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dashing darbs
@dashingdarbs.bsky.social
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He/him. queer small town werewolf. AoNZ. old punk plant nerd- weeds, conservation, foraging. Beer, brunch, coffee, cargo bikes, loud music.
Angry, tired, horny. Mostly posts shower thoughts of no importance.
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Post a picture of your first bike that you remember.

I had a red woman's Loline. It was red, and was neither the Raleigh 20 or the Chopper of my dreams. I fell off it and broke my arm twice over about 3 years.
A brown and white Healing Loline bike. For the purpose of my post please imagine it is red and white
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Are any Blueskyers planning on heading to Vinegar Hill to camp at New Years?
Thinking I might check it out.
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Excellent moon tonight
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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I woke up with this earworm in my head. So now you get to have it in yours too.

youtu.be/FCARADb9asE
The Firm - Star Trekkin'
YouTube video by roopert
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December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This is so disappointing. This organisation undertakes some excellent work in the community, marine and freshwater education.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Theft forces cancellation of community snorkel events
Mountains to Sea loses truck, trailer and gear in Moa Point burglary.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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No one's said it yet, but there's a bunch of stuff that would have been nipped in the bud if Fair Go was still around.
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Life's good. Happy summer!
A glass of cider on a wooden table. A blurred street side view of a village. The sky is blue, the sun is hot.
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Is it bad to already be at the "high chance of getting hot chips at the pub" stage of the week,?
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Just completed 2 days of pretty intensive training to be a workplace Health and Safety Rep. My brain is fried but I am now qualified to go into bat for workers in my workplace in a H&S context.
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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I don't know, but I giggled
youtube.com/shorts/jEo9S...
Let’s make lists great again! #chadandjt #citycouncil #america #keanureeves #staystoked
YouTube video by Chad and JT Go Deep
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December 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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NZPFU Letter to Van Velden
Pass it on
#nzpol
To my Minister, the honorable Brooke Van Velden. I sat watching our Deputy National Commander on TV friday morning, yet again spinning things to make FENZ sound squeaky clean. She would make a great Politician. I guess I expect a bit of honesty from people who claim to have been a career firefighter, a profession New Zealanders trust. It seems my expectations were too high. Hopefully as a firefighter myself, I can try to clear up a few things FENZ keeps saying publicly — because a lot of it simply isn’t true. First — FENZ claims our bargaining proposal is three times their offer. That is factually wrong. A lie if you like. Our proposal was no where near that. I was in the room, I know that and they know that. Next — trucks. FENZ keeps talking about ‘delivering new trucks’. They brag about ‘317 new firetrucks delivered since 2017'. What they don’t say is the vast majority were smaller, cheaper volunteer units used in provincial/rural NZ For our career crews, that need a larger, stronger firetruck to service New Zealand's cities, not one new frontline firetruck since 2018. Not one. This year from September, we were told 23 new trucks were finally scheduled to arrive. Not a single one has turned up. Not One. And the "new" old trucks, bought 5 years ago, now out of warranty, were sent back to Europe to have new pumps and new lockers added (FENZ hurry to point out the pumps and lockers have warranty... duh)— those trucks are now sitting around rusting because the gear doesn’t even fit. That’s the level of planning we’re dealing with. These new old trucks are the same ones that firefighters refused to ride back in 2017 because of chassis cracks, doors that fell off, and intercoolers that have failed, in every single truck, confirmed by FENZ in an OIA FENZ's solution. Buy more of the same FENZ also keeps throwing around firefighters’ pay proposal as if asking to be kept up with inflation is evil. The irony of someone on close to $350,000 who sits behind a desk, insinuating 85,000 is alot for a senior firefighter (who actually goes into fires) is not lost on me. Of course I am the unreasonable one for expecting my employer would try their best to keep me moving alongside inflation. Let’s clear this one up: overtime is paid for hours worked above the 42-hour week. Is FENZ suggesting we don't pay firefighters for working extra hours? It is true a firefighter might reach $90,000 — after years of training, exams, leadership responsibilities, and a job where you literally run into burning buildings and try to bring dead people back to life. However, a recruit firefighter earns just $2.35 above minimum wage. Once they graduate, they move to $1.25 below the living wage That’s what you get for entering one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. And yes — in 2005, $90,000 was a solid wage. Today, most people are paying $40-50,000 a year in rent alone — after tax. FENZ knows this. They just hope you don’t think about it. Meanwhile, You (Hon Minister) and FENZ agreed to cut the levy that funds the entire organisation by more than 30% — and to strip out another $240 million in savings on top of that. And based on the offer they’ve put on the table, it sure doesn’t look like the savings are coming from the executives earning half a million a year. It’s frontline firefighters who are going to foot the lions share of that bill— those at the bottom who can’t afford a kilo of mince and who are struggling to pay rent. I am sure the reason for the savings and the cuts seem noble, what isn't noble is giving us a 7% effective paycut to achieve it. So when they talk about ‘investment’ and ‘new trucks’ and ‘supporting firefighters’ — remember this: The numbers don’t lie. The facts don’t lie. We’re not striking for fun. We’re striking because FENZ has been failing firefighters — and the public — for years. Please help. Regards David Phillips Station Officer
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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List five cars you've owned

