Laurie Fleming
@laurief.bsky.social
I’m reo pekerangi, build data warehouses, take dog for walks, drink whisky and whine. Hates fascists. he/him 💉x8
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🎶Papal reign, papal reign…🎶
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎶Papal reign, papal reign…🎶
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Pīwakawaka (NZ Fantail) are notoriously difficult to photograph, they never sit still, add to the fact that the Black pīwakawaka (South Island) is only 4% of the population, this is the only in-focus photo I have of the Black Pīwakawaka
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Pīwakawaka (NZ Fantail) are notoriously difficult to photograph, they never sit still, add to the fact that the Black pīwakawaka (South Island) is only 4% of the population, this is the only in-focus photo I have of the Black Pīwakawaka
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A couple of people have shared a disgusting post Better Wellington have made about me today. Three things: I will never attack my colleagues or anyone like they do, I am sad that others think it’s ok, and I have no intention of backing down on my work for the city and our people
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A couple of people have shared a disgusting post Better Wellington have made about me today. Three things: I will never attack my colleagues or anyone like they do, I am sad that others think it’s ok, and I have no intention of backing down on my work for the city and our people
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Thou wast working
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
August 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thou wast working
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
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*Girls on **Film
*Beans
**Toast
*Beans
**Toast
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
*Girls on **Film
*Beans
**Toast
*Beans
**Toast
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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The new, more chatty, Morning Report, is terrible. Hosts commenting on stories, is not the way to improve ratings.
August 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The new, more chatty, Morning Report, is terrible. Hosts commenting on stories, is not the way to improve ratings.
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Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
August 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
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🧑🎨 Look at this remarkable self-portrait by Clara Peeters in her
'Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds & Pretzels', 1615.
🧀 She was one of the 1st food still-life painters - her ‘banketjes’ or banquet pieces had a great influence on the painters of the Northern Netherlands.
🗃️ #arthistory #art #Dutch
'Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds & Pretzels', 1615.
🧀 She was one of the 1st food still-life painters - her ‘banketjes’ or banquet pieces had a great influence on the painters of the Northern Netherlands.
🗃️ #arthistory #art #Dutch
June 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🧑🎨 Look at this remarkable self-portrait by Clara Peeters in her
'Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds & Pretzels', 1615.
🧀 She was one of the 1st food still-life painters - her ‘banketjes’ or banquet pieces had a great influence on the painters of the Northern Netherlands.
🗃️ #arthistory #art #Dutch
'Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds & Pretzels', 1615.
🧀 She was one of the 1st food still-life painters - her ‘banketjes’ or banquet pieces had a great influence on the painters of the Northern Netherlands.
🗃️ #arthistory #art #Dutch
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14 years ago in med school we got this unforgettable lesson in the dangers of using both English and Swedish in the same PowerPoint presentation
May 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
14 years ago in med school we got this unforgettable lesson in the dangers of using both English and Swedish in the same PowerPoint presentation
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I burnt my pizza badly in the oven last week, couldn't understand why the timer I set on my phone hadn't gone off. I checked it, I'd typed 15 into the calculator and hit =.
June 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I burnt my pizza badly in the oven last week, couldn't understand why the timer I set on my phone hadn't gone off. I checked it, I'd typed 15 into the calculator and hit =.
I didn’t expect to see this in our back yard on the first day of winter.
June 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I didn’t expect to see this in our back yard on the first day of winter.
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The big lie the parties either side of the centre have told us since I was in primary school was that you can have low taxes & good services.
Outside of a very narrow set of circumstances which do not apply to New Zealand you cannot.
We are a low tax country internationally. Witness our services.
Outside of a very narrow set of circumstances which do not apply to New Zealand you cannot.
We are a low tax country internationally. Witness our services.
May 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The big lie the parties either side of the centre have told us since I was in primary school was that you can have low taxes & good services.
Outside of a very narrow set of circumstances which do not apply to New Zealand you cannot.
We are a low tax country internationally. Witness our services.
Outside of a very narrow set of circumstances which do not apply to New Zealand you cannot.
We are a low tax country internationally. Witness our services.
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🎶Oh, my old man’s a dustman
He wears a dustman’s hat
Because he is a dustman
We’ve just established that🎶
He wears a dustman’s hat
Because he is a dustman
We’ve just established that🎶
May 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🎶Oh, my old man’s a dustman
He wears a dustman’s hat
Because he is a dustman
We’ve just established that🎶
He wears a dustman’s hat
Because he is a dustman
We’ve just established that🎶
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It goes without saying that many Labour MPs will deep down find Starmer's immigration rhetoric nauseating. It is up to them to stand up and be counted, rather than face having their careers peter out into cowardly ignominy.
May 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It goes without saying that many Labour MPs will deep down find Starmer's immigration rhetoric nauseating. It is up to them to stand up and be counted, rather than face having their careers peter out into cowardly ignominy.
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The story behind Ruapehu’s smashed summit stone
The story behind Ruapehu’s smashed summit stone
'Who the fuck are you to put a plaque up here? Go and plant a fucking tree.'...
thespinoff.co.nz
May 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The story behind Ruapehu’s smashed summit stone
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I’ve lived here for years and only today noticed this /r/mildlyinfuriating post waiting to happen
December 3, 2024 at 4:32 AM
I’ve lived here for years and only today noticed this /r/mildlyinfuriating post waiting to happen
I like beer. I like apricots. I like this beer.
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I like beer. I like apricots. I like this beer.
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
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The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
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I need to interrupt your evening with this joke Kid 1 just told me:
What noise does James Bond's doorbell make?
Dong. Ding Dong.
What noise does James Bond's doorbell make?
Dong. Ding Dong.
January 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I need to interrupt your evening with this joke Kid 1 just told me:
What noise does James Bond's doorbell make?
Dong. Ding Dong.
What noise does James Bond's doorbell make?
Dong. Ding Dong.