iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Two of my most used apps but @libbyapp.com is creating waves. They're finally adding some verification to the app and Auckland Libraries are swamped. It's years since I've laid eyes on my card and I've moved house so I'm guessing it's gone. The library had dropped my email address 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fun fact - France has more time zones than any other country.

The surprise of being in Northern Brazil and seeing the EU symbol when you cross into the next country - French Guiana

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

By contrast, in New Zealand the Armed Defenders Squad were on a call out. Someone starts recording. Cop: get back, you can record, but move out of the way.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Back in 2015 it was kinda funny but once he got in, even down here in New Zealand, we started seeing the damage to social attitudes etc. Alt Health used to be sensible - we don't even have that anymore!

A sign for an alternative health shop in Russel, New Zealand promoting ivermectin.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Confirmed in New Zealand Too entrenched to boycott 🙁

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

That is NOT a kiwi! The beak is too short. It stands like a penguin! This is a kiwi.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Coming from a nation that doesn’t even do political bumper stickers the in-your-face cultish behaviour is really odd.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

3 generations and we’re just a footnote. As it should be. Some do exceptional things like Louis Braille, others are remembered for being monsters but most of us are only special to those who actually knew us.

The coffin of Louis Braille in a French crypt

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

An unbelievable sight in New Zealand. Alternative Health used to harmless at its worst and potentially helpful. Now it’s plain dangerous!

A sign for an Alternative Health company promoting:
HEMP PRODUCTS,
IVERMECTIN,
FENBENZADOL,
METHYLENE BLUE,
D.M.S.0,
PEPTIDE ASSIST,
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A lovely, dry winter @ingress First Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand. Thanks to RTC1 for the banner and @grogyan.bsky.social for managing the stats.

A group of Ingress players in Ponsonby for an event called “First Saturday”.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Oh I'm very sure. I just wanted their insurance details, they had admitted fault. They chose to call the cops. What might have been a deadly accident turned into a funny travel story. Bruises fade etc. Just nice to have a positive American cop story.

Sunset just outside Homestead, Florida. A pickup is parked at the side of the road. A motorbike is on the hard shoulder behind it.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

10 years ago this wouldn’t have made me laugh. #TheVeil

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I was there as the latest heatwave was ramping up. Wouldn't have changed my plans at all!

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm in France, and yes it's bloody hot! But rather than ask people if they'll get aircon maybe the on-the-street reporters should be asking about attitudes to climate change? France could teach NZ a thing or two about cycling. It's impressive everywhere we go. I've never seen so many cargo bikes!

A woman sitting in a riverside restaurant in Tours, France at 8:49pm and the temperature is 40 degrees Celsius.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Munich airport is paralyzed after a drone alert Munich Airport is currently on high alert following a drone incident, and all air traffic has been suspended. Both runways are affected, and the airport is completely closed.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I'd did 93,000km on the CB500x. You'll love it's big sister.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

There was a thing on insta a few years back about showing your dog's Tinder photo and then the real one. That photo matches the vibe.

A rough coated fox terrier looking alert and relaxed.

A rough coated fox terrier on the pavement at night with ears back and looking unsettled.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sometimes it pays to stop and look behind you.

A sunset in Auckland, New Zealand beautifully reflected in the windows of a nondescript office building.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Umm 🇳🇿 New Zealanders? Or was it missing an “a” and an “i”?

A sticker on a motorcycle that reads

FCK
NZS

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Totally realistic. Brazilian capybara rolled over for a belly rub.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

That's a fun wee bike though. I'd rather gave that than the bmw. I've had both the cbr and the Cbx.

A Honda CB500x in Kaikoura, New Zealand set up for a solo ride from Auckland to Christchurch and back as a test run. I later did 93,000km on a newer model of the same bike around the Americas.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I did love having the dog on the right to visit. His fur is so soft while my best boy was rough-coated. If kids were brave enough I'd get them to pat both and compare. Such lovely moments in a day.

