Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm finally properly getting into R.F. Kuang's Babel and holy shit it really is as good as it sounded. 010
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezAll Watched Over By Machines of Drum and Bass @bartlebooth45.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When the polycule hears there are boardgames at the function 31506349
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Almost 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. 030
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Some 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. 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If 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 011
Reposted by Madeira Pince-Nezgrill la grill @wanderlustin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026death 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 135046
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026LOOK AT THEIR WEIRD FLUFFY HEADS THEY LOOK LIKE TINY BABY OCTEGENARIANS I'M LOVE THEM 030
Reposted by Madeira Pince-Nezthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026god this is good 375083956
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026[Jefferson Airplane plays softly through a shitty car stereo speaker] 010
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I 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. 120
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour 3257521534
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Do 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. 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Software 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? 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If 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? 010
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezScott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The 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.comRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newslettersExclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism 2319271222
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezPotato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I 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.nzhotair.nzHot AirHot 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. 1619694
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 06/09/2026Affordable food for all of us Party vote @greens.org.nz💚 #nzpolyoutube.comAffordable Food for All of Us | Green Party of Aotearoa NZYouTube video by NZ Green Party 0206
Reposted by Madeira Pince-Nezgrill la grill @wanderlustin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026heeeere it is! BITTER FRUIT out september 19th on kindle, kobo, and itch 🎉 get ready for some horny mech pilots to DIE 185128
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026ARE 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 150
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I AM NOW DEALING WITH A SECOND DELAYED FLIGHT DUE TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES. AIR NZ WHAT THE FUCK? Should've flown Jetstar I swear. 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Omg I went to a party for like idk 5 hours and now my feet and lower back are likestatic.klipy.comThe Office: Michael Scott AnnoyedAlt: The Office: Michael Scott Annoyed 010
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026After 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 130
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton AND Tim Curry? I'm not sure how much more the queers can take in one week. 030
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One of my fave Dolly moments 💔 youtu.be/MfIdqu9ME3A?...youtu.beICONIC MOMENT: Dolly Parton & Patti LaBelle Turn Acrylic Nails Into Musical Instruments (1987)YouTube video by Soul Lounge Studio 020
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I found something worse than binding off: un-binding off after realising you didn't do enough ribbing 🙃 020
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Trying 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. 120
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezKylie @styla73.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Oh great, austerity policy from the Labour Party. Please vote Green or TPM. Please. 16414
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026years ago me and Ms. Moreno talked about how this came together and it was the greatest www.newyorker.com/culture/cult... 112462632
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Me, 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 140
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 16/08/2026What if I got a tattoo of Granny Weatherwax's 'I ATE'NT DEAD' sign 030
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 11/08/2026Everyone Older Than Me Is A Boomer, Everyone Younger Than Me Is A Zoomer: A Millennial's Guide To Complaining 615033
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'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 130
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 041
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 09/08/2026Sheep Quest, press A or X to accept 251537335
Reposted by Madeira Pince-NezGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 09/08/2026When 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 🔗 315459
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Sometimes I think my yoga teacher is trying to kill us all, including herself 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 08/08/2026You play as the boys of the NYPD choir: the game is Poguelike 020
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 07/08/2026If 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. 120
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Manny Jacinto as Jason Mendoza playing James Bond (/joke) Manny Jacinto playing James Bond (/serious) 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I'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 010
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Always remember that a grilled cheese sandwich done in the pan is SO MUCH better than any other way 100
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Omg Tank brought back my fave smoothie (Brew Me Up) 000
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I'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. 120
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Sweet 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. 110
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Well I laughed so much I think I've given myself a cold 😅 WORTH IT 060