⬅️ Mathew Hartley

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Bottle cap sided indentation in our range hood filter

Pro tip: don’t open a kombucha bottle immediately after riding home with it in a backpack

I’m of the age where a mitre 10 mega is a good third space for the family

Like charter schools?

If you’ve seen Bluey’s CHARADES that’s how the morning’s been (muffin might be being played by miss 4)

“Merry Christmas, Stevie san” 🎁🙇👩‍✈️

Side profile of a Japanese executive sedan, a Toyota Crown

My children are tiny Japanese executives now

You mean I have to talk to people??!!

I'm enjoying my IC life, and given the current NZ climate am thankful for a remote role, fwiw

Christmas tree where the bottom 2/3 is heavily decorated, but the top is sparse

Can you tell that our Christmas tree is taller than our Christmas tree decorator? 😅

a man with a mustache wearing sunglasses adjusts his glasses Alt: a man with a mustache wearing sunglasses adjusts his glasses (from the Beastie Boys Sabotage video)

This is me coping

I think there’s a non-zero chance it gets used against doctors if/when it’s passed, given how deep those cuts are becoming

I know this is a joke (I’m smart like that!) - but for those who think you can sack MPs, yeah nah. Problematic. They aren’t employees and have no employment rights or protections.

Highlighted line in RNZ article on MPs pay, which states by the end of this parliamentary term, and ordinary mp’s salary will be $181,200

Strongly disagree with this policy, but also 🤔

Yeah I had a subscription for a while, has anything replaced it?

Interesting paper, but worth mentioning that it's from 2018

Realised our car has been out of action for more than “one nine” of availability this year… teenage euro cars 🫠

WE ARE SO BACK

A black, white and red tino rangatiratanga flag.

What’s black and white and red all over?

Te Whanganui-a-Tara today.

#ToitūTeTiriti ✊🏽

Thanks, feeling largely back to normal, had to run a course of blood thinners for 3+ months!

Yes, looks related to server issues - bsky.app/profile/dana...

Last few days of parental leave, still very sleep deprived 😴

Thanks, yeah it can get quite nasty, it got quite bad quite quickly too, and was stubborn to improve, but I have a lot of antibiotics to squash it from here 😌

Also massive thanks and admiration to my wife who kept the routine while also managing to visit me daily.

I’m looking forward to easing back into things, and just generally reflecting on the near miss I had from someone who’s usually quite healthy!

I was discharged today, which I’m relieved about but also have more recovery to come.

I had great doctors, nurses, and hospital staff while I was there, and huge appreciation for the work they do.

Three nights after we got back, the left side of my neck had swollen up and was really painful.

I went to the ED on the 21st, and ended up spending 12 nights in hospital. Two general anaesthetic surgeries in that time, the bacterial sore throat had turned into Lemierre's syndrome.

Anyway, it died down, and I spent a week in Melbourne seeing family and exploring. First time overseas for our 3.5yo and our first family trip overseas since before lockdown. We had a blast, ate great food, and did a lot of steps!

June 2024 was one of the biggest months of my life, and not all for good reason …

I started the month with a sore throat, nothing painkillers couldn’t fix - and while it wasn’t covid I didn’t know at the time it was a bacterial infection

At my “breaking out garage band and doing covers of Bo Burnham songs” stage of the spicy cough 😷 🦠

I’m at the “huffing stinky diapers to try and kickstart my sense of smell again” stage of the spicy cough 🦠