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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 15/09/2026

stolen from LinkedIn because it literally actually made me laugh out loud

Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 31/08/2026

MP panel is kicking off! L to R, Russell Smith from TOAH-NNEST, @maramadavidson.bsky.social from NZ Greens, Harete Hipango-Brownlie from NZ First, Jessica Hammond from TOP, Sophie Handford from Labour and then Maggy Tai Rākena from TOAH-NNEST

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 31/08/2026

OTOH these two wāhine toa have done so much for this sector and this country, i'm definitely #fangirling @maramadavidson.bsky.social Jan Logie

Photo of me, Marama Davidson and Jan Logie

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 30/08/2026

At #toahnnest, Hon Karen Chhour stands on the stage saying one of the important preventative mahi for sexual violence is to teach good relationships. And yet, she is part of the coalition that CUT the relationships curriculum in schools. #makeItMakeSense

Photo of Karen Chhour on stage at TOAH-NNEST 2026

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 27/08/2026

I feel attacked (yes this is me - and especially as te reo Māori's pronouns aren't gendered, it really is just me.

screenshot from a language lesson - the english says "Just as well he was found, he's not an outdoors person" and the te reo Māori translation is "Waimarie i kitea ia, ehara ia i te tangata taiao"

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 27/08/2026

I know he is a super well-known US celeb and could probably land on his feet doing whatever, but somehow it makes me happy deep in my geek heart that he gets to work on something he is obsessed about (in a fun way)

screenshot from Welilngton Alive Facebook page. it features a photo of Stephen Colbert on a laptop with Wellington coastline in the background. The caption says "Stephen Colbert has made it to Middle Earth, where he is beaming out to the entire English-speaking world from the end of the world. Stephen, welcome to the 04. Monsieur Colbert is co-writing the new Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past with his son Peter McGee, alongside LOTR luminaries, screenwriter Philippa Boyens and producer Peter Jackson. LOTR: Shadow of the Past will follow on from Andy Serkis’ The Hunt for Gollum, keeping Wellywood humming for the foreseeable future."

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 22/08/2026

I dont think this cashier knows that they have opened the calculator 4 times

Photo of POS at Farmers. The calculator screen is covering the list of sale items

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 07/07/2026

Notepad should not have anything to do with #generativeAI. There is no need. It is meant to a lightweight software program, just there to perhaps help you check some code or paste your copy to strip it of formatting. This is a classic case of just because you can, doesn't always mean you should.

Screenshot of an empty Notepad document. I have circled an option in the context menu that says "Write", it is a prompt to use generative AI

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 29/06/2026

See queerphobes? The Gay agenda is much smaller than you think (pen for scale) Hint, it is also much simpler than you think, it mostly involves cups of tea and minding our own business.

Rainbow coloured sticker with the words "The Gay Agenda" on it. There is a blue Biro pen next to it. The pen is longer than the sticker.

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 13/06/2026

Does anyone know what this pin represents. It came with a op shop blazer from Germany

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 04/05/2026

Oh what's that fuel crisis you say... naaa it'll be fine...

List of donors to political parties. Top for National and Act is GMP petroleum

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 13/04/2026

OMG Adobe STOP IT, I don't want mcafee, I never have and I never will (the tick box keeps ticking itself)

Screenshot from the adobe reader download options page there there is an optional extra of installing McAfee Security Scan Plus and i've drawn a big cross across it

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 22/03/2026

The shiny pillow on my chair is making beautiful sparkles thru my office. What a great start to Monday

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 22/03/2026

Hahaha oh sweet summer child this is our deck. A client merged with another client and this is all waiting for ewaste pickup

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 20/03/2026

Why does this shower skirt thing left by the Japanese boys need POCKETS when half my actual clothes don't have pockets

Grey shower skirt with a pocket made out of microfibre

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 16/03/2026

We can see that this is a regular toolbox in pink right? Is a regular toolbox from Bunnings or Mitre 10 more expensive? Why don't the people who need toolboxes get this one? So many questions

Screenshot from Kmart website. It is for a Cosmetics beauty tool organiser in pink. It is $45

