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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin
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Writer, PhD candidate (SEI/USyd), teacher. 🤓 All about the Politics of Love! 🥝 - Māori (Kāi Tahu), Pākehā - based in 🐊🦘🕸️ …for now. Serves on NZ Peace Foundation council, @animalstudies committee. ❤️s colour! 🌈
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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · Jun 6
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A cute gift from one of my kids! 😊
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Something to look forward to!

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Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story | Where to watch streaming and online in Australia | Flicks
How to watch online, stream, rent or buy Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story in Australia + release dates, reviews and trailers. Documentary tribute to one of New Zealand's best loved songwriters, cha...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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‘There is no Book Two.’ 🤣
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Takahē chick hatches at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Eight-week-old chick part of DOC recovery plan for wild release.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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大竹彩奈画集 いつか / Ayana Otake - Painting Works: Someday
線の美しさで右に出るものはいない 実力派作家・大竹彩奈の初画集 ありのままの女性美を追求したからこそ描ける、…
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December 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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I read this on the recommendation of one of my kids. 🤓

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Five Feet Apart
In this moving story two teens fall in love with just o…
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December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 7
Nach den "Sieben Tagen des Feuers" ist die Erde von ein…
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December 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 6
In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecol…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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'Nothing is more precious to the thinking man than life itself; yet in spite of this, the greatest voluptuary is he who best practices the difficult art of making it pass quickly.' - Giacomo Casanova

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The Story of My Life
Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, …
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December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 5
The Torumekian army is moving house, destroy all in its…
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December 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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‘The light, the sky, the people, insects, I love them all!’

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 4
A monk warns Nausicaä that omens of an apocalypse, Daik…
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November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Funny little bug!
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Poor Teto! 😅
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Vol. 3
Nausicaä finds herself on the edge of despair as she co…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 2
Princess Nausicaä has left the Valley of the Wind to jo…
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November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Re-reading this series, because I love it! ✨

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecol…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
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November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Lol. ‘Faces.’

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Vatican warns against rise in polyamory, saying ‘succession of faces’ does not rival exclusive union | CNN
The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Canada: ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he is not Indigenous
King has announced a genealogist working with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds found no evidence of Cherokee ancestry in his family lineage
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November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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For fuck's sake. 😡

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'Stone cold killer' feral cats added to Predator Free 2050 strategy, Conservation Minister announces
After initially suggesting feral cats stay out of the Predator Free plan, the government has done a U-turn, announcing they are now a target.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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‘Westerners are amazed at the simplicity of Japanese rooms, perceiving in them no more than ashen walls bereft of ornament. Their reaction is understandable, but it betrays a failure to comprehend the mystery of shadows.’ - Jun’ichirō Tanizaki

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In Praise of Shadows
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this b…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I found a beautiful insect!
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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‘[S]eeing and knowing love, whatever form it takes, is the meaning of love itself.’ - Shon Faye, 'Love in Exile'

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I really, really value this book. Some quotes below...

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Love in Exile
‘We ache for love, but love eludes us. Out of this cris…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
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November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM