Jack Remiel Cottrell
@jackremiel.bsky.social
Writes words, referees rugby, procrastinates like a pro. He/him
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It exists in physical form! THE EMOTION DEALER AND OTHER STORIES is only two months away from launch! Check out how great it looks!
In the current AI-cover kerfuffle, I just thought I'd say that The Emotion Dealer and other stories has a 100% organic cover by wonderful Canterbury artist Henry Turner, and also you can buy it now www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/The-...
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Parents just send me this link. Headline is something else lol 😂
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
Een dikke papegaai die niet kan vliegen legt live een ei en maakt Nieuw-Zeeland ‘dolenthousiast’
Biologie: Na vier jaar is de kakapo, een iconische Nieuw-Zeelandse loopvogel, eindelijk weer aan het broeden. Natuurbeschermers zijn uitgelaten, want de zwaarste papegaai ter wereld wordt ernstig bedr...
www.nrc.nl
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Parents just send me this link. Headline is something else lol 😂
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
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Every single person writing a book right now:
This one, this is the one
This one, this is the one
January 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Every single person writing a book right now:
This one, this is the one
This one, this is the one
Taylor Townsend appears to have a jigglypuff on her acrylic nails and I think I have a new favourite tennis player.
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Taylor Townsend appears to have a jigglypuff on her acrylic nails and I think I have a new favourite tennis player.
Clearing out shit is stressful, because a significant reason I kept the amount of junk I have is that it's all fucking plastic and I feel guilty
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Clearing out shit is stressful, because a significant reason I kept the amount of junk I have is that it's all fucking plastic and I feel guilty
Repost for the weekday crowd.
What should I do with the Harry Potter books that, having been transported from my childhood bedroom, are taking up valuable shelf space and making the vibes just that bit worse?
January 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Repost for the weekday crowd.
What should I do with the Harry Potter books that, having been transported from my childhood bedroom, are taking up valuable shelf space and making the vibes just that bit worse?
January 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM
What should I do with the Harry Potter books that, having been transported from my childhood bedroom, are taking up valuable shelf space and making the vibes just that bit worse?
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reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
There's a reason I don't talk to one of my brothers anymore.
I *do* judge people who decide to grab a buck or two off of being a bigoted asshole. The Grift Turn is a hard one to square.
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
There's a reason I don't talk to one of my brothers anymore.
OK, the Gay Hockey Show ruined me by having a first episode that allowed me to suspend disbelief and now every time they do something that does not happen in sports (or like, concussions) I am annoying my friend by saying "Yeah, that's not happening."
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
OK, the Gay Hockey Show ruined me by having a first episode that allowed me to suspend disbelief and now every time they do something that does not happen in sports (or like, concussions) I am annoying my friend by saying "Yeah, that's not happening."
Watching the Gay Hockey Show and I just had to educate my Gen Z friend on why the two different cuts of that one T.A.T.U song is so fucking funny.
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Watching the Gay Hockey Show and I just had to educate my Gen Z friend on why the two different cuts of that one T.A.T.U song is so fucking funny.
Really lovely review today from Angelique Kasmara who has accurately summed up my collection as 'humans failing badly at living with technology'.
www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-emotion-...
www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-emotion-...
The Emotion Dealer by Jack Remiel Cottrell - Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books
Reality-bending stories of wit, invention, horror and heart.
www.nzreviewofbooks.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Really lovely review today from Angelique Kasmara who has accurately summed up my collection as 'humans failing badly at living with technology'.
www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-emotion-...
www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-emotion-...
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Artful moments of absurdity
Fake council signs pop up around Christchurch – and the real council is delighted
The official looking signs have been appearing around the city, but the person responsible calls it "well-behaved mischief".
www.thepress.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Artful moments of absurdity
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Matt Pritchett 👇😂😂😂
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Matt Pritchett 👇😂😂😂
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Floating on my back in Lake Taupō, the water still and cool, the sunset overhead turning the sky all shades of dusky pink and orange. The only sound was the occasional magpie warbling. I had never been so perfectly alone as that evening.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Floating on my back in Lake Taupō, the water still and cool, the sunset overhead turning the sky all shades of dusky pink and orange. The only sound was the occasional magpie warbling. I had never been so perfectly alone as that evening.
I've been at Condor 7s the past four days and honestly, it's been amazing. I had a pretty bad rugby season for various reasons and being able to finish it off with some great people and a really solid performance feels so good.
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I've been at Condor 7s the past four days and honestly, it's been amazing. I had a pretty bad rugby season for various reasons and being able to finish it off with some great people and a really solid performance feels so good.
In my 12 years of driving, I had never been breathalysed until this week, where I was stopped twice - once on Wednesday and once on Saturday. Looks like BOP are going hard on it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In my 12 years of driving, I had never been breathalysed until this week, where I was stopped twice - once on Wednesday and once on Saturday. Looks like BOP are going hard on it.
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Technically “fuck around and find out” is the scientific method
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Technically “fuck around and find out” is the scientific method
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An Auckland school teacher is taken out deer hunting by his prospective in-laws. It's not going to end well.
Short story: Camouflaged, by Jack Remiel Cottrell
newsroom.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An Auckland school teacher is taken out deer hunting by his prospective in-laws. It's not going to end well.
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I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
May 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
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Show your support for @nzpsa.bsky.social health workers on strike tomorrow!
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Show your support for @nzpsa.bsky.social health workers on strike tomorrow!
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
It's a privilege not everyone gets, growing old.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's a privilege not everyone gets, growing old.
E hoa Kikorangi mā, what do you buy for an office secret santa when the only thing you know about your recipient is their name?
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
E hoa Kikorangi mā, what do you buy for an office secret santa when the only thing you know about your recipient is their name?