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Madeira Pince-Nez

@caitlinsnark.bsky.social
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Artist, spinster of this parish, beastly Marxist and chronic television quoter. Tāmaki Makaurau.

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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm finally properly getting into R.F. Kuang's Babel and holy shit it really is as good as it sounded.
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All Watched Over By Machines of Drum and Bass @bartlebooth45.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When the polycule hears there are boardgames at the function
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Almost exactly a decade since the total collapse of my mental health, which ended up with me dropping out if my MA, I am graduating tomorrow with my MFA. Feels pretty good. I wish I could go back and tell 26-year-old me that it was going to be OK.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some absolute nong set fire to the toilet paper in the New Lynn train station, which meant that two fire trucks had to come clear the place.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you read between the lines of this policy it's 'assume everything is related to diet' and therefore 'tell fat people they need to lose weight for every affliction' which is basically what a huge number of docs already do, so
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grill la grill @wanderlustin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
death is only the start. BITTER FRUIT is out now on itch, kobo, and (for pre-order on) amazon! if you want a self-indulgent book about death, mechs, and agonising intimacy, check it out! bitter-fruit.carrd.co
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LOOK AT THEIR WEIRD FLUFFY HEADS THEY LOOK LIKE TINY BABY OCTEGENARIANS I'M LOVE THEM
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
god this is good
flight of the concords scene with murray, brit and jemaine. 

"How's this, then? Ed Sheeran, beloved by all, left without an opening band at present. Enter you two."

"What if we want a free Palestine, Murray?"

