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Inverted kereru

@whatthehall.bsky.social
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avgeek, reads a lot, takes photos sometimes, usually looking at something in the sky. Insta @laserkereru Mastodon @whatthehall@mastodon.nz

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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 23h
DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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✧°・:* izzie *:・°✧ @winterwhe.at · 02/10/2026
in funnier news. new zealand's state owned retail bank is apparently causing controversy by issuing DMCA notices to people making erotic art of their new mascot and also people who makes erotic art that even looks like their new mascot. also they designed her to look like this
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this post a vampire that isn't Dracula
Picture of Winston Peters
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 01/10/2026
On my always share list.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Johnny @johnnybuzt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta pivot
Meta pivoting to kawaii to sell their pervert machines
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Checked out of curiosity today and discovered that I haven't taken any annual leave since ANZAC weekend (not by choice), which explains a few things
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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is exactly how I talk about it too! I've seen Gen AI try to write good comms and it's always completely terrible (see - most of LinkedIn, a bunch of the newer FB 'nz politics influencer' types.
Screenshot of a tumblr post reading: recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
sammatey.substack.com
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely fantastic. As Chlöe says, politics is just a game to some politicians. A way to exert power and line themselves up for comfortable well paid jobs in the future. They can’t fathom that not everyone is like them. This shouldn’t come as a shock but I’m voting ✅✅ @greens.org.nz
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Greville Whittle @greville.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wish I could repost this more than once...
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Going to the same political insider SIX HUNDRED TIMES for essentially the same response seems a bit more than simply lazy journalism idk
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Annikakes @annikakes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#nzpol
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Shots of one of the RAAF F-35s that visited RNZAF Ohakea for an exercise a couple of weeks ago. First visit of the type to NZ, and first time I've encountered one too.
Dark grey F-35 approaching the camera against a blue skyGrey F-35 fighter jet in a blue sky as it descends for landingSilver grey F-35 fighter jet climbing into a blue sky with orange afterburner glowing and vapour trails streaming from the wing tips
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe
Two seat RNZAF Skyhawk seen from the side in a vertical climb. The aircraft is painted gold with red white and blue strips on the fuselage and fin for the 50th anniversary of the RNZAF in 1987. Image Crown Copyright 1986
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe" I'm a plane nerd, this is like choosing a favourite child lol
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Holy shit. Rob Warner, who got the docs under OIA, has posted part of the advice on Facebook (the highlighting is his). It's even worse than the story reads. WTF.
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Asterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 20/09/2026
Eine schöne Bastel- und Malarbeit. Manchmal trägt Obelix den Hinkelstein. Manchmal ist Obelix der Hinkelstein. Dürfte nicht leicht gewesen sein, diesen Stein zu finden. #Asterix #Fanart
Das Bild zeigt einen kleinen, länglichen und nach oben abgerundeten Stein, dessen Form an einen Hinkelstein erinnert. Der Stein wurde rundherum so bemalt, dass er selbst zum Körper von Obelix wird.
Auf der Vorderseite sind Obelix’ Gesicht mit den roten Zöpfen, sein nackter Oberkörper sowie der grüne Gürtel mit großer gelber Schnalle zu sehen. Darunter setzt sich seine typische blau-weiß gestreifte Hose bis zum unteren Rand des Steins fort. Seine Füße stehen auf einer kleinen grünen Wiese, die mit roten Pilzen und Blumen verziert ist. Der obere, dunkelgraue Teil des Steins bleibt weitgehend unbemalt und wirkt dadurch wie ein Hinkelstein, der hinter Obelix aufragt.
Die Rückseite löst den kleinen optischen Scherz auf: Dort fehlen Kopf und Oberkörper völlig. Stattdessen sieht man nur Obelix’ Arme, die sich von beiden Seiten um den grauen Stein legen. Seine Hände greifen hinter dem „Hinkelstein“ ineinander. Darunter sind wiederum die gestreifte Hose und seine Füße auf der Wiese zu erkennen.
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seen in Waikanae, reminds me if when @xtotl.bsky.social was collating these things 🙂
Labour election hoarding on a suburbam fence. The S from the slogan has been cut out so instead of Better Starts it reads Better Tarts Now. A much smaller s has been fixed to the fence where the hole in the hoarding is in am attempt to fix it.
