Water, climate change, science, policy, and people. Particularly floods, adaptation, and uncertainty. Dad, Pākehā/Ngāpuhi, MIT PhD, Ōtautahi/New Zealand.https://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3m7oc3ohges25A new creative project: postage stamp mosaics. It's not unique, but I can find ways to add my own flair. Here: the 1982 24-cent map of NZ, tiled to reflect lat-long divisions. I have plans to explore other themes and other silhouettes, and possibly also an online market place. Any requests?11 Dec 2025 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7oc3ohges25https://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lwcoksstds2tOn removing Māori words from early readers: "Languages are living and local. As such, our educational resources should support our tamariki's evolving communication needs here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Structured literacy need not exclude cultural legacy." https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360789033/press-letters-editor-august-1413 Aug 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwcoksstds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3ltodcjlohc2bCan anyone help my to identify the artist? It's from an old family photo, probably taken in France.11 Jul 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltodcjlohc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3ltjearesyk2tFor Christchurch folks, I'll be giving a talk at the art gallery on the water cycle as seen through art. I'll be weaving together art, science, history, politics, and geography to build a story of hydrology and hydrological change. Come along if you can! Or let's chat if you can't! https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/events/climate-action-dr-daniel-collins09 Jul 2025 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjearesyk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3ls6woafddk2m✅ Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bills. With limited time & technical expertise I focused on the Principles. ❌ They ignore personal well-being; public goods; Te Tiriti; etc. No balance. ❌ They presume values & costs of legislation can be monetised. ❌ They are un-Kiwi. Into the bin with it.22 Jun 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls6woafddk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lpxrlm7y3c2iCake decorating videos are a lie. They make it look much easier than it is 😫 Buttercream frosting does NOT. STICK. TO. SPONGE. CAKE.25 May 2025 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxrlm7y3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lpnpw7pgbs2nIt's not as crystal clear as scientific measurements, but looking at historical postage stamps (NZ) can paint a picture of retreating glaciers. Particularly for the Fox Glacier (bottom).21 May 2025 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnpw7pgbs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lpltxt5lhs22These stamps of Aoraki/Mt Cook are from 1898. Among the earliest stamps globally not to feature portraits. On the left, the Hooker Glacier is probably the white area beneath the mountain. But would the view on the right also have included the glacier?20 May 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpltxt5lhs22https://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lp4i6meogs2zThis 1946 NZ stamp shows a view of Lake Matheson on the West Coast, with Aoraki and Mt Tasman visible in the distance. It also shows a sliver of the Fox Glacier, just above the distant trees - alas, not a view we can see today.14 May 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4i6meogs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lmvjabmi7s2iHow long should it take large firms to pay invoices from contracted consultants? It's now 4 weeks, with two reminders. If there were two bread-winners in the house, or if I had more time outside parenting to bring in work, it wouldn't be so dicy. ... The burdens of the precariat.16 Apr 2025 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvjabmi7s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lluygavd722yFor people in Christchurch, the Linwood Community Arts Centre has their annual exhibit of artists new to exhibiting. Go check it out! There's even a piece by me, melding scientific data and historical art to comment on our shrinking glaciers under climate change. https://www.linwoodarts.org/first-steps-2025-31-march-26-april/03 Apr 2025 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lluygavd722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lkbzleijj225Happy Pi Day! May your Ides turn into pies, with a simple rotation of the 'Id' by π.13 Mar 2025 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbzleijj225https://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3ljotktgcwk2nThe NZ government's new school lunch programme is disgraceful, poor quality, wasteful of food and funding, and dangerous. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/gisborne-herald/news/gisborne-school-student-in-ae-with-burns-from-hot-school-lunch/OQAAORE6KNDVXB6OQTPK3QJDC4/06 Mar 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljotktgcwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3ljjm3oujy22jFor something completely different from my normal fare, a piece of glaciological art I recently completed. 'Fox Glacier, not looking up' Draws from a 19th C watercolour, glacier length time-series, and reference to a painter who drew inspiration from a geologist.04 Mar 2025 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljjm3oujy22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3ljjcmxs2ls2jAlong my te reo Māori journey, I am enamoured by the kupu hou 'wahapū', relating to either eloquence or to the mouth of a river (etc).04 Mar 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljjcmxs2ls2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lj74tinbj22uWhat are good* alternatives to Facebook? Friendica and Diaspora seem up there. * similar functionality * low hurdle for adoption * better privacy28 Feb 2025 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj74tinbj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lj2yy25o622zQ for artists & art gallery staff. I wish to make some transformative art based on digital images of copyright-lapsed, NZ works. Respectful, but manipulated. Obv I approach gallery owner. Is permission necessary, or just good manners? Could it just come down to whether they like the creative idea?26 Feb 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2yy25o622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lidenrmagc25With apples and pears galore, the 'pop' of the lids is the happy sound of PV = nRT in action.16 Feb 2025 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidenrmagc25https://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3libyw5qqts2bThe most audacious treasure hunt I've prepared for my 5 y.o. son yet. A 2-day trip to and through the Waitaki. 🪨 Rocks 🐧 Wildlife 🛝 Playgrounds 🖍️ Art 🎸 Tom Petty 🤯 Core memory16 Feb 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3libyw5qqts2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lg67p3rdt22kI'm doing some research for a talk on water (and climate change) as seen through art, and I'm finding some poignant gems. Particularly Colin McCahon's blurred landscape 'Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is' (1958-59). Can you say 'non-stationarity'?20 Jan 2025 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg67p3rdt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lfgxe53ww22oA new letterbox, for when your street needs more colour, puns, and literary references.11 Jan 2025 05:17 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgxe53ww22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lcuhkkelkk2dI find it a happy coincidence that 'tika' (te reo Māori) and 'tickety-boo' (English) have very similar meanings.09 Dec 2024 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcuhkkelkk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/watercyclist.bsky.social/post/3lctqoc5zgk27My second year learning te reo Māori done ✅ NZ Certificate in te Reo level 4. The journey started as a way of being a better Dad; emboldened by racism. Toitu te reo.09 Dec 2024 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:fjm32jerodcha56rbe6wu7fo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctqoc5zgk27