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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 20h

(For people not familiar, that's how we talk about the sun here.)

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 20h

As noted in Ōtepoti AoNZ today, to our delight...

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I saw one where he said something like "watch this dropkick" and, like, alas Winnie, yes, we do see you.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Oh, come to think of it, I have two mantlepieces, and Jo and Anna's prints are mates on that one too.

A picture of a mantlepiece with an etching plate of a landscape scene of rolling hills (made by my grandmother), a Jo Cox bookmark, a hand printed card of a kina shell, a paper flower, a black hand sculpture and an interesting stone.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Jo's work is wonderful! I treasure the cat of hers I have, as well as the cards a colleague makes - thanks for my mantlepiece delights, printers!

A print of a cat by Jo Cox rests on a metal sign from a Mergenthaler linotype machine, which sits next to a card of a plant in black against a yellow disc which may or may not be the sun. The card is made by Anna Petersen in Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A simple cloud infographic. Source: buff.ly/2ZgIZan

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All good, you were just being post-postmodern.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Āe, but also maybe numbers schmumbers? :) Wishing you the luxury of many cosy moments curled up with some of these good people's reccies. And Happy Bookshop Day for tomorrow.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is why it takes me ages to do the vacuuming. He reminded me of 2 shows I was lucky to see as a kid - Marcel Marceau and Victor Borge. A certain kind of warmth along with amazing skills. Lovely, thanks.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Everything Will Swallow You by Tom Cox. It's funny, warm, nicely weird, magical. (It got me back into reading too. No shame about the slump - swings and roundabouts, innit?)

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Gavin / G. B. Ralph @gbralph.com · 09/10/2026

Tomorrow is Bookshop Day 🇳🇿📚 Bookshops across NZ will be doing all sorts of fun stuff. See you there? #Books #Bookshops #BookshopDay #NZ 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I have a pack on my desk at work for when I want to feel like a 1940s private detective. Need to get me some venetian blinds to peer through.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm gonna take that "do what you can, the rest will figure itself out" and just apply it to life in general, if'n ypu don't mind (©️ Kat 2026: credit where it's due).

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm amazed at the speed sometimes eh?! Unity are amazing, Scorpio in Chch, Women's Bookshop in Aucks. Anything but Amazon and, now, Book Hero. :) Still loving your garden guide, thanks! Need to get my a into g and plant things pronto (although still Winter in Ōtepoti today, so...).

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

DON'T PANIC and always know where your towel is. (Sound up.) youtube.com/shorts/IVrvS...

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September 29, 2026

YouTube video by PRIELA ROCK TV

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's called a play, maybe you've scene one?

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Agree. You can never even have too many copies of _this particular book_. My 3rd copy arrived today (a signed one 'for good', a gift for a friend, and now a loaner copy). It's SO good - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Stop flirting with us.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please proceed forthwith to the nearest precarious clifftop or rickety bridge.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ah, got you. I'm no help on virtues - could suggest subbing it out for a different treat but then cheese goes so well with wine...Reduction also counts eh: by Friday you'll have won the week.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Admittedly I don't know your metrics but from here that looks very much like a win.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I saw this and thought of EWSY because, now that it's out in the world (and I'm so SO glad it is), it's like a shortcut to finding people you vibe with, the positive side of "the web". It's good connections all the way down. Thanks Tom. youtube.com/shorts/yVT7D...

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Carl Sagan: The Greatest Of Human Inventions

YouTube video by Saganism

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. But give a monkey a beer and some fireworks, and the weekend starts here.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's okay, Jorts, we've all been there (not necessarily the back of the fridge, but the being a little shit bit).

An orange cat, Morrie, who is sometimes a complete little shit, innocently snoozes with his legs bundled up in front of him as if he'd never even dream of getting stuck behind the piano.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh, same. Damned stereotyping.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wishing you good health and an EPIC ride when the time is right. Good decision, well adulted. 🌻

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bees. Love them so much. Was background-listening to this t'other day and it reminded me how I used to feel SO calm when beekeeping, surrounded by thousands of them: peterhobbs.bandcamp.com/album/bee-si...

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Bee Sides, by Peter Hobbs

5 track album

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cool! Libraries for the win. Muybridge was amazing. There's a good YT video with downloadable pdf templates for diy zoetropes in the description: youtu.be/u2v-L-1Kctk?...

