Mike Riversdale"See a tank, climb a tank"
🇳🇿 Tradition: let your kids climb a tank as you stop off at Waiouru to break up the journey.
#Kiwiana #Aotearoa #NewZealand #tank #photography
Coins in hand, you're off to the dairy to buy some lolly mix and it'll have chocolate fish, milk bottles, jet plane, and Eskimos, fun as!
#Kiwiana #Aotearoa #NewZealand #photography
Evan DowerHi, I'm Evan (he/any).
TLDR: I'm a privileged white hetero-cis-male politically #left #TriratnaBuddhist #SoftwareEngineer (#IHelpPeopleGetJobs) currently in #Seattle but planning to move to #AotearoaNZ or #Australia as so as we can manage it with my wife & 3 kids
I'm politically #left (at least in United States terms). I'm a #voting nerd in that I have a favorite voting-related textbook (Collective Decisions and Voting by Nicolaus Tideman).
I think we could mostly solve #gerrymandering by making larger districts with ~5 representatives instead of just 1 and then using #SingleTransferableVote. That would strike a nice balance between local & proportional representation. For single-person positions, like presidents/governors/mayors, STV becomes #RankedChoiceVoting (aka #InstantRunoffVoting aka #AlternativeVote) which eliminates the spoiler effect and leads to more civil campaigns.
Plus, #RankedChoiceVoting eliminates the need for primaries and runoffs, which can lead to significant cost reductions.
I'm training for ordination with the #TriratnaBuddhist Order (#dhamma, #dharma, #Buddhism) and have been for many years. It's a long process, especially with other things going on. I've done some kind of #meditation (mostly #anapanasati) every day for over 3 years and more sporadically since 2006.
That said, I do take issue with some of the things the founder (Sangharakshita) did, and I'm concerned with a recent rise in sort of guru worship around. I can have gratitude for his explanation of the dharma, try to sort out the idiosyncratic bits, and still view him as a deeply flawed human being.
I write #software for http://indeed.com (job search site) (previously employed by Amazon). I've written a lot of #database-backed #webservices in #Java, but in the last few years, I've been working on #microfrontend platforms in #JavaScript & #TypeScript, primarily supporting #React. I have more knowledge about #Webpack #ModuleFederation than anyone should be cursed with. I'd love to try #SolidJS, #RustLang seems really cool, and I'm excited about the future of #WebAssembly.
My wife & I have fantasized about moving to #AotearoaNZ or #Australia since well before the pandemic, and now we're actively trying make it happen. Since we're both in high-demand professions (she's a nurse), I think it should go reasonably smoothly 🤞. Feel free to get in touch with job opportunities that offer visa sponsorship, suggestions for #kiwiana or Australian culture that will help us adapt, reasons that your city is the best, etc. I always blow on the pie when I wear my jandals to the dairy. If we ship things over, I can only hope that the front doesn't fall off the boat. I hear that only rarely happens.
My daughter Juniper was born at the beginning of 2020, so her experience of life and my experience of parenthood are both tightly linked to the pandemic. On the upside, I get to work remotely, which means I get more time with her. She's a lot of fun (and of course a lot of work).
Then, we had our twins Heath & Magnolia (Noli) in September 2023, and our lives got even more hectic and full of love.
Juniper goes to a Waldorf school, and I wish I could go, too, but I think the adult version of Waldorf school might just be therapy.
TLDR: I'm a privileged white hetero-cis-male politically #left #TriratnaBuddhist #SoftwareEngineer (#IHelpPeopleGetJobs) currently in #Seattle but planning to move to #AotearoaNZ or #Australia as so as we can manage it with my wife & 3 kids
I'm politically #left (at least in United States terms). I'm a #voting nerd in that I have a favorite voting-related textbook (Collective Decisions and Voting by Nicolaus Tideman).
I think we could mostly solve #gerrymandering by making larger districts with ~5 representatives instead of just 1 and then using #SingleTransferableVote. That would strike a nice balance between local & proportional representation. For single-person positions, like presidents/governors/mayors, STV becomes #RankedChoiceVoting (aka #InstantRunoffVoting aka #AlternativeVote) which eliminates the spoiler effect and leads to more civil campaigns.
Plus, #RankedChoiceVoting eliminates the need for primaries and runoffs, which can lead to significant cost reductions.
I'm training for ordination with the #TriratnaBuddhist Order (#dhamma, #dharma, #Buddhism) and have been for many years. It's a long process, especially with other things going on. I've done some kind of #meditation (mostly #anapanasati) every day for over 3 years and more sporadically since 2006.
That said, I do take issue with some of the things the founder (Sangharakshita) did, and I'm concerned with a recent rise in sort of guru worship around. I can have gratitude for his explanation of the dharma, try to sort out the idiosyncratic bits, and still view him as a deeply flawed human being.
I write #software for http://indeed.com (job search site) (previously employed by Amazon). I've written a lot of #database-backed #webservices in #Java, but in the last few years, I've been working on #microfrontend platforms in #JavaScript & #TypeScript, primarily supporting #React. I have more knowledge about #Webpack #ModuleFederation than anyone should be cursed with. I'd love to try #SolidJS, #RustLang seems really cool, and I'm excited about the future of #WebAssembly.
My wife & I have fantasized about moving to #AotearoaNZ or #Australia since well before the pandemic, and now we're actively trying make it happen. Since we're both in high-demand professions (she's a nurse), I think it should go reasonably smoothly 🤞. Feel free to get in touch with job opportunities that offer visa sponsorship, suggestions for #kiwiana or Australian culture that will help us adapt, reasons that your city is the best, etc. I always blow on the pie when I wear my jandals to the dairy. If we ship things over, I can only hope that the front doesn't fall off the boat. I hear that only rarely happens.
My daughter Juniper was born at the beginning of 2020, so her experience of life and my experience of parenthood are both tightly linked to the pandemic. On the upside, I get to work remotely, which means I get more time with her. She's a lot of fun (and of course a lot of work).
Then, we had our twins Heath & Magnolia (Noli) in September 2023, and our lives got even more hectic and full of love.
Juniper goes to a Waldorf school, and I wish I could go, too, but I think the adult version of Waldorf school might just be therapy.
Linda A. TamHappy Monday #mugshot ! My beloved souvenir of a trip to lovely #aotearoa #newZealand
#kiwiana #pohutukawa #bumblebee #bushShirt #rugbyBall #sheep #fern #kiwiFruit #tea
#kiwiana #pohutukawa #bumblebee #bushShirt #rugbyBall #sheep #fern #kiwiFruit #tea
Phil DavisOffice received a holiday basket with chocolate-dipped hokey pokey candy. I'm the only one eating it. Coworkers either don't know what it is or don't care for it. I have to keep myself to one chunk to save my poor pancreas from the sugar assault. So damned good though.
Maudlin over my Kiwi/Commonwealth roots and this bit with Olivia Coleman eating iconic British dishes and opining about tea hits hard. "It should be strong tea… And tea has to be made with boiling water… somebody once said 'It scorches the tea.' Bollocks." The spirit of my dear departed Kiwi mom is with me. I can taste her builder's/gumboot tea. Also I would do unspeakable things for a sausage roll right now.
Olivia Colman Eats Bangers & Mash, Sticky Toffee Pudding and 4 Other British Dishes
nzwrxWe are lucky enough to have been given a bag of Pineapple Lumps, a rare commodity in France! However, shrinkflation is severe. Five years ago I think the bags were 200g, and now it's 120g. The bag feels empty - it should be 2/3 the size! Normally NZD4, on sale two for NZD6.
#Shrinkflation #PascallCandy #PineappleLumps #Kiwiana #NZFoodCosts
Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeekAdding colour and geekiness to the house. 😁 Tiki Tour Takeaways by Greg Straight
"Nostalgic kiwiana style beachfront scene, featuring old school arcade games beside the classic kiwi takeaway shop at the beach."
#Kiwiana #TikiTour #RoadTrip #ArcadeGames #TakeAway @Curator
Gavin ShoebridgeTHIS. IS. EPIC.
A freaking WONDERFUL gift just arrived! It really ties my 1960s/1970s kiwi kitchen together. Feels like our collective New Zealand childhoods in one room. Such positive vibes. 😊
#newzealand #kiwiana
A freaking WONDERFUL gift just arrived! It really ties my 1960s/1970s kiwi kitchen together. Feels like our collective New Zealand childhoods in one room. Such positive vibes. 😊
#newzealand #kiwiana
Inaya Shujaat عنايه شجاعت 🇳🇿🇵🇸Made some T-shirts for the fam yesterday, with #HalalAs on them. This is an attempt to merge #Muslim and #Kiwi cultures into one. I’ve got some other designs for shirts planned, InshAllah, that will attempt the same thing. I’m a #KiwiMuslim now (#Alhamdulilah), and I want the world to know it.
#MuslimCrafters #CraftyFolks #Cricut #Kiwiana #NZToots #NZTwits #MuslimAs