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MWT

@mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

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Recently got a marine science PhD. Now doing data science stuff with river flow data, and learning te reo Māori. A sci-fi/fantasy nerd, gamer geek (board games, video games […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.nz/@mwt, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

#DinnerTonight was an attempt at spinach pide. Neither had quite the right shape but they were fun to make and tasty. recipetineats.com/pide-turkish-flat…

Two homemade pide before baking. They are filled with spinach, and are more long and skinny than boat shaped.

Two homemade pide after baking. The filling is darker and toasty, and the openings have widened out. Bread is lightly browned.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Got 90% of the way toward buying a new car (an EV!), and then backed out at the part where I sign the loan because I'm fundamentally opposed to fees. (Fees are theft. It's how rich people become rich - not by working, but by stealing tiny amounts of money from a large number of other people.) […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

My morning commute starts out with lots and lots of going east. For the past month, I was walking it while waiting for the sun to get high enough up that I could scoot or bike without being blind. But wait! Daylight Savings! Let's instant replay the whole sun in my eyes thing for another month! […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I seem to have lost the ability to favourite posts. :|

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Today I learned that tofu imported from overseas is a quarter of the price of tofu made in New Zealand. o.O

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Today I learned that the tune to Battle Hymn of the Republic, which is a patriotic song that children learn in the US, is also the tune to Solidarity Forever. Last night we sang the latter to close out a union-hosted political debate, and my brain was short circuiting on the words. >.>

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

#food Breakfast this morning: handmade bagels from yesterday's market, spread with chili goat cheese from yesterday's market. A winning combination!

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

father-in-law to spouse: "all but one political party wants to raise taxes on your future inheritance. Think about that when you vote." me (much later after the conversation was over): "would you rather give him a pile of money, or for him to have access to high quality publicly funded […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Umm... so... What do I do if the tofu has clearly produced a ton of gas in this package?

Block of tofu packaged in plastic. The plastic is a bulging bubble, when it normally would have more of a shrinkwrap appearance. The box it came in is behind the tofu bubble.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Spring has sprung. There's useful sun reaching the ground in the front yard again. It only lasts a couple hours so far, but long enough that it's worth putting out the solar farm.

Three portable solar panels in a gravel yard with some greenery and a wooden fence in the background. The electric generator is in the shade behind them. Like all electric generators, it's a small box about the size of a desktop tower computer, and not a big loud smelly contraption like most people think when hearing "generator."

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

Switching to an EV as a renter Step One: Move to a house with an internal access garage that has a plug outlet. I still can't afford to buy anything because I'm too old to be trusted with a mortgage, and the housing market steadfastedly refuses to crash, so now I need to find a place to live […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

It occurs to me that if we were to guillotine one NZ billionaire and divide up his $billion equally amongst the other 5 million of us, we'd each have $200 million. So... I guess the best way to improve my personal lot in life is to bring down capitalism.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

#food #cooking #pasta Suppose that I was super optimistic about making pasta from semolina flour. And then it turns out I don't have anywhere near the physical strength to knead and roll the dough into actual pasta. What are my options for what to do with the dough next? I've kneaded it into […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

#DinnerTonight was spinach feta gozleme (www.recipetineats.com/gozleme). I slid the slider from four servings to two, and wish I hadn't, because the proportions of dough ingredients came out really weird, and then I improvised, and the end result wasn't quite right. Overall it was […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

[Conservation Amendment Bill] #nzpol Getting it in at the last minute (due tomorrow at noon!), but here's what I've just submitted: I oppose the Conservation Amendment bill because Aotearoa's land is not a commodity to be bought and sold, nor otherwise exploited, for private profit. I oppose […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

#DinnerTonight was an attempt to make "falafel" out of very old pinto beans. I pressure cooked the beans first, which might've been a mistake. I aimed for Mexican spicing (cumin, chipotle, cayenne for extra heat) with onions, garlic, capsicum, and cilantro. Otherwise went with the normal […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

