@ethantucker.bsky.social
Film & music tragic, lover of travel and test cricket, photography and all things history. Wellington, NZ.
Happy 78th anniversary to the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947, under which NZ formally ratified the Statute that granted Dominions sovereign status. Parliament waited 16 years to ratify because full legislative autonomy from Britain was a v low priority.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute...
45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didnβt get it β mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later Iβm proud to work for the BBC.
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Latest in an irregular series of updates in the long-running saga of Emails I've Received Meant for Other Ethan Tuckers: a notification from Florida congressman Darren Soto inviting me to review my current Medicare coverage & switch plans for the coming year. Thanks Congressman!
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Thursday music corner: Bobby Darin - Long Line Rider (1968)
'There's a funny taste in the air
Big bulldozers everywhere
Diggin' clay
Turnin' clay
And the ground coughs up some roots
Wearin' denim shirts and boots
Haul 'em away'
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-...
He is a very powerful wizard....
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The Wellington entertainment scene is so cutting edge
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Look forward to reading about this in more detail & hopefully not as invasive as the ill-fated Basin Flyover proposal. But more broadly, anyone know why NZ media is so poor at including maps in its articles? A licensing / cost barrier? #Wellington
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Happy 100th anniversary to the NZ & South Seas International Exhibition, which opened in Dunedin 100 years ago today, and tallied 3.2m+ visitors by the time it closed - more than double NZ's population at the time
nzhistory.govt.nz/second-nz-an...
Thursday music corner: Chuck Berry - No Money Down (1956)
#KingOfRockAndRoll
#Cadillac
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Every so often there's a glimmer of hope for UK electoral reform leading to Proportional Representation, and if the last UK election doesn't illustrate the need then the looming presence of Reform / Farage should
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Claim: My uncle says Mamdani will abolish the entire NYPD. True: Your uncle does say that.
theonion.com/fact-checkin...
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Alternative wording: Energy cartel valuations depend on ability to extract excessive profit from NZ consumers
06.11.2025 20:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do the post authors seem like they come from Southland... or perhaps Smolensk?
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Wellington City Gallery's reopening exhibition will be of British artist Cornelia Parker - opening 10 October 2026, so still ages away
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Thursday music corner: Lonnie Donegan - Frankie & Johnny (live, 1961)
#Skiffle
#MurderBallads
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King Vidor's First World War epic The Big Parade premiered 100 years ago today. It would go on to huge box office success, reportedly ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the silent era after The Birth of a Nation
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Highly recommended 2023 doco by Annie Goldson on 1970s-80s avant-garde NZ theatre / cabaret troupe Red Mole, who flew the coop in 1978 to New York to continue the experimentation in Gotham's most hard-bitten, end-of-days state of decay. (Screening on Neon).
04.11.2025 07:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This is good news - the existing temporary barriers are ugly & detract from the harbourside experience. WCC should plan for a cost-effective & well-designed permanent barrier that doesn't make the prized waterfront look like a tip.
#Wellington
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I use the satisfaction of seeing my Rimworld pawns tidying up their base to try to motivate me to be better at tidying my own actual house (works occasionally)
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L2 tram from Randwick arriving at Circular Quay this afternoon #Sydney
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Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The BΓΆcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
Thursday music corner: Dodgy - In A Room (1996)
'She lies sleeping in a half-filled bed
Her eyes no longer study her emptiness
In a room there's only so much space
Two souls playing in loneliness'
#Britpop
#FreePeaceSweet
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1929: ASPHALT (Germany)
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"These Beautiful Beaded French Georgette RACE GOWNS Will Brighten the Lawn at Trentham"
(Also: "Dainty New Marabouts for Spring"!)
Evening Post, 19 October 1925
#Wellington
#PapersPast
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and itβs rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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Dominion, 12 October 1925. Make sure your jam is made hygienically. #PapersPast
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Wellington Council early results summary from Joel MacManus on the Spinoff
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...
09.10.2025 23:25 β π 12214 π 2551 π¬ 77 π 100
Valid to report the reckons of Thorndon Quay retailers but highly anecdotal & a conspicuous absence of any actual evidence or opposing views. Why do anti-cyclist voices get so many free passes in the media? #Wellington
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