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Evolutionary biologist, dripping out of a leak in the pipes. she/her

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

One of the cruelest things about Autistic/ADHD masking is that you learn to treat positive emotions as a warning sign that you're about to do something "wrong" and that it is therefore "safest for everyone" if you maintain a constant, low-key negative internal emotional state.

[why @Tioliah]

Not dead, dont delete my account

[PinkNews @PinkNews]

"What trans people are going through in this country is hell.”

If you do one thing tonight, watch @OwenJones84's incredibly powerful speech at the #PinkNewsAwards 🏳️‍⚧️

"Don’t let them divide us, don’t let them divide the LGBTQ movement in this country"
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

[Dr. Daniela Rößler @RoesslerDaniela]

Amidst terrible fomo seeing all the cool conferences, I’ve been dying to share the news of our latest discovery 🥳 You thought jumping spiders peaked in their coolness? Buckle up!!! We need to talk about #jumpingspiders potentially #dreaming. @PNASNews
A thread with #videos 1/7

[why @Tioliah]

@SilencePossum Here you go, friend! Full text is on my ResearchGate https://t.co/VjKhilP63d

Also great write-up from Hakai Magazine: https://t.co/GPAYAqI2fL

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

Scientists have reconstructed the visual proteins from ancient whales to learn how these animals would have lived millions of years ago.

https://t.co/SJ0LxfUjn1

[Cell and Systems Biology @UofTCellSysBiol]

Full details of this research by Dr Sarah Dungan and Prof Chang can be found at https://t.co/yb4NBEZPMM

[Cell and Systems Biology @UofTCellSysBiol]

Pivotal result shows that early whales had visual systems adapted to deep diving, linking this change in foraging behaviour to swift evolutionary adaptation in new research from Prof Belinda Chang @opsinlab in @PNASNews.
@eebtoronto @UofTArtSci @UofT
https://t.co/6l1IxChCIQ

[Dr David Berger BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACGP-RG DTM+H @YouAreLobbyLud]

1/ WHY OUR "LET IT RIP" APPROACH TO COVID IS SO BIZARRE
I don't think people realise quite how odd this all is. The history of medicine is one of relentless improvement in health, against seemingly improbable odds. In my 30 years as a doctor, just some of the things I have seen:

[𝙋𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙮 ✨️ @_Pammy_DS_]

unhealed trauma will have you rejecting healthy relationships with people who actually have your back

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

Toronto police telling healthworkers not to dress to provoke white supremacists same way women are told not to dress to provoke rapists.

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

I appreciate the need for plain language, but can we also acknowledge that plain language is actually harder for some folks to produce and comprehend? Sometimes I get knocked on my vocabulary in disability spaces. I get called elitist and pretentious. UM, IT'S NEURODIVERGENCE.

[why @Tioliah]

@commaficionado "I think a lot of non-autistic folk just assume we're exaggerating a bit."

ding ding ding! 🔔

[Brett Roberts @brettroberts]

Easily the best ocean depth animation I’ve seen…

[why @Tioliah]

@carolynmichelle omg I wish! I'm so over-worked and burnt out, a lovely evening with Desert Hearts (and good company ofc) is just what I need 🥰

[Bethany ✨ @bethanylord_]

Fun fact - recess and lunch, supposed ‘break’ times at school, were actually incredibly tiring to me because they were just full on sensory overload, and I always performed the worst in classes directly after them

[Jessica Schleider, PhD @JSchleiderPhD]

Framing mental health problems as chronic illnesses that have flare-ups (as all chronic illnesses do) would save so many patients from self-criticism over lapses. The idea/goal of 'full recovery' is still common in treatment settings, and it puts so much undue pressure on people.

[Sanjee Baksh @S__Baksh]

Did it hurt? When you thought finding something in the -80 C would be quick so you just put on regular gloves?