Eddie Clark
@dreddieclark.bsky.social
Personal account so expect eclecticism. Law, politics, SFF books, anime, gaming, music. Queer stuff.
Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.
Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.
May be the last update because they look pretty close to grown up. Look how big they are!
Still 9, and Dad obviously feels comfortable enough not being on watch 24/7 because he's hanging with the family.
Still 9, and Dad obviously feels comfortable enough not being on watch 24/7 because he's hanging with the family.
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
May be the last update because they look pretty close to grown up. Look how big they are!
Still 9, and Dad obviously feels comfortable enough not being on watch 24/7 because he's hanging with the family.
Still 9, and Dad obviously feels comfortable enough not being on watch 24/7 because he's hanging with the family.
This bit in particular suggests they are faaairly (though, again, not necessarily entirely) fucked. You cannot decline to take part in relevant consultation processes then complain about lack of consultation.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This bit in particular suggests they are faaairly (though, again, not necessarily entirely) fucked. You cannot decline to take part in relevant consultation processes then complain about lack of consultation.
Harakeke flowers starting to open up at Zealandia, so a couple of tuuii who look like they've dived first into a pile of gold coke.
(Also picture: tieke and popokotea friends)
(Also picture: tieke and popokotea friends)
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Harakeke flowers starting to open up at Zealandia, so a couple of tuuii who look like they've dived first into a pile of gold coke.
(Also picture: tieke and popokotea friends)
(Also picture: tieke and popokotea friends)
Not always a fan of the whittakers novelty flavours but this is genuinely great. The brandy snap bits are like half way between toffee and cookie pieces and do indeed taste just like brandy snaps.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Not always a fan of the whittakers novelty flavours but this is genuinely great. The brandy snap bits are like half way between toffee and cookie pieces and do indeed taste just like brandy snaps.
A few wee orange adult feathers coming through, and awkward half constructed wings. All nine still going strong!
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A few wee orange adult feathers coming through, and awkward half constructed wings. All nine still going strong!
They've gotten so big! and an increasing mix of fluff and actual feathers.
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
They've gotten so big! and an increasing mix of fluff and actual feathers.
Reviewing really is a subjective art lol.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Reviewing really is a subjective art lol.
...and some birds, both inside & outside zealandia.
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
...and some birds, both inside & outside zealandia.
Getting through some of my photo editing backlog this blustery holiday Monday.
Some scenery/architecture shots and a bit of fun with filters... 1/2
Some scenery/architecture shots and a bit of fun with filters... 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Getting through some of my photo editing backlog this blustery holiday Monday.
Some scenery/architecture shots and a bit of fun with filters... 1/2
Some scenery/architecture shots and a bit of fun with filters... 1/2
And a grab bag here - kaakaa and tui friends and a paradise duck?? miles up in a pine tree?? Also for shits & giggles; last shot is my camera & how I carry. Do think it's remarkable how small the thing is; definitely not as sharp as a big full frame rig, but 1/4 the size and less than 1/4 the price.
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
And a grab bag here - kaakaa and tui friends and a paradise duck?? miles up in a pine tree?? Also for shits & giggles; last shot is my camera & how I carry. Do think it's remarkable how small the thing is; definitely not as sharp as a big full frame rig, but 1/4 the size and less than 1/4 the price.
Delighted that weather and free time have combined for the first time in a while over a weekend to let me be back on my bullshit. A couple of posts, starting with a chonk and a teeny predator in the process of bashing a grub's head on a log. 1/2
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Delighted that weather and free time have combined for the first time in a while over a weekend to let me be back on my bullshit. A couple of posts, starting with a chonk and a teeny predator in the process of bashing a grub's head on a log. 1/2
Sliced sirloin with tarragon red wine reduction & duck fat potatoes. (caesar salad not pictured)
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Sliced sirloin with tarragon red wine reduction & duck fat potatoes. (caesar salad not pictured)
Further update; awkward looking feathers just starting to poke through. Incipient tween ducklings!
(and still 9 left; what good parents!)
(and still 9 left; what good parents!)
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Further update; awkward looking feathers just starting to poke through. Incipient tween ducklings!
