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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 15h

#pukapuka #kidlit Anyone on here who would love to share a NZ book for children / teens a day in October? I'm running a #OctoberKiwiKidsBooks private group on FB, and wondered if anyone would like to take part in the challenge over here?

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First ever tattoo, aged 43. I love how it turned out, and feel weirdly proud of myself for doing it. This is a Delta. So yes, it's mostly a celebration of the doggo who rocked my 🌏 But I also love that in physics, it's used to represent a change (or difference). Which is the only constant in life 😊

The pale arm of a white woman. On her wrist is a Delta symbol, tattooed in a very dark grey ink

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I married my love 8 years ago today ❤️

A couple in their late 30s and early 40s smile softly at the camera. The man is wearing a brown waistcoat, white shirt and a pounamu. The woman is wearing a white lace dress and star hairband. Beside them is the river Thames. The afternoon sunlight is warm

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Alison Mau @alisonmau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We’re grateful for any and all donations - our bottom line is the Tika service remains free for all survivors. givealittle.co.nz/org/tika

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Tika

Tika is an independent way to report sexual harm. When your report connects with others, take legal action together. Safe, private and free.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026

an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/

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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice

David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is vitally important mahi from @alisonmau.bsky.social and Zoë Lawton - a way to keep sexual assault victims safe while also seeking justice. H/T @davidfarrier.com for highlighting this. I've just made a donation. If you can afford to, please consider it too www.webworm.co/tika/?ref=we...

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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice

David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Look at this incredible Lego set that one of my besties surprised me with 😭😍

The box of a Lego Ideas set called The Evolution of STEM. It features an open book with lots of science stuff exploding from it - DNA, a space shuttle, a beer, skyscraper etc. Marie Cutie is one of the mini figs

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🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Farrar vs. Farrier: how to tell the difference. By @xtotl.bsky.social Toby Morris.

Screenshot of a post by artist Toby Morris with very simple sketches showing the difference between the Davids with caricatures of their heads: Farrar is bald & is shorter, placed lower on the screen, Farrier has dark hair & stubble & is taller, placed higher than Farrar on screen.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 22/09/2026

Moral panics are manufactured concerns created to push an agenda, don't hold up under scrutiny, and the fallout always harms more people than will ever be helped. Stand up for trans people.

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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“It is ironic, to say the least, that if Jordan Williams had not publicised the non-existent book, these inside sources would most likely never have contacted me and the book we are here to launch today would not have been written.”

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have been a subscriber @bernardchickey.bsky.social's excellent newsletter, The Kākā, for years now, and have recommended it to friends, colleagues and whānau. So imagine my delight to see that he included my H2 trains piece in today's roundup! Thanks Bernard 😊 thekaka.substack.com/p/mondays-ea...

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

wahooo i vote for this lil one every year 😭❤️ www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

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Black robin bucks shy tag to take Bird of the Year 2026

The diminutive karure black robin has won Bird of the Year.

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We should be rioting honestly WTF

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a poignant read. I loved learning Irish in school - I did Irish debating too & kept hold of some of my language thru uni, thanks to chats with gaeilgeoirí friends. But I've hardly spoken a word of it in 20+ years - a fact I've become acutely aware of - since beginning to learn te reo Māori

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What te reo Māori taught me about the Irish language I never learned

I was told that Gaeilge was a language of the past. Learning about te reo Māori showed me what had really been taken from us.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Close to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey."

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Endangered parakeet numbers soar at sanctuary

Close to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here's the radio segment, if you're keen to listen back. In 10 minutes we covered three stories: ☁️ Pigment-free white material inspired by clouds. 🧊 Melting glaciers releasing ancient methane. 📖 Reading for fun is good for you. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... ⚛️👩‍🔬🧪

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

E hoa mā, I'll be back on RNZ Nine to Noon in about an hour (11.45ish), reporting on some interesting scientific research published over the past week or so. Please tune in if you can 🧪⚛️👩‍🔬 www.rnz.co.nz

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RNZ

Comprehensive news, culture, lifestyle, live radio and on-demand audio, podcasts and documentaries from New Zealand's only non-commercial public media.

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drrawiritaonui.bsky.social @drrawiritaonui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

52,000 signature Ngāti Kahungunu do not undermine Te Tiriti o Waitangi petition sucessfully delivered.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I occasionally write features for Engineering NZ's quarterly publication, EG Magazine. For the most recent issue, I got to interview three of the team at @wetafxofficial.bsky.social, to mark 25 years since the release of the first Lord of the Rings movie 🤯 (pg16) #nz 🧪⚛️👩‍🔬 issuu.com/engineeringn...

screenshot from a digital magazine. it shows Gollum from LOTR. the title is "Landmark in filmmaking and engineering"

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

15 years ago today, two nerds - one from Ireland, one from Aotearoa NZ - who met working at a research lab on the outskirts of London, went on their first date ❤️

A photo of two white people in their 40s smiling at the camera. Blond woman on the left in a striped top. Bearded man on right in a navy hoodie and hat. It's a bright, blue-sky day so they're both wearing sunglasses.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sound on for some Tūī-in-a-Kōwhai magic this sunny Spring(ish) morning #nz

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The impact of removing funding for free vaccinations for under 12s still having a serious impact. The u-turn on funding for under-5s will help but a lot of the damage was already done. #nzpol National/ACT/NZF cuts end up costing more at the bottom of the cliff.

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Young children still hit hard by flu-like illnesses, even as general hospitalisation rates drop

Young children are still being hit hard by respiratory illnesses even as hospitalisation rates come down for the rest of the general population.

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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected.

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This same thing is happening with "Tilly Norwood" A company that wants to sell a product is targeting journalists without expertise about their product to repeat the claims that are too difficult for those journos to substantiate or refute. The best option, then, is to take their word for it.

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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 08/09/2026

more than anything, i think we’re all learning that people who spent their professional life learning how to talk to computers were completely unprepared for a situation in which it appears that the computer is talking back

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

when I see AI generated things, I am seeing a large field of pieces of human-made creative work that has been put through a blender, and while I cannot see/know the originals directly, I am aware they exist, because that is how AI works. I am not seeing a cat, I'm seeing 10,000 photos of real cats

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I work (part-time) at the Measurement Standards Lab. If you haven't heard of it, it looks after NZ's official standards for measurements like mass, length, temperature, and time, and ensures that every measurement we make here are consistent with the International System of Units, the SI. (1/x)

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The Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand (MSL) is New Zealand's national metrology institute.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Eeep that was a weird one 🤐 two distinct phases. Good morning Welly #eqnz

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This week, I pitched stories (on two very different topics) to two outlets. I opened my inbox this morning to see that they'd both said yes?!! I think it's the first time that's ever happened to me. Now I just need to make time to write both 😂

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting. Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.

Cover from The Economist from two years ago "Say goodbye to 1.5°C; why climate policy is off target". It has a graphic of the Earth with an apple on its head, and a arrow shot through the Earth.

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Andrea Wulf @andreawulf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm doing an event @nhm-london.bsky.social in London on 8 September @ 6.30pm about "The Traveller". And they are bringing out some of his wonderful botanical and zoological drawings ... and some of his herbarium specimens. So, this should be a special one. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/dig-d...

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Dig Deeper | Natural History Museum

A regular series of talks at the Natural History Museum bringing you closer to our science.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/09/2026

It's like 100x new zealand's yearly budget for science! What a bargain!!! #nzpol

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

325 - that's the new population count of the critically endangered night parrot kākāpō after 90 chicks from the 2026 breeding season reached 150 days and could officially be added. The youngest chick is Awarua-A3, hatched on March 30. @digs.bsky.social et al 👏 📷 DOC/Mahina Walle

The youngest chick of the season, Awarua-A3, is 150 days old and was added to the official population.

Awarua as a younger chick earlier this season.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last night I published my latest science story for @forbes.com. It's an attempt to review a pile of recent papers that all look at the intersection between wildfires and human health. I hope you'll consider reading it 👩‍🔬⚛️🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

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Wildfires Have Left The Forest And Moved Into The City

A growing body of research shows that wildfires now pose a significant health risk to those living in cities.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 31/08/2026

At 12:02 p.m. EDT, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope began an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn to adjust its trajectory toward its final orbit. #NASARoman 🔭

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NASA's Roman Completes First Mid-Course Correction Burn - NASA Science

At 12:02 p.m. EDT, Roman began an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn to adjust its trajectory toward its final orbit.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

way more people should be excited about roman… hubble-level sharpness but 100x the field of view, billions of galaxies, thousands of exoplanets, dark matter + dark energy!!!! this telescope could usher in a whole new era of astronomy and it launches TOMORROW???

A poster of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 28/08/2026

I am currently recruiting for a 2-year postdoc/research fellow role at the University of Auckland here in New Zealand, focusing on auditory perception, hearing, and music in older adults, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias ~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!

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Postdoc in The Music Lab // Expression of interest

Note. The below text is a general overview of the sorts of postdocs we often recruit. We are currently recruiting candidates for a 2-year position focusing on auditory perception in aging populations,...

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

People of Aotearoa - there's still time to don yellow clothing and / or make a donation to the Cancer Society #DaffodilDay www.daffodilday.org.nz/anz-donate

The torso of a blonde woman. She is wearing a yellow and black linen shirt with yellow buttons

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