Cyn
@cyncharron.bsky.social
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Mum of teens, former biology teacher.
Proudly 🇨🇦 and 🇳🇿.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Loves our greyhound Pearl, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure, 📚, 🪡, 🧶.
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Proudly 🇨🇦 and 🇳🇿.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Loves our greyhound Pearl, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure, 📚, 🪡, 🧶.
Please use alt-text for photos.
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Trying hard to get her finished in time to sell before Xmas. I need to make $ to help with my son’s school expenses next year! Wish me luck, my fingers are actually sore…. #CrossStitch #Kikorangi
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Trying hard to get her finished in time to sell before Xmas. I need to make $ to help with my son’s school expenses next year! Wish me luck, my fingers are actually sore…. #CrossStitch #Kikorangi
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My cartoon in today’s The Post, The Press & Waikato Times www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Te Pāti Māori have broken apart. With the election just under a year away how will this play out and what will the left block do?
#NzPol #TePatiMaori #Cartoon
Te Pāti Māori have broken apart. With the election just under a year away how will this play out and what will the left block do?
#NzPol #TePatiMaori #Cartoon
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My cartoon in today’s The Post, The Press & Waikato Times www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Te Pāti Māori have broken apart. With the election just under a year away how will this play out and what will the left block do?
#NzPol #TePatiMaori #Cartoon
Te Pāti Māori have broken apart. With the election just under a year away how will this play out and what will the left block do?
#NzPol #TePatiMaori #Cartoon
On the recommendation of @bluebrightfire.bsky.social I’ve started this book.
Even just the Introduction had me thinking “Hmm this book will be a perspective-shifter.” I’ve now finished Chapter 1 and yep, it’s a real eye opener.
It has a US focus but is widely applicable.
Concerted efforts to
Even just the Introduction had me thinking “Hmm this book will be a perspective-shifter.” I’ve now finished Chapter 1 and yep, it’s a real eye opener.
It has a US focus but is widely applicable.
Concerted efforts to
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
On the recommendation of @bluebrightfire.bsky.social I’ve started this book.
Even just the Introduction had me thinking “Hmm this book will be a perspective-shifter.” I’ve now finished Chapter 1 and yep, it’s a real eye opener.
It has a US focus but is widely applicable.
Concerted efforts to
Even just the Introduction had me thinking “Hmm this book will be a perspective-shifter.” I’ve now finished Chapter 1 and yep, it’s a real eye opener.
It has a US focus but is widely applicable.
Concerted efforts to
@sophiefern.bsky.social just a wee reminder in case this is still relevant 😉
It’s Forced Family Fun day today at work and some of my favorite colleagues can’t be there and I am already furious about the whole thing.
Yes, it is officially called an all staff day. But, well, really?
Yes, it is officially called an all staff day. But, well, really?
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@sophiefern.bsky.social just a wee reminder in case this is still relevant 😉
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Just watched a heartfelt measles immunisation ad asking if our kids are fully immunised ❤️
5 known infectious measles cases.
You know what our kids aren't fully immunised against, deliberately?
#covid
171 REPORTED Covid in 7d.
Thanks Labour +National. #nzpol
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...
5 known infectious measles cases.
You know what our kids aren't fully immunised against, deliberately?
#covid
171 REPORTED Covid in 7d.
Thanks Labour +National. #nzpol
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Just watched a heartfelt measles immunisation ad asking if our kids are fully immunised ❤️
5 known infectious measles cases.
You know what our kids aren't fully immunised against, deliberately?
#covid
171 REPORTED Covid in 7d.
Thanks Labour +National. #nzpol
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...
5 known infectious measles cases.
You know what our kids aren't fully immunised against, deliberately?
#covid
171 REPORTED Covid in 7d.
Thanks Labour +National. #nzpol
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...
Wearily taps the sign: Somebody please show this to Simeon Brown 🫠
And look - in the video it isn’t even a separated cycle lane! Imagine how much safer it’d be if it included some sort of physical separation!
