I'm thoroughly enjoying 50 LGBTQ+ Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme by Ben Paites, especially the botanical and zoological content.

Makes for a great present . . . (sorry!)

https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html

history #histodons @histodons #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #nature #naturalhistory #animals #books

WOW! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871),' published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, has now been viewed over 50K times!

I'm working hard on the book. For more about that, watch this space!

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648

#history #histodons @histodons #histsci #histbio #HistSTM #HSTM #STS @histstm #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #biology #nature #naturalhistory #science #animals #Darwin

When I moved to mementomori.social I just copied and pasted my old introduction, so it's time for a new one!

I'm David (or D. or Dave). I'm queer, I'm nonbinary, I'm a parent, I'm a physicist, and I live in Helsinki. I'm currently working 50% part time so I can take care of my kid.

On Fedi I post in a personal capacity about things that interest me. That does include physics, but also how to make academia (and society) a friendlier, more welcoming place. I try to learn about, develop and put into use innovative teaching and supervision methods.

I love trains and slow travel, but I'm not really travelling so much these days since becoming a parent. I therefore try to highlight the need for scientific conferences and events to be hybrid or online, amongst other accessibility measures that benefit everyone.

The outdoors is my happy place, I spend lots of time wandering around (or these days pushing a buggy), and enjoy hiking when I can. Still trying to improve my bird recognition skills. I love gardening and gardens as well, and hope to have one I can potter about in again quite soon.

I always try to add alt text, always grateful for feedback on improving what I write.

I communicate in Finnish at B2 level and French at B1 level (this means I can listen to the radio and read news articles in both languages), but this account is mostly in English. Do please however feel free to write to me in Finnish or French, and apologies in advance for typos in my replies.

It can be very tempting but I try not to boost, interact with or bring up politics here, except how it intersects with my above interests. I have filters set up for many politics keywords. Politics matters a lot to me, but this is not where I discuss it, and this way I keep Fedi a place of joy for me.

I CW at least selfies, food and drink, and direct politics references.

Feel free to follow me, but unless we've interacted, I'm unlikely to follow back to keep my feed manageable.

Some tags: #introduction #queer #parenting #physics #science #LGBTQInSTEM #QueerInStem #LGBTQ #Helsinki #trains #SlowTravel #accessibility #hiking #gardening #outdoors

Avatar alt text: a profile picture of me in a lift wearing a purple hoodie with pictures of birds, and a black jacket. There is brushed metal behind my head.

Header alt text: An autumnal view down Justinjohka valley in Sápmi, viewed from Inarinpolku.

New #Introduction!

I'm David (or D. or Dave), a queer Fennoscottish physicist.

Although my work is in #physics and you will see #science stuff on here, I write here in a personal capacity expressing my own opinions. I try to draw attention to experiences of being #LGBTQInSTEM and #QueerInSTEM. I'm also interested in becoming a better #teacher and learning more about #pedagogy, as well as putting it into practice.

I'm interested in the outdoors, in #hiking and in understanding the natural world around me. I'm terrible at recognising #birds but I am trying to get better at it. I also love #gardening and adore (non-invasive) #rhododendrons.

Raising awareness about #ClimateChange and engaging in #SlowTravel is important for me. I try to do as much work and personal travel as I can in a low carbon way. Fortunately, I love #trains too.

Feel free to follow me, but I generally only follow people that I have actually interacted with.

(Previous pinned posts: https://tech.lgbt/@davidjamesweir/109575378709990905 and https://tech.lgbt/@davidjamesweir/109545041411539988)

#introduction

This was supposed to be a silly gay shitposting account. This seems like such a kind and conscientious place though, I think I will have to get serious about gay shitposting.

Check posts for alt text, I use https://toot.pics/

Peeved, baffling millennial academic and teacher in the UK. #QueerArt #TraditionalArt #craft #bookstodon #QueerInSTEM #BiInSci #tea #tee #theobubble #QueerTheology #poetry #philosophy #philosophie #genderqueer #cats #crows #poetry #trains #nonsense

For those of you interested my #STEM and #Academia work, here is a TEDx talk I gave last year that talks about my career progressions into the space. Hopefully more #QueerinSTEM #Neurodiverse and #Latinx connections to be made here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmwkDW3-99g

Ok fine let’s do a better #introduction that’s actually searchable.

I'm Ártemis, a non-binary linguist and translator (of Spanish and English) who's working on their Linguistics PhD... on non-binary Spanish. I’m also big into sewing (clothes) and recently got into #rollerderby but am an absolute disgrace on wheels.

I use this same @ (#queerterpreter) all around the net

#linguistics #queerinstem #nonbinary #nobinarie ¿#nonbinarylinguistics?