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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was privileged to assist a MSc student with his fieldwork on schist geckos at Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary earlier this week! The sanctuary is teeming with kārara/lizards and is such a great example of community based conservation. All geckos handled with a DOC permit by permit holder.

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ironic that the article is paywalled so most people will also not learn from the warning

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paulinabarry.bsky.social @paulinabarry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Each reptile leaves different footprints and we identify their habits with ink trap cards. That's my theme for the reptile mugs. Otago skinks are one of the largest skinks in Aotearoa New Zealand. The full body is about lifesize and wraps around this cup. #herps #sciart #reptileart #skink #mug

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paulinabarry.bsky.social @paulinabarry.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Today I painted a burgan skink with Ourisia caespitosa. This is an alpine skink, endangered in Aotearoa NZ from loss of habitat to agriculture and introduced predators. I'm hoping to paint this as a mural in Central Otago, where small populations remain. #skink #herp #lizard #reptile #sciart

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paulinabarry.bsky.social @paulinabarry.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This beauty is an Otago Skink, endemic to Aotearoa NZ. They are one of NZ's largest lizard species and live in schist outcroppings. They can withstand cold winters and have evolved to give birth to live young! #skink #herp #lizard #reptile #sciart #herpetology #wildlife #natureart #art #animalart

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

User pays baby. "Carterton’s council will consult on a targeted roading rate that could increase forestry rates by 800% on average. An assessment showed dairy, forestry and pastoral farming collectively made up more than 68% roading costs."

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Small town rate proposed to put road repair costs on higher users

Carterton’s council will consult on a targeted roading rate that could increase rates for forestry and dairy farmers.

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hiking interest and penalties on overseas student loan holders while marginally lowering repayments for those in NZ - without raising the repayment threshold from a measly $24,128/yr - does nothing but ensure Kiwis forced to leave because there are no jobs here will never return.

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Unemployment for this age group in Auckland is at 30%

Annual Youth Unemployment: Auckland (HLFS), from Ross Wilson's quarterly Auckland Council report "Auckland regional household labour force survey: quarterly overview" for June 2026
https://www.knowledgeauckland.org.nz/publications/auckland-regional-household-labour-force-survey-quarterly-overview-as-at-june-2026/

15-19 yo unemployment line go up to 30%, it is hitting the post-GFC heights

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is absolutely right. I worked hard to get where I am but I also got lucky when I was up for jobs or awards against a field of equally talented hard working people

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Warehouse putting the price of milk up 80 cents unless you sign up to their new club card and give them your data is evil, actually.

A photo of the milk fridge at The Warehouse showing 2L milk and signs with two prices. One says "everyday low price, $4.79" and the other says "club price, $3.99". The milk was $3.99 the other week without the club card.

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The world might be a mess but at least I have lots of @pepperraccoon.com's art to spark joy

A photo showing a range of beautiful native Aotearoa wildlife art on clothing, pins, and stickers all designed by artist Pepper Raccoon

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Silence was the price I paid to keep working in academia. I'm not entirely sure it was worth it? At any rate, it's not just me experiencing this -it's rife across universities. It's harmful for some -but others benefit. drbex.substack.com/p/who-benefi...

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Who benefits from precarious work?

TEU bargaining, solidarity, and reflections on my own experiences in academia

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Pearl @pearlbarry.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Playing with a sgraffito style using one of my current favorite subjects, an Australian gannet! I love eating off handmade plates and especially so when they gave birds on them.🪶 #birdart #birdsofbluesky #art #ceramics #sgraffito #gannet

Ceramic plate with a sgrafito style black ad white gannet standing on a rocky bluff by the ocean with a rock stack behind it.

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New Zealand expert here! This is not funny, New Zealand only does this when it’s in extreme distress.

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Finn Illsley-Kemp @seismologyfinn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This has a massive emotional and mental impact on researchers and undermines their ability to solve the many challenges we face as a country. I'm proud to be part of the bargaining team for the TEU this year, fighting for equal employment rights for all university staff.

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Finn Illsley-Kemp @seismologyfinn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This morning I spoke to RNZ about the problem of insecure work at our universities. Research staff across the country are made to work under perpetual fixed-term contracts with no clear route to secure jobs. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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What's driving the growth of "Frankenjobs" in our universities?

Researchers working in the university sector say their fixed term contracts are more like "Frankenjobs", pieced together with short term funding and limited hours.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

While I don't necessarily disagree, we also have a terrible habit of not making timely and cost-effective decisions when we do have environmental data. Monitoring towards extinction is a very real problem, and all data collection programmes need to be tied to decision making processes.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Your bad art is better than AI slop.

four frame comic. first frame shows a typical AI poster that says : All chatgpt flyers look the same, especially with this font! the text above it reads : I won't go to your event if the poster was made by AI. second frame shows a still frame from a Hank Green youtube video. text above reads : I won't read your post or email and I won't watch your video if they were made with AI. third frame shows an AI restaurant poster of burgers and chicken in a window. text reads : I won't patronize your shop or restaurant if it is advertised with AI. last frame shows an MS paint window with badly written : Your bad art is better than AI slop. text reads : if you can't take the time or make the effort to interact with me yourself, then why should I do it?

