Craig Ireson
@craigireson.bsky.social
Artist, dog lover and avid reader [default text seemed fine...]
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Exciting new year spot the ball contest!!
Mark the place where you think hard-working laser-focused Prime Minister Luxon has disappeared to!!
Guess closest to the right spot, and win an extra day off!!
Mark the place where you think hard-working laser-focused Prime Minister Luxon has disappeared to!!
Guess closest to the right spot, and win an extra day off!!
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Exciting new year spot the ball contest!!
Mark the place where you think hard-working laser-focused Prime Minister Luxon has disappeared to!!
Guess closest to the right spot, and win an extra day off!!
Mark the place where you think hard-working laser-focused Prime Minister Luxon has disappeared to!!
Guess closest to the right spot, and win an extra day off!!
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Join us in wishing @michaelstipe.bsky.social a very happy birthday today! 🎉
January 4, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Join us in wishing @michaelstipe.bsky.social a very happy birthday today! 🎉
New Year's Eve purchase & Playlist:
"Sun don't Shine"
"Sun don't Shine"
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
New Year's Eve purchase & Playlist:
"Sun don't Shine"
"Sun don't Shine"
A yearly reminder that Aotearoa New has the Chatham Islands timezone, which is 45 minutes ahead. So, feel free to celebrate New Year's Eve at 11.15, and be tucked up in bed by midnight. You're welcome!
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A yearly reminder that Aotearoa New has the Chatham Islands timezone, which is 45 minutes ahead. So, feel free to celebrate New Year's Eve at 11.15, and be tucked up in bed by midnight. You're welcome!
Mākara Peak summit today
December 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Mākara Peak summit today
Some books I read this year, 2025 include:
Slaughterhouse 5,
Janet Frame's Autobiographical trilogy [An Angel at my Table etc],
Cowan's The New Zealand Wars,
The Old Man & the Sea,
Sargeson's Collected Short Stories,
Shelley's Frankenstein,*
Guns, Germs, and Steel.*
*Listened as Audiobooks.
Slaughterhouse 5,
Janet Frame's Autobiographical trilogy [An Angel at my Table etc],
Cowan's The New Zealand Wars,
The Old Man & the Sea,
Sargeson's Collected Short Stories,
Shelley's Frankenstein,*
Guns, Germs, and Steel.*
*Listened as Audiobooks.
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Some books I read this year, 2025 include:
Slaughterhouse 5,
Janet Frame's Autobiographical trilogy [An Angel at my Table etc],
Cowan's The New Zealand Wars,
The Old Man & the Sea,
Sargeson's Collected Short Stories,
Shelley's Frankenstein,*
Guns, Germs, and Steel.*
*Listened as Audiobooks.
Slaughterhouse 5,
Janet Frame's Autobiographical trilogy [An Angel at my Table etc],
Cowan's The New Zealand Wars,
The Old Man & the Sea,
Sargeson's Collected Short Stories,
Shelley's Frankenstein,*
Guns, Germs, and Steel.*
*Listened as Audiobooks.
Our cat ran out of charge
December 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Our cat ran out of charge
NZ National League Final 2025. Wellington Olympic vs. Auckland City. Newtown Park.
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
NZ National League Final 2025. Wellington Olympic vs. Auckland City. Newtown Park.
Thank you to the Believe it or Not Pub Quiz Folks for the collective Whamageddon across the nation tonight
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thank you to the Believe it or Not Pub Quiz Folks for the collective Whamageddon across the nation tonight
I don't share much work stuff, but here's a project I've been working on which is pretty pretty cool vimeo.com/1140315976/5...
Dr Roger Maaka - Te Rongo o Whatumā Project Summary
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December 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I don't share much work stuff, but here's a project I've been working on which is pretty pretty cool vimeo.com/1140315976/5...
