Jessa Barder
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Jessa Barder
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food; science; fibrecraft; active outdoors; cat. tck; wellesley alum; antarctican; immigrant; indigenous.
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My copy was given to me so happy to pass it on to you…
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.
Dunedin has no Tiffany’s, so this will have to do. #themeanreds
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.
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.
Farewell Autumn, we are solidly in Stick Season now until Spring. #aotearoa #winter #temperateclimate
Want to kick Pride Month off in style? I just watched Bottoms and could not recommend it more highly…

#pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms
I’m not sure how specific you want me to be? Ōtepoti, Aotearoa/Dunedin, New Zealand.
Annnnd one more from my driveway in the north end of town: sometimes you chase the aurora, sometimes it chases you!

#auroraaustralis #spaceweather
Not a bad night to chase aurora… happy 1st of June, Aotearoa! #solarstorms #aurorae
Here’s to you, Major Houlihan, not to mention the mom in one of my favourite Christmas movies! #lorettaswit
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
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
Hands up if you want “I will not yield to disrespectful men” on a sign for your desk at work? 🙋🏽‍♀️ #smashtheoldboysclub #myfavoriteseason #isthefallofthepatriarchy #malepalestale
When your Thursday is actually a Wednesday because your week is six days long… 🤦🏽‍♀️ #strugglebus #thatscicommlife
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.
Central Otago skies/reflections - but which is which? #centralotago #aotearoa #lakedunstan
Meh, potato-potato!
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
Love these autumn mornings and evenings… but the weirdly warm breeze reminds me our poor planet is on 🔥. #climatechangeisreal #fromwhereirun
Handknits and sea lion excretions - what’s not to love?!
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
Our Botanic Gardens are awfully nice… #fromwhereirun