Irish Kiwi living in ลtautahi. Nerdy lefty neurodivergent introvert; owns many fountain pens, hammocks, and boxes of craft supplies. Sometimes uses them. Ordained minister of the Universal Life Church purely for the gender-neutral title of Reverend.
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This hadnโt been a story I was following but was prompted to read this excellent article by being perplexed by the contradictory RNZ reporting, which said both that the data centres were โliveโ and that they were still to be built. Emperorโs new clothes.
I think they blatantly DON'T understand council business.
To be fair, the graphics *are* bad and they *are* annoying kids ๐
I hope you continue to! Of course there are better and worse episodes and I definitely have my favourite seasons and ones I just allow to flow past me, but you can make up your own mind about which ones are which ๐
Ooooh that's not a bad approach.
Love it. I re-watch Buffy every few years and always enjoy it.
The main reason I haven't ditched TIDAL for just buying music I like is that the algorithm helps me find artists I'd never stumble across by myself. Alt-pop electronica rock DnB crossovers just aren't on my radar anywhere else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-wR...
Yippee my eel t-shirt has arrived! I love how it looks like a big flower from a distance but it is actually EELS. pepperraccoon.com/products/eel...
I just discovered Birdle exists ๐ฆ๐ birdle.nz
Maybe he's taking it seriously this year, knowing that he truly isn't the worst candidate.
This Irish person supports this post. We Irish love our tea. I have a mug of it beside me right now!
Maybe ๐ Mine is a hair and beard trimmer combined. It does a great job normally although I'm happy to say I haven't needed to use it on my face and long may that last. Menopause can be cruel on the facial hair front but hopefully a tweezers will suffice!
LOL, maybe they are Not For You. I can usually do an alright job but forgetting to put the guard on is a mistake that hopefully I'll only make once. If I didn't do girlie clothes and makeup I felt like I looked really butch (fine on others, not for me), and at least one person thought I was ill.
I accidentally gave myself a skinhead at the start of February and it took MONTHS for me to look my usual self again. I've been clipping my own hair for years because I hate the whole hairdresser experience but it was a while before I felt brave enough to try the clippers again ๐
Thank you for confirming that the seal was good before opening ๐ I've tried these ones as the local Mad Butcher has them, but sadly my taste buds prefer the McClure's ones which are more expensive.
Thoughts and prayers in that general direction.
I have been wishing a stroke on that man for years now. Maybe dreams really do come true? I've never wished a stroke on anyone else in my life and strokes killed both my granddads, but if ever anyone deserves to be trapped in a failing body...
Oh great, does this mean we get to have our local environment wrecked for AI on top of everything else? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
I am going to bed now but technically it's already Monday and I definitely think I'll regret this later.
Every Irish person I have hosted in New Zealand, plus myself, has been badly burnt. Even the hottest Irish sun is no match for what pale freckled skin here has to contend with. Mind you, I remember burning to blisters in summer sun in Wexford in the 80s. Skin cancer probably beckons...
Scotland's Maclean brothers. Epic. Determined. Altruistic. 'Their Pacific row has raised more than ยฃ800,000 for clean water projects in Madagascar through their Maclean Foundation' #CleanWater #Madagascar Donations can be made here: www.themacleanbrothers.com/tmf/our-appr...
On the plus side, I have almost completely recovered from my vaccination on Friday morning with only a slight muscle soreness at the injection site. The proper sleep I had last night might somewhat compensate for staying up binge watching TV tonight .
I fear getting back into The Wire when I have work in the morning might have been a mistake.
I felt it too, and did the brief freezing where I stood thing to see how big it would get.
The tradition is to draw the arrival in front of St Peter. How will cartoonists manage this one when it happens?
No I don't think it was the last one; honestly I wasn't a fan so I didn't pay much attention beyond wondering what was wrong with him and then discovering afterwards that it was heart trouble. He looked quite unwell and had to sit on a stool for a bit before ending early.
Funnily enough, the one time I saw him the weather was absolutely wild too, thunder and lightning and rain which we had to walk in back to accommodation afterwards. Also he had a minor heart attack on stage, so overall it was a memorable night but for all the wrong reasons. He was def a trooper!
For example, "An bhfuil sรฉ marbh?" "Is he dead?"
An unplanned cat to add to my cat art. Tried something new with ink after seeing a tutorial online and I think this holds a lot of promise ๐โโฌ๏ธ
Live your life so that people donโt consider rumors of your death a form of edging.
I know that organised yarn bombs say they take it down before it gets to that point, but I don't know if that's a blanket (haha) policy for everyone who does it.