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 11/03/2026

Omg definitely Lucy Liu... this is gonna be funny

Young Lucy Liu, topless, but hair is covering everything, and she has her arms crossed in front of her chest

Young Lucy Liu in a blue top that says Babe

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 11/03/2026

Who even am I?! My mother gave me this tub at CNY and I only just finished it today. Past Viv would have lasted about 3 days. Also, I've only just now, this second seen the brand name LOL

Empty tub of what used to be Hoetown Flavour Kuih Bangkit

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 09/03/2026

Do you know how long I thought the words "brent crude oil" was the RNZ presenter talking to someone called Brent about crude oil. SO LONG, TOO LONG

screenshot from Spinoff email. it is of the paragraph with a heading "Petrol prices to rise (and rise)" the words underneath say "New Zealand petrol prices will continue to rise amid the ongoing Middle East conflict. On Monday evening NZT, brent crude oil (the benchmark for global oil prices) hit a four-year high of US$116.8 a barrel and is currently hovering around $100. Before the conflict began last Saturday, crude oil was trading at around US$72 a barrel" I have highlighted the words "Brent crude oil" with a yellow highlighter and I've pointed to it with a hand drawn red arrow

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 05/03/2026

You know what's missing at my Barbie dreamhouse? yea, some beersies... oh wait, this is for when Ken takes it over right?

screenshot from Ali Express of what looks like a case of Corona, but the description says its for a dollhouse and is 1:12 size (and obviously not real beer)

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 19/01/2026

Omg they've upgraded the dinosaur!!!!

Photo of drinks menu. It has a milo ice, milo dinosaur and a milo Godzilla!

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 19/01/2026

COME ON People's Friend!! I've been buying the People's Friend Annual for my 98 year old grandmother for years, and this year, they have #AISlop for a cover. just why

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 15/01/2026

Introduce yourself with: 1 movie 1 book 1 TV show 1 album (I'm cheating with a discography instead of one album)

Poster of Lucifer TV show starring Tom Ellis

Cover of the book Want curated by Gillian Anderson

Movie poster of Princess Bride with the whole cast

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 05/01/2026

Advert for NJK Asian supermarket has a slight hiccup

Screenshot of an advertisement for Taiwanese beer being sold at NJK Asian Supermarket, but instead of the accompanying caption being about the beer or the supermarket it says "JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser."

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 04/01/2026

See a bridge, post a bridge Not my photo, it was foggy AF when we were there! #ViệtNam

A photo of a bridge in Việt Nam which has giant concrete hands holding it up

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 04/01/2026

I'm so cynical I read this as a description of Tr*mp from the beginning and only got that it was a joke when I got to the end. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

White text on blue background. It says "for anyone questioning the legality of attacking Venuezuela and abducting their leader: remember we're talking about a highly corrupt leader, a known criminal who used his high office to make billions for himself, and has manipulated elections to stay in power, has used his military against his own citizens, has protected his corrupt friends and punished his political enemies. And the President of Venuezuela was pretty bad too"

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 24/12/2025

Meri Kirihimete Aotearoa from Bhārat Gaṇarājya (India) - photo taken by me of an actual Christmas Camel!

Photo of a camel with Christmas decorations on it. There is an Indian man in a turban with an epic white moustache in front of it. This is taken in Udaipur which is in the region of Rajasthan and they love their moustaches here

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 21/12/2025

I have so many questions. Why one eyelash? What are you doing with your hands? Why haven't you actually got sale merchandise clothes on?

Mannequin wearing a red shirt with the word SALE emblazoned on it in white, across the chest. Its arms are holding one hip and placed palm towards the legs one on top of the other. The mannequins face has facial features, but no colour, it is all an off-white colour. There is one fake eyelash extension (like the type you'd buy at a chemist) on just one of the eyes

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 21/12/2025

I mean... they're not entirely wrong. I've never really had a strong opinion either way for me personally, but have definitely leaned towards bisexuality, so I'm gonna go with this reasoning too.

