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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AIRES: No matter how many times you obsessively proofread it, a badly placed typo will mean everyone just laughs hysterically and ignores your serious pubic service announcement.
February 19, 2026 at 4:26 AM
AIRES: No matter how many times you obsessively proofread it, a badly placed typo will mean everyone just laughs hysterically and ignores your serious pubic service announcement.
Idea: a cover of the White Stripes' The Hardest Button to Button. Performed by the Muppets. Chorus changed to The Hardest Muppet to Muppet.
a group of muppets are standing together with their mouths wide open
Alt: Muppets singing
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Idea: a cover of the White Stripes' The Hardest Button to Button. Performed by the Muppets. Chorus changed to The Hardest Muppet to Muppet.
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They gave her four diamante daisies and a pink bow tie levels of unhinged
February 19, 2026 at 4:18 AM
They gave her four diamante daisies and a pink bow tie levels of unhinged
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Not now, giant Ibaraki swamp virus.
Researchers discover new giant 'ushikuvirus' in swamp near Tokyo - The Mainichi
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- A research team led by the Tokyo University of Science and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences has discovered a new specie
mainichi.jp
February 19, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Not now, giant Ibaraki swamp virus.
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Moon and Mercury setting next to the Griffith Observatory just moments ago. Found a good spot to take photos.
#Photography #Astrophotography
#Photography #Astrophotography
February 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Moon and Mercury setting next to the Griffith Observatory just moments ago. Found a good spot to take photos.
#Photography #Astrophotography
#Photography #Astrophotography
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Related: to prevent students using AI the teens’ high school has decided the Level 3 Eng Lit “connections” assessment will now be done during class time on exam.net.
So good students like my kids are being restricted in the time they have for this big assessment thanks to cheating classmates. 😡
So good students like my kids are being restricted in the time they have for this big assessment thanks to cheating classmates. 😡
Spoke with several instructors today (and not only ones who teach at Vic Uni) who are already flattened by the AI problem with papers and grading, and not just all the fake citations. More staff and 3x the work needed for each paper, and universities haven't coordinated on a strategy. What a mess.
February 19, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Related: to prevent students using AI the teens’ high school has decided the Level 3 Eng Lit “connections” assessment will now be done during class time on exam.net.
So good students like my kids are being restricted in the time they have for this big assessment thanks to cheating classmates. 😡
So good students like my kids are being restricted in the time they have for this big assessment thanks to cheating classmates. 😡
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Spoke with several instructors today (and not only ones who teach at Vic Uni) who are already flattened by the AI problem with papers and grading, and not just all the fake citations. More staff and 3x the work needed for each paper, and universities haven't coordinated on a strategy. What a mess.
February 19, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Spoke with several instructors today (and not only ones who teach at Vic Uni) who are already flattened by the AI problem with papers and grading, and not just all the fake citations. More staff and 3x the work needed for each paper, and universities haven't coordinated on a strategy. What a mess.
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THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
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At the risk of repeating myself … this is the cruelest, people-hating, shittiest government ever. I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. Complete and utter fuckers.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The government says it’ll stop double dipping. This retrospective law change also means beneficiaries lose out on $63m
Last October, the High Court ruled that MSD was not allowed to claw back supplementary benefits from recipients of ACC back payments. The Government is overriding it.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
At the risk of repeating myself … this is the cruelest, people-hating, shittiest government ever. I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. Complete and utter fuckers.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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One wound now completely zipped closed, and the big chop wound will likely close up in autumn or next spring.
Copper Beech bonsai in development.
🇳🇿🌱
Copper Beech bonsai in development.
🇳🇿🌱
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 AM
One wound now completely zipped closed, and the big chop wound will likely close up in autumn or next spring.
Copper Beech bonsai in development.
🇳🇿🌱
Copper Beech bonsai in development.
🇳🇿🌱
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Countries that ban smoking risk looking less cool, sexy, say tobacco farmers
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Countries that ban smoking risk looking less cool, sexy, say tobacco farmers
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Ass-inine historical facts. (Sorry, I'm trying to delete it.)
February 19, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Ass-inine historical facts. (Sorry, I'm trying to delete it.)
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Of all the "what ifs" hanging over the start of the Pacific War, Konoe's raging case of hemorrhoids is a tale yet to be told
It was evidently so severe he carried a cushion everywhere he went. Some close to him later said, “Had his hemorrhoids not become so bad, the war might have been avoided”
It was evidently so severe he carried a cushion everywhere he went. Some close to him later said, “Had his hemorrhoids not become so bad, the war might have been avoided”
February 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Of all the "what ifs" hanging over the start of the Pacific War, Konoe's raging case of hemorrhoids is a tale yet to be told
It was evidently so severe he carried a cushion everywhere he went. Some close to him later said, “Had his hemorrhoids not become so bad, the war might have been avoided”
It was evidently so severe he carried a cushion everywhere he went. Some close to him later said, “Had his hemorrhoids not become so bad, the war might have been avoided”
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If you’re going to be required to use a digital robot butler then surely you want that to mean that it will do work while you’re frolicking in meadows or relaxing with novels and tea, not that it will do work while you somehow go out and find other, harder work to do even more of, for the same pay
It’s funny how SV went from 4-hour work week to 9-9-6 rather than the reverse with the rise of AI agents
February 19, 2026 at 2:55 AM
If you’re going to be required to use a digital robot butler then surely you want that to mean that it will do work while you’re frolicking in meadows or relaxing with novels and tea, not that it will do work while you somehow go out and find other, harder work to do even more of, for the same pay
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2026 is the year for cockasnookmaxxing
February 19, 2026 at 2:58 AM
2026 is the year for cockasnookmaxxing
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February 19, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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I'm a bit baffled by the 'not shagging spiders' thing. Does that mean there's also a matching sentence out there somewhere? Where someone says, " maaate we really shagged that spider"
February 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I'm a bit baffled by the 'not shagging spiders' thing. Does that mean there's also a matching sentence out there somewhere? Where someone says, " maaate we really shagged that spider"
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Miss 10 in the dairy aisle at the supermarket "THIS PLACE IS COLDER THAN MY SOUL"
February 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Miss 10 in the dairy aisle at the supermarket "THIS PLACE IS COLDER THAN MY SOUL"
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Somebody left a pile of pooh outside.
February 19, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Somebody left a pile of pooh outside.
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We may have a supervillain origin story too, now. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
February 19, 2026 at 3:21 AM
We may have a supervillain origin story too, now. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
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This is a terrible terrible headline because unless you want to spend $1300NZD getting a lifetime certificate of residence you do, in fact, still need a new British Passport - like I’m in my 50’s. One or two new passports are still cheaper that this fucking certificate
February 19, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This is a terrible terrible headline because unless you want to spend $1300NZD getting a lifetime certificate of residence you do, in fact, still need a new British Passport - like I’m in my 50’s. One or two new passports are still cheaper that this fucking certificate
So you still have to shell out £589 ($1,329) for the certificate of entitlement, but just the once.
February 19, 2026 at 3:38 AM
So you still have to shell out £589 ($1,329) for the certificate of entitlement, but just the once.