Andrew Smith
@intheologus.bsky.social
Not a theologian: Presbyterian; Pakeha; archivist 🇳🇿
One human and one white cat
Subjectively left-wing politics, sometimes looking out the window.
Te Tiriti is awake and active - let’s keep it that way
One human and one white cat
Subjectively left-wing politics, sometimes looking out the window.
Te Tiriti is awake and active - let’s keep it that way
My observation of the Resistance in Minnesota is that ICE has underestimated the strength of a culture of hospitality that knows when to take a casserole to your neighbours. Survival is a team sport.
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 AM
My observation of the Resistance in Minnesota is that ICE has underestimated the strength of a culture of hospitality that knows when to take a casserole to your neighbours. Survival is a team sport.
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
A procession of young women go past my window. As one of them was carrying a Columba College Choir tote bag, I think it is the last event pre-semester rather than the arrival of the first residents to the College.
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A procession of young women go past my window. As one of them was carrying a Columba College Choir tote bag, I think it is the last event pre-semester rather than the arrival of the first residents to the College.
Archivists consume paper clips for the nutitional value: mint, spearmint, pineapple, raspberry - nom nom nom!
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Archivists consume paper clips for the nutitional value: mint, spearmint, pineapple, raspberry - nom nom nom!
The Japanese Women's Hockey Team are lined up in the quad at Knox College for their last team photo in the Summer of Hockey. I hope they headed for somewhere dryer than Dunedin has put on for this competition!
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Japanese Women's Hockey Team are lined up in the quad at Knox College for their last team photo in the Summer of Hockey. I hope they headed for somewhere dryer than Dunedin has put on for this competition!
@slgd66.bsky.social Is that you?
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM
@slgd66.bsky.social Is that you?
The bollards are going back into our carpark. First Day at the College must be close.
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The bollards are going back into our carpark. First Day at the College must be close.
Everytime I see this video appear on YouTube I have to stop and watch it even if by the end of it my eyes watering in sympathy. Men dancing bollywood in splintmail! Magnificent! Apparently it's a historical romance on the eve of the triumph of the East India Company.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_My...
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Malhari - Full Video Song | Bajirao Mastani | Ranveer Singh | Vishal Dadlani | Sanjay Leela Bhansali
YouTube video by Sony Music India
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January 24, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Everytime I see this video appear on YouTube I have to stop and watch it even if by the end of it my eyes watering in sympathy. Men dancing bollywood in splintmail! Magnificent! Apparently it's a historical romance on the eve of the triumph of the East India Company.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_My...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_My...
Feels like it's riffing off a Mamdani vibe, without riffing off a Mamdani vibe. Who's going to do that in Aotearoa New Zealand?
This is a banger of an ad.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Feels like it's riffing off a Mamdani vibe, without riffing off a Mamdani vibe. Who's going to do that in Aotearoa New Zealand?
This seems what parts of New Zealand is going through at the moment.
heofon-flōd, m.n: flood (caused by heavy rain). (HEH-oh-von-FLOAD / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌfloːd)
Image: Bible historiale; France, c. 1400; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Harley 4381, f. 12r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bible historiale; France, c. 1400; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Harley 4381, f. 12r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 AM
This seems what parts of New Zealand is going through at the moment.
290 shopping days to go until Election Day.
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
290 shopping days to go until Election Day.
Trump’s board of peace seems like a medieval institution, like the Order of the Round Table. It seems all about power in the hands of the head of the board and nothing to do with peace.
January 21, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Trump’s board of peace seems like a medieval institution, like the Order of the Round Table. It seems all about power in the hands of the head of the board and nothing to do with peace.
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Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.
I plan to cast an early vote in October if there are no restrictions on early voting. Remember to confirm that you are eligible to vote in the General Election.
January 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I plan to cast an early vote in October if there are no restrictions on early voting. Remember to confirm that you are eligible to vote in the General Election.
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Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
Enrol or update online
Enrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details. Get ready to have your say in New Zealand’s elections and referendums.
vote.nz
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
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CEO of New Zealand's Free Speech Union, in an interview with far-right newsfluencer, laid out what their targets would be over '26 (an election year). Would be foolish for initiatives, individuals, institutions, & identities here to not plan for significant harms, haranguing, & harassment. #nzpol
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 AM
CEO of New Zealand's Free Speech Union, in an interview with far-right newsfluencer, laid out what their targets would be over '26 (an election year). Would be foolish for initiatives, individuals, institutions, & identities here to not plan for significant harms, haranguing, & harassment. #nzpol
"Because you didn't order the committee for peace, that is independent of your government, to give me the gong that I wanted so I can go to heaven, I'm going to invade the island in the arctic ocean that isn't even a part of your kingdom!"
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"Because you didn't order the committee for peace, that is independent of your government, to give me the gong that I wanted so I can go to heaven, I'm going to invade the island in the arctic ocean that isn't even a part of your kingdom!"
Chairs set up in the college quad. It looks like it could be a powhiri. Waiting to see how this develops.
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Chairs set up in the college quad. It looks like it could be a powhiri. Waiting to see how this develops.
They are ready to go.
January 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
They are ready to go.
This sounds like an international mission for the Lake Erie League, @neorsd.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
This sounds like an international mission for the Lake Erie League, @neorsd.org
It only rained twice in Dunedin this week, once for three days and the second time for four days.
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It only rained twice in Dunedin this week, once for three days and the second time for four days.
It's proving to be an inside summer, and we are getting a stream of enquiries to the archives.
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
It's proving to be an inside summer, and we are getting a stream of enquiries to the archives.
I put it to you that arousing the ire of the Good Folk does not lead to peaceful protest.
You peacefully protest by whispering your disquiet into a fairy ring on All Hallow's Eve.
YOU PEACEFULLY PROTEST BY WHISPERING YOUR DISSENT LIKE A SECRET INTO A PUPPY’S EAR AND THEN DRIVING IT TO THE LIME PIT
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 AM
I put it to you that arousing the ire of the Good Folk does not lead to peaceful protest.
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Kalaallit Nunaat Kalaallit pigaat /
Greenland belongs to the Greenlandish people
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Greenland belongs to the Greenlandish people
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January 13, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Kalaallit Nunaat Kalaallit pigaat /
Greenland belongs to the Greenlandish people
🇬🇱
Greenland belongs to the Greenlandish people
🇬🇱
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I found this to be a really clear presentation of some of the political and social dynamics that have brought us to this moment with respect to the United States’s current international positioning
new video up on the youtube page youtu.be/N1DVvGlzGEs?...
Everything is Gender
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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January 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I found this to be a really clear presentation of some of the political and social dynamics that have brought us to this moment with respect to the United States’s current international positioning