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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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Again for those in the back

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

Is it just me or would anyone in Welly want to go to a social, low pressure choir-type thing where someone teaches us showtunes / contemporary songs that we can just belt out? I'm not talking about serious barbershop, acapella or chamber choir stuff. Or even public performance. Just for funsies.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

submitted 1 day ago • 104 comments

If you're a dog owner and looking for a recipe for homemade treats, this one has proven very popular with my doggo and with all his buddies docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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#nzpol Stats NZ measures child poverty on three measures – before housing costs, after housing costs, and material poverty. All three central estimates of poverty rose last year. This is the second year in a row in which the data is heading in the wrong direction. A 🧵

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😬😬😬

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Excellent read from @eloisegibson.bsky.social 🧪 www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

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I wrote about Rocket Lab for the Economist in 2018 when it was all shiny and new. For multiple reasons, I haven't covered it since. Ollie Neas started highlighting the 'darker side' of RL back in 2020. And now, there's this www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Moustache-twirling caricatures of villains, to a man. Holy fuck this is dark. This is so fucking dark.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Professors please pull up a chair. I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government. At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)

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The portrait of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins emerging in Manukau City courtesy of local artists, Charles and Janine Williams 💓 I love that it faces Hayman Park and the amazing playground, which on a weekend day is full of joyful energetic kiddos and tired caregivers sitting in the shade. Miss you mate.

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A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

I don’t know who the showrunner is on 2025 and I know we’re not that far into the season, but the writing feels really heavy-handed and honestly barely plausible so far

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

This is almost too stupid to comment on, but I hope it's clear to everyone what's going on here: authoritarians bully you into doing little shit like this as a way to train you to comply, to grease the skids for bigger things. You talk yourself into a little thing, the next thing is easier.

submitted 8 days ago • 45 comments

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

submitted 9 days ago • 885 comments

My latest for @forbes.com is about a new development from Northwestern Uni - a reusable sponge that can remove a range of pollutants from stormwater and recover the valuable bits, like zinc and phosphate 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Today is Delta's first birthday! The 10 months he's been with us have been transformative. For various reasons, I still find being a 'pawrent' challenging, but each week it gets easier...on average 😂. Here he is, bedecked in a party hat, care of his daycare (he goes once a week. They are wonderful)

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My latest for @forbes.com is about a new development from Northwestern Uni - a reusable sponge that can remove a range of pollutants from stormwater and recover the valuable bits, like zinc and phosphate 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Spotted this sign going up on Jackson St this morning - Belen (the vegan bakery) is coming to Petone!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Oh, this? Just a dust devil, seen from orbit. From Mars orbit. And the dust devil is 20 kilometres tall.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

I make a teeny tiny appearance in this excellent article by @kaatefishman.bsky.social. TON is a non-profit that does some really excellent work. If you're a science journalist, or want to become one, check them out

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Just booked a trip back to Europe to see my family and do some work projects. It's not for many months, but now that it's officially in the calendar, I can carry a little spark of excitement about it✨

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Utterly shameful

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 The Women in Chemistry category on the Ci site has a range of graphics on women in chemistry, both historical and present-day! www.compoundchem.com/category/wom... #ChemSky 🧪 #WomenInScience

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every Donald Trump cycle: TRUMP: i'm gonna kill the easter bunny FACT-CHECKER: he has not stated how he is going to kill the easter bunny TRUMP SUPPORTER: i think he means he's going to kill evil bunnies TRUMP: beheads the easter bunny NYT: trump redefines relationship between bunny and head

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Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60. Please share :)

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

This is really extremely bad: withholding urgent public health studies because they’re not convenient for the president’s political narrative.

submitted 14 days ago • 44 comments

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

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"Polio: An American Story" describes how indirect costs became a thing. The precursor to the March of Dimes wanted to give a Harvard professor a grant to study polio. Harvard turned it down b/c they'd lose money by accepting the grant. The foundation offered to pay indirect costs and they accepted

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread

submitted 15 days ago • 210 comments

a secret fifth thing

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

Just signed a contract to deliver some work for an organisation I really care about. It's been a tough start to the year, biz-wise, so I am delighted 😊

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

What a speech! IMHO* this is the type of leadership that Aotearoa needs, not the rudderless, weak, reactionary version that we have currently. #kikorangi (* I'm very aware of the fact that I'm a white immigrant to these shores. So ya'know, my opinion carries limited weight, and I am AOK with that!)

