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Oh I wasn't aware of that distinction. I think what I was trying to work out is if straw is defined by the actual physical thing it is, or its use purpose.

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Me: okay brain, it's late, time to go to sleep, you have work in the morning Brain: okay sounds sensible Brain: ... Brain: ... Brain: WHAT IS STRAW?

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Extremely wholesome start to the school holidays: "daisy" (actually snowdrop) chains tied to the bridge by the playground and streaming out in the wind.

Concrete road bridge over a small stream, with grass on the foregrounded bank. Long chains of flowers with stalks are tied to the railings and hanging from the bridge.

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Rem Wigmore - Wolfpack out now! @remedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"You don't have normal lungs" - my GP, in a nice way, but honestly, have you seen my _brain_?

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It's my birthday! Today's my birthday. I could've made a 'sale' for 'promotion' but I'm sleepy <3 If you want you could check out my books whoah! remwigmore.itch.io books2read.com/vengefulwild2 OR just go and review your favourite indie book, request it from the library, or tell a friend about it!

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Andi knows SO much about this topic and has given me so much helpful advice over the years! I subscribed!

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 01/10/2026

Good news, everyone! After a change in distributor, my near-future post-capitalist, post-climate change mystery, The Department of What It (Really) Means to be Human, is again available in ebook and paperback!

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The Department of What It (Really) Means to be Human - M. Darusha Wehm

The Department of What It (Really) Means to be Human is told with a consistent gentleness, and generosity, that gives [its] philosophical questions room to breathe.— Niall Harrison, LOCUS February 202...

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There will be some free and some paid content 💸 I hope to be able to gift a few memberships as well. If the content is relevant to you but cost is a barrier, please follow me at the free level and then DM me. (I don't need info on your finances, just to know that cost is a barrier.)

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote a book-full of words on dyspraxia in adults, full of ideas, tips and tricks, and rants about transport. Now I'm serialising it on Patreon. You can read and support here: patreon.com/untanglingli...

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Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan — words!

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Make it Easy | Kia Māmā Mai @makeiteasy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ever wondered what decisions translators make when translating documents into Easy Read? Introducing 'The Make it Easy Corner' — a monthly series of short blog posts by our Make it Easy translation team, diving into the specifics of Easy Read. Read the first post here: tinyurl.com/mr2z59vm

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The Make it Easy Corner: September 2026

Welcome to The Make it Easy Corner — a monthly series of short blog posts by our Make it Easy translation team, diving into the specifics of Easy Read. We hope these blog posts will help shed some lig...

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@seamunchkin.bsky.social I stg I'm not looking for this stuff, it's just started appearing today.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*looks suspiciously at the approaching penguin*

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What are your favorite audiobook editions of science fiction and/or fantasy short story collections or anthologies?

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We now have a local retailer rewriting First They Came For about the Hutt City Council's introduction of parking charges idek any more.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hey look the Hannah has fixed their death stairs I dramatically fell from! I will likely still find a dramatic way to injure myself, but this is a good move.

A low railing on the edge of stairs where they turn.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

TIL that Phil Ochs wrote for a satirical student magazine edited by RL Stine. 🎶Sarge I'm only 19, I've got a ruptured speen, my skin is inexplicably turning into fish scales...

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm freezing because I'm a goblin who never brings their coat but I also have hot night market noodles and tomorrow booked off work and there are kids practicing their singing from the council buildings balcony and it's pretty nice actually

Bowl of noodles with chopsticks- in the background are cars and plants and a dark night sky.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's The Tattling Whisperwoods by Tilly Wallace - second in the series. They're fun books.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reading a novel by an NZ author with a character called Luxton who is described as looking like a sprouting potato until he lost his hair, and now resembles a boiled egg, and I endorse this act of publishing pettiness.

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Yeah, potential for some great visuals if nothing else!

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R.B. Lemberg. Yes, still in Kansas @rblemberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are you thinking of Battlestar Galactica? Reasonably sure B5 isn't Mormon, though admittedly I don't know heaps about LDS stuff. Agree with your main point, plenty of good stories in religion.

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Mutual aid alert. Siobhán Kirchstein, whom I've known for many years, is a trans woman who works as a janitor at KU and has been targeted for using a bathroom. Her case has been profiled in many venues, including by M. Gessen at the NYT. I've talked to her at length recently.

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Anyway Magician's Nephew was always my favourite, and looking at the images for this adaptation I am feeling optimistic.

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I know most [culturally] Christian raised atheists (like me) seem to have felt betrayed when they found out Narnia was a Christian allegory but my response was more "wait books can be about more than one thing? books are even cooler than I thought!"

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Had a revelation about a new direction for a project I've worked hard on but didn't end up quite going how I'd hoped, and now I'm feeling a little nervous but mostly good about it again. Details shortly!

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I did an in person class where you could answer family questions as yourself, as Prince William, or as Lisa Simpson. Which I thought was sensitive to people who didn't want to go into family and led to a few laughs.

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Anyway the onomatopoeia in this is beautiful.

text: atua whiowhio
1. (noun) railway train, steam engine, locomotive, train.

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Synonyms: tima rerewē

2. (noun) whistling atua.

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The course also explicitly says you're allowed to make stuff up but I feel like that's somehow still cheating?

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Goddamn te reo Māori course asking me to write about what each of my family members like with normal neurotypical examples like "watching TV" and "playing rugby" and here I am with a dictionary trying to look up each family member's special interest.

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Good Connections day! Connections Puzzle #1199 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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I mean, at least this time it's something I can carry home but what is even going on?

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Made an order of 3 items from the same shop, they sent at same time as two packages. Loaded with same courier. We have an authority to leave. Courier puts the larger package on deck with "sorry we couldn't deliver" for the smaller one. So now I have to deal with the fundies at the pharmacy I stg.

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Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Sep. 21, 2026 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉 My Score: 2030

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Oh I should nudge this into the 🧶🇳🇿 feed shouldn't I!

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Also very cool to see Sanctuary on the library's stall - thanks folks!

A selection of books with a rainbow table cloth underneath

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Walk through the cherry blossom on the way to Living in Colour 🏳️‍🌈. I don't know why my city does Pride in September, but it's always good. Nice to catch up with friends and meet some new people.

A park with cherry blossom trees and red benches and railings

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