Eleanor G
@zaichishka.bsky.social
Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
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Eleanor G
@zaichishka.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I really couldn't ask for a better review 😊 #TheWisdomOfTea #EveryDayAGoodDay 🍵
#NorikoMorishita
(Thought it was time I advertised my work here)
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
#NorikoMorishita
(Thought it was time I advertised my work here)
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
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This, in my view, is one of the reasons why A Song of Ice and Fire hit the buffers. Martin wanted to do a 'realistic' medieval fantasy but he didn't want the bathos of 'and then one of the factions was defeated by what is now a curable illness'.
Yup! Numerous medieval kings died of ear infections
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This, in my view, is one of the reasons why A Song of Ice and Fire hit the buffers. Martin wanted to do a 'realistic' medieval fantasy but he didn't want the bathos of 'and then one of the factions was defeated by what is now a curable illness'.
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Winston Peters sinking to a new low race-baiting Green MP Tuiono Te Anau's right to ask a question in parliament because he was born in Rarotonga. Tuiono's mother was Ngāpuhi - Ngāi Takoto. He is a citizen and unlike Peters is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori.
February 18, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Winston Peters sinking to a new low race-baiting Green MP Tuiono Te Anau's right to ask a question in parliament because he was born in Rarotonga. Tuiono's mother was Ngāpuhi - Ngāi Takoto. He is a citizen and unlike Peters is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori.
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We've always said if there were more #HeronArt on the walls the world would be a better place. 💙 🌏
"The thought before flight" - finished my white-faced heron at the Hutt Estuary. I ended up lengthening the beak - the trade-off with painting freehand rather than tracing a reference: more freedom, but occasionally some wonky proportions. Oil on stretched canvas.
#nzbirds #birdart #oilpainting
#nzbirds #birdart #oilpainting
February 18, 2026 at 7:15 AM
We've always said if there were more #HeronArt on the walls the world would be a better place. 💙 🌏
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"The spotlight would remain on him [Farage] throughout the 75-minute presentation. His appointees would only get their turn under lights for their five-minute introductions. Then they would be cast back into the shadows. Start as you mean to go on."
Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link
Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:16 AM
"The spotlight would remain on him [Farage] throughout the 75-minute presentation. His appointees would only get their turn under lights for their five-minute introductions. Then they would be cast back into the shadows. Start as you mean to go on."
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It's that fun time of year when I discover I have several more half-siblings via donor insemination, when they get the results back from the ‘fun’ DNA test they got for Christmas.
February 18, 2026 at 7:12 AM
It's that fun time of year when I discover I have several more half-siblings via donor insemination, when they get the results back from the ‘fun’ DNA test they got for Christmas.
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Time to reassess.
At the time of the Brexit vote, I thought that (at the aggregate level) the UK would be a little poorer but a little more sovereign. It’s now clear that the UK is quite a lot poorer, and only marginally more sovereign …
The impact at the individual level is much worse, too
At the time of the Brexit vote, I thought that (at the aggregate level) the UK would be a little poorer but a little more sovereign. It’s now clear that the UK is quite a lot poorer, and only marginally more sovereign …
The impact at the individual level is much worse, too
New data shows #Brexit has lowered UK GDP by 6-8% over the past decade. Investment down 12-18%, employment down 3-4%. It's even worse than economists had predicted pre-referendum, because they thought there would be a bounce-back long term. "Economists were roughly right on the
Brexit’s slow‑burn hit to the UK economy
The UK is once again debating why its economy has grown slowly since the mid‑2010s. This column examines the impact of the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Using almost a decade of data s...
cepr.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Time to reassess.
At the time of the Brexit vote, I thought that (at the aggregate level) the UK would be a little poorer but a little more sovereign. It’s now clear that the UK is quite a lot poorer, and only marginally more sovereign …
The impact at the individual level is much worse, too
At the time of the Brexit vote, I thought that (at the aggregate level) the UK would be a little poorer but a little more sovereign. It’s now clear that the UK is quite a lot poorer, and only marginally more sovereign …
The impact at the individual level is much worse, too
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UK based artist Vicky Lindo, known for her quirky, highly decorated ceramics #WomensArt
February 18, 2026 at 6:50 AM
UK based artist Vicky Lindo, known for her quirky, highly decorated ceramics #WomensArt
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We are under Haneda flight routes and got this pamphlet earlier today (for those of you that might be interested; not sharing the full copy that would give too much of our location but 😄).
February 18, 2026 at 6:56 AM
We are under Haneda flight routes and got this pamphlet earlier today (for those of you that might be interested; not sharing the full copy that would give too much of our location but 😄).
