Bonnie
@bonniej1.bsky.social
Mostly lurking; occasionally someone's wrong on the internet.
The 1965 yearbook, within the lifetimes of many older people, lists 7 deaths from measles in 1963, 5 in 1962, 3 in 1961 and 13 in 1960. These kids had access to many modern health interventions like antibiotics for secondary infections.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The 1965 yearbook, within the lifetimes of many older people, lists 7 deaths from measles in 1963, 5 in 1962, 3 in 1961 and 13 in 1960. These kids had access to many modern health interventions like antibiotics for secondary infections.
When you're 13, and when you're an employed adult, you're surrounded by people who will judge your written communication and encourage you one way or another to improve it. You don't get that when you're v rich.
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
When you're 13, and when you're an employed adult, you're surrounded by people who will judge your written communication and encourage you one way or another to improve it. You don't get that when you're v rich.
That's why it was a resignation offence when that Labour minister had an affair with his departmental private sec. Not only was it bad as an employer, but it cut to the heart of the relationship between Minister and department.
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
That's why it was a resignation offence when that Labour minister had an affair with his departmental private sec. Not only was it bad as an employer, but it cut to the heart of the relationship between Minister and department.
But every sonnet's like
Shattered visage sunken in the bare sands
Trunkless legs and travellers from antique lands
We despair, we're building empires in our dreams.
Shattered visage sunken in the bare sands
Trunkless legs and travellers from antique lands
We despair, we're building empires in our dreams.
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
But every sonnet's like
Shattered visage sunken in the bare sands
Trunkless legs and travellers from antique lands
We despair, we're building empires in our dreams.
Shattered visage sunken in the bare sands
Trunkless legs and travellers from antique lands
We despair, we're building empires in our dreams.
There's a useful checklist on this site: info.health.nz/conditions-t...
info.health.nz
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
There's a useful checklist on this site: info.health.nz/conditions-t...
Here's the official guidance with a useful set of checkbox questions to see if you need a MMR vaccine. info.health.nz/conditions-t...
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here's the official guidance with a useful set of checkbox questions to see if you need a MMR vaccine. info.health.nz/conditions-t...
If you were born before 1969, the standard NZ advice is that you probably don't need one because you'd have caught measles when it was everywhere, and become immune as a result. Talk to your doc if you're certain you've never had it.
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you were born before 1969, the standard NZ advice is that you probably don't need one because you'd have caught measles when it was everywhere, and become immune as a result. Talk to your doc if you're certain you've never had it.
If you got a MMR shot at school, you probably also had one as a toddler. Check your Plunket book if you can. 70s kids only got the one as a toddler/baby and they introduced shot #2 in 1990.
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you got a MMR shot at school, you probably also had one as a toddler. Check your Plunket book if you can. 70s kids only got the one as a toddler/baby and they introduced shot #2 in 1990.
If you had MMR at intermediate it was probably your second dose, and your first dose was when you were a toddler. Check your plunket book if you can find it.
If you had a rubella vaccine at intermediate (pre-1990) you probably haven't had a second dose of measles vaccine.
If you had a rubella vaccine at intermediate (pre-1990) you probably haven't had a second dose of measles vaccine.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If you had MMR at intermediate it was probably your second dose, and your first dose was when you were a toddler. Check your plunket book if you can find it.
If you had a rubella vaccine at intermediate (pre-1990) you probably haven't had a second dose of measles vaccine.
If you had a rubella vaccine at intermediate (pre-1990) you probably haven't had a second dose of measles vaccine.
The Brontë sisters were Byron fangirls, so of course. That man's infamy echoes down the ages.
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Brontë sisters were Byron fangirls, so of course. That man's infamy echoes down the ages.
Brassica
xkcd.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Mine too, for year 9 (age 13) English. Some classics stand the test of time.
October 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Mine too, for year 9 (age 13) English. Some classics stand the test of time.
The whole thing fortunately predated widespread social media, but in hindsight it had a few primordial elements of a modern Gamergate-style monstering. Solidarity with more recent victims of the tactic from her family.
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The whole thing fortunately predated widespread social media, but in hindsight it had a few primordial elements of a modern Gamergate-style monstering. Solidarity with more recent victims of the tactic from her family.
This old doco (part 2) shows her campaigning: www.nzonscreen.com/title/inquir...
Quotes | Inquiry - Nothing Venture, Nothing Gain | Television | NZ On Screen
Inquiry - Nothing Venture, Nothing Gain - This edition of the 1970s current affairs show sees reporter Joe Coté investigating women in politics. A potted history of the trailblazers — from suffragist ...
www.nzonscreen.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This old doco (part 2) shows her campaigning: www.nzonscreen.com/title/inquir...
That's my mum's, and I tried unsuccessfully to give her badges away to my friends when I was a kid. They're in safer hands now.
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
That's my mum's, and I tried unsuccessfully to give her badges away to my friends when I was a kid. They're in safer hands now.
Is it Lottie/Simone Kessell from Yellowjackets? Exactly what's on the menu?
September 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Is it Lottie/Simone Kessell from Yellowjackets? Exactly what's on the menu?
Shortage of panem? Add more circenses.
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Shortage of panem? Add more circenses.
It may not have been all his work: www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It may not have been all his work: www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...
The book ends with a realer touch, as we switch to the viewpoint of the farmer who finds and helps Hec and Ricky, who are by then filthy, in rags, stinking and covered in minor injuries. Their death is implied.
September 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The book ends with a realer touch, as we switch to the viewpoint of the farmer who finds and helps Hec and Ricky, who are by then filthy, in rags, stinking and covered in minor injuries. Their death is implied.
I discovered Chesdale smoked processed cheese segments in the Farmers cafeteria at age 4 and it's only improved since then.
September 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I discovered Chesdale smoked processed cheese segments in the Farmers cafeteria at age 4 and it's only improved since then.
I saw an error message earlier apologising for slow service as it was being aggressively scraped or something. Not sure if that means data harvesting or ddos.
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I saw an error message earlier apologising for slow service as it was being aggressively scraped or something. Not sure if that means data harvesting or ddos.