-1956 Commer Superpoise (light blue/white)
-1990 Subaru Leone (poo brown)
-1997 Nissan Sunny (silver)
-2000 Subaru Outback (dark blue/gold
-2010 Subaru Outback (black)
jmbrnt.online james @jmbrnt.online · 5d
1994 BMW 540i (e34)
2002 Nissan bluebird
2015 seat leon (for 4 weeks)
2010 VW golf
2010 audi a3 3.2

I'm all over the place (at the mechanics mostly)
stanrivett.bsky.social Stan Rivett @stanrivett.bsky.social · 5d
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.

Only 5? :(

Austin Mini x2
Toyota Starlet KP60 x2
Fiat 124 Coupe x2
Lancia Beta Volumex Coupe
Toyota MR2 AW11
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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@profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Five animals I've seen within 5km of where I live right now:

-Little blue penguin Kororā
-Kererū
-Tūī
-Shining cuckoo Pīpīwharauroa
-Black backed gull Karoro
vjpsyverson.bsky.social Val Syverson 🕷️ @vjpsyverson.bsky.social · 5d
I like this game! Within 5 km of where I live right now:

Black-tailed jackrabbit
Grape sphinx moth
River otter
California alligator lizard
Mexican free-tailed bat

And special birds-only list because birds are easy:
Wild turkey
Mexican bluebird
Great horned owl
Snow goose
Cedar waxwing
joelwwood.bsky.social Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 6d
Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house

Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED

GET IN IT

patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Happy Friday people.
This is apparently low gluten beer. Let's see what happens!
A black beer can with gold and green writing: "handcrafted STOKE PILSNER citrus hop kick..."
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Ok, on the flip of gigs you've seen?

Who are up to five bands you have not yet seen, but want to see before you die?

Without thinking too hard, mine are:
-Faith No More
-The Cure
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

A random selection

-Electric Six
-Killing Joke
-PJ Harvey
-Einstürzende Neubauten
-Pop Will Eat Itself
rogers.co.nz bmrmb @rogers.co.nz · 7d
Introduce yourself with five concert you’ve seen.

David Bowie
Mudhoney
Public Enemy
Nirvana
White Stripes
tomflood.bsky.social Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 8d
Introduce yourself with five concert you’ve seen

Catherine Wheel
Ronnie Spector
Libertines
Ministry
Chemical brothers
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Dumb thing for the day- was peer pressured into having a bite of lovely shortbread by a very charming old lady. It was a tiny bite, but I could immediately feel it in my throat, and had a headache in five minutes. Learnings!
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I know I should be careful what I wish for, but a crisp southerly would be nice right now.
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I made a gin, rooibus and lemon juice cocktail, with a mint leaf. I am now rather relaxed on the couch...
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Post your warning label
A blue and white sign which says "no hitting balls against fence"
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Looks like I'm probably screwed
Two men. But wait, they are doppelgangers. Both dark, but one is clean cut and suited, the other has long hair and a leather jacket. Agent Cooper and alternative Cooper, Twin Peaks Series Three.
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Australian authorities have confirmed the highly contagious H5 bird flu has reached Heard Island, about 4000km south-west of Perth and 1700km north of #Antarctica. High mortality rates in elephant seals have been observed in October, but no impacts on penguins and seabirds via @9news.bsky.social
Deadly bird flu strain reaches Australian territory for the first time
The deadly and highly contagious H5 bird flu has been confirmed in elephant seals on the Australian territ...
www.9news.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM