Gardeners of #nz #kikorangi: what’s this? I was cutting down a cottoneaster and this was growing below (self seeded). Not the same as what I cut down. Seek has offered up privet, Myrtle rust (?!), Chilean guava, rata… oh and insect and bird lol!

Paging #nzpol: Luxon and Brown behind me on the plane. What’s my one liner when we get off?!

And still, the progressive Wellington Mayoral candidate Alex Baker is not included. Was he asked? #nzpol #nzpolitics

Local candidates: it's not much help telling us you're married with 3 kids and have run your own business. I need to know where you stand on issues: fluoridation, cycleways, water, homelessness, climate change mitigation, housing density, libraries, and which issues you care about most.

quite enjoyed the low level sharpie action on one of Ray Chung's signs: his portrait augmented with a pair of droopy boobs and "soft pendulous breasts" written across it. He said it, he gotta own it (and all being well, get owned in the elections)

… great to see some informed, realistic perspective on AI within the conversation in New Zealand. This overview from Andrew Lensen at VUW is well worth your time…

the current government wants to change concessions for accessing public land. ie: opening up conservation land for exploitation. agricultural sprawl cannot be the way that NZ seeks to answer its economic challenges. we may already be at the limits… newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...

Outlook can’t even work out contextually that I *do* mean ‘deboss’, not ‘debase’ and back off changing my text over and over. I’m a book designer talking to a publisher you stupid tool #bookdesign

… o crap. the totalitarians just showed up

2025 version of finding an Old Master in the attic (fridge clean-out version)

Capitalism working as designed.

woah! that alert works #eqnz #tsunamiwarning

The rumours are true, we are indeed putting on another Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School! 22-25 June 2026 in Seoul, Korea - hosted by Seoul National University + KAIST, w/ support from the Korean Association of STS (KASTS) + AusSTS. See www.sthvschool.org Applications close 10 Dec 2025

streaming services are to filter coffee as vinyl is to espresso.

I’m a sporadic, lazy and easily distracted reader, but today I gorged myself on Bad Archive by Flora Feltham. Books, chips, duvet and the sofa on a Sunday. A recommended tonic, but this book especially so 💚 @thwupbooks.bsky.social

@lauriefoon.bsky.social yay welcome Laurie! 💚

A solid week of typesetting. Not convinced that #AI is gonna replace editors + designers any time soon. The nuance in the mark-ups I am fixing is super-detailed. Even with a really good template and style-mapping, it still needs close attention. Also, enjoy this #glitch! #typesetting #bookdesign

Diane Calvert sees herself as a "credible alternative" choice as Wellington Mayor and says she offers a "woman's voice". She doesn't have a track record of supporting other women on council. Nor has she shown any skills at working across the table. Not my pick. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Two things about the new mayoral candidacy announced today: not being Ray Chung does not a centrist make, and look at the record. Is there anything there that has been about Wellington growing into a modern city or about better things being possible?

A new paper in The Lancet Microbe lays the groundwork for a global science-policy body to tackle pandemic threats — modeled after the IPCC for climate change 🧪🧵

Thanks @aussts.bsky.social for a great three days at #aussts25 #signalsandnoises 💚 Amazing you’ll be heading to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington next time! (Put me and @tristam.bsky.social down for local donkey work jobs!)

TIL: incubators for babies were first a festival sideshow?! Thanks Elisabeth Stephens, fascinating stuff! @aussts.bsky.social #aussts25 #signalsandnoises muse.jhu.edu/article/940463

Really enjoyed @digitaldang.bsky.social’s talk on loudspeakers in the Vietnamese context. The especially evocative ‘fish sauce and exhaust’ phrase encapsulating the urban streetscape was a deliciously poetic highlight 💚 📢 #signalsandnoises #AusSTS2025

We’ve cracked 5k signatures. We’re pretty neat 💛 #nzpol our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...

