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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of the new road rules coming 1 October: let the bus go first

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So, I understand that everyone grows hair, and that as we women get older we're bound to find the odd one on our face. What I don't get, is how the heck do they go from zero to GIANT BLACK HAIR seemingly overnight 😳😳

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NZ Transit Buzz @nztransitbuzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#StationNews: Auckland Transport has confirmed the names of the new robot cleaners for the City Rail Link stations. Robot Downer Junior Fat Freddy's Mop Meryl Sweep

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hi all, I have a couple of questions for folk in NZ: If there was an app or website that connected you with female and NB tradies would you use it? If you're a female/NB tradies would you want to be listed on it? #tradie #builder #electrician #plumber

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Beautiful day at Piha on Friday for #Matariki 😊🌞

Looking up at 5 large multicoloured kites in the sky. The sky is blue and the sun is shining

Daughter and dad walking on the beach. The sky is blue and it's a beautiful day. Dad is carrying buckets and daughter is wearing a pink hat and white top with purple flowers. She's holding a spade, ready to make a sandcastle

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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 24/06/2026

Joy, in the healthiest sense, is not the loud promise that everything will be fine. Joy can be as small as the smell of tea in a warm mug, as quiet as a raven’s wingbeat, as simple as a neighbor waving from across a snowy road. It does not erase pain. It sits beside it and says, “I am here too.”

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Question for parents of school age kids (and anyone else): my daughter will be starting school this year so I was looking at her school's Facebook page. There are heaps of photos and videos that seem to show most of the kids in the school that are completely open to the public. 1/2

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Cornflowers' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

Painting featuring a meadow filled with blue flowers under a blue sky

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An American Werebadger in Oregon @werebadger.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I think about this poem all the time

Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It's a Sewer Rat
by Caitlin Seida
Hope is not the thing with feathers
That comes home to roost
When you need it most.
Hope is an ugly thing
With teeth and claws and
Patchy fur that's seen some shit.
It's what thrives in the discards
And survives in the ugliest parts of our world, Able to find a way to go on When nothing else can even find a way in.
It's the gritty, nasty little carrier of such diseases as optimism, persistence, Perseverance and joy,
Transmissible as it drags its tail across your path and
bites you in the ass.
Hope is not some delicate, beautiful bird, Emily.
It's a lowly little sewer rat
That snorts pesticides like they were
Lines of coke and still
Shows up on time to work the next day
Looking no worse for wear.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month to everyone who brings a little more color to our world 🏳️‍🌈🫶🏳️‍⚧️

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Field of Flowers - Gustav Klimt

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Peacock Spider (genus Maratus), a group of tiny Australian jumping spiders famous for their vibrant colours and elaborate courtship dances to attract its mate. They are very tiny in size only between 2-5 millimetres ( the size of a pea)

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Gemma Matthews - The Sewing Songbird @thesewingsongbird.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A look at one of my first embroideries for you today, all the way back to December 2019 and aptly named by my daughter, The Lady of Swirls.🪡🌀🌿I’m no good with heat, so I shall be hiding away, stitching in the shade. 😉 *completely freehand stitched,no patterns or paint. #embroidery #thesewingsongbird

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Happy #mothersday, or more appropriately "Haggy Mum" from my kid's daycare 😅

Words painted in red on a window. They've mixed up the ps, and written them backwards so it looks like Haggy Mum

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Has anyone done an in-person computer ADHD test as part of an ADHD assessment in Auckland (or wider NZ)? What kinds of questions does it ask?

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Today’s poem is called ‘The Question’.

The Question

Erm, well – I begin, shifting nervously in my chair –
if it’s true there is no heaven and no hell,
no eternity or long hereafter,
no divine plan or offstage direction from an invisible hand,
then how do we make sense of it all,
how do we make our way through this life,
this glorious, ridiculous, ramshackle world of ours,
with its wars and brutality, conflicts and petty arguments,
the ten thousand tiny acts of kindness
which happen unnoticed before breakfast,
and all that love and pain, happiness and loneliness
that comes to us unannounced, by turns,
as if we ourselves were pitched daily
onto the waves of one of its vast, mysterious oceans,
not knowing whether today is the day we drown
or we find ourselves washed up
on some strange but friendly shore?

Mmm – you say, after a lengthy silence –
what I meant was … do you have any questions
about the job?

Brian Bilston

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Picture of the century ❤️ Posting because the AI slop images are being shared much more widely than the actual images #NASA #Artemisll

Artemis ll landing in the dark blue sea. Three red and white parachutes are still inflated in the air above it. NASA watermark in the corner of the image

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What's the going rate for babysitting these days? For a 14 year old to look after my 4 year old for 2 hours. $20/hr?

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Why does my homegrown sweetcorn look like this? One on the right looks fine, two on the left are a bit strange 🧐

3 sweetcorn cobs on a chopping board. One looks as expected, but the other two have larger yellow bits and less symmetric with gaps

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

What herb is this? Hoping it's thyme as I need it for a recipe 😅

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

skeleton: behold my figure, ass on display at flattering angle, headfirst downhill like a gravity-fed demon, brave luge: whole body's a double chin, flying gooch-first, prisoner of sport, corpse-like pose

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Team luge doubles relay is so extra I have to love it

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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Absolutely fascinating piece by @elisecutts.bsky.social that should be required reading for all scientists and science journalists 👩‍🔬🧪 www.reviewertoo.com/pop-science-...

reviewertoo.com

Pop science doesn't reach a "general audience"

Pop sci readers are wealthy, educated, and left-leaning

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I will be looking for an RA soon as my amazing postdoc has got a permanent role on our team. I will be looking for an emerging Māori researcher who has a social science background preferably :) dm me if you know of anyone or want to kōrero

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.

Wikipedia sections of an article.

1: early life and career as a pirate.
2: archbishop of York.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Power of Poetry

with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,

it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,

so he reached for his copy
of The Complete Works of Yeats

and bludgeoned the President
of the United States

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.

New Year Office Chitchat

How was your Christmas?
you ask

and I think
of the bloodstained rug

and the silent scraping
of the spade

in the garden
at midnight

and the wash wash
washing of my hands

and the dreams,
those endless dreams

which haunt
the night-time

and smudge
their thumbprints

on the day
to come

and I reply
Super, thanks. Yours?

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Good morning Santa, it's opening time! 🥰 Ooh it's like pass the parcel there are lots of layers 😀 #SecretSantaAoNZ

Large present wrapped in white paper with green trees

The next layer: Christmas wrapping paper and a not that says merry Xmas Sophie from your secret santa

Now there's a box that says open here with an arrow

In the box are 3 packages, one labelled fragile and another to Sophie's daughter

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Yippee look what arrived! Thanks Santa! ❤️❤️❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ

Big rectangular present wrapped in white paper decorated with green trees.

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Freezer @freezer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Reading a book called Varney The Vampire and after like 90 pages a guy called Varney was introduced. A main character suspects he's a vampire and I think he might be right.

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Ooh my gift is on its way, thanks Santa! I'll get it when I'm back at work next week ☺️ #SecretSantaAoNZ

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’). thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...

Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

So, I watched the movie #Tinā on my flight to Oz today, and absolutely cried my eyes out. I got a few funny looks but oh wow it was so heart wrenching 😢😭 I didn't know it was based around the time of the Chch earthquakes till I started it, brought back some strong feelings ❤️❤️

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

4:32am: Wide awake 5:23am: Wide awake 5:49am: Wide awake 6:00am when my alarm goes off: Deep, deep sleep and utter confusion what that beeping noise is #Tired

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Trying (another) new craft, very happy with my effort so far! #Entomology #EntomologyArt #Cricket

A stipple pen drawing of a cricket, with the photo of the cricket next to it

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Hi Santa, if you click on this you'll see everything I've posted and all replies too ❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ

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Sophie Hunt @sophiehunt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Ooh my giftee is awesome ☺️ I have so many ideas, just ordered some supplies for some necessary crafting ❤️ #SecretSantaAoNZ

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sarah Evans, contemporary Welsh painter known for her local landscapes #WomensArt #Winter

Painting of a rural scene under grey sky and snow, to the left is a barn with snow covered roof and to the right by the edge of a white winter field is a row of bare black trees

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