A very small (real) flower arrangement in a thimble including forget me nots , lily of the valley, buttercup, geum, chive flower bud, snowberry, green alkanetβ¦
The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real.
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung outπΏ
18.04.2025 10:03 β π 16342 π 2018 π¬ 579 π 142
I waited 12 hours at ED. GP appointments need to be booked four weeks in advance. No money for public health system or lifting families out of poverty but an extra $9 billion for increasing the lethality of our armed forces. Time for a reissue of the Psychopathology of Politics by John A Lee?
13.04.2025 23:12 β π 32 π 15 π¬ 1 π 1
Tell that to the dwindling Nelson Hospital staff as the building literally crumbles around them. π
14.04.2025 00:27 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Show me gaslighting 101 #nzpol
13.04.2025 21:27 β π 80 π 15 π¬ 10 π 8
Stuff headline: "David Seymour misses school lunch 'please explain' meeting. Picture of Erica Stanford being interviewed by press.
What happens now? Does his benefit get cut off?
04.03.2025 00:09 β π 358 π 90 π¬ 11 π 12
Sometimes late at night when I'm delerious from being a new mum and I've taken my meds, I accidentally save pictures off tumblr. I have no memory of doing it til I open my gallery days later and then-
04.03.2025 05:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Itβs been really interesting to see what stories are kept on the front page for weeks on end and which ones barely cause a ripple.
This should absolutely be a point of concern and reflection as we approach our next election - it is going to be one of the most vital elections in our lifetime.
01.03.2025 19:06 β π 33 π 9 π¬ 3 π 1
Excusing Yourself xkcd.com/3057
28.02.2025 17:00 β π 7771 π 739 π¬ 92 π 36
Our "system" is currently kind of modular, I won't pretend to understand all the tech, but more often than not Nik's testing wireless stuff so it's not a major. I agree with general sentiment of never moving house.
11.06.2024 07:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How do I sum up 3 years? I would say I've been incredibly privileged to marry a wonderful man, buy a cottage with chickens in the back yard, and write about health, science and climate issues. Also, a cat:
11.06.2024 06:18 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I am in the ridiculously privileged position of being married to an audiophile who manages audio products and as such is required to test drive many, many samples. The speaker situation is glorious and terrible.
11.06.2024 06:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I briefly spent time on Threads, deeply immersed in the man v bear discourse. The interactions I had do appear to lack sanity, but unfortunately, and terrifyingly, I believe most of these men to be mentally competent. That's how they hide so easily.
11.06.2024 06:13 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I admit that incel communities and 'if you choose the bear I'll kill you' commenters appear to have a loose grip on sanity, but I'm not sure it's fair to people with actual disorders to conflate the two. I also think it's too easy of an excuse.
11.06.2024 06:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Is it the vinyl version though? Our house isn't completely Atmos'ed yet but 7 speakers + the turntable sounds damn good.
11.06.2024 06:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Yuss ecology! So my jam. And congrats on new job.
10.06.2024 09:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Hi Patrick!! Hope you've been doing well. It's nice to see familiar faces/avatars.
10.06.2024 01:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Unencumbered with my old nonsense.
Just blunders & absurdities.
09.06.2024 10:04 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
(About to devastate my enemies) So you know how you have to be ideologically consistent?
08.06.2024 22:52 β π 52 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
One of the things I really like about bluesky is that thereβs a collection of horrible people who have prominent media positions who I felt like it was important to pay attention to. It turns out they were not.
08.06.2024 22:39 β π 1210 π 132 π¬ 17 π 10
Hi, you too!!
09.06.2024 09:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I've never watched any Dr Who (don't kill me) but Ncuti Gatwa is giving me life
09.06.2024 09:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
So this is where y'all went.
I just stayed in bed.
09.06.2024 09:41 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0
I make films and comics in Wellington,
New Zealand. BLACK SHEEPS coming 2026.
City dwellers, All opinions are absolutely mine and forced upon a now tall smol human, and a woof.
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Iβm a reasonable man get off my case.
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I absolutely do not have my shit together.
By the way, I forgive you
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My whole personality is kids, cats, disability, daffodils, books, random facts and class consciousness
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Frazzled but trying, Εtautahi, Aotearoa. Cats, words, birds, absurds. Sci-fi, fantasy, romance, crime. Eff those effing Nazis, homophobes, transphobes, libertarians, contrarians, sea lions (except the real ones obviously), two sidesers etc.
Ko NgΔti Whakaue te iwi. Mainly here to talk D&D and land back. Graphic designer, unionist, dad. Luigi supporter.
Feeling a deep sense of overwhelm and existential dread. There's still beauty in little things and small moments of kindness and openness.
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Foodie, former chef, fully woke leftie. Food scientist, word nerd and crazy cat lady. Collector of useless knowledge. From Εtautahi, NZ. She/Her.
Pakeha man from Aotearoa New Zealand. Community, tech, cities, health systems, politics, disability, design, culture, wit, whimsy..
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