Jack Craw
@jackcraw.bsky.social
Climate worrier, greenie, NZ cricket, blues music, things made from barley
Postdoc
We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Fellow - Honeybee Bacteriophages and Advanced Biotechnology -
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Postdoc
Jesus the Manage My Health website is a mess
January 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Jesus the Manage My Health website is a mess
Former Tim Shadbolt peer on RadioNZ "The big thing was his self-depreciating humour". Indeed
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Former Tim Shadbolt peer on RadioNZ "The big thing was his self-depreciating humour". Indeed
In Sydney for hols. Oz mainstream media all "America in control" and "actions". No use of "invasion, kidnapping, violence, resource grab, precipitous, illegal" etc
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
In Sydney for hols. Oz mainstream media all "America in control" and "actions". No use of "invasion, kidnapping, violence, resource grab, precipitous, illegal" etc
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Mamdani gets it: the task of ecosocialists is to show that we can build a fairer, greener world faster than centrists.
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Mamdani gets it: the task of ecosocialists is to show that we can build a fairer, greener world faster than centrists.
One plan is to relocate some or all to the unoccupied Nu'utele Island after pigs and Pacific rats have been eradicated. We are almost there
Rare pigeon rediscovered... The world's largest avian extinction event has occurred in the Pacific due to introduced predators. With mammal control, there is still hope for the manumea but it needs to start right now www.independent.co.uk/news/science....
Dodo’s closest living relative spotted in remote South Pacific rainforest
Manumea’s first sighting since 2013 raises hope critically endangered species can be saved from extinction
www.independent.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
One plan is to relocate some or all to the unoccupied Nu'utele Island after pigs and Pacific rats have been eradicated. We are almost there
We are not people
the people NEED roach pix 😤
Pseudomops septentrionalis "Pale-bordered Field Cockroach", Oklahoma
Balta notulata "Small-spotted Cockroach", Oahu
Panchlorinae, Tambopata, Peru
Paratropes, Tambopata, Peru
Pseudomops septentrionalis "Pale-bordered Field Cockroach", Oklahoma
Balta notulata "Small-spotted Cockroach", Oahu
Panchlorinae, Tambopata, Peru
Paratropes, Tambopata, Peru
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We are not people
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12/25/2025- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
12/25/2025- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
It's time
youtu.be/BOWtK6HYCSE?...
youtu.be/BOWtK6HYCSE?...
Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (2021 Version)
YouTube video by Paul Kelly
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It's time
youtu.be/BOWtK6HYCSE?...
youtu.be/BOWtK6HYCSE?...
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It’s quarter finals time. Get in your votes!
🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s quarter finals time. Get in your votes!
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Hiring in our school!! Come & join us! 🌐🧪🌏
University of Auckland hiring Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant-Microbe Interactions - School of Biological Sciences in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | LinkedIn
Posted 8:46:30 AM. Company DescriptionWaipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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JOB ALERT - Join us as a lecturer/senior lecturer in plant-microbe interactions in the School of Biological Sciences at Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland. Applications close 31st January 🌱🧪
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant-Microbe Interactions - School of Biological Sciences
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the leading science faculty in New Zealand and one of...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I'm hiring a postdoc -- come and do awesome cosmology with great people in one of the nicest cities in the world (not that I'm biased or anything) 🔭 🧪
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
Post-doc @ Auckland
Looking for a cosmology post-doc at the University of Auckland
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Just back from 10 days in Melbourne and Sydney visiting family. Better pay and conditions, cheaper food. Indigenous art & culture finally coming out of the shadows. But scary CC impacts eg temperature, fire, water shortages. Drug and mental health issues. Meth seems a global issue
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just back from 10 days in Melbourne and Sydney visiting family. Better pay and conditions, cheaper food. Indigenous art & culture finally coming out of the shadows. But scary CC impacts eg temperature, fire, water shortages. Drug and mental health issues. Meth seems a global issue
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Yellow-legged hornets in Auckland – Expert Q&A
Yellow-legged hornets in Auckland - Expert Q&A - Science Media Centre
Efforts to track down the yellow-legged hornet have ramped up this week, with queen hornets and nests continuing to be detected in Auckland's North Shore. Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) are a...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Yellow-legged hornets in Auckland – Expert Q&A
🎶 and I'm never goin back to my mould school 🎶
Sorry
Sorry
Remastering of the security footage from the mould school shows David Seymour on the right, thinking he's successfully hiding out of shot
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🎶 and I'm never goin back to my mould school 🎶
Sorry
Sorry
This thread
In the meantime, here is a plot of fatalities vs cost for a set of counterfactuals for NZ had we followed other OECD country policies (via the Oxford Index and our cost function). There is a no-policy counterfactual as well (red dot).
December 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This thread
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Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
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Nothing tells me "Don't vote Labour" more than Labour hinting that they may go into coalition with NZF.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nothing tells me "Don't vote Labour" more than Labour hinting that they may go into coalition with NZF.
Phil knows
Remember mycoplasma bovis?
We need a strong, funded response now like the Ardern government made after the previous National-led government pissed around instead.
Not relying on volunteers.
We need a strong, funded response now like the Ardern government made after the previous National-led government pissed around instead.
Not relying on volunteers.
NZ now has a narrow window to stop the Asian yellow-legged hornet – here’s how everyone can help
Unless New Zealand rapidly scales up its search effort, we could soon be confronting an incursion far tougher and costlier to stamp out.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Phil knows
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Stanford's driving weaknesses confronted.
Erica’s God Complex
by ELVWhy Our Sector’s Response Has Been Right All AlongSome days I sit with my coffee and wonder why Erica is so fiercely attached to the Education portfolio — clinging to it like a lifeline, insisti...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Stanford's driving weaknesses confronted.
Fights over regional council assets can be avoided by every council in a region opting for a unitary council. Would also minimise risk of Central Govt stealing the assets
The regional council plan asks turkeys to vote for Christmas
The regional council plan asks turkeys to vote for Christmas
The government is turning up the heat on regional councils and hoping they won’t notice they’re being cooked....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Fights over regional council assets can be avoided by every council in a region opting for a unitary council. Would also minimise risk of Central Govt stealing the assets
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Image of the Tories campaigning on repealing the regulatory standards act they just passed.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Image of the Tories campaigning on repealing the regulatory standards act they just passed.