Ekant Veer

I've pretty much said #goodbyeX - feel free to follow me on the app with cloudless skies - VeerOffTrack - still likely to post on issues affecting #academia #marketing #photography and life in #NZ here's a dump of my fave pics from 2024

Mānawatia a Matariki! Happy #Matariki to all around the motu - a time to celebrate a new year in the Māori calendar - a colleague in the northern hemisphere took this image of the star cluster that signals the new year and I took the opportunity to edit it. Enjoy!

Ka rawe to Drs. Gath and Hurley - this year's joint Emerging Research Fellows from CMRF receiving $220,000 towards their research @UCNZ @UCCWRI @otago @OtagoCHCH @1NewsNZ @PressNewsroom @NZStuff cmrf.org.nz/story/two-cant…

@UCNZ Cool pic @UCNZ and @UCEngineering - I'm sure a pro could do better but here's a quick cleanup jobbie

Throwback to 1968 📽 Can you recognise the building in the background? Hint: It was rebuilt in 2016. #UCNZ #CampusAppreciation

@dairymanNZ @NASAHubble @ESA_Webb @NASA @esa @apod Someone just said they think he's funnier than me and he's in...too easy

@VeerOffTrack @NASAHubble @ESA_Webb @NASA @esa @apod I'm sure that didn't take much convincing!

With my 1 #PhD (unrelated to anything useful) and meagre budget I was able to take this pic...imagine what I could do with @NASAHubble or @ESA_Webb's budget. Basically, I'm crowdfunding for my own space telescope - who wants in 😅 @NASA @esa @apod

@dairymanNZ @NASAHubble @ESA_Webb @NASA @esa @apod Probably...or you need your glasses prescription checked - I'm sure big dairy will fund an eye check for you 😂 Oh, and I'm enabling your son to make bad choices - he's gonna be the uni's comedic talent for an event (rather than work on his thesis)

@VeerOffTrack @NASAHubble @ESA_Webb @NASA @esa @apod It's blurry

@UsmanAfzali I felt like a hacker typing in the DOS commands... CD /d c: 😅😂

Using a #computer has become so common now that I think at least I don't appreciate it enough. I remember how excited I was when I used a #mouse for the first time - when moved from DOS to a coloured screen. I think it was 1998.📍Jalozai #Refugee Camp, Pakistan.

@elisabethrolstn "You have chosen wisely" - as a marketer, even I threw up a little in my mouth Good luck with the study and lifelong learning, e hoa!

@Rjdlandscapes No selfie? Pfft, walk the talk, dude! 😂

Sick of #aurora photos yet? Yeah, me too - but here are some from my night out, anyway - hope you enjoy! @Christchurch_NZ @ChristchurchCC @UCNZ

I scored 16/20 on MIST-20, better than 62% of the US population. Cool research co-authored from @ucnz researcher Dr Claudia Schneider from @ucnzscience 🧐 yourmist.streamlit.app #misinformation #fakenews

Packed room to hear from Dr @UsmanAfzali about his work leading the Muslim Diversity Study in NZ @UCNZ @UCNZscience

@sassysmc You're correct...first dive I take into that empty pool and I'd be gone...no amount of technique will save me from that splat!

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

Always a privilege and honour to hear @DrStacyWood present - hard act to follow here at @univtennessee marketing department! @UCNZ @NCState

Loving the kotahitanga against #JohnFromRangiora @Hilary_Barry @LauraTupou @1NewsNZ @NewshubNZ And just in case you're listening, John...kotahitanga means unity/solidarity/working together

@sassysmc Love how pumped his co-stars were after the performance 😂

If we have extra time, MORE KEN

Back in the chair after nearly 25 years. Donation ban lifted on British Donors. I'm eating all the snacks!!!

This is the best news ever! I've waited over 20 years to donate again, and now booked in to donate plasma at @NZBlood the morning I'm eligible. Don't know if I'll be the first, but hope I won't be the last - book in now, Brits! @NZStuff @1NewsNZ @Christchurch_NZ