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How to Make a Zoetrope

YouTube video by RimstarOrg

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Um, I think PREFU is like SNAFU (Situation normal: all f'd up) or JANFU (Joint Army-Navy f-up), but pre-that. It's the pretendy bit before we find out how much they REALLY f'd up.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It reminds me of an Irish mate, a Corkman, recounting how an English guy had said to him once, poshly & with great disdain, "We used to RULE you people, you know". The Irish guy is still alive and well but I'm not so sure about the English one.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

TLA: adopted. I am going to overuse the shit out of TGW - there's so much cause for it these days. Thank you!

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you park it, or are you circling back to focus on the key achievables?

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks for doing this - I'd like to do the quiz but was already feeling a bit sick so had to swiftly back away. 🤢

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cripes, intense. But crumple not: most likely Danny will have a similar experience to us: un-put-downable. Thanks for the perfect Sunday, Tom. We are all Amanda (plus cats, minus the box of wine. On this occasion). I was cry-laughing by page 3.

A person holds up a copy of Curious Events Lately Occurring in this Neighbourhood, freshly enjoyed, while Morrie the orange cat sits on her shoulder, showing great interest in the book.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Notorious. No eggs to be left unattended. Although I think the tool is broken now - I got Griffin twice, 2nd time with eyes closed, but identify more with hibernatey woodland creatures.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oops, are they mixing it up with Midsomer?

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We're just tummy-rubbers you haven't met yet, Jim. We would give you salmon if we could, for sure. Best wishes for schnozz recovery and we hope you're getting on alright with The Documentarian Ken Burns.

Morrie the orange cat, curled cosily with his dashing nose-scar tucked in and toe beans tucked out.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh my giddy aunt. Only recently started using Borrowbox (loving it), and now this? May never leave home again.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh brilliant! Welcome to DM me if you need any info or anything else. Unsolicited advice here sorry but if near campus, Lead Balloon cafe is good, and if far from campus but feeling (2nd hand) bookish, Dead Souls: deadsouls.co.nz

deadsouls.co.nz

Purveyor of Quality Second Hand Books

Dead Souls Bookshop is small Dunedin based bookshop selling second-hand books. We have around 20,000 books in stock at our premises, 393 Princes Street. We cover most subjects and genres and price poi...

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Definitely take your pump and puncture repair kit if either of these is your bicycle.

Sorry for no credit but photographer unknown. The picture shows an aquacycle, which is like a tricycle with giant plastic wheels that goes on water, and a run-of-the-mill swan-shaped peddleboat. At some picturesque locations in New Zealand, like Wānaka, you can rent these things and scare the bejesus out of yourself imagining how deep the lake is. Fun though.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gosh though Dan, there might be stairs to get on and off the plane as well. Do you think you'll be alright? I was checking the distance to Singapore once and it suggested I kayak, so I guess that's always an option. (Welcome, btw, and I hope you have a great visit.)

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone on here suggested an Auckland get-together for TC fans and I bet it'd be a hoot, but I can't go cos I checked Google Maps and apparently there might be...stairs? (Charitable of Google to suggest I could bike there in 4 days though. They clearly don't know me.)

A screenshot of Google Maps showing the 1633km route from Ōtepoti Dunedin to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in Aotearoa NZ. It cites the main challenges as "steep hills" and "stairs", despite Cook Strait between the North and South Islands being very cold, deep and swift. We kind of have ferries for that but they break down and bump into things a bit. And they also have lots of stairs.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooh thanks, I will check out Burial. Yeah, I had to post the two together because both have their own spookyish and quite unique voices. Love a bit of atmos, whatever form it comes in.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BEHOLD!! Many interdimensional portals lately occurring in my neighborhood! Treats for eyes, ears, & brain. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social's Curious Events... (Blackwells does free shipping to Aotearoa) and @mike-kay.bsky.social's new tunes (track 6 def a portal). Thanks for your work, creative people!

A copy of Tom Cox's new book, Curious Events Lately Occurring in this Neighbourhood, is held up to the breaking sun while a couple of daffodils wonder what all the excitement is about, only because they haven't read his other stuff yet.

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Abby @yabbya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Most of the time, yes, he's delightful, but I had this confusing interaction the other day where...well, I know I should refer to the Operator's Manual & really the problem lies with me and lax discipline, but he just wouldn't answer for his actions. No accountability.

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