samuel mehr
@mehr.nz
i am a cognitive scientist working on auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
Summer has arrived, fresh asparagus is punchy and sweet with a chicken thigh in briney capers, lemony anchovy pan sauce. White rice to balance the brightness of the sauce
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Summer has arrived, fresh asparagus is punchy and sweet with a chicken thigh in briney capers, lemony anchovy pan sauce. White rice to balance the brightness of the sauce
It's a particular sort of pain when a mentor dies. He was the first academic who died that I knew well, no longer the only one but the first for me
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's a particular sort of pain when a mentor dies. He was the first academic who died that I knew well, no longer the only one but the first for me
On the side, steamed garlic scapes with fiery sauce
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
On the side, steamed garlic scapes with fiery sauce
for dinner, blistered green beans with pork and pickled tuber, Sichuan style
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
for dinner, blistered green beans with pork and pickled tuber, Sichuan style
in an editorial meeting this morning I got to introduce two people to this, one of my all-time favourites, relevant to infinite subjects in science, writing, and intellectual life
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
in an editorial meeting this morning I got to introduce two people to this, one of my all-time favourites, relevant to infinite subjects in science, writing, and intellectual life
Just arrived in my kitchen! In New Zealand!
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just arrived in my kitchen! In New Zealand!
Afternoon sun on the return home
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Afternoon sun on the return home
absolute stunner of a morning, as they say, on Auckland harbour
another great day to be a ferry commuter!!
another great day to be a ferry commuter!!
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
absolute stunner of a morning, as they say, on Auckland harbour
another great day to be a ferry commuter!!
another great day to be a ferry commuter!!
Lovely warm breeze on the boat this morning. Another great day to be ferry commuting!
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Lovely warm breeze on the boat this morning. Another great day to be ferry commuting!
Help I still still still can't stop making spaghetti puttanesca
[the sound of love!!!!!]
[the sound of love!!!!!]
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Help I still still still can't stop making spaghetti puttanesca
[the sound of love!!!!!]
[the sound of love!!!!!]
cake blueprints / cake cakes
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
cake blueprints / cake cakes
I mentioned kpop demon hunters in my lab meeting and got several blank stares
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I mentioned kpop demon hunters in my lab meeting and got several blank stares
dinner was bibimbap with all the fixins
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
dinner was bibimbap with all the fixins
Kitty cookies and love heart cookies for a decorating activity
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Kitty cookies and love heart cookies for a decorating activity
my first halloween in new zealand was at wellington hospital with a newborn. we put him in a tiger costume
most everybody thought it was pretty cute but one of the midwives huffed "we don't do halloween here. trump!"
I loved the thought that the president, in 2017, could have invented halloween
most everybody thought it was pretty cute but one of the midwives huffed "we don't do halloween here. trump!"
I loved the thought that the president, in 2017, could have invented halloween
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
my first halloween in new zealand was at wellington hospital with a newborn. we put him in a tiger costume
most everybody thought it was pretty cute but one of the midwives huffed "we don't do halloween here. trump!"
I loved the thought that the president, in 2017, could have invented halloween
most everybody thought it was pretty cute but one of the midwives huffed "we don't do halloween here. trump!"
I loved the thought that the president, in 2017, could have invented halloween
yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
In this house if you are turning 8 and you ask for a vanilla cake with three layers and strawberry frosting and you don't care what it says on top of the cake and also it should have as many strawberries as you can fit on it, then by god that's what you will get
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM
In this house if you are turning 8 and you ask for a vanilla cake with three layers and strawberry frosting and you don't care what it says on top of the cake and also it should have as many strawberries as you can fit on it, then by god that's what you will get
Harbour very still today. A few fellow passengers had slept a bit late and ran down the pier so they didn't miss the boat; the captain, who greets every morning commuter, cheerfully went about his unmooring slowly, so as to accommodate their arrivals
Another great day for ferry commuting!!
Another great day for ferry commuting!!
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Harbour very still today. A few fellow passengers had slept a bit late and ran down the pier so they didn't miss the boat; the captain, who greets every morning commuter, cheerfully went about his unmooring slowly, so as to accommodate their arrivals
Another great day for ferry commuting!!
Another great day for ferry commuting!!
I'm not 100% sure but I think Newsroom may have omitted a 'f*cking' from my phrase "Do these people read the news?"
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm not 100% sure but I think Newsroom may have omitted a 'f*cking' from my phrase "Do these people read the news?"