Sophie Hunt
@sophiehunt.bsky.social
Insect scientist, ecologist, walker, reader, bug lover, crafter and board game player, hopefully doesn't have cancer anymore, she/her, Tāmaki Makaurau
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
4:32am: Wide awake
5:23am: Wide awake
5:49am: Wide awake
6:00am when my alarm goes off: Deep, deep sleep and utter confusion what that beeping noise is
#Tired
5:23am: Wide awake
5:49am: Wide awake
6:00am when my alarm goes off: Deep, deep sleep and utter confusion what that beeping noise is
#Tired
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
4:32am: Wide awake
5:23am: Wide awake
5:49am: Wide awake
6:00am when my alarm goes off: Deep, deep sleep and utter confusion what that beeping noise is
#Tired
5:23am: Wide awake
5:49am: Wide awake
6:00am when my alarm goes off: Deep, deep sleep and utter confusion what that beeping noise is
#Tired
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This 🥰❤️
If all you can do because of life, finances, spoons, is to write me a letter and tell me about all the things you love and dream about, I will still appreciate you and the effort and the love.
I do not want this to become a stress for you.
The point of #SecretSantaAoNZ is joy.
I do not want this to become a stress for you.
The point of #SecretSantaAoNZ is joy.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This 🥰❤️
Hi Santa, if you click on this you'll see everything I've posted and all replies too ❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ
A reminder for the Bluesky side of #SecretSantaAoNZ, once giftees are announced later today, you'll be able to sleuth your Giftee on your own feed at
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Hi Santa, if you click on this you'll see everything I've posted and all replies too ❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ
Ooh my giftee is awesome ☺️ I have so many ideas, just ordered some supplies for some necessary crafting ❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Ooh my giftee is awesome ☺️ I have so many ideas, just ordered some supplies for some necessary crafting ❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ
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Sarah Evans, contemporary Welsh painter known for her local landscapes #WomensArt #Winter
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Sarah Evans, contemporary Welsh painter known for her local landscapes #WomensArt #Winter
A neighbour down the street has taken up the drums. They've improved heaps in the last few months, and are way better at practicing than I ever was when I played the clarinet. But, it's 3 hours every evening, and it's so loud 😭 I'm not even their immediate neighbour!
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A neighbour down the street has taken up the drums. They've improved heaps in the last few months, and are way better at practicing than I ever was when I played the clarinet. But, it's 3 hours every evening, and it's so loud 😭 I'm not even their immediate neighbour!
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We set up #SecretSantaAoNZ to spread smiles and fun. We know that times change but our purpose doesn’t.
If times are tough — which under this government is NO SURPRISE — please still be a part of this. We have options that you can sign up to & a lot of peeps happy to be Secret Santas! 🎁 🧑🎄 🎄🙌
If times are tough — which under this government is NO SURPRISE — please still be a part of this. We have options that you can sign up to & a lot of peeps happy to be Secret Santas! 🎁 🧑🎄 🎄🙌
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We set up #SecretSantaAoNZ to spread smiles and fun. We know that times change but our purpose doesn’t.
If times are tough — which under this government is NO SURPRISE — please still be a part of this. We have options that you can sign up to & a lot of peeps happy to be Secret Santas! 🎁 🧑🎄 🎄🙌
If times are tough — which under this government is NO SURPRISE — please still be a part of this. We have options that you can sign up to & a lot of peeps happy to be Secret Santas! 🎁 🧑🎄 🎄🙌
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I appear to have spoken to a reporter who took seriously the gravity of NZ's science crisis
does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...
does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...
Winner of top science prize blames ‘batshit’ Budget for brain drain
Dr Samuel Mehr says the Government values science, but their ‘idiotic’ approach to funding it will cost them their best and brightest.
newsroom.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I appear to have spoken to a reporter who took seriously the gravity of NZ's science crisis
does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...
does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...
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A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
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US artist Tracey McCracken Palmer uses wet felting and needle felting techniques to create landscape artworks #WomensArt
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
US artist Tracey McCracken Palmer uses wet felting and needle felting techniques to create landscape artworks #WomensArt
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Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart
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Dog Sees the Spirits, 1960 by artist and printmaker of Inuit heritage Kenojuak Ashevak #WomensArt
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dog Sees the Spirits, 1960 by artist and printmaker of Inuit heritage Kenojuak Ashevak #WomensArt
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These words that Nigel Latta wrote in 2015 have always stayed with me
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
These words that Nigel Latta wrote in 2015 have always stayed with me
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Early this morning, daylight saving began in New Zealand for another year. This is, I think, a good opportunity to highlight two Kiwi innovations: it was the first country in the world to establish a national mean time and a New Zealander invented DST. How did that happen? Well, read on... 1/20
September 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Early this morning, daylight saving began in New Zealand for another year. This is, I think, a good opportunity to highlight two Kiwi innovations: it was the first country in the world to establish a national mean time and a New Zealander invented DST. How did that happen? Well, read on... 1/20
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Absolutely nobody asked for this but I reformatted my animal yeetability thread into printable poster & zine files.
Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.
Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.
February 29, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Absolutely nobody asked for this but I reformatted my animal yeetability thread into printable poster & zine files.
Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.
Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.
A worthy cause! Please share ♥️ givealittle.co.nz/cause/provid...
A Safer Ride Option For Everyone
Providing a safer Ride for the Vulnerable
givealittle.co.nz
August 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A worthy cause! Please share ♥️ givealittle.co.nz/cause/provid...
August 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My husband and I were just having a dance party with our 3 year old. H enthusiastically doing the running man, when toddler looks at him scathingly and says "If you do that the house will break" 😅 Ouch
August 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
My husband and I were just having a dance party with our 3 year old. H enthusiastically doing the running man, when toddler looks at him scathingly and says "If you do that the house will break" 😅 Ouch
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Foxgloves.
🎨 Alyson Howard
🎨 Alyson Howard
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Foxgloves.
🎨 Alyson Howard
🎨 Alyson Howard
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🧵Do you plant seeds for their fruit today, or for the shade they'll offer to others after you're gone?
A thing we can do, individually and collectively, is invest in people . Returns often unfold over years, sometimes decades 1/4
A thing we can do, individually and collectively, is invest in people . Returns often unfold over years, sometimes decades 1/4
July 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🧵Do you plant seeds for their fruit today, or for the shade they'll offer to others after you're gone?
A thing we can do, individually and collectively, is invest in people . Returns often unfold over years, sometimes decades 1/4
A thing we can do, individually and collectively, is invest in people . Returns often unfold over years, sometimes decades 1/4
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This is Mako. He has no regard for law and order, and more importantly, no regrets. 13/10
July 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is Mako. He has no regard for law and order, and more importantly, no regrets. 13/10