Clever Hansel 💗💜💙
@cleverhansel.bsky.social
Cabaret reprobate, civic participation nerd, digital wonk, crochet aficionado, several neuroses in a trenchcoat. Pronouns he/they/ia. Based in Wellington & Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Views are my own and not my employers'.
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The inter-tidal zone between the two being a truly awful John Waters moustache I grew during lockdown to freak colleagues out on Zoom
Struck by the sudden highly millennial-coded realisation that almost everything I did in the '10s was painfully ironic, and almost everything I have done in the '20s is painfully sincere
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The inter-tidal zone between the two being a truly awful John Waters moustache I grew during lockdown to freak colleagues out on Zoom
Struck by the sudden highly millennial-coded realisation that almost everything I did in the '10s was painfully ironic, and almost everything I have done in the '20s is painfully sincere
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Struck by the sudden highly millennial-coded realisation that almost everything I did in the '10s was painfully ironic, and almost everything I have done in the '20s is painfully sincere
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Welp, time to reset the giant novelty counter again environment.govt.nz/news/governm...
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Welp, time to reset the giant novelty counter again environment.govt.nz/news/governm...
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*being dunked into a flushing toilet* this is classic ad homineglbbbbglbglbglbb
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
*being dunked into a flushing toilet* this is classic ad homineglbbbbglbglbglbb
'my job is Email' 'my job is Spreadsheet' This is comms erasure. My job is Canva, PowerPoint and seven thousand Chrome tabs.
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
'my job is Email' 'my job is Spreadsheet' This is comms erasure. My job is Canva, PowerPoint and seven thousand Chrome tabs.
My phone keeps autocorrecting LinkedIn to KinkedIn, and honestly I think FetLife is missing a branding opportunity
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My phone keeps autocorrecting LinkedIn to KinkedIn, and honestly I think FetLife is missing a branding opportunity
NZ climate journalism summed up in 2 articles:
RNZ:
govt guts climate disclosures regime, a key tool for delivering Paris Agreement commitments www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Also RNZ:
govt lifts burden on finance industry (actual climate change impacts not mentioned) www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
RNZ:
govt guts climate disclosures regime, a key tool for delivering Paris Agreement commitments www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Also RNZ:
govt lifts burden on finance industry (actual climate change impacts not mentioned) www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
NZ climate journalism summed up in 2 articles:
RNZ:
govt guts climate disclosures regime, a key tool for delivering Paris Agreement commitments www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Also RNZ:
govt lifts burden on finance industry (actual climate change impacts not mentioned) www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
RNZ:
govt guts climate disclosures regime, a key tool for delivering Paris Agreement commitments www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Also RNZ:
govt lifts burden on finance industry (actual climate change impacts not mentioned) www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
When I was
A young boy
My father
Took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said –
A young boy
My father
Took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said –
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When I was
A young boy
My father
Took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said –
A young boy
My father
Took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said –
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Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands have much to celebrate with the first-ever Moriori language week kicking off this November.
First-ever Moriori language week a ‘long time coming’
Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands have much to celebrate with the first-ever Moriori language week kicking off this November.
www.teaonews.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands have much to celebrate with the first-ever Moriori language week kicking off this November.
Look, it's the least of our worries given the NZ govt's decision to weaken climate change targets
BUT
as a committed pedant i cannot let David Seymour claim unchallenged that he was the only MP to vote against the current target.
Because he didn't - he missed the vote, lol. The bill passed 119-0.
BUT
as a committed pedant i cannot let David Seymour claim unchallenged that he was the only MP to vote against the current target.
Because he didn't - he missed the vote, lol. The bill passed 119-0.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Look, it's the least of our worries given the NZ govt's decision to weaken climate change targets
BUT
as a committed pedant i cannot let David Seymour claim unchallenged that he was the only MP to vote against the current target.
Because he didn't - he missed the vote, lol. The bill passed 119-0.
BUT
as a committed pedant i cannot let David Seymour claim unchallenged that he was the only MP to vote against the current target.
Because he didn't - he missed the vote, lol. The bill passed 119-0.
I feel like screaming. Mis/disinfo is hobbling every part of the climate change response - the premise (CC is a hoax), the cause (govt weather control), the means (the UN wants to ban meat), adaptation (managed retreat is a govt land grab), to emergency response (scammers targeting ppl in disasters)
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I feel like screaming. Mis/disinfo is hobbling every part of the climate change response - the premise (CC is a hoax), the cause (govt weather control), the means (the UN wants to ban meat), adaptation (managed retreat is a govt land grab), to emergency response (scammers targeting ppl in disasters)
I'm spicing up my work day by dropping mispronunciations into meetings and seeing who pulls me up on them. So far no one has reacted to me pronouncing awry to rhyme with jewelry. Time to escalate: pronouncing whack-a-mole to rhyme with guacamole.
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm spicing up my work day by dropping mispronunciations into meetings and seeing who pulls me up on them. So far no one has reacted to me pronouncing awry to rhyme with jewelry. Time to escalate: pronouncing whack-a-mole to rhyme with guacamole.
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the exposed moral wound of fossil extraction is real and is worth knowing the torn bloody edges of, but you can't get people to participate in other modes of living by just showing them the wound and asking them to feel how much it really hurts.
