Jo Bailey
@jobailey.bsky.social
Designer, (was) @jo_bailey on Twitter. She/they. Scicomm PhD. Curious about architecture, typography, urban space, cats, visual culture, graphic design, renovation + making…
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
🚨📕 Need a gift for the Pōneke peeps/map geeks/history buffs /archive nerds/book fans in your life? Have I got the tome for you! Mr Ward's Map (by Elizabeth Cox, published by MUP, designed by me) 🚨📕 My design notes: makinggood.design/thoughts/map... + buy here! www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/all/mr...
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🚨📕 Need a gift for the Pōneke peeps/map geeks/history buffs /archive nerds/book fans in your life? Have I got the tome for you! Mr Ward's Map (by Elizabeth Cox, published by MUP, designed by me) 🚨📕 My design notes: makinggood.design/thoughts/map... + buy here! www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/all/mr...
used ChatGPT this week to proof comments and to convert to html (moodle screws uo spacing/italics when pasting text). I am spending more time proofing its changes than I was my own text, tbh. Despite expressly saying ‘do not add additional italics’ it keeps making te reo Māori term italic 😖
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
used ChatGPT this week to proof comments and to convert to html (moodle screws uo spacing/italics when pasting text). I am spending more time proofing its changes than I was my own text, tbh. Despite expressly saying ‘do not add additional italics’ it keeps making te reo Māori term italic 😖
Siouxsie took on an institution that failed to protect her and other academics from death threats, whilst doing fantastic #scicomm for the common good. She won against UOA. And is left with a house-size debt even after being awarded costs. Give a little back if you can 💚 🚨
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Siouxsie took on an institution that failed to protect her and other academics from death threats, whilst doing fantastic #scicomm for the common good. She won against UOA. And is left with a house-size debt even after being awarded costs. Give a little back if you can 💚 🚨
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At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Capital gains tax as a ‘tax on the corner dairy’ is a massive stretch, surely that’s clear to all? I guess ‘this is a tax on the corner dairy assuming the dairy owner owns the building and decides to sell it, paying tax on a % of profit made on that sale’ doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue does it
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Capital gains tax as a ‘tax on the corner dairy’ is a massive stretch, surely that’s clear to all? I guess ‘this is a tax on the corner dairy assuming the dairy owner owns the building and decides to sell it, paying tax on a % of profit made on that sale’ doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue does it
@rebeccamatthews.bsky.social good to see your name on the list of councillors likely elected for Wharangi/Onslow-Western. So sorry you’ll have such cooked colleagues 🤨 keep on fighting the good fight! 💚
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@rebeccamatthews.bsky.social good to see your name on the list of councillors likely elected for Wharangi/Onslow-Western. So sorry you’ll have such cooked colleagues 🤨 keep on fighting the good fight! 💚
@lauriefoon.bsky.social looks like we get you back in Paekawakawa/Southern, and I am delighted (and a bit relieved!) 💚 yay Laurie!
October 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
@lauriefoon.bsky.social looks like we get you back in Paekawakawa/Southern, and I am delighted (and a bit relieved!) 💚 yay Laurie!
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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we need to change the history of Aotearoa again… i found a 2,500 year-old Terracotta Warrior from Xi’an, China near Maupuia yesterday.
jk!
do you recognise this as a souvenir or something more interesting… ? full story…
www.reddit.com/r/Wellington...
jk!
do you recognise this as a souvenir or something more interesting… ? full story…
www.reddit.com/r/Wellington...
From the Wellington community on Reddit: the archaeology of globalisation
Explore this post and more from the Wellington community
www.reddit.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
we need to change the history of Aotearoa again… i found a 2,500 year-old Terracotta Warrior from Xi’an, China near Maupuia yesterday.
jk!
do you recognise this as a souvenir or something more interesting… ? full story…
www.reddit.com/r/Wellington...
jk!
do you recognise this as a souvenir or something more interesting… ? full story…
www.reddit.com/r/Wellington...
Gardeners of #nz #kikorangi: what’s this? I was cutting down a cottoneaster and this was growing below (self seeded). Not the same as what I cut down. Seek has offered up privet, Myrtle rust (?!), Chilean guava, rata… oh and insect and bird lol!
