Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
@bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
Bioanthropologist & curator of #LactFacts
Doing: #LactSci & #SciComm @ #THRiVELab 🤱🏾
CU Denver grad student • Did: #MarchforScience
crappy violinist • drochghaeilgeoir ☘️
Neurospicy 🌈🦋 • nuance, kindness, hope
THRiVEdiscovery.ca
Doing: #LactSci & #SciComm @ #THRiVELab 🤱🏾
CU Denver grad student • Did: #MarchforScience
crappy violinist • drochghaeilgeoir ☘️
Neurospicy 🌈🦋 • nuance, kindness, hope
THRiVEdiscovery.ca
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👋🏼 About me!
I'm an anthropologist who studies babies, and how their behavior and physiology is shaped by the unique way that we feed our babies as mammals: lactation.
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I'm an anthropologist who studies babies, and how their behavior and physiology is shaped by the unique way that we feed our babies as mammals: lactation.
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1. Hi new friends! Linked in this first tweet is my “About me/what kind of content I post” thread. It has been temporarily unpinned to make room for Item 2.
2. Hi old friends! I promised you BlueSky primers and pro tips. I will drop those in the rest of THIS thread.
bsky.app/profile/brid...
2. Hi old friends! I promised you BlueSky primers and pro tips. I will drop those in the rest of THIS thread.
bsky.app/profile/brid...
This touching article features a teacher who opened Northern Ireland’s first integrated (attended by both Protestant and Catholic kids) Irish immersion school.
It also features some of my fave Irish words, such as coinín (rabbit) and Nollaig Shona (Merry Christmas)!
wapo.st/3M2t1fn
#SpeirGorm
It also features some of my fave Irish words, such as coinín (rabbit) and Nollaig Shona (Merry Christmas)!
wapo.st/3M2t1fn
#SpeirGorm
As more speak Irish in Northern Ireland, some Brits bite their tongues
In Belfast, even in Unionist neighborhoods, Gaeilge, the once-outlawed Irish language, is enjoying a remarkable resurgence with new schools and bilingual signs.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This touching article features a teacher who opened Northern Ireland’s first integrated (attended by both Protestant and Catholic kids) Irish immersion school.
It also features some of my fave Irish words, such as coinín (rabbit) and Nollaig Shona (Merry Christmas)!
wapo.st/3M2t1fn
#SpeirGorm
It also features some of my fave Irish words, such as coinín (rabbit) and Nollaig Shona (Merry Christmas)!
wapo.st/3M2t1fn
#SpeirGorm
Reposted by Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
chat are we cooked
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
chat are we cooked
Dear colleagues,
It has come to my attention that the #ProjectHailMary marketing team has arrived on Giphy. Between now and March 20th, and for an undetermined period thereafter, I will be communicating exclusively in gifs.
I appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Kind regards,
B.
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It has come to my attention that the #ProjectHailMary marketing team has arrived on Giphy. Between now and March 20th, and for an undetermined period thereafter, I will be communicating exclusively in gifs.
I appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Kind regards,
B.
🧪
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Dear colleagues,
It has come to my attention that the #ProjectHailMary marketing team has arrived on Giphy. Between now and March 20th, and for an undetermined period thereafter, I will be communicating exclusively in gifs.
I appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Kind regards,
B.
🧪
It has come to my attention that the #ProjectHailMary marketing team has arrived on Giphy. Between now and March 20th, and for an undetermined period thereafter, I will be communicating exclusively in gifs.
I appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Kind regards,
B.
🧪
A thanksgiving miracle at DIA
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A thanksgiving miracle at DIA
Reposted by Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Reposted by Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
Hey what do you do if you’re a whale with a high BMI?
Take Whalegovy
Take Whalegovy
New paper out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....
The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....
The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hey what do you do if you’re a whale with a high BMI?
Take Whalegovy
Take Whalegovy
"Every problem has a system. That is my spirituality."
-Me, advising my cousin on how to improve her axlotl tank cleaning workflow
-Me, advising my cousin on how to improve her axlotl tank cleaning workflow
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Every problem has a system. That is my spirituality."