Late to this five concerts things but:
1. U2 & BB King @ Western Springs
2. R.E.M, Grant Lee Buffalo & Crowded House @ Western Springs
3. Linton Kwesi Johnson @ Cockfosters Balloon Festival (?!)
4. Sonic Youth & Foo Fighters at Logan Campbell Centre
5. Leonard Cohen & Bic Runga @ TSB Arena
1. U2 & BB King @ Western Springs
2. R.E.M, Grant Lee Buffalo & Crowded House @ Western Springs
3. Linton Kwesi Johnson @ Cockfosters Balloon Festival (?!)
4. Sonic Youth & Foo Fighters at Logan Campbell Centre
5. Leonard Cohen & Bic Runga @ TSB Arena
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Late to this five concerts things but:
1. U2 & BB King @ Western Springs
2. R.E.M, Grant Lee Buffalo & Crowded House @ Western Springs
3. Linton Kwesi Johnson @ Cockfosters Balloon Festival (?!)
4. Sonic Youth & Foo Fighters at Logan Campbell Centre
5. Leonard Cohen & Bic Runga @ TSB Arena
1. U2 & BB King @ Western Springs
2. R.E.M, Grant Lee Buffalo & Crowded House @ Western Springs
3. Linton Kwesi Johnson @ Cockfosters Balloon Festival (?!)
4. Sonic Youth & Foo Fighters at Logan Campbell Centre
5. Leonard Cohen & Bic Runga @ TSB Arena
America is gone. Its over. I'm blocking it now for my own mental health.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
America is gone. Its over. I'm blocking it now for my own mental health.
We need to vote these fuckers out.
"When it came to Covid, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I've never seen such a high value on life.” - Brooke van Velden
"There are accidents that will happen. What I'm wanting to focus on is, how do I improve the overall economy and the situation that businesses and workers find themselves in?" - Van Velden. #PikeRiver
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We need to vote these fuckers out.
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"When it came to Covid, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I've never seen such a high value on life.” - Brooke van Velden
"There are accidents that will happen. What I'm wanting to focus on is, how do I improve the overall economy and the situation that businesses and workers find themselves in?" - Van Velden. #PikeRiver
"She seemed to be focusing all the time on the employers and I sat and listened to it for a little while and then I just couldn't stand it" - Sonya Rockhouse. #PikeRiver
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"When it came to Covid, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I've never seen such a high value on life.” - Brooke van Velden
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
Orwell - Animal Farm
Orwell - Animal Farm
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
Orwell - Animal Farm
Orwell - Animal Farm
Big beautiful dinosaur stopped by
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Big beautiful dinosaur stopped by
Y know it's pretty amazing that Obama got roasted because he wore a tan suit & saluted with a coffee cup in his hand. Remember when that was the standard for a political scandal?
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Y know it's pretty amazing that Obama got roasted because he wore a tan suit & saluted with a coffee cup in his hand. Remember when that was the standard for a political scandal?
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Who's got two thumbs and has
I wanna be adored &
Mad Professor's Backward Sucking (Heat Miser)
On their Halloween Playlist?
I wanna be adored &
Mad Professor's Backward Sucking (Heat Miser)
On their Halloween Playlist?
a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
ALT: a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Who's got two thumbs and has
I wanna be adored &
Mad Professor's Backward Sucking (Heat Miser)
On their Halloween Playlist?
I wanna be adored &
Mad Professor's Backward Sucking (Heat Miser)
On their Halloween Playlist?
Im listening to an audiobook of Shelley’s Frankenstein. Just as the Monster is made incarnate and let loose,the book takes a few chapters for some letters and high society gossip . Like, goddammit Mary, WTF?
a black and white photo of a woman with her mouth open in a horror movie .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman with her mouth open in a horror movie .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Im listening to an audiobook of Shelley’s Frankenstein. Just as the Monster is made incarnate and let loose,the book takes a few chapters for some letters and high society gossip . Like, goddammit Mary, WTF?
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October 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This took a couple of minutes to fill out and would mean so much to our precious libraries
Why does no-one say "no wucken furrys " anymore? Countries gone downhill..
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Why does no-one say "no wucken furrys " anymore? Countries gone downhill..
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The Auckland University chair of macroeconomics, who hasn't left his office since 1975, thinks there are are people "worth a few hundred thousand" who are landlords and that houses are worth $100k.
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Auckland University chair of macroeconomics, who hasn't left his office since 1975, thinks there are are people "worth a few hundred thousand" who are landlords and that houses are worth $100k.
Wait, what's happening with Monkeys now?!
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Wait, what's happening with Monkeys now?!