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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈)

@madhmstr.bsky.social

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“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.” Professional aunt. Trans rights are human rights. Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff. 5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · Nov 11

Time for a pinned post.
I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
I post about, in no particular order:
Our cats: Midnight and Jasper.
My clothes.
My life.
Books.
Being a children's librarian.
Sports, especially #womenssport.
Craft.
Random shit.
Boosting / sharing creators' work.

Two black cats on a floor. One is demonstrably larger than the other.

Books are a big deal tshirt, with Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems.

The Monster at the End of This Book Book with matching tshirt, held by a rainbow haired librarian wearing rainbow glasses.

The library is for everyone tshirt in bright colours and cartoon like head and shoulders illustrations of people with love hearts on their cheeks.

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 11h

God love Kew, this is incredible

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 3h

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 11h

It is!

There are so many children's books about Katharine Jonson and Ada Lovelace.

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 11h

There's a picture book about him.
The boy who dreamed of infinity.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 11h

The girl with a mind for math.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 11h

Maryam's magic.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 11h

One for children: Nothing stopped Sophie.

Nothing stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoc.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 12h

Alas, I'm sure everyone would understand "weird thing as bookmark".

(Bacon rashers, fish, chicken pieces, unused - thank God! - condom.)

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 13h

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 14h

It’s been brought to my attention that it’s World Migratory Bird Day. I can think of no better excuse to share four of my best pictures of the undisputed king of migratory birds - the kuaka (bar-tailed godwit), which boasts the longest non-stop migration on the planet. Alaska-Aotearoa. 🪶🇳🇿

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 20h

Every day.

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 22h

Update: now trapped by the big brother.

A giant black cat on a lap, looking regal.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 22h

This is an ad, and part of a series featuring this family, but we love it.
Kitchen dancing by a long-time married couple.
vimeo.com/1083768618?f...

ANZ Time of the Season 30

This is "ANZ Time of the Season 30" by TBWA New Zealand on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

"‘You run away a lot,’ said one of the voices. ‘That is good. You are a survivor.’

‘Survivor? I’ve nearly been killed dozens of times!’

‘Exactly.’"

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Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 22h

Mould done.
Washing on the line.
Bed still unmade.
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A black cat on a bed, with the bedding on the floor, waiting.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 23h

I need to make my bed and clean the mould off Mum's bathroom ceiling. But, someone needs attention and reassurance, as SibL is making weird noises cleaning the windows.

A black cat needs pats, lying on the bottom sheet on a bed.

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

Still reading Enchanted Creatures.

Enchanted Creatures by Natalie Lawrence.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

It's in this one, but you have scroll down to 5.37pm.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Local election results: The major upsets

Progress results from the 2025 local elections are trickling in.

www.stuff.co.nz

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

Now the elections are over, I can go back to hugging one of my local board members.
And reposting their informative FB posts.
Can't show favouritism during the election period.

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

www.tickaroo.com/e/Ge7PpbANp6...

13 regions vote to remove Māori wards

13 regions vote to remove Māori wards13 regions have voted to remove Māori wards in the 2025 local elections, according to provisional results.Tasman, Tararua, Taupō, Marlborough, Whangārei, Thames, H...

www.tickaroo.com

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry xo. No news on that front from me, just Mum's service.

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

Same!

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

Recent events have made me think about songs I'd like played at my service.
So far....
open.spotify.com/playlist/4ac...

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

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