Sign in

essjax

@essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy
42 followers 23 following 804 posts

I used to be over there, now I'm over here. I like aviation and dance music and F1 and cricket and brutalist architecture and cheese among other things. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ essjax.com/@essjax, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

PostsRepliesMedia
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026
Folks I've created my own instance on my own server. I'm about to try a migration to it. If this is the last thing you see from me, I promise I'm not dead. Well I can't promise that, but I've probably just stuffed up the migration and can't find my way back home :ablobcatrave:
120
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
May you too have the unbridled optimism of Accor Hotels, emailing me with the "opportunity" to book on their new sailing yacht Orient Express Corinthian at NZD 52,797 for four nights 😁 I honestly couldn't afford economy travel to the departure port but sure yeah tell me all about the luxury cabins.
Half cruise ship, half mega yacht
010
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
I'm not convinced that the current US President is entirely honest in his dealings. It's just a feeling. I might be sensitive to these things.
120
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
Home safely, with a ginger freckled cat all up in my face. Life's Good. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
A ginger car. She's not mouldy, those are freckles.
090
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
Chur, Tamaki-Makaurau. Auckland as wonderful as ever, but still lovely to leave. Till next time 🫡
Auckland poking out of the sea fog
140
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026
Was the emergency that the the pilots had mistakenly taken a Boeing 787 Dreamliner instead of the little Q300 turboprop that might actually have room to land at Gisborne? 🤔 #PetPeeve
A news story talks about an Auckland to Gisborne flight that should have a small regional prop aircraft and instead uses a library image of a wide body intercontinental jet.
170
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026
Picked the wrong weekend to go to Auckland Art Gallery. My favourite bit was shut for renovations and there wasn't much exciting stuff on. I still love just being there, it's such a spectacular space to be in. Just... Not much art going on 🤨
110
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026
This cafe has a rogues gallery of good boys #DogsOfMastodon
A bunch of dog photos on a wall
032
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026
Ding Ding #TramsOfMastodon
A tram and a sunny street
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Only 58% of Americans disapprove of Trump's shitshow. Today, now, having seen it, and had time to digest. Just 58%. WTF, America. #uspol #trump
001
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
A big ferry is a ship, and a small ferry is a boat, but nobody knows what a medium-sized ferry is. Vote for me and I will fix this atrocious state of affairs. The people deserve better.
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
One more #LoveAuckland
City and stars
010
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
City of stars
City of  stars
020
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Boats boats boats #ShipsOfMastodon
A cruise ship and three ferries
010
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Aw I'm beached az #LoveAuckland
A blue whale behind the bar
010
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Aah Auckland, I am in you. #LoveAuckland
A view to the Auckland Sky Tower from a hotel balcony.
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026
I was going to make Pies, but the pastry sheets have all assimilated into one. Prying them apart is futile.
Puff pastry sheets. The brand is "Borg's"
Apparently the Borg were in a Star War and made it so, Harry.
140
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026
Just had a misdirected email from Turkish Airlines saying that I'm booked on a flight to Istanbul. I didn't know about this and had no plans to go to Istanbul, but I guess I'm off to Istanbul.🤷‍♂️ 🛫
020
Reposted by essjax
Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026
🧀Say cheese! Dear internet, it is clear some of you have a cheese obsession. I had quite a few comments from people saying at first glance these shelved items kind of look like cheese wheels! This is the abandoned Falcon Works pottery factory, near my home […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
Inside an abandoned pottery factory, shelves and the floor are covered with stacks of dusty, round pottery molds resembling cheese wheels.Inside an abandoned pottery factory, shelves and the floor are covered with stacks of dusty, round pottery molds resembling cheese wheels.Inside an abandoned pottery factory, shelves and the floor are covered with stacks of dusty, round pottery molds resembling cheese wheels.Collapsing brick workBlue ovenMore pottery molds on shelves
0118
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026
This suburb is getting absolutely battered by another wild storm. People around here haven't cleared up after Sunday night's tornado(es). It's intense. So much of it. 😬
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
Anyone want to go in with me on buying a hotel? You will need to front the $50m to get it all up and running again, but I will definitely help with running the bar and welcoming guests with champagne (that you'll also need to supply) www.cbre.co.nz/properties/hotels/de…
110
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
I want a chicken tikka marsala and naan but I already had an early dinner. I'm gonna be thinking about chicken tikka marsala and naan all night 🥘
170
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
This afternoon's #AsianSnacks are these Korean 'Sun' wholegrain chips. It says "Hot Spicy" and the packet is a rich red colour, but I'm not getting Hot Spicy vibes. It's more a sugary barbecue flavour, and after eating a few, the mouth and tongue goes numb. Like […] [Original post on essjax.com]
Crisps from the Korean store.
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
Putt putt putt 🚤 💨 #SeasOfMastodon
Lil man in a boat in the harbour
040
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
Submission to rename the Strait of Hormuz to the Strait of Hokey-Cokey In-out-In-out Shake It All About
110
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
Ghost Cat #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
A ginger cat is looking out of the window, and is seen in a ghostly reflection
012
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
