Michael Lakeman
@suitedscience.bsky.social
he/him, tangata tiriti
Marine biologist...freelance
I'm just here for the multisolving, cider, Ms, seaweed, techno, and seahawks
Marine biologist...freelance
I'm just here for the multisolving, cider, Ms, seaweed, techno, and seahawks
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
What's in the mirror is pretty ugly
Righto, we had 50 years of state sanctioned child abuse, we had a former Minster of Immigration under investigation for sexual abuse of children, we have the former Act party pres. convicted of sexual abuse, we had a collection of top police men covering for sex offenders, we had cops making false
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
What's in the mirror is pretty ugly
Considering starting a salon-style event with education, lectures and discussion around the political economy, accompanied by experimental electronic music.
It will be called Techo Economics.
It will be called Techo Economics.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Considering starting a salon-style event with education, lectures and discussion around the political economy, accompanied by experimental electronic music.
It will be called Techo Economics.
It will be called Techo Economics.
New term: "Idaho stop". Very good concept, and captures my internal monologue when I run red lights or stop signs - it's about safety, and clearing an intersection before my bike causes problems for cars.
Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
New term: "Idaho stop". Very good concept, and captures my internal monologue when I run red lights or stop signs - it's about safety, and clearing an intersection before my bike causes problems for cars.
Reposted by Michael Lakeman
AOC dethroning Chuck Schumer as Senator 2028...
CNN has just gone full NSFW titillation - don't threaten us with a good time.
CNN has just gone full NSFW titillation - don't threaten us with a good time.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
AOC dethroning Chuck Schumer as Senator 2028...
CNN has just gone full NSFW titillation - don't threaten us with a good time.
CNN has just gone full NSFW titillation - don't threaten us with a good time.
Veery good poast
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Veery good poast
😢
Things that cost approx $16 billion
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
😢
TIL battery standardization has been enshittified like everything else we thought we could trust.
AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, all those are great and identical and trustworthy.
18650 rechargable? No way! They even come in different shapes that might not even fit the compartment. That's $50 down the drain!
AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, all those are great and identical and trustworthy.
18650 rechargable? No way! They even come in different shapes that might not even fit the compartment. That's $50 down the drain!
a man with white hair is wearing a purple shirt and looking to the side .
ALT: a man with white hair is wearing a purple shirt and looking to the side .
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
TIL battery standardization has been enshittified like everything else we thought we could trust.
AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, all those are great and identical and trustworthy.
18650 rechargable? No way! They even come in different shapes that might not even fit the compartment. That's $50 down the drain!
AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, all those are great and identical and trustworthy.
18650 rechargable? No way! They even come in different shapes that might not even fit the compartment. That's $50 down the drain!
I heard NZ Labour Economics Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds on the radio today, giving the excuse that they can't tax wealth too much because it would cause rich people to leave the country (and somehow take their factories with them???)
#NZpol #CGT #wealthtax
#NZpol #CGT #wealthtax
Massachusetts introduced a wealth tax in 2023
They raised $5.7B for public services
Despite the wealth tax, the number of millionaires increased by 40% 🤷
"Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in MA, 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'" - @wbur.org
They raised $5.7B for public services
Despite the wealth tax, the number of millionaires increased by 40% 🤷
"Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in MA, 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'" - @wbur.org
Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'
Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.
www.wbur.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I heard NZ Labour Economics Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds on the radio today, giving the excuse that they can't tax wealth too much because it would cause rich people to leave the country (and somehow take their factories with them???)
#NZpol #CGT #wealthtax
#NZpol #CGT #wealthtax
Reposted by Michael Lakeman
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.
Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.
www.opb.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.
Let them eat cake?
LET THEM EAT CAKE?!
LET THEM EAT CAKE?!
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Let them eat cake?
LET THEM EAT CAKE?!
LET THEM EAT CAKE?!
In which your faithful correspondent gets overly excited about seaweed:
www.nzherald.co.nz/video/herald...
www.nzherald.co.nz/video/herald...
Green gold? Seaweed industry makes its case at Nelson summit
Seaweed is being touted as New Zealand’s next sustainable success story. Michael Lakeman explains why this humble ocean plant is making waves.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In which your faithful correspondent gets overly excited about seaweed:
www.nzherald.co.nz/video/herald...
www.nzherald.co.nz/video/herald...
An almost impossibly beautiful piece of music
October 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An almost impossibly beautiful piece of music
Okay, I'm outside the venue in my car. Can the Mariners just score so I can get on with my life?
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Okay, I'm outside the venue in my car. Can the Mariners just score so I can get on with my life?
When?
Brownlee vote of no confidence when?
October 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
When?
Reposted by Michael Lakeman
🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice
A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪
A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪
Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice
A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪
A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪
Pretty thirsty to have not just a DUMP 61 HERE shirt, but to have a DUMP 62 HERE shirt on under. I wonder how deep that stack of shirts is, and how skinny the man underneath is.
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pretty thirsty to have not just a DUMP 61 HERE shirt, but to have a DUMP 62 HERE shirt on under. I wonder how deep that stack of shirts is, and how skinny the man underneath is.
Oh jeepers here I was thinking this was a post about Aotearoa New Zealand
It truly is the government of landlords and used car dealers because anyone familiar with either of these occupations knows that they are the last bastions of men who, for no reason but their own sloven incompetence, seek out imagined excuse to violate basic contract law and routine regulations.
Not to discount the enormous damage they have done, and still can do, but this really might be one of the dumbest governments in the history of the world.
October 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oh jeepers here I was thinking this was a post about Aotearoa New Zealand
When ideology trumps reality. Looking tough with mean gestures to give the impression they will increase employment, but in fact incentivizing less work.
MORONS
MORONS
This government are fools, absolute fools #NZPol
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When ideology trumps reality. Looking tough with mean gestures to give the impression they will increase employment, but in fact incentivizing less work.
MORONS
MORONS
I've got chills
September 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I've got chills
B A L L C L U B
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
B A L L C L U B
Imaginary Spinal Tap film "But these go to 11i"
New Spinal Tap film "But these go to -11"
September 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Imaginary Spinal Tap film "But these go to 11i"
Devoured this today like I'd never heard anything before in my life. Just a singular, wild expression of voice and digital synthesis. Gratifying and startlingly out of the blue.
Album of the Day at @bandcamp.com
Rian Treanor and Cara Tolmie's 'Body Lapse'
Out Today
daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the...
Rian Treanor and Cara Tolmie's 'Body Lapse'
Out Today
daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the...
Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie, “Body Lapse”
The collaboration between the genius producer and performance artist is a testament to human invention.
daily.bandcamp.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Devoured this today like I'd never heard anything before in my life. Just a singular, wild expression of voice and digital synthesis. Gratifying and startlingly out of the blue.