Nyika
@puzzledbyadream.bsky.social
PhD student studying neurodivergent culture and the neoliberal standard of ‘normal’ within universities. Neurodivergent, pan, sea enjoyer, lady-in-waiting to Astrid and Fin the cats. Belle and Sebastian fan, 6music Dad. 🇬🇧 in 🇳🇿
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Nyika
@puzzledbyadream.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Hello, I’m Nyika. I’m a neurodivergent 30-something newly living in Auckland, Aotearoa NZ. I am in the first year of studying studying for a PhD in neurodiversity, the transition to adulthood, the neoliberal idea of ‘normal’, and critical pedagogy.
One of Atomic Kitten caught her Welsh grandfather smoking a joint. The Taid is high.
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One of Atomic Kitten caught her Welsh grandfather smoking a joint. The Taid is high.
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I think about Round the Twist a lot. I feel like it got away with a lot of extremely dodgy content for children’s TV (the pissing up the wall contest one, for example, which is entitled “little squirt”) because we all just remember the banging theme tune.
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think about Round the Twist a lot. I feel like it got away with a lot of extremely dodgy content for children’s TV (the pissing up the wall contest one, for example, which is entitled “little squirt”) because we all just remember the banging theme tune.
Yessss they talked about academic misconduct. Amazing.
Blind date: ‘She friend-zoned me over text before the night was through’
Blind date: ‘She friend-zoned me over text before the night was through’
Alex, 31, an academic, meets Rachel, 28, a university caseworker
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Yessss they talked about academic misconduct. Amazing.
I guess one thing that is good about my name being unusual is that even if I change my surname when I eventually marry, it’ll still be fairly obvious that I wrote things published under my maiden name.
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I guess one thing that is good about my name being unusual is that even if I change my surname when I eventually marry, it’ll still be fairly obvious that I wrote things published under my maiden name.
Forbidden piece of seaside rock.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
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The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Forbidden piece of seaside rock.
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It’s too late. I’ve already depicted you as few synapses, tiny think, and myself as many synapses, big think. it’s over
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s too late. I’ve already depicted you as few synapses, tiny think, and myself as many synapses, big think. it’s over
When the dreamies are 1 minute late.
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
When the dreamies are 1 minute late.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Oh, Alice Wong has died.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Oh, Alice Wong has died.
Actually, it’s a bit annoying watching Down Cemetery Road knowing where pretty much all the locations are in Bristol and Bath when it’s supposed to be “South Oxford”
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Actually, it’s a bit annoying watching Down Cemetery Road knowing where pretty much all the locations are in Bristol and Bath when it’s supposed to be “South Oxford”
I think about Round the Twist a lot. I feel like it got away with a lot of extremely dodgy content for children’s TV (the pissing up the wall contest one, for example, which is entitled “little squirt”) because we all just remember the banging theme tune.
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think about Round the Twist a lot. I feel like it got away with a lot of extremely dodgy content for children’s TV (the pissing up the wall contest one, for example, which is entitled “little squirt”) because we all just remember the banging theme tune.
Today all I really need to do is pop out to get a usb stick (because academic conferences don’t care about data security I guess) and that is a nice feeling.
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today all I really need to do is pop out to get a usb stick (because academic conferences don’t care about data security I guess) and that is a nice feeling.
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Speaking of the Pro-Cathedral, my favourite funny story about my Dublin granny.
Before he died leaving her a widow with five young children in England during the war, Granpa had given her a fur coat which was her prized possession. Nobody in the family had ever had a fur coat before...
After the
Before he died leaving her a widow with five young children in England during the war, Granpa had given her a fur coat which was her prized possession. Nobody in the family had ever had a fur coat before...
After the
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Speaking of the Pro-Cathedral, my favourite funny story about my Dublin granny.
Before he died leaving her a widow with five young children in England during the war, Granpa had given her a fur coat which was her prized possession. Nobody in the family had ever had a fur coat before...
After the
Before he died leaving her a widow with five young children in England during the war, Granpa had given her a fur coat which was her prized possession. Nobody in the family had ever had a fur coat before...
After the
Update: big bruise.
I would strongly recommend not walking at full pelt into those little thigh height trolley barrier things that stop you going out the wrong way. Walking into them the wrong way I mean. OUCH.
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Update: big bruise.
I’ve finally finished the project I spent 2.5 weeks working on. I don’t know what to do with myself.
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’ve finally finished the project I spent 2.5 weeks working on. I don’t know what to do with myself.
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Since people are talking about GoodReads again, I should needlessly shill for the lightweight, privacy-first replacement that a friend and I made a few years back.
You can import your collection from other services, barcode, or one by one.
www.shelf-cat.com
You can import your collection from other services, barcode, or one by one.
www.shelf-cat.com
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A better way to organise your library
www.shelf-cat.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Since people are talking about GoodReads again, I should needlessly shill for the lightweight, privacy-first replacement that a friend and I made a few years back.
You can import your collection from other services, barcode, or one by one.
www.shelf-cat.com
You can import your collection from other services, barcode, or one by one.
www.shelf-cat.com
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Who will be the first Nobel Laureate who has been to Habbo Hotel
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Who will be the first Nobel Laureate who has been to Habbo Hotel
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Guess what's for dinner.
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Guess what's for dinner.
I would strongly recommend not walking at full pelt into those little thigh height trolley barrier things that stop you going out the wrong way. Walking into them the wrong way I mean. OUCH.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I would strongly recommend not walking at full pelt into those little thigh height trolley barrier things that stop you going out the wrong way. Walking into them the wrong way I mean. OUCH.
Bit of late lunch, bit of editing, go for a swim I think.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Bit of late lunch, bit of editing, go for a swim I think.
Wow I’ve actually got to uni on time/a little bit early. Wonders will never cease.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Wow I’ve actually got to uni on time/a little bit early. Wonders will never cease.
If anybody has advice on how to cut out over a thousand words from a literature review I’d be very grateful. I got it down by about 300 yesterday but it’s Still Too Long.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If anybody has advice on how to cut out over a thousand words from a literature review I’d be very grateful. I got it down by about 300 yesterday but it’s Still Too Long.
I enjoy how much Bunnings have leaned into the fact that Hammerbarn in Bluey is clearly based on them.
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I enjoy how much Bunnings have leaned into the fact that Hammerbarn in Bluey is clearly based on them.
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University Challenge is a lot like sex. It gets more frantic towards the end and then there's a gong and Amol Rajan tells you the scores.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
University Challenge is a lot like sex. It gets more frantic towards the end and then there's a gong and Amol Rajan tells you the scores.