The Snark Maiden
@katydidnz.bsky.social
Fan of lighthouses, McLarenF1, maps, & Moomins. Redhead, proofreader-for-hire, & freelance snarker. Casual snapper.
Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿
Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti!
https://substack.com/@katydidnz
Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿
Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti!
https://substack.com/@katydidnz
Pinned
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
- Kea
- Weka
- Buffalo
- Squirrels
- Raccoons
- Kea
- Weka
- Buffalo
- Squirrels
- Raccoons
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Tuatara
- Takahē
- Squirrels
- California sea lions
- Snowy egrets
- Tuatara
- Takahē
- Squirrels
- California sea lions
- Snowy egrets
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Sun fish
- cassowary
- minke whale
- wombat
- orca
- Sun fish
- cassowary
- minke whale
- wombat
- orca
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
- Kea
- Weka
- Buffalo
- Squirrels
- Raccoons
- Kea
- Weka
- Buffalo
- Squirrels
- Raccoons
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Where Tourists Vs Locals take pictures in Paris
Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either
Surprised?
19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either
Surprised?
19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Where Tourists Vs Locals take pictures in Paris
Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either
Surprised?
19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either
Surprised?
19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
"Definitely needs a lighthouse"
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Definitely needs a lighthouse"
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November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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This is completely bonkers!
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Airman indicted in scheme to overthrow Haitian island, take sex slaves
The two men allegedly conspired to recruit and lead an expeditionary mercenary force — made up of D.C.'s unhoused population — to overthrow the island.
www.militarytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is completely bonkers!
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Not a euphemism
House is so hot, my lindt balls are just liquid
a woman in a blue shirt is sitting at a table with the word naughty written on it .
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is sitting at a table with the word naughty written on it .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Not a euphemism
Tried watching The Ridge on Sky Open. It's a Scottish/NZ production. Horrible main character and weird filming style has put me off watching any more of it. Read some IMDB reviews and they're similar.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Tried watching The Ridge on Sky Open. It's a Scottish/NZ production. Horrible main character and weird filming style has put me off watching any more of it. Read some IMDB reviews and they're similar.
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Post your warning label
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Post your warning label
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November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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The AI bubble isn't so much a bubble as a boil on the arse of humanity.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The AI bubble isn't so much a bubble as a boil on the arse of humanity.
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
I didn't rage-quit my job. I did have to step outside and scream into the abyss though.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I didn't rage-quit my job. I did have to step outside and scream into the abyss though.
I think I just hallucinated a steam train whistle. Did one go through Kapiti recently?
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think I just hallucinated a steam train whistle. Did one go through Kapiti recently?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I hate how every nation is living down to its stereotype because I’m trained to look for complexity in things, yet the USA is run by a caricature of crony capitalism that Soviet propaganda would consider too unsubtle, Russia is run by a Bond villain, the UK is speedrunning Children of Men, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I hate how every nation is living down to its stereotype because I’m trained to look for complexity in things, yet the USA is run by a caricature of crony capitalism that Soviet propaganda would consider too unsubtle, Russia is run by a Bond villain, the UK is speedrunning Children of Men, etc.
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Take me down to the Vatican City
Where the grass is green and the caps are bitty
Where the grass is green and the caps are bitty
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Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Ya ya ya ya
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Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Take me down to the Vatican City
Where the grass is green and the caps are bitty
Where the grass is green and the caps are bitty
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Ya ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Ya ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
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Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Ya ya ya ya
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Get yourself another
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Forget about the last one
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November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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