Daniel Mmesomachukwu coaxing some blues notes from her guitar. #blues #guitar

A phone reflection Tik tok rot That's what reels are Sad for me As I see My creativity Wizz on by 3 seconds Two hours Dopamine high Zombified sly Inevitable sigh Ditch the fry Ditch the fry Ditch the fry

Our May 2026 update is out: reflections from ESEAP 2026 in Kaohsiung, a postcard from WikiCon Wellington, and the final days of #1Lib1Ref with Wikimedia Aotearoa NZ. Read more: wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimed...

I've just been to see Caterpillar, a beautiful little Kiwi film, written & directed by Chelsea Preston Crayord. Go see it - it's wonderful. Don't forget to take some tissues...

The govt rightly knows that most people are ignorant of more than very basic democracy, and will get away with this white supremacist crap.

In the 1860's, Kumutoto Stream was the first stream in Wellington to be diverted to a culvert system... but no one remembered to tell the eels. Congrats to editor Nil_NZ for getting this special quote onto the front page of Wikipedia today 🥳 Find out where it came from: w.wiki/QWZu

This directly affects every NZer. You all produce copyrighted work every day. Copyright law changes make it illegal to post your Nana’s photos to Facebook, to digitise a book written 100 years ago, to share a Rita Angus painting on Bluesky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_(p...

Architecture nerds, highly niche NZ merch now available! wildwaves.digitees.co.nz/shop/categor...

Cis woman add your name :)

Moe mai rā, Tā Hirini Moko Mead. What an incredible visionary & rangitira. Te Māori exhibition alone was ground breaking globally. ❤️

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

Where is my wallet? Notice the avoidant Typing into a white space Staring into static Hummmm

"Temara" Eyelids squeezing Eyebrows pinched Lips pouting Sadness inside Love present Life waining Tongue heavy Throat tense Pant'ng princess Resting sort 'o Care of't Heart i'st Tth tu'i Shffl in't O'er whre O 'o_

In just four hours this petition has passed the total number of signatures that anti-trans activist group “Speak Up For Women NZ” got on their petition. Their petition ran for six months, I believe, and wasn’t just cis women.

🐙 Histoire naturelle: Paris: Impr. de A. Lacour, 1835. [Source]

Surround yourself with the kind of people who are proud to have a library card.

a horse walks into a bar and says to the barman, "on a right angled triangle with sides x, y and z, if x and z are perpendicular which side is opposite the right angle?", and the barman says "y, the long face"

Fellow cis women: it is worth us writing to our MPs to express our opposition to the proposed bill Reading the hansard transcript & the National, NZ First & ACT MPs reference receiving letters from their constituents Little capacity? just say you're a cis woman who opposes the definitions bill

Glow enters Zone moans Glow enters Life shows Glow enters Time loans Tartan and plaid. Revealing history. Strip. Stripe. Weft. Warped Scottish English Warmth, comfort, style, heirachy. Human.

I don't understand all this scare-mongering about AI actors, we've had AI actors for ages for instance Al Pacino

Aotearoa timeline cleanse 🎶 new waiata Friday 🎶 1) i could not stop smiling ❤️ Pereri King's debut, 'Whiti Ana Te Rā' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho4F...

Whine and ache Twiddle and turn The base a lake Shallow uncertain (Words for my Achilles)

Deep deep rumble across water. A man feeds pigeons, another walks, arms swinging, another sits staring at nothing. All wear blue shirts. I sketch. It's hot, the sun glitters. Kaohsiung, Taiwan. I am obsessed with tangled root branches. Twisting and reaching for the soil.

Strips bright flowing from glowing Kāpiti melts to Tāmaki Shuffle click shunt shift cough step crinkle knock hussle scent breathe sigh Journey begun Taipei here we come

Sun Shad Ow Contrast sharp Birds chirp Traffic moans resigned to winding down steep streets and Sigh Up again Insect flurry

Heatpump hummm Fluttering why Lashes squeeze Dogs snores Day folds into fade

Hydrangeas out the window hovering through condensation A mother not visited hovering through spirit bones The days the days the days Dog hair and crumbs

a response to the Crown scrapping the 15% accessible housing , condeming homeless for disabled. open.substack.com/pub/huhana62...

NetTalks Te Whanganui-a-Tara, next Tuesday, 5.30pm at two/fiftyseven on Willis. Six speakers with their six-minute takes on tech. This is a little taster from last year's NetTalks, featuring the indomitable Elle Archer. Get your tickets: events.humanitix.com/nettalks-te-...

Useful. #nzpol

Take a look at the impressive article on one of our unique native species 👇🕷️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katip%C...

Not On Our Watch if you refuse to accept the contempt for Te Tiriti o Waitangi shown by this govt, if you reject that this contempt has become the norm each & every day in our country, add your name below #nzpol anyone, anywhere in the world, is urged to do so. ✍️ forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Quote possibly one of the best opening slides I’ve ever seen from a presentation by Siobhan Leachman (@siobhanleachman.bsky.social) and Sabine von Mering (@sabinevonmering.bsky.social) #BHLDay2026 🧪 🪼🐍

A person‘s attractiveness increases by a minimum of 58% when they support their local library.

Oppressive systems survive by shrinking what you think is possible. They rely on your limits more than their strength. Envisioning something better and realising it can happen is the beginning of dismantling those systems. It can be done.

It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."

kingfisher calling stridently in a ska rhythm, bellbird chimes in with some jazz improv

Machiko Hasegawa, (1920-1992) one of the first female manga artists, started her own comic strip,1946 #WomensArt

Went to the new city library in Wellington yesterday and it was full! People sitting, reading, connecting. Full. Eventually I found a seat but only had time for a little sketch

Pouring over land rooting expences Isolating relitigating discarded tree scraps Forestry scarfing whole communities Death to life water water water thudding Away in the bank balance officials backslaps Tumbling hillsides sliding impunities From 'East Coast Eulogy' unpublished poem #NZPoetry

"the loneliness empire", July Westhale (our Poet of The Week 💙)

who are you? what makes you tick? how can we connect? what is awkward? who am I? what am I doing? how can we correct? what is my problem? Monday poem snippet (from an unpublished poem of mine)

The Luxon Govt has systematically undermined NZ efforts to cut climate pollution and reduce fossil fuel use. We now face an energy shock due to high dependence on fossil fuels and a cyclone (made worse by climate change). Time to change course.

Frilly wonder

International Urban Sketchers Week is a global celebration of on-location drawing 1- 7 May Anyone anywhere can take part in International Urban Sketchers Week! #USkWeek2026 #urbansketching urbansketchers.org/internationa...

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

Have a go Auckland peeps - If you'd like to give botanical watercolours a try, and you're an absolute beginner, or wanting to ease yourself in gently, boy do I have the perfect thing for you! A three hour taster class at beautiful Te Uru Gallery in Titirangi. Materials provided, no exp necessary.

Jenny Holzer, Inflammatory Essays