Ketki Samel

MS student @uconneeb 🦆🦉🏙 | updog @ucberkeley | anti-racist, pro-hat | they/them 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ BLM

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

girls only want one thing and it's the financial stability & freedom to look at ducks all day

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

day 2! the list is going strong, can’t wait to see y’all’s outfits tomorrow #AOS26

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

second conference and i might do the same bit #AOS26

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

first conference & i'm keeping a tally of bird species i see on people's clothes... #AFO100

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

two hours in and the numbers are looking good #AOS26

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

gotta say my claim to fame might be covering Chappell Roan’s fourth show on tour… ever (it was great @ChappellRoan 💕💕)

https://t.co/fMsWie1tOY

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

the plane is “officially out of service” per the captain… @Dulles_Airport @united care to explain? plenty of folks would like answers

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

deplaning my @united flight (IAD to BDL) on a @BoeingAirplanes plane bc of a safety issue…. what’s going on 🤨

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

deplaning my @united flight (IAD to BDL) on a @BoeingAirplanes plane bc of a safety issue…. what’s going on 🤨

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

my prediction for #SuperBowl2024 ??

Niners win BUT taylor catches the snitch

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

you’re in their DMs, i’m driving the oscar meyer wienermobile, we are not the same

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

i miss amelia bedelia, what’s she up to rn

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

happiness is 4.5 years of birding

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

big thanks to @masonfidino for turning my 2nd conference ever into a blast! could not find a better mentor if ya tried

[Mason Fidino, PhD @masonfidino]

On the last day of #iuwc2023 @ketkisamel talks about how hierarchical filtering shapes Connecticut bird communities.

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

my #iuwc2023 talk is tomorrow at 3:30pm! excited (nervous) to talk about our new framework for studying species responses to urbanization 🐦🏙️

[Rosemary Mosco (Bird And Moon Comics) @RosemaryMosco]

Birders have a tradition of "lifer pie," when we see a new-to-us bird species so we celebrate by eating pie. I'd like to propose "lifer dip," when we travel a long way and utterly fail to see a bird, so we drown our sorrows in guacamole.

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

@Jerrysoooo wow!!!

[Julie Goat @juliegoat]

I unequivocally support trans people, and condemn any legislation that hurts them. It ultimately hurts us all.

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

texting the @SkypeScientist squid facts hotline for that little jolt of dopamine 😌

[Mostly here now: @davidthewid.bsky.social @davidthewid]

a bunch of my friends are choosing between PhD programs. here's my advice to them:

it is FAR more important to work with someone who is kind, than someone who does exactly the research you want to do or is at a prestigious institution.

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

pls @samreich make me famous

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

everyone follow my bestie @wildgreenlinn before they blow up fr

[Ketki Samel @ketkisamel]

@wildgreenlinn drop the link