Don’t forget to spread your legs instead of using the petrol car

Ew, Auckland central library installed very loud chirping cricket sounds playing where the bike racks are to deter homeless folk. This fucking sucks — what the fuck, library??

My bunny ears succulent (Monilaria obconica) are waking up from dormancy 🐰

Minnesota lawmaker Katie Jones rode in a cargo e-bike to the hospital for her baby's birth. Her husband, Peter Schmitt, pedaled the two miles there. On the return journey, their son Hans – all 8 pounds and 1 ounce of him – was bundled up and handled it just fine, Jones said.

Driver with “I love Jesus” bumper sticker sure does not love looking out for cyclists/pedestrians

It’s a good time to chuck on a respirator mask, esp in health care settings, public transport & busy places (indoors and out). @covidactionnz.bsky.social have set up a couple of mask blocs around the country if you’re close to one and need some masks.

Yoooooooooo why should I “just go around” your stupid big SUV’s bonnet taking up half the cycleway because you are too lazy to reverse up your driveway 🙄

Oh hey it's @gnat.bsky.social's band on RNZ right now

Hate it when cycling comes into mainstream consciousness because it just reminds you how much people actively hate cyclists. I’m just trying to get to places without a car but the same people keep opposing cycleways and safe urban travel speeds

At last! Proposals include... • allow children 12 years and under to ride bikes on footpaths • set a min passing gap for drivers passing other types of road users • allow e-scooters in cycle lanes • require drivers to give way to buses leaving bus stops Closes 25 March www.nzta.govt.nz/laneuse

It may sound odd, but to switch myself off after busy days, I make stuff. Often simple things, but sometimes I lose myself in more complex models, a kind of meditation. This little ship has been exactly that. 🙂 Made entirely from recycled cardboard tubes. www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #skyart #UKEd

Oh? Don’t like being shouted at? Then don’t park in the cycleway to pick up fares/don’t take your sweet arse time getting into the Uber

Happy New Year to those who celebrate!

Ugh, AI-generated descriptions on the Warehouse website? Because what the heck is this garbage

Lunar New Year starts on an awkward weekday this year (Tuesday) so we did the feasting yesterday

The kid and I enjoyed this graphic novel by @jemyoshioka.bsky.social a lot. Can’t wait for book 2 👏🏽

#RailNews: A North Island property with a fully functioning 370-metre miniature railway has hit the market for sale, attracting calls from around the country. Via OneRoof: www.oneroof.co.nz/news/big-kid...

La ville à hauteur d’enfant. Paris, 10 février.

Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making! Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.

Explaratory trip to Ikea via bike and train. If you have a Tern GSD with a front basket and clubhouse bars, it won't fit the tiny Sylvia Park train station lifts — so you have to lock it up at the platform. Freakin' short-term money-saving decisions strike again! Otherwise, very easy trip

The praises being heaped on JC (from listeners) on the radio is cooked

Someone shrunk my tricycle 🥲 First photo is a couple of months before the first Covid lockdown, second photo is today

Auckland at a crossroads...literally. Great North Road, the site of Auckland's most talked-about street redesign, finally has....A CYCLEWAY!!! 🚲 🚴‍♀️ 🧵 @bikeauckland.bsky.social

We love the OG Mānuka Storygrove at Tūranga but let's hear it for the Mānuka Stories book nooks popping up at libraries all around Ōtautahi! We hope you're enjoying these cosy, shady spaces in libraries (a thread). ^MT

FYI for Ao/NZ Bsky: new variant covid boosters coming in Feb/march

People who don’t leash their bitey, snarly chihuahuas who lunge at little kids on the footpath and zero recall — I hope you stub all your toes on every single chair and table leg. The lady was not at all apologetic fucksake

big props to the bus driver who rescued this lil guy from a busy road in my neighbourhood. love how they emphasise his fare evasion

The Canada Street Cycleway is open

THIS.

Markets and festivals are some of this weekend's activities. From the huge markets at Te Komititanga (Sat), Carnaval Latino muy caliente festival Freyberg Pl, via Sunday's ReuseMarket (Victoria St Carpark), to Xmas events, music and family fun in Aotea Square... . get out and enjoy. 😍😎💃🕺🎄🎶🎤

Fresh post! Once a hot-pink symbol of Auckland's ambition, the iconic Lightpath/ Te Ara i Whiti is looking a little under-loved on its tenth birthday.💖🥺🎁 Tim Adriaansen asks: is this a metaphor for our city at large? And if so, what shall we do about it? 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/12/11/l...

"Some may be navigating how to ask for precautions from reluctant family members in order to attend holiday gatherings, while some may be experiencing dread around turning down invitations to events they're not comfortable attending." www.oliviabelknaptherapy.com/post/navigat...

For some reason, House of Dumplings make better chilli oil and chilli crisps than dumplings

🧵 I like Auckland, but jeez the driving here is...AAARGHH!!! In a ten-minute journey, I witnessed: ▪︎ 2x cars without headlights ▪︎ VW Polo blatantly run a red light ▪︎ Multi-car pile-up in Park Rd (outside City Hospital) ▪︎ 3x lads in an AMG Merc which sounded like it had firecrackers up its bum 🧨 💥

Behold the absolute unit of a flower on my echinocereus rigidissimus

Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again

@sassypolitico.bsky.social Saw these and thought of you www.blueq.com/products/wai...

Going to the IKEA opening? You may be thinking about going by bike 🚲 ⚠️ Please be careful: it's an area for experienced bike riders, with some more dangerous areas. If you're not sure, the train is an option If you do bike there, this map shows a good approach 💡

New cycleway on Vincent 🔥 🔥🔥

Loved seeing Te Komititanga full of people celebrating the lighting of Te Manaaki, Auckland’s Giant Christmas Tree. Hard to believe a few years ago this civic space was a four lane road. It’s much better now and it is used by tens of thousands more people each day. I 💚❤️ AKL

Got the photo 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍

Kiwis, Aucklanders - want to ditch your car? EBT has outstanding deals on Benno Boosts right now. Cannot recommend enough after riding one for several years, genuine car replacement AND a satisfying ride. Say goodbye to petrol, insurance, car costs. www.ebiketeam.co.nz/collections/...

Forgot to take a photo but the Auckland Central Library featured a collection of books with trans characters/by trans authors prominently near the entrance 🏳️‍⚧️

@louiestowell.bsky.social thought you might like this picture of your book on the featured shelf at our local library this morning

Chooonky tim tams going in on Canada Street. Project should be done by end of the year! Lessons here for these sections on how quickly you can actually roll out cycleways

I got my 10th Covid booster yesterday and the pharmacist said I’m the only young patient she knows who’s kept up to date with vaccines. Just a friendly reminder that anyone over 30 can get boosted every 6 months in NZ. Every bit helps!

My begonia ‘Highway’ went from this sad-looking stick in March, to this lush thing now 😄

The time has come to say goodbye to the child seats 🚲🇳🇿

The eldest kid is thoroughly enjoying Omnibird by @giselledraws.bsky.social

Oh no, the first “All I want for Christmas” has started playing at the supermarket 😩