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Dr Tara McAllister

@taramcallister.bsky.social

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Māmā, scholar-activist, kairangahau, scientist, writer | Indigenous, Māori, Te Aitanga a Māhaki | Nōku anake ēnei whakaaro

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai
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Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them | Nature

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 5h

Why would you put someone who has no integrity in charge of an "integrity" project lol

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, um, "mysterious". The director of your integrity projects was an early and regular guest to The Platform, which was funded by the owners of a chain of early childhood centres to advance their political agenda.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

The mysterious unravelling of a high-profile transparency project

Key donor silent as the Integrity Institute deregisters and its lobbying register disappears.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 13h

I just don't want to fall into old habits of them watching it all the time

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 13h

It will definitely make a massive difference for us. I budget every dollar 😅😅

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 14h

I have only 1 year and 11 months left of paying of my student loan!!!!!! I am going to be so rich when it's paid off my god! My loan was over $75,000 after 8 years of studying 😳

The End Is Near Homer Simpson GIF

ALT: The End Is Near Homer Simpson GIF

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 15h

I have cracked and bought a new remote for the tv. I want to limit how much the kids watch it. Because they have been playing so nicely without it. I was thinking one hour every second day but was wondering what limits other parents use?

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 15h

Too little too late! I too have pulled my back from lifting something way too heavy for one person 😅😅😅

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 15h

Yes hue- a type of gourd

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 15h

My god

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks Phil! I will plant out my plants after labour weekend and share their growth :) I plan on spending a lot of time reading in the tunnel over summer 😅😅

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like me putting up my hue tunnel alone is the perfect analogy for single parenting.. like really a two person job but you have no other choice. It takes much longer to do the thing because it's much harder with one person but you get it done anyway 😅🫠

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently according to FB I got engaged on this day 6 years ago. Glad I never got married 😅💀

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 1d

I was planning on going for a lunch time run today but one of my kids is sick 😩😩😩

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Me clinging very desperately to the 5 y.o's 7.30pm bed time

a cartoon character from adventure time is laying on the ground with his mouth open .

ALT: a cartoon character from adventure time is laying on the ground with his mouth open .

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh daylight savings is really stuffing up our bedtime routines. We are usually in our pjs ready for reading together at 7pm but the kids are still on the trampoline 🫠🫠🫠

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Poor Kaea this dopey chicken has just been following him around and pecking him everytime he lays down

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

I moved my desk and now I get locked in everyday by this

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

3 hours of mahi done before 8am ✅😅. Got some good writing done of our first paper from our Vision Mātauranga survey.

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

The way I most often see it used actually erases Indigenous peoples distinct connection to whenua and that's the bit I despise

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

I think in that distinct situation it could be ok but that's not how I see it being used in scientific literature. For example, I was talking about Indigenous people and an editor told me I had to put Indigenous people and local communities when i was not at all talking about local communities.

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

I am actually recovering from a tear in my calf so not running very fast :( and he has gotten very slow but I am still enjoying running :)

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 3d

Fear not he often gets two little walks a day (school drop offs) and that's perfect for the aging kurī

Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 3d

His face when I tell him he is too old and too slow to come for a run with me 😅

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🫜🌷🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🌷🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats to Dr Melissa Derby for abandoning the 'Gender Critical' cult and speaking out in support of transgender rights.
Proof that it's never to late to change!

Rights Aotearoa @rightsaotearoa.bsky.social · 4d

Rights Aotearoa welcomes Melissa Derby's support for extending hate speech protections to include religious groups and the LGBTQIA+ community, as expressed in her appearance on TVNZ's Q+A this morning.
She explicitly said that the LGB included the 'T'
RA will issue a formal press release tomorrow.

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 3d

I deeply despise the increasing practice of lumping together "Indigenous and local communities"

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 4d

A truly horrible tree. I don't know what possessed/es people to plant them. Especially in this case right next to a building 🫠

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