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Kirsten

@eliterate.bsky.social
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Accidental alpaca wrangler, perpetually curious wanderer, wordy/sweary. She/her. Te Whānau ā Apanui. Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
borked
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
jesus just when you thought the techlords couldn't find more ways to leach & erase human endeavour www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/w...
rnz.co.nz
Wellington second-hand bookstore’s mysterious orders
Book Haven in Wellington's Newtown started to receive more orders than it could possibly handle.
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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 10/08/2026
Ok so this is a bit of a WTF moment. According to Cloudflare, since May AI systems account for the majority of global internet traffic. 40 years of building the modern internet and it’s just been taken over by bots. www.theregister.com/networks/202...
theregister.com
‘Humans will be a rounding error on the internet’ says Cloudflare exec
Machine-generated traffic to surge 1000x in five years, while we meatbags keep clicking away slowly
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Enshitification Era.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Damn, Sam 😢 RIP Mr O'Neill, one of the truly good bastards.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Doctor: "Normal, uncomplicated people get dementia and it can be hard, sad and rough, but it's usually pretty normal and uncomplicated. Your father is not one of those people."
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Any kiwis playing nyt Crossplay wanna play me? All my matches are with northern hemi and only play when I'm asleep :(
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Have a look at squalane/squalene oil too, as a carrier :) I'll happily test your first batch!
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Cat-attractant + Mozzie-repellant... brand name is required... ShooFly, Hello Kitty? Pussy Protect? (😬), Purr-Off? Mewsquito?
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Read it and immediately thought of you :)
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'd be up for some catnip mozzie repellant - what do you reckon @kats-garden.nz www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
theguardian.com
Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds
Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Is it just me or would that’ve scanned better as “I ried this iet, it was reat”?
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Isn't One NZ formerly Vodafone? But yeah, a cluster for sure. And your confusions speaks volumes about their branding/advertising, which is absolute pants.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Dad has been diagnosed with dementia & it's throwing up, well, a lot of hard stuff. But there are lighter moments. Last night he online ordered $70 of chocolate fish.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
the art of the deal 🙄
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The worst people in the world have stolen humanity’s best endeavours.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
and yet they'll still invest 🙄 good story on his pattern of broken promises: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Elon Musk Laid Out 602 Goals. We Counted How Many He Hit. (Gift Article)
The billionaire has stated many plans for his businesses, but has delivered only some of what he said he would, when he said he would, according to a Times analysis.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Peaked in high school vibes
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This sent an actual shudder through me. Been lucky enough to have been to Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat, met amazing Greenlanders. The thought of that man anywhere near that place and those people makes me ill.
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I have a friend who excitedly researched the personal cargo manifest for their early settler Welsh ancestor & found it included "24 gorse plants" 🤦‍♀️
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Massive Attack
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
ugh. so piers morgan.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
barry fucking who?
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
From the day they announced a rebrand their marketing has completely missed the mark with me.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
You’d be able to if you ever met him. He interviewed me once and made me stand downhill so he could be as tall as me 😁
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
They really, really did. So-called checks and balances 🙄 brightlinewatch.org/the-persiste...
brightlinewatch.org
The Persistence of Diminished Democracy in a Second Trump Presidency | Bright Line Watch
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Scoop: NZ has rejected post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason, making it one of just five countries to do so. "This is reputation-wrecking. People will think that we’ve lost our mind," says former PM Helen Clark. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/18/n...
newsroom.co.nz
NZ rejects WHO pandemic rule changes, aligning with 'fringe' RFK Jr
NZ is now one of just five countries to have rejected the post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason. Marc Daalder reports.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
At. His. Request.
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Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I was a middle-aged New Zealander when Obama was elected & I can tell you people around the whole fucking world felt optimistic. My 70yo Aunt baked a celebratory cake.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
*imagining, even 🙄
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Enjoying imaging a world where Facebook is forever down.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Merz is a man.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Yes, te Mōtū 😊
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
It happens 100% of the time 🙄. If they can tell I visited the page they can also tell if I purchased the damn item already, surely.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I know, right? I have thoughts, but then I am mortified that I actually have thoughts.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Smells like a classic “let’s get ahead of this” PR move
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
😔
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
That’s really odd. I’m just watching it and no probs here.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
So many levels of awful in this pic… that she had a photo taken with Noem at all, that she actually snuggled the woman, and that she happily posted it. Multitudes of purposely awfully decisions.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ug.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
FBook group for women dealing with very shitty male behaviour... Brown woman: I'd love to hear from other brown women who experience xyz with men White woman: I've had so many bad experiences with xyz with men, it's not a colour thing Brown women: #wypipo
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Didn’t think Hinge was the place for squirrelly words. Feeld, though. You have to share now.
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Is it just me or has the Wordle Bot got dumber?
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Wel that's ok :)
Screenshot of my Merriam Webster 2026 word: kind-hearted (technically, two words?)
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Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Just realised (duh) that the Chinese calendar gives us all a gift in the year we turn 60 - I was born a Fire Horse and this coming year is a Fire Horse year.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
“We absolutely, genuinely would like to work across party to address the core issue of tech billionaires not obeying New Zealand laws, not paying their fair share of tax, hosting harmful digital content on their platforms, not being transparent with how their algorithms work.” - Marama D #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz
Greens go face-to-face against the outrage-generating machine
The Green Party hopes an in-person campaign push will appeal to voters who, like party leadership, have seen new fears realised online
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