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Sheldon
@brokenstarfish.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Pinning this to my profile in case:
If you don’t see me...
I don’t HAVE to post.
Nobody has a responsibility to stay online against their own best interests just so people you really don’t know very well won’t worry about you.
That’s a fucked up way to live.
If you don’t see me...
I don’t HAVE to post.
Nobody has a responsibility to stay online against their own best interests just so people you really don’t know very well won’t worry about you.
That’s a fucked up way to live.
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
Nah, mate. According to Christmas Family Breakfast Chat EVERYONE hates her and she shouldn’t have gone on Graham Norton because… I dunno, man. I think I blacked out.
Jacinda Ardern remains New Zealand’s most popular political figure in polls years after she stepped down as Prime Minister.
Real leadership lasts.
Real leadership lasts.
Ardern still a poll favourite – but which struggling leaders are on the rise?
The former PM’s public standing has not only endured but improved, buoyed by a wave of international attention following the release of a documentary about her time in the country’s top job.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Nah, mate. According to Christmas Family Breakfast Chat EVERYONE hates her and she shouldn’t have gone on Graham Norton because… I dunno, man. I think I blacked out.
Make a Bond movie casual
The Spy Who Was My Occasional Fuck Buddy
The Spy Who Was My Occasional Fuck Buddy
Make a Bond movie casual
The guy who loved me
The guy who loved me
Make a Bond movie casual
Topaz Are Kind of Durable
Topaz Are Kind of Durable
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Make a Bond movie casual
The Spy Who Was My Occasional Fuck Buddy
The Spy Who Was My Occasional Fuck Buddy
Shattered. Bedtime.
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Shattered. Bedtime.
Learnt this morning that my dad doesn’t completely believe in climate change now
I don’t know who he’s listening to or watching, I don’t want to know
I have my own monkeys and my own ramshackle circus to manage
I don’t know who he’s listening to or watching, I don’t want to know
I have my own monkeys and my own ramshackle circus to manage
December 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Learnt this morning that my dad doesn’t completely believe in climate change now
I don’t know who he’s listening to or watching, I don’t want to know
I have my own monkeys and my own ramshackle circus to manage
I don’t know who he’s listening to or watching, I don’t want to know
I have my own monkeys and my own ramshackle circus to manage
A Very Ratty Ratmas to all 🐀 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A Very Ratty Ratmas to all 🐀 🎄
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Dropping in to ask if anyone has recs on a midrange subwoofer for the purpose of playing records in a small house.
Dropping in to ask if anyone has recs on a midrange subwoofer for the purpose of playing records in a small house.
December 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Dropping in to ask if anyone has recs on a midrange subwoofer for the purpose of playing records in a small house.
Dropping in to ask if anyone has recs on a midrange subwoofer for the purpose of playing records in a small house.
Art is a conversation between human beings. Art is never passive nor one way. AI can entertain, it can never be art
I have been duped once already by AI. The moment I found out, the song I’d heard ceased to be anything more than a pastiche of human creativity
I have been duped once already by AI. The moment I found out, the song I’d heard ceased to be anything more than a pastiche of human creativity
“How can you suddenly dislike art when you find out it’s made by AI?”
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
December 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Art is a conversation between human beings. Art is never passive nor one way. AI can entertain, it can never be art
I have been duped once already by AI. The moment I found out, the song I’d heard ceased to be anything more than a pastiche of human creativity
I have been duped once already by AI. The moment I found out, the song I’d heard ceased to be anything more than a pastiche of human creativity
Can confirm The Right are still banging on about “Jacinda”.
Fucking tiresome. Glad I’m alone tomorrow, after family brekkie
Fucking tiresome. Glad I’m alone tomorrow, after family brekkie
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Can confirm The Right are still banging on about “Jacinda”.
Fucking tiresome. Glad I’m alone tomorrow, after family brekkie
Fucking tiresome. Glad I’m alone tomorrow, after family brekkie
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Wish there were still TV programmmes interviewing French critical theorists
December 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wish there were still TV programmmes interviewing French critical theorists
Watching Slow Horses, finally! So good.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Watching Slow Horses, finally! So good.
