Georgia Carson

@thebibliophile.bsky.social

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Ngāti Whakaue. Wellingtonian post-doc navigating Guangzhou, China. Trying this out.

An older man in a long brown coat, leather gloves and a black beret stands next to a luggage trolley outside Wellington airport and waves straight on to the camera. The vibe is jovial but angular.
Fish and chips and l&p by the beach
Screenshot: As George is a New Zealand-born Cook Islander, it is important for Sweetshop & Green to support more stories fron the Pacific and all indigenous communities so they are given the opportunity to be heard on a global level. Israel-born Greenspan, plans on continuing to cultivate the relationships he has formed with talented creatives in Israel and Europe through collaborations with Green Productions, and via this new initiative, hopes to connect them to global projects.
Screenshot from their website: The subsidiary, Sweetshop & Green, is dedicated to producing local film and IV projects in Australia and New Zealand for global audiences. This production company is the result of a partnership between Sweetshop, a renowned global commercial production company, and Green Productions, one of Israel's leading independent film production companies. Sweetshop & Green focuses on culturally diverse stories driven by artistic sensibilities.
A screenshot of a LinkedIn page showing a US company called TuMeke Ergonomics.
A video of a new Yamaha acoustic guitar received for Christmas
Bluesky post starting: "Good morning Georgia! Make good choices today! "
Isaac Chotiner interviews Cass Sunstein in The New Yorker: Yeah, and then I gave a talk on Star Wars, and he came up to me afterward and he said, "Oh, I see why you wrote a book on Star Wars. There's a lot there. It's, like, about families and it's about governments and freedom." The amount of curiosity and generosity that he showed was incomparable. I don't know anyone who showed that level of curiosity and generosity. And we really got into Star Wars. He just wanted to think about it. I know there are strong views about his career, and I'm hardly an expert on his career. But your wife is one of the great human-rights experts in the world. I asked you about him being anti-liberal, and your response was that he was very nice to you about your book. About Star Wars. It is certainly a touching story. But that's not totally an answer to the question. Yeah. Well, I don't know. What he would think of this book I'd love to know. But no second thoughts about being friends with him or anything? I feel generally very grateful for friendship, and he was, when I knew him, a person of immense kindness. Those who think of him as someone who was something horrible or worse, I don't know what to say about that. But you could have an opinion on it. You have an opinion on all kinds of things, right? Well, on him and his role in government, that's not something I've particularly studied, so I don't know. I know some people who think he was a horrible historic figure. They would say, "Would you be friends with Genghis Khan? Would you be friends with Stalin?" And I wouldn't be friends with Stalin, so I concede that. Well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides. Yeah. And I get those who think you shouldn't be friends with someone who did terrible things. I hear that. [cont.]
From RNZ: Peters said the matter was serious and "far too complicated" for a "ten second reply". "We're talking about a gene tech bill," Peters said. "We're not talking about strawberries on Sunday night." Shane Jones meanwhile, standing in for science minister Dr Shane Reti in the House on
RNZ article about Sarah Shaw, New Zealander captured by ICE, with the line "thought they were being kidnapped" highlighted.
A black tee shirt with a world map on the back. Above captioned: STA Last name STA, First name Lucky
A large statue of the inventor of cup noodles holding a cup noodle
A fancy looking blue pool and wooden sauna with low lighting
Quote from David Seymour: "It's the kind of activity we should want in this country. You know, I've long said New Zealand should try to be the ancient Athens of the modern world, the centre of medical science and excellence."
Screenshot of the Guangzhou weather in the high 20s to mid 30s with rainstorms every day for the next week 😭
Georgia taking a photo in the mirror at the hairdressers. Wearing a black dressing gown type thing, a white bib and black plastic ear covers
M holding a fan of B5 trading cards and looking... excited? Yeah I think excited.
A poster advertising "Dazzle Crunch of New Zealand" apples in the Guangzhou subway
The back of a T-shirt on the subway that says: "HIGHER Dopamine EXPECTATIONS Molecule The journey to find your inner self."
A WeChat page covering New Zealand news translated from Chinese. The headline is: "It's about all New Zealanders! Immigration, taxes, healthcare, and infrastructure will change dramatically! It will be known tomorrow! How will the NZ government spend your money this year?". Yes that's all headline.
A noodle dish containing... mushroom?
An app menu for a Snail Rice Noodles store
Georgia holding a freshly picked chili
A hot lunch of vegetables, tofu strips and rice.
A dual hotpot chock full of chillies and mushrooms bubbling away merrily.
A dining table absolutely laden with groceries
Old lady clothing hanging in a wardrobe
Georgia and M seated in a plane. Georgia wears a white mask, M wears a dark great neck pillow and a black mask. They both look excited!
A most supurb small wide eyed owl sitting on my head
View of Wellington airport outside a plane window
A forearm tā moko turning slowly in front of a harakeke
Dad: Seeing you soon? Me: No Me: Next week Me: Please read the message
A fluffy cat paw with a bit of blood on it 🥺
A tuxedo cat on my chest coming VERY close to my face
A selection of emojis including one at the bottom that seems to be calling the devil?
A selection of gingerbread people dressed for a Kiwi summer except one has lost his arm in a shark attack
A framed korowai
An epic silver T Rex necklace!
The Beehive completely surrounded by people supporting Te Tiriti in the hīkoi today.
A sea of tino rangatiratanga flags