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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just resharing the image so I can add readable alt text for you (couldn’t see the slide well enough to read it on my phone).

Disability sector questions
Enabling Good Lives
• Will you commit Ministry of Social Development and the Minister's office to consult the National Enabling Good Lives Leadership Group on all decisions about disability policy, ministerial programmes and service delivery, and to consistently embed EGL principles across all policy, processes, practices and decision-making?

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Honestly, consider the chaos of my workroom for a moment. Now do you truly think I’m not capable of messing my environment up just by being in it? 🤣

My workroom, it’s an absolute mess of equipment and supplies everywhere you look.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Add in 14 hours for Te Ika A Maui and that’s a solid 29 hours of driving. Except you’d also need to add approximately 3 hours of driving and 4 hours of ferry to get between the southernmost point of the NI and the northernmost point of SI. We’re far bigger than people realise.

Apple Maps showing the route from Cape Pallisser to Cape Reinga. The travel time is 14 hours and 2 minutes, almost entirely using SH1 apart from a section along the East Coast in Northland.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Um, what has happened to alt text? I’m assuming this is an update that didn’t get an accessibility eye run over it first? Now both the text in the image and the alt text that is overlaid over it in a transparent text box are both too difficult for me to read. @bsky.app

A screen shot of an image of black text in a white background. The poster kindly added alt text, but instead of appearing below the image as it used to, it is now white text on a transparent grey overlay, which means the alt text is now also impossible to read, as there is not enough contrast, and the text from the image and the alt text are all visually tangled up.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Every so often I can still make it work. But it’s rare.

A box of Gregg’s coriander flakes with a munted flap from trying to open it, and a box of their smoked paprika where I’ve actually managed to pull the strip that’s supposed to come off cleanly, so the tab tucks back into it.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I’m not a fan of things being passed under urgency, but I think I’d be ok if they wanted to do it for this Bill, all things considered. Article is from RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Screen shot from RNZ article with photo of Laura McClure.
(Photo: Supplied). Text as follows:
ACT MP Laura McClure's member's bill to criminalise non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes was pulled from the ballot last year and will be
considered by Parliament in the future.
McClure said while she was horrified by deepfakes,
she did not feel X should be targeted.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Antegins only in this bog please!

Sign on the wall above the toilet in our Ferry cabin. There of a stylised picture of a loo, with a hand throwing in sanitary items with a big red line through them. Below, the text reads “No foregin objects
Only toilet tissue and human waste.
Thank you!”

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Wellington really is such a scenic city. Where else would you get an inner city suburb that looks like this? (From Google Earth)

A photo of snowy mountain peaks - maybe Mt Cook, who can you trust these days.

Below, the text "Mount Cook is an inner city suburb of New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, The North Island, New Zealand, 1.74km dead south of Wellington's Central Business District. Its local consituency area is the Wellington Central, and is [...]"

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Just updating some settings in LinkedIn (AI gen, I'm looking at you) when I came across this. I am laughing. Like, we literally searched for 18 months to find the most affordable, liveable house we could, and we're still living there 18 years later. The last time I got "Promoted" was 2005.

Interests and traits information from LinkedIn (derived).

They have pegged me with:
Desktop users
Desktop/Laptop Users
High Net Worth Individuals
Recently Promoted
Upwardly Mobile
Windows.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Righty-ho, I think I'm going to call it an early night tonight, but you know what? The sun will come up, tomorrow, you can bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, the sun will shine... (Unless you're in the lower North Island. But the sun will still be there. Somewhere.)

Infographic of tomorrow's weather forecast from Metservice.

Rain, Rain, wind, and maybe, if we're lucky, a glimpse of the moon after the sun goes down. High of 15, low of 11.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Let me save you $15. Luckily I also bought some ginger beer, and mixed together it’s tolerable. On its own it’s a 0/10 from me.

A box of Finery Black Doris Plum Margarita non-alcoholic cocktail.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Going through checking my iPhone settings to see how I’ve got my emergency alerts set up. It’s annoying how iOS makes you look in 50 different places for settings, but hey, I just come across this, so now my phone is slightly less smart! The setting was really hidden, so path is in the alt text.

Intelligence and Siri settings, now turned off.
The path to get to these was Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > Intelligence and Siri.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I seem to just have an on/off toggle.

Notifications settings on an iPhone SE2, with Emergency Alerts set to “on”.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This was our place, mid 80s, I think a couple of years after we moved there. The goat is probably 2/3-1/2 way down the property. It really was quite lush by the time they’d been there 10 years, albeit still ramshackle. The orchard was great by the time it was sold, unfortunately torn out. 😢

Two photos from where I grew up. In the top photo, the step down to the patio from a glass sliding door is covered with pumpkins and marrows. In the background is a kind of glasshouse made from the original windows from the house, which included some lead lights.
The second photo looks down a paddock towards a 1930s bungalow. There is a Saanen Dairy goat tethered in the foreground, ramshackle chicken coop in the mid distance, and gorse growing along the road boundary.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I still have the flowers made up, they live on my sideboard. Every time I see them, they are a reminder to me of kindness. I’ve learnt a lot about kindness these last few years. Mostly I’ve learnt that when people are kind to you, it makes you want to be like them.

