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Glorious, eh Stefan? 🦕
@ershatz.bsky.social
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Less jack of all trades, more absolute amateur at everything.

He/Him

Kirikiriroa, Waikato, Aotearoa
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Maybe I shouldn't have moved to Silent Hill...
A photo of an empty, foggy street. It's a bit brighter than silent hill, but still slightly eerie.
May 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
ershatz.bsky.social
Huh, Instagram really knows what's driving my emotions at the moment...
A screen shot of a meme with an Instagram "Why you're seeing this post" message below it. The meme is three images under top text. The top text reads "My uncle is taking tequila shots in the shower". The three images below of hands reaching out from behind a shower curtain, cutting a lime, and preparing a tequila shot. The Instagram message says this post was suggested because I liked a post from Health NZ.
November 29, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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Wow, some wild headlines about Biden in the US Presidential debate!
A screenshot of a series of headlines. Next to each headline is an image of the author (All white men, funnily enough eyeroll emoji). They read: THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race. 4 MIN READ FRANK BRUNI Biden Cannot Go on Like This 4 MIN READ PATRICK HEALY I'm Hearing High Anxiety From Democrats Over Biden's Debate Performance 3 MIN READ Griffin McElroy I think dogs should vote 4 MIN READ The Griffin McElroy one is edited in very badly.
June 28, 2024 at 10:22 AM
ershatz.bsky.social
It's so hard to get a good shot of a Pīwakawaka (New Zealand Fantail), but try for long enough and they start to add up.

Love these flighty little friends.

#Birds #NZbirds #Birdphotography
A profile shot of a Pīwakawaka with a white face, and fluffy orange tum standing on a branch That's right, another Pīwakawaka! This one is almost in the background, with a small amount of branches crossing over it. A tree with a Pīwakawaka in the top right corner looking directly at the camera. There is an out of focus branch in the front middle. A Pīwakawaka, or New Zealand Fantail, with a black back, white face, and fluffy orange tum sitting on a diagonal branch and side-eyeing the camera
June 3, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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What better way to practice pet photography than by photographing my pets?

White cat with black markings is Renny.
Black cat with white markings is Dilly.
A landscape portrait of a white cat with markings. She is sitting looking vaguely towards the camera. Out of focus in the background is a yellow cat toy on grey carpet. A portrait of a black cat with a white belly and face. Real cute, for sure.
May 27, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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It's visible in town! With the naked eye! I can't believe it!
Aurora overpowering the light pollution in the middle of a town.
May 11, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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Well, that was my day!

Thought I saw Kōtuku flying to the aerodrome lake, then spent almost three hours walking 10 ks looking at birds AND BOY ARE MY ARMS TIRED!

Hahaha, like the old joke! But seriously, my arms and legs are not happy with me.
A screenshot from the ebird app. It reads: "1 Weka X gull sp. 3 Little Pied Cormorant 3 White-faced Heron 3 Royal Spoonbill 2 Sacred Kingfisher # of Species Reported 13 Protocol Traveling Number of Observers 1 Duration (minutes) 170 Distance (km) 10"
May 4, 2024 at 6:31 AM
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How long until it's blocked and I'm deleted, do we think?
A screenshot of an Instagram comment over a video by abusive pastor John Cameron. The post reads: stefan_ayto Hi John, People can cause hurt. But you chose to hurt people and cover it up, and now you're pretending it never happened. Please, stop deflecting, actually pray and reflect on the pain you have caused. When you are one of the ones causing the pain, does it make sense that you continue to spread your message? Did god tell you to continue, or your ego? Please, do better.
April 28, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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Get in Losers, we're posting memes made by ourselves
A meme that reads: Why would I ever watch the Joe Rogan Experience? If I wanted to hear a bald guy pretending to be smart, I would listen to myself. The Joe Rogan Experience is signified by the logo of the podcast, and the world MYSELF is posted over a badly redacted part of the image. In the background, Maynard from the band Tool can be seen peeking over the redacted portion of the meme. Why? I'll never tell.
April 11, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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The dark souls meme of the Tarnished fighting the giant Yhorm who towers above them. The tiny Tarnished is labelled "Puck", and the giant is labelled "Sewing Machines"
February 13, 2024 at 9:10 AM
ershatz.bsky.social
Show me a game that released during the year you were 12
An old fashioned drawing of a child in a black jacket playing with a stick & hoop
January 31, 2024 at 2:17 AM
ershatz.bsky.social
Thread Necromancy: I found a photo of the moose head from after I moved out, but it looks like the antlers had been removed at that point? Would have given me more room had known that was possible.
A bed room. In the foreground is a taxidermied moose head with the antlers removed, with a person with a censored head hugging it. In the background is a bed, with pink flowery sheets and a wooden headboard and bedside tables.
January 19, 2024 at 8:32 AM
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this image makes me so emotional. to witness pure evil, unfiltered by the soft goodness of natural human flesh that masks the darkness below. but rather raw in its representationality. vile. exposed. unashamed of the nakedness of its moral putrescence, villainy in the ideal. i weep
A picture of agapanthus, a bush with a green, leafy base with tall stems that end in small blue flowers. It spreads extremely fast, and is very hard to kill, and is much worse for the New Zealand environment than most weeds.
January 14, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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It's been a few years, but I'm bringing this baddie back.

What are you stuffing in the Giant Industrial Crushing Machine?
An image of a red giant industrial crushing machine of the brand Hammel having some large round pallets dropped in it from a crane. The text at the top reads "Giant Industrial" and across the bottom reads "Crushing Machine"
January 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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It's the same picture dot jiff

Seriously, why make a Funko pop Squirtle when you could just change the label on a chewtle toy. The biggest difference is funkpop Squirtle has bad vibes, but chewtle is just a little guy.
A Funko pop Squirtle, it's oversize head pointed directly at the viewer, it's soulless midnight black eye piercing right through you. The Pokemon chewtle, which look remarkably like a quadraped Squirtle Funko pop wearing a party hat. It looks sorta like it's saying "Waaaah", and I like that.
November 4, 2023 at 11:21 AM
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Sometimes people think I make stuff up.
A screenshot of an email addressed to j.ardern reading: "Good day, I have an unusual question. I am the host/writer of a comedy podcast about Dinosaurs based in Dunedin, in which I teach people about dinosaurs, and answer questions. One of my listeners has asked "New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has been named most powerful woman in the the world… but could she beat a T Rex in a fight?". I thought, why not attempt to reach out to the Prime Minister herself to". It is then cut off.
November 2, 2023 at 10:32 PM
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Getting a snootfull

Sony A7C
Tamron 70-300mm @ 300mm

ISO: 12800 f/6.3 1/2500

Edited in lightroom
A Tui with it's beak in some cherry blossoms
October 22, 2023 at 1:03 AM
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My Uber is here.

(It's haunted)
A picture of a silver 2003 Honda Civic. The background is the desert at dusk.
October 12, 2023 at 1:25 AM
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This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
Goya's Saturn Devouring his Son, depicting a large, monstrous man consuming a partially devoured corpse.
September 22, 2023 at 12:25 AM