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Andrew Geddis
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Aotearoa NZ based with occasional thoughts on things and views on others.

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acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 13h
Regret to inform that rock ‘n’ roll is the old K-Pop …

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 1d
Opinion from the University of Otago: Is it best to buy Bitcoin directly from a cryptocurrency exchange or use an exchange-traded fund?
Opinion from the University of Otago: Is it best to buy Bitcoin directly from a cryptocurrency exchange or use an exchange-traded fund?
newsroom.co.nz

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 5d
Did you learn nothing from your 2025 "attack and dethrone the dog" fiasco?

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 5d
Worth noting that he was "arrested in a raid prompted by an Al Noor mosque threat" after he was convicted for shouting "f**k the muslims!" on a public street in an entirely separate incident the day after that atrocity.
Anti-Muslim slurs day after attack
A Dunedin student has admitted making expletive-laden anti-Muslim slurs just one day after the terrorist attack in Christchurch. The teenager, who...
www.odt.co.nz

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 5d
So, the data belonging to between 106,000 and 126,000 users has been compromised? Around the entire population of Dunedin? That sounds ... kinda bad?

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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 5d
ManageMyHealth reveals scope of data breach
ManageMyHealth reveals scope of data breach
Between 6 and 7 percent of the approximately 1.8 million registered users may have been affected.
www.rnz.co.nz

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 6d
Are you saying that this is all Peter Jackson’s fault? Because, I wouldn’t argue against that claim … .

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 6d
Shit.

(And not in Clay Davis tones ... .)

Can someone please check on Wendell Pierce and Dominic West, because I fear the rule-of-three kicking in.
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 7d
I mean, it was just a matter of time really ... .

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 7d
Hmmm … King of Athens. That’s a somewhat niche role that I don’t feel appropriately qualified for.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 8d
Also, rofl at SIR Grahame Sydney talking up his Central Otago drinking buddy's skills and rep ... those familiar with Tremain's oeuvre may make up their own minds as to whether Hitler would have placed him on a death list (as apparently was the case with David Low).

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 8d
Here's the full wikipedia section on that "controversy" ... tl;dr he decided to draw a "light-hearted joke" about an outbreak of measles in Samoa that had (at that point) killed 53 people (mainly babies). This being but the last straw in his string of "controversial" (or, "wowpt") cartoons.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 8d
Garrick Tremain - that old codger who doodled out "edgy" and "not cowed" (or, "what old white people think") cartoons - just died. This bit from the tail end of the Otago Daily Times story reporting his death is ... somewhat light on context.

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
“Thoughts and prayers”

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
You're thinking of abnegating.

It's actually setting a person free from guilt or sin.
zaichishka.bsky.social Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 9d
You're thinking of ablation.

It's actually the act of renouncing something.
justanotherguy.bsky.social Just Another Guy @justanotherguy.bsky.social · 10d
You're thinking of ablution.

It's actually the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes, or by other means.

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 9d
You're thinking of ablation.

It's actually the act of renouncing something.
justanotherguy.bsky.social Just Another Guy @justanotherguy.bsky.social · 10d
You're thinking of ablution.

It's actually the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes, or by other means.
dlbowman76.com David Bowman @dlbowman76.com · 10d
You're thinking of abattoir.

It's actually a ritual washing of your body before a religious ritual.

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 11d
Exhibit A from 2015: “They seem to be investigating everything at the moment. I don't know whether they're a permanent commission of inquiry or some kind of imperial senate."
Why does the Waitangi Tribunal insist on following the law? — Pundit
The Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson is wrong in his public criticisms of the Waitangi Tribunal. Perhaps the Attorney-General Chris Finlayson could have a quiet word in his ear...
www.pundit.co.nz

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 11d
I like Chris as a person (flaws and all) and think he’s right in what he says here and recognise that everyone is capable of changing their minds, but also would note that the executive’s undermining of the WT’s role already was underway whilst he filled the A-G’s office …
Hell hath no fury like an attorney-general scorned
Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.
newsroom.co.nz

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 12d
Can confirm. Severe. In Dunedin.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 12d
Well, it IS the day to crash parties in Maseratis …

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 13d
This (the methodology) was reported on a month(ish) ago.
How police discovered 30,000 'falsely or erroneously' recorded breath tests
One officer falsely recorded 11 breath tests over a period of 5 minutes, over 3km, leading police to discover 30,000 falsified tests.
www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 14d
Those that fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it or something equally pseudo-profound …

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 14d
“Vasa is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628.”

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 14d
When kings (or wannabe kings) start dictating warship design based on what they think looks cool and powerful, the results can be … unfortunate.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 14d
Quarter grade! QUARTER GRADE!! I won the internet.

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 14d
Our 10 wild political predictions for 2025, revisited
Our 10 wild political predictions for 2025, revisited
Our wildest dreams failed to come true in 2025, but who's to say they never will?...
thespinoff.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 15d
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...
The Oriental - Article | AudioCulture
For a while it seemed everyone played at The Oriental, or the “Ori” as it was known. In the mid-80s it was often jammed-packed, choking on cigarette smoke, soaked in that fuggy pub smell, and alive wi...
www.audioculture.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 15d
This RNZ story pretty much has the same info as the one I linked to, so ... 🤷‍♀️
James Ransone, star of The Wire, dies at age 46
Ransone played dock worker-turned-petty criminal Zibby Sobotka in The Wire and adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It: Chapter Two.
www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 15d
Aww ... real downer to end '25 on. His acting work in the Wire + Generation Kill was amazing. Just sucks that he doesn't seem to have been have been able to quiet the demons others created in him.
James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46
LA medical examiner reports Ransone, who played Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka in the HBO crime drama, died by suicide
www.theguardian.com

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 16d
“… with more than 10,000 objectionable items shared with others.”

This guy was an active receiver and trader in the images - think a drug user who also deals. McSkimming was a user only.