George Slim
@bureauchem.bsky.social
Consultant: former surrogate entrepreneur, former bureaucrat, former scientist. Policy person about town.
All opinions are my own. Reposts not endorsements.
All opinions are my own. Reposts not endorsements.
The butter chicken omelet can only be months away from mainstream success.
The butter chicken pie has risen from a niche fusion food to New Zealand’s third-best-selling pie flavour. Who gave the nation this unique culinary taonga?
thespinoff.co.nz/kai/01-12-20...
thespinoff.co.nz/kai/01-12-20...
The pie-oneer: In search of the unsung hero who invented the butter chicken pie
The butter chicken pie has risen from a niche fusion food to New Zealand’s third-best-selling pie flavour. Who gave the nation this unique culinary taonga?
thespinoff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The butter chicken omelet can only be months away from mainstream success.
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Virgo: You’re living the dream! The one where everything sucks.
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Virgo: You’re living the dream! The one where everything sucks.
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Celebrating science excellence! 🎉
Dr Tony Conner wins the Marsden Medal for 40+ years in plant genetics. Our Endophyte Discovery Team earns the first Scientific Workers Medal for a breakthrough, adding $3.6B to NZ’s economy.
Details 👉 bit.ly/3M1NUHu/
#NZScienceAwards #Innovation
Dr Tony Conner wins the Marsden Medal for 40+ years in plant genetics. Our Endophyte Discovery Team earns the first Scientific Workers Medal for a breakthrough, adding $3.6B to NZ’s economy.
Details 👉 bit.ly/3M1NUHu/
#NZScienceAwards #Innovation
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Celebrating science excellence! 🎉
Dr Tony Conner wins the Marsden Medal for 40+ years in plant genetics. Our Endophyte Discovery Team earns the first Scientific Workers Medal for a breakthrough, adding $3.6B to NZ’s economy.
Details 👉 bit.ly/3M1NUHu/
#NZScienceAwards #Innovation
Dr Tony Conner wins the Marsden Medal for 40+ years in plant genetics. Our Endophyte Discovery Team earns the first Scientific Workers Medal for a breakthrough, adding $3.6B to NZ’s economy.
Details 👉 bit.ly/3M1NUHu/
#NZScienceAwards #Innovation
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On November 15, 2026, Voyager 1 will be one light day away from Earth -- 16.1 billion miles, equivalent to the same distance light travels in 24 hours.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth
The intrepid spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026.
www.popsci.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
On November 15, 2026, Voyager 1 will be one light day away from Earth -- 16.1 billion miles, equivalent to the same distance light travels in 24 hours.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
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A great intro to academic conferencing.
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
Getting the most of out a scientific conference
A slightly unconventional guide to your first time
scienceforeveryone.science
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A great intro to academic conferencing.
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
Not sure how I missed this one.
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
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Haere mai ki te mahi i @autnews.bsky.social careers.aut.ac.nz/jobdetails?a... #Rangahau #Māori #TāmakiMakaurau - Hoati tēnei pānui ki ō koutou hoa
Te Ranga Tukutuku Network Research Operations Manager (2 year Fixed Term) -
AUT
Find current job vacancies at AUT. Browse academic, professional and temp roles or search for a job vacancy by position type.
careers.aut.ac.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Haere mai ki te mahi i @autnews.bsky.social careers.aut.ac.nz/jobdetails?a... #Rangahau #Māori #TāmakiMakaurau - Hoati tēnei pānui ki ō koutou hoa
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🌍🌲 #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!
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40 years of JAZZ™ & Envy™ apples! 🍎✨
Discover how a single 1985 breeding cross became two globally loved apple varieties. Dr Richard Volz shares the story on scigest.
Listen here: bit.ly/3JX9cp4
Discover how a single 1985 breeding cross became two globally loved apple varieties. Dr Richard Volz shares the story on scigest.
Listen here: bit.ly/3JX9cp4
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
40 years of JAZZ™ & Envy™ apples! 🍎✨
Discover how a single 1985 breeding cross became two globally loved apple varieties. Dr Richard Volz shares the story on scigest.
Listen here: bit.ly/3JX9cp4
Discover how a single 1985 breeding cross became two globally loved apple varieties. Dr Richard Volz shares the story on scigest.
Listen here: bit.ly/3JX9cp4
Classic. We have to do something! We can do this!
Will it help: no. Will it solve the main problem: no. Will it cause unintended harmful consequences: yes.
