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Félix

@passcod.nz

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Speaks: 🇳🇿 🇫🇷 🦀. nominally bi with left gender. dni if you have dni in your bio. rust oss developer (watchexec, cargo watch, cargo binstall). budding electronics hobbyist. writes fanfic

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Félix

@passcod.nz

lots of tiny pine trees planted on a green hill

photo of the train taken from the train as it curves to the right

bush fire smoke in the distance over mt tongariro, snowcapped mt ruapehu on the right

November 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM

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a bit earlier today

November 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM

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the northern explorer train at platform 9

November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Félix

@passcod.nz

rip wellington trains

metlink screen showing that all lines out of wellington station are replaced by buses

November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Félix

@passcod.nz

it is altogether too early to be up and i've had much too little sleep

view walking north on Great Harbour Way in Wellington. the sky is grey, almost uniform, there's nothing on the road

November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Félix

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if you didn't intentionally discard your badge on the pavement outside, sorry, but they're going in my garden now

RXTACKK's kawaiicon badge, torn at the top

pastylover's kawaiicon badge, torn at the top

November 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

it's closing time! #kawaiicon

Thanks Mates!

Love our art? Thanks Pepper Racoon!

Love the website? Thanks Prae!

Love the new H&S upgrade? Thanks Oliver and Wade!

Love the talks? Thanks Izzi, "Alex", Frenchie, Courtney

Love the opening? Thanks Scott (for the AV support), Chris (for the karakia)

November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

got a mid break treat as a... treat

November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

just saw one today

First post has photographs and the text: "A distraught man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot."

Second post: "This is really unspeakable. Because this is so important, can you please share the source, who took the photographs, what's the date"

Third post: "it's original work; op is a photojournalist"

November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

day 2: same but with my bobafet tshirt. mostly watching from the upper section at gate 25 today

tshirt behind the kawaiicon lanyard featuring the symbol for the MOSFET and then a fictional electronics symbol in the style of Boba Fett's helmet

November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Félix

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Both Fiji and New Zealand have raised their borders against the import of risky holy or healing water. While we can only extrapolate for the Fiji case, our hypothesis is that their borders were raised to prevent the spread of cholera and other waterborne diseases. But why is this still present and not found in any of the recent documents that we consulted on border control and disease surveillance? Contrary to other countries like New Zealand which dilute ‘Holy Water’ in their broader category of biosecurity risks, Fiji is explicit about prohibiting Holy Water.

November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

v=dq5 assuming ascii

November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

how i look like currently. i'm also one of very few sporting both a jacket and shorts

selfie: black face mask, deep red shirt, black jacket with blue inner lining, large slightly tinted glasses

my hands, with nails freshly painted turquoise

November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

it's not a con without some technical difficulties #kawaiicon

stage with elle armageddon's title slide, elle, and one of the crüe doing some emergency tech support to get the slides working

November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM

Félix

@passcod.nz

if you missed pre-reg and are still queuing... it's okay, they haven't started yet. looks fucking awesome tho #kawaiicon

the kawaiicon main stage in the michael fowler center, with the crowd edited out for privacy. the stage is empty of people but features screens with a starry night scene, smoke, projectors casting rays through it, volumetric cardboard sheep, large potted plants, and a tent.

November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Félix

@passcod.nz

the air is way better inside the main room

November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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@passcod.nz

count the aranets at #kawaiicon

normal CO2 graph followed by a sharp spike to 1009ppm

November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM

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This is such a stupid feature (custom app icon for Firefox) but i instantly love it

Android bottom icon bar, with a cartoonish firefox icon in the middle

November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

also wtf is this framing??? that's not sick leave going wrong nor "deep anxieties" that's an employer being an absolute cunt and rightfully being taken to task

one could argue you *should* be deeply anxious when you break employment law

When sick leave goes wrong

While the Workplace Wellness survey suggests employers are becoming more flexible, a recent Employment Relations Authority case shows some still harbour deep anxieties about sick leave. As Brett Kerr-Laurie reports in The Press (paywalled), a Christchurch engineering firm was ordered to pay $28,000 after taking what the ERA called a “harsh and oppressive” approach to an employee’s absences, which regularly fell on Fridays and Mondays. The company’s director, who reportedly believed “sick leave is for broken bones”, withheld pay, swore at the worker, and personally reviewed all sick-day requests – actions the authority found unjustifiable.

Employment lawyer Andrew Shaw said the case should be a cautionary tale. “Looking at a pattern or assumption is not going to be enough for the authority,” he said. Instead, employers must have solid evidence such as social media posts or financial records before accusing someone of faking being sick.

November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Félix

@passcod.nz

this room is way bigger than i'm used to at that price

now to find a solution to the one problem with my "arrive at hotel past 23:00" travel plan: food options at midnight

A hotel room. Parquet floor, lots of space (it's about 5×5 metres), with a minifridge, fan, wardrobe, desk, end tables, and a window with a shade.

November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

Nothing doing waiting for my flight... is there a #kawaiicon discord?

Front shot of a plane waiting at a gate from within the Auckland Airport Domestic Terminal

November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM

Félix

@passcod.nz

here on the other side of the world we have Season Technology so I can both be posting and touching grass (or in this case, eating fresh strawberries)