@gullyite.bsky.social
Thoughts and actions, mostly just thoughts about actions. Don’t worry, I also disappoint myself.
I foolishly made a morning schedule that didn’t account for me needing to lie in bed for at least half an hour and then spend another half an hour slowly eating breakfast. This is a much better plan. Not sure about the 5.30 start though.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I foolishly made a morning schedule that didn’t account for me needing to lie in bed for at least half an hour and then spend another half an hour slowly eating breakfast. This is a much better plan. Not sure about the 5.30 start though.
This is a beautiful listen about childhood bereavement, uplifting and future positive. Lee-Anne Duncan: the huge impact of losing a parent too young www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Lee-Anne Duncan: the huge impact of losing a parent too young
The Wellington journalist and editor has connected with 80 other people - some well-known, some less so - who lost a parent in childhood or in their teens.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is a beautiful listen about childhood bereavement, uplifting and future positive. Lee-Anne Duncan: the huge impact of losing a parent too young www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
At least I won my money back and have $27 to get a ticket for next week. And the dreams stay alive.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
At least I won my money back and have $27 to get a ticket for next week. And the dreams stay alive.
Dead of Winter, starring Emma Thompson, is truly bonkers and had me laughing at all the wrong things. Was uneven, unbelievable and truly glorious. Die Hard in the snow.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Dead of Winter, starring Emma Thompson, is truly bonkers and had me laughing at all the wrong things. Was uneven, unbelievable and truly glorious. Die Hard in the snow.
Great tip, led me on a follow fest of fellow Wellingtonians.
Wow there are actually quite a few Blue Skyers in Wellington. It just took a decent earthquake to get all of us to react on here. 😆 #eqnz
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Great tip, led me on a follow fest of fellow Wellingtonians.
I am distraught. Was extreme weeding the top of my bank and accidentally uncovered a nest of baby birds. Have re-camouflaged it as best I can and retreated to the house. I hope parent birds feel safe enough to come back soon. TW nest full of baby birds, please be ok x
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I am distraught. Was extreme weeding the top of my bank and accidentally uncovered a nest of baby birds. Have re-camouflaged it as best I can and retreated to the house. I hope parent birds feel safe enough to come back soon. TW nest full of baby birds, please be ok x
Timely info for a Monday morning
October 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Timely info for a Monday morning
The state of her, beautiful doofus.
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The state of her, beautiful doofus.
There is something very ugly about the PM’s announcement. They are not saying it out loud but I hear ‘young people are the property of their parents’. There is a very Christian fundy thing going on, the whole respect your elders bullshit.
October 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
There is something very ugly about the PM’s announcement. They are not saying it out loud but I hear ‘young people are the property of their parents’. There is a very Christian fundy thing going on, the whole respect your elders bullshit.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Des Moines has you all beat
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Des Moines has you all beat
I cried most of the way through Prime Minister. It was grief. Grief for the events, for what we lost, but mostly for what Jacinda endured. So much respect for the imperfect results delivered with absolute integrity.
Two big takeaways from this:-
1) Our country, and the world, lost so much when she stepped down as Prime Minister. She was a shining example of how to lead with empathy.
2) She is doing more to advocate for New Zealand globally than Luxon could ever dream of doing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJg1...
1) Our country, and the world, lost so much when she stepped down as Prime Minister. She was a shining example of how to lead with empathy.
2) She is doing more to advocate for New Zealand globally than Luxon could ever dream of doing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJg1...
Jacinda Ardern - “A Different Kind of Power” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I cried most of the way through Prime Minister. It was grief. Grief for the events, for what we lost, but mostly for what Jacinda endured. So much respect for the imperfect results delivered with absolute integrity.
I was waiting at the doctors with my mum for ages this afternoon. Instead of being frustrating, it was quite lovely. Sunshine streaming in, ok music and old magazines, including one featuring @kimtairi.bsky.social.
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I was waiting at the doctors with my mum for ages this afternoon. Instead of being frustrating, it was quite lovely. Sunshine streaming in, ok music and old magazines, including one featuring @kimtairi.bsky.social.
FFS we’re only in week 37 of the year. Gun control. Now!
Probably the best analysis of the Kirk shooting I’ve heard so far. From Mark Kenny
on ABC Insiders this morning.
on ABC Insiders this morning.