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#nzpol
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#nzpol I'd like to report a murder
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy second iRex ferry arrival week! This is the week the second rail enabled bigger ferry would have arrived in Aotearoa, six months after the first. We currently will not receive any new ferries until 2029, and at present have one ferry working and will go 4 years without a rail enabled ferry.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that)
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Chilled out do-not-approach apex predator vibes with a one-eyed popoiangore leopard seal choosing Petone Beach as a haul out spot today. Pics taken from a good distance with a telephoto lens 🙂
Grey leopard seal stretched out on a smooth sandy beach with onlookers in the backgroundLeopard seal close up showing eyes mouth and whiskersClose up of leopard seal yawn showing teeth and tongue in wide open mouthClose up of leopard seal with side of face covered in wet sand where it has been resting on the beach
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Kererū sidled up to me on my way to work yesterday and asked me to take some headshots for it. I was happy to oblige. It wasn't sure what background it wanted so it tried a couple of different locations.
kererū, partially sunlit amongst foliage.kererū head & chest amongst foliage, head cocked.kererū head poking out of broom, head cocked.Kereru head poking out of broom.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
and then Tim Curry, and now oh what the FUCK, is 2026 the new 2016 death-rush?? [yes @alexip718.com, I had just seen yours]
Death claw machine meme, previously made famous throughout our long years waiting for the death of Kissinger. 
"Yayoi Kusama? Is [name redacted] even in this thing??"
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Came across a rare New Zealand Bush Kettle in East Harbour Regional Park this morning, such a treat to see one in the wild
Weathered and mossy aluminium tea pot hanging from a branch in a New Zealand forest
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The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hey friends, If you use Facebook or Instagram, would you mind doing me a solid favour and following our pages for Bird and Beach? We're trying to move into wholesale, and having a few more followers will help with social proof that there are indeed people out there who like what we do! Thanks 😘
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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake Ontario renamed as "Lake Fred Trump Never Told His Son He Loved Him"
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am going back to bed for the rest of the year. And pulling the covers over my head.
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll.
Orange clouds fading to blues and purples above a silhouetted ridge at sunset
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🤣🤣🤣 #nzpol
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A Stuff reporter revealing just how arduous it is to trek from Luxon's Molesworth St apartment to parliament. #nzpol
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Is it 'very difficult' to cross Molesworth St as Luxon says? We check
Discussing the Wellington he used to live in during the 1980s vs contemporary Wellington, Christopher Luxon says it's gone from being "the place to be" to having a "whole bunch of bike lanes up Molesw...
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𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™ @dallasbarnett.com · 19/08/2026
'Simeon, book the Limocopter for me please'
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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There used to be arcades in Midcity. REAL arcades, with 4 player X-Men side-scrolling beat 'em ups. We used to be a real city.
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ok but how hard is it in a limo
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A perfect conceit for the 20s: the world's biggest bookstore has become a destroyer of books
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 17/08/2026
1. Iron Man 2 2. Up! 3. The 120 Days of Sodom 4. Goodfellas 5. Moonlight Kingdom 6. Hulk (2003) 7. Spinal Tap 8. Fallen Angels 9. Totally Spies: The Movie 10. Sátántangó 11. Ms Marvel 12. Les Parapluies De Cherbourg 13. Morbius 14. Dude, Where's My Car? 15. Hulk (2003) again
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👻 Ghoul Named Cru 🦇 @carnitas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
me: NICE AI PICTURE OF THE TITANIC them: how do you know it’s ai? m: BECAUSE THERE’S SMOKE COMING OUT OF ALL FOUR STACKS, BOZO, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FOURTH SMOKE STACK WAS PURELY FOR AESTHETICS
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
They are utterly feral. Just rampaging out of control, completely divorced from anything approaching decency, let alone accountability.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Here it is without visiting Meta (courtesy of Chur Ma Bro fdown.net)
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This country spent seven years carefully establishing a water regulatory framework and setting up large nationalised water organisations to give effective scale, and then three years cancelling that and bodging together 40 really expensive water companies to make anti-Māori racists feel better.
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LINCARD1000 @lincard1000.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Lux-flake’s impudicity is not just a unique indictment, but one on the entire coalition, and everyone who voted for them. #nzpol
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Joanne Roulston, MSW, JD @ottawakiwi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great thread
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Same energy from RNZ
Screenshot of Radio New Zealand news story with photos of Nigel Farage and Count Binface in matching poses
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Post a meme made by you
Still frame from the movie Aliens looking up at three marines cautiously scanning their surroundings with the caption "whatever happened here, I think we missed it"
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