How I'm walking out of 2025.

Teeny tiny #strangerthings spoiler: . . . . . . . . . . . . The science teach opening the electric gate with "melllon" delights my little geek heart. 🤓🥰

Well, I made it to Christmas Eve before I got Whammed - the furthest I've ever got. That'll teach me to join the work-crew for last-day drinks and lunch. 😄 #whamaggedon

Woolworths Helensville is absolutely wild, ran out of strawberries 2 days ago, folk are paying $15 for a punnet of cherries. I saw 2 women nearly get into it over the last rotisserie chicken. There was a splatted pavlova with road cones. A guy harrumphed me because I got declined for $15 cherries

OMG, this is too perfect for words. #NZ www.facebook.com/share/p/1AZi...

...is the birb the baby jesus??

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. ...could I get a pass on this one?

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

An excellent review of this area's earthquake history and the 2016 Kaikoura quake. Remember the escarpment that rose out of the sea and killed off crayfish, pāua and other sea life? That faulted at 12km *per second*. The noise must have been incredible. #NZ

Tsunami alert for japan and pacific. Surges up to 50cm for Pacific coastal areas #kikorangi Maybe not a good morning for the beach sunrises etc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Movie you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. No Star Wars Trek, Marvel or LOTR.

Summer prep: knowing whether to keep a raincoat handy for the NZ holidays.

N'aaawwww, it has the biggest eyes. 🥰 #NZ

What is the farthest north and south you have ever been? NORTH: Inverness, Scotland. SOUTH: Oban, Rakiura NZ.

Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild. - Tuatara*. - Kangaroos. - Sperm whales. - Glowworms. - Stingray. *in Zealandia, but as they were free-range I'm allowing it.

For those in #NZ, please fill in this survey about how you use your local library so that it has actual data to fight back with against naysayers. www.surveymonkey.com/r/9YRW5C7

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

I once forgot to put brandy in the trifle. Had the bright idea of using a knife to cut through the cream, custard and sliced bananas to reach the sponge, then dribble the brandy/ginger ale mix down the blade to soak into the sponge. Repeat several times. All I did was create hot-spots of alcohol.

The glory of BlueSky. 👽 (Full thread here: bsky.app/profile/dais...)

A movie that takes place where you're from.

Easily the coolest thing you'll see/hear today.

elon installs a new feature that publicly displays the country where your app was installed and operates from people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL elon pauses location feature

Sing it! Never forget that when safety issues were encountered - such as flash-overs along the ceiling of the mine, methane spikes and a roof-fall - the mine workers were offered significant bonuses to meet (unrealistic) production targets.

Has Winston ever had a calm and respectful media interview, in his life? #nzpol

Don't forget to leave cigarettes, shoes and a Twinkie in the ductwork for John McClain on Christmas Eve #secretsantaaonz

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So, is Rachin Ravindra going through a phase of being in his head and it's twisting his performance, or have opposition teams just worked him out? #blackcaps

If you see this, post a bird.

In today’s NZ Herald

The 2004 Inquiry into Police Conduct exposed a male-dominated culture marked by loyalty and secrecy. Then-commissioner Howard Broad pledged to "make the changes necessary to prevent this sort of behaviour ever happening again."

This is exactly why, just a couple of weeks ago, I finally bought myself a kite. It's in the shape of a pterodactyl.

The sun is shining and I got Wordle in one. Eagerly awaiting my third good thing today. 😊 (This does mean that I have to find a new starter word, however.) Wordle 1,603 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

As someone with unavoidable resting bitch-face, this AI version of phrenology sounds like my personal hell. www.economist.com/business/202...?

OMG this is the best.

Tomorrow is the Fifth of November – but let’s forget Guy Fawkes and his actions against an arrogant Protestant king and instead look to our own history: the unlawful attack on Parihaka and, by extension, Māori sovereignty. 🧵 #kikorangi

Two doses of the MMR vaccine provide 99% of people with protection against measles. Check if you're fully immunised and if not, book with your usual health provider, or lots of pharmacies can do MMR vaccination. Or book online: bookmyvaccine.health.nz

'This country is constantly being buffeted by low pressure systems shunted our way by the bastard continent to our west.' I *knew* it was Australia's fault! #NZ thespinoff.co.nz/society/31-1...

Emma Thompson is my spirit animal.

This is what a 170km wind & 40foot wall of sea spray looks like coming to you! If that ain't an angry cloud, I don't know what is. (George Costanza - the seas were angry that day my friend). #Oct23Storm #Dunedin #Muāupoko #OtagoPeninsula #NZ

The Awakino Gorge: 249 crashes, 10 deaths and 137 injuries in the last 10 years. Oh, and it's Taranaki's only road link north (without dog-legging south to Stratford/Taumarunui or Palmerston North first.) But it is very, very pretty. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. "The headline's about us."

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

It would be nice if we could have one day with no WTAF moments.

The next 20 years will go by *fast* so make them memorable.

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It wasn't all that long ago that I realised that 'AKA' and 'also known as' were THE SAME THING.

Love this article from The Spinoff - unvarnished commentary with the occasional well-aimed dig. #NZ #nzpol

What's your sign?