A rough coated terrier and a soft-coated dog on an urban trail in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

But then, I am probably dangerously naive about bears. All our encounters were amazing but had the potential to go bad. It must be amazing to live in their habitat!

A bear on the Dempster Highway with a motorcyclist who has turned around ready to flee. The writer is still facing the bear and considering her options.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It depends. We saw a Mumma bear & 2 cubs last year. They were on the far side of a fire break. She saw the cars, & our motorbikes & was chill. She spooked & sent the babies off up a tree, the cars & campers left & she called them back down. More cars stopped. We all kept our engines running!

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

We got to ride through just after it opened last year. What a delight! So glad we got to see it!

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Quick hike up the Pipeline Track in the Waitakere Ranges today.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

NZ has suffered two hacks of major medical information systems and I’m horrified that my GP uses a system that appears to be incompetent. Lets start with the fact that it says it’s running on sample code…

The top of the MyIndici homepage saying “Create React App Sample - myIndici”

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Someone's having a bad day in Ponsonby! Does anyone know which building? I hope everyone is ok.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Funny, I always figured that no helmet meant fewer survivors and therefore lower medical costs. The USA would have the data though. Sensible nations just make it compulsory and be done with it. ATGATT

The writer pictured riding her motorcycle with a full face helmet on.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Absolutely! We covered a lot of ground but it’s easy travelling. We had little Hondas and had no trouble getting parts. My heated Oxford grips and (fake?) givi hand covers were amazing. We both had Sand4 riding gear. We wore an extra layer under for the cold places.

A map of South America with the route taken on a motorcycle trip.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Having motorbiked through I agree - especially in the north!

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The anticipation of MAFS Australia. A magat and a woman who wants a trad husband… until she gets one and discovers that she likes her feminist life. api.photon.aremedia.net.au/wp-content/u...

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The NZ Herald proving they're spineless. First thing we tell our kids is not to share passwords and that anything posted on your account is yours. FWIW the Herald actively encourages its premium subscribers to share their accounts.

A NZ Herald headline: A fake post on Obama row, which looked to be Trump's on Truth Social, spreads widely online

The “fake post” featured the Obamas with monkey bodies.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My old boy was 13 when we visited family and he discovered high chairs. He was ecstatic!

An old, rough-coated fox terrier watches a mother feed her child who is sitting in a highchair. The dog is delighted at the prospect of dropped food.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I’m not so sure. This was on a thread about the Peace Board on a digital marketing forum. It’s like living in an alternate reality.

Comments on a forum thread about the Gaza Peace Board.

“Many will be against it just because it's Trump's idea.”

“Trump could cure cancer and the Left/Swamp would bemoan the loss of employment of oncologists.”

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Even Vina del Mar, Chile was lovely but one road away they had water cannons out dispelling soccer rioters - over a women game to be played the following day. Did we feel unsafe? Not at all. Wembley, UK in the ‘90s was worse.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Their snotty response was that I had had a change of heart! What actually happened was that I wanted to buy 3 items with no visible branding only to be told AFTER payment that the items MAY indeed be branded.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I don’t know if Halara have the most efficient warehouse ever but apparently in the 13 minutes between when I made an order, and when I cancelled the order it was already out for delivery!

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I went for a drive today! Solo, took all day and staying with my lovely niece and her family.

A group of sheep loudly objecting that the photographer (me) didn't bring food.

A small hill with a fence running over it. On the left the paddock is green, on the right it looks dryer.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

We visited every country in Latin America and Venezuela (in the south) was the only one that was significantly different to anywhere else. If the people in the south are freed from corruption & poverty then some good will have come of this. Sadly, I don't see much happening outside Caracas.

Problems with your bike - lots of locals willing to help.

Buying petrol by the litre is normal in the south of Venezuela.

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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️ @itamer.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Yellowstone is probably my biggest regret - visited this year and would love to return but I just can't justify entering the US let alone having to re-register as a foreign national because I stay more than a month. The place is incredible and I can't wait to get back.

A fox poses for the camera in Yellowstone National Park, 2025.

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