Barb
@barbsgarden.bsky.social
Love my dogs & cats, craft beer fan, home brewer, avid reader & gardener. Based in Tasman region NZ. she/her
Toitu te Tiriti
Toitu te Tiriti
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Hey, it's me!!! If you live in AoNZ with me and want a copy, you can check it out (or request it) from your local library. OR send me a message!! I have a few copies to sell...😁
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#pukapuka
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A woman with memory loss must escort her daughter across a post-apocalyptic wasteland in Peace in the Sky by Caye Marsh!
#sciencefiction #ace #disability
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#sciencefiction #ace #disability
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Peace in the Sky by William C. Tracy
A woman with amnesia learns of herself and her daughter, in a journey across a wasteland.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Hey, it's me!!! If you live in AoNZ with me and want a copy, you can check it out (or request it) from your local library. OR send me a message!! I have a few copies to sell...😁
📚🌈
#pukapuka
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#pukapuka
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Everyone reading this is a pandemic survivor. Billions of us are still alive thanks to advances in medical research that are being rolled back by MAGA and MAHA.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Everyone reading this is a pandemic survivor. Billions of us are still alive thanks to advances in medical research that are being rolled back by MAGA and MAHA.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
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Did you know that pink peppercorns are not related to black pepper, but are instead 3 different species all members of the cashew family and so can cause allergic reactions to people with tree nut allergies
Did you know that pink peppercorns are not related to black pepper, but are instead 3 different species all members of the cashew family and so can cause allergic reactions to people with tree nut allergies
Pink peppercorn - Wikipedia
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February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Did you know that pink peppercorns are not related to black pepper, but are instead 3 different species all members of the cashew family and so can cause allergic reactions to people with tree nut allergies
Did you know that pink peppercorns are not related to black pepper, but are instead 3 different species all members of the cashew family and so can cause allergic reactions to people with tree nut allergies
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A true master at his craft! I don’t know how anyone could watch this and not be moved by both Shakespeare & Sir Ian’s incredible talent! 😍
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A true master at his craft! I don’t know how anyone could watch this and not be moved by both Shakespeare & Sir Ian’s incredible talent! 😍
The good thing about all the rain we had yesterday is that all 4 rat traps were successful. I now have 4 fewer vermin trying to eat my garden
February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The good thing about all the rain we had yesterday is that all 4 rat traps were successful. I now have 4 fewer vermin trying to eat my garden
It's raining hard and I have a lake in my back yard but this bundle of energy is fizzing to go for a walk
send help or dry weather
send help or dry weather
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
It's raining hard and I have a lake in my back yard but this bundle of energy is fizzing to go for a walk
send help or dry weather
send help or dry weather
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![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
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We should not be sending NZ sportspeople to the US. It isn’t safe.
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
We should not be sending NZ sportspeople to the US. It isn’t safe.
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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This thread is now an op-ed:
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This thread is now an op-ed:
I like poker. I'm not a great player, but I don't suck either. But is it worth my mental health to play when one guy insists on ranting at the table about puberty blockers and how great the orange one is or other nonsense.
He told me to shut up and I told him to fuck off.
:(
He told me to shut up and I told him to fuck off.
:(
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I like poker. I'm not a great player, but I don't suck either. But is it worth my mental health to play when one guy insists on ranting at the table about puberty blockers and how great the orange one is or other nonsense.
He told me to shut up and I told him to fuck off.
:(
He told me to shut up and I told him to fuck off.
:(
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It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
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so Hipkins could completely scoop Luxon AND set the frame for the discourse by making even a quite muted announcement on Venezuela. why are Labour so FUCKING BAD at comms OR being in the right side of history?
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
so Hipkins could completely scoop Luxon AND set the frame for the discourse by making even a quite muted announcement on Venezuela. why are Labour so FUCKING BAD at comms OR being in the right side of history?
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Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
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Someone told Central Labour in Aotearoa this is how you do shit?
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
January 1, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Someone told Central Labour in Aotearoa this is how you do shit?
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
This is a great list of amazing music videos
RIP MTV
RIP MTV
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
January 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This is a great list of amazing music videos
RIP MTV
RIP MTV
Every single item on this list hits me hard. Excuse me while I go try to pull those stiff whiskers from my chin - assuming I can see them with my diminishing eyesight
Our 5th-most-read piece of 2025 is this sobering dose of reality for Generation X.
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Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
Our 5th most-read article of 2025. - - -1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in yo...
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December 31, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Every single item on this list hits me hard. Excuse me while I go try to pull those stiff whiskers from my chin - assuming I can see them with my diminishing eyesight