Laurie Winkless
@lauriewinkless.bsky.social
Physicist & science storyteller. 📚#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY 📚#2: STICKY. Irish in Aotearoa New Zealand. She/her. Massive science nerd, biz owner / self-employed, enthusiastic, outspoken, equity-minded, multi-crafter #ToitūTeTiriti #FreePalestine🇵🇸
Today, my second book-baby turns four! I'm still so proud of Sticky; all the stories, science, and people it featured, and of all the doors it opened for me. Happy birthday lil book ❤️
....Maybe it's finally time to start working on book #3?
....Maybe it's finally time to start working on book #3?
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Today, my second book-baby turns four! I'm still so proud of Sticky; all the stories, science, and people it featured, and of all the doors it opened for me. Happy birthday lil book ❤️
....Maybe it's finally time to start working on book #3?
....Maybe it's finally time to start working on book #3?
A visit I've been chasing for A YEAR is finally gonna happen next week (barring any emergencies). I'm so excited!
a woman is laughing with her hands in her hair and the words `` i can t wait '' written on the bottom .
Alt: a woman is laughing and dancing with her hands in the air and the words `` i can t wait '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A visit I've been chasing for A YEAR is finally gonna happen next week (barring any emergencies). I'm so excited!
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The Wiki Science photo competition is running until mid-December! Be in to win cash prizes by donating your science photos for use in Wikipedia. Categories include people in science, microscopy, wildlife and nature, and astronomy. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in Australia and New Zealand - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Wiki Science photo competition is running until mid-December! Be in to win cash prizes by donating your science photos for use in Wikipedia. Categories include people in science, microscopy, wildlife and nature, and astronomy. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
🎵🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the year...... Secret Santa NZ! 🎶🎵
I've just signed up. Have you? (Only open to people in Aotearoa New Zealand) #secretsantaaonz
I've just signed up. Have you? (Only open to people in Aotearoa New Zealand) #secretsantaaonz
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
🎵🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the year...... Secret Santa NZ! 🎶🎵
I've just signed up. Have you? (Only open to people in Aotearoa New Zealand) #secretsantaaonz
I've just signed up. Have you? (Only open to people in Aotearoa New Zealand) #secretsantaaonz
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some more excellent bird moment for a Monday
Also from this morning’s beach walk: kororā (Little Blue Penguin) tracks headed out to sea.
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
some more excellent bird moment for a Monday
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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
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Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of DNA. Stop saying that they discovered DNA! This was done by another guy you probably haven't heard of! And therein lies a story. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Before Watson and Crick in 1953 Came Friedrich Miescher in 1869
Abstract. The story of genetics typically omits the original discovery of the molecular nature of DNA: Friedrich Miescher's 1869 discovery of the substance
academic.oup.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of DNA. Stop saying that they discovered DNA! This was done by another guy you probably haven't heard of! And therein lies a story. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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Many tellings of her story imply her only involvement was involuntary and without her permission (via the infamous 'Photo 51').
In fact she was MUCH more involved than this, including absolutely bodying one of Watson and Crick's first models because it was chemically inept.
In fact she was MUCH more involved than this, including absolutely bodying one of Watson and Crick's first models because it was chemically inept.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Many tellings of her story imply her only involvement was involuntary and without her permission (via the infamous 'Photo 51').
In fact she was MUCH more involved than this, including absolutely bodying one of Watson and Crick's first models because it was chemically inept.
In fact she was MUCH more involved than this, including absolutely bodying one of Watson and Crick's first models because it was chemically inept.
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! #SecretSantaAoNZ
The story you are about to see has been told before. A lot. And now we are going to tell it again. But different.
This time, we're bringing Mastodon in for the fun.
Sign-ups open on November 10th.
Check out secretsanta.nz for more information
This time, we're bringing Mastodon in for the fun.
Sign-ups open on November 10th.
Check out secretsanta.nz for more information
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! #SecretSantaAoNZ
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The cat is out of the bag. The secret is out.
Hear ye hear ye secret Santa doth cometh
Sign ups start 10th November and you need to be registered by the 19th.
Spread the word and don’t miss out.
It’s open to Bluesky and Madison this time.
Hear ye hear ye secret Santa doth cometh
Sign ups start 10th November and you need to be registered by the 19th.
Spread the word and don’t miss out.
It’s open to Bluesky and Madison this time.
The story you are about to see has been told before. A lot. And now we are going to tell it again. But different.
This time, we're bringing Mastodon in for the fun.
Sign-ups open on November 10th.
Check out secretsanta.nz for more information
This time, we're bringing Mastodon in for the fun.
Sign-ups open on November 10th.
Check out secretsanta.nz for more information
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The cat is out of the bag. The secret is out.
Hear ye hear ye secret Santa doth cometh
Sign ups start 10th November and you need to be registered by the 19th.
Spread the word and don’t miss out.
It’s open to Bluesky and Madison this time.
Hear ye hear ye secret Santa doth cometh
Sign ups start 10th November and you need to be registered by the 19th.
Spread the word and don’t miss out.
It’s open to Bluesky and Madison this time.
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Everything this government does is just so pathetic www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #nz #kikorangi
Backlash after New Zealand government scraps rules on incorporating Māori culture in classrooms
Minister says obligations for school boards to ‘give effect’ to the treaty are unfair while critics argue the move will sideline Indigenous education
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Everything this government does is just so pathetic www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #nz #kikorangi
Just passed thru security at Dublin Airport and I cannot stop crying. I've had the best trip, spent loads of quality time with my wonderful family and friends, and delivered talks & workshops that I'm proud of. I can't wait to get home to my love & our doggo. But f*ck me, I'm so sad 💔
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Just passed thru security at Dublin Airport and I cannot stop crying. I've had the best trip, spent loads of quality time with my wonderful family and friends, and delivered talks & workshops that I'm proud of. I can't wait to get home to my love & our doggo. But f*ck me, I'm so sad 💔
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Just home from giving a talk followed by a clockmaking activity with year 2 students. Lots of teachers, teaching assistants, and parents in attendance who told me how interesting they found it. “Time“ is central to our lives, but many people know little about it. The easiest book I’ve written:
About Time
A children’s guide to the science and history of telling the time and clockmaking in a fun and interactive way.This interactive book will help children aged 7-9 understand how clocks work and learn ho...
www.dk.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Just home from giving a talk followed by a clockmaking activity with year 2 students. Lots of teachers, teaching assistants, and parents in attendance who told me how interesting they found it. “Time“ is central to our lives, but many people know little about it. The easiest book I’ve written:
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🐧 SUPER SPECIAL PIN DROP: I've partnered with World Wide Fund For Nature NZ...bringing you the cutest Kororā pin just in time for the holidays! Celebrating 50 years in Aotearoa <3
25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife!
DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds
25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife!
DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🐧 SUPER SPECIAL PIN DROP: I've partnered with World Wide Fund For Nature NZ...bringing you the cutest Kororā pin just in time for the holidays! Celebrating 50 years in Aotearoa <3
25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife!
DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds
25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife!
DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds
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if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
Farewell London, my old friend. I hope we get to see each other again soon.
a woman covering her face while looking out of a train window with a tcm logo behind her
Alt: Katherine Hepburn waves and blows kisses from the window of a steam train
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Farewell London, my old friend. I hope we get to see each other again soon.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
A must-read article for anyone interested in the future of education in NZ... Which should be everyone who lives here.
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata
“If a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum isn’t grounded in te ao Māori and the very people and things that make Aotearoa unique, who is determining the knowledge and where does it come from?” — Jessie Moss o...
e-tangata.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A must-read article for anyone interested in the future of education in NZ... Which should be everyone who lives here.
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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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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In a win for the arts and universal basic income, Ireland plans to make permanent a $1,500-a-month pilot program for artists, citing benefits to creativity, mental health, and financial stability.
Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent
Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.
www.businessinsider.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In a win for the arts and universal basic income, Ireland plans to make permanent a $1,500-a-month pilot program for artists, citing benefits to creativity, mental health, and financial stability.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.