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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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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 34m

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 · 1h

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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trickyNOtreat 🎃 @trickykat.bsky.social · 18h

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

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Jeff Thomson @jeffct.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 13h

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 · 21h

“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 · 12h

Mirumiru 🫧 fun in VIC park tomorrow

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René Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 21h

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

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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 1d

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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

I hope it goes well!!

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Brady Haran @bradyharan.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 1d

I had not recorded lectures, but lots of message board discussion with other remote learners

Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 1d

I got most of my degree via remote learning through massey in the noughties, which was amazing for where I was at the time. But yeah, this must be interesting to deal with...

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social @kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social · 1d

“There are likely many reasons for rising poverty and crime in the city centre, but one of the main ones is almost certainly that no one has any money due to the crushing recession we’ve created on purpose.” #nzpol

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 1d

Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets...

thespinoff.co.nz

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Drew Bissell / Floating Cave @floatingcave.bsky.social · 1d

And counterpoint:

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water.

‘Mad Max’ Director George Miller Says ‘AI Is Here to Stay and Change Things’: ‘It’s Way More Egalitarian’ and Will Make Filmmaking ‘Available to Anyone Who Has a Calling to It’

'Mad Max' director George Miller says that "AI is here to stay and change things" and praises the potential to make filmmaking "more egalitarian."

variety.com

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

"To understand how a fascist works, imagine the loudest, most obnoxious dude you can think of, standing in the Met and screaming at a Jackson Pollack painting, “I don’t like it! I don’t get it! Anyone could do that!” - Asa West reactormag.com/rebellion-ac...

Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever - Reactor

Witches teach us how to push back — and raise hell — in the face of authoritarianism.

reactormag.com

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René Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 1d

Le regard mental / The mind's gaze
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3113253

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The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social · 2d

This Saturday is Bookshop Day!
Here's what your local children's bookstore has planned:
www.thesapling.co.nz/bookshop-day...

Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social · 1d

All that displayed art is gorgeous!!!

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