesting AI Shift newsletter by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and @sarahoconnorft.ft.com:
AI is maximising job applications and word counts, in vicious circle of doom kind of ways
AI is maximising job applications and word counts, in vicious circle of doom kind of ways
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🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition!
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Postdoctoral fellow
www.ugent.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition!
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
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I wrote about my play and where it came from for @qxmagazine.bsky.social :
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
I Dream Of Theresa May: Vivek Nityananda writes about his new play at Tara Theatre, 17 - 29 November 2025
I Dream Of Theresa May: Vivek Nityananda writes about his new play at Tara Theatre, which runs from 17 - 29 November 2025.
www.qxmagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I wrote about my play and where it came from for @qxmagazine.bsky.social :
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
I wrote about my play and where it came from for @qxmagazine.bsky.social :
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
I Dream Of Theresa May: Vivek Nityananda writes about his new play at Tara Theatre, 17 - 29 November 2025
I Dream Of Theresa May: Vivek Nityananda writes about his new play at Tara Theatre, which runs from 17 - 29 November 2025.
www.qxmagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I wrote about my play and where it came from for @qxmagazine.bsky.social :
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...
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Come! I'll be part of a little panel talking about queer nature and the tickets are free!
🌈🦐🦒🦖🐟🦩🕷️🌈
🌈🦐🦒🦖🐟🦩🕷️🌈
We're so excited to be hosting this event for LGBTQ+ STEM Day with @prideinstem.bsky.social on 18th November!
🌈 Find out more and book your free ticket: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/...
🌈 Find out more and book your free ticket: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Come! I'll be part of a little panel talking about queer nature and the tickets are free!
🌈🦐🦒🦖🐟🦩🕷️🌈
🌈🦐🦒🦖🐟🦩🕷️🌈
A crowd sourced list of indie bookshops in India 😍
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A crowd sourced list of indie bookshops in India 😍
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Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