Patrick Herd
@patrickherd.bsky.social
Engineering (Sometimes Electrical) Environment, Fabrication, EVs, Education. Will instablock cryptobios. Wairarapa, Aotearoa New Zealand. Same handle on mammothsite. 🏳️🌈+🏳️⚧️ ally.
Didn't realise you were having surgery :/
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Didn't realise you were having surgery :/
Re upping the offer to assist with the logistics of shenanigans over this side of the strait
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Re upping the offer to assist with the logistics of shenanigans over this side of the strait
My price is $109 + gst
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My price is $109 + gst
He doesn't have friends, he has contacts: People who always want something in return.
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
He doesn't have friends, he has contacts: People who always want something in return.
Playing chess with a rainbow table of dimensions
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Playing chess with a rainbow table of dimensions
It was so hot that one bottle of ginger beer went supercritical, rage quit, and scattered the entire contents of the shelves it was on. It was so hot and atomised so finely that there was zero sticky evidence.
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It was so hot that one bottle of ginger beer went supercritical, rage quit, and scattered the entire contents of the shelves it was on. It was so hot and atomised so finely that there was zero sticky evidence.
Cat sitting for friends as a kid, I walked into their laundry to find a scene that confused the hell out of me for a good 20 mins: Looked as though a bomb had gone off, with bottles, cleaning products, and all manner scattered all over the laundry.
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Cat sitting for friends as a kid, I walked into their laundry to find a scene that confused the hell out of me for a good 20 mins: Looked as though a bomb had gone off, with bottles, cleaning products, and all manner scattered all over the laundry.
Medical care expenditure is GDP.
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Medical care expenditure is GDP.
Attended several academic graduations: Optimise for body temperature regulation, they go on for a long time and the venue can be anything from freezing cold to stinking hot. I'd describe them as being not quite black tie. @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social has more recent experience and style than me.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Attended several academic graduations: Optimise for body temperature regulation, they go on for a long time and the venue can be anything from freezing cold to stinking hot. I'd describe them as being not quite black tie. @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social has more recent experience and style than me.
Yeah I've had to do it at an airport hotel in spite of having a credit card
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah I've had to do it at an airport hotel in spite of having a credit card
The air and sunlight also give you cancer, I'm far more concerned with the synthetic nicotine pesticides and the ones using PFAS as surfactants
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The air and sunlight also give you cancer, I'm far more concerned with the synthetic nicotine pesticides and the ones using PFAS as surfactants
It's a real can of be careful what you wish for worms, the backlash against the stuff is bringing the far far more vicious alternatives back into use
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It's a real can of be careful what you wish for worms, the backlash against the stuff is bringing the far far more vicious alternatives back into use
The first time I went over to Sweden, my inlaws genuinely asked how I was finding the culture shock: I was confused. After some careful discussion, I cracked up somewhat. "We don't normally go around in grass skirts poking our tongues out at each other!" There were faces of relief 🤣
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The first time I went over to Sweden, my inlaws genuinely asked how I was finding the culture shock: I was confused. After some careful discussion, I cracked up somewhat. "We don't normally go around in grass skirts poking our tongues out at each other!" There were faces of relief 🤣
I'm finding it a good time to be underemployed
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm finding it a good time to be underemployed
It started last week up here
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It started last week up here
Have used their xray sources can recommend
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Have used their xray sources can recommend
Is this a request for help?
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Is this a request for help?
A lighting tech buddy found one at an events centre that had a safety inspection tag issued by the electrician who made it. Words were had.
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A lighting tech buddy found one at an events centre that had a safety inspection tag issued by the electrician who made it. Words were had.
We had LPG hot water which I had already gone full engineer on dropping the consumption of: The hardware cost of a conventional electric cylinder install was paid for quite rapidly
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We had LPG hot water which I had already gone full engineer on dropping the consumption of: The hardware cost of a conventional electric cylinder install was paid for quite rapidly
My favourite retort to the tumeric nutters is this www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Evidence of turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across South Asia
Food adulteration with toxic chemicals is a global public health threat. Lead chromate adulterated spices have been linked with lead poisoning in many…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
My favourite retort to the tumeric nutters is this www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...