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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 8

My copy was given to me so happy to pass it on to you…

Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 8

Looking for another Pride Month recommendation?

Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization?

This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 6

Dunedin has no Tiffany’s, so this will have to do. #themeanreds

Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 5

Newbery Medal winners were a guaranteed good read growing up, why should it be different in my 40s?

Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 5

I ended up “party watching” Season 2 with a friend in the US just so we could discuss each episode and vent emotionally afterwards because… holy crap. Then a week later we watched Rogue One together (after I went back and rewatched Season 1, eps 1-3). Highly recommend.

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 3

Farewell Autumn, we are solidly in Stick Season now until Spring. #aotearoa #winter #temperateclimate

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 2

Want to kick Pride Month off in style? I just watched Bottoms and could not recommend it more highly…

#pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’m not sure how specific you want me to be? Ōtepoti, Aotearoa/Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 1

So good, right??

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 1

Annnnd one more from my driveway in the north end of town: sometimes you chase the aurora, sometimes it chases you!

#auroraaustralis #spaceweather

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · Jun 1

Not a bad night to chase aurora… happy 1st of June, Aotearoa! #solarstorms #aurorae

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 31

Here’s to you, Major Houlihan, not to mention the mom in one of my favourite Christmas movies! #lorettaswit

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 27

Scenes from the road… Tuatapere, Southland, Aotearoa
#travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour
#thatscicommlife

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 25

Feeling this today… it’s a good reminder.

do not
put
your hand
in the mouth of loneliness.
its teeth are soft
but it will scar you for life.
- do not be seduced by the lonely ones

nayyirah waheed

Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 15

It’s this wee girl’s Gotcha Day!! 8 years ago, I brought her home and she has absolutely no idea how good she has it! #rescuecat #herbestlife #missionaccomplished #spoiledkitty

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 15

Hands up if you want “I will not yield to disrespectful men” on a sign for your desk at work? 🙋🏽‍♀️ #smashtheoldboysclub #myfavoriteseason #isthefallofthepatriarchy #malepalestale

Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 15

Bend, don’t break. If schist can do it, so can you. #scenesfromcentralotago #nzgeology #schist #aotearoa #newzealand

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 14

When your Thursday is actually a Wednesday because your week is six days long… 🤦🏽‍♀️ #strugglebus #thatscicommlife

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 14

In NZ too! The tourism agency used to hand out seeds to incoming visitors, encouraging them to “beautify the countryside”… now they’re an absolute scourge.

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 11

Central Otago skies/reflections - but which is which? #centralotago #aotearoa #lakedunstan

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 10

Meh, potato-potato!

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 9

It’s deep enough into winter that I’ve started putting out the pekapeka bird feeder… and I know when I need to refill it because the tūī song goes from mildly pleasant to “oh my god the racket I can’t hear myself think”. #winterinaotearoa #conservationinnz

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 7

Love these autumn mornings and evenings… but the weirdly warm breeze reminds me our poor planet is on 🔥. #climatechangeisreal #fromwhereirun

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 2

Handknits and sea lion excretions - what’s not to love?!

Hanna Maria @hannatheraven.bsky.social · Apr 29

Wrapped up a year-long field season yesterday and already feeling nostalgic!

So have decided to overdose my bsky in the coming months with a #weeklyvomit from pakake/NZ sea lions 🦭

This one features a prime example of Jack Mackerel 🐟

#marinemammals #pinniped #fieldwork

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Jessa Barder @jbarder.bsky.social · May 2

Our Botanic Gardens are awfully nice… #fromwhereirun

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