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Darby

@dashingdarbs.bsky.social
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He/him. queer small town werewolf. Aotearoa. old punk plant nerd into weeds, conservation, foraging, brunch, coffee, cargo bikes, loud music. Sensitive but not very deep. Still in love with the world & angry about it.

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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 9h
Nice comparison, but Tūī do sometimes take insects opportunistically ;)
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 11h
A promise of summer today. I had a go at getting into the water but only managed to just above the knees. Hoping for full immersion before Labour weekend.
On Paekākāriki beach, looking towards Kāpiti island. The tide is heading out, the sun is shining, blue sky, everything sparkly. It looks warmer than it is, I couldn't get into the water further than just above my knees.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 15h
Thanks!
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 16h
There are several things I could be doing, but it's a glorious day to lie on the couch for a bit
A leprechaun looking full lies on a couch. He's wearing a black & yellow Mr Bungle shirt. The couch is blue. Behind him is a coffee table piled with rocks, fossils, a pottery sea lion, a carved wooden figure and a red wooden snipe.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 19h
*camping
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 19h
The rest of the expo was expressly geared towards homeowners- heat pumps, induction cooktops and rooftop solar. No standalone solar systems for caring/ emergency management, nothing for renters. A bit disappointing.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 19h
Just looked at a very cool EV van at Electrify Kapiti Expo. At 56k it's going to remain a vege distro/ camper dream, but hopefully in 10 years time they will be around second hand.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22h
Oh I hope it doesn't get here, I have washing to dry!
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22h
Yeah, I think a whole section of track there would need to be rerouted inland a bit. How good would it be to take the train from Wellington to go camping at Mahia?
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22h
I was just at Waimanu lagoon yesterday. Watched a pair of black swans trying to drown a juvenile bird.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22h
I don't think the tracks between Wairoa and Gisborne will ever be reinstated- there's an area between Nuhaka and Mahia which is just about hanging in space due to coastal erosion. It would be so good though.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
rnz.co.nz
Big boom for Wētāpunga population celebrated
New Zealand's heaviest insect has been taking big steps toward a population boom, with the success of a ground-breaking breeding and conservation programme.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Up there with the "people of your age and demographic" ruling in an ACC letter
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Celebrate your escape with an ice cream in Milton
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Possum trapper
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just had a look at the catalogue and there are 40 varieties I'd be happy to have. Nowhere to put them though.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Absolutely :)
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ooo that's lovely
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ha, she has her "pretty please" face on
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am in a new relationship, and bits of it are great, but I'll never trust that someone else will be there for me, no matter what they say. I'll rely on myself only.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They are not at all goth in person. More gangster.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love to you and yours xx
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@apiln.bsky.social
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ooo goodness
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Found this fuzzy little guy outside the train station this morning. No eucalyptus around so I put him on a flowering shrub for shelter, at least. Sooo fuzzy!
A gum moth on a person's hand. The moth is beige and fuzzy, with pairs of darker eye spots on fore and hind wings
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow, I had no idea watches were so expensive. The most expensive price listed I saw on that site was 200k (wtf), but there were a whole lot with no price given, so I'm assuming more? Pretty offensive.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Post a pic from your device without explanation.
A black and white map overlaying a photograph, 1940s, showing a river mouth, beach and oceanside properties.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He probably based all his reckonings on the fact women didn't want to talk to him for some reason.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's good that we celebrate Old Blue, because we have not yet reached a time we can talk about Merton...
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ooo Fontaines DC
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am so sick of this bullshit
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm so disappointed, it's worse than Hoskings, because he's doing it under the guise of niceness. Concern trolling for sensationalism
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That sounds lovely
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
native shrubs will bring in pollinators, including native bee species :)
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just John Campbell going full shock jock & springing the sudden death of a colleague on Chloe Swarbrick live on air at 6:30am. Wtf. Insensitive & unprofessional. Massive credit to Chloe, she kept it together, but you could hear the shock in her voice. I hope she has good support this morning.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New favourite band this morning. A good wakeup youtu.be/_QxeVOgKlJg
youtu.be
CLUB BRAT - DANCING WITH BOYS (Official Video)
YouTube video by CLUB BRAT
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yessss
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Shit Real Estate Agents"
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fridge?
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oo there's a tough spot. It looks fantastic.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nerdy
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yep, it's common for tourists to take lambs, either because they think they are lost, or because they are cute and they want them. Not uncommon for them to realise, probably after a night of bleating, that it wasn't a good idea & drop them into another paddock up the road.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
She's got it on backwards!
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
youtu.be/kPH4UOosbF4
youtu.be
It is I Count Homogenized
YouTube video by NZ On Screen
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The AI makes them all look like ads, and now I can't see anything else. Sorry
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yep
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
*not a scanner for a cat
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think there was one to raise money for a ventilator or a cat scanner or something like that?
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pretty sure he did!
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Omg I remember some of that. Also, at about 15 seconds there is a chance that I am momentarily in a shot, as my sister & I got to take our school fundraising to Avalon studios. I have vivid memories of how bright & hot & loud it was, all the grownups were acting drunk & I got to go in the conga line
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