Glitches of the day (these should be pretty straightforward text pages, but at 400 pages the file is getting a bit wobbly 🤪) #indesign #bookdesign

I spent yesterday in Tāmaki Makaurau at Objectspace with most of Aotearoa’s book design whānau and it was great—enriching and inspiring. James Goggin from Practise’s talk a highlight (awesome as always). And! They have a book fair today; get on it book fans! www.objectspace.org.nz/events/objec...

Some good news! Auckland Uni ordered to pay Siouxsie Wiles more than $200,000. Hardly compensation, but a full and clear note that she was right and the uni was in the wrong and kept digging www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... siouxsiew.bsky.social

Was it only a British (1980s) thing to describe any cut to the head as they ‘cracked their head open’? Just because last week I got a head bash that made my scalp gush blood (all fine; random gardening accident!), and I wonder if it qualifies 😂🤕🩸

as much as it is genuinely unfortunate (on many levels) that @misswhanau.bsky.social has decided not to stand for reelection, Andrew Little needs to respect democratic process and stay in his lane until the election is held… www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

If you use/manufacture/supply/design/sell sustainable period products like menstrual cups and period undies, or are curious about these products, or are a women’s health researcher, or are interested in the health of people who menstruate we’d love to hear from you so please get in touch.

No, it isn't. The candidate seems to misunderstand the Council’s process. The Council has already approved the much-needed Courtenay Place regeneration project a year ago, and we are right to progress with it. #nzpol

Setting up a little exhibition in the Life in Vacant Spaces incubator on Cashel St, Ōtautahi with @jostle.bsky.social + friends! Come find out about our project #tohaveaplace about intersectional experience of public space, & share the places that make you feel *something* good, bad or indifferent!

Goodness, the Gramercy bakery queue is something to behold on a Saturday morning. Bike racks full too! Just goes to show, Wellington isn’t dead and plenty of people will make their way to great spots on foot or two wheels 💚🥐☕️🚲

On Tuesday I went to a talk in Thorndon at Te Apārangi, got on my bike after, rode on a cycleway to the waterfront, then one up Cambridge Tce., then one along Adelaide Rd, then along Riddiford St on a cycleway. That’s 80% of my journey without even planning. I love that this is becoming the norm 💚🚲

Poor Owhiro Bay, plague of millipedes now this epic weather! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

@knhannah.bsky.social and @rkpriestley.bsky.social and I designed a stamp with Papakura on it for NZ Post, which is how I learnt about her 💚 makinggood.design/work/women-i...

@misswhanau.bsky.social you’d have had my vote ☹️ glad you made a decision for you and glad you’ll likely still be a voice on council

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Why is #TheArchers is trending? All that happened today was Helen attempted empathy with half a sandwich

Bit close to home this! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Poisoned tip of the iceberg?☠️ 🥬

lettuce pray.

Look at the end of day, STV, but this sort of "send in the grown ups' stuff pisses me off. It's a naive facile analysis to look at the problems WCC has had and conclude 'what they need is a grown up to sort them out, and you know who that is? my mate.

Can someone who knows Andrew Little convince him to not stand for Wellington mayor and be Massey Uni’s new Vice Chancellor instead?

Shifting the NZ free fees policy to year 3 is ‘common sense’ right? Well no. A new careful longitudinal study of low income students in NZ, shows that free education in year one was essential to enabling the first step to study. Other factors help to keep studying theconversation.com/tripped-at-t...

@rebeccamatthews.bsky.social i just want to say how much i admire and appreciate you as a member of our council. You do an awesome job of being clear, knowledgeable, consistent, principled and also pragmatic. Thank you, we’re lucky to have you! 🤩

Anyone who wants to moan in the mayoral elections that Wellington is a ‘dying city’ is gaslighting the thousands out at the weekend enjoying the very much not dead city #cubadupa #stillmissLaundry

This for the Pōneke mayoral candidate who thinks we should do cycleways cheaper by just using paint 🙃

Wellbeing win of a working from home day: three minute commute via shower, quick scan of Popbitch email, and coffee. Despite being in bed at 0830, the day was underway before 9 and I haven’t had to talk 😂☕️💻🥐