(and still 9 left; what good parents!)
(and still 9 left; what good parents!)
(Those underexposed pics are bc I used too fast a shutter speed for the available light on the forest floor to try & freeze their antics. Successfully did the latter, but left it dark, pretty high ISO, & a little grainy. I brightened it up, put a light film grain filter over it & think it looks ok!)
October 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
(Those underexposed pics are bc I used too fast a shutter speed for the available light on the forest floor to try & freeze their antics. Successfully did the latter, but left it dark, pretty high ISO, & a little grainy. I brightened it up, put a light film grain filter over it & think it looks ok!)
No Zealandia trips for a few weeks due to a combo of weather & weekend work & social obligations, but did get round to processing some more stuff; think this is the most obliging pair of tieke I've ever come across.
(last 2 pics slightly underexposed but still imo v nice in a slightly retro way)
(last 2 pics slightly underexposed but still imo v nice in a slightly retro way)
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
No Zealandia trips for a few weeks due to a combo of weather & weekend work & social obligations, but did get round to processing some more stuff; think this is the most obliging pair of tieke I've ever come across.
(last 2 pics slightly underexposed but still imo v nice in a slightly retro way)
(last 2 pics slightly underexposed but still imo v nice in a slightly retro way)
Nerdily home alone on a Friday night, working through some thoughts on recent case law with a wee dram & listening to one of the finest soundtracks of recent years.
sigono.bandcamp.com/track/neverl...
sigono.bandcamp.com/track/neverl...
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Nerdily home alone on a Friday night, working through some thoughts on recent case law with a wee dram & listening to one of the finest soundtracks of recent years.
sigono.bandcamp.com/track/neverl...
sigono.bandcamp.com/track/neverl...
I am not coping with the caption of the livestream aside from anything else...
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am not coping with the caption of the livestream aside from anything else...
I make no comment about the BSA's jurisdiction vis a vis streaming video and audio except to note that the general principle they are relying on to say "the meaning of "broadcasting" can change over time" is completely orthodox & recognised in the Legislation Act.
This is the 'ambulatory aporoach'.
This is the 'ambulatory aporoach'.
October 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I make no comment about the BSA's jurisdiction vis a vis streaming video and audio except to note that the general principle they are relying on to say "the meaning of "broadcasting" can change over time" is completely orthodox & recognised in the Legislation Act.
This is the 'ambulatory aporoach'.
This is the 'ambulatory aporoach'.
Still going strong a week later!
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Still going strong a week later!
Sale at fangamer resulted in a new keyring (for the first time in 20 years) and a new desk mat!
October 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Sale at fangamer resulted in a new keyring (for the first time in 20 years) and a new desk mat!
As we see another successful release in Hades 2 from Supergiant it strikes me their immediate pre hades game (developed largely during the 1st Trump term) was about collective action by outcasts to fight back against a proudly ignorant authoritarian regime lead by a self important celebrity: Pyre.
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
As we see another successful release in Hades 2 from Supergiant it strikes me their immediate pre hades game (developed largely during the 1st Trump term) was about collective action by outcasts to fight back against a proudly ignorant authoritarian regime lead by a self important celebrity: Pyre.
Interestingly the full OED has it as both pronunciations in both dialects, but with the long I being more frequent in British englih & the short I US english.
October 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Interestingly the full OED has it as both pronunciations in both dialects, but with the long I being more frequent in British englih & the short I US english.
Rosedale, the standard supermarket ginger kiss brand, has started doing salted caramel kisses and they are *outrageously* good.
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Rosedale, the standard supermarket ginger kiss brand, has started doing salted caramel kisses and they are *outrageously* good.
Very lucky to have Emeritus Professor (& former judge of the South African Constitutional Court for 15 years) Kate O'Regan speaking on democratic constitutionalism globally (& pushing back on Waldron, Loughlin et al).
October 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Very lucky to have Emeritus Professor (& former judge of the South African Constitutional Court for 15 years) Kate O'Regan speaking on democratic constitutionalism globally (& pushing back on Waldron, Loughlin et al).
Update: went back today with the good camera.
October 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Update: went back today with the good camera.