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Brekekekiwi

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Teacher, Writer and Man about town. All this is personal opinion. Check out my writing through https://linktr.ee/AaronDickAuthor You can see my bsky video updates at @author-aarondick.bsky.social Pākehā. He/him.

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · Jun 5

2025 has been a productive year, with more to come!

So far in 2025: A fantasy thriller; a collection of speculative short stories, novellas, and poetry; and a short story in a Kaiju anthology.

Check out my recent writing (or my older work) through the link in my profile!

🇳🇿📚💙📚🪐
#IndieAuthor

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Pip @pipinotautahi.bsky.social · 10h

How does Damien Grant get so many opinion pieces?
Honestly I enjoy the dog next door barking more than his crap.
He can shove his opinion about the Greens leadership fair up his ass, too. It will be the most tired pale stale whine.
There are better opinions to seek, Stuff!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

Goblin Mode
Kobolde Style
Bugbear Gestalt
Githyanki Modus Operandi
Ogre It ys A Whooooole Deal
Hill Troll Grande Scheme of Thinges

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 10h

Yup, that was a big one!

Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 10h

Oooo I just discovered dungeon synth albums on YouTube, and they've been some interesting ambiance!

Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 10h

I love playing sythnwave and instrumental prog metal when I'm writing. I'm can't have lyrics on either, unless I am soooo familiar with th song that it fades away.

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KiwiRed @kiwired.bsky.social · 11h

Unsolicited wick pic

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 10h

What five events defined your childhood?

• America's Cup and the red socks parade instead of school
• Whitbred Round The World at the viaduct
• Michael Jackson in Auckland
• Narrated school play at 6, with script. Didn't introduce the lead.
• Went home from school sick, woke up three days later

Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 11h

What five events defined your childhood?

• Edgecumbe Earthquake
• Cyclone Bola
• Bombing of Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior by French spies.
• Breaking the ANZUS Agreement (Nuclear free NZ!)
• Moving houses about 10 times and changing schools 4 times.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 23h

What five events defined your childhood?

• The Challenger Explosion
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Gulf War
• The Oklahoma City Bombing
• The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

I have no memory of the Chernobyl disaster. But I remember the Challenger disaster from the same year.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 20h

They look so entertaining!!!

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck all the people who voted no to Māori wards

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 21h

Got a chance to play "Dinosaur Tea Party" finally. Turns out my method of picking a character in particular and asking all their features, or just guessing a name with no evidence, results in winning 3 out of 4 rounds against three other people. They were not happy with me.

#Boardgames 💙🎲

Someone holding up a character card from the boardgame Dinosaur Tea Party.

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radical lisa loebotomy @nfornihilism.net · Oct 4

"disintegration loops is the name i give my junk" i type into bluesky, having no idea what that even means, just combining words i have seen before in novel combinations in the vain hope of a serotonin hit when someone replies "what the fuck is wrong with you?"

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 22h

I had a shower thought. People on Instagram all seem to like the stories feature a lot, and that's where you get vaguely chronological updates from people you chose to follow. It really is where value from being online comes from imo

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 22h

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trickyNOtreat 🎃 @trickykat.bsky.social · 1d

real shitposters only use lower case because we are anti-capitalism

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Jeff Thomson @jeffct.bsky.social · 1d

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/eco... Exact line they used when selling off State power assets the last time they were in Office. I wouldn’t trust this crew with piggy bank savings.

Nicola Willis says Chorus sales money could go towards funding hospitals and schools

Willis said Chorus move does not amount to asset sales, insists economy is improving.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Matthew Triponey @matthewtriponey.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t agree with every point made here, but the main thesis — what we do with billionaires’ money is secondary to the fact that a free society simply cannot allow them to have it — accounts for most of my politics these days.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Akl City Centre Residents' Group @ccrg.bsky.social · 1d

Mirumiru 🫧 fun in VIC park tomorrow

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René Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 1d

La voie royale / The royal way
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3113209

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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 2d

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 2d

Like this site shows that repeated interaction builds trust, because it is worth investing in others. Do smaller communites, forums, non-algorithm sites all build that trust better than the random drop ins of a discover-style feed?

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, this makes me think of the forums I used to frequent, and alt.fan.pratchett
Having shared interests seemed to be a more real connection, and much more conversation driven by topic and in respect.

Is this like the "I'll never interact with you" again of algorithmic social media as well?

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 2d

I hope it goes well!!

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Brady Haran @bradyharan.bsky.social · 2d

Chemistry Nobel Prize video tomorrow on Periodic Videos.

Previous editions here…

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Nobel Prize - Periodic Videos - YouTube

Our reports on Nobel Prize wins and other Nobel-related videos.

www.youtube.com

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Aaron Dick- Author @author-aarondick.bsky.social · 2d

A young girl fishing in the mist with her father. What terrors remain unspoken in the deep water beneath them?

🩸📚💙 #ShortStories

A dinghy. Rain over the sea. Dark eater breaking. "The Vibes of my Short Horror Story Surfacing"

Find it in my collection of shirt stories and poetry: omens

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