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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 30m

We got one of these. It’s rather impressive.

https://www.joracomposters.com/our-composter/

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Tend Health @tend.nz · 3h

You don’t have to handle everything alone 🫂 Building connection is one of the most protective factors for mental health, yet it’s often the first thing we let slip when times get tough. We withdraw, thinking we need to sort things out by ourselves first, or not wanting to “bother” anyone.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 7h

insert side eye gif from my 2014 Nissan Leaf.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 10h

Torn: Arse surely?

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 1d

(not actually these kaka, but they are very local to @bernardchickey.bsky.social )

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Tend Health @tend.nz · 1d

Feeling overwhelmed by worries? 😥 When worries take over, they can consume your whole day - popping up during meetings, keeping you awake at night, making it hard to focus on anything else. It’s exhausting carrying all that mental weight 😮‍💨

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 1d

@bernardchickey.bsky.social has CLEARLY been listing to the Hillside Road Hoon morning and night, and upped his Hoon content this week

Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 1d

Mini-Hoon: Ganesh Nana on a failing 'strategy'. Just ahead of today's 50 basis point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, I spoke to economist Ganesh Ahirao about the Government's fiscally-tight & failing approach to economic management. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/mini-hoon-...

Mini-Hoon: Ganesh Nana on a failing 'strategy'

Just ahead of today's 50 basis point rate cut by the RBNZ, I spoke to economist Ganesh Nana about the Government's fiscally-tight & failing approach to economic management

thekaka.substack.com

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Tend Health @tend.nz · 1d

Feeling stuck with a problem? Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the problem itself - it’s knowing where to start. When everything feels tangled up, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or paralysed by indecision 🥴

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 1d

Wellingtonians - Are you interested?

An hour of unlimited play on the machines at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe before regular opening hours on a Sunday from 10-11 am. N95 or better masks to be worn at all times and there is an air purifier. $20/person and we need 25 people to make the event happen.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 1d

sadly we have a LOT of high (6m+) trees, most of which we can't (or don't want to) cut down. Or even trim

Almost bought the 800sqm section next door to use as a solar farm, but.. well, its was $500k NZD, so no...

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 2d

Stupidly I don’t call the insurance when outs mostly went down in 2023 storms. Wish I had rather than propping it up

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Tend Health @tend.nz · 2d

Feeling stuck in a low mood? When you’re feeling down, everything can feel harder - even getting out of bed or doing simple tasks. It’s a cruel paradox: the things that might help us feel better are often the last things we feel like doing.

One of the most effective tools is activity scheduling.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 2d

Hrmmmm maybe I need to go get tested. Of that age and all that….

Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d

I expected “oh your hearing is fucked”. But no. It’s fine - with some tinatus.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d

I just don’t have time.

That said we just started rewatching Fringe. Which is better than I remembered (from 2008)

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d

Me either.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d

Nice. I presume you have a battery?

I WISH we could get solar. our roof slopes North (High) to South (low) with overhanging trees (well, shading). Otherwise it'd be on a few years ago :(

Gas is next to go (cooking + water). Tempted to maybe get a battery to just not ever pay peak.

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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d

Wind and solar don’t need to be 100% all the time. But sometimes they are.