Interesting to see what @JamesTweedNZ has been up to in the first half of his PhD, doing amazing entomological research on Norfolk Island. So many great memories of helping with the fieldwork too (with @SamanthaMeiTopp also)! @UQ_CBCS
How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences.
https://t.co/Z6za22rMgg
1/9
On the subject of protests, @SamanthaMeiTopp is responsible for a number of outstanding protest photos that were published on the site
https://t.co/hXNIfvUfdT
Grateful for the opportunity to visit the beautiful Norfolk island and Phillip island with @JamesTweedNZ and @NicolaSockhill. A big thank you to James for teaching us so much about entomological research! 🪲
Thanks @NicolaSockhill and @SamanthaMeiTopp for all of your help! Even with the cyclone cutting things short, we managed to get a lot done, and still had time to check out most of Norfolk Island's best spots!
Love the opportunity to help friends with amazing field research (I’m usually stuck at my desk using R or GIS)! @SamanthaMeiTopp and I were so lucky to join @JamesTweedNZ in conducting entomological research at Norfolk Island and Phillip Island. Beautiful ecosystems/landscapes 😍
I'll never forget how easily they raised $1 billion within two days for the Notre Dame Cathedral fire but for Syria now the same countries are saying how challenging everything is with getting aid/ funds there. You can't even send donations directly because of the sanctions.
Here is a lab lab!
Our lab here needs to wear PPE just like the people doing the science.
He is the service dog of a student in a chemistry professor's lab.
(Shared with permission.)
Compare the pair: the Queen, monarch of the empire that colonised Australia and tried to wipe out Aboriginal peoples, has been defended non-stop this past week, with all kinds of absurdities like “she was actually powerless, though”, while Uncle Jack Charles is summed up like so:
@nytimesarts Okay I've now read the whole piece and what the hell is going on here with the "so-called" Stolen Generation? What reason @nytimesarts@natashamfrost do you have to be so dismissive and disrespectful about the nomenclature for a genocidal policy that caused staggering harm?
Som abortion thoughts: I teach sex ed and when I explain the menstrual cycle, I emphasize that if you are expecting your period, it’s one day late, and you take a pregnancy test, if it comes back positive, you are considered 4 weeks + 1 day into your pregnancy.
There is no equity in a society where being born a woman means having to accept a life of forced servitude. Motherhood can be a beautiful gift or an unending burden and WE have the right to forge our own paths without restriction.
Rest in peace Chen Cheung, the 19th woman alleged to be killed by an intimate partner this year. Should be a much bigger election issue. Thinking of her loved ones and her baby.