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@ Aotearoa (New Zealand) · https://porg.es
Ways to Play • https://games.porg.es/
@ Aotearoa (New Zealand) · https://porg.es
Ways to Play • https://games.porg.es/
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
baked a cake for the first time
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
baked a cake for the first time
already miss the daily(+) swims while camping, especially at a surf beach; there’s something very important about giving oneself over to Tangaroa
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
already miss the daily(+) swims while camping, especially at a surf beach; there’s something very important about giving oneself over to Tangaroa
the kids are out here buying silver-top milk
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
the kids are out here buying silver-top milk
I now have two identical copies of the Pan Book of Card Games – except that both have a “primary” crease on the spine in a different location. One naturally falls open at Cribbage and the other at Poker. Nice to find embodied histories like this 🙃
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I now have two identical copies of the Pan Book of Card Games – except that both have a “primary” crease on the spine in a different location. One naturally falls open at Cribbage and the other at Poker. Nice to find embodied histories like this 🙃
i referenced T9 texting in a work meeting and instantly crumpled into a pile of dust and bones
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 12, 2026 at 11:24 PM
i referenced T9 texting in a work meeting and instantly crumpled into a pile of dust and bones
Constipated! at the Hundertwasser Toilets
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Constipated! at the Hundertwasser Toilets
in retrospect my favourite part of 2025 was when i had COVID
January 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
in retrospect my favourite part of 2025 was when i had COVID
it doesn’t look like an SOS… it looks like a warning
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
it doesn’t look like an SOS… it looks like a warning
it’s such a treat that Virginia Woolf wrote more than one book
even one would have filled the world
even one would have filled the world
December 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
it’s such a treat that Virginia Woolf wrote more than one book
even one would have filled the world
even one would have filled the world
white truffle negroni (somewhere in Wellington)
I love truffle, I love negronis. But this was the only drink I’ve ever been physically repulsed by.
I love truffle, I love negronis. But this was the only drink I’ve ever been physically repulsed by.
I think the credit goes to @edsbs.bsky.social but we really need to teleport the “What is the worst drink you’ve ever had” thread over here
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
white truffle negroni (somewhere in Wellington)
I love truffle, I love negronis. But this was the only drink I’ve ever been physically repulsed by.
I love truffle, I love negronis. But this was the only drink I’ve ever been physically repulsed by.
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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I thought I messed up my coffee pour, but really: accidental bhikku
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I thought I messed up my coffee pour, but really: accidental bhikku
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"...the only reflections in the lake were a slash of causeway, a dot of pavilion, a mustard seed of a boat and the two or three specks of ourselves aboard it."
Snow, and the Heart of the Lake
Like three and a half translations of Liu Zongyuan that I don't like, and one of Zhang Dai that I do.
www.burninghou.se
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"...the only reflections in the lake were a slash of causeway, a dot of pavilion, a mustard seed of a boat and the two or three specks of ourselves aboard it."
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unbelievable. they really *are* using AI to create the new NZ curriculum
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
unbelievable. they really *are* using AI to create the new NZ curriculum
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
as is tradition, I’m starting day 1 of #AdventOfCode off with #awk
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
as is tradition, I’m starting day 1 of #AdventOfCode off with #awk
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This is a sobering read that starts from a straightforward premise: look at how the poverty threshold is calculated in the US and see how well it holds up as an actual measure.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is a sobering read that starts from a straightforward premise: look at how the poverty threshold is calculated in the US and see how well it holds up as an actual measure.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
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"Cat, Northland"
Eric Lee-Johnson, July 1956.
Ref F.005230, Te Papa.
Eric Lee-Johnson, July 1956.
Ref F.005230, Te Papa.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"Cat, Northland"
Eric Lee-Johnson, July 1956.
Ref F.005230, Te Papa.
Eric Lee-Johnson, July 1956.
Ref F.005230, Te Papa.
rolled the dice at the recycling centre on a set of mahjong tiles in a Glad ziplock for $5
very surprised that it turned out to be a full set with no missing tiles, and even includes “100-uses” jokers and two alternate types of white dragon
very surprised that it turned out to be a full set with no missing tiles, and even includes “100-uses” jokers and two alternate types of white dragon
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
rolled the dice at the recycling centre on a set of mahjong tiles in a Glad ziplock for $5
very surprised that it turned out to be a full set with no missing tiles, and even includes “100-uses” jokers and two alternate types of white dragon
very surprised that it turned out to be a full set with no missing tiles, and even includes “100-uses” jokers and two alternate types of white dragon
it’s important to remember that all of 2025 can be blamed on the people of Epsom
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
it’s important to remember that all of 2025 can be blamed on the people of Epsom
Affinity became a freemium product? ah, fuck
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Affinity became a freemium product? ah, fuck