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.

submitted 17 days ago • 60 comments

This is effectively what led to the 1900 Galveston Hurricane being the most deadly storm in U.S. history. We are so back, i guess. 😩

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

We signed international data sharing agreements. Numerical weather prediction requires global data. We won't know what's coming unless upstream neighbors share their weather measurement data community.wmo.int/en/activity-...

submitted 17 days ago • 10 comments

Today is Te Rā o Waitangi, Waitangi Day. We recommend Kay Benseman's Reckoning on the lack of picture books on te tiriti: www.thesapling.co.nz/the-reckonin...

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Again for those in the back

Is it just me or would anyone in Welly want to go to a social, low pressure choir-type thing where someone teaches us showtunes / contemporary songs that we can just belt out? I'm not talking about serious barbershop, acapella or chamber choir stuff. Or even public performance. Just for funsies.

It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

If you're a dog owner and looking for a recipe for homemade treats, this one has proven very popular with my doggo and with all his buddies docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#nzpol Stats NZ measures child poverty on three measures – before housing costs, after housing costs, and material poverty. All three central estimates of poverty rose last year. This is the second year in a row in which the data is heading in the wrong direction. A 🧵

😬😬😬

Excellent read from @eloisegibson.bsky.social 🧪 www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

I wrote about Rocket Lab for the Economist in 2018 when it was all shiny and new. For multiple reasons, I haven't covered it since. Ollie Neas started highlighting the 'darker side' of RL back in 2020. And now, there's this www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Moustache-twirling caricatures of villains, to a man. Holy fuck this is dark. This is so fucking dark.

Professors please pull up a chair. I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government. At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)

A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience

I don’t know who the showrunner is on 2025 and I know we’re not that far into the season, but the writing feels really heavy-handed and honestly barely plausible so far

This is almost too stupid to comment on, but I hope it's clear to everyone what's going on here: authoritarians bully you into doing little shit like this as a way to train you to comply, to grease the skids for bigger things. You talk yourself into a little thing, the next thing is easier.

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

My latest for @forbes.com is about a new development from Northwestern Uni - a reusable sponge that can remove a range of pollutants from stormwater and recover the valuable bits, like zinc and phosphate 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

My latest for @forbes.com is about a new development from Northwestern Uni - a reusable sponge that can remove a range of pollutants from stormwater and recover the valuable bits, like zinc and phosphate 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

Spotted this sign going up on Jackson St this morning - Belen (the vegan bakery) is coming to Petone!

Oh, this? Just a dust devil, seen from orbit. From Mars orbit. And the dust devil is 20 kilometres tall.

I make a teeny tiny appearance in this excellent article by @kaatefishman.bsky.social. TON is a non-profit that does some really excellent work. If you're a science journalist, or want to become one, check them out

Just booked a trip back to Europe to see my family and do some work projects. It's not for many months, but now that it's officially in the calendar, I can carry a little spark of excitement about it✨

Utterly shameful

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 The Women in Chemistry category on the Ci site has a range of graphics on women in chemistry, both historical and present-day! www.compoundchem.com/category/wom... #ChemSky 🧪 #WomenInScience

every Donald Trump cycle: TRUMP: i'm gonna kill the easter bunny FACT-CHECKER: he has not stated how he is going to kill the easter bunny TRUMP SUPPORTER: i think he means he's going to kill evil bunnies TRUMP: beheads the easter bunny NYT: trump redefines relationship between bunny and head

Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60. Please share :)

This is really extremely bad: withholding urgent public health studies because they’re not convenient for the president’s political narrative.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

"Polio: An American Story" describes how indirect costs became a thing. The precursor to the March of Dimes wanted to give a Harvard professor a grant to study polio. Harvard turned it down b/c they'd lose money by accepting the grant. The foundation offered to pay indirect costs and they accepted

just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread

a secret fifth thing

Just signed a contract to deliver some work for an organisation I really care about. It's been a tough start to the year, biz-wise, so I am delighted 😊

What a speech! IMHO* this is the type of leadership that Aotearoa needs, not the rudderless, weak, reactionary version that we have currently. #kikorangi (* I'm very aware of the fact that I'm a white immigrant to these shores. So ya'know, my opinion carries limited weight, and I am AOK with that!)

The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.

This is effectively what led to the 1900 Galveston Hurricane being the most deadly storm in U.S. history. We are so back, i guess. 😩

We signed international data sharing agreements. Numerical weather prediction requires global data. We won't know what's coming unless upstream neighbors share their weather measurement data community.wmo.int/en/activity-...

Today is Te Rā o Waitangi, Waitangi Day. We recommend Kay Benseman's Reckoning on the lack of picture books on te tiriti: www.thesapling.co.nz/the-reckonin...

My Waitangi Day started at 7am, interviewing a US-based researcher about a sponge. My job is weird 😂 (but often fun, and always interesting) 🧪

Oh my god. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

“Audacious.” What the fuck are these people doing.