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Mike Gemmell

@vitexlucens.bsky.social

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Apanthropist. Father. Papa. Knitter. Pupuhi. PhD. Botanist. Pākehā. This sound does not subscribe. Tenei haruru kaore ohauru https://soundcloud.com/detunedradio

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 1d

Friday flower: Dianella

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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 1d

Best poster this political season #NZPol

Colourful poster with a Moa on it saying “Make the Basin a Swamp Again”, found in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 3d

Taupata putiputi.
Coprosma reopens flowers

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 9d

Very nice. I have the same shape in a different colour. Can just see it in the corner this photo

A red finel teapot with a repeating geometric pattern of circular shapes. A matching saucepan almost out of the photo. And a porcelain coffee pot

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 11d

How can you be friends with both sides if you don't recognise one of the sides?

PM Christopher Luxon defends NZ decision to not recognise Palestinian state www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

PM Christopher Luxon defends NZ decision to not recognise Palestinian state

The Prime Minister said the Gaza conflict would not end by New Zealand recognising the state of Palestine.

www.rnz.co.nz

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 18d

Could the rapture be expanded to include billionaires?

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 21d

An ever-so-casual reminder that the bill for the leaky buildings deregulation fiasco is around fifteen to twenty times larger than all Tiriti settlements either finalised or in progress put together. www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/20/m...

'Misery for homeowners': expert warns against Luxon's building sector plans

A building insurance expert says the government's plans to shake up the building and construction sector will lead to more homeowners footing large bills for shonky building.

www.1news.co.nz

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beatrice ☾ .⁺⋆ @beawiitch.bsky.social · 21d

no more touching grass, i need to be embraced by moss and decompose to become one with the forest

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 25d

Still waiting

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 28d

Make a band singular

Phish

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 29d

The camera capabilities are quite a draw card. Hadn't considered the interest free option. Will look into it.

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · 29d

I'm still using a iPhone 8, 7ish years old. Admittedly held together with a duct tape. So ready for a new one. Temped by the 17 pro because orange. Had to pick a colour when kids started asking my favourite colour so picked orange and it's kind of stuck. Affordability is a bit of an issue though

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Sep 10

Joining in on the right bandwagon. Makes it easier to compare between the two groups

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · Sep 4

Magic

Christopher Luxon NatGPT @rugbyintel.bsky.social · Sep 4

What I'd just say to you is, that damn #StraightUpMcAnulty is Bish's kryptonite. I might have to take him on myself.
#LyinLuxon #WorstPMEver #WorstGovernmentEver #NZpol

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Sep 4

Quality

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Sep 1

Awesome Cilla congratulations.

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Sep 1

https://luckypeacharchive.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/miso-claypot-chicken-no-claypot/

Easy and delicious

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Sep 1

Do we need one of these set up?

http://isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/

Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Aug 21

#fridayflower Galium aparine aka cleavers aka robin-run-the-hedge.

Macro photo of Galium aparine flower. It is a very small white flower with four petals. You can also see the small hooky hairs on the leaves which make the plant feel sticky.

Photo of Galium aparine flower with a ruler showing flower is about 3mm acrosd

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · Aug 12

There are good responses to people who insist that they want "fairness," but they aren't what Dems think they are.

Fairness in Sports

I protest Moo Deng's unnatural advantages.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · Aug 4

I had to look very closely, but a twiggy Coprosma (family #Rubiaceae) plant in the garden is in full flower. It's a female and here's a flower.

A tiny wind pollinated flower a few millimetres long. It has a rounded green ovary, a dark reddish tubular corolla about 1/2 a millimetre long, and two stigmas that are 2 millimetres long. There are pollen grains on the stigmas, but I know of no males nearby.

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Aug 4

I liked exams. I was a lazy shit and cramming for them was the best way to get through school with minimum effort. I don’t think it was a good thing.

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Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · Jul 26

Drama in the taxonomy fandom

Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · Jul 26

Gather round, folks, and listen to the tale of the Great Acacia Repossession of 2005, 20 years ago this month.

Once upon a time, there was a shrub with feathery leaves and floofy yellow puffball flower and hard, thorny wood that lived along the Nile and west through Arabia to India. 1/12

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Mike Gemmell @vitexlucens.bsky.social · Jul 25

What a bunch of hateful wank stains this government is

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567827/government-orders-sport-nz-to-scrap-transgender-inclusive-community-sport-guidelines