We just had a whole pile of blank coasters delivered, which means it’s sneak peek time! These are some of the new designs that we’ll be launching very soon…

Have a Silly Smiley Sadie for morale!

Anyone need a moment of calm? #SoundUp (Unfortunately I stopped recording about 1 second before a kākā swooped through.)

IT GOT BETTER 📍Central MN

Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades? Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event

Mike King steps down as chief executive of mental health charity I Am Hope Foundation

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

What brown bear?

Feeling blessed to catch this Iris in sun moment

You'll never guess what I'm having for dinner 😍 #nomnomnom #kai

Haven't done a photo dump in a while 😍 #teorangawhaikurī #TLcleanse

Hello, the firefighters managed to raise $240,000!!! That’s enough to fund 3 new research projects for the Breast Cancer Cure. Well done you thirsty bastards!

Any one fancy a hikoi for a good kaupapa?

THIS IS YOUR VERY LAST CHANCE! My friends and pin ups in the Wāhine Toa Firefighter Calendar recreated their poses for me. But if you want the real thing AND to support Breast Cancer Cure. Get your orders in RIGHT NOW!!! www.breastcancercure.org.nz

any recommendations for upholstery shops in pōneke? i have 3 chairs and a wee couch that needs recovering. #kikorangi

🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand It's officially live! Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you. You can get your copy here: www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments... (1)

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Aotearoa: disaster occurs --> local marae opens its doors to the victims. Every. Single. Time.

Zaphod tried this in one brain, then in the other.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2025/11/08/0 “Well, this is great. … Some imbecile has taken the key from under the mat!”

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! 9 November sunrise from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Post you from a different era me showing my calf, Thor, to a little kid at my primary school pet day

Quick alternate view on this story from someone who sat the exam (+ her friends): “literally no-one GAF … it was the most interesting because it had the most language features to discuss.” Maybe RNZ (and those quoted) just need to take a deep breath and chill out a bit?

It must finally be the start of summer because the Wee Red Barn van is back at Silverstream (this is a very Upper Hutt specific post 😂)

Looks/feels like it's going to be a bit of a scorcher in the Hutt Valley today 🥵

Sunrise, Saturday, 8 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

If you read the terms of the package it’s a bunch of highly improbable goals Tesla could not reach in a reasonable time frame so this is literally just a “special boy wants attention” deal. Elon wants the press to report on it to “trigger” libs and look cool to his little rube followers

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (70s?) is laughing as her husband tries to read a menu. She says: "Forgot your glasses didn't you?" "Yep." "Want help?" "Nope." "Good. Because I wasn't gonna offer." He gives her a fierce faux scowl, then stalks off to inspect the cakes. (1)

Drop something blue

Did you know that a number of our libraries have sewing machines you can use? my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/sewing-overl... ^MT

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

A thick line of low clouds on the horizon with otherwise clear skies makes for the most uninspiring of sunrises. That was the setting this morning, Friday, 7 December at Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. But the waves are beautiful. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

It really is amazing that I get the alert on my phone before I feel the tremors #eqnz

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Kia ora e hoa mā. I'm pleased to announce that I'm coming out of retirement to take up the role of Chief of Staff role for the Green Party in Parliament (think Malcolm Tucker, Leo McGarry). I'm not moving away from Te Tai o Poutini, but just now going the process of setting up a 2nd home in Wgtn.

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

🚨 STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING MUM AND DAD ARE BACK 🚨 variety.com/2025/film/ne...

🧵Spotted on an Evening River Walk in Aotearoa New Zealand: Three women (20s-50s?) are leisurely floating in a riverbend water hole. Hair piled up on their heads. Hands swooshing idly, keeping them buoyed. Toes peeking out of the water like little piggy wiggies, curious to see what's going on. (1)

Watch this with sound on for a wee chuckle - she’s such a little weirdo. (Video description: a golden retriever being silly on the couch making funny noises)

It is penguin of the year time and I would suggest you all vote for chaos bisexual Dave www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/visit/pengui...

🐧 SUPER SPECIAL PIN DROP: I've partnered with World Wide Fund For Nature NZ...bringing you the cutest Kororā pin just in time for the holidays! Celebrating 50 years in Aotearoa <3 25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife! DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds

Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.

Forget politics, climate change, war, who's asking the really important questions? Namely, who decided people from the Philippines should be called Filipinos, rather than Philippinos?

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,”

Pre-sunrise, Monday, 3 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️ (it’s hard to accurately capture the brilliance of the colors and the hues with a phone camera. But no saturation adjustments were made for this video)