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Less jack of all trades, more absolute amateur at everything.
He/Him
Kirikiriroa, Waikato, Aotearoa
He/Him
Kirikiriroa, Waikato, Aotearoa
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Animal skulls, Artist, flesh-eating beetles, Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery, Activist, and good honest pessimism: the life and work of Bruce Mahalski...
A Museum in a House: The Life and Work of Bruce Mahalski
YouTube video by Frank - Stories from the South
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June 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Animal skulls, Artist, flesh-eating beetles, Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery, Activist, and good honest pessimism: the life and work of Bruce Mahalski...
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There's a thread on AskReddit asking, "People who have had to drain their life’s savings on a single event, what happened?"
99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.
99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.
June 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
There's a thread on AskReddit asking, "People who have had to drain their life’s savings on a single event, what happened?"
99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.
99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.
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I’ve talked about it a lot but Discworld made me a better person and that’s a big reason I’m such an evangelist for it
there is a lot of stuff you can read as a teenager that will set you on a particular path, much of it bad
Discworld will teach you to care about people
there is a lot of stuff you can read as a teenager that will set you on a particular path, much of it bad
Discworld will teach you to care about people
Coincidentally, I was 14 in 1998 when I first discovered Discworld (and Mystery Science Theater 3000), and both saved my life & changed me for the better.
I had been introduced to LoTR even earlier than by both of my parents.
I had been introduced to LoTR even earlier than by both of my parents.
June 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’ve talked about it a lot but Discworld made me a better person and that’s a big reason I’m such an evangelist for it
there is a lot of stuff you can read as a teenager that will set you on a particular path, much of it bad
Discworld will teach you to care about people
there is a lot of stuff you can read as a teenager that will set you on a particular path, much of it bad
Discworld will teach you to care about people
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it's pretty wild how throughout all of history nobody who has ever decided to argue that "actually a little bigotry is okay" ends up looking like one of the good guys and yet people are still lining up left and right for the opportunity to do so in the paper of record
May 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it's pretty wild how throughout all of history nobody who has ever decided to argue that "actually a little bigotry is okay" ends up looking like one of the good guys and yet people are still lining up left and right for the opportunity to do so in the paper of record
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this rules
"I am old, and I am a legend, and fuck you all I'm going to use my platform to support trans people"
good for him
"I am old, and I am a legend, and fuck you all I'm going to use my platform to support trans people"
good for him
“This production makes that queerness explicit, reclaiming the story through the lived experiences of trans and nonbinary artists.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/28/s...
Sir Ian McKellen to open all-trans production of Shakespeare classic
Sir Ian McKellen is to open a new production of the Shakespeare classic Twelfth Night that will feature all trans and non-binary performers.
www.thepinknews.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
this rules
"I am old, and I am a legend, and fuck you all I'm going to use my platform to support trans people"
good for him
"I am old, and I am a legend, and fuck you all I'm going to use my platform to support trans people"
good for him
Can't wait to welcome you to the North! I've enjoyed it so far.
May 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Can't wait to welcome you to the North! I've enjoyed it so far.
Maybe I shouldn't have moved to Silent Hill...
May 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Maybe I shouldn't have moved to Silent Hill...
It's a beautiful day to reactivate Bluesky. Birds in the sea, balloons in the sky, darkness rising from the depths of heck.
May 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's a beautiful day to reactivate Bluesky. Birds in the sea, balloons in the sky, darkness rising from the depths of heck.
Huh, Instagram really knows what's driving my emotions at the moment...
November 29, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Huh, Instagram really knows what's driving my emotions at the moment...
I ended up going to a party at my Awkward Middle Aged Guys house, where I met my wife. We are also now (sorta) coworkers.
Still wouldn't be totally shocked if he was arrested, though 😂
Still wouldn't be totally shocked if he was arrested, though 😂
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I ended up going to a party at my Awkward Middle Aged Guys house, where I met my wife. We are also now (sorta) coworkers.
Still wouldn't be totally shocked if he was arrested, though 😂
Still wouldn't be totally shocked if he was arrested, though 😂
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Very upset about all these self-diagnosed people taking away all the resources that exist for people with diagnoses... such as:
<RESOURCES NOT FOUND>
All because they find that implementing strategies and finding community makes their lives better.
[Self-diagnosis is valid].
<RESOURCES NOT FOUND>
All because they find that implementing strategies and finding community makes their lives better.