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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paulinabarry.bsky.social @paulinabarry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Here I've painted the rare plants of Central Otago saline habitats. These plants have adapted to these harsh soils, high heat, and cold winters. They support hundreds of smaller animals like moths and butterflies, beetles and skinks. #aotearoa #NewZealand #sciart #herps #plantsky #bugsky

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Much of my BSc and postgrad cohort have been unable to secure any work, let alone permanent work in our fields.

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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In today’s NZ Herald

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 08/07/2026

🔪🔪🔪 CRIME BIRDS are on the scene, and this time, they've got knives. (oh god who gave them knives, it was me hehehe) The Weka, Kea, and Shining Cuckoo are here in stickers/pins, and the birds over at Weka Racing have launched their own team t-shirt for pre-order! Hit up: pepperraccoon.com to cop.

A digital flatlay depicting a charcoal t-shirt that says Weka Racing on the front and has a Japanese style racing illustration of a Weka on the back. Stickers of three native NZ birds, kea, weka, and shining cuckoo holding knives.

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 08/07/2026

Weka Racing's new models this year are absolutely zoomin away with your sausages, I've never seen weka this fast in my life! Probably the silliest thing I've ever made in my life ngl. tees available for pre-order now: pepperraccoon.com

a detailed manga style racing design, that says Weka Racing and features a weka wearing Deal With It sunnies stealing a sausage.

Weka Racing: Aotearoa Turbo Turkeys design with a running weka

Flat lay of both designs on each side of a charcoal t-shirt.

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I’m humbled to have been awarded the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize (pmscienceprizes.org.nz/2025-winner-...). I couldn't have done sci comm w/out a village of support incl. my family & wonderful lab group. This award is as much for you as it is for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyOT...

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Nic Rawlence – Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize

YouTube video by RoyalSocietyNZ

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

There's something about how people say postgraduate students but they actually just mean doctoral students

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Been job hunting for over a year now. The jobs have to be catchable by now, surely?

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Perhaps we can recognise that coastal forests are also critically endangered and maybe we could also consider integrated ecosystem level restoration rather than just single species benefits? www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/...

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New hope for hoiho as farmland proves safe haven

Study finds hoiho can thrive on farmland without the need for reforestation projects.

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Congrats @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social! He's one of our best and most prolific authors @aunz.theconversation.com and this is such well deserved recognition

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/06/2026

Tonight I was browsing various birding tours worldwide and I want to express my appreciation to all my friends in Aotearoa New Zealand. With their hospitality and advice, at three-figure cost last Feb I was able to see more and more interesting species than the five-figure birding tours can promise.

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CuriousCat @felissapien.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The work we did with kākāpō is now not possible because the govt has said that our funding should go to science that makes money. Members of our current govt have said that if an endangered species is in the way of a mine or a new road then it’s goodbye #nzpol peterkdearden.substack.com/p/on-kakapo

peterkdearden.substack.com

on Kākāpō

and extinction

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Tom Bagatelle @tombagatelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Similar to Pākehā claiming to be kaitiakitanga without understanding the deeper whakapapa meaning of that word. I've done it myself in the past in terms of my job and interests, but have since learnt that it's not for me, and that's OK. Interesting seeing some Pākehā get really offended by this.

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Sally Greaves @cardiokiwi.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

By Peter Dearden, an evolutionary biologist, working on insects from New Zealand and supporting the conservation of Kākāpō, giant land snails and penguins. Director of Genomics Aotearoa and Deputy Director of Bioprotection, Aotearoa. Loved the last line - "Also- don’t fucking call me sunshine..." 😂

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I miss all the native vegetation and native birds in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Ōtepoti is lovely but where I'm living there doesn't have much native flora and fauna, or even that much exotic vegetation.

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"We have become remarkably comfortable harvesting fruit from trees planted by previous generations, while becoming increasingly reluctant to plant any ourselves." 💯

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I don’t think parental leave should simply be available to men in equal amounts as women, I think it should be mandatory

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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Dream job alert: Terrestrial vertebrate biologist/ecologist (tenure-track) in New Zealand! Join us @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. Lecturer ≈ US Assistant Prof. NZ lifestyle, weird animals, & great colleagues Apply here: tinyurl.com/mubu7np8

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Raine Hananui @whakatipu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In November 2022, I started a summer scholarship project exploring precedents in te ao Māori for a novel genetic pest control tool in early development at the time. Three and a half years later, the article we wrote on the research has just been published! www.journal.mai.ac.nz/10.20507/MAI...

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Using Mead’s “Five Tests” Precedent Approach for Genetic Control of Rats | MAI Journal

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 24/06/2026

No less than 60 million stars in one image. It's possible thanks to ESA's Euclid mission. For just one day, Euclid turned its gaze to the crowded heart of the Milky Way and captured the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light. Let's dive deeper 👇 🔭 🧪 ☄️ 1/8

A dense field of tiny stars fills this square image taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. The lower and central areas are dominated by bright yellow and gold colours, forming a textured background similar to fine glitter or sand. Dark brown and black patches cut irregularly through the yellow regions, like ink stains or clouds of smoke. Toward the upper left, the colours shift to purple and reddish tones, blending gently into the surrounding star field. Small blue points of light are scattered across the image.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 24/06/2026

the Transition Research Fund, which replaces New Zealand's storied Marsden Fund, allocates just $6.2 million for science research relating to 'healthy people and a thriving society' that's less than my one single lab has spent in the last few years, but for all NZ basic science about humans #nzpol

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