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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈)

@madhmstr.bsky.social

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“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.” Professional aunt. Trans rights are human rights. Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff. 5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · Nov 11

Time for a pinned post.
I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
I post about, in no particular order:
Our cats: Midnight and Jasper.
My clothes.
My life.
Books.
Being a children's librarian.
Sports, especially #womenssport.
Craft.
Random shit.
Boosting / sharing creators' work.

Two black cats on a floor. One is demonstrably larger than the other.

Books are a big deal tshirt, with Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems.

The Monster at the End of This Book Book with matching tshirt, held by a rainbow haired librarian wearing rainbow glasses.

The library is for everyone tshirt in bright colours and cartoon like head and shoulders illustrations of people with love hearts on their cheeks.

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 5h

I had to clean my oven to take this photo. It’ll make sense when you read the book so you should probably go and get the book. (I also hit my head on the grill twice whilst cleaning, so I’d appreciate the support.)🙏🏾

Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) is out NOW! 🦃

Photo of Dave Pigeon (Turkey Day!) in the oven with a faux turkey

Cover of Dave Pigeon (Turkey Day!). Cover art by Sheena Dempsey.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 4h

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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Chris Costelloe @chriscostelloe.bsky.social · 4h

Cricket in Corfu - this lovely article is the most cheering thing I have read in ages…. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

The Spin | Cricket in Corfu causes confusion but also unexpected delight for a few

Seeing a match on the Greek island may be unusual but it gave one American boy a touching link to his dead father

www.theguardian.com

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 5h

Or do any exercises with cats lying on you.

AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 6h

I blame the cat/s for why I don't do my back exercises on the floor.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 21h

I live by my writing. Pick up When the Earth Was Green for yourself or someone you know who could use a prehistoric nature walk. It helps me, helps indies, and today you can still get free shipping. 🌱

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 12h

It's unbelievable that this article

"Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on"

does not once mention the $12to$14Billion tax cut cost they are borrowing to cover, nor the Billions they stole from Pay Equity Fund #NZPol

Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on

Treasury has revealed the state of the Government’s finances and it shows we’re borrowing just to keep the lights on.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

Qiane Matata-Sipu (author of the wonderful book on wāhine NUKU) has written a book for tamariki about first menstruation through a Māori cultural framework (honouring the works and teachings of Dr Ngahuia Murphy). It's in te reo Māori & English. www.nukuwomen.co.nz/shop-online/ #pukapuka

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 13h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 16h

Te Puke.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 18h

Repost. NZ pensions are not a problem. They are not unsustainable. That’s a lie. #nzpol

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 11d

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

Graph of public pension costs as % of GDP for OECD countries in 2021 (latest data). NZ is lower quartile at around 5.1%. OECD average is 7.8%. Plenty of Euro countries are around 10% or above.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 18h

And now it is pat time with Midnight.
Who, earlier, came and found me in Mum's room to ask me to come to the kitchen for pats.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 19h

Last night, Jasper was on my lap before I had managed to take off my second shoe.
This morning, I haven't managed to get socks on, let alone shoes.
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A black cat on a lap. The lap is attached to feet, one with a sock on, and one with a shoe still on.

A black cat on a lap. The lap is attached to bare feet, with boots beside them.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 19h

I'm trying to get ready for work...

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

See, dressed like a clown day! Happy storytime.

#Librarianfashion

An outfit of colour!
Striped cardigan in rainbow colours.
Very Hungry Caterpillar earrings. One is the Caterpillar and one is the Butterfly.
Leggings with colourful cartoon images of things, with the words naming them. Like dragon, rabbit, flower, letter.
Blue high tops.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

This list is a year out of date, but here's a few titles I've found in my library collection.

discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/library-list...

discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 1d

#ThisBookTheseReasons

With the haters being all hatey all over, I felt our library collection needed even more lovely, accepting, celebratory stories ASAP. Had missed out on this @harrywoodgate.bsky.social one previously. Glad to have it now.

Cover of Grandad’s Pride.
The title is on a Progress Pride flag, carried by sweater vest wearing (whit) grandfather, his famous camper in the background…various parading folks…

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 1d

Look, universe, you just hold up right there. This is NOT the time that we can survive Dolly Parton being at all at risk.

I'm just saying this whole system is built on her being here, and I cannot predict what will happen if you even consider otherwise.