[Self-diagnosis is valid].
November 19, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Very upset about all these self-diagnosed people taking away all the resources that exist for people with diagnoses... such as:
<RESOURCES NOT FOUND>
All because they find that implementing strategies and finding community makes their lives better.
[Self-diagnosis is valid].
<RESOURCES NOT FOUND>
All because they find that implementing strategies and finding community makes their lives better.
[Self-diagnosis is valid].
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Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
October 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
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My favourite Robbie Williams fact is that he did guest vocals for UK punk band Soft Play's song "Punk's Dead", in which they viciously mock fans who got upset that they (finally) changed their name from "Slaves".
September 30, 2024 at 9:37 PM
My favourite Robbie Williams fact is that he did guest vocals for UK punk band Soft Play's song "Punk's Dead", in which they viciously mock fans who got upset that they (finally) changed their name from "Slaves".
That I can definitely agree with!
I was being a bit picky, but I really think as a country we need to focus more on the root cause of these issues, and focusing on an individual government's failings (which Key's government had many of).
I was being a bit picky, but I really think as a country we need to focus more on the root cause of these issues, and focusing on an individual government's failings (which Key's government had many of).
September 30, 2024 at 9:12 PM
That I can definitely agree with!
I was being a bit picky, but I really think as a country we need to focus more on the root cause of these issues, and focusing on an individual government's failings (which Key's government had many of).
I was being a bit picky, but I really think as a country we need to focus more on the root cause of these issues, and focusing on an individual government's failings (which Key's government had many of).
No offense, but I heartily disagree. While his governments policies were disaterous, EVERY government in my lifetime has failed the public sector. The absolute refusal to tax appropriately since the early 80's means that even Governments who genuinely wanted to improve things couldn't afford it.
September 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
No offense, but I heartily disagree. While his governments policies were disaterous, EVERY government in my lifetime has failed the public sector. The absolute refusal to tax appropriately since the early 80's means that even Governments who genuinely wanted to improve things couldn't afford it.
I wish @talkingwithdinos.bsky.social would release more podcasts.
September 30, 2024 at 8:39 AM
I wish @talkingwithdinos.bsky.social would release more podcasts.
Beautiful blue skies on Te Tai Poutini, the west coast today! I don't miss the deep South's constant drizzle, for sure.
September 1, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Beautiful blue skies on Te Tai Poutini, the west coast today! I don't miss the deep South's constant drizzle, for sure.
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this is why - like prisons - the profit motive has no business anywhere near health care decisions
the monstrous cruelty unleashed by the desire for “line go up” has no bounds
the monstrous cruelty unleashed by the desire for “line go up” has no bounds
Acadia Healthcare, one of the largest chains of psychiatric hospitals in the U.S., is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a New York Times investigation found. It has detained patients even when it was not medically necessary.
How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients
Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2024 at 7:34 PM
this is why - like prisons - the profit motive has no business anywhere near health care decisions
the monstrous cruelty unleashed by the desire for “line go up” has no bounds
the monstrous cruelty unleashed by the desire for “line go up” has no bounds
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All this does is allow someone who's been quote-posted that doesn't want to be connected to the discussion an option less absolute than a block. If anything it allows more debate, as you can interact again in the future.
August 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Quote posts already detached when one participant blocked the other.
All this does is allow someone who's been quote-posted that doesn't want to be connected to the discussion an option less absolute than a block. If anything it allows more debate, as you can interact again in the future.
All this does is allow someone who's been quote-posted that doesn't want to be connected to the discussion an option less absolute than a block. If anything it allows more debate, as you can interact again in the future.
If only death
Was a skeleton with a scythe
a long black robe,
And a travel game of chess.
An opponent to best,
Not an unavoidable end.
You can't escape a slip into darkness
But you can smash chess board through a skull.
Was a skeleton with a scythe
a long black robe,
And a travel game of chess.
An opponent to best,
Not an unavoidable end.
You can't escape a slip into darkness
But you can smash chess board through a skull.
August 3, 2024 at 4:00 AM
If only death
Was a skeleton with a scythe
a long black robe,
And a travel game of chess.
An opponent to best,
Not an unavoidable end.
You can't escape a slip into darkness
But you can smash chess board through a skull.
Was a skeleton with a scythe
a long black robe,
And a travel game of chess.
An opponent to best,
Not an unavoidable end.
You can't escape a slip into darkness
But you can smash chess board through a skull.