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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 08/10/2026
In this photo, they’re at Book Hero, who posted a blog post and social media in favour of the PM. So you can, yknow, never shop there again.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 05/10/2026
I see your server-side React and raise you <Index> <Common currentPage={currentPage}> {{isLoggedIn ifTrue:<h1>Welcome {{loggedInName}} to Thea's Templating System</h1> ifFalse:<h1>Welcome anonymous!</h1>}} </Common> </Index>
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 15/09/2026
Pak’n’save and New World are not chains. Foodstuffs does not own any supermarkets. Foodstuffs is a purchaser co-operative. You buy in to the co-op and get rights to use the branding and the logistics network. Woolworths is a chain and all profits are sent to Australia.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 15/09/2026
I guess a golden dome does need some sort of space weapon to watch over it. A GoldenEye if you will. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
The US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country against enemy action.
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm voting Green because I agree that we shouldn't rush into building a Data Centre that will use 6% of New Zealand's total power supply. It's silly.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 23/08/2026
New? Toy! Only took about two months from picking this up to having it working. Next trick, connecting it to a computer. Anyone have an HPIB interface card? ISA, PCI or NuBus works for me 😂
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 14/08/2026
I JUST SAW THE ODYSSEY AT THE IMAX WHAT? I’M NOT SHOUTING, WHY ARE YOU WHISPERING?
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 12/08/2026
Made a friend! (Not really, was only there for the food then left)
A red panda taking a treat from my hand. The view is of the back of the panda’s head.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 09/08/2026
The problem with logging all the movies you’ve seen on Letterboxd is your partner making fun of your taste in movies
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 02/08/2026
Paul Henry is being persistently disruptive, can I use reasonable force on him? I believe throwing a rubber object has precedent.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 01/08/2026
Doctors are always worried that taking Vyvanse for ADHD is going to suppress my appetite. Definitely not, because when taking it I remember to eat.
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Jason Danner @jpdanner.com · 28/07/2026
Now that we are in #InternetNZ board elections period I have a minor update: My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 28/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm No Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 30/07/2026
Wow, Winston got so racist that the Chinese ambassador made a comment. They never comment on politics.
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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are outside, looking at a rain cloud. Blue is glaring at the cloud, and the cloud is glaring back.
Blue: Are you going to rain or not?
Cloud: That depends. Were you planning to paint that shed today?
Green: That depends on whether it rains today.

The cloud does not answer. The foxes and the cloud glare at each other in silence for a moment. Eventually, the cloud breaks the silence.
Cloud: We can do this all day, buddy.
Blue: We will.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 21/07/2026
I do have to admire Shane Jones’ ability to deny he meant the thing that he obviously meant. The ability to manage that much cognitive dissonance is impressive.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 14/07/2026
LLMs are being promoted to C-suite executives as a way to reduce the previously strong bargaining position creatives and software developers have had, extending the decades-long class warfare against the working class to the middle classes. In this essay I will…
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 12/07/2026
I heard "It's just common sense" one too many times and got all ranty. thea.hutchings.gen.nz/2026/July/co...
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Common sense and the Theory of Mind
I hate the phrase "common sense" because it means nothing, but does say a lot about the person who uses it.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 11/07/2026
SMH people saying early 3D games were “blocky” and “angular”. How are you supposed to show off how many triangles your 3D accelerator can do if you can’t see the triangles?!
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 08/07/2026
Aviation nerds! Kennedy Steve has a YouTube channel now! www.youtube.com/@KennedyStev...
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Kennedy Steve
Welcome to Kennedy Steve. After decades behind the microphone as an air traffic controller—including years working some of the busiest airspace in the world around New York—Kennedy Steve is pulling b...
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Billy OceanGate 🇵🇸 @stitzch.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The rig I'm on has put up first aid guides that were made with AI. Wouldn't bother with CPR there, would be more concerned by the fact is head isn't connected to his body
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 05/07/2026
*checks news* oh the national racist drunk chain-smoking uncle is being racist again? About voting eligibility this time? Can’t someone shut him up?
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 29/06/2026
If you are an existing InternetNZ member who hasn't renewed yet, TODAY is your LAST day to renew your membership in order to be able to vote for new board members, and in the upcoming AGM.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 25/06/2026
Garbage's Version 2.0 was released in 1998 when I was in 5th form, it's still a fantastic album. Unfortunately I can't find my physical copy and I'm pretty sure I lost it in one of the too many moves which makes me sad.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 25/06/2026
I’m constantly underwhelmed by Christopher Luxon. At least my underwhelment has real implications.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 23/06/2026
NZ muscle seem like they’ve been doing scams. Who knows what’s in the products? They probably don’t. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8A6...
