The Snark Maiden
@katydidnz.bsky.social
Fan of lighthouses, McLarenF1, maps, & Moomins. Redhead, proofreader-for-hire, & freelance snarker. Casual snapper.
Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿
Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti!
https://substack.com/@katydidnz
Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿
Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti!
https://substack.com/@katydidnz
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When people talk about “the look and feel” of a film, it’s often hard to quantify what “feel” means. This is a brilliant analysis of one important part of that meaning.
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
When people talk about “the look and feel” of a film, it’s often hard to quantify what “feel” means. This is a brilliant analysis of one important part of that meaning.
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Not a want, but a need
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not a want, but a need
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My top 5 movie genres
1. Spaghetti westerns
2. Science fiction - preferably space based but not averse to an interesting planet
3. Noir
4. Gangster/heist/action movies with great soundtracks (looking at you Guy Ritchie, Edgar Wright)
5. Stuff with vast epic scenery
1. Spaghetti westerns
2. Science fiction - preferably space based but not averse to an interesting planet
3. Noir
4. Gangster/heist/action movies with great soundtracks (looking at you Guy Ritchie, Edgar Wright)
5. Stuff with vast epic scenery
1. Extremely horrific war tragedy nobody else wants to watch with me
2. Weird shit, preferably French but Japanese and Russian also fine
3. Boss bitches doing boss shit
4. Seems Like A Bog Standard Genre Movie But Actually It Fuckin Cooks
5. Not actually that enjoyable, but Important
2. Weird shit, preferably French but Japanese and Russian also fine
3. Boss bitches doing boss shit
4. Seems Like A Bog Standard Genre Movie But Actually It Fuckin Cooks
5. Not actually that enjoyable, but Important
My top 5 movie genres:
1. J&B
2. Gothic
3. Noir
4. Space!
5. Roger Corman
1. J&B
2. Gothic
3. Noir
4. Space!
5. Roger Corman
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My top 5 movie genres
1. Spaghetti westerns
2. Science fiction - preferably space based but not averse to an interesting planet
3. Noir
4. Gangster/heist/action movies with great soundtracks (looking at you Guy Ritchie, Edgar Wright)
5. Stuff with vast epic scenery
1. Spaghetti westerns
2. Science fiction - preferably space based but not averse to an interesting planet
3. Noir
4. Gangster/heist/action movies with great soundtracks (looking at you Guy Ritchie, Edgar Wright)
5. Stuff with vast epic scenery
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Topping off an excellent weekend with an excellent banh mi.
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Topping off an excellent weekend with an excellent banh mi.
I now declare Aperol Spritz season officially open.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I now declare Aperol Spritz season officially open.
Just over a year later
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Just over a year later
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This is a very good article. Well worth reading.
It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is a very good article. Well worth reading.
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This made my eyes sweaty in a good way. Recommended reading.
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This made my eyes sweaty in a good way. Recommended reading.
I've been weeding the grass under my very overgrown rosemary bush* and I'm very fragrant. Pleasantly so. It's next to a wilding lavender and now I feel sleepy.
*Not a bloody euphemism @thebasement.nz
*Not a bloody euphemism @thebasement.nz
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I've been weeding the grass under my very overgrown rosemary bush* and I'm very fragrant. Pleasantly so. It's next to a wilding lavender and now I feel sleepy.
*Not a bloody euphemism @thebasement.nz
*Not a bloody euphemism @thebasement.nz
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You know I have to do this.
Lighthouse!
Lighthouse!
Te Rerenga Wairua Cape Reinga, the very tip of New Zealand.
The lone pōhutukawa tree on the headland is where Māori believe the souls of the departed travel down the roots to the afterworld.
#GreatNZRoadie #Nikon #Travel
The lone pōhutukawa tree on the headland is where Māori believe the souls of the departed travel down the roots to the afterworld.
#GreatNZRoadie #Nikon #Travel
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You know I have to do this.
Lighthouse!
Lighthouse!
Don't apply sunscreen then walk on the beach in a norwesterly. Unless you want a gritty face.
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Don't apply sunscreen then walk on the beach in a norwesterly. Unless you want a gritty face.
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This is brilliant and magical.
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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If you see this, post a bird.
Open for full effect.
Open for full effect.
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you see this, post a bird.
Open for full effect.
Open for full effect.
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NEW MCMANSION HELL: CHUD ATLANTIS mcmansionhell.com/post/8002175...
chud atlantis
Hello everyone, sorry to go so long without posting something. I caught covid in August and it's taken me months to start feeling relatively back to normal. I am still struggling with fatigue and some...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
NEW MCMANSION HELL: CHUD ATLANTIS mcmansionhell.com/post/8002175...
Reading a @sarahkendzior.bsky.social piece today and these lines struck me.
"Businesses are going out of business as humanity is drained out of humans. What is left — unless you resist — are political cults."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fearing-th...
"Businesses are going out of business as humanity is drained out of humans. What is left — unless you resist — are political cults."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fearing-th...
Fearing the Reapers
Trump, Biden, and careers of evil
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reading a @sarahkendzior.bsky.social piece today and these lines struck me.
"Businesses are going out of business as humanity is drained out of humans. What is left — unless you resist — are political cults."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fearing-th...
"Businesses are going out of business as humanity is drained out of humans. What is left — unless you resist — are political cults."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fearing-th...
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Definitely needs a lighthouse
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Definitely needs a lighthouse
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The NZ School Boards Association has launched a petition calling on the Minister of Education Erica Stanford to reverse her ill-informed, hostile decision to remove the obligations of boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in NZ education.
Boost pls
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Boost pls
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Protect Te Tiriti in Education
Aotearoa should be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is respected and part of a vibrant connected community. Where everyone feels a sense of belonging and knows their children wi...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The NZ School Boards Association has launched a petition calling on the Minister of Education Erica Stanford to reverse her ill-informed, hostile decision to remove the obligations of boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in NZ education.
Boost pls
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
Boost pls
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
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My jelly hell: ‘Slowly, the whole thing collapsed before me’
My jelly hell: ‘Slowly, the whole thing collapsed before me’
Jelly is back in all its wobbly, Instagram-friendly glory. But does it always taste as impressive as it looks? And why is it so hard to get it to set rather than slump? This could get messy …
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My jelly hell: ‘Slowly, the whole thing collapsed before me’