Kirsten
@eliterate.bsky.social
Accidental alpaca wrangler, perpetually curious wanderer, wordy/sweary. She/her. Te Whānau ā Apanui. Aotearoa New Zealand.
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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Te Anihana is still missing. Unclear if police are actively looking for her as well as 'appealing to the public'.
Auckland police renew appeal as Te Anihana Pomana missing for over 10 weeks
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Auckland police renew appeal as Te Anihana Pomana missing for over 10 weeks
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Family’s frustration for woman last seen at SkyCity grows as search hits 10 weeks
Te Anihana Pomana was last seen on CCTV at 5.06am on August 21.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Te Anihana is still missing. Unclear if police are actively looking for her as well as 'appealing to the public'.
Auckland police renew appeal as Te Anihana Pomana missing for over 10 weeks
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Auckland police renew appeal as Te Anihana Pomana missing for over 10 weeks
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Accompanying an elderly parent to the docs is similar to a going along with your adolescent kid… you don’t talk much, but there’s substantial eyebrow & 😬🙄😶 game happening.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Accompanying an elderly parent to the docs is similar to a going along with your adolescent kid… you don’t talk much, but there’s substantial eyebrow & 😬🙄😶 game happening.
If anything Fonterra owns is sold, the purchase price has to include the reimbursement to every New Zealander of the full cost of past & future environmental damage. We’ve been fully subsidising that for decades.
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If anything Fonterra owns is sold, the purchase price has to include the reimbursement to every New Zealander of the full cost of past & future environmental damage. We’ve been fully subsidising that for decades.
The new Bluesky logo is bluuuurk. Dated and immature. Like it would go well with comic sans.
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The new Bluesky logo is bluuuurk. Dated and immature. Like it would go well with comic sans.
Random carpet cleaner dude: Where do you live?
Me: Tutukaka
Dude: Oh, it’s lovely there. Does your husband like fishing?
Me: 🙄
Me: Tutukaka
Dude: Oh, it’s lovely there. Does your husband like fishing?
Me: 🙄
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Random carpet cleaner dude: Where do you live?
Me: Tutukaka
Dude: Oh, it’s lovely there. Does your husband like fishing?
Me: 🙄
Me: Tutukaka
Dude: Oh, it’s lovely there. Does your husband like fishing?
Me: 🙄
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This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
our govt wants to spend 327 times more on a single road ($18b) than they are currently spending yearly on all of basic science in new zealand ($55m) #nzpol
The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
Legislating so that Meta, Alphabet et al pay corporate tax on all profits generated in NZ, meets NZ content standards & protect NZ users from harm has what downsides exactly?
I get that they might withdraw their services... as of right now this is feeling more like a blessing than a threat tbh.
I get that they might withdraw their services... as of right now this is feeling more like a blessing than a threat tbh.
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Legislating so that Meta, Alphabet et al pay corporate tax on all profits generated in NZ, meets NZ content standards & protect NZ users from harm has what downsides exactly?
I get that they might withdraw their services... as of right now this is feeling more like a blessing than a threat tbh.
I get that they might withdraw their services... as of right now this is feeling more like a blessing than a threat tbh.
Probably my last time in Ōtepoti/Dunedin for a while, makes me a little sad. 4yrs of regularly visiting my kids here is coming to an end
Will probably find excuses to keep visiting :-)
Will probably find excuses to keep visiting :-)
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Probably my last time in Ōtepoti/Dunedin for a while, makes me a little sad. 4yrs of regularly visiting my kids here is coming to an end
Will probably find excuses to keep visiting :-)
Will probably find excuses to keep visiting :-)
Been letting my old horse free-range munch my lawn whenever he wants & he's taken to "parking" himself in the garage for naps.
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Been letting my old horse free-range munch my lawn whenever he wants & he's taken to "parking" himself in the garage for naps.
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Oh btw, the "East West Link" has been resurrected.
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Oh btw, the "East West Link" has been resurrected.
