Hamish
@verbman.bsky.social
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Hamish
@verbman.bsky.social
· Nov 18
1 - never had an encyclopedia collection
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
1 - never had an encyclopedia collection
“We’re gonna need a longer marshmallow stick”
#mywellington
#mywellington
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“We’re gonna need a longer marshmallow stick”
#mywellington
#mywellington
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You might have seen that Siouxsie won her legal battle against the UoA, but even after the damages were awarded she ended up massively out of pocket.
So she's asking for help - There's been lots of support already, which is cool to see - Siouxsie deserves it!
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
So she's asking for help - There's been lots of support already, which is cool to see - Siouxsie deserves it!
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You might have seen that Siouxsie won her legal battle against the UoA, but even after the damages were awarded she ended up massively out of pocket.
So she's asking for help - There's been lots of support already, which is cool to see - Siouxsie deserves it!
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
So she's asking for help - There's been lots of support already, which is cool to see - Siouxsie deserves it!
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Excited for this!!!!
Really excited for this! Hanna is an excellent scholar and we badly need a modern take on the field.
(She's also a friend and I'm so stoked for her this is making its way to press).
(She's also a friend and I'm so stoked for her this is making its way to press).
Pre-ordered Hanna Wilberg's Administrative Law in Aotearoa New Zealand. Very excited to read it and really important it's been written. These years Joseph's text is venerable (complimentary) and venerable (derogatory).
www.bloomsbury.com/au/administr...
www.bloomsbury.com/au/administr...
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Excited for this!!!!
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A few little snaps from the exhibition - I talked about how 200 years ago, I wouldn't have been able to vote, let alone be elected to city council, how we value "women's work" (both in the age of pay equity being cancelled and crafts as art), and how many women fought to be able to vote
September 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A few little snaps from the exhibition - I talked about how 200 years ago, I wouldn't have been able to vote, let alone be elected to city council, how we value "women's work" (both in the age of pay equity being cancelled and crafts as art), and how many women fought to be able to vote
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I noticed the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, has shared its respiratory infection protocols
www.phcc.org.nz/news/resourc...
www.phcc.org.nz/news/resourc...
June 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I noticed the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, has shared its respiratory infection protocols
www.phcc.org.nz/news/resourc...
www.phcc.org.nz/news/resourc...
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NZ homes is they are not built for dry
"The resident just needs to do X, Y, and Z" - but that's not the root cause!
NZ has no political will to fix this
EVEN SO.... I'd like to be able to help people get their house dry and healthy without getting a swarm of "how dare you blame the tenant" replies
"The resident just needs to do X, Y, and Z" - but that's not the root cause!
NZ has no political will to fix this
EVEN SO.... I'd like to be able to help people get their house dry and healthy without getting a swarm of "how dare you blame the tenant" replies
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NZ homes is they are not built for dry
"The resident just needs to do X, Y, and Z" - but that's not the root cause!
NZ has no political will to fix this
EVEN SO.... I'd like to be able to help people get their house dry and healthy without getting a swarm of "how dare you blame the tenant" replies
"The resident just needs to do X, Y, and Z" - but that's not the root cause!
NZ has no political will to fix this
EVEN SO.... I'd like to be able to help people get their house dry and healthy without getting a swarm of "how dare you blame the tenant" replies
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Hey team, just recently I quit my day job so I can concentrate on being The Sewphist properly.
Just after I hit the milestone of 300 completed orders through my website. It’s taken a decade or so. So I set the stretch goal of hitting 350 by the time I turn 50. Doable, right? This is my job now…
Just after I hit the milestone of 300 completed orders through my website. It’s taken a decade or so. So I set the stretch goal of hitting 350 by the time I turn 50. Doable, right? This is my job now…
a cat with a surprised look on its face and the words let me crunch the numbers below it
Alt: A cat with a inquisitive expression looking like it’s saying “let me crunch the numbers”
media.tenor.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Hey team, just recently I quit my day job so I can concentrate on being The Sewphist properly.
Just after I hit the milestone of 300 completed orders through my website. It’s taken a decade or so. So I set the stretch goal of hitting 350 by the time I turn 50. Doable, right? This is my job now…
Just after I hit the milestone of 300 completed orders through my website. It’s taken a decade or so. So I set the stretch goal of hitting 350 by the time I turn 50. Doable, right? This is my job now…
Mayday carnage in Wellington this morning, 160kmh gusts = wind blowing pot plant out of its pot. Locals be like “what wind?”. Will try to be more local.
April 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Mayday carnage in Wellington this morning, 160kmh gusts = wind blowing pot plant out of its pot. Locals be like “what wind?”. Will try to be more local.
We just toasted our new life in Te Whanganui a Tara.
April 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We just toasted our new life in Te Whanganui a Tara.
Just sold the house so I’ve got two weeks and one day to pull off a move to my very dear Pōneke / Wellington with my four lads. Wish me luck finding our rental and if you’re down there, look me up soon!!!
