iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When you realise tomorrow is both Father’s Day and a birthday celebration, meaning everyone in the house will be getting a present except the 2 year old… so………

130 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oh my god I found the baby shoes never worn

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just finished working so now I can relax with a little checky check of the news-- oh

031 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A small double-take moment for me and any other Power Rangers nerds who get this NZ food email (Note: maybe probably definitely just me in that Venn diagram?)

140 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Okay here's my current genius idea: Buy dog training voice recording buttons like these, get a more proficient Māori speaker to record some phrases, and stick matching pictures on them. Kiwi ingenuity 😆

140 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I was driving my toddler around today and he was looking out into the traffic in disappointment saying “Mama, where pickle car???” thank you Richard Scarry I guess

0231 23

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I was driving my toddler around today and he was looking out into the traffic in disappointment saying “Mama, where pickle car???” thank you Richard Scarry I guess

010 1

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Update: Back to the library where the poo book was for sale for 50c so guess who is now spending at least 20 mins a day looking for poo with a toddler (this is my own fault)

050 5

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just posting this here now so I can repost it when there's another article tomorrow about some brave Kiwi egging it immediately

000 0

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Yes, because we cannot afford the petrol to get to the supermarket, OR the ingredients at the supermarket 🫠

Luxon says fuel crisis not Covid 2.0: 'People are not going to be sitting at home baking sourdough'

050 5

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Finally an affordable home for Kiwi creatives struggling to find work

010 1

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Accidentally made a gender binary cake for my son's 2nd birthday because he asked for "blue" and I forgot we were doing windshield wafers 😅

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

1. work in freelance creative industry in NZ

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Then walking out of the bathroom and finding a digger sticker on your bed 🤷🏻‍♀️

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Me: my cat is a cute little teeny-tiny itty-bitty furball also me, more than once now: quick, she brought in another rat and this one's still alive!

151 5

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Are my fellow nerds aware of this TradeMe auction?! I want itttttt

Screenshot of a TradeMe auction for 2 dinosaur fossils found by the iconic Dr Joan Wiffen

000 0

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

You are at the beach and go to the public toilets. Do you pick: a) the blocked toilet b) the one with the door that won’t lock or c) this one

130 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Fish & chip shop in Mosgiel still includes beef in their chicken burger unless you remember to say no beef 🤷🏻‍♀️

A chicken burger that inexplicably comes with beef

3296 29

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

When the thunder is so scary you are shaking/hiding and won’t even eat your Christmas ham sliver 😭

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Me trying to convince myself I won't overwrite something

030 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Topping up the year’s stats with a total of 4 times the toddler has been bitten, and only once doing the biting! Just one daycare day left in 2025, are these our final bite numbers??

010 1

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The toddler started work at 6am this morning, conceived a new franchise spin-off: SNAKES ON A TRAIN. Had to break to him that it has been done.

040 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I'm not the Becca Barnes writer who wrote this but I kinda wish I was

210 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

**laughs in Millennial Who Could Never**

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Renter: I would like to negotiate Landlord: no. **fin**

Screenshot of news article that says “negotiate with your landlord” - Housing Minster’s message to renters

35220 52

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

For a second I thought this was a Birds Eye view of some hip new lattes I could try

130 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Kids can have screen-time but only if it's this

050 5

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I put a widget on my home screen with a notepad so it’s easier to jot down ideas and thank god i didn’t miss this gem

040 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We used strips of magnetic whiteboard to move story elements around when breaking stories in the Power Rangers writing room. Just got some out to use myself and found these ones from early drafts of something years ago… ⚡️

0206 20

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Enjoy my first trip to the MOTAT aviation hall in like 7 years but had to complain about the typo of Taieri that hasn’t been fixed since I emailed them about it last time 😂 Fighting the good fight for my hometown 🤷🏻‍♀️

Text on a sign at MOTAT that spells Taieri as Tiaeri

030 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pretty jealous of everyone who went to Metallica last night, here’s a photo from when they played Big Day Out in 2004. I was 14 and it was the greatest day of my life 😂

040 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Someone tell the FBI this is for a story not a crime plz

030 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I love the new edition of The Cat in the Hat

1240 24

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I have never wanted to steal from another person. But the hideous Apple Sock makes stealing an iPhone look so easy I’m almost tempted?!!!! Note that I would also say “YOINK!!!”

Apple Sock marketing. The product looks like grandma made it.

030 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Went gift shopping for a friend's baby and accidentally ended up with an opportunity to sell these prints in a wee craft store. Yay good puss

250 5

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A full 24 hours since toddler was bitten: Wow that must have been quite the chompy chomp!

A toddler arm with an impressive bite mark

120 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I hate that I can no longer enjoy a funny animal pic or video online without doing the “is it A.I.?” check. But at least I’ll always have this guy

160 6

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Sometimes I see a headline and just KNOW there are some screenwriters salivating somewhere

141 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Always make chat with your long-term partner alluring and intriguing

010 1

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Me: I will not impulse buy Christmas stuff for the toddler Also me: HELLO ONE PLEASE

030 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

240 4

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I am proud that: - We got a cat named Zola - Toddler quickly learned her name - Now according to him, every single cat is called Zola - Including the cat from the 1977 Japanese horror film HAUSU 😂

020 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Pleased that Toppa ice-creams are back but when do we get this one again

200 2

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I’m very impressed with my cat’s camouflaging skills

031 3

Becca Barnes @beccabarnes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Normalize trying to convince your partner that a 90s Pokédex does not count as screen time for the toddler

250 5