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katydidnz.bsky.social
The Snark Maiden
@katydidnz.bsky.social
Fan of lighthouses, McLarenF1, maps, & Moomins. Redhead, proofreader-for-hire, & freelance snarker. Casual snapper.
Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿

Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti!


https://substack.com/@katydidnz
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Beautiful day for a quick #BeachWalk
Great timeline positioning.
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Kick the back of my seat one more time, you little shit. I dare you!"
“Get out of my fucking seat.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
- Kea
- Weka
- Buffalo
- Squirrels
- Raccoons
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

- Tuatara
- Takahē
- Squirrels
- California sea lions
- Snowy egrets
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

- Sun fish
- cassowary
- minke whale
- wombat
- orca
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Where Tourists Vs Locals take pictures in Paris

Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either

Surprised?

19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Definitely needs a lighthouse"
“Regretting my third wish”
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Not a euphemism
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tried watching The Ridge on Sky Open. It's a Scottish/NZ production. Horrible main character and weird filming style has put me off watching any more of it. Read some IMDB reviews and they're similar.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The truth 🐊
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Post your warning label
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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The AI bubble isn't so much a bubble as a boil on the arse of humanity.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I didn't rage-quit my job. I did have to step outside and scream into the abyss though.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I think I just hallucinated a steam train whistle. Did one go through Kapiti recently?
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I hate how every nation is living down to its stereotype because I’m trained to look for complexity in things, yet the USA is run by a caricature of crony capitalism that Soviet propaganda would consider too unsubtle, Russia is run by a Bond villain, the UK is speedrunning Children of Men, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM