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Eleanor G
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Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
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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...
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Celebrating the start of Ramadan (month of charity) by donating to Kroad Community Kai who are providing free hot kai every week at Kevin’s arcade. You can find info on their insta.

There’s enough food in this world to ensure no one goes hungry. Maybe we can collectively play a small part to help.
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Fink it’s #randomactsofkindnessday

So let’s do a thing… I’ll send one of my cheery boz-eyed bug cards to a random person who might need some happy post (can be you or a friend).

SHARE dis post and nominate your person below (I’ll draw a name out of a hat tonight)

Uk postage only (soz) #bsnm
February 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Call me evil but lol and lmao. Bem feito. Remembering when Japan paid Brazilian and Peruvian immigrants the equivalent of 2000USD to leave the country and never come back during the 2008 financial crisis. Lol.
Team Mirai wants to replace foreign workers with AI. They didn't address that most foreign laborers here work in blue-collar, physical industries like construction, nursing care, and transportation that would collapse without immigrant labor. A minor detail, I'm sure.
February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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When these two got together..it was MOIDA!
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A pox on Japanese websites that insist on redirecting me to their English pages. I want the original information in Japanese without having to use a VPN, dammit!
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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River Meavy, near Burrator

#Dartmoor #Devon #water #nature #stone #moss
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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I took a pic of alfie from under the door 😭
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Kid came home from school today confused about what 適当にやらないで means & while explaining it I couldn’t help feeling that, when it comes to words that also mean their opposites, やばい gets all the love and attention while 適当 is unjustly overlooked like its name is Barb in S1 of Stranger Things.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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More extreme weather more often. What do our leaders think we should do? In a word, not much.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate
February 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Something a bit different today - I felt like making a drawing based on someone else's work.
Dennis the Menace & Gnasher, as created by David Law for The Beano in 1951.
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Shrews celebrate the old ways. Today is the new moon and Imbolc from the time before human calendars. They lit a candle in the earth to welcome in Spring
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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A passionate defence of ITV's early broadcasts of Sesame Street, from the producer of The Beast Must Die.
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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The Roman Pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 me

#Archaeology
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Less than 4 weeks ago 6 people died in landslide at a Council owned campground. Surely Stuff has a responsibility here to not give these views oxygen?

"He said he’d be happy to continue living there and did not believe the risk was as great as the council made out."

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘This was their home’: Tears as 90-year-old campground closes over landslide danger
Expert assessment paints a stark picture of the threat to life at Hawke’s Bay landmark.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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just came across a Samuel B. Sharp in a press article; presumably Samuel C. to his more intimate acquaintances
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”

The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.

www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Hitting the discover page, a short story:
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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finally painted the dumbest 3D sculpt i’ve made to date #art
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Wake Up, It’s Tomorrow.
The Mersey at sunrise.
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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Solidarity with Vanessa Turnbull Roberts. An old, shitty story that keeps happening. The real 'cancel culture' is women's careers being cut short or derailed when they need to choose safety. Because apparently we're not always entitled to both.
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts says she stepped down as the ACT's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner to prioritise her safety after being subjected to sexual harassment and sexual assault by a public servant.
Former ACT commissioner alleges sexual assault and harassment
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts says she stepped down as the ACT's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner to prioritise her safety after being subjected to sexual harassment and sexual assault by a public servant.
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake

And a happy year of the whores to you all
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Running the government is a lot like playing recorder – it doesn’t work if you suck.

#makeitstop by letting those in power know just how many people care about primary education in NZ. Share this film, sign our petition, or just make some noise for teachers & educators at makeitstop.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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Embroidery design by May Morris (1862-1938) influential English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor #WomensArt
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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VIEWER'S COMPETITION SHORTLIST: we're posting two fave #ceefauxviewerscompetition entries each weekday and will count up the most likes/comments/reshares in 24 hours. 14/20 by @ian64.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM