Adrienne
@adrienneyc.bsky.social
Governance, urban design, transport,
environment, trees, farming, landscapes, Aotearoa NZ, family, gardening, I love them all.
environment, trees, farming, landscapes, Aotearoa NZ, family, gardening, I love them all.
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Als Dänemark bei jedem verdammten US-Krieg seine Söhne und Kinder zur Unterstützung geschickt hat, waren sie noch gute Alliierte... So schnell kann sich der Wind drehen.
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Als Dänemark bei jedem verdammten US-Krieg seine Söhne und Kinder zur Unterstützung geschickt hat, waren sie noch gute Alliierte... So schnell kann sich der Wind drehen.
I cannot live my life in a state of continual outrage. Requests for wisdom please.
March 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I cannot live my life in a state of continual outrage. Requests for wisdom please.
Trying to see the bright side of “must do” upping of expenditure on defence. Peace and the rule of law delivers amazing dividends. Are those days gone?
March 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Trying to see the bright side of “must do” upping of expenditure on defence. Peace and the rule of law delivers amazing dividends. Are those days gone?
Impressive hikoi in Wellington yesterday. Really well organised.
February 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Impressive hikoi in Wellington yesterday. Really well organised.
Wellington PT. Train to Featherston replaced by two buses. Then a connecting bus Feathie to Martinborough. Pretty awesome but it will be good to get the trains back. 6 week shutdown for track upgrades. Lovely countryside too.
February 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wellington PT. Train to Featherston replaced by two buses. Then a connecting bus Feathie to Martinborough. Pretty awesome but it will be good to get the trains back. 6 week shutdown for track upgrades. Lovely countryside too.
Reading the Times “Court Circular” and the reference to the a royal visit to the Worshipful Society of Haberdashers in 2024 caught me short. Who knows what a haberdasher even is these days. Yes I do. But I am a woman of a certain age.
October 31, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Reading the Times “Court Circular” and the reference to the a royal visit to the Worshipful Society of Haberdashers in 2024 caught me short. Who knows what a haberdasher even is these days. Yes I do. But I am a woman of a certain age.
I am quite woke and PC yup but I am liking the Tui campaign for being irreverent plus today’s was GOOD if I can remember it “ I know a bloke who could have built that hospital for half the cost” yeah right.
October 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I am quite woke and PC yup but I am liking the Tui campaign for being irreverent plus today’s was GOOD if I can remember it “ I know a bloke who could have built that hospital for half the cost” yeah right.
Paris SUV driver faces murder charge as cyclist ‘deliberately hit’
www.thetimes.com/article/d107...
Even in poster child Paris the ( mostly male) rage at people moving around the city on zero carbon modes causes murder by car. Pretty disgusting context on what is really important in life.
www.thetimes.com/article/d107...
Even in poster child Paris the ( mostly male) rage at people moving around the city on zero carbon modes causes murder by car. Pretty disgusting context on what is really important in life.
Paris SUV driver faces murder charge as cyclist ‘deliberately hit’
Witnesses say Paul Varry, 27, was run over after remonstrating because the driver had entered the cycle lane and run over his foot
www.thetimes.com
October 18, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Paris SUV driver faces murder charge as cyclist ‘deliberately hit’
www.thetimes.com/article/d107...
Even in poster child Paris the ( mostly male) rage at people moving around the city on zero carbon modes causes murder by car. Pretty disgusting context on what is really important in life.
www.thetimes.com/article/d107...
Even in poster child Paris the ( mostly male) rage at people moving around the city on zero carbon modes causes murder by car. Pretty disgusting context on what is really important in life.
Judith Collins calling out the misogynist armchair warriors. Fantastic Judith.
October 10, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Judith Collins calling out the misogynist armchair warriors. Fantastic Judith.
Has anyone looked at the Accelerated Auckland Transport Projects ( John Key) ; State owned Enterprise sales funded project ( Bill English) ; Special Housing Areas ( Nick Smith) NZ UP ( Phil Twyford) ; Covid Fast track ( Jacinda Adern) for a few “ fasttrack “ project lists to see which are complete?
October 8, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Has anyone looked at the Accelerated Auckland Transport Projects ( John Key) ; State owned Enterprise sales funded project ( Bill English) ; Special Housing Areas ( Nick Smith) NZ UP ( Phil Twyford) ; Covid Fast track ( Jacinda Adern) for a few “ fasttrack “ project lists to see which are complete?
Is it just me ? Noticing a lot of “hello” and “ welcome” by Air NZ air attendants and pilots and not many “KiaOra” . I use Te Reo Māori myself.
July 27, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Is it just me ? Noticing a lot of “hello” and “ welcome” by Air NZ air attendants and pilots and not many “KiaOra” . I use Te Reo Māori myself.
Cash, paper, pens, good mechanical systems. Used to run the world.
July 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Cash, paper, pens, good mechanical systems. Used to run the world.
@wellingtonista.bsky.social so sad to see Cranfields closed down and Good Books in Jessie Street and just so many empty shops along the “golden” few miles.
July 3, 2024 at 9:27 AM
@wellingtonista.bsky.social so sad to see Cranfields closed down and Good Books in Jessie Street and just so many empty shops along the “golden” few miles.
I am thinking of trying empathy with the kids and handing the phone in 8-3.
February 7, 2024 at 7:39 PM
I am thinking of trying empathy with the kids and handing the phone in 8-3.
I am recovering from significant surgery now home so the district health nurse Dawn calls me to check on me, then visits me at home on a Sunday, gives me great assistance…and has to leave a pamphlet telling me how I can complain. Really? Where do I sing the praises of this service? And Dawn.
January 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I am recovering from significant surgery now home so the district health nurse Dawn calls me to check on me, then visits me at home on a Sunday, gives me great assistance…and has to leave a pamphlet telling me how I can complain. Really? Where do I sing the praises of this service? And Dawn.
MetService do better: even in Wellington 23 degrees does not warrant a heat alert.
January 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
MetService do better: even in Wellington 23 degrees does not warrant a heat alert.
Latest fabulous long saved for device is a computer on my wrist aka Apple Watch Ultra and the needed connect to my One NZ ( they probably called that branding wrong but hey) account did not work. However ….a real nice person from tech called Chris got it sorted in 5 minutes. So One delivered. Thanks
December 29, 2023 at 6:30 AM
Latest fabulous long saved for device is a computer on my wrist aka Apple Watch Ultra and the needed connect to my One NZ ( they probably called that branding wrong but hey) account did not work. However ….a real nice person from tech called Chris got it sorted in 5 minutes. So One delivered. Thanks
Does anyone know why The Economist is showing a global map of potential naturally occurring subterranean hydrogen that includes somewhere in Southland? Next big thing? Energy without greenhouses gases.
December 25, 2023 at 6:23 AM
Does anyone know why The Economist is showing a global map of potential naturally occurring subterranean hydrogen that includes somewhere in Southland? Next big thing? Energy without greenhouses gases.
Kind of nice how we have developed Christmas rituals of a big beautiful lunch with friends and family; followed by ham sandwiches for two weeks. Also roast kumara. With trifle and pavlova. # AoNZChristmas
December 25, 2023 at 5:11 AM
Kind of nice how we have developed Christmas rituals of a big beautiful lunch with friends and family; followed by ham sandwiches for two weeks. Also roast kumara. With trifle and pavlova. # AoNZChristmas
My cherries for Christmas left Bannockburn ( near Queenstown) at 4 pm last night, and at 6.23am this morning they are in the Wairarapa. Wow. #nzpost
December 21, 2023 at 6:02 PM
My cherries for Christmas left Bannockburn ( near Queenstown) at 4 pm last night, and at 6.23am this morning they are in the Wairarapa. Wow. #nzpost
Went to the skin doctor; 4 “things” scooped and scraped out. NZ climate is unforgiving on skin despite brown skin from Jewish heritage a few gens back. Get an annual check up for skin abnormalities. Put it in the diary now.
December 19, 2023 at 9:09 AM
Went to the skin doctor; 4 “things” scooped and scraped out. NZ climate is unforgiving on skin despite brown skin from Jewish heritage a few gens back. Get an annual check up for skin abnormalities. Put it in the diary now.
So we spent squillions getting special steel bird netting installed on the flue of our wood burner to stop the birds coming down the flue and yes the birds have hunkered it down to make a nest and now we can hear several chicks day and night in our living room.
December 15, 2023 at 4:03 AM
So we spent squillions getting special steel bird netting installed on the flue of our wood burner to stop the birds coming down the flue and yes the birds have hunkered it down to make a nest and now we can hear several chicks day and night in our living room.