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EXPOSING New Zealand's Biggest Supplement Brand
YouTube video by KINO HOUSE INVESTIGATES
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 14/06/2026
I feel very alert right now!
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 01/06/2026
If you ever wanted more proof that Ben McNulty is an absolute fucking imbecile www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... Though I’d like to see a cost breakdown on the yearly hosting.
rnz.co.nz
'Atrocious': Wellington's deputy mayor slams $600,000 bill for library website
Ben McNulty says the council could have had something similar built for 1/40th of the cost.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 31/05/2026
The real origin of lorem ipsum has been found! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1P...
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Why is this strange text everywhere? (Lorem Ipsum)
YouTube video by Rabbit Hole
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 29/05/2026
A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a decision.
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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm two weeks away from finishing a Masters in Public Management. Robodebt has been a key feature of several of the papers I've done - the damage done to so many people by automation of a process that should always be human (and humane). They literally teach us not to do this.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 27/05/2026
Every so often I read a thing that reminds of John Money, the guy who stifled gender and sexuality research for decades and is the worst thing to ever come out of Morrinsville.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 25/05/2026
I don’t know if it’s deliberate, but a lot of those content-slop sites have the same advertiser and they always serve toenail fungus ads to me. It’s off-putting enough that I don’t care to check if the site is slop, see that ad and I‘m out.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 20/05/2026
Watched a video on YouTube about “The Gen Alpha Melody”, apparently they’ve just noticed that pop songs often use the same chord progression. They need to look up Pachelbel’s Canon especially in the 90s, also that one is truely Our Melody.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 17/05/2026
Someone in their 20s just called Lady Gaga "music for middle-aged people" and wow rude.
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
oh noooo all your friends are going to miss out on choplet if you don't retweet this and get it over the line noooo www.makeship.com/products/cho...
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
CHOPLET LAUNCHES... NOW! www.makeship.com/products/cho...
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Choplet Plush
A Choplet. A simple type of dungeon creature who wields a large knife. Born from the lingering regrets of monsters slain in battle, Choplet's are prone to wander in solitude and cause as much mischief...
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 09/05/2026
Yesterday I learned that The Chemical Brothers’ Hey Boy Hey Girl’s lyrics are “hey boys, hey girls”. It’s a sample from The Roof is on Fire by Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three. The lyrics are “hey girls, b-boys, superstar DJs, here we go!”
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 06/05/2026
Cow tools www.thefarside.com/2026/05/04/4
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The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson from Monday, May 4, 2026 | TheFarSide.com
A cartoon from The Far Side® comic strip by Gary Larson from Monday, May 4, 2026 | Transcript:
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 05/05/2026
CANYON.MID
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 05/05/2026
Someone needs to create a 15 minute offset time zone.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 02/05/2026
Oh no, Bella Vacca have closed down. No more milk in glass bottles :(
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 30/04/2026
Drat, got nerd sniped by copy.fail saying their exploit was only 732 bytes and I knew that was more than it needed. Anyway thea.hutchings.gen.nz/2026/April/c...
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Copy Fail — 732 Bytes to Root
CVE-2026-31431. 100% Reliable Linux LPE — no race, no per-distro offsets, page-cache write that bypasses on-disk file-integrity tools and crosses containers. Found by Xint Code.
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🆕 Qwest Patrol #swordscomic
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 23/04/2026
that excitement of the shipping notification followed by the crashing realisation that it was shipped with aramex
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 22/04/2026
I always thought Shane Jones was the kind of person who’d rock up to an Indian restaurant with his mates and they’d all order mild butter chicken with plain naan.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 20/04/2026
No Android Studio, I don’t want to Ask Gemini. I want syntax highlighting to not stop working permanently because I made one syntax error.
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 13/04/2026
I am once again calling for a Cruise Ship Novelty Horn levy
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 12/04/2026
This evening has been a “fun” dive in to the legalities of purchasing hypodermic needles in NZ (anyone over 16 can, from a pharmacy or authorised provider) and discovering how ridiculous the prices are in the USA. Also did you know you can get your stethoscope laser engraved?
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Thea @thea.hutchings.gen.nz · 11/04/2026
Emergency. Emergency. There’s an emergency going on. It’s still going on. And it’s still an emergency.
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Jason Danner @jpdanner.com · 10/04/2026
Heya #InternetNZ peeps! It is coming up on that time of year again - another INZ AGM is looming and it looks like the FSU is utilising their scare tactics again to get another seat on the InternetNZ board. Who is keen on helping to organise a grassroots opposition? #kikorangi
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