Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉

@stevendicosta

Reformed neuroscientist. Advocate for sexual health & sex worker rights. Often found in the park with the crows. I also like ducks 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) 🇵🇸

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Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· 13d

More about the company: palcircus.ps/en/

Stylised graphic of a circus tent in the colours of the Palestinian flag.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· 13d

Joyful and moving performance by the Palestinian Circus at @sohotheatre.bsky.social this evening. They’re going to Fringe next, so if you’re in Edinburgh next week don’t miss it!! 🎪🇵🇸 edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-palestinian-circus-step-and-a-half

Tote bag that reads “The Palestinian Circus” in English and Arabic, with a stylised circus tent in the Palestinian flag colors.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· 20d

Another gorgeous day with all the gorgeous people at Trans Pride. Over 100k attendees - it gets bigger every year 🏳️‍⚧️ 💪!!

Me in the street at Trans Pride in London

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· May 28

[taps the sticker]

An excellent sticker featuring Funky Kong and text that reads Funky Kong says respecting trans and non-binary people is tubular!

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· May 11

Just arrived!! 📦 It’s queer, it’s science, it’s @drcarpineti.bsky.social 🌈

Hardback edition of Invisible Rainbows by Alfredo Carpineti

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· May 7

I don’t have a dog, but Malachi says go and vote (💚).

Malachi, a particularly handsome and statuesque crow, with sleek glossy feathers and a charming countenance, standing against a background of green grass and looking directly at the camera.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Apr 24

Cue the pan pipes 🎶

Screencap of tweet by @austinblakemays
Caption reads Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975, Director Peter Weir. Image is of Miss Piggy, wearing a white Victorian outfit sitting on a rock.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Apr 7

My favourite example of this. Britney Spears and her ascendant career in Japanese politics.

Online article headline that reads:
Japan's Likely New Prime Minister, Britney Spears Back In Court And More

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Mar 16

Apropos of my recent colonoscopy, here is a drawing of a spirochaete.

Screenshot from the Simpsons of Ralph Wiggum holding up a simple but charming drawing of a spirochaete next to a flower.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Mar 8

‘Indika’ is a remarkable game. Stunning visuals. Solid, thoughtful script with excellent voice acting. Big on vibes and full of surprises. You play as a nun. (Odd Meter Games and @11bitstudios.bsky.social)

Screenshot from the game Indika sharing the title character, a nun, sitting in a darkened room surrounded by wooden furniture and white laundry hanging from several ropes strung across the ceiling

Promotional artwork for the game Indika, showing the protagonist, a young nun, surrounded by older nuns who have exaggerated laughing faces, while Indika herself looks troubled.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Feb 14

Valentine is also the patron saint of epileptics 🧠! (and beekeepers! 🐝) For more info on epilepsy: epilepsysociety.org.uk @amepilepsysoc.bsky.social

Relic skull in an ornate gold reliquary with a glass front. It is adorned with flowers and a small tag that reads Valentine.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Jan 30

Good night Sally ✨🖤🤍

Side by side images of Sally, a patchwork doll character from the nightmare before Christmas, and actress Catherine o hara who provided her speech and singing voice

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Dec 7

'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Walk With Me" Your festive reminder that Jherek Bischoff has an entire Christmas album in the style of the Twin Peaks soundtrack🦉

Cover image of Jherek Bischoff's Christmas album, featuring his face painted to look like a corpse wrapped in plastic, wearing a santa hat.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

A visibly off-her-t¡ts Carrie Fisher singing a (terrible) song at the finale. The whole thing is on YouTube which mercifully allows you to skip bits. Happy Life Day!!

Carrie Fisher looking less than sober while singing a song during the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

A fifteen minute sequence where the Wookie family talks to each other in Wookie language WITH NO SUBTITLES.

The four members of the Wookie family from the Star Wars Holiday Special, including Chewbacca

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

A four-armed droid with a cooking show. Her name is Gormaanda.

A four armed droid that looks like Martha Stewart standing over a cooking pot

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

An animated sequence with the first appearance of Boba Fett!

Screenshot of Boba Fett riding a large alien creature, from the animated sequence in the Star Wars Holiday Special

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

Chewbacca’s dad (whose name is Itchy), watching VR p🌽rn through a mind control headset…

Itchy the wookie with a metallic contraption on his head

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

✨ Bea Arthur singing a show tune in the Mos Eisley cantina (apparently she runs it?)

Bea Arthur surrounded by aliens in the Star Wars Holiday Special

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 17

HAPPY LIFE DAY✨ …from a visibly wasted Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford wishing he was literally anywhere else, and all the crew! If you’ve never seen it, the Star Wars Holiday Special is a cursed abomination of TV that you must watch. It’s about an in-universe holiday called ‘Life Day’ and includes:

Screenshot of the main cast of the Star Wars Holiday Special from the final sequence.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Nov 5

New York Post (unintentionally) making the most joyful celebration cover 💪 🥰

Front page of the New York Post. The headline reads The Red Apple, and it’s accompanied by a composite image of a triumphant Zohran Mamdani. His photorealistic head is on the body of a soviet propaganda style worker holding up a hammer and sickle. The whole page is against an art deco skyline of New York. Everything looks cool as fuck, despite the paper’s clear intention to frighten people.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Sep 17

Dating Clinic this Sunday with @thelovetankcic.bsky.social 💕 Details and tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/29588/...

Infographic for an event called Dating Clinic featuring the illustration of a hand holding a phone that is on a call to a contact called Dr Love.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Sep 9

London this evening 🇵🇸 protesting the visit of Israeli President Herzog.

A crowd of protesters holding Palestinians flags outside government buildings in London

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Aug 9

Also in London today 🇵🇸

A small dog sitting on a large pile of Gaza Cola cans during a march for Palestine in London. The dog is roughly two cans high.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Aug 9

London, today 🇵🇸

Photo of a redhead male from behind. He is walking on the side of a street, holding a Palestinian flag.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Apr 21

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Screenshot of Jessica Lange from the TV series American Horror Story. The image is a frequently used meme to communicate doubt that something will ever happen.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Apr 19

Great to see such a huge turnout at the march today! Even the sky said trans rights ✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

A large crowd of people at a march for trans rights in London.

The London skyline at dusk. The sky and clouds are in shades of blue and pink.

A large crowd of people at a march for trans rights in London. A large trans flag with equity can be seen above the crowd.

Four smiling people taking a group selfie at the march for trans rights in Central London

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Mar 12

Queer Digital Intimacy is a free in-person workshop series from @thelovetankcic.bsky.social that explores all things at the intersection of love, sex, connection, & technology. Tickets still available for 13th & 27th March ! Details and sign up - link.outsavvy.com/digitalintimacy

Information graphic for the workshop series described in the caption. The design is retro black text with a sparkling love heart in pixel style, on a purple background.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Feb 10

Excellent advice, as always, from 'Calvin and Hobbes'

A panel from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Hobbes, a tiger, is lying on the branch of a tree. Calvin, a small boy is sitting on the branch behind him. He tells Hobbes that the world is a complicated place. Hobbes replies that whenever it seems that way he takes a nap in a tree and waits for dinner. Hobbes looks peaceful.

Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉@stevendicosta· Jan 12

Recommendations for accommodation in Hong Kong? ⬆️ Priorities are food and exploring. ⬇️ Not so interested in shopping or parties.