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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Of course work turns into a total nightmare the day before I’m on leave. How does a supplier accidentally send me 5x my order! 🙃😤 and why is every order somehow early. Orders are never early!!! Standing room only for the next 5 business days at least.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New place has asparagus and butterflies! A lot of herbs in the only garden bed have gone to flower already. Leaving it as is for the wildlife.

My hand grasping an asparagus shoot awkwardly.

A proud monarch butterfly perched on a truck of spikey looking purple flowers.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well a local men’s shed was selling a piece of furniture on fb marketplace. Turned up and about 20 lads ready to lift it in the van for me. Place was humming and they were having a bbq. Took a slab of beer, cause I felt the $ was way too cheap. No drinking on site! Good H&S Good vibes Great space.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The aliment brewing team are a husband/wife duo, they’re super kind to animals, make great food and even better beer. They seem like people following their passion and it shows in the product.

A beer by Aliment brewing called “set the tone” it’s a west coast ipa and is beer candy. Sweet malt base, piney pith hops. Just so good.
It glows in the glass, in the background is my home, thankfully the thousand moving boxes I’ve yet to unpack are out of the frame.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unpacking in my new place and found a newspaper from 1989

A full page newspaper advertisement for 4 square from 1989
225g bacon $2.80
ETA chips $1.75
Nestle blocks of chocolate $1.95
And many more.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ever since I decided the time was right to move out, I’ve gained weight and have been soooooooo tired. 26 years is a long time, I suspect my body is processing things in its own way. The beers of course have nothing to do with it.

Beer two in my own place. Resin head by garage project. Beer is placed on my only table, still. My inherited chair and glove are also in frame. I am not.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Unpacking is endless. This is my only table. The only furniture I seem to own is chairs. So many chairs. But I asked the lads at work to pick me a beer, one decision outsourced.

Heavens brewery Judas sheep dark lager. Brown bottle on a tiny triangular table. My only table, there is also a tiny world globe on the table. That came from my grandparent Bach and it’s surprisingly fragile. Big black wingback chair in the background too. The kind of vinyl chair that sticks to the back of your thighs. Also from grandparents Bach.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I got the rental, after weeks and weeks of looking at the insane, the sub par and the unbelievable I finally am approved for the dreamiest, lightest, slight harbour views, sunset views, warmest, has a flagpoliest home. Despite my hairdressers attempts to thwart my application. (See previous posts)

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wealthy people can donate $100k to ACT but as soon as you ask them to pay taxes they’re like WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY RICH OUR ASSETS ARE TIED UP IN SHARES. Sure Jan

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I just had the weirdest thing happen, told my hairdresser I was viewing a rental on blank st. They found the next viewing, went and told the property manager that they’d be moving in with me! In no way have I ever insinuated I wanted a flat mate. They’ve now surely jeopardized me getting the place.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I need a 3bd home to rent on the shore, I didn’t think it would be this hard to find a half decent place! I don’t care how old it is, it just needs to be cleanable. You can’t clean stuff that’s ultra worn and already water damaged. Also agents using photos over 10 years old need a reality check.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here’s a cool spot, pigeon mountain. Surprising 360 views of Auckland for a not so high “mountain”. I could even see manukau heads. You can walk here from the panmure station along the estuary. It’s at least 8km each way, but it’s peaceful, with an abundance of shore birds.

Views of the harbour, Rangitoto and a swallow swooping over trees

A chonky kingfisher sitting on a rock. Any good rock seemed to have a kingfisher basking.

An elderly white faced heron sitting on a fence. Unbothered.

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Alt text here:

A cartoon of four panels. In the first panel, a politician is standing in the middle of the parliament, surrounded by several representatives, shouting 'government should be smaller!'. In the second panel, he's in the same place but there are fewer representatives and he's still shouting 'smaller!'. In the third panel all parliament seats have been replaced by a small table where only 6 representatives remain, and the politician is still standing in the same place shouting 'smaller'. Finally, in the last panel, the same person is now sitting in a big throne with two guards holding guns and nobody else, and he says 'perfect'. Signed Dimi, published in Private Eye issue 1640, Bluesky account ahoyuniverse, Instagram account ahoy_universe

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Elliot Loves Graphs @elliotlovesgraphs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The NZ govt does not have a debt problem. Our debt-to-GDP ratio is low by international standards. Willis is deceiving the public with talk about the need for deficit reduction. She is using this rhetoric as an excuse to shrink the state. Article here: elliotcrossan.substack.com/p/wealth-wea...

