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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 20h

Wonder how it compares with this one, 'inspired by the Iliad and clean armpits', because everyone associates the Iliad with clean armpits tomyships.com

To My Ships

Official online shop - Explore To My Ships' range of Hand & Body Wash, Spray-On Deodorant, Roll-On Deodorant, and Eau de Parfum.

tomyships.com

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 20h

Wuthering Heights should not be allowed anywhere near adolescents, or vice versa.

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen the schedule of flights to and from Dunedin, though?

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 1d

For its centenary year's final issue, NZ's oldest student magazine profiles its oldest living editor, the inspirational Paul Oestreicher. Originally meant for the centenary issue, the story was held over because it 'deserved the time to write it properly'. They did. www.critic.co.nz/features/art...

Critic’s Oldest Living Editor: Paul Oestreicher

Long before he was a peace campaigner, a priest, or a friend of Desmond Tutu, Paul Oestreicher was an enemy alien. His family had fled fascism, seeking refuge in Dunedin – a city that offered safety, ...

www.critic.co.nz

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 2d

What's that in percentage of eligible voters?

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 3d

But the washing got dry yesterday and this morning.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 3d

All hail Dunedin weather.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 3d

Assumes parties will do due diligence.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 4d

How do you feel about gentailers?

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 5d

That's ageist. Double spacing is muscle memory for those who learned to type in the mid 20th century on typewriters.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 5d

Another Lou Reed sort of day.

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · Dec 27

Help, something weird has happened to Dunedin.

A clear blue sky in Dunedin after several wet, dreary days.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 5d

I'd been wondering what was going on, it's hard to tell from the website what's new, what's archive.

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 5d

He wouldn't be the first lit laureate to send a proxy.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 6d

If you can get rid of people who are good with language, there'll be nobody to pick up and make fun of your typos.

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 6d

Am I the only person cynical about this being set to take effect November 2026?

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 7d

I've rarely lived more than a block from a voting booth.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 9d

Also recommend talking to Hocken.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 10d

Definitely Thursday murder. No murder has yet occurred, but geriatric hangovers. And trying to remember who the various characters are.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 10d

Reading the latest. So far, a few foxes.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 10d

Pygmy hippos, anyone?
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

The remote isle where pygmy hippos roam

Tiwai Island, newly inscribed as Sierra Leone’s first Unesco World Heritage site, is home to rare wildlife and a remarkable conservation story.

www.bbc.com

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 10d

There with bells on: why Dunedin welcomes the albatrosses back every spring thespinoff.co.nz/society/04-1...

There with bells on: why Dunedin welcomes the albatrosses back every spring

The albatrosses are back, and Dunedin is welcoming them home.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Jasmin Taylor @meshedlight.bsky.social · 11d

Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity

Couple of film/documentary screenings happening

Sunday 5th October: Kneecap (the movie)
5:30pm
OUSA Clubs & Socs (Albany St)
$10

Wednesday 8th October: The Encampments
6pm
Burns 1 (65 Albany St)
$koha

images: event or film poster, full info in alt text and replies

Screening of Kneecap (the movie)

fundraiser event

all proceeds support: Otago Students for Justice in Palestine and UNRWA

Co-hosted by: Otago Socialist Society and Otago Students for Justice in Palestine

$10 admission

OUSA Clubs & Socs building

Sunday, October 5th

illustrated with photos of Kneecap band members

The Encampments

a film by Kei Pritsker & Michael T Workman
Executive producer Macklemore

Exclusive film screening

The Encampments is a groundbreaking documentary that chronicles the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the international wave of student activism it ignited.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 11d

Part time water features.

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KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 11d

Includes a bonus albatross.

KarinWarnaar @muguetdebois.bsky.social · 11d

A trailer for the upcoming writers festival. www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/ma...

Dunedin dystopia

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival runs October 17-19.

www.odt.co.nz

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