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Inventor of the Iain Lees-Galloway Love Actually drinking game. Here to listen. She/Her. 🇳🇿🇯🇵🏳️‍🌈 Mastodon for technical stuff: @[email protected] Threads (inactive): @bigshika Twitter (inactive): @bigshika

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Sana @bigshika.com · Dec 23

Okay it’s time for my annual Iain-Lees Galloway Love Actually Drinking Game. It has one rule: drink when there’s an inappropriate workplace interaction. The hashtag for muting purposes is #DrunkActually

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 1d

Had more trouble with his first phase than his second phase, but worth it since the weapon soul he drops is S-tier.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Sana @bigshika.com · 1d

anyway i like my name and i think it suits me but i would not wish it upon anyone else, let alone a significant number of baby girls born in Japan in 2024

Sana @bigshika.com · 1d

unfortunately for me, the second most common character for Na is 奈, which is the "Na" character for the city Nara. which is famous for deer, which is in my surname, which would put my name in literal cartoon character territory naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Shikama...

Shikamaru Nara

Shikamaru Nara (奈良シカマル, Nara Shikamaru) is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Nara clan. Though lazy by nature, Shikamaru has a rare intellect that consistently allows him to prevail in combat. The responsib...

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Sana @bigshika.com · 1d

Unfortunately 2024 Japanese parents are making the same mistake my parents did, which is to use the 菜 character for "Na". This has a lovely flower meaning in Japanese, however it translates to vegetable in Chinese, which is awkward when you don't live in Japan

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Sana @bigshika.com · 1d

Sure, the new Japanese Prime Minister's first name is Sanae, but it's like the difference between Olivia and Olive. I've literally met two other Japanese people called Sana in my life and one of them was named after me

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Sana @bigshika.com · 1d

i discovered the other day to my horror that my name was the third most popular girl's name in Japan in 2024 (by name reading rather than the specific characters) www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/enjoy/rankin...

www.meijiyasuda.co.jp

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“School WiFi is down”.

Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Didn't test the restore”

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Sana @bigshika.com · 4d

The accessorising of a gold tie with the mayoral chains is certainly a decision

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 4d

I'm attending a NATO conference today and someone has done the funniest thing possible with the name of their wi-fi network

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かけだしうどん @kakedashiudon.bsky.social · 6d

ねむねむ……

#札幌市立円山動物園 #レッサーパンダ

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Troy Hunt @troyhunt.com · 7d

Excited to see the National Cyber Security Centre in NZ launch this project! The service is driven by data from @haveibeenpwned.com, and it does an amazing job of visualising your exposure in breaches. Even if you already know how pwned you are, give howexposedami.co.nz a go!

How Exposed Am I? Own Your Online

Over 4.3 million New Zealand account details are exposed to scammers. Use this tool to see if yours are too.

howexposedami.co.nz

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Sana @bigshika.com · 7d

I haven’t seen a single Indiana Jones or Back To The Future movie

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 8d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Sana @bigshika.com · 8d

(ok yes bi in a visibly queer relationship, but that just ruins the flow of the joke, plus I doubt they care about the nuances here)

Sana @bigshika.com · 8d

Likewise here, the great thing about Destiny Church being the fascist vanguard is that I only have to worry about being hatecrimed for being gay

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8d

one fascinating thing about contemporary America is that the version of authoritarianism it has is pretty diverse

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 8d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Sana @bigshika.com · 8d

This is a record for me

Wordle 1,569 2/6

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 9d

There with bells on: why Dunedin welcomes the albatrosses back every spring thespinoff.co.nz/society/04-1...

There with bells on: why Dunedin welcomes the albatrosses back every spring

The albatrosses are back, and Dunedin is welcoming them home.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Sana @bigshika.com · 9d

They put up Halloween decorations in the foyer of our apartment building this year for the first time but I’m gonna be honest: it seems unnecessary

Sana @bigshika.com · Dec 2

Look I’m just saying, if they didn’t want me continually posting about living in the hotel from The Shining then they shouldn’t have made it look like the hotel from The Shining

A corridor with white walls, a dark wooden door at the end. The carpet uses the same pattern as the iconic carpet from The Shining.

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Sana @bigshika.com · 9d

Unfortunately Mastodon was built by and made for people who enjoy managing servers in their spare time

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Sana @bigshika.com · 10d

Yeah I definitely couldn't imagine going back to peanut butter that has sugar in it. The only problem is when you find a baking recipe online that calls for peanut butter and you have to actively go looking for the shitty kind

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight me and my whānau got to see the official mayoral portrait done by Pōneke artist, Clark Roworth. This felt like a lovely end to this chapter with my mana intact and we will leave behind a progressive long term plan for the next council. I’m proud of of us 💚

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Sana @bigshika.com · 10d

Really pleased at how everyone in this country collectively decided not to compromise on peanut butter, to the point where Sanitarium no longer makes peanut butter