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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 29/09/2026

"We do not expect the unthinkable." EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. Did you not watch Terrahawks? "Further price rises will be incremental." Quite likely.

Newspaper article on gas prices including thoughts like "(price) is not expected to reach unthinkable $4" and "further price rises will be incremental"

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 27/09/2026

can't read the signature but is this something letter-y over here too?

close up of the pencil artwork up thread, letter forms emerge from the sketched grasses or roots

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 22/09/2026

playlist poster image gives a whole AI-generated vibe - if this isn't a playlist of AI-generated music I recommend using any actual art (Sorry to be Hall Monitor, but you might appreciate knowing this sends a message to listeners)

Poster image for the linked playlist, which looks extremely skin crawling AI generated, it's a speaker in the middle of a valley with the sun setting argh look it's really hard to write alt text for something that has so much going on and so little visual meaning

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 28/08/2026

we regret to inform the residents

Two books: "St Kilda: the first hundred years" and "St Kilda: the final years 1975 - 1989"

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 24/08/2026

I don't think Visiting Cards are indexed yet but at these Whitcoulls rates perhaps they can be a useful data point because they were half that not long ago I swear

Photo of stationery items on a shelf at Whitcoulls, the Collins Visiting Cards (a pack of blank business cards, basically?) are $14.99

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 07/08/2026

this poster has stayed with me

A poster (seen in Dunedin, NZ)

SOMEONE ELSE WILL WORK
NO ONE ELSE WILL MAKE YOUR ART
CALL IN SICK
MAXIMIZE CREATIVE OUTPUT

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 06/08/2026

FRIDAY or whatever you call it there

The Very Hunter Caterpillar says,

REJECT TASKS
EMBRACE COCOON

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 01/08/2026

Searching for open hours at a local art gallery. Google's suggested questions... Uncle, WTF?

Google suggested questions screenshot for search "Dunedin community art gallery"

People also ask:

Who is the current director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery?

Is there an entry fee for the Dunedin Public Art Gallery?

How many Maori are in Dunedin?

Who are some famous artists from Dunedin?

Which NZ city has the most Māori?

Are there more Indians than Māori in NZ?

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 28/07/2026

Even if it was just stupid snails all the way to the far shore, they can fuck off with their miltech testing. Do not test it in Palestine. Do not test it in Aotearoa. Do not test it in the terra nullus you imagine to exist.

Badge from 1980s Pacific anti nuclear testing campaign: "If it's safe, test it in Paris, dump it in Tokyo, and keep our Pacific nuclear free"

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 28/07/2026

DevilSkin planting a flag on the far side of a second major cultural divide, per this image reported from their socials

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 25/07/2026

really enamoured of Paperless-NGX especially now i've got a flow for scanning paper journals to PDF onto the second (just found the setting to let me scan > 10 pages per pdf) let's see if i get through more than a handful tho!

scanned pages of paper journal, thumbnails in Paperless NGX, hopefully illegible

one journal is scanned open in several 10-page scans, 2-up

one is combined into a single PDF

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 28/06/2026

Fractured scaphoid at netball in April, bone hadn't unioned up, now I will get an operation. And be back in a cast for ages 😒 Plotting a path back onto the court for 2027.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 24/06/2026

RNZ new website (or a tidy up edit?) had pushed this story FROM 2020 to Google Discover / News / Showcase (that news screen on Android phones). Eek!

Screenshot of Google News, RNZ article about Mediaworks (in 2020) asking staff to take a 15% pay cut or face redundancies.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 15/06/2026

can't imagine this making people feel disappointed or enraged when they try the door

Caption: "how a shop front could look with one of the AI generated images"

A store window depicting delicious baked goods. But it's an AI sticker, and now you want to smash it.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 15/06/2026

Oh no no no #caversham let's not Folks will not appreciate you for making the boarded up stores look like a lively grocer until they get closer

AI image use floated to prompt Caversham spruce-up

(Photo of man holding nasty AI art cover-ups for store windows)

