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Inventor of the Love Actually drinking game. Here to listen. She/Her. 🇳🇿🇯🇵🏳️‍🌈 Mastodon for technical stuff: @so@mas.to Threads (inactive): @bigshika Twitter (inactive): @bigshika

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hot dam! It's Beaver Week at the San Diego Zoo 🦫 The beaver ambassadors usually live behind the scenes, but Beaver Week means more chances to see and learn about them during special presentations all week long.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 28/09/2026
Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title The Boner People
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Sana @bigshika.com · 26/09/2026
the Academy cinema was doing a Takashi Miike retrospective and my gf and i went and watched it. Now I know what happens at the end of Audition! and uhhhh wow, things sure happened
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
for those outside New Zealand: 2 years ago a veiled far-right astroturf org threatened to sue an investigative journalist for a book he was writing about them. He was not writing a book about them, but this incident meant former staff started leaking to him. He used those leaks to write a book.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 22/09/2026
“accidentally booked a love hotel instead of a regular one” is an amazing review genre on booking.com though
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 22/09/2026
A paper in Nature Communications reports a detailed structural analysis of the Roman Empire’s entire road network, covering topographical information from nearly 300,000 km of roads. go.nature.com/4gU64b5 🏺🧪
City streets in Ostia, the ancient sea port of Rome at the mouth of the river Tiber. Credit: Tom Brughmans So-called Arch of Drusus in Rome, near the start of the Via Appia. This was an ancient road over 2000 years ago, and is still in use as a road today. Credit: Tom Brughmans
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Sana @bigshika.com · 18/09/2026
The first in a sizzling new romantasy series by best-selling author Nicky Hager. A slow burn, spicy dark romantasy which follows the forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance between a girl and a dragon-shapeshifter Prince of the Fae. Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 17/09/2026
i hope this guy is feeling extremely justified right now
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Sana @bigshika.com · 17/09/2026
playing downloaded movies is always a fun roulette of subtitles and audio. last night Wolf Children started in german with german subtitles (we wanted japanese and english respectively. ich spreche kein deutch)
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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Air to Ground Message: PERSONALLY REAL VAMPS ARE BETTER NOT THAT TWINKLE SHIT Area: Austin, TX, USA Type: Boeing 737 MAX 9 A: #a89fe734286 F: #f9579ffde61
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Sana @bigshika.com · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: Cooked to an internal temperature of 75⁰C for 30 seconds Dub
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Sana @bigshika.com · 10/09/2026
watched Saw today bc it’s the 25th anniversary of the guys being trapped in the bathroom
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Sana @bigshika.com · 09/09/2026
you just have to turn the plane on and off again
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Sana @bigshika.com · 07/09/2026
saw all three Back to the Future movies yesterday and today as part of my "watch 100 new movies over 100 days" project bc I saw this date was coming up. ironically, bc i saw Part 2 and 3 both today, i'm now one movie ahead of schedule
Still from Back to the Future Part III. Doc is looking at a photo. Subtitles say "September 7th? That's this Monday!"
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Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I wished that this site existed, so I spent the last week building it. Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament: hotair.nz
hotair.nz
Hot Air
Hot Air links every New Zealand MP to what they've actually said and how they've actually voted in Parliament — built from the official Hansard record, so you can look past the press release and see the voting history for yourself.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 07/09/2026
the way i know i need to watch better movies bc according to my letterboxd stats right now warwick davis is my third favourite actor #letterboxd #filmsky
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/09/2026
Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds. ⁠ Learn more on #NationalHummingbirdDay: scim.ag/3YMuQQu
Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds
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Sana @bigshika.com · 05/09/2026
Shinjuku station is easy! You just follow this map satoshi7190.github.io/Shinjuku-ind...
satoshi7190.github.io
Shinjuku Station Indoor
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Sana @bigshika.com · 05/09/2026
got back from my mom’s place the day before yesterday but according to my gf i’m still sleep talking in japanese
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Sana @bigshika.com · 04/09/2026
this week, i got kinda annoyed with how deeply LA Nightcrawler was and went all-in on extremely Britishness. also i apparently felt like watching movies with really long titles #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Screenshot from letterboxd:
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Nightcrawler
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Sana @bigshika.com · 04/09/2026
just finished 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and immediately opened bsky to this
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Sana @bigshika.com · 04/09/2026
heads up that someone’s made barcode generators for the major supermarket loyalty cards so you can get the discounts without signing up. i haven’t tested them myself, but in case you want to try: clubminus.co.nz cuntdown.co.nz
clubminus.co.nz
club minus rewarrds at pooworld!!
randomly generate a club minus rewards card to protect your privacy. no signup or personal info required.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 04/09/2026
gonna miss my mom’s food, but holy shit i am glad to be home
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Sana @bigshika.com · 02/09/2026
tonight's movie was Conclave bc my mom said that Spider-Man: Homecoming the other night gave her eyestrain from all the flying around. so I picked a movie with as much sitting still as possible and no chance of ppl flying around, but i overcompensated and she said it was boring as hell
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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When Piglet grew up, he exacted Kanga's revenge on Rabbit for hiding Roo.
