Naomi Barnes
@drnomyn.bsky.social
Political sociologist exploring how knowledge, crisis, and collaboration shape education.
Associate Professor. Gardener. Reader. Artist.
Magan-djin/Brisbane.
Associate Professor. Gardener. Reader. Artist.
Magan-djin/Brisbane.
This likely will kill me because my kid wanted me to put it on marketplace
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This likely will kill me because my kid wanted me to put it on marketplace
Some moments of joy in the wild garden #earthlaughsinflowers
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Some moments of joy in the wild garden #earthlaughsinflowers
Puppy has reached a milestone
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Puppy has reached a milestone
We may be an authoritarian state but Qld really knows how to turn it on.
Subtropical lyfe
Subtropical lyfe
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
We may be an authoritarian state but Qld really knows how to turn it on.
Subtropical lyfe
Subtropical lyfe
There's one in the backyard. We've been here 8 years and this is the first year it's blossomed. I've been enjoying it so much. Lorikeets love them too
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There's one in the backyard. We've been here 8 years and this is the first year it's blossomed. I've been enjoying it so much. Lorikeets love them too
Whose been nibbling at my house?
🧙♀️🎃
🧙♀️🎃
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Whose been nibbling at my house?
🧙♀️🎃
🧙♀️🎃
Tell me about it. Mine got moved to the living room to make room for art supplies in my office. Everything in the two cases under the AC is from work
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Tell me about it. Mine got moved to the living room to make room for art supplies in my office. Everything in the two cases under the AC is from work
Here's a lorikeet watching the storm roll in with me
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Here's a lorikeet watching the storm roll in with me
Fond farewell to the blossoms on my Illawarra flame tree as our first #BrisbaneStorm of the storm season comes in from the "bad direction".
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Fond farewell to the blossoms on my Illawarra flame tree as our first #BrisbaneStorm of the storm season comes in from the "bad direction".
Work in progress and inspiration.
The flowering of the red kurrajong (floral emblem of Darwin) is a sign that freshwater crocodiles are ready to lay eggs.
The flowering of the red kurrajong (floral emblem of Darwin) is a sign that freshwater crocodiles are ready to lay eggs.
October 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Work in progress and inspiration.
The flowering of the red kurrajong (floral emblem of Darwin) is a sign that freshwater crocodiles are ready to lay eggs.
The flowering of the red kurrajong (floral emblem of Darwin) is a sign that freshwater crocodiles are ready to lay eggs.
This is the second "think stop strategising" I've come across in as many weeks.
Higher Education investment flows towards data rich environments so to chase that investment data is pursued. We become data. How do we find the ideas that will change the world if we don't stop writing Q1s?
Thoughts?
Higher Education investment flows towards data rich environments so to chase that investment data is pursued. We become data. How do we find the ideas that will change the world if we don't stop writing Q1s?
Thoughts?
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is the second "think stop strategising" I've come across in as many weeks.
Higher Education investment flows towards data rich environments so to chase that investment data is pursued. We become data. How do we find the ideas that will change the world if we don't stop writing Q1s?
Thoughts?
Higher Education investment flows towards data rich environments so to chase that investment data is pursued. We become data. How do we find the ideas that will change the world if we don't stop writing Q1s?
Thoughts?
We need to let the mud dry slowly so the oven doesn't crack. So today I pulled out as much from the inside as I could. This will allow the air inside. This weekend I'll light some small fires.
The chimney needs to be burnt out to draw the smoke. Cardboard is covering the vent at the back.
The chimney needs to be burnt out to draw the smoke. Cardboard is covering the vent at the back.
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We need to let the mud dry slowly so the oven doesn't crack. So today I pulled out as much from the inside as I could. This will allow the air inside. This weekend I'll light some small fires.
The chimney needs to be burnt out to draw the smoke. Cardboard is covering the vent at the back.
The chimney needs to be burnt out to draw the smoke. Cardboard is covering the vent at the back.
Today is the insulation layer and chimney with one ratio of sand replaced with perlite. This will make it lighter. We've also begun removing the cardboard mould. We would burn it out if there wasn't an exercise ball in the middle 😆
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today is the insulation layer and chimney with one ratio of sand replaced with perlite. This will make it lighter. We've also begun removing the cardboard mould. We would burn it out if there wasn't an exercise ball in the middle 😆
Books which changed the way I think
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Books which changed the way I think
Finished the thermal layer with a different type of clay and sand. It was easy easier to handle but it's cracking because we could only get sandpit sand. You need to use bricklaying sand. It locks together better.
Next week insulation which is lighter so able to sculpt with it
Next week insulation which is lighter so able to sculpt with it
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Finished the thermal layer with a different type of clay and sand. It was easy easier to handle but it's cracking because we could only get sandpit sand. You need to use bricklaying sand. It locks together better.
Next week insulation which is lighter so able to sculpt with it
Next week insulation which is lighter so able to sculpt with it
I can't help but be a cynical Gen X Queenslander with a Tory authoritarian government, when the best spot to see the Brisbane protests is "under construction"
September 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I can't help but be a cynical Gen X Queenslander with a Tory authoritarian government, when the best spot to see the Brisbane protests is "under construction"
This is direct from the ALP in the 1960s playbook but it was Jim Cairns being an economic xenophobe about Egypt and Turkey and the data was GDP spending on education. But the rhetoric is the same
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is direct from the ALP in the 1960s playbook but it was Jim Cairns being an economic xenophobe about Egypt and Turkey and the data was GDP spending on education. But the rhetoric is the same
Dark Winds S2E4
Love it when period pieces comment on the present
Love it when period pieces comment on the present
September 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Dark Winds S2E4
Love it when period pieces comment on the present
Love it when period pieces comment on the present
Kid off to comicon
September 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Kid off to comicon
Enjoying the sunset after an afternoon building
September 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Enjoying the sunset after an afternoon building
Sprocket trying to be helpful 🤣
September 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Sprocket trying to be helpful 🤣