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Looking for another Pride Month recommendation? Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization? This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.

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Dunedin has no Tiffany’s, so this will have to do. #themeanreds

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Newbery Medal winners were a guaranteed good read growing up, why should it be different in my 40s? Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.

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Farewell Autumn, we are solidly in Stick Season now until Spring. #aotearoa #winter #temperateclimate

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Want to kick Pride Month off in style? I just watched Bottoms and could not recommend it more highly… #pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms

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Annnnd one more from my driveway in the north end of town: sometimes you chase the aurora, sometimes it chases you! #auroraaustralis #spaceweather

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Not a bad night to chase aurora… happy 1st of June, Aotearoa! #solarstorms #aurorae

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Here’s to you, Major Houlihan, not to mention the mom in one of my favourite Christmas movies! #lorettaswit

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Scenes from the road… Tuatapere, Southland, Aotearoa #travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour #thatscicommlife

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Feeling this today… it’s a good reminder. do not put your hand in the mouth of loneliness. its teeth are soft but it will scar you for life. - do not be seduced by the lonely ones nayyirah waheed

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It’s this wee girl’s Gotcha Day!! 8 years ago, I brought her home and she has absolutely no idea how good she has it! #rescuecat #herbestlife #missionaccomplished #spoiledkitty

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Hands up if you want “I will not yield to disrespectful men” on a sign for your desk at work? 🙋🏽‍♀️ #smashtheoldboysclub #myfavoriteseason #isthefallofthepatriarchy #malepalestale

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Bend, don’t break. If schist can do it, so can you. #scenesfromcentralotago #nzgeology #schist #aotearoa #newzealand

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When your Thursday is actually a Wednesday because your week is six days long… 🤦🏽‍♀️ #strugglebus #thatscicommlife

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Central Otago skies/reflections - but which is which? #centralotago #aotearoa #lakedunstan

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It’s deep enough into winter that I’ve started putting out the pekapeka bird feeder… and I know when I need to refill it because the tūī song goes from mildly pleasant to “oh my god the racket I can’t hear myself think”. #winterinaotearoa #conservationinnz

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Love these autumn mornings and evenings… but the weirdly warm breeze reminds me our poor planet is on 🔥. #climatechangeisreal #fromwhereirun

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Handknits and sea lion excretions - what’s not to love?!

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Our Botanic Gardens are awfully nice… #fromwhereirun

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if the ocean can calm itself, so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air. - meditation, nayyirah waheed

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Safely back home… #aotearoa #landofthelongwhitecloud #andlongblackcoffee

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When your 82 year old Mama asks for her “special pancake”, you take her for her “special pancake”. #littlecheerful #rratedpancake

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I was in the US about five months ago and the only cybertruck I saw was at a dealership in Bellevue, WA. Fast forward to my current two week visit and this is the fifth I’ve seen in the small city of Bellingham, WA. Wtf?

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Morning walks with my biggest brother… #siblingenergy #optoutside #pacificnorthwest

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My NZ -> US coffee order hack: order the smallest size double shot Americano (usually the standard but good to double check), but with half the water. So basically an 8oz drink in a 12 oz cup. Closest I’ve come to a long black in the US. #UStranslation #NZcoffeeorders #travelhack

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Our fourth ASB Polyfest and the number of kids that recognized us, remembered our experiments from past years, and were excited to try the new things we brought is 100% the reason I love my job. #thatscicommlife #scienceiseverywhere #scienceisforeveryone

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“What is even the point?”, one might ask. #fruitless #lifeinnz

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TFW…your bag gets pulled aside for additional screening at the airport because you’re carrying four powerful lasers across a range of wavelengths (disconnected from power, of course) and three high temperature superconductors. 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🤷🏽‍♀️ #thatscicommlife #sciencecommunicator #sciencenengagement

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How many bags of chicken chips is too many bags of chicken chips? #askingforafriend #noreally

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Because sometimes you need to show policymakers what research $$ can do, we installed our interactive science showcase for Solar Tsunamis: Parawhenua Kōmaru, in NZ’s parliament last night. Very proud to be a part of the team doing this world leading research! #spaceweather #thatscicommlife

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Some days #thatscicommlife is lasers and spectroscopy…other days it’s painting and bleaching. Either way, I’m pretty lucky to have a job I (mostly) love. #sciencecommunication #scienceengagement #photonics #quantumtech #spaceweather

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The downside of travel - whether for work or for fun - is that I miss snuggling my wee girl something awful… #catmom #havecatsnotkids #rescuecat #herbestlife

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Happy Autumn, Aotearoa!! How fitting that the season begins the same day as the inaugural Wairarapa Wool Weekend. Loving all the fibre, friends, and food! #australautumn #autumninaotearoa #sweaterweather #nzknitters #wairarapawoolweekend

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Essential packing for every fibrecraft retreat!! #knitter #nzknitter #wairarapawoolweekend

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Happy Watch Out for Drunk Scarfies Lying in/Darting Across the Road Day, Dunedin!! the holiday I formerly knew as St Patrick’s Day. #thisnzlife #lifeindunedin #scarfies

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Poured my coffee in the dark this morning and with every sip, wondered if I was going to take a mouthful of drowned spider. #thingsonmymind #highanxietyday

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Possibly controversial take: Pi day on March 14th should not be celebrated in Aotearoa for two main reasons: * EVERY day is pie day * We’re not American, today is 14.3, not 3.14. #PiDay #NotPiDay

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Spent a brilliant weekend in Auckland just for fun, to celebrate @littleknottyknitter’s big birthday - Six the Musical, yarn stores, and custom cocktails in underground bars… #thisis40

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Annnnnd back in Dunedin. Alone. Does not feel great.

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My friend Hanna is amazing at advocating for these tāoka animals: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/conservat...

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