EmPenTen

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Kiwi with many shits to give about many things. My place is full of animals and plants, computers and geeks, other peoples' kids, cooking and half-done projects, and wishes for a brighter future if we don't spoil the earth first.
Shiny (ooohh look, a... what was I saying?)
Chronically not-healthy but always working on it (and doing kind of OK, actually!).

#Sustainability
#Equality
#Animals
#Physics.
#Science
#AdultNeurodivergence

Home:Aotearoa NZ
Stuff:42. Pterry. DW.
EmPenTenMay 21, 2023
When I joined Mastodon in April 22 I signed up on an NZ server, then found myself here without realising it, and just kept using this account.
Now taking the step of moving accounts because when I click local I'd actually like to see local. So wish me luck... if all goes well I'll see you on the NZ and no one will notice a thing!
EmPenTenMay 21, 2023
ahimsaMay 20, 2023

The Bee Guy shares some home truths about saving the bees

"If you really want to help native wild bees:

Don’t keep hives, keep flowers. Wildflowers. This will mean you will ultimately keep native wild bees.

... Don’t spray poisons on your patch and forget neat and tidy – it’s so last century."

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/bees-saving-bees-6071187-May2023

#WorldBeeDay #Bees #Nature #Bumblebees #SolitaryBees

Biodiversity: The Bee Guy shares some home truths about saving the bees

Paul Handrick of the Bee Sanctuary is taking issue with the direction of the ‘save the bees’ narrative.

TheJournal.ie
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@Polyrical
Awesome, thank you!
I searched and even tried reverse image search (it said I had a sparrow, tried another pic and it said male sex toy, gave up). Thanks for that!
EmPenTenMay 21, 2023
(Please excuse the cat hair)
Would any clever people here happen to know what this is made of? Or who made it? Or what it's for?
It's quite heavy, has (fake, I assume) diamond bits and silver painted bits. A strong hinge and a magnet. Seems very well made and kind of flashy, yet there's no labelling of any kind.
No image description added because other than 'decorative bird thing' I'm not sure what to say - help me fill in the details!
Show threadEmPenTenMay 21, 2023
@BobLefridge
Look, I know you're a fridge but with your profile pic I've always seen you as a frog.
And then you post this frog shaped shadow.
So yeh this is how I'll see you now!
EmPenTenMay 20, 2023
StrypeyMay 20, 2023

"New Zealand’s marginal tax rate system... works like this: The first $14,000 is taxed at a rate of 10%. Money you earn between $14,000 and $48,000 a year is taxed at a rate of 17.5%. Between $48,000 and $70,000 you pay 30%. Between $70,000 and $180,000 you are taxed 33% and every dollar you earn over $180,000 in a year is taxed at 39%. (If you earn $72,000 a year, you don’t pay 33% on the whole lot – just the bit over $70,000.)"

#SusanEdmunds, 2022

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/money/300680359/taxation-by-stealth-inflation-means-tax-brackets-need-urgent-attention

'Taxation by stealth': Inflation means tax brackets need 'urgent attention'

The high inflation environment means many people are earning more, which means bigger tax bills.

Stuff
EmPenTenMay 20, 2023
Plague PoemsMay 19, 2023
So yours was
the only masked face
at the office
and in the store
on the subway
and in the waiting room
at least now you know the answer
to your teacher’s question
of if you would be willing
to do the right thing
even if you
were the only one doing it.
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@strypey
This thread has been food for thought, thank you.
Along the way I've changed my mind about a wealth tax - instead I just want to see them forced to be taxed at all, not doing sneaky tricks to avoid it.
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@Kimeros
I've found success with the inside out method. Turn the cover inside out, reach your hands into it, all the way in to the far corners. Use those corners like gloves as you pick up the corners of the duvet inner, now shake like crazy and the cover is on the inner and just needs to be pulled down to reach the edges. At least that way the trickier corners are already done and you just need to straighten it up :)
Show threadEmPenTenMay 19, 2023
@HeatherInNZ
It takes me twice as long to shop online, and then I go back and adjust afterwards too. But it's still nice to sit around doing it with a cuppa and not worry about others breathing on me!