Sallymander 🦎
@narwhallibrarian.bsky.social
Co-founder of Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social
Pottery at tilburyavenue.felt.co.nz
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Pottery at tilburyavenue.felt.co.nz
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This one and NOAA really hit home.
There is no possible way Musk’s cadre of young’uns has the first clue about how complex either the aviation system or the climate system are. This is like handing a six year old the keys and saying, “You drive for a while, I’m going to take a nap in the back."
There is no possible way Musk’s cadre of young’uns has the first clue about how complex either the aviation system or the climate system are. This is like handing a six year old the keys and saying, “You drive for a while, I’m going to take a nap in the back."
For DECADES now we have inflated the egos of techbros into the sky & beyond.
We elevated them as geniuses & visionaries. It's our job now to deflate those egos & bring these jerks to heel. Knowing how to code or get VC funding does not mean you know anything IMPORTANT about how the world works
We elevated them as geniuses & visionaries. It's our job now to deflate those egos & bring these jerks to heel. Knowing how to code or get VC funding does not mean you know anything IMPORTANT about how the world works
I uhhh don’t think these likes are organic.
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I uhhh don’t think these likes are organic.
I have a set of clay boxes that I just put in the drying cabinet that needed to hear this.
Ceramic boxes with tightly fitting lids are hard 😰
Ceramic boxes with tightly fitting lids are hard 😰
Doing art badly is good and sacred
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I have a set of clay boxes that I just put in the drying cabinet that needed to hear this.
Ceramic boxes with tightly fitting lids are hard 😰
Ceramic boxes with tightly fitting lids are hard 😰
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I post my bad art in the hopes that it inspires others to make (and please post!) their own. I don't care how bad mine is, if there is something I like about what I made it is a success
Not just because it’s how you get better but bad art is good for the soul to create
February 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I post my bad art in the hopes that it inspires others to make (and please post!) their own. I don't care how bad mine is, if there is something I like about what I made it is a success
Trimming yesterday's pots, adding slip designs to some pots, and then I think I'm going to paint those peppers and tomatoes.
Just enjoying a chill art day 🎨
Just enjoying a chill art day 🎨
a cartoon of a cat painting a picture of a landscape
Alt: a cartoon of a cat painting a picture of a landscape
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Trimming yesterday's pots, adding slip designs to some pots, and then I think I'm going to paint those peppers and tomatoes.
Just enjoying a chill art day 🎨
Just enjoying a chill art day 🎨
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In a city packed with mighty real estate titans, they are the small ones.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
NYC’s small landlords say they won’t survive Mamdani plan to freeze rent
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has criticized landlords and vowed to freeze what tenants in rent-stabilized apartments pay monthly.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit.
Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
NEW UPDATE
Dear readers,
This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs
www.gofundme.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit.
Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
We grew some tomatoes and peppers!
February 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
We grew some tomatoes and peppers!
I made 4 clay boxes, 1 large vase, 4 candle holders, 1 3 layer cake, 12 cupcakes, and a very large pasta dish today.
Nice to be going to bed very tired after a day of making cool stuff.
Nice to be going to bed very tired after a day of making cool stuff.
a cartoon cat with the words i 'm going to be productive today
Alt: a cartoon cat with the words i 'm going to be productive today
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
I made 4 clay boxes, 1 large vase, 4 candle holders, 1 3 layer cake, 12 cupcakes, and a very large pasta dish today.
Nice to be going to bed very tired after a day of making cool stuff.
Nice to be going to bed very tired after a day of making cool stuff.
Baking a cake for a soon to be teen mums gender reveal party. 🥳
Not quite my cup of tea, but every baby deserves to be welcomed with joy and buttery deliciousness.
Not quite my cup of tea, but every baby deserves to be welcomed with joy and buttery deliciousness.
a cake with pink frosting and hearts on it
ALT: a cake with pink frosting and hearts on it
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Baking a cake for a soon to be teen mums gender reveal party. 🥳
Not quite my cup of tea, but every baby deserves to be welcomed with joy and buttery deliciousness.
