I love shooting at night around the converted Wynyard Tank farm, it feels like one of Auckland s special places. The vibe is so good “Hey what’s in your picture! Wanna see?” #Photography #Aotearoa

Let rain fall from concrete coloured skies....... 🎵🎵🎵 #Photography #Aotearoa

Last #one home from K Road. #Photography #Aotearoa #One #BlueSkyArtshow

Clock, Queen street, #Auckland near the harbour end. Not quite #one because the the clock appears to be broken <shrugs>. #Photography #Aotearoa #BlueSkyArtshow

The "enshittification" driven by the toxic academic culture of "publish or perish". With publishers getting ↗️ profits -alike the music & movie industry- at the expense of degradation in scholars integrity ↘️: clear trend! Why are we doing this damage to #science? How to revert it? 🧪⚛️🎢 #AcademicSky

On our way home from the excellent Pop to Present exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery when the bus was involved in a bit of a shunt. No one hurt thankfully.

Orchids on our deck. #Photography #Aotearoa #Flowers

QOTD: What car do you want most, but know it would be an absolutely miserable experience to own? Triumph GT6 MkII with original specs (not as below). Where do I begin? The rust? The electrics? The PITA carbs? The tricky handling? And if the chassis rails have not been treated properly ugh. But.....

Downtown lights on #Auckland waterfront. #Photography #Aotearoa #Vibrant #BlueSkyArtshow

Slightly diminish a band: Rex youtu.be/atmNLbycafM?...

It's a great cause. Bruce was charged $50 fine for wearing Climate Emergency T shirt. All proceed go to that, to environmental causes and to the victims of violent crime. Bruce is a great artist who's been doing this stuff bloody brilliantly for bloody years.

17 has been working hard staining decks today (bless him). Comes in a bit hungry. Me: Do you fancy a beef sandwich? 17: Oooohh yeah, I'll make it........ Me: Do you want some lettuce? 17: NO!

See a bridge, post a bridge #Photography #Aotearoa

Introduce myself with what almost killed you... Likewise.... Hi I'm pneumonia, I struck as my host was about sing Verdi's Requiem in New College Chapel. He collapsed outside the chapel and we fought for almost a month my host won.... just. Honourable mention: Garden swing and reinforced glass.

<overheardinsupermarket> Dude we should totally do something crazy tonight like drive over the harbour bridge at midnight setting fireworks off out of the sunroof..... Yeah..... <sprainseyebrow> Advisory: Avoid harbour bridge at midnight.

Karanga-a-Hape station entrance, nearly open..... Te Karanga a Hape - The Call of Hape. Named after Hape, who is fabled to have come here on a whai (stingray) named Kaiwhare. From: artspace-aotearoa.nz/te-reo-gloss... #Photography #Aotearoa #OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow

I'm quite sure that in Aotearoa taxing wealth is seen as "Aspirational thinking"..........

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Is it summer holidays yet? #Photography #Aotearoa

Teenagers are fascinating. Gilbert & Sullivan came up in conversation. 17: "What's that?" Me: Opera but more fun 17: Play it to me <Puts on Pirates of Penzance> 17: I love it! Me:........

Apropos of nothing in particular. I can't get past the fact that this is over 40 years old. Where did the time go? youtu.be/vI3JuIjqBBY?...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel. Pretentious yadayada, but honestly this had a profound impact on me from the first time I saw it.

Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head? From the ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!

Picture of the staff who operate this Bluesky account

A bit of a kiwi evening classic, shot from my backyard. #Photography #Aotearoa #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky

Not a chimney. #Photography #Aotearoa #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky

Leaving Albert Street. #Photography #Aotearoa #Monochrome

Waiting for the games to begin. #Photography #Aotearoa #Kikorangi #Warmth #BlueskyArtShow

Eating out on Lorne Street. #Photography #Aotearoa #Warmth #BlueskyArtShow

The Jam (Guildford Civic Hall) King Crimson (Aylesbury Friars) Pink Floyd (Earls Court) Seven Worlds Collide (Sheffield City Hall) Johnny Marr (Bangor Student's Union)

Auckland eh...... #Photography #Kikorangi #Aotearoa

17 will as is lore be visiting these mods tonight. Well done Mattel!

It's Friday at the end of a long admin cycle. My ND mischief brain has taken over.

You’ve just died. The 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you So if I've got this right I got bombed by a Seagull in a dusk raid?

I've been clearing up 17's revision notes and came across this gem as part of a media analysis: "....also establishes he is a prick through casual misogyny...."

A #small friend sat in front of #Auckland Cathedral I think they may have escaped from someone's flat given that this was in the middle of a city. #Photography #aotearoa #BlueskyArtShow

Great service you get....... Renting your colour set........ From....! It's better TV... That's why millions agree..... Rent....?

Breaking News: Arrest in fruit store - "Mangos, Bananas"

And then a burst of sunshine. This week has been tough. M'Dear's away (Study leave), grades are due (tomorrow) and 17 (ADHD) has exams. The last fortnight I've been exposed to all of 17's struggles with study and motivation. Tonight 17 sat down and started doing media analysis and f**king nails it.

Birkenhead Bus Depot #Photography #Aotearoa #Kikorangi

Brikenhead Bus Depot in #bright afternoon light #Photography #Aotearoa #BlueskyArtShow #UrbanPhotography

If you see this post a bird

Oooohhh it seems that the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) have spat the dummy in negotiations with Elsevier. While other publishers have settled arguably better agreements (e.g. Wiley, T&F). The larger more expensive publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature are playing hard-ball.

Last one from the pier #Photography #Aotearoa #Evening #BlueSkyArtShow

I'm really enjoying finishing work in time to pick up moments like this - Island Bay in the #evening #Photography #aotearoa #BlueskyArtShow #kikorangi

Island Bay Wharfe in the #evening the car park and adjacent bay are always busy with folk coming down for a good #sunset It becomes something of a local hangout as #summer arrives. #Photography #Aotearoa #BlueSkyArtShow

Oh crane, crane hurry bring my baby back again...... with apologies to Shorty Medlocke #Photography #Aotearoa #Evening #BlueskyArtShow