Watched All The Money In The World. Good movie. Christopher Plummer was excellent.
Made cinnamon cherry jam with a kilo of cherry seconds my gran gave me.
Made cinnamon cherry jam with a kilo of cherry seconds my gran gave me.
December 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Watched All The Money In The World. Good movie. Christopher Plummer was excellent.
Made cinnamon cherry jam with a kilo of cherry seconds my gran gave me.
Made cinnamon cherry jam with a kilo of cherry seconds my gran gave me.
Turns out some of us are, indeed, a monolith.
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Turns out some of us are, indeed, a monolith.
I watched all five movies in the The Purge franchise over two days
Good documentary series
Good documentary series
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I watched all five movies in the The Purge franchise over two days
Good documentary series
Good documentary series
Ok, so… I watched the first three movies from “The Purge” series of films, today.
They were a tonne of fun.
They were a tonne of fun.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ok, so… I watched the first three movies from “The Purge” series of films, today.
They were a tonne of fun.
They were a tonne of fun.
I’m about to switch my phone off and lock it away for a year. I’ll still have access to my iPad but I plan to use tech as little as possible.
I’ll have my Light Phone, which has phone and text capabilities but no internet.
You just might not see me as much, is all.
Catch ya later. 😎
I’ll have my Light Phone, which has phone and text capabilities but no internet.
You just might not see me as much, is all.
Catch ya later. 😎
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I’m about to switch my phone off and lock it away for a year. I’ll still have access to my iPad but I plan to use tech as little as possible.
I’ll have my Light Phone, which has phone and text capabilities but no internet.
You just might not see me as much, is all.
Catch ya later. 😎
I’ll have my Light Phone, which has phone and text capabilities but no internet.
You just might not see me as much, is all.
Catch ya later. 😎
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Seriously. If you see someone working extra hard to convince you to go back to X, block that turd. It's not a genuine entreaty... it's not earnest, it's a desperate business move.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Seriously. If you see someone working extra hard to convince you to go back to X, block that turd. It's not a genuine entreaty... it's not earnest, it's a desperate business move.
I take it back. The Pantone colour of the year is genius.
Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I take it back. The Pantone colour of the year is genius.
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Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿
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Mayor tries some racism, fails.
Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails
A proposal from new Napier Mayor Richard McGrath to remove mana whenua voices and voting rights in the council’s standing committees for the next council term has failed.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Mayor tries some racism, fails.
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This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise
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December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise
flapjackpress.co.uk/shop/ice-cre...
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Anything not to accept that almost an entire country feels AT BEST ambivalent about him.
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Anything not to accept that almost an entire country feels AT BEST ambivalent about him.
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This is such patronising bullshit. We’re not aspiring to “unrealistic” things like a three-day work week, a holiday house and a pony. We want kids fed, a health system, a role in life for everyone. Those things aren’t unrealistic, they’re a *choice* successive governments are making to deny us.
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is such patronising bullshit. We’re not aspiring to “unrealistic” things like a three-day work week, a holiday house and a pony. We want kids fed, a health system, a role in life for everyone. Those things aren’t unrealistic, they’re a *choice* successive governments are making to deny us.
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
I’m in the middle of an inflammatory episode/attack/flare at the moment.
I don’t know what to call it because I still haven’t been diagnosed.
I don’t recognise myself. This is me at my sister’s place from earlier this evening.
I’m sick of looking and feeling like shit.
I don’t know what to call it because I still haven’t been diagnosed.
I don’t recognise myself. This is me at my sister’s place from earlier this evening.
I’m sick of looking and feeling like shit.
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I’m in the middle of an inflammatory episode/attack/flare at the moment.
I don’t know what to call it because I still haven’t been diagnosed.
I don’t recognise myself. This is me at my sister’s place from earlier this evening.
I’m sick of looking and feeling like shit.
I don’t know what to call it because I still haven’t been diagnosed.
I don’t recognise myself. This is me at my sister’s place from earlier this evening.
I’m sick of looking and feeling like shit.