CJSP8

@cjsp8.bsky.social

Just a mum with 1 husband, 1 dog, 3 kids and 3 chickens. Crafty ex-public sector worker now studying landscape design based in Wgtn.

Successful cities only have one way forward and that's to design them to enable autonomous children. Once you make the environment nurturing to them, you passively take care of everyone else, no matter the age or ability.

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People aren’t just complaining about Google's AI search overhaul, they’re leaving. Yesterday alone, our week over week installs surged 30% in the U.S. 🚀 Momentum is growing. It’s time to Fire Google.

A nice story about a local "village" that's much more walkable (and more easily and safely accessible by bike from neighbouring burbs) thanks to some recent street upgrades.* *which the article doesn't mention, but which are clearly playing a role in the resurgence: www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

The butcher, the baker – and the suburb overtaking its more ‘upmarket’ rivals

House values in Westmere have increased more over 10 years than those better known ‘upmarket’ suburbs of Remuera, Parnell and Ponsonby.

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🧵Spotted on the School Holidays in Aotearoa New Zealand: A young human (7?) swaggers into the library with Nana. He's got three book bags looped over his arm and is wearing a very serious expression. Pausing by the door he says: "I'm going to be a while. These bags hold a LOT of books." (1)

Those of you who've been following me for a while may have seen me share this before, usually when I hear that someone has just learnt that they may or do have cancer. While it's framed as how not to say the wrong thing to that person, I was so glad I knew about it before I ended up in the centre.

How not to say the wrong thing

Have you ever said something crass you regret and wish you could take back? Millions of readers have learned this simple trick to avoid embarrassment and hurt feelings since it was first published in ...

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Flu Tracking NZ is looking for more participants (particularly younger people). They need more data to help better understand what is happening with Flu and COVID. It only takes a few minutes on Monday mornings. Please sign up below.

Flutracking.net | Tracking respiratory illness across Australia and New Zealand

Flutracking is an online health surveillance system used to detect epidemics of influenza across Australia and New Zealand,

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May 2025 be the year everyone gets a library card. Libraries are amazing third places and they get funding based on card holders and borrowing stats in most cases. Pop in. Check something out. P.S. The Libby app works on your phone/tablet. It has audibooks and regular books.

Erin Burrell says protect trans kids@erinkb.bsky.social · 2y ago

This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives. If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card. Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors