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Dr Siân Robyns
@drsian.bsky.social
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PhD Literary Translation Studies; freelance editor; reader; occasional writer; translator, A Tale of Love/ Conte de l'amour bifrons by Linda Lê (Mākaro Press); knitter, mad, mad knitter.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Puzzle #962
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January 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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January 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Demanding that we stop talking about climate change while climate disasters are killing people is the actual politicization, actually
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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An image announcing the People’s Select Committee Report on Pay Equity will be launched on Tuesday 24 February 2026
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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Ngeru the Handsome being handsome. #mokai #ngeru
A remarkably handsome tuxedo cat sits handsomely among the plant pots.
January 27, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Life isn’t all beer and pickles, you know.
A glass of beer and a small bowl of pickles, al fresco.
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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In New Zealand the Minister for Sport and Recreation is (unfortunately) Mark Mitchell, if you'd like to light up his inbox. Mark.Mitchell@parliament.govt.nz #nzpol
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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 10:15 PM
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#kai last night’s dinner: salmon risotto with courgette and the easiest, saltiest tomato salad ever. Take one ripe tomato, chop it into little bits, put in a bowl, stir in your favourite chili crisp.
A dinner bowl holds a serving of a green- and pink-flecked risotto, accompanied by a bright red tomato salad.
January 24, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Strands #693
“The straight and narrow”
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January 24, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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#kai Summery breakfast: black tahini and cottage cheese on toast, topped with slices of fig.
Sliced figs, pink, white and green, on a bed of snow-white cottage cheese and black tahini.
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Strands #692
“A work of art”
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January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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January 23, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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#kai A very brown dinner: teriyaki -braised eggplant and shiitake mushrooms with chicken livers over quinoa and pan-fried leeks, accompanied by cauliflower and a sprinkle of mixed seeds (mostly sesame). Seriously earthy yum.
Dinner as described in post. It’s very, very brown.
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Op-shop treasure: four plates (2020) by Marlborough ceramicist Dani Henke. #kikorangi
Four square handmaid ceramic plates. Two bear images drawn from mythology - a female Pan, perhaps a voudou goddess. A third features another female figure, and the fourth, a sheep’s head. The images are rendered in scraffito (I think!).
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Strands #689
“That's not very polite”
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January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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🇳🇿🧶Holiday knitting: gifted mohair-silk and op shop linen. Deliciously soft and squishy. #shopthestash
A hand-knit short-sleeved jumper in fuzzy yarn, in warm shades of maroon and apricot.
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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#kai Another empty-out-the-fridge night: chicken, roasted red cabbage, mixed salad greens, sautéed jersey bennes and kūmara dressed with tahini and lemon.
A bowl of golden brown vegetables, slightly charred red cabbage, salad leaves and slices of nicely browned chicken.
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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#pukapuka Wot I read at the beach. A mix of crime, local, international, translated, literary and commercial fiction. Doesn’t include the 80,000 word proof reading job. S
A pile of books on a weathered timber table. Paule Cleave’s the Quiet People, Tina Makereti’s The Mires, Vanda Symon’s Faceless, Valérie Perrin’s Three and Harriet Evans’s The Garden of Lost and Found
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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January 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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#kai. The remains of last night’s orzo salad flossied up with extra greens and some grilled yellow capsicum and spring onion, a couple of slices of kūmara and a small pile of pan-fried chicken slices.
A blue pottery bowl holds a serving of orzo salad, two slices of grilled kūmara and slices of panfried chicken.
January 18, 2026 at 7:23 AM