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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️

@memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social

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Aotearoa based. Mostly bonsai with my coffee is all I seek. Started Bonsai 2020 = new to it. Also into aviation/space/science/geopolitics/wildlife/helpful tech stuff. Bonsai feed https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sw2dek7u74jxlriba65utp4d/feed/aaaiycpqcyp4u

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi new n old followers or anyone that may see my posts.
Please note most my Bonsai are still new or young so I'm kind of sharing the development story from early on.
There are many more advanced out there mine are humble hobby level.
Mostly follow best practices as I understand them. I like forests.

Chamiecyparis pisifera bonsai forest in a dark blue oval pot with moss covered soil surface and rock landscape.

Liquidamber bonsai forests in 3 scales each in dark earth coloured bonsai pots. Moss covers the soil surface of each group. All 3 are shown as a combined forest on a timber deck.

Sequoia bonsai in a dark earth coloured and rectangular bonsai pot.

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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Xenia Pestova Bennett @xeniapestova.bsky.social · 19h

People of the internet! I’m running a free online session on performance anxiety and managing negative thoughts (important!) on 30 October. I’m especially keen to reach non-professional musicians who love music, but struggle with stage fright. Please share! xeniapestovabennett.com/events/intro...

Befriending Performance Anxiety: Five Tips for Managing Negative Thoughts | Online - Xenia Pestova Bennett

Free taster webinar introducing the Befriending Performance Anxiety programme. Recognise and reframe negative thoughts  before, during and after performance Build confidence (Re)discover the joy of pe...

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Veranoa Hetet @whaeavee.bsky.social · 8h

At our fave air bnb on Wgtns south coast (past Red rocks)
I can't just do nothing all day so I made this Hue (gourd) lamp.
I'll leave it for our hosts

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 7h

This is where bonsai comes in handy. I don't know anything about rugby or other sports anymore, so I just start talking bonsai. If they stay to talk, then bonus and we deflect to bonsai if they get bored and cut talk short ..also a win.
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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 1d

The Hamilton Bonsai Club 2025 Show is on this weekend.

I'm planning to go on Saturday morning and will make a day of it.
It's held at the Hamilton Gardens, so there's plenty to look at along with a nice café.

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#Bonsai

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Hamilton Bonsai Club

Hamilton Bonsai Club Annual Bonsai Show October 11th & 12th 2025 Hamilton Gardens Learn More

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 8h

Radio bros gon hate

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Sid's Trees @sidpavey.bsky.social · 9h

Walnut #bonsai

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 10h

Coffee of freedom o'clock comrades.
🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲⏰️☕️

Cheers
Today felt like being that kid in a playground wanting to get on the merry-go-round but no one slows it down for them to get on.
But at least it's Bonsai forest Friday tomorrow

European oak bonsai in training planted in a blue oval pot with moss covered soil surface and a fern to the left of the trees base. To the right a coffee mug of blue green colour with black horizontal stripes.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 12h

I’ll say this as many times as it needs to be said, but socialism is not anarchism; the left is neither an org nor a movement; and left-right distinctions are only useful as shorthand for clarifying assumptions and intellectual tendencies

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NZDF Mounted Hilux Division @smithkstead.bsky.social · 14h

NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: Part 1 of Israeli Passport Bros, or how a bunch of two-bit Mossad agents ended up getting caught trying to steal a New Zealand man with cerebral palsy's identity (link below)

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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve been interviewed by ODT again, (along with local Ōtepoti Palestinian and Israeli activists) on recent Winston’s UN speech & ceasefire plans…. #nzpol

www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/ma...

Holding firm for Gaza in Ōtepoti

As the first steps appear to be underway to end the war in Gaza, those in Dunedin supporting a just peace are clear what needs to happen. Tom...

www.odt.co.nz

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 13h

This speech from @marisakabas.bsky.social is really worth reading.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14h

Andrew Hoggard says he will allow cancer-linked glyphosate to be increased by 100 x in our food production.

He's also ignored a High Court order telling farmers to remove cruel farming practices around pigs - extending the 2025 due date out by 10 years. This is ACT #nzpol #kiwi

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 13h

Oriini Kaipara being sworn in; enters with a waiata. And this is how NZ MPs should be affirmed. #nzqt

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Simon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social · 13h

It's still not too late to make a difference for Ruapehu.

If you not registered or need to make a special vote coz the dog ate your voting papers, YOU need to get to the council office by 4pm on Friday.

Be the vote that makes the difference...

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 14h

#nzpol

GOOD NEWS ALERT 🚨

Today the government relented to pressure from the @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social and retained the requirement for contracted workers to be paid at least the Living Wage rate in Government Contracts. Around 5,000 workers will likely benefit from this decision

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Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social · 14h

We had so much fun in Direct Action! class today with Joel Bellman!

Thanks to Joel for coming along and talking about his work reporting on Lyndon LaRouche and his movement--and the days when Nixon was as bad as anyone could imagine. 😱

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Nick Mustoe @nickmustoe.bsky.social · 15h

It is raining gold on the San Juans. Probably peak color for the season as rain moves in this weekend.

Golden aspen and Engelmann spruce surround a dirt road.

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This ain't rock-'n'-roll, this is GENOCIDE! 🐈‍⬛🍉🇳🇿🇵🇸 @icyred.bsky.social · 16h

Anyone in Te-Matau-a-Maui/Hawkes Bay want to see Deva Mahal tonight at ToiToi? My plus1 is sick, so have a spare tkt. Totally free, you just have to cope with me scratching away in my notebook in the next seat!

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Pōneke @archivesrock.bsky.social · 16h

If anyone knows of any jobs going for a 60-something archivist or a 60-something pilot, let me know.
We're now *both* on the scrap heap.

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Rudie V. @rudiev.bsky.social · 16h

October Glory is an apt name for these maples, showing off their red splendor at the nursery! #trees

The image shows a group of young trees with brilliant red and orange autumn foliage, likely **red maples (Acer rubrum)** or a similar species known for vivid fall color. The trees are **balled and burlapped**, meaning their root systems are wrapped in burlap and tied for transport or planting. They are lined up neatly in a **nursery or tree farm**, set in rows on a sandy, slightly muddy ground. A drip irrigation line runs along the soil, indicating the trees are being maintained before being sold or transplanted. The sky above is overcast, creating a soft, diffused light that enhances the rich fall colors.

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 16h

#NZpol

Margaret Jensen @margjen.bsky.social · 19h

to all the Labour mps on here can you tell your leader we need a commitment to reverse the Jobseekers policy that National has just introduced. Thats not giving your policy away that is exercising basic humanity and getting rid of very poorly formulated policy. Just say it. Come on.

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Margaret Jensen @margjen.bsky.social · 19h

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 17h

Growing calls for independent #watchdog to keep NZ politicians honest:
As scrutiny of #politicians’ interests rises & public trust in institutions declines, there are legitimate questions to be asked re whether current #integrity mechanisms are working
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/15/g...

Growing calls for independent watchdog to keep politicians honest

As scrutiny of politicians rises and public trust declines, the Integrity Institute is questioning how potential conflicts are managed

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 16h

#NZpol

Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 17h

Still time to get your ballots in for the Auckland Local Elections! Although you need to drop them off at drop boxes now!

And if you want positive policies and action, vote City Vision!

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 17h

Still time to get your ballots in for the Auckland Local Elections! Although you need to drop them off at drop boxes now!

And if you want positive policies and action, vote City Vision!

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