Jessa Barder
@jbarder.bsky.social
food; science; fibrecraft; active outdoors; cat. tck; wellesley alum; antarctican; immigrant; indigenous.
Looking for another Pride Month recommendation?
Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization?
This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.
Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization?
This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.
June 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Looking for another Pride Month recommendation?
Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization?
This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.
Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization?
This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.
Dunedin has no Tiffany’s, so this will have to do. #themeanreds
June 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dunedin has no Tiffany’s, so this will have to do. #themeanreds
Newbery Medal winners were a guaranteed good read growing up, why should it be different in my 40s?
Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.
Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.
June 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Newbery Medal winners were a guaranteed good read growing up, why should it be different in my 40s?
Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.
Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.
Farewell Autumn, we are solidly in Stick Season now until Spring. #aotearoa #winter #temperateclimate
June 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Farewell Autumn, we are solidly in Stick Season now until Spring. #aotearoa #winter #temperateclimate
Want to kick Pride Month off in style? I just watched Bottoms and could not recommend it more highly…
#pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms
#pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms
June 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Want to kick Pride Month off in style? I just watched Bottoms and could not recommend it more highly…
#pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms
#pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms
Annnnd one more from my driveway in the north end of town: sometimes you chase the aurora, sometimes it chases you!
#auroraaustralis #spaceweather
#auroraaustralis #spaceweather
June 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Annnnd one more from my driveway in the north end of town: sometimes you chase the aurora, sometimes it chases you!
#auroraaustralis #spaceweather
#auroraaustralis #spaceweather
Not a bad night to chase aurora… happy 1st of June, Aotearoa! #solarstorms #aurorae
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Not a bad night to chase aurora… happy 1st of June, Aotearoa! #solarstorms #aurorae
Here’s to you, Major Houlihan, not to mention the mom in one of my favourite Christmas movies! #lorettaswit
May 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Here’s to you, Major Houlihan, not to mention the mom in one of my favourite Christmas movies! #lorettaswit
Scenes from the road… Tuatapere, Southland, Aotearoa
#travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour
#thatscicommlife
#travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour
#thatscicommlife
May 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Scenes from the road… Tuatapere, Southland, Aotearoa
#travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour
#thatscicommlife
#travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour
#thatscicommlife
It’s this wee girl’s Gotcha Day!! 8 years ago, I brought her home and she has absolutely no idea how good she has it! #rescuecat #herbestlife #missionaccomplished #spoiledkitty
May 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s this wee girl’s Gotcha Day!! 8 years ago, I brought her home and she has absolutely no idea how good she has it! #rescuecat #herbestlife #missionaccomplished #spoiledkitty
Bend, don’t break. If schist can do it, so can you. #scenesfromcentralotago #nzgeology #schist #aotearoa #newzealand
May 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Bend, don’t break. If schist can do it, so can you. #scenesfromcentralotago #nzgeology #schist #aotearoa #newzealand
May 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Love these autumn mornings and evenings… but the weirdly warm breeze reminds me our poor planet is on 🔥. #climatechangeisreal #fromwhereirun
May 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Love these autumn mornings and evenings… but the weirdly warm breeze reminds me our poor planet is on 🔥. #climatechangeisreal #fromwhereirun
Our Botanic Gardens are awfully nice… #fromwhereirun
May 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Our Botanic Gardens are awfully nice… #fromwhereirun
if
the ocean
can calm itself,
so can you.
we
are both
salt water
mixed with
air.
- meditation, nayyirah waheed
the ocean
can calm itself,
so can you.
we
are both
salt water
mixed with
air.
- meditation, nayyirah waheed
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
if
the ocean
can calm itself,
so can you.
we
are both
salt water
mixed with
air.
- meditation, nayyirah waheed
the ocean
can calm itself,
so can you.
we
are both
salt water
mixed with
air.
- meditation, nayyirah waheed
April 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
When your 82 year old Mama asks for her “special pancake”, you take her for her “special pancake”.
#littlecheerful #rratedpancake
#littlecheerful #rratedpancake
April 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When your 82 year old Mama asks for her “special pancake”, you take her for her “special pancake”.
#littlecheerful #rratedpancake
#littlecheerful #rratedpancake
I was in the US about five months ago and the only cybertruck I saw was at a dealership in Bellevue, WA. Fast forward to my current two week visit and this is the fifth I’ve seen in the small city of Bellingham, WA. Wtf?
April 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I was in the US about five months ago and the only cybertruck I saw was at a dealership in Bellevue, WA. Fast forward to my current two week visit and this is the fifth I’ve seen in the small city of Bellingham, WA. Wtf?
April 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My NZ -> US coffee order hack: order the smallest size double shot Americano (usually the standard but good to double check), but with half the water. So basically an 8oz drink in a 12 oz cup. Closest I’ve come to a long black in the US.
#UStranslation #NZcoffeeorders #travelhack
#UStranslation #NZcoffeeorders #travelhack
April 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My NZ -> US coffee order hack: order the smallest size double shot Americano (usually the standard but good to double check), but with half the water. So basically an 8oz drink in a 12 oz cup. Closest I’ve come to a long black in the US.
#UStranslation #NZcoffeeorders #travelhack
#UStranslation #NZcoffeeorders #travelhack
Our fourth ASB Polyfest and the number of kids that recognized us, remembered our experiments from past years, and were excited to try the new things we brought is 100% the reason I love my job. #thatscicommlife #scienceiseverywhere #scienceisforeveryone
April 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Our fourth ASB Polyfest and the number of kids that recognized us, remembered our experiments from past years, and were excited to try the new things we brought is 100% the reason I love my job. #thatscicommlife #scienceiseverywhere #scienceisforeveryone
“What is even the point?”, one might ask. #fruitless #lifeinnz
April 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“What is even the point?”, one might ask. #fruitless #lifeinnz
Because sometimes you need to show policymakers what research $$ can do, we installed our interactive science showcase for Solar Tsunamis: Parawhenua Kōmaru, in NZ’s parliament last night.
Very proud to be a part of the team doing this world leading research!
#spaceweather #thatscicommlife
Very proud to be a part of the team doing this world leading research!
#spaceweather #thatscicommlife
March 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Because sometimes you need to show policymakers what research $$ can do, we installed our interactive science showcase for Solar Tsunamis: Parawhenua Kōmaru, in NZ’s parliament last night.
Very proud to be a part of the team doing this world leading research!
#spaceweather #thatscicommlife
Very proud to be a part of the team doing this world leading research!
#spaceweather #thatscicommlife
Some days #thatscicommlife is lasers and spectroscopy…other days it’s painting and bleaching. Either way, I’m pretty lucky to have a job I (mostly) love.
#sciencecommunication #scienceengagement #photonics #quantumtech #spaceweather
#sciencecommunication #scienceengagement #photonics #quantumtech #spaceweather
March 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Some days #thatscicommlife is lasers and spectroscopy…other days it’s painting and bleaching. Either way, I’m pretty lucky to have a job I (mostly) love.
#sciencecommunication #scienceengagement #photonics #quantumtech #spaceweather
#sciencecommunication #scienceengagement #photonics #quantumtech #spaceweather
The downside of travel - whether for work or for fun - is that I miss snuggling my wee girl something awful… #catmom #havecatsnotkids #rescuecat #herbestlife
March 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The downside of travel - whether for work or for fun - is that I miss snuggling my wee girl something awful… #catmom #havecatsnotkids #rescuecat #herbestlife