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@genesisnz.bsky.social

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Irish Kiwi living in Ōtautahi. Nerdy lefty neurodivergent; owns many fountain pens, hammocks, and boxes of craft supplies. Sometimes uses them.

Ordained minister of the Universal Life Church purely for the gender-neutral title of Reverend.

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I just shovelled an entire hot honey chicken footlong down my gullet and now my mouth is on fire and my nose is running like a tap. Apparently I can't do even the mildest level of heat without suffering for it 😂

February 17, 2026 at 4:14 AM

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Yup, leaving the Waikato for the Coromandel yesterday was a very wise decision on my part.

Sorry for everyone who has been dealing with wild weather down south but I am very glad I wasn't there in a tent last night.

A boat sits at low tide with blue skies above.

Low tide, blue skies, green grass, water—a scene that screams SUMMER

February 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM

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Iron Spike

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I guarantee if all of you parents out there arrive to the dinner table tonight talking about how you jestermaxxed frame at the office today before bonesmashing your aura, it’ll be over in a week.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

February 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM

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I sure picked a great time to go camping in Waikato 😅 Yesterday afternoon/evening was wild. The roads I drove along yesterday were closed later the same day 🌧⛈️🌧🌧🌧

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Screenshot of linked news article showing a state of emergency declared in Ōtorohanga

February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM

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Aotearoa, you're so pretty 😍

Mount Damper falls cascading down a massive rock face surrounded by trees and ferns.

A small stream winds through tussockland.

February 12, 2026 at 7:39 AM

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Yikes, that gave me a fright when it went off in my hand.

"FIRE & EMERGENCY ALERT: There is a large fire at the Taranaki cycle park. STAY INSIDE, close all windows and doors and wait for further instructions. For your own safety please keep away from this fire area."

February 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM

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Every summer I am an un-sun-safe idiot at least once and today was that day for summer 25-26. The New Plymouth coastal walkway is beautiful but it is very long and very unshaded and I am now somewhat lobsterised on my shoulders and the backs of my knees 🟥

February 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM

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In which I get lucky in New Plymouth and the only guy I care about here obligingly shows me some skin!

Taranaki Maunga towering above stern trees and flax bushes.

February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM

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Darach Ó Séaghdha

@darach.bsky.social

Myers Briggs test for Irish men:

November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM

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Whanganui, today I was in you. You were very quiet but very pretty.

February 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM

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Waitangi Day greetings to all and sundry.

Stairs showing the whakapapa (genealogy) of Ngā Tahu chief Tūteurutira, with a pou representing the man himself at the top.

February 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM

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I really didn't think of golf as a violent sport. And potentially life-changing injuries? 😱

News headline announcing "golfer gets shot at tournament"

February 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn

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Crying laughing better editing than most a24 horror movies

faye✨ @segirly.perfectgra.de · 16d

every xenoblade 1 cutscene

February 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM

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Dinner, with a mug of tea of course, for the day that's in it 🌧

Not shown: a generous squirt of Heinz Pickle ketchup that I only remembered halfway through.

Super basic Birdseye fish fingers on buttered white bread with some salt n vinegar crisps.

February 3, 2026 at 5:27 AM

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Looks like the value of my Orana membership has gone down somewhat 😔
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Three elderly lions euthanised at Christchurch zoo

Three elderly lions, including two siblings and a son, have been euthanised at Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park in a decision described as “heartbreaking”.

www.stuff.co.nz

February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM

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There is magic happening in here 🦋

A monarch butterfly forming inside its chrysalis

February 2, 2026 at 6:04 AM

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I see the pink tax is alive and well at Sea Bands, where women get to pay extra for the privilege of a colour that isn't dark grey and so, I must assume, works better for their gender somehow?

Two sets of Seabands, apparently identical except that one is pink, aimed at "mama"s, and is quite a bit more expensive.

February 2, 2026 at 12:31 AM

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Started my day with a buttered cheese scone fresh from the bakery oven, ended it with a slice of buttered Vogel's fresh from my Kmart toaster. I may be starting 2026 fatter than ideal but dammit I've earned this waistline.

January 30, 2026 at 10:44 AM

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I was highly amused by this gibbon at Orana today who looked like they were about to indulge in a crafty smoke.

A gibbon at Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch NZ, with a stem of greenery in its mouth that looks like a cigarette and their hand lifted up as if to light it as they hang suspended from their other hand, completely chill.

January 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM

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Just thinking about that time I dreamed that I was working in marketing for the porn arm of PepsiCo—it was called Pepserotica. I was responsible for ensuring Pepsi product placement in the porn flicks they made 😅

January 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM

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Clear signs of cost-cutting at the Christchurch City Council: the latest "attagirl" gold stars for properly sorting the contents of the recycling bin are actually a dull green. That's not nearly as motivational!

A gold "Thanks for bin great!" paper sticker on the left and the new dull green version, which isn't even on a white background to make it pop, on the right. Disappointing!!

January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM

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Mad Sparrow

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Oh and he was a U.S. citizen. #iceout #iceoutcomics #iceoutminneapolis #iceoutmpls #iceoutsaintpaul

Madi tries to look out a frosted over window “it’s January 18th and I have to head into Minneapolis for a comic show. I’m regretting this choice almost as soon as I wake up. It’s so cold that my windows have frosted over and I can’t see out of them. When I check my app it says it’s about -5 degrees f “

Madi drives with the heat blasting “ I bundle up in as many layers as I have. Double scarves, winter gloves and wool lined boots. I clear frost off the car in record time, it takes me seconds, not minutes. Even so, my fingers are numb before I even get into my car, it takes 15 minutes with the heat blasting before I can feel them again”

Madi trudges through the snow “I don’t have to walk terribly far after I park. But the snow is needed like and painful. By the time I get to the door I’m crying and snotty.” Madi is crying

Madi looks at her phone, a man is being dragged by ice from his home wearing nothing but a short blanket hastily covering his shoulders but not his chest or legs, boxers, and crocs “ I finally get home and check into the news. Immediately I see a photo of a man not far from me who was taken from his home by ice today. They didn’t let him out on any clothes before dragging him out into the cold. And I think about frosted windows, numb fingers, and needle like snow”

January 20, 2026 at 11:28 PM

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I'm heading north in a couple of weeks but have been holding off on specific destinations, because the long-range weather forecast issued months ago said that late summer would be very wet at the top of the North Island. That has definitely come to pass ☹️

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...