Associate Professor at University of Connecticut studying evolution & bird microbiomes. More importantly: I’m an aspiring anti-racist, raging feminist & trying to ACT NOW on the climate crisis. Please read The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg et al.
Sarah Hird, PhD
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🧐UConn has Jonathan the husky. LSU has Mike the tiger. Idaho has Joe Vandal. Apparently, UC Davis has Gunrock the mustang. (My personal affiliations.)
Are there ANY female college mascots?
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Well, I guess 9 is greater than 0… www.play-gap.org/blog/top-fem...
I ❤️ Legos.
I ❤️ birds.
I ❤️❗️❤️❗️❤️ ❗️bird Legos.
But…not quite this much…
Look. I’ve never owned a cat but from what I’ve gathered, this would be a hard pass from literally all of them. Right?
This is perhaps the niche perspective of a guy deeply in the special needs kid community, but while I enjoyed this essay I worry a lot of attempts to define the possibility of consciousness out of machines would also define out a lot of beautiful children I know. www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
This flouf is one of 15 healthy California condor chicks to hatch at our conservation center this season. A new record!
#Condorable #KeepCalmAndCarrion
The annual squid vibrio meeting is a go at the University of Connecticut, hosted by the @spencernyholm.bsky.social lab!
I’ll be giving a talk today at 3:15 pm on science communication, swing by BPB 130 for anyone who’s nearby!
I can’t decide if this was written by an actually chronically late person or an actually chronically on-time (or early) person annoyed by chronically late people. Either way. 10/10.
come, colleagues & students. let us have a meeting - about science or grades or whatever - beneath The Art. i see you glancing at it. but ssshhh. don’t ask about The Art. i will not discuss it with you. I only discuss The Art with her.
Video
There are not many female characters or girl mascots in sports. But we did some digging and compiled a list of our top 17 female mascots across collegiate and professional sports.
40 minutes late with an ebird checklist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2j...
There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean.
Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE.
The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells.
But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.
It’s Pride 🏳️🌈
Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺
My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521
New for Pride 2026:
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