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
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Congratulations to our 2024 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa), who is the winner of the 2025 Pikihuia Award for Poetry in English, judged by Tayi Tibble
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Congratulations to our 2024 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa), who is the winner of the 2025 Pikihuia Award for Poetry in English, judged by Tayi Tibble
Do Aucklanders have recommendations for exceptional cobblers who can be trusted with fixing/restoring precious vintage shoes? These are very important to me and need a little TLC. Thank
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Do Aucklanders have recommendations for exceptional cobblers who can be trusted with fixing/restoring precious vintage shoes? These are very important to me and need a little TLC. Thank
Sucks to read & realise Aotearoa/NZ has completely stalled (or have we gone backwards?)
🇳🇴 Norway declares “mission accomplished” on going 100% electric — marking the maturity of the EV revolution. Incentives now shift from fueling growth to refining balance. The market no longer needs a push — it’s driving itself and future is electric and powered by renewables.⚡ #EV #EnergyTransition
Norway says 'mission accomplished' on going 100% EV, proposes incentive changes
For years, Norway has been the poster child for electric vehicle adoption, a perfect example of how a combination of...
electrek.co
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sucks to read & realise Aotearoa/NZ has completely stalled (or have we gone backwards?)
The LLM pivot-to-porn monetisation strategy happened faster than I’d thought…
October 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The LLM pivot-to-porn monetisation strategy happened faster than I’d thought…
So dear pupper Sprout left us yesterday age 15. He grew up with my kids and spent his later years shadowing my elderly Dad.
He’s got a good spot on the lawn looking out to sea now. RIP Sprouty, you’re a good boy.
He’s got a good spot on the lawn looking out to sea now. RIP Sprouty, you’re a good boy.
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So dear pupper Sprout left us yesterday age 15. He grew up with my kids and spent his later years shadowing my elderly Dad.
He’s got a good spot on the lawn looking out to sea now. RIP Sprouty, you’re a good boy.
He’s got a good spot on the lawn looking out to sea now. RIP Sprouty, you’re a good boy.
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"I had to work 10 times harder than the average man just to get the same level of recognition," Jane Goodall told us in 2020. "But once I had made a name for myself, I let the data speak for me."
Jane Goodall on Fighting Sexism and What Chimpanzees Taught Her
Jane Goodall discusses what keeps her motivated six decades into her career and how she combated sexism.
www.rollingstone.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"I had to work 10 times harder than the average man just to get the same level of recognition," Jane Goodall told us in 2020. "But once I had made a name for myself, I let the data speak for me."
Imagine how great it would be if every rapture fool actually did disappear in a flash of light.
September 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Imagine how great it would be if every rapture fool actually did disappear in a flash of light.
Sitting on the tarmac in Nairobi and the engineers have just had to “reboot” the ✈️ and I do not like.
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Sitting on the tarmac in Nairobi and the engineers have just had to “reboot” the ✈️ and I do not like.
Oh damn, Robert Redford. RIP. I’ve re-watched Out of Africa twice in the last month (while travelling around Kenya in Tanzania). He was superb.
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Oh damn, Robert Redford. RIP. I’ve re-watched Out of Africa twice in the last month (while travelling around Kenya in Tanzania). He was superb.
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& yet people will sleep rough on the streets tonight...
He's one person, we are 7 billion - what the fuck are we scared of?
He's one person, we are 7 billion - what the fuck are we scared of?
Tesla's board proposed a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history, underscoring the hold Musk has over the carmaker as it attempts to transform into an AI and robotics powerhouse reut.rs/3HUyfrN
Tesla to award Musk an unparalleled $1 trillion - depending on performance
Tesla's board has proposed a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history, underscoring the hold Musk has over the carmaker as it attempts to transform into an AI and robotics powerhouse.
reut.rs
September 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
& yet people will sleep rough on the streets tonight...
He's one person, we are 7 billion - what the fuck are we scared of?
He's one person, we are 7 billion - what the fuck are we scared of?
honestly fuck Tesla - they don’t even have the excuse of working purely for shareholder interest at this point
Tesla's board proposed a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history, underscoring the hold Musk has over the carmaker as it attempts to transform into an AI and robotics powerhouse reut.rs/3HUyfrN
Tesla to award Musk an unparalleled $1 trillion - depending on performance
Tesla's board has proposed a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history, underscoring the hold Musk has over the carmaker as it attempts to transform into an AI and robotics powerhouse.
reut.rs
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
honestly fuck Tesla - they don’t even have the excuse of working purely for shareholder interest at this point