Julie Blommaert
@drjulieb.bsky.social
Scientist/nerd. Human to Lilja the floof. Allegedly pissed off too many men on twitter
I can’t believe how much car brain rot people have
How is “they must’ve moved the buildings and made the road narrower since the 70s” a more reasonable explanation than a different parking layout and larger cars?
How is “they must’ve moved the buildings and made the road narrower since the 70s” a more reasonable explanation than a different parking layout and larger cars?
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I can’t believe how much car brain rot people have
How is “they must’ve moved the buildings and made the road narrower since the 70s” a more reasonable explanation than a different parking layout and larger cars?
How is “they must’ve moved the buildings and made the road narrower since the 70s” a more reasonable explanation than a different parking layout and larger cars?
Ok but who is eating my strawbs? Is it birds or rodents?
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ok but who is eating my strawbs? Is it birds or rodents?
Reposted by Julie Blommaert
Guy who lost an election, embroiled in a ridiculous love tryst scandal with his office staff, was once known as a 'nice guy', but in the end was just another dipstick from Dipton.
Bloke who uses tinned spaghetti as a pizza sauce thinks the worst Prime Minister we've had in decades is the best man for the job. 🤔 #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
30 with Guyon Espiner: Sir Bill English believes Christopher Luxon will lead National to election victory
Despite Christopher Luxon dropping in the polls and a "rough patch" in the economy, Sir Bill English is confident.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Guy who lost an election, embroiled in a ridiculous love tryst scandal with his office staff, was once known as a 'nice guy', but in the end was just another dipstick from Dipton.
I haven’t even run my first ultramarathon yet and here I am saying im not ruling out a back yard ultra in 2026
Starting to wonder what, specifically, is wrong with me
Starting to wonder what, specifically, is wrong with me
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I haven’t even run my first ultramarathon yet and here I am saying im not ruling out a back yard ultra in 2026
Starting to wonder what, specifically, is wrong with me
Starting to wonder what, specifically, is wrong with me
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"handheld meat pies" is truly the most cursed phrase anyone has ever used to describe this part of our national cuisine
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
"handheld meat pies" is truly the most cursed phrase anyone has ever used to describe this part of our national cuisine
Reposted by Julie Blommaert
🌍🌲 #InTheNews | 8 of our research sites are helping the European Space Agency's Biomass Mission weigh 1.5 trillion trees and track water cycles. This reinforces NZ’s growing role in world-leading forest science.
Read more below!
Read more below!
Biomass Satellite Taps NZ Forests for World‑First 3D Carbon Mapping
The European Space Agency will use New Zealand research sites to support its Biomass Mission, a satellite program designed to deepen understanding of how forest
woodcentral.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
🌍🌲 #InTheNews | 8 of our research sites are helping the European Space Agency's Biomass Mission weigh 1.5 trillion trees and track water cycles. This reinforces NZ’s growing role in world-leading forest science.
Read more below!
Read more below!
MOAR RASPBERRIES
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
MOAR RASPBERRIES
Reposted by Julie Blommaert
It's unethical to offer screening without resourcing the follow-up tests and treatments to cope with increased demand.
Women's health services 'flooded' with referrals from cervical screening increase
As cervical screening picks up pace toward an 80 percent coverage target, services to further examine cases alerted in the screening tests are not able to keep up, clinical experts say.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It's unethical to offer screening without resourcing the follow-up tests and treatments to cope with increased demand.
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Labour is now the only Opposition party who has not put out an official press release denouncing the NZ government’s restrictions to healthcare access for trans youth and affirming their strong support for the trans, takatāpui and rainbow communities.
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Labour is now the only Opposition party who has not put out an official press release denouncing the NZ government’s restrictions to healthcare access for trans youth and affirming their strong support for the trans, takatāpui and rainbow communities.
Nice to come home to some after work snacks THAT THE BIRDS DIDNT STEAL
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Nice to come home to some after work snacks THAT THE BIRDS DIDNT STEAL
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me and the gang working that bioinformagic
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
me and the gang working that bioinformagic
Me: happy, content, thriving, enjoying where I’m at in life
My phone and the three songs I’ve listened to today: 🧐 you sure about that bro
My phone and the three songs I’ve listened to today: 🧐 you sure about that bro
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Me: happy, content, thriving, enjoying where I’m at in life
My phone and the three songs I’ve listened to today: 🧐 you sure about that bro
My phone and the three songs I’ve listened to today: 🧐 you sure about that bro
I wanted to be a bio hacker but then decided I’m not a wanker
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I wanted to be a bio hacker but then decided I’m not a wanker
A lil spood having a snack
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A lil spood having a snack
The pope what
I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The pope what
It’s basically summer (there is sun!)
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It’s basically summer (there is sun!)
This time in two weeks time, I will probably somewhere between 40 and 50km of my ultramarathon
Aka “running” up the Grampians and trying not to cry
Aka “running” up the Grampians and trying not to cry
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This time in two weeks time, I will probably somewhere between 40 and 50km of my ultramarathon
Aka “running” up the Grampians and trying not to cry
Aka “running” up the Grampians and trying not to cry
Reposted by Julie Blommaert
This is JAWDROPPINGLY funny
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is JAWDROPPINGLY funny
Should I put this on my dating profile
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Should I put this on my dating profile
No you just ate a not quite perfectly ripe raspberry out of fear the birds would get it just like they’ve been getting your netted strawberries
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
No you just ate a not quite perfectly ripe raspberry out of fear the birds would get it just like they’ve been getting your netted strawberries
My “my coalition isn’t falling apart” tshirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my tshirt
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My “my coalition isn’t falling apart” tshirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my tshirt