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

went for a walk last night and after being out in the fresh air I walked back inside to the overwhelming smell of stale farts. Holy shit, is this what my house smells like? Fuck. Thankfully it was just my flatmate boiling cauliflower. House still smelled like farts, but at least it was temporary.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

New fear unlocked, grabbed my ear buds this morning and a dead spider popped out.

My ear buds case, one ear bud out and a tiny dead spider.

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Flying Kiwi 🇳🇿 🥝 @un4given2.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

For those who loved cartoons and hate pronouns, just remember He-Man was one of the first to use them. #nzpol

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He-Man I Said Hey Sparkle Meme

ALT: He-Man I Said Hey Sparkle Meme

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Well that’s a comforting headline, “An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth” www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5... So long pals 😆

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Great chat with columnist for @stuff.co.nz Verity Johnson about idea NZ Govt is too indebted & we can’t have nice things.We’re actually rich & have low debt/gdp. The budget cutting obsession is ideological, moves wealth from young to old, & stunts NZ Inc. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

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Bernard Hickey & Verity Johnson bust the NZ debt myth

A recording from Bernard Hickey's live video

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Was a pretty stunning sunset yesterday. But now I’m just watching and waiting.

Sunset, the trees in sharp black silhouette, the sky, glowing gold, the night before the cyclone.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Bought the tiniest bottle of sake for some marinade but there was quite a bit left over. So I found a sake based cocktail recipe. Sake, apricot brandy and lemon juice. Sumo in a sidecar, light and fruity.

Sumo in a side car cocktail.

Cocktail glass with light sunny cocktail inside place on my stove. Ingredient for the drink are in the background
Recipe:
75ml sake
30ml apricot brandy (liqueur really)
15ml lemon juice

And this is the recipe I needed the sake for

It’s a miso marinated salmon. I like to have one splurge meal a week and exercise my culinary chops ha ha.

https://foodmymuse.com/miso-salmon-nobu-copycat/#wprm-recipe-container-1500

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I just spent a few days on the Kapiti coast and just randomly booked the Kapiti gateway motel. Holy heck. I have never been in such a clean motel with amazing service. As soon as I drove in I was impressed. Immaculate grounds. The rooms, the shower, So clean! I mean the place isn’t new but

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Being an ocean bird is very itchy. Salt gets all up in the feathers.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

So this beer, can barely keep it on the shelves. Double face for the weekend, smashed. Triple faced, cases in reserve. Why do people love it so. I needed to know! I can report it cause it’s sweet as heck. A bit stronger than your usual beer and sweet. It’s delicious. Humans do be loving sugar.

A bottle of leffe blonde. A Belgian beer. In a bottle, on my stove. Cause I’m chopping veges for dinner: the beer is to help me get through the chopping.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Who are the influential women in your life. Who would you feel profound loss if they passed tomorrow. Maybe we could tell them today how amazing they are, before we experience the lost opportunity. 💔 I don’t want it to be too late. I’m gonna tell them now.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

An event finished late and I had to walk through the Auckland cbd quite late at night at a pace to catch the last bus home. I’m not churchy, but damn they do look pretty lit up at night.

A church lit at night, it’s all angles and shadows and shapes and white and red. Sky scrapers loom in the background.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Order beer for work, head brewer turns up with 5 kegs in an early 2000’s Toyota Corolla. I asked if that was the official brewery vehicle. “Oh it’s much easier on my back getting the kegs in an out of that than a Ute” He’s not wrong. 😆 and the keg strapped into the front seat looked safe as houses.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Yet another recipe from a reel. This is dirty martini dip with hand stuffed blue cheese olives and a couple dirty martinis made with a lemon and caper infused vermouth. Served with salty proper crisps, each bite was total salty decadence.