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As a former librarian with the boring degree to prove it, when AI boosters talk about learning how to do "prompts" all I'm hearing is search strategies and keywords. As an adult human doing research you should already know how to bend a database to your will and get appropriate results, dipshits
February 18, 2026 at 6:34 AM
As a former librarian with the boring degree to prove it, when AI boosters talk about learning how to do "prompts" all I'm hearing is search strategies and keywords. As an adult human doing research you should already know how to bend a database to your will and get appropriate results, dipshits
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National, dropping so many things that they know are unpopular (Bishop admitting the Mt Vic tunnels might not go ahead) in the months leading up to the election.
If they get back in, you know these are all back on the table.
In the meantime YAY
If they get back in, you know these are all back on the table.
In the meantime YAY
Sometimes you see ripples in a pond that tell the tale of something unseen having happened and what is unseen here is some polling that said 'eat shit'
Referendum on four-year election term ditched by Government
The decision by Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is revealed by 1News.
www.1news.co.nz
February 18, 2026 at 6:20 AM
National, dropping so many things that they know are unpopular (Bishop admitting the Mt Vic tunnels might not go ahead) in the months leading up to the election.
If they get back in, you know these are all back on the table.
In the meantime YAY
If they get back in, you know these are all back on the table.
In the meantime YAY
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Ah, jeez. So, RBNZ reckon we might get the unemployment rate down to the mid 4s at some point in fking 2028? That means unemployment levels for young people and others that face barriers to the labour market remaining sky high. Great work. If only the economy was something Govt could influence [2/n]
February 18, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Ah, jeez. So, RBNZ reckon we might get the unemployment rate down to the mid 4s at some point in fking 2028? That means unemployment levels for young people and others that face barriers to the labour market remaining sky high. Great work. If only the economy was something Govt could influence [2/n]
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!["[We] do see this as a risk... [We] do need households to stop being cautious and get out and spend if we want to see the recovery continue to broaden."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xlupkcp7b67ywotoqmuind73/bafkreieps32y76262jwmxccmhij4bap2nyqswb5b4s3ke4mgzoxubzthui@jpeg)
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Pearl Johnson (1926) by Laura Knight, the English painter, who was visiting the US, was later taken to a civil rights meeting by the subject of this work, a Baltimore nurse #womensart
February 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Pearl Johnson (1926) by Laura Knight, the English painter, who was visiting the US, was later taken to a civil rights meeting by the subject of this work, a Baltimore nurse #womensart
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RAM shortage so severe that whisky fans now just enjoy a D
February 18, 2026 at 6:53 AM
RAM shortage so severe that whisky fans now just enjoy a D
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Can’t I’m half way down Dominion Road
Can't I'm living on a prayer.
Can't. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike.
February 18, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Can’t I’m half way down Dominion Road
Can't. Baby, it's cold outside.
Can't I'm living on a prayer.
Can't. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike.
February 18, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Can't. Baby, it's cold outside.
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RAM shortage so severe they are bringing Cecil out of retirement
February 18, 2026 at 6:42 AM
RAM shortage so severe they are bringing Cecil out of retirement
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Not In Your Backyard
February 18, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Not In Your Backyard
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Can't. I'm a believer
Can’t. I’m arriving somewhere but not here.
Can't. I'm on fire
February 18, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Can't. I'm a believer
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Before and after
Photos show Manukau Heads Road in Auckland washed away, with a deep 100m wide gap. Last photo is the repair
Photos show Manukau Heads Road in Auckland washed away, with a deep 100m wide gap. Last photo is the repair
February 18, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Before and after
Photos show Manukau Heads Road in Auckland washed away, with a deep 100m wide gap. Last photo is the repair
Photos show Manukau Heads Road in Auckland washed away, with a deep 100m wide gap. Last photo is the repair
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🔍👀IN SEARCH OF BLOSSOMS🗺️🌸
Plum blossoms (梅 'ume'/aka the 'Japanese apricot') herald springtime in Japan, arriving a few weeks before the first cherry blossoms (桜)🙌
Here is a handy thread about some of the best places to catch ume in Kyōto...
#Kyoto #京都 #梅 #plumblossoms #ume #梅の花 #Japan
Plum blossoms (梅 'ume'/aka the 'Japanese apricot') herald springtime in Japan, arriving a few weeks before the first cherry blossoms (桜)🙌
Here is a handy thread about some of the best places to catch ume in Kyōto...
#Kyoto #京都 #梅 #plumblossoms #ume #梅の花 #Japan
February 18, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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We have been on our first proper walk! And we were so good that we even got to go off-leash in that bit of the park
February 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
We have been on our first proper walk! And we were so good that we even got to go off-leash in that bit of the park