-Me, advising my cousin on how to improve her axlotl tank cleaning workflow
-Me, advising my cousin on how to improve her axlotl tank cleaning workflow
Reposted by Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
Friday at 9am Hawaii - join us for the final session of the 2025 Language Documentation Learning Series! We’ll talk about Indigenous language revitalization, and how to find funding for this work.
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Friday at 9am Hawaii - join us for the final session of the 2025 Language Documentation Learning Series! We’ll talk about Indigenous language revitalization, and how to find funding for this work.
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025
I feel so seen.
The tech bros have enshittified everything, but you will enshittify my writing (into which—unlike the tech bros—I have poured my blood, sweat, and tears) over my cold, dead body.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dont...
The tech bros have enshittified everything, but you will enshittify my writing (into which—unlike the tech bros—I have poured my blood, sweat, and tears) over my cold, dead body.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dont...
Don’t Let AI Ruin the Em Dash
In defense of the newly controversial punctuation mark, which has become a target for those determined to root out AI writing.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I feel so seen.
The tech bros have enshittified everything, but you will enshittify my writing (into which—unlike the tech bros—I have poured my blood, sweat, and tears) over my cold, dead body.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dont...
The tech bros have enshittified everything, but you will enshittify my writing (into which—unlike the tech bros—I have poured my blood, sweat, and tears) over my cold, dead body.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dont...
Same. Seriously, why are people staying on X?? It sucks there!
The scientific community here is fantastic, and there are a ton of resources to help scientists get started here (see my pinned post) so there really is no excuse!
The scientific community here is fantastic, and there are a ton of resources to help scientists get started here (see my pinned post) so there really is no excuse!
I really wish more scientists & artists were on here. When I go to in-person gatherings it’s really clear what a small sliver of us are here.
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Same. Seriously, why are people staying on X?? It sucks there!
The scientific community here is fantastic, and there are a ton of resources to help scientists get started here (see my pinned post) so there really is no excuse!
The scientific community here is fantastic, and there are a ton of resources to help scientists get started here (see my pinned post) so there really is no excuse!
We're inviting teachers in grades 1-3 to test drive lessons about baby mammals and their mothers’ milk!
These lessons use stories and simple activities to help students learn about growth, nutrition, and introduce the concepts of taxonomy and adaptation.
#EduSky #iTeachBio #EduSci #EvoEd 🧪 🛟
These lessons use stories and simple activities to help students learn about growth, nutrition, and introduce the concepts of taxonomy and adaptation.
#EduSky #iTeachBio #EduSci #EvoEd 🧪 🛟
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're inviting teachers in grades 1-3 to test drive lessons about baby mammals and their mothers’ milk!
These lessons use stories and simple activities to help students learn about growth, nutrition, and introduce the concepts of taxonomy and adaptation.
#EduSky #iTeachBio #EduSci #EvoEd 🧪 🛟
These lessons use stories and simple activities to help students learn about growth, nutrition, and introduce the concepts of taxonomy and adaptation.
#EduSky #iTeachBio #EduSci #EvoEd 🧪 🛟
This 2022 article about AI still resonates—perhaps even more.
This is what I lie awake at night thinking about. I have long loathed “STEM” and the framing of education as being about getting a job rather than about enriching your life.
www.theatlantic.com/...
1/2
This is what I lie awake at night thinking about. I have long loathed “STEM” and the framing of education as being about getting a job rather than about enriching your life.
www.theatlantic.com/...
1/2
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This 2022 article about AI still resonates—perhaps even more.
This is what I lie awake at night thinking about. I have long loathed “STEM” and the framing of education as being about getting a job rather than about enriching your life.
www.theatlantic.com/...
1/2
This is what I lie awake at night thinking about. I have long loathed “STEM” and the framing of education as being about getting a job rather than about enriching your life.
www.theatlantic.com/...
