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Mark Darbyshire
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I wear too many hats. I love theatre, data, science, and connecting people. Let's make a sustainable future that isn't built on the assumptions of the past […]

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It's opening night! I would love to see some friends in the audience.

This is the most technically ambitious production I've been in, and the most demanding for me personally. It's looking and sounding amazing and I can't wait to share it with our first […]

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Poster with a black background. Only the red demonic eyes of a hound are visible. The white text says: Canterbury Repertory Theatre, The Hound of the Baskervilles, 2025, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted for the stage by Simon Williams, directed by Ross Gumbley, 7:30pm, 19–29 November, Elmwood Auditorium, www.repertory.nz, a community theatre production by special arrangement with Joseph Weinberg and The Play Bureau.
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I should probably share this link for the play I'm in until 19 April! https://www.riccartonplayers.co.nz/book-tickets

#theatre #actor #Ōtautahi #christchurch
Poster with an illustration of a residential street at night. There is a dead dog in the foreground with a gardening fork lodged in its body. The poster says: Riccarton Players, presented in association with New Zealand Play Bureau Ltd. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. A play by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon. 9 to 19 April 2025. Directed by Caitlyn O'Rourke assisted by Luke Longworth. Book now! Phone 03 338 4699 or visit www.riccartonplayers.co.nz.
April 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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This resonates.

#death #quote #marktwain #exvangelical
Painting of an elderly Mark Twain with his quote: "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
November 16, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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XKCD 927 summarises why I dislike Bluesky.

#activitypub #atprotocol #bluesky #xkcd #fediverse
A comic strip: How Standards Proliferate (See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.) Situation: There are 14 competing standards. Person 1: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases. Person 2: Yeah! Soon: Situation: There are 15 competing standards. Title text: Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit.
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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Recently, snatches of Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night" keep playing in my mind.

Partly because I'm processing the loss of two grandparents in two months.

Partly because I'm processing the descent of humanity into darkness. But we will […]

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Black and white image. The following poem text is rendered against a background of a path leading to a distant light in the darkness: Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
November 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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I find Seek's job recommendations invariably bad, but this one is just taking the piss.

#exvangelical
A notification on my phone which says: Seek Jobs. Fresh opportunity for you. Pastor at C3 Church Christchurch in Canterbury. Be one of the first to apply.
November 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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I'm being held captive watching a movie but I snuck outside to catch this hint of an #aurora on my phone.
Pristine starry sky. Trees along the bottom. Hint of purple sky at the bottom left.
November 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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You can't say Christchurch vandals aren't creative!

#Ōtautahi #christchurch #streetart #vandalism #bike #graffiti
A metal rectangular box elevated on short pillars which used to contain the illuminated text "Wish you were here" until it was smashed long ago. The box now contains a blue bike with a bright yellow caution tape draped across. The back of the metal casing is covered in grafitti, including (quite poetically) the text "Wish you were here". In the foreground is a grassy flaxy rain garden. In the background are a building, a ute, and the concrete path of the Christchurch South Frame.
November 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Video of this fire as viewed from my apartment building: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350429873/residents-warned-stay-indoors-after-fire-central-christchurch

#fire #Ōtautahi #christchurch
November 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM