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Found an old friend at the @internetarchive. We go way back. 😄

Well what ya know, someone nailed it

"Hey, Josh, why don't you ever post stuff about your kid?" TRULY great PSA. Irish, of course.

Meanwhile, in Japan 🇯🇵 Office chair grand prix. The race sees teams battle it out on office chairs for two hours to see who can complete the most laps of the 656-foot course. Anyone caught modifying their chair is disqualified.

Firefly Hunt, by Kisui, early 1920s

this is the oldest māori map of aotearoa, drawn by tuki te terenui whare pira in 1793 after he was kidnapped by the norfolk island governor to teach prisoners flax weaving. he couldn't, so he instead drew a map of the north/south island (focused on the far north) to get home

Did not expect a question that starts out 'Do you think before you speak?' to go so well. A+ question from Charlotte Harpur A++ response from Eileen Gu.

The dog on the leash is proving exactly why he’s on a leash

Summer

Eastern Genji: The Garden in Snow, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

It's that titipounamu nest building time of year again

4 of the 5 senior historian roles at Ministry for Culture & History are being cut. This cannot fail to have a significant impact on its responsibility to research #NZ history & maintain & update critical online platforms like Te Ara. @ManatuTaonga⁩ rnz.co.nz/news/political…

@Becs Can confirm Darrell Lea's "BBs" are absolutely not a replacement.

@ri Some Australian lolly I'd guess.

What’s the alternative for jaffas (the sweets) now that they’re no more?

The city lights reflecting across the water of the Brisbane river 🤩

Brisbane river views at night

Brisbane sunrise

This was a fun night. The comedy festival runs to 25 May. Heaps of shows. Get out there and support local comedy!

The New Zealand international Comedy Festival starts tomorrow—2 May! comedyfestival.co.nz

@juhasaarinen So short sighted.

Health NZ confirms a third of all IT roles will be cut rnz.co.nz/news/national/… This is terrible.

I've noticed in most new builds I see in Auckland (Glen Innes, Hobsonville, Kumeu, etc) the houses don't have eves. Why did we do away with eves? They seem very practical, for a start it allowed windows to be open in wet weather, and kept out the midday sun in summer. Any ideas?