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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Just looking at some US Lincoln Memorial pennies from 1973, 1974. Anyone know why it says "UNITED STATES oF AMERICA" with that lower-case o? #coins #numismatics @CoinOfNote

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12h

Still sorting out cupboards. Found two sea cucumbers. They cost about a dollar per gram, and one of these is a conspicuously large one. Prepping them is a lot of work. First, hydrate in fresh water. Then scrub the skin off – it's horrible; they look and feel like they're still alive, evading […]

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

There's another effort afoot to bring dirty American crappy food production and animal abuse practices to New Zealand, now with an initial step of government approval. As much as America did for me, and as much as I miss living there, I'm not at all conflicted by the thought that it's high time […]

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Something nice happened on my city's perpetually negative bitch-and-moan facebook group yesterday. Someone posted video footage of a dog abuser beating up a puppy in public. Calls were made to the SPCA, Council and Police – who all did nothing because animal abuse laws are largely trumped by the […]

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Robyn Nuthall @robynnuthall.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Ka kanikani te kanakana, ae! A lamprey! An ancient native fish under threat spotted in the Waimakariri River An ancient native fish under threat spotted in the Waimakariri River share.google/mxZg8tQ8fB9oRtZjB

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An ancient native fish under threat spotted in the Waimakariri River

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Started sorting out the stuff in my parents' house today. Was thinking about getting started on Mum's clothes so that there's a little start for Dad to continue on in his own time rather than having to confront emptinesses where all of it once was and now is no more. Found that Mum had already […]

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

A little quiz: can you identify the New Zealand school lunches? The pictures actually mades me think of Air New Zealand. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf…

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Where's Hipkins gone? I thought I remembered his staking out a hard line over petrol prices exceeding $3/L – but it seems not to be of concern any more?

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Been teaching my son Chinese funeral rites over the past few days. He froze when I told him that we're "Chinamaxxing", and that "this is a very Chinese time of our lives". Apparently I'm too old to know how to use those words correctly.

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

Travelling through the North Island over the past couple of days, and struck by the feeling of collapse and decay everywhere from Wellington to Taihape. It wasn't until Ohakune that things started feeling right. Before that, the towns and people and even the land itself felt so bleakly depressed […]

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

My son told his mum that he'd eaten a good healthy breakfast of eggs. He avoided mentioning that the eggs were in the form of pavlova.

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2025

Spent the morning judging art entries at the local science–technology fair. Lunchtime conversation included substantial grumbling about how several of the works are so much more conceptually and technically substantial, and communicate more clearly, than the gratuitous self-aggrandising bullshit […]

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

I saw some Lemonade apples at the greengrocer. Just cut one to try it. Tastes of nearly nothing! Is there a particular use that these are especially good for?

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Alistair K @libroraptor.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Some speakers of the house need to grow a spine.

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