September 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Gardeners of #nz #kikorangi: what’s this? I was cutting down a cottoneaster and this was growing below (self seeded). Not the same as what I cut down. Seek has offered up privet, Myrtle rust (?!), Chilean guava, rata… oh and insect and bird lol!
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And still, the progressive Wellington Mayoral candidate Alex Baker is not included. Was he asked? #nzpol #nzpolitics
Watch as things get a bit testy during The Post mayoral debate.
Tensions boil over at the Post mayoral debate
The Post’s mayoral debate got heated after one of Ray Chung’s staffers made a bid to snatch papers Andrew Little took from Chung after revelations Better Wellington has been cut from Chung’s campaign....
www.thepost.co.nz
September 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And still, the progressive Wellington Mayoral candidate Alex Baker is not included. Was he asked? #nzpol #nzpolitics
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Local candidates: it's not much help telling us you're married with 3 kids and have run your own business. I need to know where you stand on issues: fluoridation, cycleways, water, homelessness, climate change mitigation, housing density, libraries, and which issues you care about most.
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Local candidates: it's not much help telling us you're married with 3 kids and have run your own business. I need to know where you stand on issues: fluoridation, cycleways, water, homelessness, climate change mitigation, housing density, libraries, and which issues you care about most.
quite enjoyed the low level sharpie action on one of Ray Chung's signs: his portrait augmented with a pair of droopy boobs and "soft pendulous breasts" written across it. He said it, he gotta own it (and all being well, get owned in the elections)
September 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
quite enjoyed the low level sharpie action on one of Ray Chung's signs: his portrait augmented with a pair of droopy boobs and "soft pendulous breasts" written across it. He said it, he gotta own it (and all being well, get owned in the elections)
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… great to see some informed, realistic perspective on AI within the conversation in New Zealand. This overview from Andrew Lensen at VUW is well worth your time…
August 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
… great to see some informed, realistic perspective on AI within the conversation in New Zealand. This overview from Andrew Lensen at VUW is well worth your time…
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the current government wants to change concessions for accessing public land. ie: opening up conservation land for exploitation.
agricultural sprawl cannot be the way that NZ seeks to answer its economic challenges. we may already be at the limits… newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...
agricultural sprawl cannot be the way that NZ seeks to answer its economic challenges. we may already be at the limits… newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...
We strangled our rivers; now they're fighting back
Special report: We forced NZ's braided rivers into tiny channels so we could build our homes and farms in their riverbeds – now we're seeing the consequences. Marc Daalder investigates.
newsroom.co.nz
August 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the current government wants to change concessions for accessing public land. ie: opening up conservation land for exploitation.
agricultural sprawl cannot be the way that NZ seeks to answer its economic challenges. we may already be at the limits… newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...
agricultural sprawl cannot be the way that NZ seeks to answer its economic challenges. we may already be at the limits… newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...
Outlook can’t even work out contextually that I *do* mean ‘deboss’, not ‘debase’ and back off changing my text over and over. I’m a book designer talking to a publisher you stupid tool #bookdesign
August 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Outlook can’t even work out contextually that I *do* mean ‘deboss’, not ‘debase’ and back off changing my text over and over. I’m a book designer talking to a publisher you stupid tool #bookdesign
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… o crap. the totalitarians just showed up
August 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
… o crap. the totalitarians just showed up
2025 version of finding an Old Master in the attic (fridge clean-out version)
August 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
2025 version of finding an Old Master in the attic (fridge clean-out version)
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Capitalism working as designed.
August 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Capitalism working as designed.
woah! that alert works #eqnz #tsunamiwarning
July 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
woah! that alert works #eqnz #tsunamiwarning
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The rumours are true, we are indeed putting on another Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School! 22-25 June 2026 in Seoul, Korea - hosted by Seoul National University + KAIST, w/ support from the Korean Association of STS (KASTS) + AusSTS. See www.sthvschool.org Applications close 10 Dec 2025
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
www.sthvschool.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The rumours are true, we are indeed putting on another Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School! 22-25 June 2026 in Seoul, Korea - hosted by Seoul National University + KAIST, w/ support from the Korean Association of STS (KASTS) + AusSTS. See www.sthvschool.org Applications close 10 Dec 2025
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streaming services are to filter coffee as vinyl is to espresso.
July 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
streaming services are to filter coffee as vinyl is to espresso.