Becky
@beckyt.bsky.social
I love people and books, and people-centred architecture and urban planning, and I also love art and trees and stuff.
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
Guys. I’m at ikea and it’s busy but not mental. Lots of stuff sold out.
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Guys. I’m at ikea and it’s busy but not mental. Lots of stuff sold out.
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If you're looking for a pocket-sized Xmas present for a music-lover, consider the cool entries in the 33 1/3 Oceania series on notable LPs from Australia & Aotearoa NZ.
There is currently a 30% off sale for these on the Bloomsbury website, until the end of today.
www.bloomsbury.com/au/series/33...
There is currently a 30% off sale for these on the Bloomsbury website, until the end of today.
www.bloomsbury.com/au/series/33...
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If you're looking for a pocket-sized Xmas present for a music-lover, consider the cool entries in the 33 1/3 Oceania series on notable LPs from Australia & Aotearoa NZ.
There is currently a 30% off sale for these on the Bloomsbury website, until the end of today.
www.bloomsbury.com/au/series/33...
There is currently a 30% off sale for these on the Bloomsbury website, until the end of today.
www.bloomsbury.com/au/series/33...
Well I can’t speak for anyone else but I reckon this Others Way Festival has been a hit. Goddam I love Toody Cole, and Anthony Tonnon and Conan Moccasin, and Shazza’s alright too.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Well I can’t speak for anyone else but I reckon this Others Way Festival has been a hit. Goddam I love Toody Cole, and Anthony Tonnon and Conan Moccasin, and Shazza’s alright too.
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Meanwhile, Israel tear-gassed a kindergarten yesterday. And more Palestinian kids were murdered.
I take it Keir Starmer has no issue with the sale of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. Yet. #FFS #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #SupportPalestineAction #FreePalestine
I take it Keir Starmer has no issue with the sale of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. Yet. #FFS #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #SupportPalestineAction #FreePalestine
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Meanwhile, Israel tear-gassed a kindergarten yesterday. And more Palestinian kids were murdered.
I take it Keir Starmer has no issue with the sale of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. Yet. #FFS #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #SupportPalestineAction #FreePalestine
I take it Keir Starmer has no issue with the sale of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. Yet. #FFS #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #SupportPalestineAction #FreePalestine
Love this. I once prepped a tray of devils on horseback for a party and cooked them around 1am. I was worshipped as party goddess when I pulled them out of the oven. (Had any food ever tasted better?)
Sausage rolls are a good option too.
Sausage rolls are a good option too.
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Love this. I once prepped a tray of devils on horseback for a party and cooked them around 1am. I was worshipped as party goddess when I pulled them out of the oven. (Had any food ever tasted better?)
Sausage rolls are a good option too.
Sausage rolls are a good option too.
Holy shit guys my sister booked us the swankiest hotel in Perth for my last night here. I think we might even be sharing a floor with the English cricket team!? It so fancy.
Don’t worry I am rubbing my grubby lil feet over every surface I can.
Don’t worry I am rubbing my grubby lil feet over every surface I can.
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Holy shit guys my sister booked us the swankiest hotel in Perth for my last night here. I think we might even be sharing a floor with the English cricket team!? It so fancy.
Don’t worry I am rubbing my grubby lil feet over every surface I can.
Don’t worry I am rubbing my grubby lil feet over every surface I can.
I can’t believe it’s Friday and have to go back to work on Monday but just this Tuesday I got to hang out with this guy and his friends.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I can’t believe it’s Friday and have to go back to work on Monday but just this Tuesday I got to hang out with this guy and his friends.
My nephew is so innocent and pure and I love him so much.
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My nephew is so innocent and pure and I love him so much.
I went to Uniqlo for the first time since before the pandemic and I SPLurged pretty hard (for my discretionary income level). I have two new dresses, two new pairs of pants, a new stripey tshirt and a new bag. I'm gonna wear them so much this summer, I will be embarassed.
