Alexis Smith, PhD

Reconciliation Ecologist. They/she.

[Alexis Smith, PhD @papaxes]

Today my article, Commentary: Colonialist Values in Animal Crossing and Their Implications for Conservation, was published! If you've ever wanted to read about ACNH in a scientific journal, today's your lucky day. Open access. Nintendo, please hire me!
https://t.co/FIT8GUjP1f

[Alexis Smith, PhD @papaxes]

@AnnVanderMeer @jeffvandermeer That would be fantastic! When your other books have come in the shop, they were bought up super fast.

[🔻WitchyTwitchy 🇵🇸 @witchytwitchytv]

Why ICWA is important to me:

I was a baby when a judge gave custody to my white dad. Despite it being a time when courts overwhelmingly favored mothers in custody battles, my Native mom didn't stand a chance in rural Alabama. The judge decided I needed a "Christian household."

[Sabrina @NerdyAndQuirky]

billionares are so weird. what are you saving up for? hell?

[M. @MatyldaStein]

Judging by the footprints, this pigeon is having a very tense telephone conversation....

[Alexis Smith, PhD @papaxes]

I used to make microwave frittatas in my lab in grad school (it was a landscape ecology lab so there weren't like reagents or specimens or anything). Real food is magickally humanizing.

[Alexis Smith, PhD @papaxes]

@chronicly_illin @floridastate A common yellowthroat! So beautiful and sad. Yes it really would be easy for @floridastate to treat these windows to mitigate the harm they cause, if they were willing. @justsavebirds could advise.

[Alexis Smith, PhD @papaxes]

@disaster_march What kind of book? Books to Prisoners programs need some kinds more than others (like they would love some fantasy paperbacks). If they're worth shipping to donate, I work with a used bookstore that benefits a cat rescue. We always take books.

[Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa]

embarrassed and humbled how often the solution to my insurmountable, apocalyptic grapplings with sublime terror and anxiety is "...have you eaten today. what if you ate a little sandwich"

[Gael Sanchez (she/her) @cactusquoll]

Now available at your local Spirit store!

[Wild Beijing 北京自然 @BirdingBeijing]

An unexpected visitor to this Beijing apartment. #UrbanBirding Photo via 安妮.

[Prof Nisreen Alwan 🌻 @Dr2NisreenAlwan]

🛎 Attention scientific conference organisers:

It is not acceptable in this day and age not to organise your face to face events as hybrid.

I’ll tell you why 🧵

[Nicolas Gonzalez (nicosgonzalez.bsky.social) @NicoSGonzalez]

Also good for migratory birds. We should do this