If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Shortly catching my first ever Queenstown bus and I realized that I've lived in Hamilton for 2 years and never caught a Hamilton bus... the cycling is just too convenient 😅

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Outrage baiting myself comparing tobacco harm to puberty blockers. I don't know why I bother. The only consistent position this government has is being awful 😒

Latest COVID booster inspired by the Beatles White Album. Number 9... Number 9...

BRB investing in spike club stocks

Here is the publication link for those who want a closer look: dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

In 12 months, the NZIC conference will be kicking-off in the beautiful Waikato! Plans are underway to bring you a diverse & inspiring programme. But, just in case you need convincing, here are some highlights from students who attended the 2024 conference. www.cinz.nz/posts/studen...

For those saying James Watson's intellectual brilliance made his bigotry an acceptable trade-off, might I point out (Exhibit A below 👇) that one brain ought to be easily big enough to be a genius AND a decent human being. We don't call bigotry 'small mindedness' for nothing.

"His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed" This is (IMO) a prevalent and harmful feature of the way academia and funding systems work. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

Somewhat perplexing that with all the pointless redesigning of things in Word M365 they still don't let you do a horizontal split view. I have so much horizontal screen real-estate! I know there are ways to achieve this, but it should be a single button press... 😒

I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪

If there are any international chemists who look at this idyllic picture and think they would love to travel to NZ for a conference - hit me up! I can't promise anything, but if you have a compelling story to tell, we'll definitely take a look.

The Ferrier Research Institute in Wellington is seeking a motivated PhD student to work on an exciting project at the interface of organic chemistry, peptide science, and antibiotic discovery, contributing to urgently needed new treatments. www.wgtn.ac.nz/ferrier/stud...

Mōrena e te whānau. Do any of you have contact with Emma Wehipeihana? Her linkedin bio says she's still on Twitter, but I'm not. I'd appreciate either an email address, or an introduction if possible? My DMs are open

A Conversation piece on our (@manpreetkdhami.bsky.social @sbirdy.bsky.social) quirky fake spiderweb research for eDNA biomonitoring, just out in time for Halloween. Paper forthcoming! theconversation.com/spiders-insp...

As a reward for supporting @siouxsiew.bsky.social I've donated 6 signed copies of #TheCovidResponse. And if you want to know how important Siouxsie's case was for academic freedom in Aotearoa, I've written a piece for the NZSR on what I think it means: ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article...

At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know. www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

My grad students told me I'm not scary today. Am I doing it wrong? 🫣

In the ownest of goals Reti is quoted saying "This Government stands by its commitment to science and innovation and has nothing further to add to this story." I would argue that "further" is unnecessary in that sentence.

If you're in Dunedin, I'll happily show you how to upload photos of storm damage to Wikimedia Commons so they can be used on Wikipedia. Come to the Otago Uni central library 12.30-1.30 today for a demo or drop in on me in the library 9-12 weekdays. I'm a terrible photographer...we need you!

Is an "incomplete" on a paper, vs. a "fail" treated different in terms of student allowance, or other funding? Trying to understand students who clearly have no chance to pass a paper but attend the exam only to not write anything 🤷 I figure there must be a reason?

Taken from a teacher friend. The money is there, the government is choosing to use it for roads, landlords, tobacco companies, etc. There is money. What there aren't any of is teachers. And nurses. And fire fighters. #NZMegaStrike

I hid one of those "send me a chemistry joke in exchange for a chocolate bar" instructions in my first year practice problem set, and only one student responded (🫠). I guess I have office snacks now...

Can anyone help identify the starting point of this tortured phrase? "So, this is indeed considered an Absolute Cinema moment across the oncology community" Bonus points if you can figure out a reference to "Game of Molecule" in the context of combining chemistry and biologyl I'm drawing blanks!

Neurologically speaking, there's no such thing as 'useless' subjects or 'rip-off' degrees Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one

Just for no reason at all... if you want to know what happened on October 14th in history we have Wikipedia right there. That's all.

No startups, no science: How the Republican Administration switched off America's most important engine of economic success. steveblank.com/2025/10/13/n...

So... the way research is being funded in this country is an exit strategy? If you were running an R&D department and felt that the R was done, it wouldn't be unusual (even if shortsighted) to fire the R people and focus on the D 🤷 Terribly ironic having Rutherford on our most valuable bank note.

Early(ish) career folk, if you haven't seen this call, please take a look! We've had a decent number of responses but we would like to get more representation from across the sector. The (extended) call technically ends tomorrow, but we can be flexible for promised submissions.

Our school is recruiting a technical officer to support teaching and research in molecular and cellular biology, biomedical and biochemical programmes. Please share with your networks: elhs.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Just under four hours left (@ 0803) to vote in the Hamilton City Council election. It's at 24.8% voter turn out and I can tell you that the people who absolutely voted are the same ones who will turn up to consultations and complain about the SHAPE of a roundabout. Why let them choose!? Vote!

PSA! have you dropped in your council voting papers? Do it today or tomorrow latest. And don't forget to vote YES to Māori wards.

My HPLC was definitely overlooked www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

That’s one way to leak things I guess…

Open Letter to Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs: The New Zealand Government must recognise the State of Palestine from Staff, Students and Alumni of the University Community

Hey, would you look at that, it's an above-minimum-wage PhD stipend! Please share this one far and wide (and NB to other funders: this is a choice you can make)

"The world doesn't owe you a living". Welp apparently I don't understand what society is for then if we'll just happily let people starve and die like outcasts. Which is, I assume, the opposite of having a living?

Oh shit we got a boil water notice! Attn Kirikiriroa Hamilton pals #kikorangi hamilton.govt.nz/boil-water-n...

I thought post-Truth was bad enough, but I imagine the post-Reality era is going to be a real trip 🥲

Simultaneously wants to big dog their way out of international conflict, while not criticizing the most aggressive international forces. Who do they envisage the invaders are?

That awful feeling when a loved one is involved in a distance/time challenge and you ask them if they have a spreadsheet and they respond that they don't and don't want one...😳😳

Thinking about recent Israel and US actions in international waters, and Luxon's response. Convenient rule breaking and ignoring the rule breaking of others is a large part of the success of the types of people in our current government. The currency of privilege if you will.

Tēnā koutou katoa, Here's a survey by rainbow community folk for rainbow commmnity - on experiences of child-focused/parenting services. Survey link is here or via the QR code on attached image: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Full image description in alt text & reply

First walk completed for Pride Unleashed. If you want to support Honey in her fundraising efforts for the Rainbow Community you can find her profile here. www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

I've written and deleted at least two threads of thoughts this morning, because at the end of the day while cathartic they don't offer much to the world that isn't found in a great and noisily disgruntled: "HARRRRRRRUMMMMPHHHHHHHHHHH"

Crossed the Rubicon today, first sunscreen of the season and probably apropos with daylight savings this weekend.... Gonna maintain the pale male while fighting the stale. 🫰

Read this thread, the article and consider that the New Zealand Science Review exists in part to produce snapshots of our research system through time. What works. What doesn't and some of what people were doing (in a NZ context). History repeating is already on record. We're circling the drain!

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