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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 13h

Tormund always looks super blazed except when he in the throes of the zooms

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 18h

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 17h

Plot twist: it's gonna be the Butlerian Crusade

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Raquel Blackburn @queenofcobden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

AucklandWellington sleeper train YESSSSSS

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 01/10/2026

I don't see ads, but does that sheep look old enough to have a mortgage to you? Let alone the, err, other stuff

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Max Johns (MxDEJ) @maxjohns.nz · 27/09/2026

I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person.

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do it anyway

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 25/09/2026

My copy of Dirty Work delayed by the bookstore saying "we can offer you some hen's teeth in lieu of a copy, or wait while we grow a new tree"

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 22/09/2026

Me seeing Hager's book is about the Taxpayers Union: may god have mercy on their souls - if they are ever found - for Hager will not - lmao mix, match, whatever floats your boat

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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 22/09/2026

All of NZ Bluesky is just SICKOS YES at the moment.

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yo, Hager comin'

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Keep politics out of music, like in the old days when Tchaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture about how nice the weather was that year, or Beethoven composed his “Emperor” concerto in honour of his favourite kitten, and Dylan sang A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, all about the fun of splashing in puddles.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 20/09/2026

Hoping for a grand coalition this fine election just long enough to implement everyone's supermarket policies all at once

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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...

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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall

A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 19/09/2026

Media not challenging politicians again when Swarbrick claimed she *was* a big nerd to RNZ. Unless they just didn't mention the Hedbergian followup!

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IT'S RAINING BEN @bentorkington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh, you like the Official Information Act, do you? Name ████ [9(2)(a)] of their █████ [9(2)(a)]

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 18/09/2026

Speed running an experiment to see if enough robots piss into the ocean if it'll turn the ocean to piss.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"LLMs are a product that destroys its supply chain."

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 16/09/2026

Wondered aloud what Hench & Villain are really about & M reminded me that I'd reckoned when I read Hench that the heroes — led by Supercollider — are car brain. No matter the collateral damage, you just need heroes. Now checking my work in Villain.

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 15/09/2026

I think his success from coming up with new ways to say to them "this is how I will knife you if you cross me" is super instructive, going welp that's the rules I guess doesn't work nearly as well

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 15/09/2026

"We sent you a press release about our reneging yesterday and also phoned up about it this morning to make sure you heard" is an interesting way of trying to argue you in fact consulted about the changes

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 15/09/2026

With apologies to the Justified writing room: The fifth or sixth time you profess to about growth but pursue immiseration, you start to get a reputation as an immiserator.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026

Honestly, "big-name studios can't agree on the premise of the Muppet Show" sounds like the premise of the Muppet Show

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Happy CRL day to all who celebrate!

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

With Stacey and the team from Auckland Transport, fire at Waitematā Station was very small and is out, they’ve received clearance from FENZ and recovery is in progress. Services will be restored soon. Thanks to Fire and Emergency NZ and all the teams for their swift response.

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 12/09/2026

Train is fine as long as I have packed enough snacks

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 10/09/2026

The premise for a reboot of The Muppet Show is so simple: The Muppets were created by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Come on. The premise for a reboot of The Muppet Show is so simple: Oceans are now battlefields.

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Nat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

PEOPLE PRODUCE PROGRESS! what a fucking BRILLIANT slogan!

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread.

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 08/09/2026

Workshopping the exact wording of the "be the first to use your invisible hand responsibly" ad campaign

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 08/09/2026

Popping champagne every time Huntly fires up

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I dunno man, I'm pretty not-left when it comes to state doing retail stuff, but it's hard to scaremonger about what is clearly "what if kiwibank, but for supermarkets"

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Make a band bigger: Death Bus for Cutie

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 06/09/2026

Goose meme about Seymour leaving unsaid what private grocery stores are better at doing than the government

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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Kiwimart" is ok, I suppose. I'd have called them Karl Marts.

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 06/09/2026

Trying futilely to trainpill the rest of the family enough to take the first trip, one of them is firm that because it's not steam it's shite

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 06/09/2026

Pssst. This time next week the CRL will be open. Pass it on

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

BIG policy from the Greens, this is legitimately exciting and would make a real difference Love to see a commitment to making this change, rather than other parties' regular "consider a review" that has left NZers being ripped off for decades www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Greens vow to break up supermarket duopoly, set up publicly owned 'KiwiMart'

The Green Party is campaigning on establishing a publicly owned supermarket chain to break up the duopoly and drive down food prices.

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 05/09/2026

Tormund did a zoom at the beach and now must recharge

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 05/09/2026

That episode needs a warning for you to make a YIKES ping pong paddle to hold mostly aloft, you'll strain your voice elsewise

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

i have lost all bearing on what is a shitpost and what isn't is this a Napoleon III is an overstayer bit? is this a dig at the British Museum stealing corpses? is this real? all of the above? just gotta live life in some kind of permanent shitpost quantum superposition

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Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 03/09/2026

Sosig heard me come back in from taking little Tormund for a pee, and hit his Toilet Time button so out we all went again. In a week we've gone from a timorous beastie to full cavorting bitey facer who can barely wait for Sosig to water the trees.

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