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Drew(bacca)

@cybogoblin.bsky.social

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Itinerant web-monkey and wordsmith who still plays with toy soldiers and watches movies both space operatic and fantastical. Ngati Pakeha and Tangata Tiriti living in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand)

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 16h

Google 'portland frog's, it's surprisingly wholesome.

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 1d

I've tried dill-flavoured chips and they were alright. But it's truly hard to beat these beauties.

Bluebird "Kiwi flavourites" Sunday Roast

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

It's nice when you end the week on a high note.

Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

Don't worry too much, we're definitely not going down without a fight.

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

Rugby is the TRUE opiate of the masses.

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

Also, we're already memeing on screen grabs from this vid.

Shane Jones, Minister for Killing off Native Species, standing proudly next to the words "100% Pure Shitfuckery"

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking as a Kiwi living under the dominion of the Coalition of Chaos (aka the Three-Headed Taniwha)... f'ing SPOT ON.

elmo is holding two kiwi fruits in front of a fire

Alt: elmo is holding two kiwi fruits in front of a fire

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

And the Nobel Peace Prize winner is... not Trump!

María Corina Machado - Wikipedia

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 2d

They'll need the right guest host for that. There are no black women on the cast this year.

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 5d

Wait, you're not being paid by Soros? /s

Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to Key & Peele I just assume any funny name I don't recognise belongs to a sportsperson.

a man in a red jersey with the name fartrell cluggins on the screen

Alt: a man in a red jersey with the name fartrell cluggins on the screen

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 9d

I imagine it's especially bad in Wellington with the public sector cuts. As well as the flow on effects to hospo and the like. Just madness.

Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 9d

Coming up on a full year of searching for my wife. From graduating top of her class to getting ghosted after interviews.

Gods I love being 'back on track.'

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 9d

That's the beauty of accidentally organising on public channels. You never know who might be watching 😉

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 9d

Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 9d

Not even the star of the season she was in.

a woman drinking a cup of coffee with the words i that does n't seem right below her

Alt: Jennifer Coolige drinking a cup of coffee with the words i that does n't seem right below her

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

At least we understand the difference between monkey and ape.

Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

Honestly, no. Not even Jane could understand your train of thought in this thread. Rocket science? Planet of the Apes? Now female candidates?

Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

And perhaps you should watch some of the docos about Jane's work. Y'know, to balance things out.

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

You do know it was Jane who discovered that chimps use tools when gathering food, right?

And being able to understand how an apes vocalisations relate to their feelings and actions allows us to better understand an otherwise non-verbal species. We do something similar with our pet cats and dogs.

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

So that's why they keep wandering into the airspace of neighbouring countries.

Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

I've never had an issue with monthly emails. They're infrequent enough to not flood my inbox.

My last job involved sending weekly marketing emails, and for our resends we used reworded Subjects and Subheaders. That seemed to work well, from what I recall.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 10d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 10d

Big Brave Boy Miller wouldn't last a minute when faced with my 11-year-old niece's withering Wednesday-esque glare.