Claire
@cznz.bsky.social
She/her; queer Kiwi; fan of women's cricket, ice hockey, X-Wings, puns and potatoes (background pic by Hazel!)
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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Just read The Mandela Brief, about Kentridge, who also served as a lawyer for the Treason Trialists, Bram Fischer, anti-apartheid clergyman Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, and at the inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
The great S African lawyer Sir Sydney Kentridge is 103 today. In a Pretoria court in 1977 I watched in awe as he crucified the secret police who had murdered the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko - arguably the start of apartheid’s downfall. A very happy birthday, dear Sydney!
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just read The Mandela Brief, about Kentridge, who also served as a lawyer for the Treason Trialists, Bram Fischer, anti-apartheid clergyman Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, and at the inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
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Ugh, sorry for RTing this yesterday, I did not place this dude's name 🔪
Michael Archer, no stranger to media hype (see: resurrecting thylacines), has invented the "drop croc" based on the solid palaeotological evidence of…fossil eggshell. There's no evidence that any terrestrial croc could climb, let alone drop out of trees like a leopard. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ugh, sorry for RTing this yesterday, I did not place this dude's name 🔪
Leaving aside everything else it seems clear that they gave the date in UK/Europe format not US
So who's mistaken here then, @safety.bsky.app ? Should be pretty easy to prove one way or another.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Leaving aside everything else it seems clear that they gave the date in UK/Europe format not US
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Here's 7 Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) resources for you. Happy writing ✍️💻
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Here's 7 Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) resources for you. Happy writing ✍️💻
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
After midnight means delete and repost without autocorrect
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
After midnight means delete and repost without autocorrect
Finally worked out who Emma Holland reminds me of, and it's Ebony Hoskin #TaskmasterAU #Scorchers #wbbl
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Finally worked out who Emma Holland reminds me of, and it's Ebony Hoskin #TaskmasterAU #Scorchers #wbbl
#lrt I tried the last two summers to find a social team, especially for people who are absolutely rubbish at sport and honestly struggled to find info on ANYTHING that wasn't grade level stuff. Big opportunity to improve there imo for local clubs.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#lrt I tried the last two summers to find a social team, especially for people who are absolutely rubbish at sport and honestly struggled to find info on ANYTHING that wasn't grade level stuff. Big opportunity to improve there imo for local clubs.
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new post!!
an ode to the social benefits of cricket clubs + a request for blokes to get off their arses and help start clubs for women to get the same experience!
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
an ode to the social benefits of cricket clubs + a request for blokes to get off their arses and help start clubs for women to get the same experience!
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
new post!!
an ode to the social benefits of cricket clubs + a request for blokes to get off their arses and help start clubs for women to get the same experience!
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
an ode to the social benefits of cricket clubs + a request for blokes to get off their arses and help start clubs for women to get the same experience!
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
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Zadie Smith.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Zadie Smith.
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Guys! Drop Crocs!! 😱 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Guys! Drop Crocs!! 😱 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Not an exaggeration to say I'm both a writer and an English teacher b/c of Lloyd Alexander. My 4th grade teacher read to us from The Book of Three every day after lunch, and I was hooked. I wrote to him that year, and he not only replied, he took a 9-year-old's question seriously. (More in alt text)
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Not an exaggeration to say I'm both a writer and an English teacher b/c of Lloyd Alexander. My 4th grade teacher read to us from The Book of Three every day after lunch, and I was hooked. I wrote to him that year, and he not only replied, he took a 9-year-old's question seriously. (More in alt text)
Every time Katie Mack goes on her back foot i flash back to her stepping on her stumps in the WBBL08 final and get the cold sweats again
Like so unlikely to happen let alone again but: hoo boy #WBBL
Like so unlikely to happen let alone again but: hoo boy #WBBL
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Every time Katie Mack goes on her back foot i flash back to her stepping on her stumps in the WBBL08 final and get the cold sweats again
Like so unlikely to happen let alone again but: hoo boy #WBBL
Like so unlikely to happen let alone again but: hoo boy #WBBL
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FYI if you’re looking for ways to help refugees in Sudan, the Cut/NY Mag has put together a list of reputable orgs helping people: www.thecut.com/article/how-....
How to Help the Refugees in Sudan
Millions of people have been displaced and are in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
www.thecut.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
FYI if you’re looking for ways to help refugees in Sudan, the Cut/NY Mag has put together a list of reputable orgs helping people: www.thecut.com/article/how-....
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hilarious stat on TSN just now: anze kopitar is the leading scorer in the nhl for slovenians all time with 1286
second place has four points.
second place has four points.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
hilarious stat on TSN just now: anze kopitar is the leading scorer in the nhl for slovenians all time with 1286
second place has four points.
second place has four points.
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Antipodeans - it looks like Aurora Australis will fire up tonight, from mainland Australia (where sadly the magnetic pole is tilted away from us) that would mainly be red beams (from the highest up oxygen ionization), but maybe green in Victoria and Tassie spaceaustralia.com/news/aurora-...
Aurora Australis has its moment | Spaceaustralia
Ethereal auroral displays of red and green can be one of the most beautiful natural phenomena for us to see, and 2024 is turning into a peak year for those of us lucky enough to have clear skies at th...
spaceaustralia.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Antipodeans - it looks like Aurora Australis will fire up tonight, from mainland Australia (where sadly the magnetic pole is tilted away from us) that would mainly be red beams (from the highest up oxygen ionization), but maybe green in Victoria and Tassie spaceaustralia.com/news/aurora-...
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happy deadloch s2 announcement day please enjoy this edit I made years ago of eddie mispronouncing literally everything
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
happy deadloch s2 announcement day please enjoy this edit I made years ago of eddie mispronouncing literally everything
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I got my 10th Covid booster yesterday and the pharmacist said I’m the only young patient she knows who’s kept up to date with vaccines.
Just a friendly reminder that anyone over 30 can get boosted every 6 months in NZ. Every bit helps!
Just a friendly reminder that anyone over 30 can get boosted every 6 months in NZ. Every bit helps!
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I got my 10th Covid booster yesterday and the pharmacist said I’m the only young patient she knows who’s kept up to date with vaccines.
Just a friendly reminder that anyone over 30 can get boosted every 6 months in NZ. Every bit helps!
Just a friendly reminder that anyone over 30 can get boosted every 6 months in NZ. Every bit helps!
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There was a spiritualism boom after the 1918 Influenza Epidemic.
AI grift is just that for the COVID-19 era, fucking fight me.
AI grift is just that for the COVID-19 era, fucking fight me.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There was a spiritualism boom after the 1918 Influenza Epidemic.
AI grift is just that for the COVID-19 era, fucking fight me.
AI grift is just that for the COVID-19 era, fucking fight me.