March 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just sold the house so I’ve got two weeks and one day to pull off a move to my very dear Pōneke / Wellington with my four lads. Wish me luck finding our rental and if you’re down there, look me up soon!!!
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Here is the recording of the last Rac Guild Townhall from Feb 5 showcasing DocRef youtu.be/gG6ARhgx7L8. This is a project by Tom Barraclough (@tombcgh.bsky.social ) & Hamish Fraser (@verbman.bsky.social) from Syncopate Lab, aimed at building Digital Legal Infrastructure. #rulesascode
RaC Guild Townhall (Jan 2025) - Building Digital Legal Infrastructure w/ DocRef Demo & Discussion
YouTube video by RaC Guild
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Here is the recording of the last Rac Guild Townhall from Feb 5 showcasing DocRef youtu.be/gG6ARhgx7L8. This is a project by Tom Barraclough (@tombcgh.bsky.social ) & Hamish Fraser (@verbman.bsky.social) from Syncopate Lab, aimed at building Digital Legal Infrastructure. #rulesascode
My corporation? Thievery.
My jam? Pearl.
My femmes? Violent.
March 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My corporation? Thievery.
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My Nonno had a Fiat 127 and he got me to drive him on these crazy, narrow, windy Tuscan road up the valley to the village he was from in it. Told me I drove so well he’d leave me the car! 😅 I did not get the car (I did live in Scotland) This ad reminds me of the driving sensation 😂
February 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My Nonno had a Fiat 127 and he got me to drive him on these crazy, narrow, windy Tuscan road up the valley to the village he was from in it. Told me I drove so well he’d leave me the car! 😅 I did not get the car (I did live in Scotland) This ad reminds me of the driving sensation 😂
February 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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DocRef is pretty cool.
Just a diff on today's latest changes to the Residential Tenancy Act 1986 if you want a curated view:
docref.org/nz/rta/0160/...
docref.org/nz/rta/0160/...
Residential Tenancies Act 1986 | Version: 0160
Deploy documents as digital infrastructure
docref.org
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
DocRef is pretty cool.
Just a diff on today's latest changes to the Residential Tenancy Act 1986 if you want a curated view:
docref.org/nz/rta/0160/...
docref.org/nz/rta/0160/...
Residential Tenancies Act 1986 | Version: 0160
Deploy documents as digital infrastructure
docref.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Just a diff on today's latest changes to the Residential Tenancy Act 1986 if you want a curated view:
docref.org/nz/rta/0160/...
docref.org/nz/rta/0160/...
Started a company called Verb back in 1999. I ended up as verbman because it felt like a fun nerdy take on action man.
Second year university in 1990, getting a login for the Unix system. CS department sysadmin asks "what username do you want?".
Nat: "Blackadder."
Sysadmin: "Nope. 8 letter limit."
Nat: (had just learned of GNU and knew the term for annoying bugs) "gnat"
Nat: "Blackadder."
Sysadmin: "Nope. 8 letter limit."
Nat: (had just learned of GNU and knew the term for annoying bugs) "gnat"
Explain your username.
When I was 13, was very into BBSs, having gotten a 300 baud modem for my 13th birthday (after we went to see first-run Return of the Jedi). I called in to the local BBSs as much as my parents would tolerate the phone being tied up. 1/4
When I was 13, was very into BBSs, having gotten a 300 baud modem for my 13th birthday (after we went to see first-run Return of the Jedi). I called in to the local BBSs as much as my parents would tolerate the phone being tied up. 1/4
January 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Started a company called Verb back in 1999. I ended up as verbman because it felt like a fun nerdy take on action man.
Be gentle on your ADHDer’s - it’s our last minute bill submissions writing week and I’m tidying my room.
January 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Be gentle on your ADHDer’s - it’s our last minute bill submissions writing week and I’m tidying my room.
I break the law, into little pieces.
January 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I break the law, into little pieces.
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Wellington on a good day 😂
January 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wellington on a good day 😂
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He's making a list
He's using AI
He got hopelessly lost
Up there in the sky
Santa Claus is in the wrong town
He's using AI
He got hopelessly lost
Up there in the sky
Santa Claus is in the wrong town
December 24, 2024 at 4:26 AM
He's making a list
He's using AI
He got hopelessly lost
Up there in the sky
Santa Claus is in the wrong town
He's using AI
He got hopelessly lost
Up there in the sky
Santa Claus is in the wrong town
Recommended Christmas reading; then you’ll be able to spend your Christmas arvo food coma writing your own submission instead of whatever else it was you were going to do.
melanienelson.substack.com/p/jane-kelse...
melanienelson.substack.com/p/jane-kelse...
Jane Kelsey Submission on the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill
A guest post by Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey, sharing her in-depth knowledge of neoliberalism and the Regulatory Standards Bill
melanienelson.substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Recommended Christmas reading; then you’ll be able to spend your Christmas arvo food coma writing your own submission instead of whatever else it was you were going to do.
melanienelson.substack.com/p/jane-kelse...
melanienelson.substack.com/p/jane-kelse...