Thomas Austin
@thomaswaustin.bsky.social
Amazing gift from #SecretsantaAoNZ. Now to figure out where to hang it!
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Amazing gift from #SecretsantaAoNZ. Now to figure out where to hang it!
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Took visiting 3 different post shops, but gift is on it's way! #SecretsantaAoNZ
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Took visiting 3 different post shops, but gift is on it's way! #SecretsantaAoNZ
My #SecretsantaAoNZ gift has arrived already! Thanks Santa. I'll eagerly await opening day!
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My #SecretsantaAoNZ gift has arrived already! Thanks Santa. I'll eagerly await opening day!
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Yeah people, WE DID IT. Let's go for gold. #pies #piespiespies
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Yeah people, WE DID IT. Let's go for gold. #pies #piespiespies
For music, my tastes are quite variable, artists include Dave Dobbyn, Greenday, Nina Simone, Rachmaninov, Fat Freddies Drop, Eric Prydz, Mumford and son's.
#SecretsantaAoNZ
#SecretsantaAoNZ
A new question for today #SecretSantaAoNZ
This one might require a few replies to answer, at least for me.
This one might require a few replies to answer, at least for me.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
For music, my tastes are quite variable, artists include Dave Dobbyn, Greenday, Nina Simone, Rachmaninov, Fat Freddies Drop, Eric Prydz, Mumford and son's.
#SecretsantaAoNZ
#SecretsantaAoNZ
I'm coeliac, so avoid gluten like the plague my body thinks it is.
Love food and beverages of a wide variety. I've home brewed cider, mead, and ginger beer in the last few years, cook a wide range of cuisines.
Yet to find many things that I dont enjoy.
#SecretsantaAoNZ
Love food and beverages of a wide variety. I've home brewed cider, mead, and ginger beer in the last few years, cook a wide range of cuisines.
Yet to find many things that I dont enjoy.
#SecretsantaAoNZ
Today's #SecretSantaAoNZ question is a pretty important one.
Make sure you add the hashtag to your replies so it's easily searchable for your Santa. We wouldn't want them to miss it.
Make sure you add the hashtag to your replies so it's easily searchable for your Santa. We wouldn't want them to miss it.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I'm coeliac, so avoid gluten like the plague my body thinks it is.
Love food and beverages of a wide variety. I've home brewed cider, mead, and ginger beer in the last few years, cook a wide range of cuisines.
Yet to find many things that I dont enjoy.
#SecretsantaAoNZ
Love food and beverages of a wide variety. I've home brewed cider, mead, and ginger beer in the last few years, cook a wide range of cuisines.
Yet to find many things that I dont enjoy.
#SecretsantaAoNZ
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Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
Does a Terry's Chocolate orange count as one of your 5+ a day?
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Does a Terry's Chocolate orange count as one of your 5+ a day?
Looking forward to playing #SecretsantaAoNZ again!
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looking forward to playing #SecretsantaAoNZ again!
Note to self - avoid passing out in the shower. Thankfully Wellington Free Ambulance are wonderful and looked after me. Still in A&E wearing an ever fashionable hospital gown
August 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Note to self - avoid passing out in the shower. Thankfully Wellington Free Ambulance are wonderful and looked after me. Still in A&E wearing an ever fashionable hospital gown
Well I guess I now live in the Hutt, despite the house not having moved...
August 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Well I guess I now live in the Hutt, despite the house not having moved...
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Just trying to imagine male politicians facing this shit about their private body parts. Utterly disgusting. It’s 2025 man millenials are middle aged now pls stop.
July 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just trying to imagine male politicians facing this shit about their private body parts. Utterly disgusting. It’s 2025 man millenials are middle aged now pls stop.
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Councillor Chung’s email represents a new low for local politics in this country. I have supported the Mayor through this type of nonsense since she was elected and will continue to do so. Please don’t vote for behaviour like this or anyone associated with it. It’s disgusting.
July 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Councillor Chung’s email represents a new low for local politics in this country. I have supported the Mayor through this type of nonsense since she was elected and will continue to do so. Please don’t vote for behaviour like this or anyone associated with it. It’s disgusting.
Thank you, Santa, for your kind and thoughtful gifts. Looking forward to the use I'll get out of the lot! Will have to spoil myself with a second coffee this morning to christen the mug! ##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ
June 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Thank you, Santa, for your kind and thoughtful gifts. Looking forward to the use I'll get out of the lot! Will have to spoil myself with a second coffee this morning to christen the mug! ##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ
Santa, your kind gift has arrived at my doorstep! Thanks heaps!
##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ
##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ
May 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Santa, your kind gift has arrived at my doorstep! Thanks heaps!
##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ
##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ
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The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.
Writing interview questions for volunteer leadership/mentorship roles is proving more challenging than I anticipated.
Does anyone have any good interview questions up their sleeve related to conflict management with volunteers?
Does anyone have any good interview questions up their sleeve related to conflict management with volunteers?
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Writing interview questions for volunteer leadership/mentorship roles is proving more challenging than I anticipated.
Does anyone have any good interview questions up their sleeve related to conflict management with volunteers?
Does anyone have any good interview questions up their sleeve related to conflict management with volunteers?
On a non-budget related post. Managed to sneak in and get my #MWSecretSantaAoNZ gift in the mail today. Fingers crossed that it arrives on time!
May 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
On a non-budget related post. Managed to sneak in and get my #MWSecretSantaAoNZ gift in the mail today. Fingers crossed that it arrives on time!
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Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.
Got my flu jab this morning, and keep finding things that are somewhat painful or annoying to do! Went to turn off one of the N2 lines in a fume hood at work, and found that rather uncomfortable!
Always makes me glad for "normal" function on a day to day basis, and how others aren't always so lucky
Always makes me glad for "normal" function on a day to day basis, and how others aren't always so lucky
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Got my flu jab this morning, and keep finding things that are somewhat painful or annoying to do! Went to turn off one of the N2 lines in a fume hood at work, and found that rather uncomfortable!
Always makes me glad for "normal" function on a day to day basis, and how others aren't always so lucky
Always makes me glad for "normal" function on a day to day basis, and how others aren't always so lucky
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Stay in your lane and deliver better lunches first eh?
Seymour’s truancy call to mayors met with confusion and exasperation
Seymour’s truancy call to mayors met with confusion and exasperation
The associate education minister has appealed for mayors' support on improving school attendance. But should it really be part of their job? <br />...
thespinoff.co.nz
April 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Stay in your lane and deliver better lunches first eh?
I enjoy scented things, though not a huge user of many beyond massage oil and cologne.
Scents I like: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Lavender, Rose.
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ
Scents I like: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Lavender, Rose.
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ
April 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I enjoy scented things, though not a huge user of many beyond massage oil and cologne.
Scents I like: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Lavender, Rose.
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ
Scents I like: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Lavender, Rose.
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ
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THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.)
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Monstrous Regiment (Signed 1st edition)
Auction item 'Monstrous Regiment (Signed 1st edition)' hosted online at 32auctions.
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April 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.)
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...