It feels like I have done nothing but pee for the last day or so. A quick Google suggests this can happen after vaccinations because your body is trying to eliminate a threat. Not sure if that's true but it's the only thing that explains my five (!) trips to the loo last night!
I really hate yarn bombing. I don't find it cute or creative; I find it irritating and unappealing. Maybe it's a texture thing... Seeing photos of it makes me want to go and rip it all down!!
True, but I'm not sure Christmas would feel quite the same to me.
Oooh tough choice. I think Vancouver, because it's a lovely city *and* would give me the cold dark Northern Hemisphere Christmas that I miss in NZ. But which bit in Japan?
There's a LOT going on. I loved how there were no "good guys" and "bad guys"โeveryone was a bit of both.
I absolutely loved it the first time around but I haven't watched it since. I was discussing it with my brother recently and wondering how well it held up with the dramatic changes in technology over the past couple of decades. Guess there's one way to find out!
Feeling absolutely useless after a terrible night's sleep (post-vaccination side effects). I'm not capable of doing anything of worth today. Maybe now is the time to start re-watching The Wire, although that'll render me unproductive for a lot longer than just today!
This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.
Feckin weka! I'm still annoyed about the one that stole the toothpaste out of my tent on the Abel Tasman.
I love all of these especially the smooth lemon friend ๐งก
If you see this, quote post your cat art. ๐โโฌ
I really love all of these but especially the face off.
Nice one @ciaraioch.bsky.social
Your poor dad. That must have been a rough ride for him.
For anyone wondering about the dementia link: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Te reo Mฤori has been celebrated on the world stage, with NZโs language journey showcased as a โblueprintโ for revitalisation at Canadaโs first-ever Indigenous Languages Summit.
You all need to stop whatever youโre doing and look at this!
I got my second jab for the Shingrix vaccine today and am happy that's done (despite my sore arm). I was very fortunate that I could save the $800 it costs in NZ for anyone who is younger or older than 65. It's nice to know I will probably not get shingles now and also have less risk of dementia.
Lucky family member!!
How lovely ๐ www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
It's great eh? I used to reply really quickly so people knew I was working, but now I reply when it suits me and they assume that's because I was working. Either way I am working but this is much less stressful!
I'd like to give a big, sincere and wholehearted thank you to the reader who's just reported Copper Script to Amazon for errors including "reader doesn't know British English exists", "reader doesn't know the word 'insuperable'", and of course this. For a British book about two British people.
TIDAL is really keeping me on my toes today, musically speaking. There is no occasion where I would ever *choose* a playlist that has Andrew W.K. immediately followed by Paddy Reilly ๐
In my free time today I will be mostly cataloguing my watercolour pigments on this site. It looks incredibly useful, and at the very least it should deter me from buying more or stacking my whole collection in the "pretty pinks and purples" corner ๐ artistpigments.org
These are lovely! Sadly I will not be purchasing one at USD $114.16 including shipping to New Zealand (which is almost $200 in Kiwi dollars), but I really like the design.
Yes, it was the time to draw that made me wonder if it would be worthwhile. I'd happily pay for a limited edition t-shirt or pin but I don't want you to burn yourself out even worse by having to create beautiful things with only short-term benefit to yourself.
Some of my happiest childhood memories are of going to the mart with my dad to buy cattle or sell calves at auction. The sounds! The smells! The unintelligible auctioneer! The prospect of a Club Milk and a fizzy orange at the [cafe? probably just a stand, I've forgotten]. This brought it all back ๐
Would it be worth the effort to do limited releases that don't get restocked, or is the real payback in steady sales over the lifetime of your store?
Pulled an entire Samoyed out of my Samoyed
I'm all for people having the choice to opt out of life if that's what they truly want. I am NOT all for vulnerable people committing suicide because a chatbot encouraged and helped them ๐ฌ
I never suggested voting for evil of any sort, just "least worst". Not all our candidates are evil so there are still options without just letting everyone else decide without voting oneself.
I think you are misreading what I said. I am not suggesting voting for evil parties. I'm suggesting that not every candidate in an election is evil and even if I disagree with them on some things they might be the best choice I've got so they get my vote.
Do you not make any demands of them? I sure do, as do lots of other people. Not sure how much it changes anything but it's worth doing.
I am in favour of supporting the best candidates and parties in advance of elections (and afterwards), making the best choices we have on election day which for me includes voting, and submitting for or against bills etc. once we have a government making changes.
How is not voting anything *but* throwing your vote away? You're not voting, you don't have a vote. You can do lots of other things to sway things in your preferred direction that aren't voting, but if you don't vote you literally don't get a vote.
Well I am not going to throw away my vote just because I don't love everything about any of the candidates I'm able to vote for. Just being the best of a bad lot isn't the same as being fascists.
Absolutely not. It's just an option. My preferred response is to vote for the best, or least worst, candidate available, knowing that we have an imperfect system, imperfect parties, and imperfect individual candidates but somebody will definitely get in and I don't want it to be the actual worst.
Who are you addressing here?
The independent candidates aren't going to be perfect either. I wasn't suggesting you could only vote for a larger party. Vote for whoever you think is best if you think there is a best option; it's your right to exercise (or not) as you please.
Or stand up and be the candidate you want, if you're game for that (I wouldn't be).
With the system we have and the imperfect parties and candidates we have, you will end up with an imperfect government regardless. Failing to vote just means you are not using the chance to sway any of that in your preferred direction. If you prefer to wash your hands of it that's your choice.
Agreed. It's not like *nobody* would get in if enough people withheld their votes--someone is going to get in regardless, so we have to figure out the best candidate if there are no perfect ones, and the least worst candidate if there are no good ones at all.
Well said. I was utterly revolted when I saw the photos of those platters of cigarettes, and it definitely lowered my opinion of everyone involved in *that* decision. It's not 1950 ffs, we know better now. www.stuff.co.nz/society/3607...
Huh, okay. I write and do strength things with my right hand, but do things that require spatial perceptionโthrowing or catching, eating crispsโwith my left hand, presumably because those things are more tied to my dominant eye.
Admittedly I did just wake up, but I don't understand what you mean here. Can you elaborate?
Having never heard of this person before this post, I am reading about them backwards and very much WTFing. But good health for all is a very positive wish regardless of the circumstances.
Greens. Their policies are far more compatible with life.
This reflects my experience. Strongly supported the COVID response, but turned my back on Labour in the last election primarily because of their refusal to even discuss a wealth tax.
I am the same, and it's unusual enough that an optician prescribed contact lenses that didn't work because he had tailored the correction for my right eye but I was looking out of the left (this was back in the 90s when they were v. expensive). I'm mixed-handed as a result. You probably are too.
Benefits of WFH on a sunny day: - having time to water-blast moss out of the cracks in the front yard at lunchtime - also having time to shower off the moss and mud splats covering oneself from head to toe before heading to the next Teams meeting
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
Covid no longer kills you in two weeks, unfortunately it does damage your brain, arteries, and immune system. Puts you at risk for stroke, heart attack , an aggressive cancers. It literally is the perfect predator because most of humanity thinks it is just a cold now.
Yesterday I mopped the kitchen floor even though I was still prepared to eat dropped food off it, and dusted the windowsills even though they weren't visibly a dead fly graveyard.
Meet one of the locals.
My household chore reminder app (Tody) continues to improve things Chez Genesis. Today I washed the outside of the windows even though I could still see through them pretty well, and water blasted the moss off the path even though nobody had yet gone ass over tit slipping on it.
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
This is great. Making the effort to pronounce someone's name properly is always important, but extremely so if you are, for example, introducing them to an audience for possibly the highest point of their career.
I am already an enthusiastic customer (can't wait for my eel t-shirt to arrive!) but if anyone else wants some really unique and well designed pins, stickers, garments etc.: pepperraccoon.com/
Watching this video 10 times has significantly improved my mood.
Always sensible to have a backup. I usually write with fountain pens and have had them run dry at the most inconvenient times.
I like to think your pen has some sort of decoration too.
Ata mฤrie koutou! Today I had a mini morning adventure, with a trip to the beach for coffee with friends and a glorious sunrise. Good start to Saturday!
Happy birthday your mum ๐ฅณ
Awww Gus ๐ So caring and insistent.
When she started out she wrote absolute pointless fluff (in my opinion) but she has matured so much and now I seek her out rather than avoid her.
I managed to escape without ever buying a full suit, but my Northern Irish employer had rules about no denim, no trainers, and no logo t-shirts. We were a subsidiary of a company on another continent and we had no customer interaction whatsoever and no clients to impress so it was all unnecessary.
I noticed my work-related costs fell dramatically when I moved from Northern Ireland to NZ and this was primarily because there was much less expectation in Christchurch that I would wear formal office clothes, tights, makeup, high heels and have a hairstyle that required maintenance.
It's so frustrating when medical professionals refuse to listen to the patient. I had to give up on pre-dentist sedation because my terrified mind overrode it and I remained stubbornly unsedated. Breathwork and podcast distraction work better. But lidocaine is something you want in full effect!
Verity Johnson is so good these days. โSweet Jesus, I absolutely refuse to be told off for feeling poor by the Chief Scrooge of the, โIโm Wealthy And Sortedโ Government whoโve single-handedly overseen the longest recession in NZโs living memory." www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...