Oh well, people will vote for it, let's do it anyway.
Will it help: no. Will it solve the main problem: no. Will it cause unintended harmful consequences: yes.
Oh well, people will vote for it, let's do it anyway.
Roadside drug testing 'nearly worthless', expert says
Roadside drug testing 'nearly worthless', expert says
As the New Zealand rollout begins, an Australian crash researcher says it's a scattergun approach.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Classic. We have to do something! We can do this!
Will it help: no. Will it solve the main problem: no. Will it cause unintended harmful consequences: yes.
Oh well, people will vote for it, let's do it anyway.
Will it help: no. Will it solve the main problem: no. Will it cause unintended harmful consequences: yes.
Oh well, people will vote for it, let's do it anyway.
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1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year - report
1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year - report
For the first time, a report has measured just how much is thrown away or lost across the entire food chain.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year - report
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Same with hair dye
In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Same with hair dye
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There are reasons that this is a new category since the invention of wine 8,000 years ago. And it isn't because no one thought of it. Anyway, what's wrong with sangria? (sorry, you might need a free registration to read) insidefmcg.com.au/2025/11/21/t...
Treasury Wine Estates creates a whole new wine subcategory with Sorbet
Treasury Wine Estates has introduced Sorbet, a new wine range that blends traditional varietals with fruit flavours.
insidefmcg.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There are reasons that this is a new category since the invention of wine 8,000 years ago. And it isn't because no one thought of it. Anyway, what's wrong with sangria? (sorry, you might need a free registration to read) insidefmcg.com.au/2025/11/21/t...
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40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development – Expert Reaction
40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
A long-term US study shows water fluoridation at recommended levels doesn't reduce cognitive ability, with kids who drank such water doing slightly better in school tests. Whereas earlier studies looked...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development – Expert Reaction
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It is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (18 to 24 November 2025). AMR makes infections harder to treat — but you can make a difference! Act now to protect our future.
#WAAW2025 #ActNowAMR
#WAAW2025 #ActNowAMR
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (18 to 24 November 2025). AMR makes infections harder to treat — but you can make a difference! Act now to protect our future.
#WAAW2025 #ActNowAMR
#WAAW2025 #ActNowAMR
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Dame Juliet Gerrard gives the Sir Frank Holmes lecture in public policy at @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social’s School of Government — on lessons learned as chief science advisor at the intersection of science, policy, and politics.
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Dame Juliet Gerrard gives the Sir Frank Holmes lecture in public policy at @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social’s School of Government — on lessons learned as chief science advisor at the intersection of science, policy, and politics.
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Dammit. The Sarah McLachlan music got me right in the feels 😭
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dammit. The Sarah McLachlan music got me right in the feels 😭
Good to see everyone standing up for the rights of complainants. (Oh, no, wait, maybe they are just going to fix it with magic). www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'He was a liar, he schemed': Public Service Commissioner on Jevon McSkimming 'wake-up call'
'He was a liar, he schemed': Public Service Commissioner on Jevon McSkimming 'wake-up call'
The Public Service Commissioner says Jevon McSkimming went to extreme efforts to cover up accusations against him.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Good to see everyone standing up for the rights of complainants. (Oh, no, wait, maybe they are just going to fix it with magic). www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Idealism meets reality: a new plan for open access from Coalition S. It is in the hands of funders to make sure that the people they get the money from can access the research they pay for.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
After Coalition S disrupted scientific publishing, new plan retreats from strict requirements
The group’s latest strategy emphasizes consultation, lacks spending pledges
www.science.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Idealism meets reality: a new plan for open access from Coalition S. It is in the hands of funders to make sure that the people they get the money from can access the research they pay for.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
"The Jobs Ready Graduates "policy failed in its own terms and also failed the nation as a whole." Basically, having universities as corporations snuffling around for money is unhelpful. theconversation.com/how-did-aust...
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"The Jobs Ready Graduates "policy failed in its own terms and also failed the nation as a whole." Basically, having universities as corporations snuffling around for money is unhelpful. theconversation.com/how-did-aust...
"Drop-crocs"!
Ancient crocs didn’t just hunt in water – some may have dropped out of trees to catch their prey.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/55-mill...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/55-mill...
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Drop-crocs"!
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The flow of information between research and policy is not a one-way street, it is a constant dialogue 🧪🧵
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The flow of information between research and policy is not a one-way street, it is a constant dialogue 🧪🧵