Twitter doesn't seem to like YouTube video links, so here's a reupload of the last episode of my #research profiles series (at great personal expense - of £3.60) I'm currently looking to apply my passion for #scicomm in a full-time position, so please share this with anyone with info. about similar opportunities 🤞 This episode featured @ThatItchyGirl and her work on #arthropod ectoparasites with the aim of understanding past human and animal life histories 🪲 Finally, stay tuned for the next episode ft. @EttieWaterman and her work studying #redkite remains to understand how #medieval to modern attitudes have affected their diets and distribution 🦅 – at Reading, England

I was starting to get annoyed with @reflectnotes's AI feature changing my spellings to US English - this frustration was short-lived when I figured out how to modify the prompts to add a very British "please follow British English spelling rules" line. This thing is amazing.

Join me tomorrow at 1:15 pm for the premiere of my latest research profile: "An Archaeologist's View on RED KITE Conservation: From Medieval Tolerance to Modern Revival" with @EttieWaterman 🦅 youtu.be/ny5nfGOLLBQ We talked about the evidence for the tolerant attitude of humans towards #redkites in the #medieval period 🏰, their persecution under the the #Tudor 🤴🏻 vermin laws, and their successful #reintroduction to the UK in the 1980 and 90s 🥳. We also touched on the #controversial practise of feeding red kites 🍗, which studies have shown is common in areas like #Reading ⬛️⬜️🟪. – at Reading, England

That wasn't the best @KawalaOfficial show I've ever seen. Great tunes and the guys are always good value, but I could barely hear Jim and the cameras pushing through the crowd were distracting. Hopefully just an @here_ldn thing and I can see them at a festival in the near future. – at London, England

Production of my next research profile on @EttieWaterman and her work on Red Kites 🦅 has experienced a slight setback... – at Richmond, London

Are there any researchers at Reading involved in Fairtrade? I'd really like to make a research profile on this topic and help share the fascinating work going on in sustainable agriculture. @UniRdg_PhD @UniRdg_Research @UniRdg_SAPD @Uni ???

Institutions like the British Museum are often criticised for their ethically-debatable practices. However, researchers at the University of Reading are developing new methods to investigate ancient artifacts without damaging them. Find out more here... youtu.be/AAicG6oVqLo?si=q1A1…

If you, or someone you know, would like to be featured in my next research profile, please send me a message. If you're a researcher in any capacity, I would love to help show off your work. I promise I'm nicer than I look and the whole thing will only take a couple of hours! 🙂

I would like to see some evidence that the harms outweigh the benefits, there doesn't seem to be any presented in this paper.