Inspired by a reel I saw on insta (link at the end) a blue cheese, creamy dip with onion powder, garlic powder, chives, lemon zest, vodka piped on to a player with a few dozen olives placed on top all stuffed with blue cheese. In the background is two dirty martinis. Link - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO93dDiia8w/?igsh=MTJvdWUydGpkY3VyNA==

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I have a theory. Tell your lover that you see yourself as the Bob and they’re you’re Linda. Report results here.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Awww I just watched rental family with Brendon Fraser. I dunno why it was such a tear jerker for me! At its heart it’s about all of us wanting connection, feels like it’s never been harder.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Sometimes work has its perks and I got treated to the tennis last night and look at this dessert! I love a theme. Also I was sitting right next to the players sweat towel. How they keep going for hours and hours in this heat is super impressive.

A dessert that looks exactly like a tennis ball. Down to the fuzz and smooth white lines Plopped on a white plate with some berry sauce. I’m at the tennis and the court is in the background.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is going on and every night when I get home I have to walk 5 miles to my house. #firstworldproblems Cant complain too much, I need the steps!

A no parking sign, on my lawn. They are ripping up all the foot paths in the area and putting in fresh concrete. It’s nice and smooth.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Suckered into making some sashimi with thinly sliced nectarine by a reel. Well blow me down, it was actually really really good. Sprinkled with some dehydrated yuzu and I made a ponzu type dipping sauce. I felt fancy, it was like a restaurant dish at home!

Trevally sashimi and thin slice nectarine, arranged artfully as an amateur chef can. Almost in a fish scale type pattern. Sprinkled with a little dehydrated yuzu and some baby spring onion.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m a corpse and I need reviving.

Corpse reviver 2 cocktail, next to a bunch of flowers my paramour picked for me. It’s equal parts gin, lillet, orange liqueur, and lemon juice. Shaken over ice and poured into a glass that’s been rinsed with absinthe. Not sure if I feel revived. But it was delicious.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Doing a little headlight polish for the first time ever. I bought this off my cousin a year ago as he was moving to Ireland. So far the paints falling off the doors, the seats are cracking and god knows what the roof wrap is hiding. But it covered some tickets and settling time I’m sure.

Front of a car, bonnet is up, left headlight looks cloudy and the right headlight looks slightly less cloudy and more transparent. Yes I don’t both. Yes I did an average job. I’m not a car person.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Gross, first day back at work and first customer of the day is driving a Carter holt Harvey truck and proudly wearing a make American great again hat. Nothing about America is great right now. Just admit you’re a fascist racist. 🤦🏻‍♀️ffs. I hate seeing those hats here.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

my email doppleganger is Brussels for Xmas. Good for her. I just silently forward emails to her, no comment. We have an arrangement. She has one extra letter in her email address in a weird spot that means she doesn’t get my emails. But if I ever visit the uk I am using all her loyalty programs

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Nice things that happened today. A guy rushed the counter tapped his card on the paywave to pay for his neighbours Christmas shopping. ‘He’s a good guy he deserves it.’

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I’m gifting a lover an iron this Christmas. A fancy iron, and before you come for me…. They gave me a vacuum cleaner last year.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The dirty martini needs to be more olive than martini.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I heard some real shitty takes today. Sometimes in retail people just love to tell on themselves. Charles, wherever you are, you deserve to be you. I’m sorry your family can’t/wont be there for you. I hope you find peace out there.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Sometimes I’m “blessed” to be invited to complimentary events, but it cost me $90 on uber or 4 hours of public transport. And I have to Leave work to go. 😬🤷‍♀️ I mean I’m trying to be more social. But also I’m broke 😆 even for a free event. Thanks tho. I’m sure your product will do well.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I’m an adult so on weekdays I take my first cup of coffee back to bed and on weekends I have two cups of coffee in bed. It’s literally the best. Some weekends it’s a coffee scull-a-thon cause we have a long hike planned. But coffee IN BED.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Love how much I’m learning about wasps on the neighborhood Facebook group. Makes a pleasant change from all the helicopter posts.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Time to set my calculator alarm clock.

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The horrors, I went to a Skrewball event and ate a lot of peanut things and drank a lot of peanut things. When I got home a had an itchy rash on my neck. Don’t tell me I’m developing an adult aquired allergy! I don’t have time for that!

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Hornburger @hornburger.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Some guy with obi-wan kenobi vibes keeps tricking me into learning about local politics. And I’m not mad about it 🤔

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