Not quite my cup of tea, but every baby deserves to be welcomed with joy and buttery deliciousness.
Must stop making pots and start firing pots. 😳
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Must stop making pots and start firing pots. 😳
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BUT, since we were forced to do that, we recognise that the work our amazing expert witnesses put into their briefs of evidence is an important community resource. With their permission, we are proud to share these briefs on our website now.
www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/hrrt-evidence 2/2
www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/hrrt-evidence 2/2
Wellington Pride Festival - the longest-running annual Pride celebration in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.wellingtonpridefestival.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM
BUT, since we were forced to do that, we recognise that the work our amazing expert witnesses put into their briefs of evidence is an important community resource. With their permission, we are proud to share these briefs on our website now.
www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/hrrt-evidence 2/2
www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/hrrt-evidence 2/2
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In an update to our time at the Human Rights Review Tribunal:
As you know, we never expected to go to court over our right to hold an event where trans*, non-binary, intersex, and all gender minority attendees would feel safe, accepted, and supported to be themselves.
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As you know, we never expected to go to court over our right to hold an event where trans*, non-binary, intersex, and all gender minority attendees would feel safe, accepted, and supported to be themselves.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM
In an update to our time at the Human Rights Review Tribunal:
As you know, we never expected to go to court over our right to hold an event where trans*, non-binary, intersex, and all gender minority attendees would feel safe, accepted, and supported to be themselves.
1/2
As you know, we never expected to go to court over our right to hold an event where trans*, non-binary, intersex, and all gender minority attendees would feel safe, accepted, and supported to be themselves.
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What we have all been taught to refer to as “politics” is nothing but a diversionary theater produced to distract us as our money, resources, and rights are stolen. It’s a scam all the way down.
We have to recognize this scam for what it is and rediscover what it means to fight together.
We have to recognize this scam for what it is and rediscover what it means to fight together.
Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub.
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
What we have all been taught to refer to as “politics” is nothing but a diversionary theater produced to distract us as our money, resources, and rights are stolen. It’s a scam all the way down.
We have to recognize this scam for what it is and rediscover what it means to fight together.
We have to recognize this scam for what it is and rediscover what it means to fight together.
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Tomorrow I am going to throw one more tall vase because one has a crack, two lidded palletttes for gouache, and more lids. Pretty sure you can never have too many lids . . .
And maybe some candle holders for more poured candles.
And maybe some candle holders for more poured candles.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Tomorrow I am going to throw one more tall vase because one has a crack, two lidded palletttes for gouache, and more lids. Pretty sure you can never have too many lids . . .
And maybe some candle holders for more poured candles.
And maybe some candle holders for more poured candles.
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Anyways get a tentacle pot to help you through these trying times i guess
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Anyways get a tentacle pot to help you through these trying times i guess
If anyone knows of a beekeeper who sells wax (unprocessed is fine!) cheap, please send them my way!
I want to do more candles, but Spotlight wax is way too expensive.
I want to do more candles, but Spotlight wax is way too expensive.
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
If anyone knows of a beekeeper who sells wax (unprocessed is fine!) cheap, please send them my way!
I want to do more candles, but Spotlight wax is way too expensive.
I want to do more candles, but Spotlight wax is way too expensive.
Whoopsy daisy
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Whoopsy daisy
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Anarchists are your neighbors. Their kid goes to preschool with your kid. They are in class with you at the local community College. They are your coworkers, your friends, and your family members.
We don't just fucking spawn out of thin air if full black bloc gear anytime there's a protest
We don't just fucking spawn out of thin air if full black bloc gear anytime there's a protest
that is to say, there is no neat and universal mutual exclusion between "masked members of a black bloc" and "the local you know who is looking after their neighbour". sometimes, oftentimes even, these are the same person
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Anarchists are your neighbors. Their kid goes to preschool with your kid. They are in class with you at the local community College. They are your coworkers, your friends, and your family members.
