Pygmy hippos, anyone? www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

There with bells on: why Dunedin welcomes the albatrosses back every spring thespinoff.co.nz/society/04-1...

Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity Couple of film/documentary screenings happening Sunday 5th October: Kneecap (the movie) 5:30pm OUSA Clubs & Socs (Albany St) $10 Wednesday 8th October: The Encampments 6pm Burns 1 (65 Albany St) $koha images: event or film poster, full info in alt text and replies

A trailer for the upcoming writers festival. www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/ma...

Suriname’s government has pledged to permanently protect 90% of its tropical forests, a move conservationists say is among the most ambitious commitments to climate and biodiversity ever made by an Amazonian nation.

"You leave the carnival with your arm around your girl and climb behind the wheel of your car. It feels like nothing could go wrong."

And so it goes... news.artnet.com/art-world/ph...

Nicely done.

We have #boty, they have Fat Bear Week. www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...

Coming up after this one - an auction of vintage tractors. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Hello @sentimentbot.bsky.social

Toroa! #boty www.doc.govt.nz/nature/nativ... 1/3

Happy Suffrage Day Aotearoa for all those who celebrate a moment where we led the world in one aspect of equality.

This time, #boty

Jelly good, chaps. www.wallpaper.com/entertaining...

I recognise the irony of sharing this on a this site, but still www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...

Birdle 🇳🇿 03/09/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 birdle.nz Three out of three, but it's been the calls that have always given it away.

I need a glitterghost.

“Concord is all about this explosive speed to get where you want to be and it really speaks to the fact that we want people who are ambitious not to have to muck around with annoying bureaucracy and visas and this BS,” he says. Oh, just look it up before you do this sort of stuff. 1/2

The technical term is a stack of librarians.

Wordle 1,520 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Novelist Greg Iles, ‘master of southern US gothic crime-writing’, dies aged 65 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The buck stops where? Pay equity and the coalition government. My Stuff #cartoon today. #NZpol #PayEquity #PeoplesSelectCommittee

Um. www.designboom.com/design/chaud...

Confusing.

Stephen King Recommends 96 Books for Aspiring Writers to Read

In train news www.odt.co.nz/business/pro...

Meanwhile, Australian Vogue celebrates their world cup team, with a brief mention of stars 'beyond our shores'. www.vogue.com.au/culture/life...

Connections Puzzle #781 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Inherit the Wind, folks. Another timely centenary. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Probably my first ever film festival movie... www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

ahem...one of my occasional starter words, but what would be the odds... Wordle 1,481 2/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is absolutely worth a read - what would good leadership look like in universities? (Hint: it would start by recognising how universities actually do their best work)

Another Euro starts soon, and will kick off in style.

Interesting and timely. Warrior Librarians www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The mother of all pearls.

Really interesting. Don't entirely agree. Still hope literature will endure. Also wonder if English Literature departments could have defended the universality of literature rather than caving to identitarian attacks... But worrying stats and stories here plus a great potted history of lit criticism

Have taken delivery of a winter supply of cheese rolls from a school fundraiser, and fundraiser cheese rolls are the best.

Pedants'r'us drawing attention to the ambiguous construction of this headlne. Yes, I know what they mean, they do it better in the first sentence. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

#MWSecretSantaAoNZ interpreted from my timeline that I read a lot and that I have a strong interest in textiles. Yesterday's post on a kimono exhibition went out before I unwrapped these fabulous fabrics, so very indulgent. And a range of inspirational badges. So very spoilt, thank you so much.

A huge thank you to my #MWSecretSantaAoNz for a box that read me like a book. I'll share photos later, the light is not great in Dunedin this morning.

Pretending that the box that arrived on my doorstep yesterday is not there and it's not nearly #MWSecretSantaAoNZ time...