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
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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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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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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
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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
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Look 9 out of 10 doctors say it’s important for old men to keep their weird neck vag warm
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Look 9 out of 10 doctors say it’s important for old men to keep their weird neck vag warm
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Felicity is turning herself upside down to fit me in.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Felicity is turning herself upside down to fit me in.
Fellow patched members of the HRT gang, give me your best remedies for getting the bloody adhesive remnants off my skin!
I seem to have a batch that are working again, thanks to a complaint to Sandoz and them sending another batch to my pharmacy.
I seem to have a batch that are working again, thanks to a complaint to Sandoz and them sending another batch to my pharmacy.
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Fellow patched members of the HRT gang, give me your best remedies for getting the bloody adhesive remnants off my skin!
I seem to have a batch that are working again, thanks to a complaint to Sandoz and them sending another batch to my pharmacy.
I seem to have a batch that are working again, thanks to a complaint to Sandoz and them sending another batch to my pharmacy.
33 years married today!
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
33 years married today!
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I am so sad to hear of Mani's death, so many of my favourite Stone Roses songs are bass-heavy and for me Mani will always be the best. Do yourself a favour and listen/relisten to these today:
Fools Gold
I Am the Resurrection
Waterfall
I Wanna Be Adored
Made of Stone
Elephant Stone
Rest In Bass🤘
Fools Gold
I Am the Resurrection
Waterfall
I Wanna Be Adored
Made of Stone
Elephant Stone
Rest In Bass🤘
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I am so sad to hear of Mani's death, so many of my favourite Stone Roses songs are bass-heavy and for me Mani will always be the best. Do yourself a favour and listen/relisten to these today:
Fools Gold
I Am the Resurrection
Waterfall
I Wanna Be Adored
Made of Stone
Elephant Stone
Rest In Bass🤘
Fools Gold
I Am the Resurrection
Waterfall
I Wanna Be Adored
Made of Stone
Elephant Stone
Rest In Bass🤘
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November 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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i like that the modern house cat, in defiance of the survival instincts of its quiet, graceful ancestors, can now go down the stairs like a gaggle of children in combat boots playing a set of drums
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
i like that the modern house cat, in defiance of the survival instincts of its quiet, graceful ancestors, can now go down the stairs like a gaggle of children in combat boots playing a set of drums
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Happy but also sad day volunteering alongside some of my soon to be redundant colleagues & friends. I've spent more time with these people than my own family over the last few years. Such a loss of talent, knowledge and great human beings. AI CANNOT replace them.
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Happy but also sad day volunteering alongside some of my soon to be redundant colleagues & friends. I've spent more time with these people than my own family over the last few years. Such a loss of talent, knowledge and great human beings. AI CANNOT replace them.
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Did some maths & worked out that if every one of my 12,400 followers on Bluesky was moved to buy a paperback of Villager after reading this extract, & I received the royalties from that in 2026 I still wouldn't have recouped 1/4 of the unpaid earnings my ex-publishers owed me when they went to hell.
I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
The Village Message Board
Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.
www.tom-cox.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Did some maths & worked out that if every one of my 12,400 followers on Bluesky was moved to buy a paperback of Villager after reading this extract, & I received the royalties from that in 2026 I still wouldn't have recouped 1/4 of the unpaid earnings my ex-publishers owed me when they went to hell.
Does Electric Kiwi purposely create cringe worthy ads so we talk about them or are they that bad at marketing?
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Does Electric Kiwi purposely create cringe worthy ads so we talk about them or are they that bad at marketing?
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When people talk about “the look and feel” of a film, it’s often hard to quantify what “feel” means. This is a brilliant analysis of one important part of that meaning.
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
When people talk about “the look and feel” of a film, it’s often hard to quantify what “feel” means. This is a brilliant analysis of one important part of that meaning.