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sometimes we get caught up in the chaos and forget to say "I love you" much, if at all. If you get to the point where saying "I love you" prompts your family to ask if you're dying, you probably have some work to do! (and/or possibly a recent health scare or 5)

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... Sweetie, don't put your foot on your brother's face please

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It's free but with an option to pay if you'd like to and can afford to help an artist out

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I really wish there was a fragrance free rideshare

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Universal Basic Income - where everyone has enough income to afford basic needs like food and housing - is a moral imperative. (note I did not include healthcare or education because those should be free)

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I feel like modern cars have completely disregarded everything we know about interfaces and attention, in their haste to look shiny & high tech.

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Virtue signalling - There are only two weeks left in the Australian financial year, so that means it’s a great time to use up any remaining budget* you have for charitable donations. If you need some ideas, here are the Aussie institutions we’ve suppo... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78771

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Please enjoy this photo of our new kitten Bobby and our mostly confused dog Ralph

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🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) has decided that she wants to push her sister's pram. Her mum says: "I don't know about your driving skills, kiddo." Small Human gives Mum a completely offended look. She states emphatically: "But I'm not driving, I'm HELPING!" (1)

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Yes, and then they tell you that you can pay to "boost your post," i.e., use cash to solve a problem they intentionally created.

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🧵Spotted in While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (60s?) is sitting in a cafe, snuggling a tiny human on her lap. They're reading a story book and she's doing some VERY impressive animal sounds while Tiny Human looks on captivated. Turning each page together. (1)

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A shy man (60s?) tentatively approaches a barber after a hair cut. He points to an axe on the wall and asks: "Who gave you that?" The barber says a champion woodcutter did. Shy Man grins and says: "I'm one too. It's a nice axe!" (1)

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (60s?) is talking to a friend in a library. She holds up a book and says: "I absolutely LOVED this one when I read it in my twenties. Although, my copy was missing the last ten pages so I never knew how it ended!" (1)

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How must Payman and Husic be feeling with the MSM falling over themselves to report Albo and Wong doing something slightly more than nothing in the face of a live-streamed genocide.

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Asked my sons (19 & 21) if they'd heard of Greta Thunberg. Got a couple of (well deserved) eyerolls and a short lecture on how their generation thought she was great because she was one of the only people who spoke up on things they cared about.

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The problem with hellos is that they carry goodbyes in their pockets.

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two young humans (8?) are sitting amongst tall grass and flowers on the edge of a riverbank. They're both holding fishing lines and are excitedly talking about what they're going to catch as people amble by on the walk path only meters away. (1)

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JOHN JOHN HOLY SHIT I AM SO PROUD OF YOU Everybody tell @wiswell.bsky.social he’s awesome!

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human (2?) has decided that she shall not walk or run anymore. Instead she shall hop-skip-JUMP from puddle to puddle with mud splashing and squeals of happy excitement. Mum doesn't seem to mind. What's a bit of mess when it's this much fun? (1)

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🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (80s?) in an Indiana Jones-style fedora greets a friend by calling out: "Found 'em!" and holding two cheese scones in the air like their precious artifacts raided from an ancient (flour dusted) temple. (1)

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🧵Spotted at a Second-Hand Book Fair in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (60s?) wearing a sequinned black beret and a fluffy pink jumper is showing a friend her cookbook finds. She says: "I LOVE cookbooks. I don't often make the recipes but they're so good for ideas even if you don't follow them." (1)

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Spotted at a Park in Aotearoa New Zealand: 🧵A group of four young humans is playing Please Mister Crocodile, May We Cross the River with much seriousness. Meanwhile a tiny red head virago (2?) is dancing all over the river, ignoring their dire warnings of being eaten. She is crocodile proof! (1)

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Hey Melbourne! I'll be there in a few weeks to do a book talk!! www.readings.com.au/events/emily... July 1, 6pm, at RMIT, with Dr. Kobi Leins as interlocutor.

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@emilybender.bsky.social in Melbourne!?!? yes please!! www.readings.com.au/events/emily...

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How are the toadying podcasters, and ALP influencers and think tankers justifying the NWS extension decision?

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Today my postie delivered the loveliest thing! @mirandakeeling.com has a new book coming called "The Place I'm In", and she was kind enough to send me a copy (Squee!). My goodness, it's beautiful. If you enjoy my spotted posts, Miranda is the OG of people watching and this book is pure joy.

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Yep, Ketan has accurately described here exactly why labor are worse than useless. If you’d like to respond, please include grid references for clarity.

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You know what I’d like? I’d like to go a whole year without having to relitigate that genre Romance requires a happy ending with people who claim that Romance means something like Le Morte d’Arthur or (god forbid) Romeo and Juliet.

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🧵Spotted at a Second-Hand Book Fair in Aotearoa New Zealand: A teen (15?) in a Captain America T-shirt is very seriously searching through vintage romance novels. He selects one and hands it to a friend, solemnly saying: "You'll like this one. Friends to lovers theme. It should be VERY good." (1)

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🧵Spotted at the Beach in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (30s?) with a cuddly tum is snoozing in the winter sun with three fast-asleep small humans (1 to 5?) draped over him like puppies. Nearby, Mum is sitting, her toes buried in the sand and a sketchbook in her lap, a faint smile on her face. (1)

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I was reading the early reports of Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian strategic bomber bases, wondering ‘where have I read this before/?’ And then I remembered. I didn’t read it. I wrote it a couple of years ago. In Zero Day Code. Chapter 17.

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We might not be getting clear skies for the Aurora, but the sunsets aren't too shabby!

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I was raised homophobic, transphobic, and racist. I got over it. (full disclosure: I am a work in progress) "They're a product of their time, they can't help it." is rubbish. We are all the product of our time. Staying there is a choice.

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🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human (2?) is running up to nearby people and roaring: "SEE YOU LATER ALIGATOR!" before waiting expectantly. Almost everyone gets it right and retorts: "In a while crocodile," only to be rewarded with rapturous giggles. (1)

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: An earnest young human (10?) has just walked out of a veterinarians with her arms wrapped around a VERY big and fluffy rabbit. Big Bun does not seem to mind being squished in the slightest and is benignly surveying the world around it. (1)

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: In a cinema foyer, an employee (40s?) is sitting with a regular (70s?) who is chatting about the latest news about her life and family. It's a quiet afternoon and he'll get back to things soon, but for now listening for a few minutes is important. (1)

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