We don't just fucking spawn out of thin air if full black bloc gear anytime there's a protest
We don't just fucking spawn out of thin air if full black bloc gear anytime there's a protest
Now is the time to send your good thoughts to people in charge of administering and governing a New Zealand Incorporated Society.
Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson urges incorporated societies to re-register
Incorporated societies include clubs, charities, unions and political parties, and they have until 5 April to meet the requirements or be dissolved.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Now is the time to send your good thoughts to people in charge of administering and governing a New Zealand Incorporated Society.
I suspect syndication is the key missing bit. Pretty sure a significant part of the revenue is in the republishing of news stories rather than direct from consumers.
So a website or even a print paper doesn't solve that piece of the puzzle.
So a website or even a print paper doesn't solve that piece of the puzzle.
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I suspect syndication is the key missing bit. Pretty sure a significant part of the revenue is in the republishing of news stories rather than direct from consumers.
So a website or even a print paper doesn't solve that piece of the puzzle.
So a website or even a print paper doesn't solve that piece of the puzzle.
Seems bad
Discussions Iran-États-Unis: lieu et date incertains (Oman,). Téhéran veut circonscrire au nucléaire; Washington exige l’inclusion du programme de missiles balistiques. Tensions croissantes au Golfe.!
À Oman ou à Istanbul ? Incertitude autour des discussions annoncées entre l'Iran et les États-Unis
Des médias iraniens ont annoncé des discussions vendredi à Oman entre l'Iran et les États-Unis, mais leur tenue reste incertaine, l'administration Trump n'ayant confirmé ni le lieu ni la date de cette…
www.france24.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Seems bad
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American officials have told Reuters that President Trump is now leaning towards military action against Iran.
Could be more to push for talks, we will see. US forces still are flowing into theater.
Could be more to push for talks, we will see. US forces still are flowing into theater.
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
American officials have told Reuters that President Trump is now leaning towards military action against Iran.
Could be more to push for talks, we will see. US forces still are flowing into theater.
Could be more to push for talks, we will see. US forces still are flowing into theater.
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This is what Luxon means when he says back on track. Our kids not being able to to buy and Property Investors still going on about how hard done by they are. They offer tenants nothing: NOT security, NOT affordable rents, often NOT a decent place to live in, NOT a warm dry home. NOT a home. #nzpol
📢 Residential property investors increased their mortgage pile by over $7 bln in 2025 and are taking up mortgage money at a proportionately faster rate than owner-occupiers
Residential property investors top $100 bln mortgage mark in what was a surprisingly busy year for them
www.interest.co.nz
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is what Luxon means when he says back on track. Our kids not being able to to buy and Property Investors still going on about how hard done by they are. They offer tenants nothing: NOT security, NOT affordable rents, often NOT a decent place to live in, NOT a warm dry home. NOT a home. #nzpol
I was trying to remember when I last left my neighbourhood and I uhhhh it's been almost 2 weeks.
Not sure if I'm living my best life or suffering from agoraphobia.
Mostly, I just don't have anywhere to go because I work from home.
Not sure if I'm living my best life or suffering from agoraphobia.
Mostly, I just don't have anywhere to go because I work from home.
a cartoon of a girl with a flower crown on her head and the words i gave myself agoraphobia again
Alt: a cartoon of a girl with a flower crown on her head and the words i gave myself agoraphobia again
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February 4, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I was trying to remember when I last left my neighbourhood and I uhhhh it's been almost 2 weeks.
Not sure if I'm living my best life or suffering from agoraphobia.
Mostly, I just don't have anywhere to go because I work from home.
Not sure if I'm living my best life or suffering from agoraphobia.
Mostly, I just don't have anywhere to go because I work from home.