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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 15h

PAUL COTTER. (I need to go look him up…) Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha Fuck you, Oilers. Enjoy at least a smidgen of karma.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 15h

Refs had to help the Oilers get that to OT 🙄

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, someone crosschecked that fuck? Oh, see how much I don’t care.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 16h

Pettersson powerplay goal 12 seconds in is so incredibly satisfying. Get ‘em, Petey.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 18h

What a nice pass from Easton Cowan. One goal game.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 19h

They said Marchenko got in last night at 1am, there are like 10 (more?) new guys, and they’re still getting used to not playing the weird ass systems from last year. Being able to keep last year’s east runners up close in shots and be only 1 goal behind with 20 still to go? I’ll take it.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 21h

Willy, you fucking legend. Keep it up.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 23h

I felt this to the depths of my pure frozen soul.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 23h

This is our year. / I’m ready to be hurt again. 💙 🤍 (Am in a work meeting for the first hour of game time. Bah.)

Two bead bracelets: one says MacEwan 19 with blue, clear and silver beads ; one says emotional support 4th liner with rainbow and silver beads.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If the NHL could stop using shitty AI to put guys in their new team’s jerseys before they’ve even gotten on the plane, that would be great. They look dumb.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My new emotional support 4th liner: Zach MacEwen.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Marchenko at least signed an extension. Idk man, I’m bad with change and I loved that big guy and my emotional support 4th liner.

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

Okay, I know that was just a preseason game but damn was it satisfying to see the Sharks get that win. Excellent third period. Fuck the Knights.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wish these guys would just stop with this. It’s 2 games into the preseason and they’re already completely insufferable. Is the long answer. Short answer? No.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It must had been more than a little soul crushing to play under whatever the hell that system was last year. This, granted with a very small sample size, has gotta be so much more satisfying.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Auston’s shot is unreal. Long may that kinda goal continue. Yowza.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great pass from Cowan and finish from MacEwan.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That was beautiful. McKenna’s first point 🤩

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The crowd pop noises on the broadcast tonight are awesome.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That’s… a remarkably healthy outlook.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Obligatory fuck the Oilers. What a disgrace of an organisation, a team, and a captain.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m gonna glass half full this, even though I am disappointed (‘cause I’d have them win every freaking game if they could), but McKenna’s passing was awesome, Matthews skated well, and some of the new guys got goals (looking across both games). They were trying stuff out. On to the next.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What is it about hockey ‘greats’ that has them constantly tripping over their own dicks by being odious assholes? Like, I am so excited to watch games again, but some of these guys I could happily never see them play another shift or say another word. Don’t care how ‘good’ they are.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

But allegations ruin men’s lives. Right? Sure. Of course. Doughty is a great example of that… …oh. (Sometimes I really hate it here.)

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

David Seymour and ACT seem intent on dragging young workers back to 19th-century levels of hardship. The minimum wage is already 20 percent below the Living Wage - the next Government should be closing that gap, not widening it. #nzpol

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'Nowhere near enough to live on' - ACT's minimum wage plan slammed by union

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) says political parties should reject ACT's plan to cut the minimum wage for workers under 20 and freeze the adult minimum wage for three years.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Someone put this man on a broadcast. Immediately.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

McDavid selling his soul and these ghouls they’re signing won’t bring him anywhere nearer to a Cup.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What in the fresh dystopian hell is this?

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This stretch after the NZIHL season finishes, but before the NHL season starts, feels like it lasts a zillion years.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cannot overstate how glad I am this guy is still a Leaf 💙 🤍

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Brad Marchand is 38 years old. His trolling of 24-year-old Tim Stützle is pretty pathetic. Not a Sens fan, but damn I hope they absolutely light the Panthers up this year.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What an incredible effort and result. These fluffy little fucks are amazing 🥹

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#nzpol New data from Stats NZ shows us that pay gaps in Aotearoa are widening. Our world-leading pay equity system was closing those gaps – and then the National-led Government gutted it without warning. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity.

Purple campaign graphic titled “WORKING FOR FREE CALENDAR” with a flower emblem reading “Respect Us, Value Us, Pay Us.” Text lists dates when different demographic groups are effectively working unpaid due to the pay gap: Pacific women (1 Oct), Pacific men (18 Oct), Māori women (20 Oct), Asian women (21 Oct), MELAA women (2 Nov), Māori men (9 Nov), and Pākehā women (20 Nov). Footnote explains dates are based on average (mean) wage gaps compared with Pākehā men and notes mean figures better reflect workforce diversity. Logos: NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi, Still Minding the Gap, YWCA, and PECA.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is going to be a long thread about Dunedin hockey, so sit back or skip it, I guess. It’s now a couple of days since the last game of the final and my voice is still completely gone. Our boys did us so proud. They played their hearts out and took a game, which didn’t surprise us for a second…

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Got tickets for game 3 tonight 🥳 Sold out in 6 minutes.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Proud of the Thunder, even after a loss tonight. This team is heart and soul. That’ll play out tomorrow in the winner takes all game. They can do it. We believe and we’ll keep being loud for them. Let’s go Thunder!!!!!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 #greenmachine Now to just get tickets first thing tomorrow🤞

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thunder win game 1 of the NZIHL final against the Stampede. Made the Stampede’s barn sound like home. Absolutely amazing feeling, and amazing to experience it with heaps of other Thunder fans. One more, boys.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I still have no voice from cheering on the Thunder at the weekend. Absolutely amazing couple of games and a comeback for the freaking ages. Now, they’re off to the final for the first time in over a decade. 🥳🥹🥳

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just remembered this Real World reject is Erik Johnson’s uncle.

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Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

*standing up on the plane* okay so the first thing you need to consider when interrogating if Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings are an example of romantic love is to understand Tolkien's context; what did same sex love mean to an academic and a veteran of world war one in the middle of the 20th c

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

On repeat today: Stained glass eyes - The Failures/The vampire Lestat I’m a sucker for rock bands that incorporate strings into their music. Whether it’s more folk-style fiddle from The Frames & Bell X1 or epic violin/double bass from The Airborne Toxic Event, it scratches my brain just right.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s actually kinda nice to realise I’m still that emo kid who latches on to albums and lyrics and riffs and drum solos with fervent devotion. ‘Your biggest fan’ on repeat for hours, because that’s how my brain rolls. This will be my personality for the foreseeable future.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The music in The vampire Lestat is so so SO good. I kinda wish they’d split the story across 2 seasons like they did with Interview with the vampire (mostly for the music but also cause some of this season was a bit rushed). At least it’s been renewed for Queen of the damned.

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smombat @smombat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If I’ve done my maths right, the score in the other game tonight means we get a home playoff semi-final in a couple weeks 🥳 🥳 🥳

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