Jack Remiel Cottrell
@jackremiel.bsky.social
Writes words, referees rugby, procrastinates like a pro. He/him
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It exists in physical form! THE EMOTION DEALER AND OTHER STORIES is only two months away from launch! Check out how great it looks!
In the current AI-cover kerfuffle, I just thought I'd say that The Emotion Dealer and other stories has a 100% organic cover by wonderful Canterbury artist Henry Turner, and also you can buy it now www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/The-...
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Show your support for @nzpsa.bsky.social health workers on strike tomorrow!
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Show your support for @nzpsa.bsky.social health workers on strike tomorrow!
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos.
#NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions
It's a privilege not everyone gets, growing old.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's a privilege not everyone gets, growing old.
E hoa Kikorangi mā, what do you buy for an office secret santa when the only thing you know about your recipient is their name?
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
E hoa Kikorangi mā, what do you buy for an office secret santa when the only thing you know about your recipient is their name?
Do not be weird about it, don't ask why, just be inwardly grateful that if something happens you will have a sober adult around to help.
And try to have something else to offer.
And try to have something else to offer.
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Do not be weird about it, don't ask why, just be inwardly grateful that if something happens you will have a sober adult around to help.
And try to have something else to offer.
And try to have something else to offer.
Truly, the purest form of shitposting.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Truly, the purest form of shitposting.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
I made a list! Number 5 on the Unity Books Wellington weekly list. Cheers to my family who undoubtedly created the bulk of demand.
thespinoff.co.nz/books/21-11-...
thespinoff.co.nz/books/21-11-...
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 21
The groundbreaking book about a first period hits the charts.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I made a list! Number 5 on the Unity Books Wellington weekly list. Cheers to my family who undoubtedly created the bulk of demand.
thespinoff.co.nz/books/21-11-...
thespinoff.co.nz/books/21-11-...
Just a reminder to all my queer and trans whānau who feels like you're being told you shouldn't exist - every day you keep going, those people lose. You don't even have to get out of bed to be victorious.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Just a reminder to all my queer and trans whānau who feels like you're being told you shouldn't exist - every day you keep going, those people lose. You don't even have to get out of bed to be victorious.
Can't imagine a parent having to explain to their 10-year-old that the government has decided they must suffer lifelong harm, because a cisgender child is more important than they are, so that child has to be kept safe.
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Can't imagine a parent having to explain to their 10-year-old that the government has decided they must suffer lifelong harm, because a cisgender child is more important than they are, so that child has to be kept safe.
Look, I get why web developers encourage organisations to build on SilverStripe. I do. However, if I click on an element to add content and get sent to the fucken homepage one more time I am going to do some Tron shit so I can punch this CMS in the face.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Look, I get why web developers encourage organisations to build on SilverStripe. I do. However, if I click on an element to add content and get sent to the fucken homepage one more time I am going to do some Tron shit so I can punch this CMS in the face.
In the current AI-cover kerfuffle, I just thought I'd say that The Emotion Dealer and other stories has a 100% organic cover by wonderful Canterbury artist Henry Turner, and also you can buy it now www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/The-...
It exists in physical form! THE EMOTION DEALER AND OTHER STORIES is only two months away from launch! Check out how great it looks!
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In the current AI-cover kerfuffle, I just thought I'd say that The Emotion Dealer and other stories has a 100% organic cover by wonderful Canterbury artist Henry Turner, and also you can buy it now www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/The-...
If only I had clocked this 13 years ago when I went to journalism school. On the upside, my 'kids with lambs' stories were very well written.
Reporting and writing are different skills. There are very good reporters who come up short in the writing department.
I'll take a good reporter I have to clean up over a great writer with no reporting chops any day.
I'll take a good reporter I have to clean up over a great writer with no reporting chops any day.
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If only I had clocked this 13 years ago when I went to journalism school. On the upside, my 'kids with lambs' stories were very well written.
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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Tonight I was delighted to attend the launch of @jackremiel.bsky.social 's second collection of short fiction, The Emotion Dealer & Other Stories. I've already started snacking on these tasty bites! So pleasing and yet tantalizing! What next to find?
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Tonight I was delighted to attend the launch of @jackremiel.bsky.social 's second collection of short fiction, The Emotion Dealer & Other Stories. I've already started snacking on these tasty bites! So pleasing and yet tantalizing! What next to find?
Same, jellyfish, same.
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Same, jellyfish, same.
Launch tonight! If you're free in Wellington from about 6:00pm this evening come along and check out my new book. There's free drinks (quality not guaranteed) and @brannavan.bsky.social will be speaking (quality guaranteed) if you need enticing.
www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...
www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...
Canterbury University Press and Unity Books Wellington warmly invite you to the launch of The Emotion Dealer & Other Stories
www.unitybooks.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Launch tonight! If you're free in Wellington from about 6:00pm this evening come along and check out my new book. There's free drinks (quality not guaranteed) and @brannavan.bsky.social will be speaking (quality guaranteed) if you need enticing.
www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...
www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...
Do I know anyone who deals with clubspark for websites? Really just want to know how annoying it is as a CMS before I end up volunteering to assist with it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Do I know anyone who deals with clubspark for websites? Really just want to know how annoying it is as a CMS before I end up volunteering to assist with it.
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You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
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Auckland North Shore peeps: the new NZ Blood donor centre is very comfy, right next door to Constellation bus station and has plenty of parking. Get yourselves in there and, if you can donate plasma, please do coz they're having to import it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Auckland North Shore peeps: the new NZ Blood donor centre is very comfy, right next door to Constellation bus station and has plenty of parking. Get yourselves in there and, if you can donate plasma, please do coz they're having to import it.
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featherless biped
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
featherless biped
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At last, my irrational annoyance with people who back into car parks is validated
As we head into summer, remember to keep combustion vehicles away from dry grass as they have a tendency to do this.🔥
This happened in NZ and 28 vehicles were damaged. Hopefully combustion cars won't cause too many forest fires this season.
This happened in NZ and 28 vehicles were damaged. Hopefully combustion cars won't cause too many forest fires this season.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At last, my irrational annoyance with people who back into car parks is validated
Look, all I'm asking is for the tech industry to at least wait until I have finished and published my speculative short stories before turning them into literary fiction tyvm.
"okay hear me out, what if you had a servant but they were a complete stranger staring at you through a mouthless plush shell and dead black camera eyes"
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$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch
Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Look, all I'm asking is for the tech industry to at least wait until I have finished and published my speculative short stories before turning them into literary fiction tyvm.
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It's so weird how antidepressants only cause the impulse to commit mass violence in the country where there is easy access to guns. What a coincidence!
First they came for reproductive rights.
Then they came for vaccines.
Now they’re coming for mental health.
There is zero evidence SSRIs cause mass violence.
You know what does? Guns — and the fact that anyone can access weapons that kill hundreds in seconds.
#GunReformNow
Then they came for vaccines.
Now they’re coming for mental health.
There is zero evidence SSRIs cause mass violence.
You know what does? Guns — and the fact that anyone can access weapons that kill hundreds in seconds.
#GunReformNow
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's so weird how antidepressants only cause the impulse to commit mass violence in the country where there is easy access to guns. What a coincidence!
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If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?