Niko Hlavac
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Niko Hlavac
@nikohlavac.bsky.social
Queer scientist based in Sydney, transplanted from Aotearoa
New dragon tattoo yesterday- I’ve been talking about getting one for a year and a half, since my grandmother died
December 29, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Annual reminder that you don’t gotta do NY resolutions. And if you do, make them fun! For 2024 I resolved to try 12 new energy drink flavours - at last count I got to 19!
December 29, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Hello I am back to inform y’all that I have a pigeon nesting on my balcony and have made it like 20% of my personality
August 20, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I’m incredibly jealous of the people in the US who experienced the eclipse. I JUST WANNA SEE ONE
April 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Ew transphobes have been around my neighbourhood with stickers. Spotted and removed 2 in the space of 5 mins
April 11, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Cool take all your billionaire friends with you.
I interviewed Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer on his once-more-revived plan to build Titanic II, a functional and historically accurate replica of the original ship. He now says it will be a “vaccine-free environment.”
Billionaire Says His Long-Delayed ‘Titanic II’ Ship Will Be Antidote to ‘Woke’ Politics
Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer has been trying to build 'Titanic II' for 12 years — but construction still hasn't started
www.rollingstone.com
March 28, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Hell yeah flu shot sorted for the year
March 23, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Reposted by Niko Hlavac
*looks directly at camera*
February 29, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Nearly 6 months of living in Sydney and I still get excited every time I see a bat flying around.

I Just Think They’re Awesome
February 29, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Next person to tell me that exercise cures depression/ADHD has to join me on my average weekend exercise.

Because it turns out that 2x 25-30 km runs plus additional walks hasn’t cured me yet
February 16, 2024 at 7:09 AM
So a coworker is currently doing a masters in Public Health and every time I talk to them about it I wanna do it more
February 15, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Ah yes, my favourite reason for the Sydney Mardi Gras fair day to be cancelled last minute….
February 15, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Reposted by Niko Hlavac
There have been three major waves of opposition to transgender health care in the past century, including today's. Each wave has used pseudoscience to justify its hostility to trans people, including today's. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/pseu...
Pseudoscience Has Long Been Used to Oppress Transgender People
Three major waves of opposition to transgender health care in the past century have cited faulty science to justify hostility
www.scientificamerican.com
February 12, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Reposted by Niko Hlavac
i tried my hand at antipropaganda. a shopping list of impossible things: peace, safety, to live inside a loaf of bread, a wise goldfinch companion, for prayers to be answered. https://open.substack.com/pub/theswordandthesandwich/p/all-the-things-i-want?r=9ow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
All the Things I Want
"An imaginary shopping list, whose first item is the undoing of a war, and whose other items are equally implausible"
open.substack.com
October 15, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Cautious acknowledgment of presence on this app
October 16, 2023 at 9:48 AM