An interview-based artist’s rendition of how a wild boar caught a rabbit (Provided by Eri Kondo, a member of the research team)
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Sana @bigshika.com · 01/09/2026
“Do you want a set of keys to the car? They’re a bit tacky, but…”
A black key fob with a keychain. There is a big heart shaped ornament with pink, purple, and white rhinestones, with a purple leather tassel. It’s extremely tacky.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 31/08/2026
once, a long time ago, my mom took me to the movies bc she saw a japanese movie was on, except that movie turned out to be Audition. luckily we left before all of the torture started. Now she looks at movie synopses ahead of time.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 31/08/2026
problem solved, katsu sando for lunch
Chicken katsu and some cabbage in two slices of bread. Several bites have been taken out of it.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 31/08/2026
my mom, in japanese: “even if it’s organic, this is way too expen—“ me: *sharply nudging my mom because we’re in Japanmart where people speak Japanese* my mom: “i mean, i don’t think i’ll get that”
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Sana @bigshika.com · 30/08/2026
for the past few days we’ve suffered the terrible, tragic problem of having too much japanese fried chicken
Chicken karaage on a plate with potato salad and baked kumara. chicken katsu on a plate with potato salad and baked carrot, with miso soup on the side.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 30/08/2026
in case you were wondering, the thing that took over the entire homescreen with an ad for a “free AI assistant” was either of the two free flashlight apps she’d gotten from the Google Play Store
Photo of a mobile phone screen. 
Full screen ad with the text:
Unlock free Al Assistant
Enable display over other apps once - then a draggable Al bubble is ready over other apps when you need it.
Required to continue using Al Assistant
Free Al chat from your launcher
Draggable bubble available over other apps
Runs on your device session - no ads paused
Enable display over other apps
Takes a few seconds in Settings - we'll return here automatically
& Your privacy is protected
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Sana @bigshika.com · 29/08/2026
the kōwhai tree outside my mom’s living room has been taken over by the fattest tūī i have ever seen
A tūī sitting in a kōwhai tree. It is extremely round.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 29/08/2026
i explained to my mom how introduced mallards are hybridising with native grey ducks and outcompeting them, and she called mallard ducks “pākehā ducks”
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Sana @bigshika.com · 28/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: Sand
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Sana @bigshika.com · 28/08/2026
this week, a deep dive into the work of some legendary storytellers - Nicolas Cage, Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson, Tommy Wiseau, Yasujiro Ozu #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #ItsFridayHereGoddammit
Pig (2021) starring Nicolas Cage
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) dir Wes Anderson, based off short stories by Roald Dahl
The Disaster Artist (2017), a biopic on Tommy Wiseau and the making of The Room
The Munekata Sisters (1950) dir Yasujiro Ozu
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Sana @bigshika.com · 28/08/2026
i had to talk my mom out of getting a donut (“hey look, donuts!” “no those ones look way too sweet and…”), but she went into the shop to pay for the petrol while I waited in the car and… came out with a donut
an ad for “passport to japan” special edition Krispy Kreme donuts at the petrol station pumpsscreenshot of message chain to my gf:
i feel like she just took a detour on the way to the cash register. i'm sitting in the car rn so can't tell
she already got trumpets at the supermarket be they were on salescreenshot of message chain to my gf:
yup there's a donut
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Sana @bigshika.com · 28/08/2026
day 5 at sana’s mom’s place update: i did not sleep well
Messages screenshot:
okay good night! ❤️
update: the bed collapsed
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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
theguardian.com
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97
From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations
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Sana @bigshika.com · 27/08/2026
on a similar note: Holden Ford, the protagonist of Mindhunter, is two types of car
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Sana @bigshika.com · 27/08/2026
yesterday at my mom’s house i found a box of lemsip that expired in 2013
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just dawned on me that we lost two officers of the Red October in a month
Tim Curry saying “you’ll receive the order of Lenin for this, Captain!Sam Neill saying “I would have liked to have seen Montana”
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Sana @bigshika.com · 26/08/2026
the local government for my mom’s place in japan has their entire site translated by some bespoke system and it’s quite possibly the worst quality machine translation i’ve seen in a long time
Screenshot of a website. there’s a hyperlink with the text “There is no bean jam from library (easy Japanese).” followed by “User Menu”The Japanese version of the page before. 
“図書館のあんない(やさしい日本語)”, Guide to the Library (easy Japanese). I think the mistake comes from it parsing “あんない” (annai=guide) as two separate words, “あん” (an=red bean paste) and “ない” (nai=none).
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かけだしうどん @kakedashiudon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
だらっとイチゴちゃん 📷20260809 #野毛山動物園 #レッサーパンダ
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Sana @bigshika.com · 25/08/2026
update: we went to a place in Newtown called Sheh’s Coffee and Crumbs and got their biscoff cinnamon bun. mom, after we got back home: “wow, that was fun!” me: “we went to the hospital…” mom: “yes, but the cinnamon buns!”
Photo of a cinnamon bun. It is topped with a lot of icing and some biscoff crumbs on top. It was very tasty.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 25/08/2026
in the most highly esteemed way:
A mostly complete crossword. The clue is “Genre for Dolly Parton” and the letters already filled in are C_UNTRY
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Toby Morris @xtotl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Very stoked to tell you that my People Watching project is being collected into a book. 956 drawings of 1462 awesome people from all around Aotearoa. Out November 3rd, from Allen & Unwin NZ. Thanks to everyone I drew, can't wait for everybody to see it.
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Sana @bigshika.com · 25/08/2026
is there anywhere specific in wellington or lower hutt that does good cinnamon buns? asking on behalf of my mom, who went through eye surgery today and spent the entire duration craving pastry
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