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Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social
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yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
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Christchurch's playground elephant: demure, unassuming, shaped like a friend
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Christchurch's playground elephant: demure, unassuming, shaped like a friend
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
"I'm not owned, I'm not owned" and 10 Other Ways I'm not Turning into a Corncob
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"I'm not owned, I'm not owned" and 10 Other Ways I'm not Turning into a Corncob
there is a curse in the posters' tongue: Joyce Carol Oates be upon ye
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
there is a curse in the posters' tongue: Joyce Carol Oates be upon ye
putting together a PhD application and going "oh no there's a very real chance this involves me getting into a fight with James Cameron"
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
putting together a PhD application and going "oh no there's a very real chance this involves me getting into a fight with James Cameron"
finding out they banned Vivi but also banned my boy Screaming Nemesis was a rollercoaster. I'm gonna consider this a heroic sacrifice, Nemmy died taking Vivi down.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
finding out they banned Vivi but also banned my boy Screaming Nemesis was a rollercoaster. I'm gonna consider this a heroic sacrifice, Nemmy died taking Vivi down.
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
somehow I had no idea that "biff" (for: to throw roughly, like the more common 'to chuck') was New Zealand slang, yeah nah mate just biff in the back seat
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
somehow I had no idea that "biff" (for: to throw roughly, like the more common 'to chuck') was New Zealand slang, yeah nah mate just biff in the back seat
Peter was a dear family friend. I think it's hard to be shocked, we all knew this was coming, but it still hits pretty hard.
www.cloudybayfunerals.co.nz/funerals/pet...
www.cloudybayfunerals.co.nz/funerals/pet...
Peter Alexander Olliver
Death Notice
www.cloudybayfunerals.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Peter was a dear family friend. I think it's hard to be shocked, we all knew this was coming, but it still hits pretty hard.
www.cloudybayfunerals.co.nz/funerals/pet...
www.cloudybayfunerals.co.nz/funerals/pet...
what's the worst thing you've ever been cockblocked by
I win because the answer is "he was a mod on somethingawful and he needed to resolve some drama"
I win because the answer is "he was a mod on somethingawful and he needed to resolve some drama"
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
what's the worst thing you've ever been cockblocked by
I win because the answer is "he was a mod on somethingawful and he needed to resolve some drama"
I win because the answer is "he was a mod on somethingawful and he needed to resolve some drama"
I did not expect this to be such a rabbit hole, holy shit. one weird freak ruins urbanism for everybody.
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I did not expect this to be such a rabbit hole, holy shit. one weird freak ruins urbanism for everybody.
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
as a writer, you meet two types of hopefuls: people who like to write and people who want to be writers. It's the former who actually succeed – you need to love this, not as a means to an end but for itself entirely.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
as a writer, you meet two types of hopefuls: people who like to write and people who want to be writers. It's the former who actually succeed – you need to love this, not as a means to an end but for itself entirely.
inexplicably a real plot point from Treason's Harbour, Stephen Maturin is such a good character
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
inexplicably a real plot point from Treason's Harbour, Stephen Maturin is such a good character
losing it over the official Shadiversity Katana, designed by the man himself. "yeah I want it to look as cheap as possible, even the metal should look like plastic, and make it racecar colours"
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
losing it over the official Shadiversity Katana, designed by the man himself. "yeah I want it to look as cheap as possible, even the metal should look like plastic, and make it racecar colours"
all these loser guys are like "it's impossible to get a date when you're 5'7" and all 5'2 of Luigi Barbasetti would like to TALK
your semi-regular reminder that one of the greatest swordsmen in human history was a short king who was hot as fuck
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
all these loser guys are like "it's impossible to get a date when you're 5'7" and all 5'2 of Luigi Barbasetti would like to TALK
your semi-regular reminder that one of the greatest swordsmen in human history was a short king who was hot as fuck
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
your semi-regular reminder that one of the greatest swordsmen in human history was a short king who was hot as fuck
Google Maps has a spot where an elderly cat used to hang out and get pats I'm not getting emotional about it you are 🥹
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Google Maps has a spot where an elderly cat used to hang out and get pats I'm not getting emotional about it you are 🥹
why do on-hold services always like ... stop the music, pause, then go YOU'RE STILL ON HOLD, every so often, was I meant to forget, can't even let me vibe to elevator music coming out a busted speaker goddam
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
why do on-hold services always like ... stop the music, pause, then go YOU'RE STILL ON HOLD, every so often, was I meant to forget, can't even let me vibe to elevator music coming out a busted speaker goddam
... okay am i wild here or does she look like there's a gun to her head just out of frame
even his fake AI wife looks terrified
even his fake AI wife looks terrified
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
... okay am i wild here or does she look like there's a gun to her head just out of frame
even his fake AI wife looks terrified
even his fake AI wife looks terrified
devastating news everybody: reddit chives guy was faking it
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
devastating news everybody: reddit chives guy was faking it
managed to finish Convergence from Delta Green without any party casualties somehow
and by "somehow" I mean rolling 8 under 10 on an unnatural check, losing a bunch of sanity, but then communing with an alien hive mind and throwing a different team under the bus
and by "somehow" I mean rolling 8 under 10 on an unnatural check, losing a bunch of sanity, but then communing with an alien hive mind and throwing a different team under the bus
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
managed to finish Convergence from Delta Green without any party casualties somehow
and by "somehow" I mean rolling 8 under 10 on an unnatural check, losing a bunch of sanity, but then communing with an alien hive mind and throwing a different team under the bus
and by "somehow" I mean rolling 8 under 10 on an unnatural check, losing a bunch of sanity, but then communing with an alien hive mind and throwing a different team under the bus
law school was so right wing that I had a complete breakdown about how I was becoming a worse person by simple proximity, took "a year" off to get my head right, and never went back
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
law school was so right wing that I had a complete breakdown about how I was becoming a worse person by simple proximity, took "a year" off to get my head right, and never went back
man, it was kinda a running joke when I was a kid that New Zealand built so many coastal defences specifically to protect against Japan then you find out like ... oh they got to Sydney though, there were Japanese subs in Sydney Harbour, it really isn't that far away
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
man, it was kinda a running joke when I was a kid that New Zealand built so many coastal defences specifically to protect against Japan then you find out like ... oh they got to Sydney though, there were Japanese subs in Sydney Harbour, it really isn't that far away
I'm not really a master of US geography but a major plot point of IT: Welcome to Derry is that Derry Maine has the closest air force base to Soviet airspace and that does not seem correct
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I'm not really a master of US geography but a major plot point of IT: Welcome to Derry is that Derry Maine has the closest air force base to Soviet airspace and that does not seem correct