Screenshot of a post on a bisexual flag background. The post says "I'm announcing that I've opted out of all "bisexuality vs pansexual" discourse completely, and that I'm bisexuality primarily because I think the flag is cooler.

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 20/12/2025

I have literally never seen that emoticon before in my entire life, AND I tried looking for it just now for my alt tag, but couldn't find it. Why would you choose such a random one to illustrate and define *what* an emoticon is?! Omg

Photo of a research paper entitled "European Online Grooming Project". The footnote says "an emoticon is a textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression. For example :), :(, and :D. They have now been replaced with pictures such as. And then there is a picture of an emoticon with a thumbs up arm on one side and a thumbs down arm on the other side.

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 12/12/2025

Terrible design. I'm sitting on the ground so I don't bump the plugs

Purple chair. There is two electric plugs to the right and there are lots of charging bricks plugged in

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 03/12/2025

Happy Ikea Day lololol also look at me with the app with an order completed 3 days before #fullOnBrag

Screenshot from Ikea app with orders listed 1st Dec

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 01/12/2025

Family and friends day at Ikea NZ yusssssss

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 20/11/2025

I love my different social media personas. On Instagram, I'm celebrating my new shoes...but on LinkedIn, I'm having serious discussions on puberty blockers. And here, I can do both!

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 13/11/2025

Five years ago, I had pure joy in my heart

screenshot from Facebook Memories - it is a photo of me with a brown alpaca and I have pure joy on my face

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 03/11/2025

I mean, I'm torn... NORMALLY I'd be like, no take your damn cookies away from me, but this is Subway, everyone LOVES their cookies

screenshot from Subway Catering website. the pop up asks if I want to accept cookies

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 21/10/2025

this visual infographic thing is good from The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/n... but I am distracted by why this one young man has TWO watches, is this a thing now?

screenshot of a young man wearing black clothes, his hands are folded on his lap and he has a watch on both wrists

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 16/10/2025

FFS if you're going to be in an Aotearoa's university, you should learn about our Foundational documents. Should be an easy pass for a uni level student (unless you're new into the country) one semester to learn over a century of history is not the end of the world. www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/...

Screenshot of RNZ article in a Facebook post. The caption reads: "The University of Auckland has reversed its decision to make a paper on the Treaty of Waitangi compulsory for all first-year students after a single semester.

The university said the Waipapa Taumata Rau (WTR) course would be optional from next year following extensive feedback from students and staff."

The headline is "Auckland Uni in U-Turn on mandatory Treaty of Waitangi course after backlash"

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 06/10/2025

I mean it's kinda the OP's problem, he should have said "Doctor Frankenstein enters into a body building competition" not just Frankenstein.

screenshot from Tumblr - the first post says "Frankenstein enters into a body building competition and finds he has seriously misunderstood the objective", the first reply in all caps says "FOR THE LAST TIME, FRANKENSTEIN WAS THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR" the third reply says "...a doctor who built a body." and the final reply in the screenshot says "For what is possibly the first time in the history of pop culture somebody actually really specifically does mean the doctor .. and someone tries to correct them"

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 05/10/2025

For those playing along at home in what will inevitably be a years long journey, I got done with all the wording and one llama. But I missed one row of stitches so its a dwarf llama #llamaDiversity @ayvalentine.bsky.social

Photo of unfinished Cross-stitch. It is still on the embroidery hoop. It says, in maroon thread, "It's not hoarding if your shit's cool" and there is a wee pink llama next to the word shit with a tiny green saddle

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 05/10/2025

Ok I've not gone onto Only Fans (as a viewer) because its not really my jam, but this, this might change my mind

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Vice. The photo is of two penguins standing in front of a blurry Antarctic landscape. The caption is black text on a blue background and it says "This only fans account saves endangered species with animal mating videos" the Facebook caption says "In a genius bit of marketing, the Quick Response Fund for Nature (QRFN) has launched an OnlyFans account.

But instead of spicy human content, subscribers get Aldabra tortoises going “slow and steady,” blue iguanas putting in work, and lemurs doing their best “I like to move it” impression. Welcome to OnlyEndangereds—conservation with just enough kink to get your attention."

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