Angela Findlay
@confluencekid.bsky.social
History geek: Here for the music, cats, politics, books, & cricket. Dunedin Ōtepoti.
Emeritus Professor Erik Olssen ONZM, PhD (Duke), FRSNZ, FNZAH 1941 – 2026 A fellow traveller from Cavvy, King’s High and @tuhura.bsky.social but most of all a fine historian, mentor and friend. Just a wonderful human who will be deeply missed. Vale Erik
Are you a fellow data nerd, do you wanna be part of the pilot council putting in a whole new pretty cool system? If so, please come and be my manager, i will bring you mini peanut slabs, esp on the days you have to report to the overlords. www.orc.govt.nz/your-council...
Job Description
Otago Regional Council (ORC) is responsible for sustainably managing Otago’s natural resources on behalf of the community. Learn how we protect the environment.
orc.govt.nz
Oh god this is just heartbreaking news.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · last wk.Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash at age 56
Lawrence Xu-Nan, voted top-performing MP by the press gallery in 2025, catching strays from Winston - I'm trying to balance the despair at how far NZF has been allowed to pushed racism in the House, with the jealousy being actually very funny.
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
Remembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor
who do we want? the funk soul brother when do we want him? right about now
EQ downgrade to 5.9. Tsunami warning Milford Sound to Puysegur Pt downgrade to Advisory - strong and unusual currents
Okay checked in with my staff member in Cromwell, she’s all good but said it was “Bloody Horrible” #eqnz
Not gonna lie, dont hate the ascendant and venus colours together.
RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...
🇳🇴Norway🇳🇴, and Erling Haaland in particular, are just having the time of their lives this World Cup. Love it.
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
"A collection of photographs capturing the spirit of protest in New Zealand in the 1970s" 1970sprotestphotos.nz
Instead of trying to ban under-sixteens from using social media, governments should force tech companies to employ teenagers as mentors with the job of teaching ethics, empathy, and basic human decency to the sociopathic manbabies who own the social media platforms.
That was a fun game to watch :) ozzie goalie for man of the match.