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The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “Pink Terror”. Microbiologist interested in antibiotic resistance, experimental evolution, and sustainable period products. Also science communicator and lover of bioluminescence & Lego. She/her.
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whenever lorde releases new music, new zealand's worst men come running for the comments section: www.webworm.co/p/mencomment...

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

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submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

My out-of-office is on and I’m starting my Easter break as I mean to go on 🥳

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

This is an excellent thread by @coleytangerina.bsky.social

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Academic publishing is an absolute shocker.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Secret Santa is back! I’ve signed up. Need this rat of sunshine in my life. What you waiting for?! #MWSecretSantaAoNZ

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

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submitted 19 days ago • 31 comments

🧵 We hear a lot about 'free speech' in Aotearoa today. Thanks to the efforts of opaquely funded lobby groups with appalling track records, the media and the public are encouraged to view issues of free speech through a false narrative of either 'unrestricted expression' or 'Soviet-era censorship'.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

More helpful context on the "de-extinction" claim in the news today. It really isn't. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/04/08/c...

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

They have no regrets, promote conspiracy theories, and are loyal to Trump. I will soon publish a report documenting the statements and activities of 200+ pardoned Capitol Rioters. This independent journalism & data visualization project needs your support. Donate here: fundrazr.com/pardontracker

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

Kia ora, Ōtautahi Christchurch, my books are open for a few hairdressing housecalls this month. Specialising in Covid-cautious and gender-affirming care. DM me for rates and please repost, cheers

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

**IMPORTANT** The Government is about to make a decision that could restrict access to life-saving, gender-affirming care for trans youth in Aotearoa. With the highly conservative, anti-trans Hon Simeon Brown now overseeing the puberty blockers review, the outcome is likely to be concerning.

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

I’m so happy that I’ve finally done a firefly&glowworm themed piece! When we talk about bioluminescent insects, we usually first think of those flying & twinkling little fairies. However, many of them are in the form of wingless “worms”, and I found them equally fascinating 💙

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

⚠️ UK-based creatives: there is currently a petition to ban genAI in all creative sectors! Sign and repost! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

We interrupt this doomscrolling to bring you bloomscrolling. 🌱 #RoseWednesday #Gardening

submitted 34 days ago • 48 comments

We break down how social media algorithms are designed to keep us angry and engaged.

submitted 36 days ago • 13 comments

This morning Damien Grant posted a pretty vacuous piece on stuff that derided post-modernism and Foucault. I recently wrote this essay on Foucault's enduring importance to the project of universal human rights and decided now was a good time to publish it. universe-of-rights.ghost.io/in-praise-of...

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone. infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...

submitted 38 days ago • 45 comments

who's on what platform, 2025 edition

submitted 39 days ago • 107 comments

Registration is LIVE!!! Join us in-person or online for the launch of Menstruation Science—exploring the complexities of the far-reaching effects of sex hormones on human physiology in sickness and in health. April 9th cgr.mit.edu/2025/03/17/s...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

“And this further raises questions related to nonmaleficence. Do No Harm. This prima facie principle of healthcare ethics should also be performative.” Don’t miss my latest! bioethicstoday.org/blog/is-wear...

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

An excellent long read about how conspiracist attacked one of the worlds leading scientific journals. Both extraordinary and also horribly unsurprising. www.computerweekly.com/news/3665534...

submitted 39 days ago • 11 comments