1/2
Reposted by Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
Looking forward to this book being published next year. It’s been a delight and honour to work alongside all the contributing authors and fantastic co-editors Leonardo Veliz, Waqar Ali Shah, and Xuesong Andy Gao for this Handbook. Stay tuned for more updates!
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Looking forward to this book being published next year. It’s been a delight and honour to work alongside all the contributing authors and fantastic co-editors Leonardo Veliz, Waqar Ali Shah, and Xuesong Andy Gao for this Handbook. Stay tuned for more updates!
This woman is an absolute psychopath
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This woman is an absolute psychopath
LIVE: Trump and Mamdani meeting at the White House (FULL)
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I don’t think you’re going to be able to cross this one off this year, but you might want to draw a little shamrock around it
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
One Ireland? In the south, the tide turns toward reunification.
The cause of a unified Ireland has more political oomph in the Irish Republic than its had in years. But how realistic is reunification practically?
www.csmonitor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I don’t think you’re going to be able to cross this one off this year, but you might want to draw a little shamrock around it
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
I was very concerned about Palantir, but after listening to their CTO on a podcast, I now realize these guys aren’t very smart.
To my great relief—and sadness—every one of these tech bros demonstrably does not read. Least of all Thiel, else he would have spelled Palantír and Andúril correctly.
To my great relief—and sadness—every one of these tech bros demonstrably does not read. Least of all Thiel, else he would have spelled Palantír and Andúril correctly.
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I was very concerned about Palantir, but after listening to their CTO on a podcast, I now realize these guys aren’t very smart.
To my great relief—and sadness—every one of these tech bros demonstrably does not read. Least of all Thiel, else he would have spelled Palantír and Andúril correctly.
To my great relief—and sadness—every one of these tech bros demonstrably does not read. Least of all Thiel, else he would have spelled Palantír and Andúril correctly.
HIS NAME IS BUZZ GRAMBO 💀
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
HIS NAME IS BUZZ GRAMBO 💀
People when they learn I speak Irish: Wow so wholesome to be in touch with your heritage! It’s such a beautiful language. 🥹🥰☘️
Me: *raps about crime and drugs*
#SpeirGorm
Me: *raps about crime and drugs*
#SpeirGorm
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
People when they learn I speak Irish: Wow so wholesome to be in touch with your heritage! It’s such a beautiful language. 🥹🥰☘️
Me: *raps about crime and drugs*
#SpeirGorm
Me: *raps about crime and drugs*
#SpeirGorm
Why Bridget is crying today:
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Why Bridget is crying today:
I am just now realizing that this is how I have heard him described in the vast majority of articles and podcasts I've consumed. It had not occurred to me.
Words do matter. The description of a person should match the person, and this is the thing that unequivocally defined his life.
Words do matter. The description of a person should match the person, and this is the thing that unequivocally defined his life.
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I am just now realizing that this is how I have heard him described in the vast majority of articles and podcasts I've consumed. It had not occurred to me.
Words do matter. The description of a person should match the person, and this is the thing that unequivocally defined his life.
Words do matter. The description of a person should match the person, and this is the thing that unequivocally defined his life.
Ladies...
Whenever you start to feel the impostor syndrome creepin' in, I want you to remember that Jeffrey Epstein believed he had a high IQ, had everyone around him convinced of the same, and froze a bunch of his sperm because he wanted to seed a "superior race."
Whenever you start to feel the impostor syndrome creepin' in, I want you to remember that Jeffrey Epstein believed he had a high IQ, had everyone around him convinced of the same, and froze a bunch of his sperm because he wanted to seed a "superior race."
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ladies...
Whenever you start to feel the impostor syndrome creepin' in, I want you to remember that Jeffrey Epstein believed he had a high IQ, had everyone around him convinced of the same, and froze a bunch of his sperm because he wanted to seed a "superior race."
Whenever you start to feel the impostor syndrome creepin' in, I want you to remember that Jeffrey Epstein believed he had a high IQ, had everyone around him convinced of the same, and froze a bunch of his sperm because he wanted to seed a "superior race."
Reposted by Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM