Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
@sarahhbickerton.bsky.social
Lecturer in public policy & tech, sociologist, tangata tiriti, feminist, geek, coffee-vampire, lesbian, urbanist, electric motorcyclist, ex-Chicagoan, wannabe Carol Danvers/Clarke Griffin/Kate Kane. She/her ❤️🖤🤍
https://about.me/sarahhendricabickerton/
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Today in electric motorcycle news...
Nothing really 'news-y' but I put together a playlist of my electric motorcycle POV videos I've been doing on YouTube. Starting off with where I simply had my iPhone in a chest harness, to now where I have a Dji Action 5 on my helmet.
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Nothing really 'news-y' but I put together a playlist of my electric motorcycle POV videos I've been doing on YouTube. Starting off with where I simply had my iPhone in a chest harness, to now where I have a Dji Action 5 on my helmet.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Everything that Paul says plus the fact that statistically, and provably, ICE vehicles are way more likely to catch on fire than an EV.
Sounds like someone got FUD’ed with disinformation about EVs.
Sounds like someone got FUD’ed with disinformation about EVs.
By all means bring in flammable liquid and a device to set fire to it but do not bring in a thing with batteries that has very few moving parts that might cause disaster.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gated-ret...
Clap. Clap. Clap.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gated-ret...
'They tried to scare us to death': Row at Auckland retirement village as management bans EVs
Affected residents have called the ban 'silly' and 'unreasonable', taking it to mediation.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Everything that Paul says plus the fact that statistically, and provably, ICE vehicles are way more likely to catch on fire than an EV.
Sounds like someone got FUD’ed with disinformation about EVs.
Sounds like someone got FUD’ed with disinformation about EVs.
I mean, it's honestly one of the least worst things Elsevier has done, but buying and then leaving Mendeley to die abandoned is just part of the awfulness they've done
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I mean, it's honestly one of the least worst things Elsevier has done, but buying and then leaving Mendeley to die abandoned is just part of the awfulness they've done
It is worth noting that this is a pattern amongst the likes of media, who inevitably paint a woman who has laid harassment, assault, rape, etc allegations against men as somehow less than pure & innocent, thus casting aspersions on her validity, with whatever denials that this is what they're doing.
It bears remembering that this woman, according to the IPCA report, sent at least 36 emails to media outlets, presumaby including NZME, as well as the PM, Police Minister, and police command in Dec 2023 & Jan 2024, and they did fuck-all about it too
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The woman in the Jevon McSkimming saga wasn't innocent here
So it turns out the woman with whom Jevon McSkimming had an affair, whose warnings police ignored and who police charged instead of investigating McSkimmin
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It is worth noting that this is a pattern amongst the likes of media, who inevitably paint a woman who has laid harassment, assault, rape, etc allegations against men as somehow less than pure & innocent, thus casting aspersions on her validity, with whatever denials that this is what they're doing.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
You know, I never appreciated the sheer joy a day without any meetings scheduled can bring to you even if you're still working, back in my PhD days.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You know, I never appreciated the sheer joy a day without any meetings scheduled can bring to you even if you're still working, back in my PhD days.
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There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
can we not do “I’m in trouble domestically so let’s start a war” again
"Senior military officials on Wednesday presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the White House. "
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
can we not do “I’m in trouble domestically so let’s start a war” again
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@sarahhbickerton.bsky.social Seen this?
No Chinstrap! The Future of Helmets 🏍️
YouTube video by ZERGOIST
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November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
@sarahhbickerton.bsky.social Seen this?
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This really is an exceptional video and provides a huge service to the urban biking conversation around the world, and particularly here in North America and places like Australia/New Zealand. The length may scare you a bit, but if you really want to understand, it’s worth it.
I even have a cameo.
I even have a cameo.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This really is an exceptional video and provides a huge service to the urban biking conversation around the world, and particularly here in North America and places like Australia/New Zealand. The length may scare you a bit, but if you really want to understand, it’s worth it.
I even have a cameo.
I even have a cameo.
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100% Pure NZ 💩 from Minister Reti. Nothing could be further from the truth. Early career researchers are not well looked after. Nor are their career prospects here good. Very early career researchers (ms and phd scholars) are highly skilled and often paid less than minimum wage. Exploited as. #NZPOL
good on MP Reuben Davidson for asking Shane Reti to designate ring-fenced funding for young scientists in NZ
Reti's answer is complete bullshit: NZ is one of the hardest countries in the WORLD to fund a postdoc. why does he think we have so few of them here????
#nzpol
Reti's answer is complete bullshit: NZ is one of the hardest countries in the WORLD to fund a postdoc. why does he think we have so few of them here????
#nzpol
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
100% Pure NZ 💩 from Minister Reti. Nothing could be further from the truth. Early career researchers are not well looked after. Nor are their career prospects here good. Very early career researchers (ms and phd scholars) are highly skilled and often paid less than minimum wage. Exploited as. #NZPOL
I'd like to apologise for different periods of history for this sentence both existing and being completely accurate.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I'd like to apologise for different periods of history for this sentence both existing and being completely accurate.
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[P] I rotated this a touch so that the top of the shield lines up with the green line.
Look how misaligned the "D" and final "R" in DEPARTMENT OF WAR are. The Getty watermark obscures it, but the "U" and final "A" of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are off, too.
Some Design 101-level shit.
Look how misaligned the "D" and final "R" in DEPARTMENT OF WAR are. The Getty watermark obscures it, but the "U" and final "A" of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are off, too.
Some Design 101-level shit.
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
[P] I rotated this a touch so that the top of the shield lines up with the green line.
Look how misaligned the "D" and final "R" in DEPARTMENT OF WAR are. The Getty watermark obscures it, but the "U" and final "A" of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are off, too.
Some Design 101-level shit.
Look how misaligned the "D" and final "R" in DEPARTMENT OF WAR are. The Getty watermark obscures it, but the "U" and final "A" of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are off, too.
Some Design 101-level shit.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
Always comforting when people feel they need to say things like this in so many words (end sarcasm tag) (this is from a MBIE email on the ongoing science reforms today)
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Always comforting when people feel they need to say things like this in so many words (end sarcasm tag) (this is from a MBIE email on the ongoing science reforms today)
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Proud to be from the Chicago area
A group of people on bicycles buy up everything from Latino food vendors and take the food to give to people in need.
apnews.com/article/chic...
A group of people on bicycles buy up everything from Latino food vendors and take the food to give to people in need.
apnews.com/article/chic...
'A day without fear': Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Proud to be from the Chicago area
A group of people on bicycles buy up everything from Latino food vendors and take the food to give to people in need.
apnews.com/article/chic...
A group of people on bicycles buy up everything from Latino food vendors and take the food to give to people in need.
apnews.com/article/chic...
Well, that was genuinely awful. Riding home in that storm pushed me a tad too far out of my comfort zone. I made it home safe, but the rain was so heavy my bra & underwear were wet. And the wind over the Harbour Bridge was so strong & gusty I had to reduce speed & physically muscle the bike in-lane.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Well, that was genuinely awful. Riding home in that storm pushed me a tad too far out of my comfort zone. I made it home safe, but the rain was so heavy my bra & underwear were wet. And the wind over the Harbour Bridge was so strong & gusty I had to reduce speed & physically muscle the bike in-lane.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
If you can spare 90 minutes, this film by #NotJustBikes is worth a watch. Even after the cheeky Californian 1972 CYCLOPS junction pops up 90 seconds in.
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you can spare 90 minutes, this film by #NotJustBikes is worth a watch. Even after the cheeky Californian 1972 CYCLOPS junction pops up 90 seconds in.
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
My character just used her tusks to gain purchase on the riverbank to get out of a raging torrent. She even managed to pivot around the embedded tusk to get up onto the bank of what had been a dry wadi before the storm arrived.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
My character just used her tusks to gain purchase on the riverbank to get out of a raging torrent. She even managed to pivot around the embedded tusk to get up onto the bank of what had been a dry wadi before the storm arrived.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Excellent work by Paula, as per usual ...
Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
The inside story of how police protected a senior cop, and prosecuted his accuser instead
For years, police leadership ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming. The IPCA has set out the chain of failures.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Excellent work by Paula, as per usual ...
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Being green isn’t just good for the environment, energy sovereignty (as a country and also as households) is another bonus
Not only keeping the lights on at the milking shed during a storm - keeping the irrigators going in the heat of summer when the grid is also struggling.👍
Solar kept milk flowing in Southland blackout
#renewables #solarsystems #agsky #Solarfarming #energysky
www.farmersweekly.co.nz/technology/s...
Solar kept milk flowing in Southland blackout
#renewables #solarsystems #agsky #Solarfarming #energysky
www.farmersweekly.co.nz/technology/s...
Solar kept milk flowing in Southland blackout
Fairbank Farms kept milking through a storm using solar and battery storage, cutting costs.
www.farmersweekly.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Being green isn’t just good for the environment, energy sovereignty (as a country and also as households) is another bonus
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Reposted by Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
The bioluminescence on Palm Beach Waiheke Island has been insane the last two nights. Amazing atmosphere with many people swimming and splashing in the surf. Magical night. Never seen a traffic jam like it though on our sleepy little beach! Pics by Indy Bombuwala.
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The bioluminescence on Palm Beach Waiheke Island has been insane the last two nights. Amazing atmosphere with many people swimming and splashing in the surf. Magical night. Never seen a traffic jam like it though on our sleepy little beach! Pics by Indy Bombuwala.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.