Patrick Thomsen
@touchmypoly.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer 🇼🇸◇ PI @Manalagiproject◇한국학◇🏳️🌈 Collection Editor @Livedplaces◇PhD @UW◇ Views mine alone (he/them)◇Lambily
Celebrated 41 years around the sun with family, friends and good food, today!
March 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Celebrated 41 years around the sun with family, friends and good food, today!
Rest in love my beautiful friend. We celebrate you every day. ❤️
Update! So so special! Look at this guy 🥹 Amazing work by local #SouthAuckland artists, Janine & Charles Williams.
Looking 274 / 685 proud 😍
#Ōtara274 #685totheworld #EfesoCollins #ManukauCity
Looking 274 / 685 proud 😍
#Ōtara274 #685totheworld #EfesoCollins #ManukauCity
February 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Rest in love my beautiful friend. We celebrate you every day. ❤️
Another glorious Auckland day, took advantage of the late summer weather to do the Hunua loop with the girlies and Jinkxy! I love this for me! And what a beautiful country!
February 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Another glorious Auckland day, took advantage of the late summer weather to do the Hunua loop with the girlies and Jinkxy! I love this for me! And what a beautiful country!
One last road trip before going back to work!
February 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
One last road trip before going back to work!
And just like that, my annual leave comes to an end and I have to return to the real world on Monday. Well, let's go 2025 lmao
Out of office up, and my Summer break has begun, see you at the end of February University of Auckland!
Despite 2024 being a tough MF year, walking out of the year on a high - had my promotion to over the bar confirmed - new phase beginning in 2025! I am excited.
Ok bye everyone!
Despite 2024 being a tough MF year, walking out of the year on a high - had my promotion to over the bar confirmed - new phase beginning in 2025! I am excited.
Ok bye everyone!
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And just like that, my annual leave comes to an end and I have to return to the real world on Monday. Well, let's go 2025 lmao
Got to attend the premiere of Tinā tonight at the Civic and the standing ovation from the crowd said it all.
Beautiful film with tons of hearty laughs and poignant moments. Not a dry eye in the house. Highly recommend!
Beautiful film with tons of hearty laughs and poignant moments. Not a dry eye in the house. Highly recommend!
February 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Got to attend the premiere of Tinā tonight at the Civic and the standing ovation from the crowd said it all.
Beautiful film with tons of hearty laughs and poignant moments. Not a dry eye in the house. Highly recommend!
Beautiful film with tons of hearty laughs and poignant moments. Not a dry eye in the house. Highly recommend!
Spent the past 3 days with our Pacific Early Career Academics Network (although I'm not longer early career lol) at UoA at an amazing retreat filled with fellowship and lots of catching up on emails lol. 2025 has started off so well! Here's to a better year for us all.
February 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Spent the past 3 days with our Pacific Early Career Academics Network (although I'm not longer early career lol) at UoA at an amazing retreat filled with fellowship and lots of catching up on emails lol. 2025 has started off so well! Here's to a better year for us all.
Casually living my best life in Samoa and telling people to get out of my light and videos lol
January 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Casually living my best life in Samoa and telling people to get out of my light and videos lol
Sunset dreams in my beautiful Samoa 🇼🇸
January 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Sunset dreams in my beautiful Samoa 🇼🇸
Debuted my new military style haircut at the beach in Samoa today 😎 love being home for a break and hanging with some friends 🧡
January 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Debuted my new military style haircut at the beach in Samoa today 😎 love being home for a break and hanging with some friends 🧡
Beautiful Samoa 🇼🇸
January 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Beautiful Samoa 🇼🇸
Morning from a steamy Samoa, happy to be home for a week. Thank goodness the rain has paused so our mountain can come back into view.
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Morning from a steamy Samoa, happy to be home for a week. Thank goodness the rain has paused so our mountain can come back into view.
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Also, for anyone interested, my PhD is officially available online 🤗
researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstreams/a...
researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstreams/a...
January 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Also, for anyone interested, my PhD is officially available online 🤗
researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstreams/a...
researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstreams/a...
Sighted in the wild while walking through Ponsonby this evening.
January 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Sighted in the wild while walking through Ponsonby this evening.
A fave thing to do in summer is to take advantage of the numerous bush walks in and around Auckland 😍 another gorgeous day in the 09.
January 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
A fave thing to do in summer is to take advantage of the numerous bush walks in and around Auckland 😍 another gorgeous day in the 09.
Beautiful day in Tāmaki today. Jinkx and I took a walk down to Westhaven Marina and took in the Waitemata Harbour views. Lovely when Auckland is like this.
January 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Beautiful day in Tāmaki today. Jinkx and I took a walk down to Westhaven Marina and took in the Waitemata Harbour views. Lovely when Auckland is like this.
Happy New Year from my house to those who celebrate.
December 31, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Happy New Year from my house to those who celebrate.
My mum's still in England and she insists on video calling me just before midnight so she can watch the Sky Tower fireworks from my phone. Lady, do you realize I wanna go sleep already 😴
December 31, 2024 at 10:32 AM
My mum's still in England and she insists on video calling me just before midnight so she can watch the Sky Tower fireworks from my phone. Lady, do you realize I wanna go sleep already 😴
Not long to go before fireworks and drunkeness takes over my doorstep lmao Happy New Year to those who celebrate.
December 31, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Not long to go before fireworks and drunkeness takes over my doorstep lmao Happy New Year to those who celebrate.
Merry Christmas Tāmaki Makaurau, from me and my nephew, baby Iverson the latest addition to our family, the youngest member of our clan with the cutest smile!
December 25, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Merry Christmas Tāmaki Makaurau, from me and my nephew, baby Iverson the latest addition to our family, the youngest member of our clan with the cutest smile!
Lordt I love Auckland City when ya'll are all gone and it's a hot sunny day like today. Long may it last lol
December 24, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Lordt I love Auckland City when ya'll are all gone and it's a hot sunny day like today. Long may it last lol
Out of office up, and my Summer break has begun, see you at the end of February University of Auckland!
Despite 2024 being a tough MF year, walking out of the year on a high - had my promotion to over the bar confirmed - new phase beginning in 2025! I am excited.
Ok bye everyone!
Despite 2024 being a tough MF year, walking out of the year on a high - had my promotion to over the bar confirmed - new phase beginning in 2025! I am excited.
Ok bye everyone!
December 13, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Out of office up, and my Summer break has begun, see you at the end of February University of Auckland!
Despite 2024 being a tough MF year, walking out of the year on a high - had my promotion to over the bar confirmed - new phase beginning in 2025! I am excited.
Ok bye everyone!
Despite 2024 being a tough MF year, walking out of the year on a high - had my promotion to over the bar confirmed - new phase beginning in 2025! I am excited.
Ok bye everyone!
"I can buy myself flowers" - but it's nicer when it comes from your workmates wishing you a speedy recovery. It's been a dark week over here, for many reasons, flowers remind me that after darkness the light ans joy will follow. Like we say in Samoan, "e koe oso le la," the sun will rise again.
December 7, 2024 at 6:12 AM
"I can buy myself flowers" - but it's nicer when it comes from your workmates wishing you a speedy recovery. It's been a dark week over here, for many reasons, flowers remind me that after darkness the light ans joy will follow. Like we say in Samoan, "e koe oso le la," the sun will rise again.
Reposted by Patrick Thomsen
Defunding humanities and sciences, and reducing blue skies funding by 50% is not only an attack on the research community, it is a brazen attack on universities, what research can inform their teaching, and what subjects are fundable.
December 4, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Defunding humanities and sciences, and reducing blue skies funding by 50% is not only an attack on the research community, it is a brazen attack on universities, what research can inform their teaching, and what subjects are fundable.
Reposted by Patrick Thomsen
Something I think isn’t really obvious to non-researchers is that the vast, vast majority of NZ government science spending already goes to funds which are targeted at direct economic outcomes. The Marsden Fund was the last, inadequate bastion of fundamental research funding. 🧪
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Something I think isn’t really obvious to non-researchers is that the vast, vast majority of NZ government science spending already goes to funds which are targeted at direct economic outcomes. The Marsden Fund was the last, inadequate bastion of fundamental research funding. 🧪