September 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
FFS we’re only in week 37 of the year. Gun control. Now!
I’ve been using Estrogel to avoid the ups and downs I was getting with the patches. It’s a bit of a faff, but so far so good. The main issue is that the gel is ethanol so when I wake up my bedroom smells like I’ve been sipping gin all night.
September 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I’ve been using Estrogel to avoid the ups and downs I was getting with the patches. It’s a bit of a faff, but so far so good. The main issue is that the gel is ethanol so when I wake up my bedroom smells like I’ve been sipping gin all night.
Once the children were safe, my need to know anything immediately about the Marokopa situation ended. This endless shifting for details like we are crowd sourcing some kind of justice/understanding is unhelpful and potentially unhealthy.
September 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Once the children were safe, my need to know anything immediately about the Marokopa situation ended. This endless shifting for details like we are crowd sourcing some kind of justice/understanding is unhelpful and potentially unhealthy.
I’ve lived in Aro Valley way too long to see this and not shudder. We could have told you that no upkeep, rain and wind makes shit grow on and in your buildings without the optimistic greenwashing.
A breakthrough in green technology has created bricks designed to host moss directly on their surface — no soil, no upkeep, just rain and wind.
Dutch engineers have made bricks that grow moss - purifying polluted air, absorbing CO2 and cooling buildings & streets by up to 7% like living walls.
Dutch engineers have made bricks that grow moss - purifying polluted air, absorbing CO2 and cooling buildings & streets by up to 7% like living walls.
September 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’ve lived in Aro Valley way too long to see this and not shudder. We could have told you that no upkeep, rain and wind makes shit grow on and in your buildings without the optimistic greenwashing.
I sold a concrete tub on trade me and put it just outside my gate for easier pick up. When the people came an hour later it was gone. A concrete tub, in the middle of a long set of Wellington steps, with no car access! Learned my lesson.
September 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I sold a concrete tub on trade me and put it just outside my gate for easier pick up. When the people came an hour later it was gone. A concrete tub, in the middle of a long set of Wellington steps, with no car access! Learned my lesson.
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The newly announced $7.5 billion Amazon data centre investment in NZ is just the unfreezing of its investment announced in 2021 that was paused in 2024, right? newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/01/a...
Tech giant Amazon's $7.5b NZ data centre plan quietly put on hold
Customers were told data centres would open this year, but Amazon hasn't resolved stormwater discharge and construction hasn't started. Jonathan Milne investigates.
newsroom.co.nz
September 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The newly announced $7.5 billion Amazon data centre investment in NZ is just the unfreezing of its investment announced in 2021 that was paused in 2024, right? newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/01/a...
My cat wouldn’t shift off the pillow behind my head and her purring, random licking and lip smacking was keeping me awake. At 2 am I dragged her and the pillow she was on to the other side of the bed, she’s still there. Sound asleep. Bless her.
August 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My cat wouldn’t shift off the pillow behind my head and her purring, random licking and lip smacking was keeping me awake. At 2 am I dragged her and the pillow she was on to the other side of the bed, she’s still there. Sound asleep. Bless her.
I asked the doc for pain relief for mums vag pessary fitting. Doc said ‘there is an anaesthetic gel that we use sometimes’ and shrugged. I said ‘do you think you can use some now then’ and Doc begrudgingly asked the nurse to get some. She knows mum experiences severe pain, why not offer up front?
August 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I asked the doc for pain relief for mums vag pessary fitting. Doc said ‘there is an anaesthetic gel that we use sometimes’ and shrugged. I said ‘do you think you can use some now then’ and Doc begrudgingly asked the nurse to get some. She knows mum experiences severe pain, why not offer up front?
Channelling the Art of French Cooking
August 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Channelling the Art of French Cooking
I thought this was jewellery and now I want a silver piharau brooch
We have been doing a bit of work on piharau (lamprey) in the Waikanae awa and surrounds this year so this is a very exciting, albeit unexpected find. 🌏 www.gw.govt.nz/your-region/...
Threatened fish rescued during Kapiti Coast river work | Greater Wellington
www.gw.govt.nz
August 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I thought this was jewellery and now I want a silver piharau brooch
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Official and for real...
August 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Official and for real...