Sarabeee #ToitūTeTiriti
@sarabeee.bsky.social
Great at: digital projects for people, authentic communication. Lover of: family, ceramics, mid-c homes, animals. Lives/works Ōtepoti. Creator of #spull (iykyk) 💉=9
Saturday 8 August 11am - come along to a panel discussion at Tūranga with Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla & Jeanette Wikaira - contributors to ‘Books of Mana: 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance’. Book free ticket(s) at: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... ^DR #Ōtautahi #Christchurch
-2°, feels like -6°. No wonder the heat pump just gave up. #Ōtepoti
Wordle 1,873 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Strands #885 “All things considered” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 💡🔵🟡🔵
Well now I’m confused. If a tank comes rolling past will it mean there’s an invasion or just Luxon on his way to a fundraiser?
Connections Puzzle #1151 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟦🟪🟩🟪 🟩🟦🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟦
"Children who travel independently and actively to school have better spatial awareness, a better sense of balance, faster social development and fewer learning disorders on average than children who are driven to school." - Ulla Rasmussen, Executive Director Mobility with a Future (Vienna)
Historian Tony Ballantyne introduces his new book, Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire.
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Surely the Prime Minister could have found and booked a big venue for his Kāpiti public meeting that wasn't Jevon McSkimming's church...
Very much a snow day. Will take some pics when it's light.
Strands #883 “There's nothing like it” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵
🙄 Connections Puzzle #1149 🟦🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟪🟩🟩
I said I wanted to go for a walk. It was raining.
Re Luxon’s Rotorua embarrassment - when he says they “have the settings right for growth” he means a fucked labour market, high unemployment and removing guardrails for H&S, the environment and consumers. Awful. #nzpol
Solar friends, is it worth paying the extra for a third battery so 27kw stored instead of 18? Also, do power companies actually pay out for surplus fed into the grid or do they hold it as credit?
The Odyssey. Quite enjoyed it. Loved all the amazing landscapes. Standout acting Anne Hathaway. Robert Pattinson was good at being a weak bully.
somewhat accidentally going to The Odyssey shortly. only really because a friend is going. I shall witness with interest.
Happy publication day to Tony Ballantyne and his major new history, Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire, which is out in bookshops across Aotearoa New Zealand now.
ICYMI: the #TWDUniverse has found its home for the next five years! Starting in 2027, the original show and all 6 spin-offs will be available to stream on Netflix and AMC+ in the U.S, UK, Italy, Australia., New Zealand and other new territories. Read more #TWDFamily
'The Walking Dead' Franchise Rights Renewed By Netflix In Mega Deal
Netflix has renewed its rights to the The Walking Dead franchise, paying $500 million to AMC Global Media for five years of the series and spinoffs.
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