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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒

@prancingpapio.bsky.social

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Ph.D. Lemur Researcher. Primatologist. #QueerInSTEM #Anthropology. Interests: Cognition, Welfare & Enrichment. Currently in Durham, NC. Wanderlust. #PokemonGO Community Ambassador. He/Him/His www.raymondvagell.com

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · May 12

And ...that's a wrap!

Graduated from Texas State University @txst.edu over the weekend with a Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology (Primatology) 🧑‍🎓

Thank you for your mentorship Dr. Jill D. Pruetz @jilldpruetz.bsky.social and encouragements from my lab siblings in The Pruetz Lab.

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · 4d

I had to host a #PokemonGO event yesterday and couldn't make it to the #NoKings event. I made sure I dressed accordingly. Miss you @jillsobule.bsky.social

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Jason Wilkinson @jwiki.dev · 5d

No Kings march Durham

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Maja Mielke @maja-mielke.bsky.social · 16d

A gibbon for #Inktober day 8: "reckless".

#Inktober2025

A pen and ink drawing of a gibbon running over a rope.

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · 22d

Heartbroken by the loss of Dr. Jane Goodall. Her groundbreaking insights into chimpanzee behavior and tireless advocacy for conservation shaped the path for so many of us in primatology. Her legacy continues to guide and inspire.

May her memory be a blessing. #JaneGoodall

An Asian presenting guy with green hair (OP) stands next to a white presenting older lady with gray hair (Jane Goodall).

Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · 27d

I used to tell ppl that I like San Marcos and TXST because it's in a liberal bubble but oh boy ...

The current count is

1 student
2 employee

cbsaustin.com/news/local/s...?

Students, unions rally around ousted Texas State University employees

Students, faculty and union members gathered in downtown San Marcos on Thursday to show support for a tenured history professor who was recently fired by Texas

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · 28d

Both my podium presentation & poster from ASP/MPIG 2025 #ASPChicago2025 are now linked & available via ResearchGate. I'm interested in collaborations that could stem from my work #welfare #enrichment #cognition & appreciates any leads in #employment as well.

www.raymondvagell.com/post/joint-a...

Joint ASP/MPIG 2025 Chicago Conference

Conference presentations

www.raymondvagell.com

Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · 28d

This year's joint ASP/MPIG 2025 #ASPChicago2025 was great! Happy to see my colleagues, friends, and research assistants. Presented my research as Dr. Vagell for the first time with a podium presentation, a poster, and also as a coauthor with one of my research assistants! #Primate #Primatology

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · Sep 21

An article about "Equity in Science is a beautiful lie" and it's paywalled 🙃 CLASSIC!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · Sep 19

Dogs make great pets but not primates! Tell Congress that #PrimatesAreNotPets! Support the #CaptivePrimateSafetyAct by contacting your local Representatives and Senators. #ASPChicago2025. Spread the word and #KeepPrimatesWild!

Find out more: www.speciesunite.com/captive-prim...

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Autumn @autumnweather.bsky.social · Sep 13

Queer people built your platform. Now you stand with our persecutors and tell us to leave. Careful, the foundations of your platform may disappear if we find a better alternative.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Sep 13

We knew from the start we can’t get everything right. Moderation is a hard problem, and it’s impossible to please everyone. So we built a protocol where you always have the right to leave. If you don’t trust us, or don’t like our decisions, you deserve the right to choose an alternative.

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Emily Johnson @emilyrj.bsky.social · Sep 12

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push

www.propublica.org

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Nicole 🐸🌿 🔜 kumoricon 345 @munespice.bsky.social · Sep 12

farming with my buddies 🍃 #pokopia

Fanart illustration based on pokopia, with the ditto person, bulbasaur, quagsire, gloom, parasect, and wingull

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August C. Bourré @fishsauce.bsky.social · Sep 10

I had completely forgotten that Charlie Kirk was the guy who coined "your body, my choice" in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned.

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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️‍🌈🐒 @prancingpapio.bsky.social · Sep 11

I hope you have the day you deserve and trans rights are human rights.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · Sep 10

In #JapaneseFolklore there is a tale about a powerful kijo (demon woman) called Momiji. The name Momiji is connected to maple leaves and the story takes place during autumn, when the leaves begin to fall. The tale begins with the samurai Koremochi who was given the task of...
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