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Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️
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Overlanding Northern America with breaks back home in NZ with my kids. Techie from way back.
I usually get hung up on the wee hand towels the lads tuck into their shirts but how have I never noticed the elegant long gloves before?
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The rest of the world thought you'd crossed that horizon with Columbine but Sandy Hook was another line, another atrocity so awful change should have been inevitable.
I am convinced America crossed an event horizon thirteen years ago, when even the deaths of elementary school aged children at the hands of a monster weren't enough for their government to say "enough is enough". Hard not to think that Americans would rather have their guns over their children.
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's a year since we said goodbye to our best boy. It's been amazing, I've motorbiked from Panama to the Arctic, but under all of it is grief and resilience. We are so lucky to have them ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Sorting out photos and loving the trip down memory lane including this border crossing between Argentina and Chile!
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
An odd choice of photo from the White House flickr account. The perspective is so skewed.

Source: www.flickr.com/photos/white...
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
But do you? Really?
Dictators exist because the people don’t realize their power…and because the dictator works relentlessly…to make sure they never realize it.

We…realize our power in this country.
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I’m planning a trip - we’re doing long haul, New Zealand to Europe and we are NOT doing stop overs in the US.

It’s incredible that the US has gone from being the safe travel option to the pariah.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Xmas is coming - don't get ripped off online!

I've been seeing ads all over the place for cute rings, necklaces, and earrings.

The prices are good but SHOCKER they could be even better.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
For the Aucklanders - if you haven’t tried an escooter yet they’re having a free event on Saturday.

www.facebook.com/events/25393...

Disclaimer: I’m proud of the people behind this company.
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Is there any lighting where the makeup looks competently applied?
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Whoever thought the Whitehouse would need to make such a pronouncement?
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
How on earth is it a “monumental victory” when it impacts so few people?

And how is it anything other than a failure to support and protect that small number of children at a really difficult time of their lives?

#shame #nzfirst
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Matador Network is a big travel site and some of the info is good but FFS stop centering the US on your articles.

2. You can use it no matter where you live

and then proceeds to only talk to readers who live in the US. There’s a lot of planet included in “no matter where you live”!
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BBQ yesterday in sunny NZ. Met a guy who claimed he didn’t have a position on Trump and will argue the opposite to anyone who wants to discuss.
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Reminding me of when a man who’d tried to use me as a scapegoat for his mates white collar crimes uploaded his contacts to LinkedIn.

As if I'd want to “connect” 🤣
We're working on a writeup that I'm pretty excited about --

Importing your address book to find friends is common for social, but it's insecure to enumeration attacks and database leaks so we've historically refused to implement it. The team has a proposal now that we think solves those risks.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I'm very disappointed that the fam aren't amused by this. Future SIL has earned himself some points though. Smart lad.
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
On a Facebook thread about a Route 66 anniversary.
I was stirring but I genuinely didn't expect the complete blindness to ICE’s scale of operation.
NZ has not been exempt from the crackdown. A lesser impact, definitely, but we're staying away too.
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Reposted by Sarah 🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️
A visualisation of the wine regions of New Zealand three ways.

#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Played with ChatGPT, Code Copilot & Gemini today to get a script (x2) to send messages from my laptop.

Took ages, generated code I could read but not write.

Ultimately I get to give a 🖕to the spammers that made NZ 🇳🇿 lock sms sending down.

Small biz can't justify spending thousands on shortcodes.
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This is brilliant 🤦‍♀️
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Is anyone using a shared shortcode to send sms messages in New Zealand 🇳🇿?

I'm looking for a provider for low-volume send-only messages.
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
He fired off a what?
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thanks to the NYT I’ve discovered a great seal is not one of these guys 🤣
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I feel like this personal best might take some beating

www.bloomberg.com/games/alphad...
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This might just be kiwi humour but who approved this ad copy?

Or was the goal to be risque & I just took the bait?
October 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM