Sunset. As seen in my walk

The best thing about fall/winter is my Christmas cactus (Sclumbergera x buckley) blooming

More of this!

From 2018, along the Greenstone Valley track. #alphabetchallenge #reflection

Internet law, must repost. Also, 9 years?? Can’t be

Sir David Attenborough has a soft spot for #kakapo. We named a kākāpō after him (Attenborough the bird is now ten years old, living on Te Kākahu) and he kindly narrated a short video for us about them, which you can see here: youtu.be/5eZVjQowNvw?.... #attenborough #conservation

A bit of a blustery evening on my walk, just enough that the kite surfers were out. Taken with my iPhone.

Kakapo chicks are the cutest little homely creatures

Today’s baking drop for Good Bitches baking. My decadent triple chocolate brownies and a lovely raspberry shortbread. @goodbitchesbake.bsky.social #kindnessmatters

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

Types of Board Game xkcd.com/3235/

The beach is underwater here at Mount Maunganui. #cyclone

Sad to see a great event marred by all these crap AI images being posted

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... “Viewers have been absolutely hooked.” Over 100,000 tune in to watch rare New Zealand parrot raising her chicks

Tiny books!! youtu.be/faN_yEghseo?...

Kakapo chicks are the best homely/cute little things

As seen in the Nelson airport, a contest to make the best tiny chair out of a beercan. My cold hard heart softens

My favorite photos from the Olympics are of this Italian figure skater Daniel Grassl. He looks absolutely insane in so many of them. It's great.

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

MAGNETIC Charisma!

I’ll take it

How we do it, Aotearoa style. Seen on the street. Miri kirihemete

Really need more sales before the end of the month! Bills are due soon. Boosts also super appreciated <3 Check out my work → cvkvlv.com Earrings pictured → cvkvlv.com/products/hvr... Goal for December: $937/$3500 Mvto!! (Thank you!) #Beadwork #Art #Jewelry #Mvskoke #Indigenous #IndigenousArt

Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.

I have been reliably informed by An Expert In The Field that the concept of “too hot to eat” does not apply to baked goods. Possibly applies only to microwaved Hot pockets and Macca’s apple pies. Definitely not to banana bread with cinnamon sugar crust.

No

I can’t believe the “moon landing was fake” nonsense is going around again, but here is another debunking. Also see Phil Plait’s classic debunking

Mob THRILLER dance!! WOW!!

For the second day in a row, the grey and gloomy evening suddenly exploded into a light show. Shot with my iPhone

KĀREAREA WINS BIRD OF THE YEAR! (and I fortunately had a design of this beauty already cooking...) Now available for pre-order, this fierce tee for the defenders of nature, non-tolerators of bullshit, and friends of the forest. Pre-order at pepperraccoon.com

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 Hamster version. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!

This is assimilation era pedagogy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Respect

From my walk last night, a lovely sunset and amazing glowing moonrise beaming down.

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Orca! Looks like a mother and calf maybe? #kikorangi

Lovely walk tonight, some good waves and ORCA! ( next post)

Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?” phraseology, which is from Homer’s Iliad, proving we have never, ever changed as a species, only less fancily inclined. “What nonsense has escaped the barrier of your teeth now?”

Can you stop an arrow with a cape?

Step by step towards tricorders...

A picture taken yesterday by Perseverance, featuring the COVID-19 Memorial plate on the left side of the rover chassis. It commemorates the impact of the pandemic and pays tribute to the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world. #Mars June 25, 2025 - Sol 1545 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭

I’m hopeful about this

Our local kekeno was hitting the flex poses today #kikorangi

A new level of cringe just came into existence

Wake up, babe, a fresh New Zealand location just dropped

Hahaha! I love this.

Woman Mentally Rearranging Rankings Of Children While Opening Mother’s Day Gifts

Obligatory repost