Notices by Kris Hardy ☀️⛱️ (nonlinear@mastodon.nz)

One thing that amazes me with #New Zealand is how many species they've brought back from near #extinction and are continuing to grow their numbers of. A pair of takahe at #Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington have had a baby chick. They were believed to be extinct until 1948. Breeding programs were set up on sanctuary islands in the 1980s, and today there are about 500 takahe. I've seen the pair at Zealandia, who are hilariously feisty toward the keepers, and 8 or so on Tiritiri Matangi Island. If you haven't seen them in person, it's definitely a good excuse for an adventure. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/582469/takahe-pair-thought-to-be-infertile-hatch-chick-at-zealandia

@aral I got one of those offensive messages. It was pretty pathetic, and now the losers are upset because they got banned so launched a DDoS, probably using a booter service. (At least that's my suspicion.) This really feels to me as complex as a Club Penguin op. No way is it making me second-guess codeberg. I'll be increasing my support of them.

@goatsarah @zoe I'm really curious. Is it just Portugal, US, Canada and Mexico that use corks for wine? We use screw tops in Aotearoa New Zealand. My memory is that Switzerland uses screw tops.

@musicman @strypey American here who moved to Auckland in 2019. How long will you be here? Auckland is very multicultural, whereas Northland to the north and King Country to the south, by contrast, are more Pakeha (NZ European) and Maori. (Just for relevance as you listen to HANZ). We've visited a bit of both islands so might be able to provide some ideas

@musicman @strypey If it's just two overnights, it all depends on the timing. Auckland goes to bed pretty early, but you could come into the CBD, walk on the waterfront and get some food. One thing very different from the US is that there are a lot of really good little takeaway restaurants, and fish and chips is fantastic and really cheap. There are good meat pies in every little bakery too.

@musicman @strypey If you're here for a few days, look at Waitangi Treaty Grounds, glow worm caves in King Country, Waiheke island, hiking, Tiritiri Matangi island, black sand beaches west of Auckland.

@duncanlock @Lana Thank you for sharing that. This is an amazing read.

@goatsarah Heh. You're not alone, and it's not just online. For the past month and a half, until today, I've been working with a counselor that is not experienced in ADHD, and some of her advice was to think less because our "skull is only large enough to keep so much in our heads" and "you know, ADHD wasn't even a thing until 35 years ago". And a lot of the online stuff I've seen is focused on crises-level things. Having conversations with diagnosed people has helped me the most.