Jojo (they/them)
@jojoinabox.bsky.social
Professional non-creative wordsmith (and amateur creative wordsmith) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently crocheting more than reading. See https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/.
Profile pic is Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse. Header is Akaroa Harbour.
Profile pic is Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse. Header is Akaroa Harbour.
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Always make sure you have non-alcoholic drinks to offer that aren't water too. As someone who doesn't drink, it's a real bummer when water is the only option.
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
Always make sure you have non-alcoholic drinks to offer that aren't water too. As someone who doesn't drink, it's a real bummer when water is the only option.
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Y’all. We GOTTA get better at commenting on/reposting things we like over here. Likes are nice but comments and reposts are what get good shit to other people on bsky. Don’t forget that!
Make your fandom creators’ day a little brighter by leaving a little comment or hitting that repost button
Make your fandom creators’ day a little brighter by leaving a little comment or hitting that repost button
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Y’all. We GOTTA get better at commenting on/reposting things we like over here. Likes are nice but comments and reposts are what get good shit to other people on bsky. Don’t forget that!
Make your fandom creators’ day a little brighter by leaving a little comment or hitting that repost button
Make your fandom creators’ day a little brighter by leaving a little comment or hitting that repost button
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
Quote of the day from my WIP The Missing Mortimer:
Jimmy had been pretending not to listen to this exchange, but he couldn’t help but notice the way Ellerslie’s eyes slid distastefully in his direction at “sordid little secrets”. And that was a rudeness that he wasn’t going to stand for.
Jimmy had been pretending not to listen to this exchange, but he couldn’t help but notice the way Ellerslie’s eyes slid distastefully in his direction at “sordid little secrets”. And that was a rudeness that he wasn’t going to stand for.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Quote of the day from my WIP The Missing Mortimer:
Jimmy had been pretending not to listen to this exchange, but he couldn’t help but notice the way Ellerslie’s eyes slid distastefully in his direction at “sordid little secrets”. And that was a rudeness that he wasn’t going to stand for.
Jimmy had been pretending not to listen to this exchange, but he couldn’t help but notice the way Ellerslie’s eyes slid distastefully in his direction at “sordid little secrets”. And that was a rudeness that he wasn’t going to stand for.
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And yes, vaccines help…lessen the severity if and when you do catch them. They aren’t sterilizing.
That doesn’t mean they’re unimportant. It just means they should not be your only layer of protection—and certainly not your family’s.
Mask up in the germ tubes and the places they stop.
That doesn’t mean they’re unimportant. It just means they should not be your only layer of protection—and certainly not your family’s.
Mask up in the germ tubes and the places they stop.
We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
And yes, vaccines help…lessen the severity if and when you do catch them. They aren’t sterilizing.
That doesn’t mean they’re unimportant. It just means they should not be your only layer of protection—and certainly not your family’s.
Mask up in the germ tubes and the places they stop.
That doesn’t mean they’re unimportant. It just means they should not be your only layer of protection—and certainly not your family’s.
Mask up in the germ tubes and the places they stop.
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*spins this chair around* I heard you kids love getting "all bricked up," so you'll love The Cask of Amontillado.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
*spins this chair around* I heard you kids love getting "all bricked up," so you'll love The Cask of Amontillado.
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I have two things I would really like people to internalize about the fashion industry/garment manufacturing, and they are:
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I have two things I would really like people to internalize about the fashion industry/garment manufacturing, and they are:
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
A fictional review of Hamlet from 1601; surely this will tickle somebody's interest?
#Shakespeare #Hamlet #EarlyModernTheatre
#Shakespeare #Hamlet #EarlyModernTheatre
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A fictional review of Hamlet from 1601; surely this will tickle somebody's interest?
#Shakespeare #Hamlet #EarlyModernTheatre
#Shakespeare #Hamlet #EarlyModernTheatre
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My sale ends really soon! Get your buns in there and grab the goods, I never do sales and I MAKE GOOD ART
I never do sales, but I'm doing a big Christmas sale this year! Shop #kikorangi local, support an artist, and give unique gifts that always hit with their recipient!
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My sale ends really soon! Get your buns in there and grab the goods, I never do sales and I MAKE GOOD ART
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
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you have the dancing plague
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
you have the dancing plague
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
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If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
During the Great Fire of London in 1666, Samuel Pepys buried some of his valuables before evacuating his neighborhood, which notably included a wheel of parmesan.
(Yes, he did safely get his cheese back)
(Yes, he did safely get his cheese back)
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
During the Great Fire of London in 1666, Samuel Pepys buried some of his valuables before evacuating his neighborhood, which notably included a wheel of parmesan.
(Yes, he did safely get his cheese back)
(Yes, he did safely get his cheese back)
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Does your giftee like cats? There's 15% off Kat's Nip and Fluffy Balls til the end of the month!
Home-grown, hand-made.
katsnip.nz
#nzpets
Home-grown, hand-made.
katsnip.nz
#nzpets
Kat's Nip: New Zealand's Dankest Catnip and Cat Toys
Kat's Nip is Aotearoa New Zealand's premium catnip. Grown fresh and harvested by hand, Kat's Nip is the dankest 'nip available for your feline pal.
katsnip.nz
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Does your giftee like cats? There's 15% off Kat's Nip and Fluffy Balls til the end of the month!
Home-grown, hand-made.
katsnip.nz
#nzpets
Home-grown, hand-made.
katsnip.nz
#nzpets
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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just saw someone describe the chaos of seagulls positively by saying it makes sense that the shoreline should be a place of pirates & thieves — i can get on board with that
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
just saw someone describe the chaos of seagulls positively by saying it makes sense that the shoreline should be a place of pirates & thieves — i can get on board with that
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Also! Chainmail jewellery in custom colour-schemes is a wonderfully distinctive #SecretSantaAoNZ gift and I am happy to wrap/personalise for you, etc.
Range of prices available but for a light touch consider keyring (felt.co.nz/listing/5963...) or trio earrings (felt.co.nz/listing/5555...)
Range of prices available but for a light touch consider keyring (felt.co.nz/listing/5963...) or trio earrings (felt.co.nz/listing/5555...)
Chainmail keyring
A bright and cheerful accessory to keep your keys together! Chain is 5cm long + keyring, in a doubled-up version of Byzantine weave. Or hang it on a bag for a splash of colour. Available in rainbow or...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Also! Chainmail jewellery in custom colour-schemes is a wonderfully distinctive #SecretSantaAoNZ gift and I am happy to wrap/personalise for you, etc.
Range of prices available but for a light touch consider keyring (felt.co.nz/listing/5963...) or trio earrings (felt.co.nz/listing/5555...)
Range of prices available but for a light touch consider keyring (felt.co.nz/listing/5963...) or trio earrings (felt.co.nz/listing/5555...)
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Here's a lovely review from @jojoinabox.bsky.social on the Backstage Christchurch Facebook page (or I've pasted below some very kind bits about me). #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #theatre #review
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Canterbury Repertory Theatre has brought the grimmest heart of Dartmoor to Ōtautahi Christchurch in a new production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. As a longtime devotee of Sherlock....
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November 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Here's a lovely review from @jojoinabox.bsky.social on the Backstage Christchurch Facebook page (or I've pasted below some very kind bits about me). #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #theatre #review
Good news, I'm reviewing theatre again! The review is only available on FB, sadly, but if you still have an account you can read it here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1AXC...
Tl;dr, Canterbury Repertory Theatre have just opened a BRILLIANT production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Go see it!
Tl;dr, Canterbury Repertory Theatre have just opened a BRILLIANT production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Go see it!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Good news, I'm reviewing theatre again! The review is only available on FB, sadly, but if you still have an account you can read it here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1AXC...
Tl;dr, Canterbury Repertory Theatre have just opened a BRILLIANT production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Go see it!
Tl;dr, Canterbury Repertory Theatre have just opened a BRILLIANT production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Go see it!
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Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
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🐦 Hopeful news ⬇️
Today from The Detail: Kākāpō numbers are recovering at such a rate that we are running out of pest-free islands to put them on.
Kākāpō might not be the bird of the year, but this is the year of the kākāpō
newsroom.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🐦 Hopeful news ⬇️
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ever worried as a writer to play around and experiment with genre? remember this:
the same guy who wrote MAD MAX: FURY ROAD also wrote BABE and HAPPY FEET
the same guy who wrote MAD MAX: FURY ROAD also wrote BABE and HAPPY FEET
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ever worried as a writer to play around and experiment with genre? remember this:
the same guy who wrote MAD MAX: FURY ROAD also wrote BABE and HAPPY FEET
the same guy who wrote MAD MAX: FURY ROAD also wrote BABE and HAPPY FEET
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You know which British Fantasy Awards-shortlisted, Publishers Weekly starred-reviewed fantasy novel is on Kindle for just £2.99? THE BLACK COAST, by me! Dragon knights*! A mysterious warlord who may or may not be a demon! Culture clash, but also culture learning! www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Coast-...
Amazon.co.uk
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You know which British Fantasy Awards-shortlisted, Publishers Weekly starred-reviewed fantasy novel is on Kindle for just £2.99? THE BLACK COAST, by me! Dragon knights*! A mysterious warlord who may or may not be a demon! Culture clash, but also culture learning! www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Coast-...