Caversham Community Group leader Tony Culling with some AI-generated images that could make empty shops in Caversham look open and busy. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Sticking pictures of people in busy shops, on the windows of empty shops in Caversham’s main street, may be the answer to changing the fortunes of the ‘‘rundown, dilapidated, neglected and embarrassing’’ area.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 13/06/2026

Odd / interesting thread to connect in the title there Newsroom? (It's not a review of the named book, it's a review of Keep Calm We Are Coming, a book about the SAS) newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/11/book-of-t…

Screenshot of Newsroom article, title says "Book of the week: Once were warriors", photo is of NZ Army SAS, review is of a different book "Keep Calm We Are Coming"

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 09/06/2026

i'm five layers of sidebar deep in this nonsense it's so microsoft lol

a microsft UI where there are five layers of sidebarz

azure service > storage centre > storage account > wtf123 > more stuff > idk

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 09/06/2026

beautiful - a leucistic kāhu kōrako - wow www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/photogra… Photo: Peter Langlands/Wild Capture

A rare white kāhu kōrako with one wing raised, spotted in the Waitaki Valley last week. PHOTO: PETER LANGLANDS/WILD CAPTURE

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 02/06/2026

admiring the state of some license reports for my silly website - two versions of ansi-regex, any-promise, argparse - three versions of ansi-style - it's all coming from github package management is impressive and wild

screenshot of text in JSON

» ajv@6.12.6: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://aithub.con/
» ansi-regex@5.0.1: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» ansi-regex@6.0.1: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» ansi-styles@4.3.0: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» ansi-styles@5.2.0: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» ansi-styles@6.2.1: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» any-promise@0. 1.0: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» any-promise@1.3.0: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» anymatch@3. 1.3: { licenses: "ISC", repository: “https://github.con/
» arg@5.0.2: { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» argparse@1.0.10 { licenses: "MIT", repository: “https://github.con/
» argparse@2.0.1: { licenses: "Python-2.0", repository: "https://gith

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 30/05/2026

here, have some neighborhood telemetry reports Do you see the storage company thermometer from your place?

A chart of temperatures samples from Meshcore repeaters around Dunedin, with wildly different and intermittent measurements reported, including one location that's suspiciously warmer than all the rest

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 27/05/2026

Ok but I really hope their rangefinder measures in metric cos there's a lot of wiggle room in that headline

Online headline: a Ukrainian crew said it's Italian tank gun hit a house that was 120 football fields away

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 22/05/2026

opens local history book to find photo of steamers leaving shore to float away into the skies, better understand local interest in #steampunk

A photo of p87 of Roadway to the Rushes by Eileen Foote

Figure 2 is of steamboats offshore, the sun is reflected in the ocean near the shore, making a false horizon which the boats appear to be floating above

Figure 3 shows the shore and hills behind it, with the photographer probably placed at the top of the face behind the shore

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 29/04/2026

What marketing team thought "New ways to stay caught up in Activity" would sound anything but deranged? Our must-look-and-feel-busy world is just fucking stupid. The tyranny of notification dots. The appearance of productivity.

Screenshot of a Slack notification dialog, which reads:

# New ways to stay caught up in Activity

Never miss an important message
Everything that you care about will appear right here, including direct messages, reminders and posts from channels.

Scan with ease in dense mode
Toggle between dense and detailed layouts to review in bulk or dive into the specifics.

Save custom views
Got a particular project that spans a few conversations? Set and save your filters for easy reference every time.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 19/04/2026

use mealie for this, it's great (mostly i just use it to make recipes legible but why not also for satire)

JSON export via Mealie application of a recipe for Skillet Chicken Thighs With Broccoli and Orzo from the NYT

Various details and properties of a structured representation of a recipe are visible.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/02/2026

I have not seen double sliders like that before, can figure the concept (eg high/low filters) but not how that would work IRL. Is it made up AI stuff? Bandcamp!! daily.bandcamp.com/lists/women-of-d…

Illustration style image of audio deck being operated by hands with long pink fingernails.

There are lit buttons, knobs, regular sliders, and sliders with top and bottom slider controls, which may or may not be real.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/02/2026

In a tramping hut recently I picked up a copy of Trotsky's "My Life", and appreciated this from the introduction:

Screenshot text: And I am in a complete agreement with Lenin (or rather Turgenev) that the worst vice is to be more than 55 years old!

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 14/02/2026

went to Sandymount, saw some butterflies

A Red Admiral butterfly rests on long grass stalks

A Copper butterfly rests on a kikuya grass stem

A Copper resting on the ground, with
under wings visible

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 13/01/2026

Score! Found some sunnies in the weeds ☘️🌞🕶️🌱

A half wheelbarrow of garden weeds with a pair of dirt found sunglasses on top

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 05/01/2026

Intrigued by these "3d scanning target" stickers about North Dunedin, most seem to be on infra in public spaces. "please do not remove" "3d scanning target"

A Dunedin bus stop near Archives NZ on George Street. There is a 3d scanning targte sticker applied, number 407.

Thanks to the person who stepped out of frame!

A metal structure attached to a building. It has a "3d scanning target" sticker on it, number 396.

A phone booth, with poster advertising GIGS FOR THE KIDS. It has a "3d scanning target" sticker on it, number 419.

The stainless steel back of a (soon to be removed) phone booth. It has a "3d scanning target" sticker on it, number 459.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 01/01/2026

Happy new year to you Santa!

A Maramataka Māori calendar hanging on a wall, open to Kohtātea 2026. The picture suggests a golden ball woven in flax and is titled "Hahana ano i te ra".

A lily leaf obstructs view of the calendar in the lower right of the frame.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/12/2025

From 2009, when I guess the first wave of efficient bulbs were here to save the world? "one or two efficient bulbs could save you the cost of this grocery shop" I am not sure how that calculation is tracking in 2025 Aotearoa?

A discarded pamphlet blown against a fence, lying in the grass. It reads "one or two efficient bulbs could save you the cost of this grocery shop".

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/12/2025

Made the loop a bit smaller, worked well. Removed the weight and used a heavier knot. Will try making another couple now - I want to see if I can make a cord "ladder" - with a series of smaller holes, should be easy for young players and produce lots of (smaller) bubbles.

A large bubble floating with a fence in the background. Reflected in the bubble is an umbrella and house (and possibly the photographer, IDK).

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 25/12/2025

Found a Christmas canine from the puppy we are staying with, v cute

A tiny canine from a Labrador puppy in the palm of my hand

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 17/12/2025

That emergency stop button really should be warning enough, right? Stupid thing doesn't even know to fix the fitted sheet first. Fired.

A robot device is making a bed. It combines industrial and medical aesthetic with a giant rolling base with multiple fans, an emergency stop button, and a single robot arm. Out of frame, it is doing a shit job of making a bed by pulling the duvet up over untidy sheets.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 16/12/2025

Thanks so much my #SecretSantaAoNZ Santa! Will be appreciating this all year :)

Maramataka Māori 2026 Toitū te Tiriti calendar, unwrapped

Maramataka Māori 2026 Toitū te Tiriti calendar, open to Kohitātea / January

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 07/12/2025

fridges and screen displays are evolving towards a hybrid entity to feed/consume our visual and physical desires

Photo of newspaper ad for Hitachi fridge, which is open to reveal supernaturally/artificially lit food arrayed in neat boxes; the effect is suggestive of a multi-monitor display setup (and Quadrophenia mirrors?) with too many displays.
The price is NZD$3499.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 28/11/2025

Excellent selection, aliens (The hub caps look right too)

A triumph herald from the front, similar shape to the one the aliens have lifted.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 21/11/2025

This is my spot, though my younger kid spends even more time in the hammock than I. I've been training that mullenbeckia (sp?) along the gate. A bit unruly atm. Trying to grow wildflowers in the strip behind the gate but the grass has won this round (so I trimmed it). (6/n? Or maybe 7/n?)

A hammock and gate in a suburban section. There's muhlenbeckia growing along the gate, and a little carved figurine I made on the gatepost. The grass beyond the gate is longish. At the bottom of the drive is my busted little Toyota.

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