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A fuchsia cutting in a shotglass of water. Small wavy roots are visible.

A fuchsia cutting in a shotglass of water. Small wavy roots are visible.

Had an accident with one of our outside fuchsia so I took some emergency cuttings. Sitting in water for two weeks and no movement and then today one of them went, "oh yeah lets do a whole shitload of roots all in one day."

Pretty chuffed.

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A fuchsia cutting in a shotglass of water. Small wavy roots are visible.

A fuchsia cutting in a shotglass of water. Small wavy roots are visible.

Had an accident with one of our outside fuchsia so I took some emergency cuttings. Sitting in water for two weeks and no movement and then today one of them went, "oh yeah lets do a whole shitload of roots all in one day."

Pretty chuffed.

Good for the 'eart I reckon.

Nice, I get similar seasonal urges.

Ignoring stuff is always an option, up until it kills you.

A panel from Watchmen no. 4 drawn by Dave Gibbons. Script by Alan Moore.

Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!

Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.

Wow - hating on Elsevier makes mainstream news in New Zealand!

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Things I learned while working as a gardener, plant identification is really hard for most people and the internet is rarely helpful unless you've got some base knowledge to work from.

God damn it stop posting the toe slipper into my timeline!

And even then the separated off division (Chorus) ended up winning 70% of the contracts to lay fibre. So, kind of different situation from the supermarkets because government isn't about to pump billions of dollars into the sector.

We need bravery sure, but not in the 07/08 kind of way.

Well yes, but that was foregrounded by the governments (Lab & Nat) agreeing to drop a shitload of money into digital infrastructure (fibre rollout). Policy makers decided to exclude vertically integrated companies (retail+wholesale) from tenders and Telecom decided to separate in response.

The back of a newspaper on a desk. The newspaper ad reads, "It's not legally classified as sweatshop labor if they're musicians." There is a Spotify logo at the bottom.

I'm a proud subscriber to @theonion.com newspaper and I love it all, but I think the thing that feels the most exciting about it is the ads? I feel like you wouldn't be allowed to do this in New Zealand?

Would you believe this is the exact same blossom as in my post below
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This is lifted from The Player of Games by Iain M Banks, Pg 225.

And AGAIN he misses the point of the passage...

Work extended out beyond 6pm, fucking great...

No power so just hanging in the garden with my favourite blackbird.

No power so just hanging in the garden with my favourite blackbird.

This is lifted from The Player of Games by Iain M Banks, Pg 225.

And AGAIN he misses the point of the passage...

Guess who forgot there was a scheduled power outage for today... FFS.

In our view, the reason these features came to the fore in this investigation can be found in certain aspects of Police culture – a culture which is deeply rooted in the history, traditions and practices of law enforcement agencies in all jurisdictions comparable to New Zealand. This culture emphasises the importance of hierarchy. It fosters a positive group ethos; promotes a strong sense of collegiality and loyalty to colleagues; rewards those who support the organisation and protect it from external criticism; and thus helps to maintain organisational solidarity.

Mark Mitchell on RNZ Morning Report saying "just a few bad apples, rest of the Police are all goods". But the IPCA doesn't really seem to agree with this assessment?

Painting by Cath Sheard. Gorgeous deep lapis blue sky

Omg @cathsheard.bsky.social it’s so gorgeous, can’t wait to get it framed and on the wall!

We both love it

Four glass coasters painted in vein like patterns. The top two are purple and deep red. The bottom ones are gold and orange.

I had some glass drink coasters sitting around so decided to do some painting with them today. Quite happy with the outcome.

Four glass coasters painted in vein like patterns. The top two are purple and deep red. The bottom ones are gold and orange.

I had some glass drink coasters sitting around so decided to do some painting with them today. Quite happy with the outcome.

Wow got home from work to find a second bud has popped 🥰🌱

I kind of love this as an ex-gardening contractor because the fastest way to work out if a new hire was good value was to dig a hole with them.

And today, P still stands for Peony 🌱

Kill it with fire. Safely.

A knarled and blackened piece of lavender wood, grown into a spiral.

Same thing but for bits of wood.

Found some time over the last weeks to do some sanding and have now done the first couple of coats of oil. It's come up quite well for cheap pine.

May varnish it for protection at some later date.