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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin

@piripi.net

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Writer, PhD candidate (SEI/USyd), teacher. 🤓 All about the Politics of Love! 🥝 - Māori (Kāi Tahu), Pākehā - based in 🐊🦘🕸️ …for now. Serves on NZ Peace Foundation council, @animalstudies committee. ❤️s colour! 🌈

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · Jun 6

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 14h

Sydney is about to turn pastel-purple. ✨

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 1d

I wouldn't be surprised if, one day, I write about NZ postage stamps and how they operate ideologically / as propaganda.

I love stamps, but this shit just fucks me off. 🤬

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Biosecurity Protection Set of Mint Stamps

Discover the defence system that protects Aotearoa against pests, diseases and other biological threats with this set of mint stamps.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 2d

'The EAT-Lancet Commission says a shift towards its planetary health diet, released last week, could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world and cut agricultural methane emissions by 15 percent by 2050.'

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More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet

Most New Zealand adults consume more protein than the recommended amount. They could reduce meat without risking inadequate protein intake.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 3d

'Only when it is clearly in the public interest should Parliament take the extraordinary step of declaring something is legal when it would otherwise be illegal... This is not such a case.' - Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere

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Govt's pig welfare amendment bill is Orwellian doublethink

Opinion from the University of Auckland: Govt's pig welfare amendment bill seeks to carve out an exception from the present law to specifically allow for otherwise unlawful regulations

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 3d

'A pond hides herself uselessly
deep in the marsh: horses foraging
for new growth in spring
pull the reeds
until not a single root is left.'
- Izumi Shikibu

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 3d

'Like a ripple
that chases the slightest caress
of the breeze—
is that how you want me
to follow you?'
- Ono no Komachi

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 3d

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 5d

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Persuasion

Vengeance, fear, allegiance, loss, the home front and the fighting spirit, portrayed in the dramatic art of World War II propaganda posters.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 5d

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Roman Holiday (1953) ⭐ 8.0 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

1h 58m | Approved

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 5d

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RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® brick worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 7d

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'The Mi’kmaq language seems to affirm a distinction between animals as persons and animals as food. Just as other languages gender nouns as masculine, feminine, or neutral, Mi’kmaq categorizes nouns into animate and inanimate.' - Margaret Robinson, 'Animal Personhood in a Mi'kmaq Perspective'

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 8d

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2025_大美人画展 | ebook5

2025_大美人画展 - ebook5.net

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 8d

‘Literary translation demands more than linguistic proficiency. It requires the ability to convey tone, rhythm and cultural context across languages.’

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Japanese literature shows why human translation still counts

AI and translation tech lower barriers to global communication, but literary translation requires the ability to convey tone, rhythm and cultural context.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 8d

Kerokerokeroppi! ✨

Or, as my kids call me, Piripiripirippi!

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 8d

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Birdle New Zealand

Play and guess today's Birdle in 5 guesses. Learn about a new New Zealand bird every day.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 8d

Very NOT interested in Multispecies Justice discussions over food and drink unless it’s all, and explicitly, vegan. 🌱

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 8d

‘“I always am amazed at how similar we are to chimpanzees and, for that matter, other animals, too – sharing emotions like fear and pain and anger and things like that,” Goodall said.’

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Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates, has died | CNN

Jane Goodall, whose lifelong work as a primatologist helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died, her institute said Wednesday. She was 91.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 9d

‘Another rose wilts in East Harlem…’ 🥀

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East Harlem

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 10d

'“We would expect them to be pretty choosy about who they form these pair bonds with.” What’s more, corvids are extremely smart, and blue jays and green jays look quite different from one another. They should have no problem telling themselves apart.'

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A blue jay and a green jay mated, researchers say. Their offspring is a scientific marvel | CNN

The rare bird, spotted in a backyard in Texas, is the first known blue jay-green jay hybrid in the wild, according to a new study.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 11d

Sweet gifts from one of my little kids. ✨

(I think they all know how much I like Keroppi! 🐸)

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 13d

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 14d

Me, to myself, this morning:

Don't be complicit in your own exploitation.

👊

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 15d

‘We’re only here for a season of sunlight, and if you’re wondering why… why…’

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Love

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 16d