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
the exposed moral wound of fossil extraction is real and is worth knowing the torn bloody edges of, but you can't get people to participate in other modes of living by just showing them the wound and asking them to feel how much it really hurts.
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Good to see mainstream media also highlight the threat VFF poses to New Zealand's liberal-democratic firmament, though it's much, much greater than presented in this article. | Behind the boring promises: the protesters trying to reshape local democracy www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
September 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Good to see mainstream media also highlight the threat VFF poses to New Zealand's liberal-democratic firmament, though it's much, much greater than presented in this article. | Behind the boring promises: the protesters trying to reshape local democracy www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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🚨 Voices for Freedom and Local Elections 🚨
Last local elections VFF encouraged people to run for local council. Their plan was semi-successful, electing dozens of councillors and board members. This time around, they're far more organised. Read: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Last local elections VFF encouraged people to run for local council. Their plan was semi-successful, electing dozens of councillors and board members. This time around, they're far more organised. Read: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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September 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
🚨 Voices for Freedom and Local Elections 🚨
Last local elections VFF encouraged people to run for local council. Their plan was semi-successful, electing dozens of councillors and board members. This time around, they're far more organised. Read: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Last local elections VFF encouraged people to run for local council. Their plan was semi-successful, electing dozens of councillors and board members. This time around, they're far more organised. Read: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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He may be a perfectly nice fellow, and I know nothing about his policies, but this council candidate's hoardings make him look like an amateur stage magician
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
He may be a perfectly nice fellow, and I know nothing about his policies, but this council candidate's hoardings make him look like an amateur stage magician
One of my favourite things about flying is all the no smoking signs, alongside all the built-in ash trays. A+ environmental storytelling.
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
One of my favourite things about flying is all the no smoking signs, alongside all the built-in ash trays. A+ environmental storytelling.
I'm in Bangkok for 48 hours for work, here's my guide as a pedestrian -
Traffic lights on green: cross here if you're brave
Pedestrian crossing: cross here if you're suicidal
Anywhere else: hopital
Traffic lights on green: cross here if you're brave
Pedestrian crossing: cross here if you're suicidal
Anywhere else: hopital
September 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm in Bangkok for 48 hours for work, here's my guide as a pedestrian -
Traffic lights on green: cross here if you're brave
Pedestrian crossing: cross here if you're suicidal
Anywhere else: hopital
Traffic lights on green: cross here if you're brave
Pedestrian crossing: cross here if you're suicidal
Anywhere else: hopital
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I know I harp on this all the time, but the authoritarian personality is the skeleton key here. The authoritarian believes, at a brainstem level, that all of society is a hierarchy and that one of the benefits of being high on the hierarchy is that you get to abuse others below you.
September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I know I harp on this all the time, but the authoritarian personality is the skeleton key here. The authoritarian believes, at a brainstem level, that all of society is a hierarchy and that one of the benefits of being high on the hierarchy is that you get to abuse others below you.
I took stats as a senior year elective, and on the first day the teacher said 'Stats isn't math' and proceeded to teach the course essentially as social science / how to spot bad reporting. To this day it's probably the most impactful class I've ever taken, including everything I did at uni.
One of the greatest errors in K-12 education, in my opinion, is prioritizing trigonometry and calculus over statistics. Yes, trig and calc are important for many professions. Statistics are important for literacy.
oh noooo
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I took stats as a senior year elective, and on the first day the teacher said 'Stats isn't math' and proceeded to teach the course essentially as social science / how to spot bad reporting. To this day it's probably the most impactful class I've ever taken, including everything I did at uni.
Look, I'm not saying I would rather be burnt alive than endure another fire drill walking downstairs from my 21st floor office - I'm just saying that it would be nice to be offered a choice
September 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Look, I'm not saying I would rather be burnt alive than endure another fire drill walking downstairs from my 21st floor office - I'm just saying that it would be nice to be offered a choice
PETITION: Ask the Govt to back our future:
- Fund a teacher aide in every class in Budget 2026
- Deliver fair pay & secure work to all educators — & restore pay equity
- Protect te reo Māori as a taonga
- Make ECE accessible, affordable, culturally appropriate & high quality for all tamariki
- Fund a teacher aide in every class in Budget 2026
- Deliver fair pay & secure work to all educators — & restore pay equity
- Protect te reo Māori as a taonga
- Make ECE accessible, affordable, culturally appropriate & high quality for all tamariki
Back education that works for all tamariki
All tamariki deserve an education where they can learn, feel included and access learning support when they need it.
However, the Government is taking public education in the wrong direction an...
action.nzei.org.nz
August 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
PETITION: Ask the Govt to back our future:
- Fund a teacher aide in every class in Budget 2026
- Deliver fair pay & secure work to all educators — & restore pay equity
- Protect te reo Māori as a taonga
- Make ECE accessible, affordable, culturally appropriate & high quality for all tamariki
- Fund a teacher aide in every class in Budget 2026
- Deliver fair pay & secure work to all educators — & restore pay equity
- Protect te reo Māori as a taonga
- Make ECE accessible, affordable, culturally appropriate & high quality for all tamariki