ryan

zoology; marine ecology; MSc grad 🌿 🐠
• he/him

[ryan @rjcini]

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 11 years, since 31 Jan 2012 (via @twi_age).

[ryan @rjcini]

This job is truly teaching me about how not to rise to people who are 'professionally-rude' in the most unnecessary ways.

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toying with the idea of structured phone time so I spend less time on social media, he tweets

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@SamSamjcollins yes

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The fact that you can learn High Valyrian, a completely made up language with no connection to real world culture, but I can't find a single resource to learn Maltese

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@hvneydukes when you can't support Italy 😔

[ryan @rjcini]

fellow ecologists/conservationists/scientists etc - what's the best way to stay involved if I divert from academia and research for a period of time?

[ryan @rjcini]

Another COP, another year of empty promises

[ryan @rjcini]

@SamSamjcollins they did her dirty with the writing idc, it will never be a fitting end

[ryan @rjcini]

Me wanting to relive my childhood at a paramore concert and the price for a ticket being more than my water bill

[ryan @rjcini]

my short term temp job has lasted longer than the pm, making it more of an achievement in my eyes

[ryan @rjcini]

@abigailthiemkey say it louder!!! Being higher up in the hierarchy doesn't mean others don't struggle and so often people forget that. It's a collective stress, not a competition!

[ryan @rjcini]

I did it 🤩

[ryan @rjcini]

can't believe within the next day I'm handing in my masters thesis and I'll effectively be done 😱

[ryan @rjcini]

can't believe within the next day I'm handing in my masters thesis and I'll effectively be done 😱

[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

This Mediterranean Monk Seal relaxing in the early morning on Samos Island in Greece.

[professional hog groomer @bidetmarxman]

There is a curious phenomenon that results from the relatively brief window of time a single human lifetime provides: we perceive the current state of the natural world as “normal”.

This is known as the Shifting Baseline Syndrome. 🧵

[ryan @rjcini]

@GarethLuTheryn This mini thread is a current mood. Currently finishing off my masters, and hoping to go on to a PhD at some point. Started off this year thinking I was too dumb for academia, but healthily shifted that mind-set because I know I'm good enough and it's what I love 🙌

[ryan @rjcini]

@Debbie1Alston Thank you Debbie! It's a tough piece but I'm enjoying it 😊

[ryan @rjcini]

re-enabling the old undergrad habit of all day 'do not disturb' so I can get this thesis done in peace