A glass vase with a Lego flower arrangement on my sideboard.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Well I was until two wells ago, but I’m self-employed right now. This would feel more inclusive if it has options for that, school student, and currently unemployed. But any way, I will sign, and I will also encourage you to join your union if you have one available to you. @nzctu.bsky.social

Question from a CTU petition asking if you are a union member. Available responses are Yes, No, and Retired.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but apparently the band has entered the chat…

New Kids On The Block liked your post • 19m
I mean, l'd probably struggle to name more than a couple of NKOTB or songs now.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Ça depends, votre chat, aime-t’il manger vos plantes? Si le response est oui… mettez-le hors de portée du chat. Les symptoms s’il le mange sont mal au bouche, vomissements, mais pas des douleurs durants. (Notre petite est folle de manger les plantes.)

Un anthurium au dessus un étagère, hauteur d’environs 2m

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

These are the two most cherished in my collection, gifts from my father to my mother before they married… he obviously had some ideas about being kept in the manner to which he would like to be accustomed. 🤣 She was 18 when she received these, one for Christmas, one a couple of weeks later.

Two A5ish volumes from the 1950s, both covers are red: one burgundy, one claret. An illustration is picked out in gold, on one it is a fashionable lady retrieving something from the oven, on the other she is playing cocktail party hostess.

The spines of the books. One is titled The Reluctant Hostess, the other is The Reluctant Cook. Both are by Ethelind Fearon.

Inside the front covers, each book has an illustration by Alex Jardine. In The Reluctant Cook, a couple are lounging in armchairs looking satiated after dinner. In The Reluctant Hostess, a hostess with the mostest is carrying a tray of refreshments towards her guests, all in cocktail attire.

An illustrated page entitled “Some Cocktail Snippets” showing some very fancy canapés. Eat your heart out Edmonds birthday party photo page.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Solid toothpaste is NZ made, and yes, it is fluoridated.

My hand holding a jar of Solid fresh mint toothpaste with fluoride. Plastic free and made in NZ.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Second spider of the last hour crawling over me. First one was a jumping spider on my compression sleeve, this one is a tiny wee one that is almost invisible because it’s the same colour as my trousers.

A teeny tiny little brown spider on fabric (my trousers).

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I don't see supermarkets on this list... I wonder what legislation they are referring to? www.govt.nz/browse/tax-b...

Screenshot of information from the govt.nz site (linked in the body of this post) on providing information on certain financial transactions (anti-money laundering). Included are banks and financial institutions; trust and company service providers; lawyers and conveyancers; and casinos.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

When I see them, I often take the prompt, rather than hitting the like button. So I can confirm they are having a positive effect, even if it is just quietly breaking my scrolling.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Look, I’m not judging. My accomplishments today are getting up and showered, making dinner, and getting my highest ever score on Zookeeper on the Nintendo DSi. Which may have taken several hours. The game takes between 10-20 minutes to play right through…

Zookeeper game on the first screen of Quest mode on a Burgundy DSiXL.

The zookeeper (manager) is waving his arm at the other character (worker) and saying “since I have nothing to do…”

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Look, I am strictly politically neutral in public… but I need to know why haven’t I seen anyone else highlighting this?

A screenshot from the Stuff story about today’s cabinet reshuffle. I have highlighted “Simon Watts will be responsible for Energy”.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I had to speed this up many times so it will fit under 60 seconds, and I unfortunately missed the leaders on foot right at the start (thought I was filming when I wasn’t). Pito-one at 4:45 this morning. It took over 5 minutes for those on foot to pass.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

And here’s an older photo, in which she looks very stern.

A smallish tabby cat is standing on her cat-tower, propped up with her front legs on the top of the pole so she is almost upright. She has quite a stern look on her face.
The Roman blind behind her is covered in a vibrant green leaf pattern.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Yes. Although she wasn’t particularly happy about it. She’s quite camera-shy.

Pīata is a short-haired tabby cat. She is curled up on the end of the bed, which is covered with a white cotton blanket and gold duvet cover. Her head is tucked in between her legs and she is studiously not looking at the camera.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Yikes! When I was going through chemo, we had a special toilet on the ward that was only allowed to be used by the patients, because any effluent/body fluids coming out of you during the infusion is so toxic. (Family members are advised to wear gloves if they have to clean up after you at home.)

Section from the article linked in the skeet I’m quoting. I have highlighted the bit where it says the oncology toilets were out of action for most of last Thursday.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Thank you for getting me out of the house!

The Hutt River Trail; a metalled path wends its way through an open, grassy area. Ahead is a stand of exotic trees. The playground, tennis courts and brutalist public toilet can just be seen beyond them.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

My dearest @foxylustygrover.bsky.social , I need you to know that this is what my bedroom curtains look like. Caused by Pīata when she was still an Itsy-Bitsy Kitty (she is coming up to 4). I have new lining. I even have a set of curtains in my workroom I could switch out while I decide on new ones.

A red velvet curtain with a large tear, and a few smaller rips.

A lining curtain with some rips and a largish section where the thermal layer has completely come away.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #640,135!

BlueSky 10,000,000 user celebration poster. I joined on August 19, 2023 and was in the first 10% of users.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Here’s me aged 18, and as an added bonus, here’s me doing Formal Friday during the first lockdown, in my Leavers Ball gown.

A very young Elisabeth wearing a green crushed satin off the shoulder gown. Image cropped from the waist up and to remove my friends because we were all so young.

A much older (44 at the time) Elisabeth standing on her balcony overlooking Lower Hutt. She is wearing her Leavers Ball gown from 1994: green moiré satin, off the shoulder, Princess seamed bodice flowing into an A-line skirt.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Ah that sucks. Some arts and crafts maybe? Turn it into a memo holder? (My brother’s handwork)

A hedgehog memo holder, made from a discarded paperback novel, which has had all the pages folded in so they splay out, add buttons glued on for the eyes and snout.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

We live well off the street, so we parked our car down on the road and put all the soft toys in the car because they were sad they were missing out. When we went out one day there was a parent and small child delighting at the toys “driving” the car (yes, there was one at the steering wheel).

A colouring page with a beanie baby bear and a soft-toy bunny perched on the sill with their noses pressed against the window, looking out at the outside world (the garden) during lockdown.
At the bottom of the image are the words “Chocolate Beat and Bunny The Kelson Bear Hunt” along with symbols for Creative Commons attribution (no commercial use).

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

How much salt do you think I meant to write here? It’s not like I can taste the boiling caramel to test if I’ve added enough…

Hand written recipe note:
220g sugar
160g tahini
160ml water
salt.
Sugar 1/2 → golden brown + half → dark amber. Water in small doses. tahini, mix, then bring to simmer.
Salt.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

Are any of these going to make me feel less socially awkward, lol?

The screen of a Nintendo DSi showing 4 Harvest Moon games: Island of Happiness; Sunshine Islands; The Tale of Two Towns; and Cute.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Apparently Bunny’s down with this cold too now. R has made sure Bunny is comfortable before heading back to his own sick bed.

A bunny soft toy is tucked up under a plush golden comforter blanket, propped up against the large velvet pillows (gold and navy) on our couch.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

I love how Christchurch Library has little snippets of information about all the street names and their histories available online.

Screenshot from a table, this row has information about Sugden Street in Spreydon. It was probably named after the Sudgen family. "In 1947 Frank Sugden (1894-
1979), a poultry farmer, and
Frances Alice Sugden (1924-
1995), a spinster, are living at 77
Simeon Street; John William
Sugden (1888?-1951), a shop
fitter, is living at 143 Simeon
Street. Frances Sugden married
Gordon Frederick Beattie in
1948.
First appears in street directories
in 1950."

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

As per the second para here. This is what has been in place everywhere I’ve worked. From www.employment.govt.nz/leave-and-ho...

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However, the employee and employer can agree to describe the entitlement as hours or part days if this is better for the employee. For example, if an employee worked a half day then went home sick, their employer could agree to only deduct a half day of sick leave. Payment for th half sick leave day would be half of th
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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Inaccurate (at least for me!) Or is that your foot excluding your toes?

My spread out hand reaches from my heel (thumb) to the base of my big toe (tip of pinkie).

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Accurate! Did you know that you can tell if socks will fit by making a fist and wrapping the foot part of the sock around it? If the heel and toe just overlap, they’re the right size.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

3 foot by 4 foot, so approximately 90 X 120 cm. Queen bed for scale.

A fabric-covered canvas, (fabric is neatly lined up triangles in gold, silver and bronze) above a queen-size bed which has lots of pillows and a quilt made from fabric in shades of yellow, blue and grey.

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

There are definitely heaps of options around. I did learn how to make a hand-lettered font at one point. I still have access to the lesson + I have the base software... (I was never quite happy with this, and I haven't found the full alphabet file yet, maybe it's on my old laptop.)

A drawing of of nasturtiums in orange and yellow with the words "Free when you forage nasturiums".

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That's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Me, taking you literally, and searching for vegetable fonts on Adobe... And then the penny dropped. Maybe Duper? Lemon Yellow Sun, Pacific Northwest, or Woolwich? (I googled "Hand-painted font") You can apply a texture to the fill to make some or all of the letters look more brush-stroke-y.

A screenshot of search results in Adobe Stock for vegetable fonts.

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