Jojo (they/them)

#Christchurch #NZ

Some sweet treats baked at New World Halswell’s in-house bakery are being recalled this Tuesday afternoon (Feb 10) as they may contain metals, and should not be consumed.

=> Six packs of red velvet cupcakes, carrot muffins, and various carrot cakes with cream cheese icing.

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Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

xkcd.com/3204/

#writingtips
Repetition is usually frowned upon. But the verb “say” has become invisible to readers, so using it often in dialogue tags isn’t a problem. In fact, fancy verbs can have the opposite effect: they draw attention to themselves instead of disappearing to let the dialogue shine.
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Aotearoa Renter's Survey 2026 This is about gathering stories and information about what it's like being a renter in Aotearoa in 2026 - to support you, your flatmates and your neighbours to advocate, organise and campaign for dece...

Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making!

Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.

It's a gorgeous day in Ōtautahi, and I'm spending it in the office trying to write about punctuation... At least I can open the window enough for a slight breeze and the sound of cicadas (and hopefully not enough to let out a cat)!

I just said "Yeah, Chef Boyardee bonjovicized his name" and apparently I was the only person in the house who knew this fact about famous rock musician John Bongiovi

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.

Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case

A square digital illustration of a yellow octopus with a pattern of darker yellow rings, and rainbow hued eyes along all its tentacles. It's framed by a blue circle with a red ring border and an outer square blue border with a pattern of eyes around it.

Here's the print version of the Octopus! 😁✨️
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

#artShop #illustration #art

I have never simply seen enough evidence to believe in Richard Dawkins.

Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.

Groundhog Day Meaning

xkcd.com/3202/

Hey, it’s Sad Jack 👋🫏. Remember how we open for free submissions on the first of every month? Well… there are only a few free subs remaining! Submit now at okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/.

Naturally, as soon as I decided to post a picture she buggered off. 😹

Line drawing: a very rotund mourning dove perching on a wire.

columbo but mole

Molumbo

My lovely wife has written a thing!! It's a real fun read with delightful characters and a good dollop of queer catharsis!

Wearing the Lion Check out Wearing the Lion - <b>"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. <i>Wearing the Lion</i> establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantas...

When I think WEARING THE LION, I think HISTORICAL ACCURACY!

It includes:
-The color of Hera’s chiton on the day she threw a bull across the sky
-The exact diameter of the pool the Oracle used to see through time and space
-The dietary habits of the invincible lion that absolutely enjoyed tummy rubs

What's in a word? (Part 1) A fun fact

Time for more #WordHistoryWednesday! This week's word is "discuss", which is derived from Latin roots meaning to shake apart. Sounds more like a debate to me!

Read more: https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/whats-in-a-word-part-1/

Doomsday Comedy – Christchurch The End is near – come and laugh with us! Stand-up comedy featuring comedians who grew up in religious fundamentalist communities.

Only 75 of 150 tickets are still available. I reckon we might sell out. Even if we don't, it'll be a big crowd!

7pm this Waitangi Day (Friday) at A Rolling Stone. Get your tickets while you still can!

#Ōtautahi #Christchurch #cults #comedy

a medieval drawing of a creature like a squirrel with a mohawk drinking wine from a glass amidst a floral manuscript border.

going through the archives for some real old school deep cuts. dredged up this guy. love his cut-glass tumbler

A close up detail of the riveting on a merino pennant

A green and yellow merino pennant that says Welcome to Fantail Forest, with illustrations of fantails

A digital preview of a merino pennant hanging in a living room

A close up detail of the pennant, showing the illustrations and text.

did u guys know that i made adorable banners and they're MERINO WOOL and ever so pretty? all cut, sewn, and printed in studio <3

Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.

1. The Performance of the Body in Theatre and Film
2. Hollywood and Genre
3. Bloody Satisfaction: Revenge from the Greeks to Kill Bill
4. The English Language
5. Drama: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

A graphic from The StoryGraph showing @jojoinabox's January 2026 Reads with ratings: "Slow Horses" by Mick Herron (4.0 stars), "Queer Georgians" by Anthony Delaney (5.0 stars), "Once Was Willem" by M. R. Carey (5.0 stars), "Arsène Lupin Gentleman Thief" by Maurice Leblanc (5.0 stars), and "Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes" by Maurice Leblanc (4.5 stars).

How is it already February, and what made January so long???

Here's what I've been reading lately, anyway. I want to very especially recommend Queer Georgians as some particularly good nonfiction and Once Was Willem as some fascinating medieval folklore/fantasy/something (it's really cool).

Today's #GrammarTalk is tautology, a technique you're almost certainly familiar with already...

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingAdvice

I focused successfully! Quote from today's work: [H]ave you noticed that in English we list adjectives in a particular order? Consider “big black cat” compared to “black big cat”. One of those clearly describes a black panther... and the other is more likely to be an overfed housecat.

I'm continuing with my back-to-basics run today by focusing on adjectives for Red Pens 101; I have a busy afternoon planned so it'll be a short writing session. Hopefully I keep focused!

Fluffy ball catnip cat toys Purchase Kat's Nip Fluffy Ball cat toys. Hand made from natural products grown right here in New Zealand. 100% biodegradable.

If you'd like to help out with Roxy, and you have a cat, maybe you could buy your cat some toys?

Pretty much everything I make for the foreseeable future is probably going to our vet.

One of my favourite etymologies!

Digital illustration made in Procreate depicting a warmly lit home office in the early 2000s. On the office desk is a teal and white early iMac G3. A black cat is half-crouched with the computer mouse in its mouth, staring at the viewer as though caught mid-hunt. The scene is littered y2k objects. The wall has a poster of Rihanna and of Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again" album cover. Items on the office desk include a blank CD stack, a pink lava lamp, a VHS on top of a Blockbuster case, and an old landline phone.

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