"I reckon you'll get lots of things for free when you're proper rockstars. This might be your ticket."
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
[Jefferson Airplane plays softly through a shitty car stereo speaker]
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I clicked on this wondering if it was Tony the septuagenarian who did one paper a semester the whole time I was doing my politics degree and famously fell asleep during class several times. I imagined him just slowly getting every degree at UoA. Sadly it's some business bro.
Herald premium headline "The Kiwi who might end up the world's most educated person"
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour
A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do the Germans have a word for the feeling of intense smugness you get when someone you can't stand is having a totally deserved terrible week? Anyway my kneejerk hatred of Ed Sheeran is super paying off.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Software developers are shoving gen AI into everything so I don't have to talk to my friends or read my emails, but in the meantime I can't highlight an amount in a unit I don't use and automatically convert it to metric/NZD. Imagine how useful that would be?
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If all the instagrammers are right then the reason why I sometimes suddenly have to gasp for air while just sitting comfortably is because of hypermobility - CAN MY SHITTY CONNECTIVE TISSUE GIVE ME A BREAK FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES PLEASE?
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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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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K. Wroten 🍏 @jukeboxcomix.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 06/09/2026
Affordable food for all of us Party vote @greens.org.nz💚 #nzpol
youtube.com
Affordable Food for All of Us | Green Party of Aotearoa NZ
YouTube video by NZ Green Party
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grill la grill @wanderlustin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
heeeere it is! BITTER FRUIT out september 19th on kindle, kobo, and itch 🎉 get ready for some horny mech pilots to DIE
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ARE YOU SO INFECTED WITH MALAISE AND APATHY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO READ MESSAGES FROM YOUR FRIENDS? TRY OUR SLOP MACHINE TODAY AND ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GENUINELY COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS AT ANY POINT
A screenshot of FB messenger showing a prompt to summarise the ~seven~ unread messages in the chat
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I AM NOW DEALING WITH A SECOND DELAYED FLIGHT DUE TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES. AIR NZ WHAT THE FUCK? Should've flown Jetstar I swear.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Omg I went to a party for like idk 5 hours and now my feet and lower back are like
static.klipy.com
The Office: Michael Scott Annoyed
Alt: The Office: Michael Scott Annoyed
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
After a series of disasters on an Air NZ flight I now have to spend 4 hours in Auckland airport. I think that somehow this is Christopher Luxon's fault
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton AND Tim Curry? I'm not sure how much more the queers can take in one week.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One of my fave Dolly moments 💔 youtu.be/MfIdqu9ME3A?...
youtu.be
ICONIC MOMENT: Dolly Parton & Patti LaBelle Turn Acrylic Nails Into Musical Instruments (1987)
YouTube video by Soul Lounge Studio
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I found something worse than binding off: un-binding off after realising you didn't do enough ribbing 🙃
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trying to train myself to stop holding knitting needles/crochet hooks with a kind of vice-like death grip and instead hold them normally. I do the same thing when I'm drawing too.
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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oh great, austerity policy from the Labour Party. Please vote Green or TPM. Please.
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
years ago me and Ms. Moreno talked about how this came together and it was the greatest www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
“The contrast is outrageous! There’s this sex bomb in front, and this, this creature—I don’t know what else to call him—this fuzzy, violent, nasty creature in back who only got pleasure out of making people and other Muppets unhappy. A creature of impulse, let’s put it that way. And when I watch myself—’cause I’m usually so critical—but when I watch myself, I just laugh at me. What I love about it is that my character’s trying so hard to be sexy and sultry. And this horrible creature in back of me is acting up. [Laughter] See? I can’t stop laughing. It tickles me to death.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Me, pre-blocking: I'm definitely going to block this knitting, I bet it looks so much better Me, during blocking: JESUS CHRIST THIS IS SUCH AN ASS-ACHE Me, post-blocking: ??? I'll let you know
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
WAIT, SERIOUSLY?
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
What if I got a tattoo of Granny Weatherwax's 'I ATE'NT DEAD' sign
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Come on, some of us have stuff to do
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is the energy Labour needs
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 11/08/2026
Everyone Older Than Me Is A Boomer, Everyone Younger Than Me Is A Zoomer: A Millennial's Guide To Complaining
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm supposed to be finishing a knitting project that has taken me literal years but is now time-sensitive, so of course what I want to do is a new crochet project with no deadline, but which will be SO MUCH FASTER BECAUSE GODDAMN CROCHET IS SO MUCH FASTER
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
*Me listening to my septuagenarian father tell me all about a specific battleship and how it sank, at great length, despite many many overt cues that I don't care* yep definitely no older people with autism out there
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 09/08/2026
Sheep Quest, press A or X to accept
a sheep in a field backlit by sunlight coming to it in God rays through trees. other sheep are there too but you can see them because they aren't backlit
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 09/08/2026
When marae are strong, communities are stronger. The Green Party policy Te Waonui a Tāne will recognise and resource marae to keep our communities connected and safe, for all of us 💚 🫂 To learn more about how investing in marae is investing in generations to come, see the link in the comments 🔗
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sometimes I think my yoga teacher is trying to kill us all, including herself
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
You play as the boys of the NYPD choir: the game is Poguelike
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If I won lotto (I don't play) I would buy the ridiculously ugly Metropolis building next to Grafton cemetery and turn it into a giant artist studio complex, definitely with an attached gallery and also possibly with an attached bar.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Manny Jacinto as Jason Mendoza playing James Bond (/joke) Manny Jacinto playing James Bond (/serious)
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've been knitting this one thing for what feels like centuries. I have 40 small sections left to knit (out of 180 sections total) and I made the mistake of working out minutes per section (35-ish) and therefore the 24 hours of knitting I still have to do. WHY IS KNITTING SO SLOW WHY DO I DO THIS
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Always remember that a grilled cheese sandwich done in the pan is SO MUCH better than any other way
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Omg Tank brought back my fave smoothie (Brew Me Up)
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've only really started understanding hypermobility in the last year or so, and I'm trying to be more mindful in how I stand/sit etc, and just standing without locking my knees is so fucking hard y'all. It's fighting against 36 years of muscle memory.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sweet suffering crisps it's a lot of work doing instagram posts with artworks and artists etc. Finding the right handles alone takes FOREVER. Anyway go see the MotherMother show at Sanderson Contemporary in Newmarket, it's amazing.
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Well I laughed so much I think I've given myself a cold 😅 WORTH IT
The stage at the Kiri Te Kanawa theatre set for the Dropout Improv show
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Wow Dropout fans are such a type 😂
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