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Si McManus

@simcmanus.bsky.social

Gen-x Dad in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland, NZ) Trying to be sustainable, not perfect. Work in PR and Governance. Interests in Future of #Transport and #cities, #Climate, disability, #blind #accessibility & #raredisease. Friendly

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China's Shadow Looms Over Ceasefire Votes Why the Pacific islands keep voting with Israel at the UN
12.12.2023 22:45 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
Water evaporating from a park bench in sunlight.

Water evaporating from a park bench in sunlight.

my best guess is a vampire fell asleep on it last night

07.12.2023 15:03 — 👍 1600    🔁 349    💬 16    📌 7

Piss off Spotify wrapped.
(on behalf of every parent of kids under 10)

07.12.2023 22:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

bsky.app/profile/katz...

07.12.2023 02:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Usain.
You're on the money in all other respects.

07.12.2023 02:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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Wordle 895 2/6

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All of a sudden it's going to be a good day!
#wordle #wordlenz

30.11.2023 18:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I only had the balls to pitch one interview subject to her, a prof. from Oxford on anti-aging supplements. Not only the client to worry about as he was a friend and colleague of my uncle.
Went very well, 35mins+, she had fun, perhaps my proudest result. But man I was shitting myself beforehand.

22.11.2023 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Awesome thank you!!

03.11.2023 03:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here too please

03.11.2023 00:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That hole had better be deep too

02.11.2023 23:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Imagining the massive hole the mum dug to bury her gi-fucking-normous eggs

02.11.2023 22:52 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A halved onion appears to have a smiling face with closed eyes at its center.

A halved onion appears to have a smiling face with closed eyes at its center.

i too cry when cutting up an onion but it’s with the happiness of knowing i’m releasing the joyful soul trapped within

02.11.2023 13:42 — 👍 1628    🔁 296    💬 23    📌 9

Google bots identified him as a thumb

02.11.2023 22:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

GIGALITRES is there in all caps shouting at you, just feeding the panic.

02.11.2023 22:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Tāmaki Makaurau Watercare dam storage levels 3rd November, 2023

Tāmaki Makaurau Watercare dam storage levels 3rd November, 2023

Glad for this additional rain. I was starting to get concerned the dam levels might drop below 98%.

02.11.2023 21:07 — 👍 21    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

A reminder that New Zealand’s business leaders are, in fact, deeply and fundamentally incompetent at reading economic indicators and run their businesses based on their political prejudices

#nzpol

02.11.2023 00:54 — 👍 61    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 1

Good reminder to revert to meatless lunches...been a bit slack after returning from holiday
> UN's Farming and Agriculture Org (FAO) downplayed and fudged #methane emissions from livestock after lobbying
heated.world/p/how-big-be...

24.10.2023 20:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's very nice. Every smog has a gold lining.

19.10.2023 07:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Off to Disneyland

30.09.2023 06:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A mini milestone #wordle
#wordlenz

11.09.2023 19:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hasty foggy snaps from this morning's run around my local volcanic cone, Maungarei. How many cities can you do that in?
#Aucklandrocks

07.09.2023 06:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are #NewZealand #transport nerds here in @bsky.app?

#Ttech23 conference in Wellington is now less than a month away
#futuretransport
#Workrelated post
www.itsnz.org/events/t-tech-2023

04.09.2023 01:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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EVs are the only cars you can get a deal on right now It's hard to find a deal on a car right now, unless you're shopping for an electric vehicle.

there's a bubble in expensive electric cars, pass it on

28.08.2023 19:35 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2

Very cool. A special morning and worth the climb

30.08.2023 06:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Auckland Sunrise from a mountaintop with fog shrouding the city and harbour below

Auckland Sunrise from a mountaintop with fog shrouding the city and harbour below

New here yesterday thanks @mgbridges.bsky.social

Better stop being the weirdo following people without a single post. Here's a pretty sunrise with fog I took on my local Maunga last week #Maungarei #Auckland

30.08.2023 04:18 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

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