Naomi Arnold
@naomiarnold.bsky.social
Award-winning science & nature journalist. Author of Te Araroa hiking memoir Northbound and Southern Nights, a history of NZ astronomy.
📍portfolio & contact: www.naomiarnold.net
📍portfolio & contact: www.naomiarnold.net
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The brilliant @naomijarnold has done the most amazing thing, written a book about walking a giant freaking extreme trail that is somehow relatable to me, a couch potato who exercises indoors.
Her Northbound audio book is an antidote to Auckland. Recommend, whenever you find yourself in traffic
Her Northbound audio book is an antidote to Auckland. Recommend, whenever you find yourself in traffic
May 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The brilliant @naomijarnold has done the most amazing thing, written a book about walking a giant freaking extreme trail that is somehow relatable to me, a couch potato who exercises indoors.
Her Northbound audio book is an antidote to Auckland. Recommend, whenever you find yourself in traffic
Her Northbound audio book is an antidote to Auckland. Recommend, whenever you find yourself in traffic
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Big thanks to @naomiarnold.bsky.social for this nice review of The Covid Response in @nzgeo.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Big thanks to @naomiarnold.bsky.social for this nice review of The Covid Response in @nzgeo.bsky.social
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Northbound by @naomiarnold.bsky.social - a love song to Aotearoa, to its beauty, its dangers, and its people. My review: tinyurl.com/272c4r2j #pukapuka #aotearoabooks #nzbooks #TeAraroa @harpercollins.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Northbound by @naomiarnold.bsky.social - a love song to Aotearoa, to its beauty, its dangers, and its people. My review: tinyurl.com/272c4r2j #pukapuka #aotearoabooks #nzbooks #TeAraroa @harpercollins.bsky.social
thanks Clint :) and I'm happy to inscribe a message for gifts too, if you let Volume know.
Looking forward to @naomiarnold.bsky.social 's new book Northbound.
If anyone else is then can I point them to the special offer from Volume (one of Aotearoa's very best indie bookshops) with a pre-publication deal of signed copies with 10% off.
volume.nz/volumebooks/...
If anyone else is then can I point them to the special offer from Volume (one of Aotearoa's very best indie bookshops) with a pre-publication deal of signed copies with 10% off.
volume.nz/volumebooks/...
Special pre-publication offer: NORTHBOUND by Naomi Arnold — VOLUME
volume.nz
February 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
thanks Clint :) and I'm happy to inscribe a message for gifts too, if you let Volume know.
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They found a way to litter from space
Something else to thank EM for.
"The sustained rate of daily reentries is unprecedented," says Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics who tracks satellites. "They are retiring and incinerating about 4 or 5 Starlinks every day."
@planet4589.bsky.social
#astronomy
"The sustained rate of daily reentries is unprecedented," says Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics who tracks satellites. "They are retiring and incinerating about 4 or 5 Starlinks every day."
@planet4589.bsky.social
#astronomy
February 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They found a way to litter from space
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A day late but this is a timely reminder any day
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
![This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.
Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sox6xar4qdc3ujhi5h4whtlh/bafkreiazjyxk6foryp6lzxcqbls62uaokwhjrjmnzg5uqpdimg77xrt26a@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A day late but this is a timely reminder any day
I am really looking forward to the release of FEIJOA! I happen to have read it and I think everyone will adore it.
"This book delivers so much more than a quaint tale of one country’s random obsession with an oval green fruit. It’s an expansive journey of discovery that takes us all over the world." Stoked to make @clairemabey.bsky.social's 2024 hype list 📚🇳🇿 #pukapuka #nzbooks: thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-12-...
Aotearoa books to look forward to in 2024
New year, new books – and there's plenty to look forward to.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 6, 2023 at 9:31 PM
I am really looking forward to the release of FEIJOA! I happen to have read it and I think everyone will adore it.
Are those Stockton Powelliphanta still in the fridges? The ones that didn't freeze?
November 29, 2023 at 7:55 AM
Are those Stockton Powelliphanta still in the fridges? The ones that didn't freeze?
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Amazing 2011 linocut by Torres Strait Islander Alick Tipoti in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Absolutely extraordinary technical accomplishment, probably the largest single-block linocut print in the world.
November 10, 2023 at 6:38 AM
Amazing 2011 linocut by Torres Strait Islander Alick Tipoti in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Absolutely extraordinary technical accomplishment, probably the largest single-block linocut print in the world.
preach @estelleserasmus.bsky.social
November 10, 2023 at 2:21 AM
preach @estelleserasmus.bsky.social
a beautiful story on kakī, the black stilt, by Rebekah White in New Zealand Geographic in 2015. When she wrote this there were 143 kakī left in the world. DOC thinks there are now about 156.
A delicate balance | New Zealand Geographic
A delicate balance
www.nzgeo.com
October 31, 2023 at 5:50 AM
a beautiful story on kakī, the black stilt, by Rebekah White in New Zealand Geographic in 2015. When she wrote this there were 143 kakī left in the world. DOC thinks there are now about 156.
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Once upon a time, raucous, stinking colonies of seabirds blanketed huge areas of NZ's mainland, each burrow & poo & eggshell helping fuel the forests. Those birds are gone now—but a new modelling tool gives a fascinating glimpse of what once was.
www.nzgeo.com/stories/wher...
www.nzgeo.com/stories/wher...
October 24, 2023 at 7:24 AM
Once upon a time, raucous, stinking colonies of seabirds blanketed huge areas of NZ's mainland, each burrow & poo & eggshell helping fuel the forests. Those birds are gone now—but a new modelling tool gives a fascinating glimpse of what once was.
www.nzgeo.com/stories/wher...
www.nzgeo.com/stories/wher...
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So what I'm hearing is that at some point it was raining glass in Antarctica which is so fucking metal I'm never going to get over this
Obsessed, reeling over this: Victoria University and other scientists have used volcanic glass shards BURIED 279M DOWN IN ANTARCTIC ICE A MERE 5000KM AWAY FROM THE VOLCANO to date the Taupō eruption to, oh, about LATE SUMMER/AUTUMN IN THE YEAR 232 www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2023/10...
Volcanic fallout from Taupō eruption found in Antarctic ice core | News | Victoria Universit...
Researchers discover seven volcanic glass shards hidden 279 metres deep in the ice.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
October 9, 2023 at 11:31 PM
So what I'm hearing is that at some point it was raining glass in Antarctica which is so fucking metal I'm never going to get over this
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VUW PhD student Stephen Piva just published this really cool paper where he finds shards from the 230 AD Taupō eruption all the way in Antarctica! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 9, 2023 at 11:00 PM
VUW PhD student Stephen Piva just published this really cool paper where he finds shards from the 230 AD Taupō eruption all the way in Antarctica! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Obsessed, reeling over this: Victoria University and other scientists have used volcanic glass shards BURIED 279M DOWN IN ANTARCTIC ICE A MERE 5000KM AWAY FROM THE VOLCANO to date the Taupō eruption to, oh, about LATE SUMMER/AUTUMN IN THE YEAR 232 www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2023/10...
Volcanic fallout from Taupō eruption found in Antarctic ice core | News | Victoria Universit...
Researchers discover seven volcanic glass shards hidden 279 metres deep in the ice.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
October 9, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Obsessed, reeling over this: Victoria University and other scientists have used volcanic glass shards BURIED 279M DOWN IN ANTARCTIC ICE A MERE 5000KM AWAY FROM THE VOLCANO to date the Taupō eruption to, oh, about LATE SUMMER/AUTUMN IN THE YEAR 232 www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2023/10...
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Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation.
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
The Invisible Killer: New Zealand's Air Pollution Crisis | Newsroom
Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation. What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz
October 6, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation.
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
There it is! “Since users who were unable to build audiences before paying for verification are almost definitionally ones who have less interesting things to say, the conversation on X eroded quickly.“ wapo.st/46julPW (gift link)
Analysis | Musk is nearly done destroying what made Twitter Twitter
Musk didn’t buy Twitter. He bought millions of accounts he could repurpose for another app entirely.
wapo.st
October 6, 2023 at 4:03 AM
There it is! “Since users who were unable to build audiences before paying for verification are almost definitionally ones who have less interesting things to say, the conversation on X eroded quickly.“ wapo.st/46julPW (gift link)
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BREAKING: Six new marine reserves in Otago look set to go ahead at last! www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio...
To understand why these negotiations took so long, and why marine protection can be so fraught, check out my June NZ Geographic cover feature: www.nzgeo.com/stories/taki...
To understand why these negotiations took so long, and why marine protection can be so fraught, check out my June NZ Geographic cover feature: www.nzgeo.com/stories/taki...
Taking on water | New Zealand Geographic
Taking on water
www.nzgeo.com
October 5, 2023 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Six new marine reserves in Otago look set to go ahead at last! www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio...
To understand why these negotiations took so long, and why marine protection can be so fraught, check out my June NZ Geographic cover feature: www.nzgeo.com/stories/taki...
To understand why these negotiations took so long, and why marine protection can be so fraught, check out my June NZ Geographic cover feature: www.nzgeo.com/stories/taki...
I remember this smell 🤢 but I had no idea it was so toxic. Great story @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social. Shocking that the community is exposed like this www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...
People are dying while pollution continues to waft over schools, marae and family homes in a beachsi...
People are dying while pollution continues belching into the air in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful beachside suburbs. What will it take to stop it?
www.rnz.co.nz
October 5, 2023 at 12:17 AM
I remember this smell 🤢 but I had no idea it was so toxic. Great story @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social. Shocking that the community is exposed like this www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...
and the Maggie Barry Weed it shall henceforth be known
October 4, 2023 at 4:13 AM
and the Maggie Barry Weed it shall henceforth be known
Oh, it's so sad to see Jason Wynyard has died. I reported on woodchopping once for NZ Geographic and he was a God among axemen. www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-...
Kiwi wood chopping icon Jason Wynyard dies aged 49
Tributes flow for Jason Wynyard, a nine-time wood chopping world champion, after his death overnight aged 49.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 4, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Oh, it's so sad to see Jason Wynyard has died. I reported on woodchopping once for NZ Geographic and he was a God among axemen. www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-...
I remember our newspaper’s GM calling the journalists “content creators” in a meeting once. That went well.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/m...
Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude
The term may be popular in an age of blurring lines between platforms, but the Hollywood strikes have shown how the phrase can devalue creative work.
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2023 at 9:16 AM
I remember our newspaper’s GM calling the journalists “content creators” in a meeting once. That went well.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/m...
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"NIWA marine physicist Dr Natalie Robinson says that in the 44 years of monitoring the ocean, they've never seen anything like this."
Emergency summit called in Wellington amid 'alarming' decline in Antarctic sea ice, graph shows dram...
"At the moment we are missing an area of sea ice, this area of frozen ocean, that's more than seven times the area of New Zealand."
www.newshub.co.nz
October 3, 2023 at 3:08 AM
"NIWA marine physicist Dr Natalie Robinson says that in the 44 years of monitoring the ocean, they've never seen anything like this."
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Richie Poulton, director of the world-acclaimed #DunedinStudy, has died. I visited earlier this year to talk to him about the study's latest findings; his work was dedicated to research on how childhood experiences shape us in adulthood theconversation.com/vaccine-resi...
Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, a major study finds
The extraordinary Dunedin longitudinal study shows vaccine resistance can be laid down before high school age in response to childhood trauma or neglect. But better early education could help.
theconversation.com
September 30, 2023 at 11:20 PM
Richie Poulton, director of the world-acclaimed #DunedinStudy, has died. I visited earlier this year to talk to him about the study's latest findings; his work was dedicated to research on how childhood experiences shape us in adulthood theconversation.com/vaccine-resi...
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This is a huge loss. Deep science with enormous impact. One of our best.
Richie Poulton, director of the world-acclaimed #DunedinStudy, has died. I visited earlier this year to talk to him about the study's latest findings; his work was dedicated to research on how childhood experiences shape us in adulthood theconversation.com/vaccine-resi...
Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, a major study finds
The extraordinary Dunedin longitudinal study shows vaccine resistance can be laid down before high school age in response to childhood trauma or neglect. But better early education could help.
theconversation.com
October 1, 2023 at 12:06 AM
This is a huge loss. Deep science with enormous impact. One of our best.