Jono

Hi to new followers. I am Jono, a 48 year old consultant archaeologist/para-historian in Taitokerau, northern Aotearoa-New Zealand. Once divorced father of three boys 17, 13, 4, partner to Dr Marine Biologist who is now retraining in MRI. Owns four banjos. Lives by the beach. Grumpy old socialist.

Fountains of Wayne and 3EB...and Weezer in early March? Mother, May I? Hmmm late Feb roadie to Dunners with 17, then Womad, then work sis wedding in mid-late March. How drippy is my candle gonna be with both ends on fire?

I can’t believe we have voter repression and open racism plus poor hating, a cesspool of a society all because Jacinda Ardern asked us to be kind #NZPol

Love me a girl who is stoked to get roof racks on her birthday.

She's biggun

The kind of brokenness that gives you feels from that Firefox ad

There have been over 2,500 shipwrecks in Aotearoa New Zealand since the 1790s. 100% of those were Captained by men. Why are men so bad at boats?

Have been tooling around as pax in missus' new (second hand) ev for four days and by god it really is a revelation. Toe dipping with a low kms 2021 MG ZS which she now uses for her 60km roundtrip commute (50/10 rural open road/urban). The expression cheap and cheerful was coined for this vehicle.

Change one word and make an SFF title mundane: The Tarnsman of Gordon The Outlaw of Gordon Priest-Kings of Gordon Assasin of Gordon Slave-girl of Gordon Plunder of Gordon

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

US Space Command applies gag over Auckland space-watching hub

Shame we demolished it for a quick buck.

Check out Deep Time Detectives - a free, curriculum-aligned education program and animated video series developed through a collaboration between archaeologists and palaeoecologists at the ARC CABAH and traditional knowledge holders www.abc.net.au/education/de... #ozarch /em

Cogito Ergo Get Some

14 will be happy to get a sail, will be hard getting back to the beach tho, pretty flat.

just a reminder that the nappies allegedly causing "hundreds painful infant skin reactions" (via consumerreports.org) are yet another ZURU product from the mowbray billionaires (who are currently getting involved in new zealand's upcoming election: www.webworm.co/elections)

Like many artists, I am struggling with AI. My reaction to this has been to create an entirely human made product for other humans to make! You can buy a little paper house. It arrives in a bright envelope with a bit of art and silliness. More here: www.lucycorrina.co.uk/shopproducts...

#bransennn Perfect lip sync as usual 😂

There is a Section 106 rally planned for November 9. You can register here to be updated on the details if you want to attend. If you can't bet at the rally, you can still contact your political representatives and tell them to defend cultural heritage sites. 🏺 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Love my work sis but the other day she, employed in a made-up profession of smelly hippies solely earning due to a marginal statute that could change in a moment, would have to go "do some research" about who to vote for.

This made me laugh more than it should

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Oh, "a peaceful hikoi" was it today? As opposed to all those violent hikoi we have had recently? An absent a credible threat, what the fuck locking Te Iwitahi against the Tangata Whenua that gifted the name, Ken?

Woops posted @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social dont forget to enrol message to the whanau chat, which has never been political, and THAT (+ve) nephew asked me where my vote was going. And i became THAT GUY on the whanau chat.

They should stop thinking of their niche in terms of liberal/conservative/centrist and think seriously about what relation to power and institutions they want to have

Omg the tafline for Pocket, the AI card-sized recording device is "Pick a Pocket, today" Jfc

Anyone know why the UoA Māori Land Court Minutes Book Index is not available on the web/restricted access? Was there last week when I last used it.

If he can afford to pay for Doctor's visits, I am guessing he could also cope with 3 free visits and pay more taxes. The whole argument against raising taxes boils down to "but I can afford it, why should I help pay for others to get it?" Universality is both simpler, and ultimately fairer.

How many times must I explain to the same client why and what I have to do and that there is a cost and its in the olan and thenolan is written to meet the consitions of your permit and the permit is reuired by the law and law is two years older than I am. We are 4 years, 3 PrMgs and 3 seasons in!

I am a huge disaster nerd (hi @nameshiv.bsky.social and @rahaeli.bsky.social) and my first obsession as a kid was the Titanic it really cannot be overstated how absolutely heroic the Carpathia was once they learned what had happened to the Titanic, this is worth your time

Cost of a water tanker delivery 2021 $300 2022 $330 2024 $450 2026 $506

Make sure you’re enrolled to vote before the sun sets on Sunday! vote.nz

Back on my stopbank-renewal-through-the-southern-hemispheres-largest-19th-century-mills bullshit, again

Oh good. Not even November and both 25,000 litre tanks are almost empty. What is even the point, winter!

Oh grand! It's that time of a five year old's first year at school experience

Anyone know whether those big govt/corp ev fleets from 22/23 are gonna be replaced by more evs? Is savings on the cost of gas gonna make up for thenloss of the clean car rebate? Fyi Turners in Whangarei has 1x Kona being marketed, and maybe a dozen waiting on valet/valuation.

when everyone is 12, middle school teachers are how you adult

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...