Nyika
@puzzledbyadream.bsky.social
PhD student studying neurodivergent culture and the neoliberal standard of ‘normal’ within universities. Neurodivergent, pan, sea enjoyer, lady-in-waiting to Astrid and Fin the cats. Belle and Sebastian fan, 6music Dad. 🇬🇧 in 🇳🇿
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Nyika
@puzzledbyadream.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Hello, I’m Nyika. I’m a neurodivergent 30-something newly living in Auckland, Aotearoa NZ. I am in the first year of studying studying for a PhD in neurodiversity, the transition to adulthood, the neoliberal idea of ‘normal’, and critical pedagogy.
Think I’m too worried about inadvertently upsetting people to do a starter pack.
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Think I’m too worried about inadvertently upsetting people to do a starter pack.
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“Is raw-feeding your man getting too expensive?
Try high-protein Man Kibble today - see if he notices the difference!”
Try high-protein Man Kibble today - see if he notices the difference!”
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“Is raw-feeding your man getting too expensive?
Try high-protein Man Kibble today - see if he notices the difference!”
Try high-protein Man Kibble today - see if he notices the difference!”
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Been out every night never drunk so much.
January 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Been out every night never drunk so much.
Really need to do some actual work now.
January 10, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Really need to do some actual work now.
I really like nectarines but do they have to be so bloody messy to eat?
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I really like nectarines but do they have to be so bloody messy to eat?
Just submitted a crossword I've been working on to a newspaper. Obviously VERY unlikely they'll use it, but I had a huge amount of fun.
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Just submitted a crossword I've been working on to a newspaper. Obviously VERY unlikely they'll use it, but I had a huge amount of fun.
I need an incredibly specific shade of yarn for something so I idly considered driving out south to the big independent craft shop this afternoon. Except they close at 3 on a weekend so I guess I won’t be doing that.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I need an incredibly specific shade of yarn for something so I idly considered driving out south to the big independent craft shop this afternoon. Except they close at 3 on a weekend so I guess I won’t be doing that.
Random thought really, but I wonder if school PE is less competition-based these days. I really, really disliked all sport because I am really, really slow because of having dyspraxia, and it took until I was in my 30s to realise it didn’t have to be a race (that I was going to lose).
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Random thought really, but I wonder if school PE is less competition-based these days. I really, really disliked all sport because I am really, really slow because of having dyspraxia, and it took until I was in my 30s to realise it didn’t have to be a race (that I was going to lose).
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I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
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'Southwesterly 3 or 4. Fair. Moderate or good.'
#Photography Mark Power, from his 'Shipping Forecast' series. /Magnum Photos
#Photography Mark Power, from his 'Shipping Forecast' series. /Magnum Photos
January 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
'Southwesterly 3 or 4. Fair. Moderate or good.'
#Photography Mark Power, from his 'Shipping Forecast' series. /Magnum Photos
#Photography Mark Power, from his 'Shipping Forecast' series. /Magnum Photos
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Interview with Paul from the Chuckle Brothers in the Guardian asks if he'd ever like to do Shakespeare.
He says, "To me, or not to me, that is the question."
He says, "To me, or not to me, that is the question."
January 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Interview with Paul from the Chuckle Brothers in the Guardian asks if he'd ever like to do Shakespeare.
He says, "To me, or not to me, that is the question."
He says, "To me, or not to me, that is the question."
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Incredible news from my new music streaming service
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Incredible news from my new music streaming service
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I'm so sorry to have to disappoint you but I've been unable to gain any information for you.
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I'm so sorry to have to disappoint you but I've been unable to gain any information for you.
I think something I had not really realised, which is silly in retrospect, is just how precarious life as an international student is. Especially in terms of needing to constantly find money for things that you’re not entitled to, like certain medical care, or permission to stay in the country.
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I think something I had not really realised, which is silly in retrospect, is just how precarious life as an international student is. Especially in terms of needing to constantly find money for things that you’re not entitled to, like certain medical care, or permission to stay in the country.
Reading a methodology book about sensory ethnography at the moment and it’s actually really interesting. The holy grail really, a research methods book that is interesting to read.
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Reading a methodology book about sensory ethnography at the moment and it’s actually really interesting. The holy grail really, a research methods book that is interesting to read.
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went to the Eastern Daily Press website to see what coverage they had and was fairly quickly .... distracted
January 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
went to the Eastern Daily Press website to see what coverage they had and was fairly quickly .... distracted
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45 y/o, in a nightclub for first time in years. Young lad burst into the toilets & caught me furtively trying to open a little ziploc bag. He said "just a heads up, the bouncers come in here to check for drugs". Couldn't tell him it was my bag of googly eyes, to stick on a poster
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
45 y/o, in a nightclub for first time in years. Young lad burst into the toilets & caught me furtively trying to open a little ziploc bag. He said "just a heads up, the bouncers come in here to check for drugs". Couldn't tell him it was my bag of googly eyes, to stick on a poster
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE: there is a video of Pleakley the talking tūi www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Yeah boy': Meet Pleakley, Ōtorohanga Kiwi House's talking tūī
While it's not unheard of for tūī to mimic car alarms and the like, birds that talk are relatively rare.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 AM
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE: there is a video of Pleakley the talking tūi www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Also just telling Dan which Belle and Sebastian songs refer to Kelvingrove Park and jfc you don’t realise how deep your special interests go until those kinds of moments.
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Also just telling Dan which Belle and Sebastian songs refer to Kelvingrove Park and jfc you don’t realise how deep your special interests go until those kinds of moments.
We are watching Digging for Britain and the presenter is wearing one of those black stretchy choker necklace and has a zigzag parting. So she is dressed as me when I was 11.
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
We are watching Digging for Britain and the presenter is wearing one of those black stretchy choker necklace and has a zigzag parting. So she is dressed as me when I was 11.
Made chicken tostadas and they were really good.
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Made chicken tostadas and they were really good.
Fml, because I have declared mild mental health stuff and ADHD, they only gave me a 1 year visa, and I need to save up $850 out of thin bloody air to stay in the country. I'd forgotten how much it was. It's not fair.
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Fml, because I have declared mild mental health stuff and ADHD, they only gave me a 1 year visa, and I need to save up $850 out of thin bloody air to stay in the country. I'd forgotten how much it was. It's not fair.
We listened to an episode of This American Life the other week in which Michelle Navarro talked about life in Chicago now ICE are regularly raiding her neighbourhood and taking her friends. One of the most harrowing things I've ever listened to. Abolish ICE. www.thisamericanlife.org/875/i-hate-m...
I Hate Mysteries - This American Life
What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?
www.thisamericanlife.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM
We listened to an episode of This American Life the other week in which Michelle Navarro talked about life in Chicago now ICE are regularly raiding her neighbourhood and taking her friends. One of the most harrowing things I've ever listened to. Abolish ICE. www.thisamericanlife.org/875/i-hate-m...
I think the silliest thing I have ever said out loud is "what do Blur mean when they sing 'Do you feel like a chainsaw' at the start of Coffee and TV?"
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I think the silliest thing I have ever said out loud is "what do Blur mean when they sing 'Do you feel like a chainsaw' at the start of Coffee and TV?"