alisonmarigold
@alisonmarigold.bsky.social
Mycologist, sometime botanist, plant lover, forager, small business owner, forester, musician. Working to become a better ancestor. Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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🇮🇪🏴🦌 🎄 ❄️ Irish language TV channel @TG4 @Cula4_TG4 has co-produced a new animated Christmas film in collaboration with @BBCNI and Welsh language station @S4C in a first-of-its-kind collaboration.
https://bit.ly/48nft5y
https://bit.ly/48nft5y
First ever multilingual animated Christmas film to be aired in Irish and Welsh
Irish language TV channel TG4 has co-produced a new animated Christmas film in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland and Welsh language station S4C in a first-of-its-kind collaboration.
www.independent.ie
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🇮🇪🏴🦌 🎄 ❄️ Irish language TV channel @TG4 @Cula4_TG4 has co-produced a new animated Christmas film in collaboration with @BBCNI and Welsh language station @S4C in a first-of-its-kind collaboration.
https://bit.ly/48nft5y
https://bit.ly/48nft5y
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I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
#fiberart #embroidery
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
#fiberart #embroidery
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Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
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The perfect handknit mitten pattern doesn’t exi–
Angry Mittens pattern by Sandy Lamb
These mittens are a way to express your frustration in the midst of winter :smiley:
ravel.me
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The perfect handknit mitten pattern doesn’t exi–
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happy whatever the fuck day it is
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
happy whatever the fuck day it is
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
It's Thelymitra season! This is probably Thelymitra longifolia
Common Sun Orchid, Maikuku
🌱 #kikorangi
Common Sun Orchid, Maikuku
🌱 #kikorangi
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's Thelymitra season! This is probably Thelymitra longifolia
Common Sun Orchid, Maikuku
🌱 #kikorangi
Common Sun Orchid, Maikuku
🌱 #kikorangi
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I’m not entering the Christmas promo scramble.
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
The Cat Operator's Manual - Get the Most from Your New Cuddle Unit
A fresh and quirky guide to understanding your cat, complete with technical information, warnings, insights into all of your Cuddle Unit 5™'s features and modes, and a bonus sticker sheet.
cuddleUnit5.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I’m not entering the Christmas promo scramble.
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
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A few pics from today from up Kāpiti's Mount Maunganui.
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A few pics from today from up Kāpiti's Mount Maunganui.
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Thanks to the hard work from folks like @wadepool.wtf ! Cc @kawaiicon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thanks to the hard work from folks like @wadepool.wtf ! Cc @kawaiicon.bsky.social
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At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
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This piece about a man who overcame midlife despair by becoming a typewriter repairman is -- I don't know how to describe it except as chicken soup for the soul. The sounds of these machines are strangely comforting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This piece about a man who overcame midlife despair by becoming a typewriter repairman is -- I don't know how to describe it except as chicken soup for the soul. The sounds of these machines are strangely comforting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Kapua o te Wiki / Cloud of the Week
🥞 A huge thanks to Victoria Metcalf on Facebook for submitting this photo of a particularly stunning stack of lenticular clouds in Lyall Bay, looking out over Wellington Airport
☁️ If you've taken any interesting cloud photos recently leave them in the replies!
🥞 A huge thanks to Victoria Metcalf on Facebook for submitting this photo of a particularly stunning stack of lenticular clouds in Lyall Bay, looking out over Wellington Airport
☁️ If you've taken any interesting cloud photos recently leave them in the replies!
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kapua o te Wiki / Cloud of the Week
🥞 A huge thanks to Victoria Metcalf on Facebook for submitting this photo of a particularly stunning stack of lenticular clouds in Lyall Bay, looking out over Wellington Airport
☁️ If you've taken any interesting cloud photos recently leave them in the replies!
🥞 A huge thanks to Victoria Metcalf on Facebook for submitting this photo of a particularly stunning stack of lenticular clouds in Lyall Bay, looking out over Wellington Airport
☁️ If you've taken any interesting cloud photos recently leave them in the replies!
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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When you point out the deadly serious exception in someone's clearly dashed off jokey post you are personally bending the arc of history toward justice
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When you point out the deadly serious exception in someone's clearly dashed off jokey post you are personally bending the arc of history toward justice
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Meanwhile, the Nobel prize for economics was just awarded to scholars who highlight the importance of investing in science and research for innovation and productivity. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Meanwhile, the Nobel prize for economics was just awarded to scholars who highlight the importance of investing in science and research for innovation and productivity. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Check out this pincushion protea I found growing on the other side of the lake! It almost looks like something microscopic you'd find growing IN the lake.
The 2026 calendar is looking great and I'm excited to share, but had to take a time out to photograph this beaut first.
#flowers #photography
The 2026 calendar is looking great and I'm excited to share, but had to take a time out to photograph this beaut first.
#flowers #photography
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Check out this pincushion protea I found growing on the other side of the lake! It almost looks like something microscopic you'd find growing IN the lake.
The 2026 calendar is looking great and I'm excited to share, but had to take a time out to photograph this beaut first.
#flowers #photography
The 2026 calendar is looking great and I'm excited to share, but had to take a time out to photograph this beaut first.
#flowers #photography
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"On the morning of Nov. 10, researchers say they could hear the gathered excitement of the orcas on a hydrophone in Sunset Bay, Wash."
love that the whales had a family vacation
love that the whales had a family vacation
All southern resident killer whales gathered into ‘superpod’ south of Vancouver Island
The Orca Behavior Institute says it’s “thrilled” to have seen a southern resident killer whale superpod gather in the waters south of Vancouver Island last week.
cheknews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"On the morning of Nov. 10, researchers say they could hear the gathered excitement of the orcas on a hydrophone in Sunset Bay, Wash."
love that the whales had a family vacation
love that the whales had a family vacation
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
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wake up babe new Bachs just dropped
Onbekende orgelwerken Bach ontdekt en in Leipzig gespeeld door Ton Koopman
Het zijn twee stukken, die Bach vermoedelijk op 18-jarige leeftijd componeerde.
nos.nl
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
wake up babe new Bachs just dropped
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"Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives"
"Ho called her friend a “luminary of the disability justice movement”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives"
"Ho called her friend a “luminary of the disability justice movement”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives"
"Ho called her friend a “luminary of the disability justice movement”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives"
"Ho called her friend a “luminary of the disability justice movement”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.