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@jasandten

✡️🇳🇿 she/her Free Palestine #ActuallyAutistic introvert who cares about intersectional feminism, politics, peace, neurodiversity, PTSD/mental illness, photography, space, flora & fauna, education, Depeche Mode, Taskmaster and Doctor Who.

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JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· 13d

something pretty from my chilly walk to work #photography #bloomscrolling

In the centre of the frame is a small, pale purple, five-petal flower (i think it's a periwinkle, but don't quote me on that). The photo was taken on a frosty morning as it was melting so the flower, the single tightly wound bud just above it, and all the foliage surrounding (different types and sizes of leaves in varying shades of green) are covered in a film of water droplets.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· 14d

Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint. i really wanted the Paternoster Gang - Vastra, Jenny, and Strax ("the potato one") - to get their own multi-season spin-off show. i'd have watched the hell out of it.

Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint from Doctor Who. text says "Good evening! I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time and this is my wife"

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· 18d

hard first week of Term 3 with news that doesn't bode well for 2027. Pōneke being run into the ground by this rancid government has many flow-on effects and schools cop it via falling rolls and funding cuts. feel very stressed so trying to relax with some ginger tea and wild animal live cam. #nzpol

screenshot showing all elephants to the left, mostly zebras to the right with a couple of elephants looming over them. these beautiful animals are drinking from a small waterhole that doesn't look to have a lot of water in it. the land around looks brown and dry.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· 28d

the stainless steel sculpture is called KIMI/You are Here. it's by Korean/🇳🇿 artist, Seung Yul Oh, and is installed at Waitangi Park. i'm enjoying photographing it from various viewpoints, and in different seasons, weather conditions and light. #photography #b&w

black and white photo. in the very centre of the frame is a teardrop-shaped stainless steel sculpture. it looks small from this perspective but is actually 5.5m tall and 3.7m in diameter. at the bottom of the frame is the sort-of-pathway where i was standing and some leafy bushes. across the top are tree branches and leaves, plus some glimpses of the sky. there is an apartment building behind the sculpture.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jul 3

#3GoodThings - the longest term of the school year is finally over so my overstimulated brain can get some rest, quiet & solitude; - the days are getting longer and only 60 sleeps 'til spring; - started my first day of the holidays (don't work Fri) with a long, chilly, lovely waterfront walk. 📷

Winter morning sun still fairly low in the sky over the harbour; heavy cloud below it with wispier cloud and some blue sky above; bottom two-thirds of the picture is the water, with some rocks in the foreground and a hill to the right.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jun 28

couple of flower pics from a recent sunny day walk. i can't give you any flower facts, i just take photos of those i like the colour and/or shape of. because they're lovely to look at, and the pics remind me of walks and sunny days and to look for the colour when everything feels gloomy. 📷 #flowers

a single red rose, some petals open with edges curled inwards, slight film of dew on it; blurred background of leaves and stalks.

creamy-white flower, possibly a rose, all petals are open; green leaves in the background.

yellow flower (daisy?) with yellow centre; dew on the petals; another one above it with only the centre part remaining; blurred leaves in the background

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· May 29

great tools you've made, thank you! but yes, my numbers are depressingly high. and don't even factor in the costs of period-related GP visits, tranexamic acid, liquid iron, pain relief, etc. thankfully, the goddess of menopause has come for me so at least i don't have these costs anymore.

Amount you've spent on pads 6410
Amount you've spent on tampons 51280
Amount you've spent on liners 6410
Cost of your period 64100
Tax you've paid for bleeding 9615

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· May 28

this is what it looks like when you start early, only stop for the one pregnancy (and it returned fast afterwards), and have short cycles (24 days) but with long bleeds (10 days). aside from all the period products, i also dealt with a lot of anaemia because i bled heavily. fun times! 😒

Years of having a period 42
Number of cycles 641
Days spent bleeding 6413
Years spent bleeding 18

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· May 1

New Zealand says "fuck no!" although our trump-loving suck-up of a Prime Minister will no doubt ignore public opinion. again. #nzpol

Stuff poll asking 'Should New Zealand join the effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?' Currently, Yes is 16%, No is 84%.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Apr 24

it's so nice to bask in some sunshine after the horror rain week we've had in Pōneke. #photography

Blue sky with some streaks of cloud, over a harbour view with marina to the right, cranes and shipping containers on the left, hills in the far distance, and a yacht heading out on calm water.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Apr 14

#3GoodThings - it's still the school holidays so i'm still soaking up some peace and solitude; - made the most of a sunny day and went for a walk along Oriental Parade then back through town; - leaning into my photography special interest and adding to my political/human rights slogan collection. 📷

Close up of a Rocket Lab Monitor white sticker, at an angle on a yellow traffic pole. It reads: No Military Payloads (in black capitals) Haere Atu Rocket Lab (in red capitals). It also has a stylised black rocket in a red cross out circle. There are blurred road, trees, and shops in the background.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Apr 13

random road cone sighting 🇳🇿 📷

Looking at a storage space on the outside of a seaside building. The top section is empty, except for a rusty knife sitting on the edge; the bottom section contains two white plastic buckets - one upright, one lying down - on the left side, and on the right side is an empty brown paper bag and a road cone lying on its side.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Apr 10

i've lost track of which round we're up to in this stupid and exhausting game of Distraction. is it 'the war is a distraction from the Epstein files' or 'the Epstein files are a distraction from the war'? whose turn is it? when will it end?

