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Aaron Hawkins

@ahawkins.bsky.social

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Co-Founder of Escarpment Domes. Director of Inspiring Communities. Leader of the Otago Housing Alliance. Sundays 12-2pm on Radio One 91FM.

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 3h

Gottem

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 3h

Do the murders take equally as long?

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 7h

habeas corpus is the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 4h

Never anything less than two hours of your life well spent.

God's Waiting Room w/ David Holmes 29th September 2025

Playing Electronica, New Wave, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Soul, Dub. God's Waiting Room: a round-about selection of the cinematic, library music, rock 'n' roll, psych, experimental, unclassifiable ...

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 4h

One year I went to the movies with my wife to try and kill time / relax (so little you can meaningfully do at this point) but we chose THE JOKER

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 4h

It’s not about driving to the voting booth as a trip generator. It’s about giving people the chance to drop their papers off en route to doing other things in their life.

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

He’s not an analyst either. He’s somehow managed to forge a career out of being an aggregator of other people’s reckons

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

What is the end game here? Making people feel bad about taking up an opportunity to vote in a dangerously low turnout election?

Honestly the urbanists need to pick their battles

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

Somehow this was less controversial at my catholic high school than the time we put up Patty Hearst SLA posters

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

For Bursary history we had to write an essay on the accuracy of an historical film.

Others chose Braveheart or Schindlers List.

Me? The People vs Larry Flynt

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

This is the value of judicious editing

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

Five pies? Two pies?

cc @brannavan.bsky.social

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

This is the kind of content I am here for.

Underrated, impossible and physically exhausting job, that of the speaker.

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 7h

I had a theatre lecturer who insisted on calling him Bertie B in a soothing baritone and try as I might it’s lodged in there for good

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 7h

imagine being the MP for southern māori and thinking the party of eruera tirikatene doesn’t have the right to stand in it. idiot

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 9h

oh i got the joke. i just ignored it 😂

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 9h

Firstly, $7k is a bargain for a painted portrait.

Secondly, seems odd to me that staff would just make that kind of decision at an operational level.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 11h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 11h

Because it’s going so well and all

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Richard Prebble: Govt must get out of electricity and let market deliver security

OPINION: Repaying debt would be better for taxpayers and the market.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10h

this is very very funny, but I think my favorite part is the implication that Keanu Reeves got suckered into saying yes to a bad play

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 14h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 12h

The calls are always coming from inside the house

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 13h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah but hear me out here - what if we just kept laughing at him? That’ll work this time right?

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 18h

The DM Economy