My football team have won three games on the bounce, making survival in The EFL Championship all but assured. This is with something like a dozen players injured, and facing incredible difficulties and great teams. 🏆 I'm telling you folk because nobody in my real life cares about this at all […]
essjax.com
Original post on essjax.com
001
Reposted by essjax
Anna @mothninja.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
[Fish head, angry vicious seagulls, swearing] "Fuck ooooff!" #DailyVenice #Venezia #Venice #Birds
Another interloper! Hero seagull has spread their wings horizontally in front of the fish head as if to block the interloper's access. Hero's beak is fully open, with a militantly furious expression that makes me sure that they are swearing the sky blue in Seagull Language.
203
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
Venus at Sunset #SunsetsOfMastodon
The same old silhouetted hill with a view to a sunset and Venus twinkling in the dusk
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
Red Warning in Tauranga Moana. "Whero" is inbound from Busan, South Korea. #ShipsOfMastodon
A ship in Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand, is being handled into her berth by two (unseen) tugs. The ship's name is 'Whero', which  te reo Māori (language) for 'Red'.
She's a refrigerated transport ship, one of many used for sending our Kiwifruit around the world.
110
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
This pub in Japan has my name on it #PubsOfMastodon
Pub Sign says "I demand a better future, Loving you, Loving you: Bar Heathen"
There is a picture of what looks like a womb baby holding flowers.
010
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026
Food shopping for 1-2 weeks (small household), and a tank of petrol for the car. $535 NZD. Holy heck.
011
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
Explaining to Ms21 that there's a "Deep Cow Corner" on every cricket oval in the world and to be fair that look I get in return is deserved. We've not made this an easy sport to comprehend eh. #Cricket #SportsballNonsense
110
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
Someone said to me earlier "Yep, that's solid" - some work conversation - and *immediately* I got the song in my head "Solid" by Ashford & Simpson. You know, the 80's song. 🎵 "Solid as a Rock" 🎵 WTF BRAIN The other day, someone simply said "Thank you" to me, and suddenly I had ABBA "THANK YOU […]
essjax.com
Original post on essjax.com
100
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026
Tree of the day? #TreeOfTheDay #TreesOfMastodon
Just a local tree, with a sunset set sun behind
032
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026
Bird folk of mastodon - who's this fella pecking around outside my house just now? He doesn't look like a ring-necked pheasant, not that I know much. #BirdsOfMastodon
A pheasant is seen trotting along a footpathA pheasant is seen pecking in the berm grass
314
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026
OK so you don't like reggae, you don't like cricket and you're not in love. Is there anything you're not denying, 10cc? #AskACharacterAnything #HashtagGames
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026
The power is back on, I survived #CycloneVaianu, and my football team won against top-of-the-table opposition - climbing out of the relegation zone. Happy Days. Might have a celebratory beer.
240
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026
We're down to 978hpa and holding. It's gone very quiet. I wonder if this is the eye. It's very still all of a sudden. #CycloneVaianu #978hpa
100
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026
Heh. Powerco Outages Page won't load. #CycloneVaianu #983hpa
Powerco outages page won't load
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026
Feeling quietly smug that I made a whole load of tuna pasta while we still had power. Should have made a flask of tea though. The power lines that go to my neighbourhood are all over the road. This is going to be hours, maybe not even today. #CycloneVaianu #988hpa
182
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
Power is out #CycloneVaianu #989hpa
010
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
In the middle of saying "It's all gone a bit quie... HOLY HECK HOW HAVE WE STILL GOT WINDOWS?!?" That gust was like the fist of god #CycloneVaianu #990hpa
022
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
991 mbar here and dropping steadily 🌀 #CycloneVaianu
000
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
I'm a bit worried about the dotterals on the beach. Do the daft fully wee bastards know how to hunker down? 😬 #CycloneVaianu
130
Reposted by essjax
☽✮..Lady Jaide Dee ..✮☾ @witchnwords.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Consulting Goddess In Charge Commandments of the Day 1. Blast some music 2. Don't forget the hot drink you were making 3. Tasty treats FOR MORALE 4. Don't be a douchecanoe 5. Put your phone down for a while 6. If you're not already a member of your library, sign up and use it.
2224
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
How are my north island kiwi whanau this morning? It is WILD here. Cyclone Gabrielle was like a constant banshee, but this one seems more variable, so far. It's the gusts, they're like a battering ram.
221
Reposted by essjax
NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Winner’s circle and the beauty before the storm #SupercarsTaupō #Vaianu
Cars #1 and #2 driven by Mostert & Wood in the Taupō round of Supercars 2026 are in the winners circle surrounded by their teams and an audienceA pink/orange sunset against a deep blue sky
3351
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
If I had no idea a major cyclone was coming, I'd know right now. #StormsOfMastodon
The sky is odd, glowing orange and red.
242
essjax @essjax.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
Phone go HOOONK HOOONK HOOONK HOOONK 🚨 #CycloneVaianu #Viaianu #Honk #HunkerDown
CIVIL DEFENCE RED WARNING: Sub-Tropical Cyclone Vaianu is expected to impact the Bay of Plenty from 6 pm Saturday and will bring high winds, storm surge and intense rainfall
There is potential threat to life due to strong winds, tree fall, dangerous river conditions, landslides and localised flooding.  Large waves, higher tides and coastal flooding are a significant risk. Remain vigilant to rising water levels.
Further area updates MAY be issued and we urge you to be prepared to act on any advice.
Put safety first. Avoid unnecessary travel. Some roads may be impassable. Do not enter or drive through floodwaters. Stay off beaches & estuaries. Act quickly to self-evacuate if you see rising water or feel you are at risk of landslide. Be prepared for possible power and communications outages. If asked to evacuate, do so immediately.
Visit www.bopcivildefence.govt.nz or www.facebook.com/BOPCivilDefence for information
1102