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I went to Uniqlo for the first time since before the pandemic and I SPLurged pretty hard (for my discretionary income level). I have two new dresses, two new pairs of pants, a new stripey tshirt and a new bag. I'm gonna wear them so much this summer, I will be embarassed.
ooh I just remembered I got myself a ticket to see Pulp next year! Even when on holiday it'd fun to have something to look forward to eh
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
ooh I just remembered I got myself a ticket to see Pulp next year! Even when on holiday it'd fun to have something to look forward to eh
Just caught up with the news that Scotland is going to the World Cup finals. I’m pretty stoked about that. My Glaswegian bil is going to be VERY happy about this 💙🤍
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Just caught up with the news that Scotland is going to the World Cup finals. I’m pretty stoked about that. My Glaswegian bil is going to be VERY happy about this 💙🤍
Oh yeah. I hung around with a bunch of quokka today. They really are pretty great little guys.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Oh yeah. I hung around with a bunch of quokka today. They really are pretty great little guys.
I have now been in Australia for five days and have successfully sighted multiple kangaroo in the wild. Best of all was a mum taking good care of her joey (who looked pretty big actually and like it was time to leave the nest really)
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I have now been in Australia for five days and have successfully sighted multiple kangaroo in the wild. Best of all was a mum taking good care of her joey (who looked pretty big actually and like it was time to leave the nest really)
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One of the best things I ever found out about the lunar missions is the fact that we have a transcript from Apollo 10 where the astronauts argue about who made the loose turds floating around the command module.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
One of the best things I ever found out about the lunar missions is the fact that we have a transcript from Apollo 10 where the astronauts argue about who made the loose turds floating around the command module.
I've been in Aussie for four whole days now and have not yet seen a kangaroo.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I've been in Aussie for four whole days now and have not yet seen a kangaroo.
I went out on the town in Fremantle last night. Was delighted to find book shops open late, like after 10 pm late!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I went out on the town in Fremantle last night. Was delighted to find book shops open late, like after 10 pm late!
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to fly, ‘cause I’m leaving on a jet plane… back in a couple of weeks.
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to fly, ‘cause I’m leaving on a jet plane… back in a couple of weeks.
Every person on my bus is wearing really ugly sneakers (myself included).
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Every person on my bus is wearing really ugly sneakers (myself included).
These are wonderful. 🏅
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
These are wonderful. 🏅
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This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
our govt wants to spend 327 times more on a single road ($18b) than they are currently spending yearly on all of basic science in new zealand ($55m) #nzpol
The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
After five years living in central Auckland I still feel like I hardly know anyone. But this afternoon I popped out for a couple of errands, I bump into my pal's niece on her way to compete in a DJ comp, then a friendly security guard from a former workplace now working at NW says hello, how are ya,
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
After five years living in central Auckland I still feel like I hardly know anyone. But this afternoon I popped out for a couple of errands, I bump into my pal's niece on her way to compete in a DJ comp, then a friendly security guard from a former workplace now working at NW says hello, how are ya,
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Happy Friday to the super wealthy country where 150,000 children live in poverty. That's about 1-in-8 young kiwis. Obviously, there is simply nothing to be done about this.
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Happy Friday to the super wealthy country where 150,000 children live in poverty. That's about 1-in-8 young kiwis. Obviously, there is simply nothing to be done about this.
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$300 of benefits to every $1 spent. That is the Benefit Cost Ratio of Bike lanes supporting bikes in urban areas.
$0.33 of benefits to every $1 spent. That is the BCR of 15 of the 17 Roads of National Significance
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
archive.ph/bs1Qj
$0.33 of benefits to every $1 spent. That is the BCR of 15 of the 17 Roads of National Significance
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
archive.ph/bs1Qj
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
$300 of benefits to every $1 spent. That is the Benefit Cost Ratio of Bike lanes supporting bikes in urban areas.
$0.33 of benefits to every $1 spent. That is the BCR of 15 of the 17 Roads of National Significance
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
archive.ph/bs1Qj
$0.33 of benefits to every $1 spent. That is the BCR of 15 of the 17 Roads of National Significance
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
archive.ph/bs1Qj