Pooh and Piglet chatting as they walk in the Hundred Acre Wood.
"Is he dead yet" asked Piglet. "No" said Pooh. "Fuck" said Piglet.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Apr 9

spotted on my walk this morning, reminder for Pōneke folks:

Peace Action Wellington poster for the March to Stop US and Israeli Wars, Sat 11 April, 11am, Civic Square to Parliament. The poster is mainly in black and white, with the date and time details across the top half. Across the bottom, there's a Palestine flag, a black stylised group of protestors, a black banner that has End Imperialism We Say No To War! written in white lettering, and three child figures - one coloured red, one green, one white.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Apr 7

#3GoodThings - got my free flu vax; - enjoying the solitude and peace of two weeks off work; - the moon stuff. all of it - milestones, the images, the tasks, even the numerous loo repair chats. it's just very awesome being able to listen in and watch as four humans travel around the fricken moon!

screencap showing (in order L-R) part of the Orion spacecraft, a dark crescent of the Moon with some craters visible, and a smaller, thinner, brighter crescent of Earth.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Mar 23

pretty fucking rude of the NZ Herald to put a Debt Awareness Week article behind a paywall. i guess us poors should be uninformed as well as embarrassed. #nzpol

Premium article headline: 'Majority of Kiwis embarrassed to admit debt struggles as awareness week launches'

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Mar 12

feels like everything everywhere is fucken awful at the moment so trying to notice #3GoodThings to offset my despair and anger: - a meeting with my boss that i was anxious about went very well; - i remembered to apply for a renewal of my Community Services card before it expires; - i have chocolate.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Feb 20

i've been stressed and grumpy so went for a long, stompy, stupid mental health walk. covered 9km, looked at lots of stuff, touched some things, breathed in some air, and took loads of photos. happy to report i'm less grumpy and stompy now. pretty fricken tired tho' so time to ease into the weekend.

on footpath: SLOW ZONE in white lettering, with a stylised snail also in white

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Feb 15

"Albatross" sculpture by Tanya Ashken, at Frank Kitts Park, Pōneke #photography #b&w 📷🇳🇿

three large, white, abstract shapes, with water flowing from them, sit in a raised circular fountain

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Feb 12

Post trees you've photographed

Red flowering gum tree in the grounds of the Old Government Buildings, Pōneke

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Feb 3

seen on the Wellington waterfront #FreeGaza 📷

three-quarters of the frame is taken up by a concrete post with the words 'free GAZA' chalked on it; there is also part of a round black steel pole attached horizontally to the concrete post; a sliver of water, boat, and building can be seen to the left of the post.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jan 22

#3GoodThings keeping me relatively sane in these insane times: - listening to music (and singing along); - reading books (and everything library related); - spending a lot of time in nature. 📷

Nine roses, in roughly three levels of three, on a bush (or shrub?) at the Wellington Botanic Garden. They're mostly a wonderful bright pink in colour, with the inner centres of the petals being cream. There are also some buds of various sizes and stages in amongst them, and green foliage behind/beneath. The centre rose has a bee inside it, busily collecting pollen.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jan 21

Te Whare Pukapuka o te Paremata #photography #blackandwhite

Black & white photo of Aotearoa's Parliamentary Library, a two-storey building in Gothic Revival style. The building fills most of the top half of the frame, with some moody cloud above, large trees to either side of it, some steps and a garden below.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jan 21

refreshing the news feeds like it's my job. #trump

Pooh and Piglet chatting as they walk in the woods.
"Is he dead yet" asked Piglet. "No" said Poo. "Fuck" said Piglet.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jan 19

what i would say to you is, i am not aware of what turns on Christopher Luxon, and i am committed to keeping it that way. #nzpol

Stuff headline for an article i won't read: "Five takeaways from Luxon's State of the Nation speech (including what turns him on)"

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Jan 12

this sculpture is called KIMI/You are Here, it's by Korean/🇳🇿 artist, Seung Yul Oh, and is installed at Waitangi Park. i'm having fun photographing it from various viewpoints on different days, in different weather conditions. this pic's from this morning's (stupid mental health) walk. #photography

A stunning, highly reflective, stainless steel, inverted tear drop-shaped sculpture stands at the end of a concrete pathway - the distance makes it look small, but it is actually 5.5m tall. There are grasses and bushes to the sides of the path and glimpses of a harbour/city scape in the background. Light cloud cover in the sky above.

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Dec 23

finished work five days ago and haven’t spoken to another person since except for thanking the driver when i got off a bus yesterday. i love my job but the sensory overload is wild and masking is tiring so i’m happy to be away from it all for a while.

Darryl and Dale from The Castle: "How's the serenity? So much serenity."

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Nov 26

three weeks of Term 4 left and if the last couple of days are anything to go by, they'll be hell. everyone's exhausted, there's still so much to do, us TAs got another shit pay offer, my autistic brain's constantly overstimulated, and a lot of the student behaviour is chaotic, bordering on anarchic.

from Effin' Birds: A painting of a bird beside the text "I'm not looking forward to tomorrow's bullshit"

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Nov 6

fucking hell. that gave me a fright. #eqnz

from Geonet: Moderate earthquake (2 minutes ago)

Thu Nov 6 2025 9:09 PM
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 47 km
15 km west of Wellington

JAS & Ten regen@jasandten· Nov 4

a Weeping Angel has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo