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@lentilbeans.bsky.social

Aotearoa-dwelling doom scroller of politics local and international especially China, with a light seasoning of climate and science.

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Swimming only exists as a form of exercise because of after-sauna.

06.02.2026 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Being born with a silver spork in your mouth, you’d be unstoppable.

06.02.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RNZ call it a β€œbeleaguered agency”. Is that because of actual delivery problems, or because a couple of politicians want to pull it back into the fold?

02.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s Michelin Star worthy on its own of course, but can also level-up avocado on toast or a cheese toastie.

02.02.2026 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just witnessed an impeccable use of β€œhe’s just having a moment” dealing with a middle aged man tantrum in the wild.

Empathetic and deescalatory, but with a perfect salting of judgey.

27.01.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t it all just blow around, or was I doing it wrong??

23.01.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Best guess: all those regions and islands in the same font as the countries are just so the map can include Taiwan. But still a super weird choice.

22.01.2026 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a nice indent you’ve got there, be a shame if someone tried to format paint. Oh you tried? Yeah, turns out I can’t format paint that particular indent. No reason.

19.01.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We ran the gauntlet today - our local Warehouse had brought all the uniforms out to the centre of the store, well organised, big changing rooms. So it can be done!

17.01.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss warning the kids not to fill up on bread.

16.01.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ironically fentanyl is the key ingredient for both.

14.01.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s something bleak about YouTube bbq tutorials by β€œDad something play on words” which inevitably finish with them eating alone.

11.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just jeopardised a 20yr friendship by assuming they, a Royal Oak resident, lived in the zone.

10.01.2026 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Food on a public bbq looking out over bay of islands

Food on a public bbq looking out over bay of islands

Summering

05.01.2026 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the win. Even with just soy sauce it makes an amazing soup.

04.01.2026 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn, I guessed democracy but of course that’s national level. Duh.

This is top tier analysis, keep it coming please.

02.01.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so confident 1kg Edam is on here, not even going to check.

31.12.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The EV market will be basically just deciding how good a battery you want and paying accordingly. Expensive cars might actually be better quality, rather than just the current vanity value.

25.12.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Added bonus of the folks in +5 keeping their own secret time zone as the last possible form of resistance.

25.12.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not wrong. We just fired up season two on a rainy Christmas Eve here.

23.12.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world. For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist and turn of their alleged descent into mayhem and death.

This personal tragedy of a group immersed in existential debates about tech really reminded me of friends who fell apart getting really into world-building type metaphysics or ethics. Some kind of psychic tension between ideals and reality?

www.wired.com/story/deliri...

23.12.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Onya Auckland - pretty packed at Pak n Save today but everyone being super chill and friendly even as it took twice as long as normal.

23.12.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, had been struggling to think of how to do our spuds a bit fancy on Christmas Day. Solved.

22.12.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent. May your name similarly live on while your rivals’ fade to history.

19.12.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The delicious pork guy?

19.12.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was about to say the same thing for our libraries here in Auckland - they must have realised paying fines reduces the powerful motivation of guilt.

19.12.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And big social effects - eg stories of people not taking better jobs if they don’t have family they can stay with nearby.

17.12.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our egg and coffee choices this week coincidentally both seem to have been on discount b/c of minor quality issues.

Odd the brands didn’t just point this out (eg a lighthearted extra sticker). We’d have probably still bought, and be left with a good impression of their usual quality.

17.12.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The new Knives Out was excellent, but full of actors who look like other actors.

For about the first half thought I was watching Merryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, and that Ozark/Arrested Development guy. Pretty sure I got Denzel Washington right though.

17.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#SecretSantaAoNZ

Duh, shouldn’t have trusted myself to remember the hashtag without checking

17.12.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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