briar
@rawlibrary.bsky.social
tangata tiriti in aotearoa new zealand.
english & undefinable language/culture stuff teacher. writer. lapsed bookseller & editor.
compulsive language explorer.
big coffee drinker.
trekkie and otherwise non-denominational nerd.
crohnie. adhd.
english & undefinable language/culture stuff teacher. writer. lapsed bookseller & editor.
compulsive language explorer.
big coffee drinker.
trekkie and otherwise non-denominational nerd.
crohnie. adhd.
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briar
@rawlibrary.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Augury | Headland
headland.org.nz
OH and I have a short story out! First time in ages! Latest issue of Headland! People seem to like it! Maybe you will too!
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hello hello would-be westies - i’m looking for a flatmate in my wee glen eden townhouse. 10 minute walk to the train station. cute cat. many books. www.facebook.com/share/p/172A...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
hello hello would-be westies - i’m looking for a flatmate in my wee glen eden townhouse. 10 minute walk to the train station. cute cat. many books. www.facebook.com/share/p/172A...
this show is utterly, utterly incredible and this latest episode was everything I could have hoped for a show with @tawnynewsome.bsky.social involved and knowing her particular Trek passions.
the VAST POSSIBILITIES of Illa and what her existence can mean!!!
SAM!! MY BABY SAAAAAM!!
the VAST POSSIBILITIES of Illa and what her existence can mean!!!
SAM!! MY BABY SAAAAAM!!
OMG Starfleet Academy
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
this show is utterly, utterly incredible and this latest episode was everything I could have hoped for a show with @tawnynewsome.bsky.social involved and knowing her particular Trek passions.
the VAST POSSIBILITIES of Illa and what her existence can mean!!!
SAM!! MY BABY SAAAAAM!!
the VAST POSSIBILITIES of Illa and what her existence can mean!!!
SAM!! MY BABY SAAAAAM!!
MY SISTER JUST GOT PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON AND PAUL F. TOMPKINS MUDDLED UP AND I AM WHEEEEEEZING
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
MY SISTER JUST GOT PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON AND PAUL F. TOMPKINS MUDDLED UP AND I AM WHEEEEEEZING
do I know anyone who knows any businesses looking for a highly capable EA temp? like a mat leave cover or something? wonderful friend of mine wants to do the working holiday visa but wants to ideally have work lined up before locking in. currently works for a multinational out of toronto.
January 24, 2026 at 3:57 AM
do I know anyone who knows any businesses looking for a highly capable EA temp? like a mat leave cover or something? wonderful friend of mine wants to do the working holiday visa but wants to ideally have work lined up before locking in. currently works for a multinational out of toronto.
Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax. Also going by Honey (her SPCA name) Honey Bare (Terry Farrell’s character in the Bond spoof holosuite DS9 ep, and the initial name connection), Moopsy, Grudge, Baba, Honey Booboo and Stinky Malinki.
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax. Also going by Honey (her SPCA name) Honey Bare (Terry Farrell’s character in the Bond spoof holosuite DS9 ep, and the initial name connection), Moopsy, Grudge, Baba, Honey Booboo and Stinky Malinki.
watching A Mistake (forgot it had come out! parts were filmed across the road from my old flat!) and it’s very good so far but the biggest Mistake is getting he Elizabeth Banks to try to do an allegedly NZ accent. oof.
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
watching A Mistake (forgot it had come out! parts were filmed across the road from my old flat!) and it’s very good so far but the biggest Mistake is getting he Elizabeth Banks to try to do an allegedly NZ accent. oof.
Finished ENT. Debating speed running TAS in the next couple of days just because I think it would be funny to have watched the entirety of every Trek show except for TOS and TNG 😂
January 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Finished ENT. Debating speed running TAS in the next couple of days just because I think it would be funny to have watched the entirety of every Trek show except for TOS and TNG 😂
someone should make an app (or maybe they already have?) that just tells you what the best two or three AKL beaches for swimming are at a given moment in time. processing safeswim data and tide times and that.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
someone should make an app (or maybe they already have?) that just tells you what the best two or three AKL beaches for swimming are at a given moment in time. processing safeswim data and tide times and that.
Is there anything more of a pain in the arse than two corporate whatever the hells placing an order for ten drinks ahead of you in a queue you’ve already waited quite a while for? So when you finally get to order after standing there for five minutes, it’s a ten minute wait? So you give up?
December 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Is there anything more of a pain in the arse than two corporate whatever the hells placing an order for ten drinks ahead of you in a queue you’ve already waited quite a while for? So when you finally get to order after standing there for five minutes, it’s a ten minute wait? So you give up?
Something up in the Dilworth Building. Quite a lot of cops as well as firefighters.
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Something up in the Dilworth Building. Quite a lot of cops as well as firefighters.
I have that magical train conductor who says lovely things and sings over the speaker!!!!!! Did a bit of a three days till Christmas, I hope you can spend time with family and relax and look out for those in need AND THEN sang I saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus with a train spin. OBSESSED.
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I have that magical train conductor who says lovely things and sings over the speaker!!!!!! Did a bit of a three days till Christmas, I hope you can spend time with family and relax and look out for those in need AND THEN sang I saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus with a train spin. OBSESSED.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Every time I think of IKEA or hear it mentioned – which is obviously is waaaay more frequent now than ever before – I just have ‘what else is there in Red Hook / aside from IKEA / can I get a train there / no idea’ looping in my head so thanks, Awkwafina.
December 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every time I think of IKEA or hear it mentioned – which is obviously is waaaay more frequent now than ever before – I just have ‘what else is there in Red Hook / aside from IKEA / can I get a train there / no idea’ looping in my head so thanks, Awkwafina.
Anyway here are some nice bush walk photos. One of the temporary fixes of late.
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Anyway here are some nice bush walk photos. One of the temporary fixes of late.
Hot actionable tips on navigating immense feelings of purposelessness and loneliness etc etc after a significant (albeit mostly amicable) breakup?
Should be in post house purchase delighted decorating etc. Instead can’t see the point in anything, really.
Should be in post house purchase delighted decorating etc. Instead can’t see the point in anything, really.
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Hot actionable tips on navigating immense feelings of purposelessness and loneliness etc etc after a significant (albeit mostly amicable) breakup?
Should be in post house purchase delighted decorating etc. Instead can’t see the point in anything, really.
Should be in post house purchase delighted decorating etc. Instead can’t see the point in anything, really.
Now that I am officially a Westie, hit me up with recommendations for stuff out west? Food? Fun? Kelston being my starting point.
a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other .
ALT: a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other .
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November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Now that I am officially a Westie, hit me up with recommendations for stuff out west? Food? Fun? Kelston being my starting point.
fake it till you make it
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
fake it till you make it
mfw i drove out to the house i just went unconditional on two days ago to see that nobody has put up a sold sticker yet 🥲 I’M HAVING A TIME OKAY, I DESERVED MY LAME SELFIE.
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
mfw i drove out to the house i just went unconditional on two days ago to see that nobody has put up a sold sticker yet 🥲 I’M HAVING A TIME OKAY, I DESERVED MY LAME SELFIE.
I do really need to learn to sew to live my best con life though.
October 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I do really need to learn to sew to live my best con life though.
Obsessed OBSESSED with someone asking Tem about representing Te Arawa and Māoriness in the world beyond and going in films outside Aotearoa and him leaning in hard to mauri etc and also weaving in connection to SW with the Force.
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Obsessed OBSESSED with someone asking Tem about representing Te Arawa and Māoriness in the world beyond and going in films outside Aotearoa and him leaning in hard to mauri etc and also weaving in connection to SW with the Force.
Every time I’m at Armageddon I am reminded that one of the staff needs to teach Nicholas how question time works because he’s there every time asking repeat questions and it’s bloody annoying and takes up so much time and steals time from others. He was annoying at the bookshop and worse here.
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Every time I’m at Armageddon I am reminded that one of the staff needs to teach Nicholas how question time works because he’s there every time asking repeat questions and it’s bloody annoying and takes up so much time and steals time from others. He was annoying at the bookshop and worse here.
I am once again pleading for anime and manga to have its own convention and let me not wade through so much of it to get to things I actually like at Armageddon.
October 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am once again pleading for anime and manga to have its own convention and let me not wade through so much of it to get to things I actually like at Armageddon.
Very unimpressed by 1A in the latest NYT crossword. Incorrect and disrespectful tbh.
October 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Very unimpressed by 1A in the latest NYT crossword. Incorrect and disrespectful tbh.
the nature of the couple of weeks leading up to NCEA 12s and 13s going on study leave
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
the nature of the couple of weeks leading up to NCEA 12s and 13s going on study leave
I need more Ōtara Market action in my life. Came for a Niuē shirt, left with:
- TWO Niuē shirts
- earrings
- jasmine coconut oil
- a loaf of rēwana
- 10 Kuki doughnuts
- bottle of ‘otai
- two Scandinavian buns
- TWO Niuē shirts
- earrings
- jasmine coconut oil
- a loaf of rēwana
- 10 Kuki doughnuts
- bottle of ‘otai
- two Scandinavian buns
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I need more Ōtara Market action in my life. Came for a Niuē shirt, left with:
- TWO Niuē shirts
- earrings
- jasmine coconut oil
- a loaf of rēwana
- 10 Kuki doughnuts
- bottle of ‘otai
- two Scandinavian buns
- TWO Niuē shirts
- earrings
- jasmine coconut oil
- a loaf of rēwana
- 10 Kuki doughnuts
- bottle of ‘otai
- two Scandinavian buns