Jim Smith
@jism.bsky.social
Freelance wordsmith and web worker based in Aotearoa, New Zealand. He and him.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him... maybe you can hire The J Team.
@JiSm at the other place.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him... maybe you can hire The J Team.
@JiSm at the other place.
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🎶✨ Proud Mum Alert ✨🎶
Bella's winning song from the 2025 Play It Strange Junior Songwriting Competition has been officially released today 🎊🥳
👉🏼 Infected Brain by Beaonthedl
You can listen on all streaming platforms, or find it here:
music.drm.co.nz/2025-jr-song...
🎵✨
Bella's winning song from the 2025 Play It Strange Junior Songwriting Competition has been officially released today 🎊🥳
👉🏼 Infected Brain by Beaonthedl
You can listen on all streaming platforms, or find it here:
music.drm.co.nz/2025-jr-song...
🎵✨
Play It Strange 2025 Junior Songwriting Competition - Volume 1
Choose your preferred music service
music.drm.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🎶✨ Proud Mum Alert ✨🎶
Bella's winning song from the 2025 Play It Strange Junior Songwriting Competition has been officially released today 🎊🥳
👉🏼 Infected Brain by Beaonthedl
You can listen on all streaming platforms, or find it here:
music.drm.co.nz/2025-jr-song...
🎵✨
Bella's winning song from the 2025 Play It Strange Junior Songwriting Competition has been officially released today 🎊🥳
👉🏼 Infected Brain by Beaonthedl
You can listen on all streaming platforms, or find it here:
music.drm.co.nz/2025-jr-song...
🎵✨
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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Warehouse has my book for cheap! Only $32! (Though obviously independent bookstores are much better if you can afford the RRP)
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Warehouse has my book for cheap! Only $32! (Though obviously independent bookstores are much better if you can afford the RRP)
When I was a kid, I was quite certain that a lot more things happen in Alberquerque than actually happen in Alberquerque.
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
When I was a kid, I was quite certain that a lot more things happen in Alberquerque than actually happen in Alberquerque.
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So quick and easy! Well done to all the elves.
Now #SecretSantaAoNZ has kicked off, I’m going to have a think about some good clues I can give my Santa. I’ll probably post around the time we get paired up.
Want to play with us? Go to secretsanta.nz for details and sign up!!
Want to play with us? Go to secretsanta.nz for details and sign up!!
a man in a green elf costume is sitting at a table in front of a shelf filled with toys .
Alt: Will Ferrell, in a green elf costume, is sitting at a table in front of a shelf filled with toys, playing with a Jack-in-the-Box
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
So quick and easy! Well done to all the elves.
"...gusts were still reaching more than 275km/h..."
Our house would be totalled!
Our house would be totalled!
Two dead and more than a million displaced after super #TyphoonFung-wong slams the Philippines
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Two dead and more than a million displaced after super typhoon Fung-wong slams the Philippines
More than 1.4 million people were evacuated across the country as the storm triggered flash flooding, landslides and gale-force winds
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"...gusts were still reaching more than 275km/h..."
Our house would be totalled!
Our house would be totalled!
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There's so many people against this service (was in a meeting the other night where it was mocked) so please fill this out if it's relevant to you. It's not perfect but it sure beats the alternative which is nothing. #nzpol
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Future of Te Huia | Your Voice Matters Waikato
This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete and is open until Sunday, 30 November.
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
There's so many people against this service (was in a meeting the other night where it was mocked) so please fill this out if it's relevant to you. It's not perfect but it sure beats the alternative which is nothing. #nzpol
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Fear not, the government has a cunning plan — you see, things only burn once...
Uncontrolled wildfires in Aotearoa and it's not even REMOTELY summer yet.
I'm sure that's a good sign. #nzpol
I'm sure that's a good sign. #nzpol
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Fear not, the government has a cunning plan — you see, things only burn once...
This thunderstorm bearing down on Auckland is slow as. Reckon we've an hour?!
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This thunderstorm bearing down on Auckland is slow as. Reckon we've an hour?!
A summery Saturday morning...
Weather: Marble-sized hail, severe thunderstorms possible for Auckland, Northland
Several flights have already been delayed at Auckland Airport.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A summery Saturday morning...
Just look at the words in this perfect picture! Hard to believe it's not been photoshopped. The bus pleading to be saved, the disapproving shop, the police tape claiming Not Cross — and the dude does look pretty chill. A scene that demands you gawp.
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Just look at the words in this perfect picture! Hard to believe it's not been photoshopped. The bus pleading to be saved, the disapproving shop, the police tape claiming Not Cross — and the dude does look pretty chill. A scene that demands you gawp.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
highlight of my day!!!! vote @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social vote @workingfamilies.org ❤️❤️❤️
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
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Hey anyone at #mpi or #biosecuritynz. We do wasp genomics. I reckon I could tell you in about 24 hours if these invasive yellow legged #hornets you have found in Auckland are sisters, or a larger invasion. For free. Hit me up now!
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hey anyone at #mpi or #biosecuritynz. We do wasp genomics. I reckon I could tell you in about 24 hours if these invasive yellow legged #hornets you have found in Auckland are sisters, or a larger invasion. For free. Hit me up now!
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Waiting in a carpark to do an off-the-back-of-a-truck illicit produce swap for a ticket to #Kawaiicon
Gotta do what ya gotta do when gardening is illegal in New Zealand 😂
@kawaiicon.bsky.social
Gotta do what ya gotta do when gardening is illegal in New Zealand 😂
@kawaiicon.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Waiting in a carpark to do an off-the-back-of-a-truck illicit produce swap for a ticket to #Kawaiicon
Gotta do what ya gotta do when gardening is illegal in New Zealand 😂
@kawaiicon.bsky.social
Gotta do what ya gotta do when gardening is illegal in New Zealand 😂
@kawaiicon.bsky.social
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Looks like a big meteorite hit in Australia, enough to shake houses and register on seismographs! I hope no one was hurt, and I hope they recover a cool space rock so we can all look at it!! 🕵️
Via FB @earthquakes.au
There are reports on Facebook of an explosion at 4:43pm today in eastern Victoria. It was not an earthquake, but was recorded on our local seismograph. It’s likely to be a sonic boom from a meteor or another airborne object.
There are reports on Facebook of an explosion at 4:43pm today in eastern Victoria. It was not an earthquake, but was recorded on our local seismograph. It’s likely to be a sonic boom from a meteor or another airborne object.
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Looks like a big meteorite hit in Australia, enough to shake houses and register on seismographs! I hope no one was hurt, and I hope they recover a cool space rock so we can all look at it!! 🕵️
Is this real? Am I supposed to Google everything now to check that it isn't AI shite. There are wires on the witches but... Internet's fucked, huh?!
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Is this real? Am I supposed to Google everything now to check that it isn't AI shite. There are wires on the witches but... Internet's fucked, huh?!
Just thought of a great case use for AI - verifying if whatever I'm looking at is actually real.
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just thought of a great case use for AI - verifying if whatever I'm looking at is actually real.
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Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
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Been almost an hour now. No updates on why a good chunk of an entire region has no power on a lovely day?
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Been almost an hour now. No updates on why a good chunk of an entire region has no power on a lovely day?
OMG. It's @thebeths.bsky.social live on @jimmykimmel.com !!!
The Beths – Straight Line Was A Lie
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
OMG. It's @thebeths.bsky.social live on @jimmykimmel.com !!!