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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Genius!

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 10h

As well.

Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 10h

Why do poor people always have to make the 'tough choices' and never the wealthy? Why is this acceptable?

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 10h

My kids (24 and 19) are actively put out by the remake of this, weirdly their favourite film. The reasons: Leto, burrito and awkward elevator.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 12h

I have to think of tides going in an out and sometimes I'm just beached for a day or two after a big event and have to learn to accept it. Something a massive as a thesis would take a lot of recovery!

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 13h

What I has surprised me most about it, is people buying it year after year, for their kitchen or office or their friend and then texting me to let me know their favourite month or that they have turned the page over. People seem to get used to a calendar format and enjoy the continuity.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 13h

Click to preorder here. This is a real family affair: I paint everything up to the last minute. Then my architect son is forced to design it, as payback for having been given life. Then my husband proofreads it with to make sure we get Matariki in the right month. You benefit!

PRE-ORDER Botanical Art Calendar 2026 — Jennifer Duval-Smith

PREORDER by 30 October for NZ delivery mid November 2026 Reconnect With Nature 2026 is nearly here! This 12-month botanical calendar showcases prints from my original watercolour paintings. Each m...

jenniferduval-smith.com

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 13h

Pre-order my 4th annual Botanical Art Calendar by 30 October to reserve your copy from this limited run. 12 colourful months! Features paintings fresh from my Wintergardens residency and sketchbook.
It's flat, mailable and VERY big with mums apparently 🤣
Save 10% with code THREEPLUS on 3 or more

Jennifer's Botanical Art calendar cover shows red and pink tulips on a delightfully pink background

February calendar page shows a Monarch butterfly and a pink dahlia. Monarchs are ticky to paint!

Three bearded irises on a calendar page. They're trying not to show that they know how gorgeous they are.

This is what the storm tossed covergirl tulips look like on a bluey green calendar page. We loved them so much we wanted them to have their own month.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions.

"Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty...or agrees with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the US,
is not really pro-life."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

www.npr.org

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 17h

Dogged by controversy.

Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 1d

I think you did too.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 2d

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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 2d

Some people get so caught up in online culture war stuff that they seem to forget they are not American. Here is an Aucklander imagining being jailed for speech crimes by an imaginary regime in a country he does not live in.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Please!

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

10/10 response

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 2d

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 2d

No names mentioned.
What I know is that Parliament security spend more time protecting MPs from death threats that result from Winston Peters' attacks on them than they spend protecting Winston Peters from death threats.💩
Further details required. Then we'll know.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol

Man charged after string of death threats made against MP

A 19-year-old man has been charged.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

You have bullied me into single spacing with your relentless campaign. Hope you're happy now PAUL.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Pitch perfect. Allegedly.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

It's a class action at this point.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! It's my personal favourite class, usually sells out but perhaps people are hanging on to their money a bit. I get it! The smell of the stocks and orchids in the temperate house are amazing too.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I should mention Auckland Wintergardens based! 🇳🇿🌱

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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 2d

Step one: engineer a recession and cancel infrastructure projects. Step two: get mad at people for not having a job

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...

The Spinoff: In other words, we did it, folks. Joblessness is up. Inflation is down. Mince is admittedly four trillion dollars. But overall, success! Surely our government should be pulling a George W Bush and unfurling a mission accomplished banner above the rusted deck of the HMNZS Canterbury.

Instead, it called a press conference to say, in essence, wtf. Luxon and social development minister Louise Upston gathered reporters on Sunday to announce too many 18- and 19-year-olds were claiming the benefit, and they’ll be cutting them off if their parents earn more than the princely sum of $65,529 combined. Asked where young people should get a job in a recession, which, again, we deliberately engineered, Luxon pointed to kūmara harvesting in Dargaville or seasonal work in orchards. Orchardists promptly responded that they didn’t need more staff right now.

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I have two places left on my weird and wonderful carnivorous plants art workshop THIS SUNDAY. No experience necessary and all materials provided, including the most amazing pitcher plants. Message me and save $10 on the additional booking fee. Bring your BFF. Go on, you know you want to!

boal art class n carnivorous pants in Auckland this Sunday

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Mike is indeed minute.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 6d

"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"

pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

What do you think?

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

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