Julie Blommaert
@drjulieb.bsky.social
Scientist/nerd. Human to Lilja the floof. Allegedly pissed off too many men on twitter
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OK, this is extremely cool. Comparable to the alligator bungie genitalia or the lid that keeps tarsiers' eyes in their head when they jump!
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A paper in Scientific Reports shows that chameleons have evolved a longer, coiled optic nerve that is likely to provide “slack” to reduce tension on the optic nerve during the extensive rotations characteristic of the chameleon eye. go.nature.com/3JTSgQ1 #evosky 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
OK, this is extremely cool. Comparable to the alligator bungie genitalia or the lid that keeps tarsiers' eyes in their head when they jump!
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It’s pragmatic to hate the poors
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It’s pragmatic to hate the poors
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Hey it's something to live under in this brave new world
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Hey it's something to live under in this brave new world
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I remember a couple of days ago when the Police Commissioner said that getting a speeding ticket was "the dumbest thing [he'd] ever done"
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I remember a couple of days ago when the Police Commissioner said that getting a speeding ticket was "the dumbest thing [he'd] ever done"
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
Cynical minds wonder if this story has a similar underlying basis to the tobacco and alcohol silliness from this govt
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cynical minds wonder if this story has a similar underlying basis to the tobacco and alcohol silliness from this govt
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
TikTok keeps showing me clips of Landslide from recent Stevie Nicks concerts
a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera .
ALT: a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
TikTok keeps showing me clips of Landslide from recent Stevie Nicks concerts
I think my #SecretSantaAoNZ should know my ears are pierced
Perhaps a Secret Santa gift for that special giftee? cursivecraft.co.nz/products/sey...
Seymour Is A Cunt
Seymour Is A Cunt Dish out some political sass and show off your distaste for David Seymour while looking fucking incredible. Warning: May inspire spirited debates, knowing nods, or unexpected high-fi...
cursivecraft.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I think my #SecretSantaAoNZ should know my ears are pierced
Well that was kinda cool, just saw two of the German A400M planes doing a low and close together pass over Nelson airport
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Why low-flying German military planes are in New Zealand skies
If you looked up in certain parts of the country this week, you may have seen planes you didn't recognise.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Well that was kinda cool, just saw two of the German A400M planes doing a low and close together pass over Nelson airport
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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I feel like "grift" is the one term that summarises most of what has happened the last 10, 15 years in the 'Western' world. It's all just suits running around contributing nothing, just assuming the underpaid nurses and supermarket staffers and teachers prop up the system by burning themselves out
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I feel like "grift" is the one term that summarises most of what has happened the last 10, 15 years in the 'Western' world. It's all just suits running around contributing nothing, just assuming the underpaid nurses and supermarket staffers and teachers prop up the system by burning themselves out
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"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Postdoc in the job market"
Open the photo to see the stand off
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Open the photo to see the stand off
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Tired: scholarly journals
Wired: cake-based knowledge translation
Wired: cake-based knowledge translation
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tired: scholarly journals
Wired: cake-based knowledge translation
Wired: cake-based knowledge translation
I’m so glad my dog isn’t scared of fireworks but then on the other hand, she just got the biggest fright from a kereru flying over us
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m so glad my dog isn’t scared of fireworks but then on the other hand, she just got the biggest fright from a kereru flying over us
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Spread the word. Sign-ups close on the 19th
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Spread the word. Sign-ups close on the 19th
After some indoor roller skating (yay for polished concrete floors) I felt brave enough to try outdoors and it’s been a while since I’ve been so humbled
Very justified in making sure I had appropriate knee and elbow pads though
Very justified in making sure I had appropriate knee and elbow pads though
two men are standing on a balcony with a sign that says recorder
ALT: two men are standing on a balcony with a sign that says recorder
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
After some indoor roller skating (yay for polished concrete floors) I felt brave enough to try outdoors and it’s been a while since I’ve been so humbled
Very justified in making sure I had appropriate knee and elbow pads though
Very justified in making sure I had appropriate knee and elbow pads though
The birds are just moving my strawberry netting now
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The birds are just moving my strawberry netting now
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Dipshits Bishop and Code Brown increase the speed limits and look what comes up behind you like something from Mad Max
#nzpol
Quarter of all trucks tested in blitz fail brake test | RNZ News share.google/Zl8oQtFUXr37...
#nzpol
Quarter of all trucks tested in blitz fail brake test | RNZ News share.google/Zl8oQtFUXr37...
Quarter of all trucks tested in blitz fail brake test
The brakes on more than a quarter of trucks tested in a recent police operation on central North Island roads were found to be faulty.
share.google
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Dipshits Bishop and Code Brown increase the speed limits and look what comes up behind you like something from Mad Max
#nzpol
Quarter of all trucks tested in blitz fail brake test | RNZ News share.google/Zl8oQtFUXr37...
#nzpol
Quarter of all trucks tested in blitz fail brake test | RNZ News share.google/Zl8oQtFUXr37...
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The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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I’m making a list of arguments to deploy at gatherings from now until election time (and forever). This is a banger:
”There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.”
Thank you Sassy.
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
#NZPol #TaxWealth
”There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.”
Thank you Sassy.
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
#NZPol #TaxWealth
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m making a list of arguments to deploy at gatherings from now until election time (and forever). This is a banger:
”There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.”
Thank you Sassy.
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
#NZPol #TaxWealth
”There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.”
Thank you Sassy.
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
#NZPol #TaxWealth
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
“Of the sexual assaults reported across New Zealand in 2022 that had progressed to a court hearing, 41% were still waiting for an outcome after two years, up from 30% in 2018.”
It’s not just a few bad apples - the entire system is rotten. This status quo is being chosen - and misogyny is the choice.
It’s not just a few bad apples - the entire system is rotten. This status quo is being chosen - and misogyny is the choice.
The 932 day wait for High Court - is there another way to get justice for sexual assault victims?
'It was just a waiting game. I felt like I was lost in the system.'
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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ALL REGULAR TEES $15 UNTIL NOV 20
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
ALL REGULAR TEES $15 UNTIL NOV 20
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