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Soon Lee
@soonleenz.bsky.social
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Malaysian Chinese Aotearoa (New Zealander), geek, food, wine & microbes interest. Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram (Onedrive): https://tinyurl.com/AucklandRestaurant TL50
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Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social · Jan 27
Text reads: "TRANS PPL EXISTING DOES NOTHING NEGATIVE TO YOUR LIFE, YOU CRYBABY BITCH" Background is the Trans flag bordered by a rainbow circle.
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lewsos.bsky.social
This is true

And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs

But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready

When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
interestnz.nzcow.com Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 10h
📢 ‘Tax policy certainty needs to span successive governments’: Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks investment boost policy, productivity and the long term at the New Zealand Economics Forum
Willis calls for bipartisan consensus on investment boost policy
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137178/‘tax-policy-certainty-needs-span-successive-governments’-finance-minister
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*

Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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naomikritzer.bsky.social
My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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renay.bsky.social
Okay, nomination eligible folks. I want to see NUMBERS. I want us to beat the record of the most ever Hugo nominations. I don't actually know what the record is, but I believe we can fly past it!
laworldcon.bsky.social Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 14h
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Hugo Award nominations now open.
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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katemckean.bsky.social
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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mobiusmat.bsky.social
One of my favourite comics of all time.
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world's greatest creative forces. But you had to learn how to control it. That didn't mean you let it trickle away. It meant you dammed it, carefully, let it develop a working head, let it drown whole valleys of the mind and then, just when the whole structure was about to collapse, opened a tiny pipeline at the base and let the iron-hard stream of wrath power the turbines of revenge.
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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moryan.bsky.social
James Van Der Beek was part of one of the most influential shows of a certain era, a show that loomed large to a certain generation of critics. Beyond that, he was talented, willing to poke fun at himself & seemed like a good man. Extremely sad news. Way, way too young. 💚 people.com/james-van-de...
James Van Der Beek, Dawson's Creek Star and Father of 6, Dies at 48 After Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has died after he was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer in August 2024. The actor was best known for playing Dawson Leery on 'Dawson's Creek'.
people.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
soonleenz.bsky.social
#Wordle #dailyWordleClub #Wordle1699 Wordle 1,699 3/6*
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February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
soonleenz.bsky.social
Rice. Pork belly slices slowcooked with soy sauce, garlic, ginger, star anise (added boiled egg at the end). Stirfried cabbage with garlic. #cookingDiary #kai #food🍜 🍽️
Dinner as described served on a round white soup plate. A boiled egg cut in half sits on top of the cooked pork slices. Ingredients on a cooktop of a stock pot with pork belly slices, pieces of garlic, ginger and a piece of star anise. A round white soup plate with half a cabbage & a bulb of garlic.
February 11, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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haydendonnell.bsky.social
did some data journalism thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...
In a 1992 study, researchers found humans produce a median 105g of faecal matter per day. Let’s assume that faeces takes two minutes to evacuate your bowels. If you started now, it would take you 2,535 years, 15 days, 13 hours, and 20 minutes of non-stop shitting to produce as much waste as the Moa Point plant is expelling onto schools of unsuspecting fish every day.
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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marcdaalder.bsky.social
I found the NZ fairy tern / tara-iti! There are only about 50 adult fairy terns in New Zealand, making them the rarest bird that breeds here by far. It took a lot of trial and error (and some dumb luck) but yesterday, I succeeded! 🪶
www.instagram.com/reel/DUeIROk...
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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auntietiffa.bsky.social
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
soonleenz.bsky.social
#Wordle #dailyWordleClub #Wordle1698 Wordle 1,698 3/6*
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February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
soonleenz.bsky.social
Weekend walk: Oakley Creek Path (Waterview/ Pt. Chevalier) is a bunch of connected city walkways one leading to Oakley Creek waterfall, the only waterfall in central Auckland. #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #waterfall #somethingBeautiful #aucklandScenes
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/parks-rec...
Calming view of Oakley Creek with New Zealand native plants including ferns & cabbage trees growing by the water's edge. Carp (an introduced species) in Oakley Creek. Roadside signage for Te Auaunga Oakley Creek Walkway. View of the Oakley Creek waterfall.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
soonleenz.bsky.social
Went to Rothko for lunch at the weekend. It's excellent.
House bread with misozuke butter
Duck liver donut with fermented cherry
Grilled pork belly, raw fish, coconut
Lamb ribs, jang glaze, tamarillo, soy mayo
Claypot beef: steak, saffron rice, bone marrow
#AucklandEats #kai #food #wine 🍜🍽️ 1/2
Duck liver donut with fermented cherry & Grilled pork belly, raw fish, coconut. Small bites presented on bowl of uncooked beans. House bread with misozuke butter Lamb ribs, jang glaze, tamarillo, soy mayo. Normally two ribs per serve but we got an extra one. View of dining area, well-lit, wooden floor, cosy. A glass of house rose is at the left foreground.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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kirstyjohnston.bsky.social
Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
soonleenz.bsky.social
It *might* be English, but it is not.

youtu.be/v5VpczwrSCc?...
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
soonleenz.bsky.social
Just waiting for City Rail Link (CRL) to start before new train stations Karanga-A-Hape & Te Waihorotiu are open to the public. Some time in 2026, hopefully...
www.cityraillink.co.nz/meet-your-st...
#publicTransport #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #train #rail #aucklandScenes #soon
Mayoral Drive entrance to Te Waihorotiu station with roller grilles down preventing public access. Beresford Plaza entrance to Karanga-A-Hape station with roller grilles down preventing public access.
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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xkcd.com
Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

xkcd.com/3204/
Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
soonleenz.bsky.social
#Wordle #dailyWordleClub #Wordle1697 Wordle 1,697 4/6*
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February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
soonleenz.bsky.social
This morning's view of the Whau River mouth from the bus. #publicTransport #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #bus #somethingBeautiful #aucklandScenes
Boats moored at Whau RIver mouth in the morning light. The water is still, the sky is pale blue, but golden dawn light reflects off the boat hulls.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM
soonleenz.bsky.social
Made a lamb stew. Had some sweetcorn that needed using p, and tomato. #cookingDiary #kai #food🍜 🍽️
Dinner as described served on a round white soup plate. Lamb stew ingredients clockwise from top left of a bowl of potato pieces in water, a bowl of carrot pieces, a black soup plate with chopped onion, sliced garlic, and a bay leaf, a mixing bowl of lamb pieces bone in.
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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manigarm.bsky.social
I'm GenX. We grew up in an all-print world. We read really fast. So, my Millennial and GenZ peeps, I beg you for the love of Bananarama, please just send me the article and not the TikTok of the dude talking about the article. In Prince's funky name, amen.
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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hendysh.bsky.social
Helen Petousis-Harris's piece on how the WHO is vital for New Zealand just nails it. While I am here, can I also just say that @helenp-h.bsky.social is a national treasure. theconversation.com/who-membersh...
WHO membership doesn’t threaten NZ’s sovereignty – walking away from it would
The World Health Organization is a global body, but decisions affecting New Zealand are made in Wellington, not in Geneva.
theconversation.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM