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@duckalini.bsky.social
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Platform engineer. Genderqueer nonbinary. I talk tech, politics and life. But mostly pets (the cat is Bernard, the dog is Gus). Pronouns: they/them 🏳️‍🌈

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow, I seriously need to check out how voting works in New Zealand
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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 31/08/2026
Sydney and Melbourne commuters, I have a wee favour to ask: Detective Beans is currently being featured on your train ads and I won't be able to see them in person so if you see any please snap me a photo! Thank you!!😻
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national emergency salt reserve @iona.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is just to say I have fed the dog that was in the bedroom and which will probably still ask you for breakfast forgive him he is delightful so sweet and so bold
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ohhh Dolly Parton 😭 that stings 😭 what a wonderful person she was.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Did you know Gus has an exceptionally good sniffer?! We had a successful trial last week - 4/4 searches each found in under one minute. They had a professional photographer and I’m chuffed. Check out his tail wag when he’s on odour 💖🥹
A large black dog walking alongside a line of 20L white buckets with lids on. He’s sniffing the edge of a bucket Black dog Gus standing perpendicular to one of the white buckets in the line. His nose is hovering over the top and his tail is loose wagging over his back. Same pose but Gus has lifted his head a bit to look at me. His tail is still wagging. Gus walking away from the camera towards me - white, pale pink hair and glasses. I’m leaning over and chucking Gus under the chin and grinning at him. He’s getting lots of praise. His tail is held high.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Absolutely diabolical to take a phone call on speaker in a quiet hair salon. She’s been talking for 20minutes! She finally stopped and then started another one wtf
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
awww nice to see this acknowledgment of excellent humans
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Happy AGM for all who need to attend
A black car (Bernard) curled up in my lap in front of a laptop which has internet nz committee members on it
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
God I love a good spreadsheet
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...
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Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Does anyone know what this decorative knitting stitch is called? The diamond bit?
Ruth Gemmell in Home Fires wearing a grey cardi with a decorative diamond shaped stitchClose up of the diamond stitch, which is made up of knits, with little contrasting stitches holding them together
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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Toasted cheese sandwiches and tomato soup are a god tier combo and I just wanna thank Portland food trucks for teaching me that
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
PE teacher that made me do one more lap running round the field when I told her something didn’t feel right. Halfway round my knee went funky and I ate dirt.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I grew up in the 90s watching their tv show and going to their shows at all sorts of small towns and oh my heart is sad today. Jools asked Lynda to thank nz, but I don’t think we can ever thank the two of them enough for everything they taught us.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Music is a wonderful gift
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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
***Call to action*** NZ First’s transphobic bill is lawfare against trans, non-binary, and intersex people. What can we do about it? Well, we can make sure the select committee receives as many submissions as possible against the bill. To that end I will offer my time to anyone who wants help 1/4
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I don’t want to read the news today but I will
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If you haven’t watched documentary The Golden Spurtle, then you really should! About the world porridge championship in a small town in Scotland. Incredible people and a lovely community. Well worth a watch. It’s currently on Netflix in nz.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I’m thrilled
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Keith's Brilliant Reaction on Pottery Throwdown
Alt: Keith's Brilliant Reaction on Pottery Throwdown
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I’m not a fan of seeing the sunrise, but when I do… damn 😍
Two large palm trees jut up from some greenery. They’re backed by a crystal clear blue sky and a bright blue ocean. The horizon line glows yellow and orange. A sea fog is ambling across the blue water and reflecting the orange sunrise.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Project Hail Mary is incredibly good
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Pomeranian, pittbull, mastiff, labrador, spaniel, pug.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well this seems deeply important. Please help fund if you can!
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Please enjoy dogs having a really good time
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Please enjoy dogs having a really good time
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
So this weekend we’ve been taking Gus to his first ever scent trial. We qualified for 3/4 of our searches (exterior, vehicle and containers A). He now have fancy certificates and is the first step towards some neat working dog letters after his formal name.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“It’s not that I don’t understand you, it’s just that I don’t care” 😂😂😂
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
/r/BestOfRedditorUpdates is basically Jerry Springer for millennials
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MetService NZ @metservice.com · 17/04/2026
⚡A Severe Thunderstorm Warning in force for Kapiti Coast, Upper Hutt City, Hutt City, Porirua City, Wellington City, South Wairarapa. ⚠️These thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by torrential rain and damaging wind gusts. Warning details here bit.ly/STWarning
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Anyone else too anxious to sleep? 👀
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It’s nice to have some good news
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Aucklanders. Time to hammer the stakes for the trampoline down, make sure the bungees on the woodpile cover are good, and stick anything loose in the carport or garage or under the house. Check your downpipes and stormwater gulleys and traps. Take care folks.
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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"AI is garbage, bro, it gives you wrong answers like half the time and the other half the time makes you stupid." Overheard a middle schooler chastising a fellow student for suggesting they use AI. Whole middle school herd started mocking the AI kid. ...We need to let these kids at the tech bros.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Had to use the bench top oven so we got creative with which sized tins could fit. Also made a stash of biscotti cuz my neighbour enjoys it and she keeps dropping off 18 fresh eggs from her chocks and I gotta show my appreciation incase she doesn’t like buns
Four different hot cross buns. Back row is two classic 2x3 packs. Front left is a round wheel of 7 buns, one in the middle. Bottom right is a hot cross loaf. 
A big tray of almond and cranberry biscotti  haphazardly piled upOne hot cross bun on a plate
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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
feels like a bad weekend to start
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Quoted in our household weekly tbh
Screenshot of tweet. Text reads
[restaurant]
RACCOON (in trench coat): one egg
WAITER: one egg? *suspicious* you're not from around here, are you?
RACCOON: t-two eggs?
WAITER: ah yes, that's a normal quantity of eggs
RACCOON: *excitedly* five eggs!
WAITER: *eyes narrow*
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Tomorrow is another day. Maybe Winston will cark it 🤞🏻
A bright orange red sunset over some tall dune hills covered in rolling paddock
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Yesterday we met up with a new friend and their dog from the next town over. Today after work I met with a local who trains dogs to practice new tricks and we laughed about the antics Gus got up to. Tomorrow I’m baking for my closest neighbours Community is right there.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/03/2026
PSA: if you’re somebody who runs air purifiers in your house all the time and you ever smell gas in your house even a little bit intermittently, get your house checked for gas leaks. They can apparently go otherwise unnoticed for a really long time if your HEPA filters are good enough 😳
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I’m not a big curling guy, but I get the significance of this, and WOW it’s mind-blowing. Some are calling it the best shot in curling history! #TeamCanada at the #ParalympicGames.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A fresh vaccine dropped in nz this week so if you’re due a booster go get one!
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 03/03/2026
00:00am Wed 4th March (NZ) #LunaEclipse #BloodMoon #NewZealand Ōtepoti Dunedin #Nikon Z7ii Middle exposure & +3stop exposure
nearing total eclipse
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Eclipse looks bloody great from Auckland. Amazingly clear night for it.
A mostly eclipsed moon on a black sky. Just a sliver of moon visible top left and it’s mostly red.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Open social media to chat to friends, see deeply upsetting news article, close social media, open book. And endless cycle these days.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The state of the world is a lot. Please enjoy the low stakes household politics, where Gus attempts to befriend Bernard and gets resolutely ignored.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The state of the world is a lot. Please enjoy the low stakes household politics, where Gus attempts to befriend Bernard and gets resolutely ignored.
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Fred Hebert @ferd.ca · 23/02/2026
AI SREs are framed as nameless job automation; Coding Assistants as named partners. The framing used to create these products reveals a lot about how the builders and buyers perceive these roles. I also write about the challenges and risks of picking self-limiting analogies in building systems.
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The Picture They Paint of You
Musings on the way we frame Coding Assistants, AI SREs, and what this communicates in terms of how these roles are perceived.
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Duck @duckalini.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This was heart breaking to watch tbh
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