I married to a doctor and I’ve never seen the glowy-handy thing. But maybe she saves it for when she’s at work. 🤷‍♂️

Partial map of Asia & Pacific with blue circle indicating absence of Aotearoa

Something important missing, again. 😔 🇳🇿

Transatlantic TikTok propaganda and the end of localised populism

⛔️ TikTok deportation propaganda is fast becoming the new border wall. States, platforms + algorithms are fusing into a single machine.
📱 This, says @kagegirl.bsky.social is turning #Deportation into bingeable content + replacing physical walls with algorithmic control.
👉 bit.ly/4bLi6S0

Picture of jar of Butter Bike Smoked Chilli Peanut Butter

🤤

Wellington's popular Chocolate Fish Café, forced to shut by filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson's property company, opens for the last time The Miramar establishment, which has operated since 2009, is closing after Sir Peter Jackson's company WingNut PM terminated its lease.

Will miss the corn fritter sandwiches 😥 www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Mā te wā, Aotearoa

Sign board for 'A working model (kauri) dam' describing the workings

Release the Tom

End of box of The Optimist hazy beer from Fortune Favours

Blackboard showing ice cream flavours at Duck Island

Bowl with two spoons and eight scoops of ice cream (a flight) in assorted colours

Beer label for Tickle My Pickle pickled chilli hazy ipa

Tastes of home

Three people seen from behind walking black labrador

Very much doing so... Hope you have a good one. 🥳

Card with stylised pohutakawa flower saying Meri Kirihimete with Merry Christmas in small text

Trees and green rolling hills with blue sky and fluffy clouds

Screenshot showing 22 degrees on 24 Dec at 17:10 in Ngāhinapouri

Can of Bliss from Garage Project

Two empty coffee cups, sugar bowl and bag of Rocket coffee

Home for Christmas 🎅

Brussel sprout stalk with crown on wooden table next to coir brick.

Winter harvest.

Tub of sprout kimchi.

Have a feeling this will be hard to top. 😋

Small bottle of sriracha wasabi on wooden table, larger bottle of almost empty garlic sriracha and bottle of squeezy mustard on cork tray

Hot hot wasabi
Why is it so hot (Hot!)
Hot hot wasabi! 😋
#ShonenKnife 🤘

Wow, that's a blast from the past.

Where now for Britain's Universities? Although the financial crisis facing the United Kingdom's universities is by now well known, the detailed reasons behind it have been less prominent in public and political debate. It is true that fr....

NEW from me: 'Where Next for Britain's Universities?' in The Political Quarterly. Since every Higher Ed prediction I've made has been proven correct and on time - indeed I've been a bit optimistic - the atrocious picture is depressing. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Cover of CD copy of Primus' Frizzle Fry album

Hello old friend. It has been a while. 📻 #primus

Released 34 years ago today

Steady Diet of Nothing, the second album by Fugazi, featuring the track KYEO

Fugazi at Sacred Heart Church, Washington DC, 1991 - KYEO [Keep Your Eyes Open]

#punk #punks #punkrock #fugazi #hardcorepunk #posthardcore #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Hi energy Shonen Knife at The Crescent 🤘

Orange and white cat lying on bed in front of window on top of low bookshelf looking back towards camera. Laptop on standing desk composed of table and folding stand, with coffee cup and headphones in foreground. Zigzag rug with pile of carpet squares on left of shot and green wall on right

Whero is a strong advocate for WFH

Fionn Regan at Brudenell Social Club with @petramakela.bsky.social

Donald Trump, President of the USA, and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, share a moment. They are making a heart with their hands, but Putin is making rabbit ears behind Trump’s head with his other hand. Not in the picture, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.

Donald Trump, President of the USA, and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. Not in the picture, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.
My Stuff #cartoon today #Russia #USA #Ukraine #Trump #Putin #Zelenskyy

Map from bus app showing part of route with cluster of three buses heading in same direction. Scrawled label showing location of poor passenger (me) who foolishly trusted the bus app and left the house accordingly.

At least I will have a choice when they do finally arrive...

map with the gulf of mexico labeled “Seas of Cheese” Posted by Les Claypool

It is a sea of many names.

'is' not 'us' 🙄

Screenshot of journal submission timeline showing 17 October 2023 Submission Created 30 November 2023 With Editor 07 August 2024 Withdrawn Dates circled in red.

Advantage of electronic journal systems us being able to see just how little some editors care. 😔

The long black: will this soon be the UK’s favourite coffee order? Fans of the drink, brewed differently from an americano, say its taste is vastly superior – and are turning a niche product into a bestseller

A small chink of light in a troubling time ☕️
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...