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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 1d

Ilse Knott-ter Meer 1 of 1st #German women engineering graduates Tech Uni of Munich. Worked as sanitary engineer. 1930 org'd 1st formal meeting of German women engineers @ World Power Conference #Berlin. @wes1919.bsky.social memb 2 buildings & street named for her. b. #OTD 14 Oct 1899 bit.ly/3bYKk9k

Ilse Knott-ter Meer in B&W head and shoulders photo from 1930 #WomenInSTEM

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon: two people walking down a sidewalk.
Caption: “"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 18h

Victoria Drummond 1st UK woman #MarineEngineer. Colleague wrote "Most courageous woman I ever saw...without fear or nerves, is very good at her job & has an uncanny power over engines for which I once thanked God" Early @wes1919.bsky.social member b. #OTD 14 Oct 1894 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...

Victoria Drummond in apprenticeship uniform c. 1920

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia Hogan US chemist, specialist in pyrotechnics, 1949 BSc chemistry @ St Johns Uni, MSc chemistry @ Fordham Uni. 1963 was "the only woman research chemist at Picatinny Arsenal" large US Army installation in New Jersey where she worked 47 yrs. d #OTD 13 Oct 2004 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 1d

I hope it went well and you had some fun

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 2d

If you were hoping to hear Chris Hedges speak at the National Press Club and were stymied by the NPC's cancellation of him...

There is this instead (in Adelaide):
events.humanitix.com/edward-said-...

Edward Said Memorial Lecture 'Chris Hedges'

Join the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) in 2025 as we host Chris Hedges at UniSA for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture.

events.humanitix.com

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 1d

I've been watching a pair of #tawny frogmouths who nested near my home. Anxiously awaiting the early flights of the young chick.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

And still people wonder why more women don't report sexual assault www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

Former senator Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings in the Federal Court against her ex-staffer Brittany Higgins as she tries to recover damages awarded to her for defamation.

www.abc.net.au

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Vote now, if you haven't already, for the Guardian's Bird of the Year 2025

It helps to nominate a bird that's endangered, giving it a much higher profile - like Baudin's black cockatoo for example

Please vote - this is a wonderful environmental exercise

🙏🏽 🦜

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Senator David Pocock has been turfed out of the Australian Parliament Sports Club! What?! | First Dog on the Moon

Was it for unsportspersonlike conduct? No it is much funnier than that * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3d

It's insane!

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget to breathe. I caught myself holding my breath!

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3d

I'm exhausted just watching. Sooooo scary!

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 6d

Oops! I did, of course, mean to write "spooky women".

Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 6d

This month at #WikiProjectWomenInRed we are celebrating Halloween by encouraging #wikipedia editors to create articles about spooky people, books and things. @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

screenshot of what is on in October for Women In Red at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Outreach/2025#October_2025

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 6d

Whilst heavily pregnant Carlotta Bollée translated for husband French early car manufacturer Léon Bollée & aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright when they rebuilt Wright Flyer @ Bollée factory in 1908. Flew with Wright #OTD 8 Oct 1908. After Léon died, ran factory www.magnificentwomen.co.uk/engineer-of-...

Carlotta Bollée in B&W early C20th photo wearing a hat and leg 'o mutton sleeves

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 6d

Amalia Celia Figueredo aviator. 1st woman in #Argentina & possibly Latin America to earn pilot's license. 1914 passed test, skilled in aerobatics. 1964 on 50th anniversary of earning license, awarded honorary designation of Military Pilot. d. #OTD 8 Oct 1985 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_...

Amalia Celia Figueredo in B&W photo sat in plane fuselage wearing thick polo neck jumper

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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 6d

There's just about something for everyone in the Aotearoa Wiki community this weekend!

Come along to an event near you, or join us from the comfort of your home. Newbies are always welcome!

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 6d

This is alarming news. #EndangeredSpecies @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 6d

All but four of New Zealand’s 120 lizard species are threatened or at risk. But little consideration is given to lizards during most land development projects.

NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 6d

We are thrilled to congratulate Professor Richard Robson FAA FRS on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Learn more www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Academy Fellow one of three scientists to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2025 Nobel Prize winner Professor Richard Robson was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 2000. In a testament to Australian scientific excellence, Professor Richard Robson FAA FRS has

www.science.org.au

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 6d

The Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) is an anostostomatid from New Zealand. It's one of the largest insects in the world! Major threats to this cutie include land clearing and predation by rats. It's listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: d_kluza (iNaturalist)

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6343096

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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 6d

Come and help me transcribe a charming book of fairy-tales at the University of Otago central library tomorrow! 12.30-1.30 in seminar room 2 (look for the Wikipedia banner). See Mike's thread below for why we are doing this! #Dunedin

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 6d

Here's how you can help make a book of 19th century fairy tales available for everyone to read for free.
Frances Brownes was a 19th century Irish poet ("the blind poetess of Donegal"), whose best-known work is Granny's Wonderful Chair, an 1857 fairytale collection. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...

The only photo of Frances Browne, circa 1879

Frontispiece from the 1906 edition of Granny's Wonderful Chair, illustration by Dora Curtis.

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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 7d

Found the voting bin in the Link building at university. Get your vote in by noon Friday if you’re voting here #Dunedin

Putting an envelope into the orange wheelie bin for council votes

Position of the orange wheelie bin in the university Link building, near the table tennis table

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 8d

Vote! Vote in your local election! Post your vote by 5pm today! It matters. Hayden explains this more hilariously than I can: thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

One hundred and eighty five billion dollars.
That's the estimated bill to repair our terrible water infrastructure and experts think that estimate is too low. Why is it going to cost so much? Mainly because angry people who didn't want to pay rates were the only ones who voted in local elections. They elected other angry people who didn't want to raise rates and those people kept costs down via the foolproof method of "letting the pipes rot in the ground". Just a few years ago, 8,000 people in and around Havelock North got poisoned when sheep poo seeped into some poorly maintained water infrastructure. Four people died! Wellington's streets are now equal parts sewage and concrete. For a while there people in Otago were drinking lead.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 9d

Margaret, Lady Moir 'engineer by marriage' & campaigner for women's employment, founder member & President of @wes1919.bsky.social Educating women in effectiveness of electricity paramount to her belief that it rescued them from household labour. d. #OTD 5 Oct 1942 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...

Margaret, Lady Moir in 1920s B&W studio head and shoulders portrait.
#WomenInSTEM

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