Looking for recipes that include both lentils and uncooked yogurt. (It turns out if you suddenly start eating lots of beans, your guts have to adjust... >.> So, trying to help things along with probiotics.) #Food #cooking

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Everyone is aware that very soon the heat "waves" are not going to be waves anymore, it'll just be heat, right? #climateChange

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Looked up a specific song on YouTube. Played it while working. Eventually let it auto play other songs. Kept ending up on multi hour "relax" music which wasn't what I wanted, so I'd pick a new specific song and start over. At the end of the day it was playing (what I thought was) Hawaiian music […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Today I learned that my workplace doesn't think lunch is covered on the first day of work travel if you leave after 7am because staff are expected to organise their own when coming from home. So, neither breakfast nor lunch. O.o How is a policy like that not appallingly unprofessional?

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

#WellyCon highlight this year: a 12 board Spirit Island game that started with 11 players and ended with 6, 4.5 hours later. We won! Everyone still there at the end seemed to enjoy it. Other things I did: taught DNUP five times to 17 people, explained Ovation badly while passing a table with a […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Today a cyclist came up from behind me and rang their bell! So now that's a 0.01% bell ringing rate for cyclists passing me from behind, and a 99.99% bell ringing rate when I'm the cyclist. Only 99.98% more to go before other cyclists are even!

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

Booked an Airbnb for Wellycon. It's in Wellington, paid for in NZD out of my bank account that is also in NZD. Come the time that the bill was due, surprise! International transaction fee! It turns out that overseas processing of transactions now come with this fee regardless of currency used […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

#eqnz First time I've actually felt an earthquake in this house. Then I came here to confirm that it was one, before anyone else including the bot started posting about it, and was weirded out for a few minutes "if that wasn't an earthquake wtf was it?" And then everyone else finally said […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

This morning's 3am bright idea: home hydro! We have options for residential solar and wind power already, so why not also hydro? Rain falls from the sky onto your roof, then flows into the gutters, then down a drainpipe to the ground and on into the stormwater system. What if we put a bunch of […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

Tried to get a covid shot today and the pharmacy nurse wouldn't do it because of the new annual guidance... where can I point to something that says we can still request a 6-monthly?

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

It's becoming more often that I walk into a shop in Nelson and the entire staff pretend I don't exist. And clearly don't want to be stuck helping me with anything if they can help it. I did not miss this at all about the southeastern U.S. and wish it hadn't followed me here.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

#DinnerTonight was vegetarian moussaka. No picture, we kind of ate most of it before I thought of taking any. It was this recipe: www.recipetineats.com/moussaka-gree… with the vegetarian filling from this recipe […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

RE: mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews/1163… Progress on the electric plane front. Maybe at some point here soon?

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

Roofers here to fixthe leak that I reported two months ago. They didn't bring their own electricity and have tools plugged into the house. This is reasonable grounds to pay $10 less rent when it's next due, right?

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Yesterday I spent nearly $4k on two midweight portable generators and solar panels. Today my plan was to set it all up in the sun and take a triumphant picture ("up yours, gentailers!"). Today the weather's plan seems to be about rain instead of sun. :(

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

What's good to do on #KingsBirthdayWeekend on Monday in #Wellington? We'll be up there for #WellyCon but it was cheaper to fly out on Tues morning. Will anything worth visiting be open on Monday evening?

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

#tusky when I scroll, the screen sometimes now jumps. It looks exactly like what happens while scrolling on Facebook etc when the app suddenly loads up a new picture (ad :p) above where you're looking. Please make it stop.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

I find myself in possession of a solar panel. It has a plug outlet that is round with two round holes in it. Does anyone have any idea whether this connector has a name, and/or what I could plug this into (other than the out-of-production system it originally belonged to)? #solar #solarpanels […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

Just tried to make some phone calls and got dead silence. I guess they've turned off 3G. Hopefully I won't have any emergencies while away from wifi anytime soon. >.>

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Yesterday the power company sent notice that electricity will become more expensive in April. Is there such a thing as a class action lawsuit here? I would like to accuse the gentailers of extortion. How would I do that?

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

Eggplant are down to 99 cents each! OMGWTFBaBaGanoush!

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

RE: mastodon.nz/@zkarj/1160778589963465… I actually have the opposite problem to this. I am considering buying a car, after not having one since I sold my last one right before leaving the U.S. The main reason I need a car is to get a full driver's license, which requires a car to […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

Every several months I try the slow bus to work, because on paper it looks like a good option. Then, as I get crammed into my seat by the jam packed full aisle of standing students, I remember why it isn't.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

Yesterday's #BoardGames was Dinosaur Island. We have the lucky special fan-made dino meeples for extra fun. I won - spouse had too many hooligans and deaths.

One player board of the board games Dinosaur Island. Picture taken at game end. I had made the mega-rex, which has a meeple four times bigger than all the others. Also in my zoo are four kronosaurs which are aquatic, two shark things, and three other land dinosaurs.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

Just added my name to Gun Control NZ's submission on the Arms Bill (closing tomorrow!). I didn't have the right mindset to write my own so just went with theirs. The bill: www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/govern… Gun Control NZ's submission […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

#DinnerTonight was a foray into Korean #food. We'd been watching a lot of Korean #cooking shows, which often features perilla, so when I saw some fresh perilla leaves for sale at the local Asian supermarket, I had to get some (and then find something to do with […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Ā square white dinner plate with a fried stuffed perilla leaf on the left, and some leaf mustard kimchee on the right, and basmati rice underneath. There's a fork at the top, and the plate is on a blue brown yellow checkered tray.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

RE: mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/11594119… Applies to #nzpol too.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

How do people rinse tiny grains like millet and quinoa? I can't seem to find any mesh strainers with fine enough mesh, except for a small one at Briscoes for $50. Half tempted to figure out how to adapt a spatter screen... #nz

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

#DinnerTonight was a tale of two pasta salads. Recipe links and more details coming soon... #Food #cooking

Two big bowls with different pasta salads. On the left, rotini with a variety of roast vegetables. On the right, penne with mostly tomatoes in a darker dressing. In the background is a split platter with mandarins on one side and dried coriander seeds in the other. Also, a plastic bin of eggshells and another blue bin for veggie scraps destined to be compost.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

Today started with the super simple task to make a simple bar chart. Then I noticed that my dataset only went to mid-September because the original report deadline was assumed back in November. Then when I tried to add the more recent data, the datetime converter choked on all the midnights […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

Spent all day going around in circles trying to troubleshoot data discrepancies, only to find that the proprietary software we use to store all our data is prone to give out different numbers depending on how you ask. Well I guess shortcutting the data analysis by getting the software to […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

Major design flaw of the new bus hub in Nelson: the signs on all the buses for where they're going all face away from the passenger waiting area. You have to go all the way to the sidewalk by the street if you want to see all of them at once. (Of course, then it turns out half of them say "Not […]

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

#Food today was quinoa salad and millet cake. Recipes links to be edited in momentarily... #cooking

One really big millet cake in a shallow pan that is normally a cookie sheet, on a kitchen counter. Ingredients were millet, carrots, spinach, shallots, garlic, olive oil, cilantro, plain yogurt, one beaten egg, Moroccan spice mix.

Quinoa salad with an Asian theme. Contains tricolor quinoa, red cabbage, carrot, green onions, tomatoes, cucumber, red capsicum, edamame, with dressing that contains soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, sesame oil, canola oil, kewpie mayonnaise, sugar, garlic, ginger. Also, crushed wasabi peas on top.

MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

Quinoa is overrated. Especially if you don't have a fine mesh strainer. :(