Good for cyclists- good for business-good for car drivers. GOODGOODGOOD
#nzpol
And look - in the video it isn’t even a separated cycle lane! Imagine how much safer it’d be if it included some sort of physical separation!
Good for cyclists- good for business-good for car drivers. GOODGOODGOOD
#nzpol
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Wearily taps the sign: Somebody please show this to Simeon Brown 🫠
And look - in the video it isn’t even a separated cycle lane! Imagine how much safer it’d be if it included some sort of physical separation!
Good for cyclists- good for business-good for car drivers. GOODGOODGOOD
#nzpol
And look - in the video it isn’t even a separated cycle lane! Imagine how much safer it’d be if it included some sort of physical separation!
Good for cyclists- good for business-good for car drivers. GOODGOODGOOD
#nzpol
We had a very hard day yesterday with one crappy or stressful thing after another.
In the evening we went for a walk & stumbled upon a little ice cream shop that was just about to close. The lovely staff member took pity on us & served us anyway.🥹
Ice cream, deep breaths and a walk for the win.
In the evening we went for a walk & stumbled upon a little ice cream shop that was just about to close. The lovely staff member took pity on us & served us anyway.🥹
Ice cream, deep breaths and a walk for the win.
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We had a very hard day yesterday with one crappy or stressful thing after another.
In the evening we went for a walk & stumbled upon a little ice cream shop that was just about to close. The lovely staff member took pity on us & served us anyway.🥹
Ice cream, deep breaths and a walk for the win.
In the evening we went for a walk & stumbled upon a little ice cream shop that was just about to close. The lovely staff member took pity on us & served us anyway.🥹
Ice cream, deep breaths and a walk for the win.
After yet another frustrating period of time during which neither TVNZ+ nor ThreeNow have worked, I have finally found the solution!!
Settings > General > Network > WiFi Connection or Wired Connection> Advanced Settings > Disable IPv6
Don’t know or care what IpV6 is but now that it is toggled off
Settings > General > Network > WiFi Connection or Wired Connection> Advanced Settings > Disable IPv6
Don’t know or care what IpV6 is but now that it is toggled off
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
After yet another frustrating period of time during which neither TVNZ+ nor ThreeNow have worked, I have finally found the solution!!
Settings > General > Network > WiFi Connection or Wired Connection> Advanced Settings > Disable IPv6
Don’t know or care what IpV6 is but now that it is toggled off
Settings > General > Network > WiFi Connection or Wired Connection> Advanced Settings > Disable IPv6
Don’t know or care what IpV6 is but now that it is toggled off
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MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
Behind the education overhaul: Outcry reveals deep divisions in the sector
Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
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‘You’re gonna have to learn his f*cking name now.’
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social slams the billionaires who spent millions to keep Zohran Mamdani out of City Hall – all while being unable to pronounce his name.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social slams the billionaires who spent millions to keep Zohran Mamdani out of City Hall – all while being unable to pronounce his name.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
‘You’re gonna have to learn his f*cking name now.’
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social slams the billionaires who spent millions to keep Zohran Mamdani out of City Hall – all while being unable to pronounce his name.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social slams the billionaires who spent millions to keep Zohran Mamdani out of City Hall – all while being unable to pronounce his name.
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Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.
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💻Online hui about #measles for Deaf and disabled people, their whānau, carers, support services, about the measles outbreak. Link to event details: facebook.com/share/1CJX5y15DT/
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
💻Online hui about #measles for Deaf and disabled people, their whānau, carers, support services, about the measles outbreak. Link to event details: facebook.com/share/1CJX5y15DT/
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
Quick, somebody tell David Seymour. A US state not that much bigger than New Zealand has voted to tax high earners to fully fund school meals for ALL students.
#nzpol
#nzpol
NEW: Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/p... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps
Proposition MM's passage means Colorado will be able to fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students
coloradosun.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Quick, somebody tell David Seymour. A US state not that much bigger than New Zealand has voted to tax high earners to fully fund school meals for ALL students.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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I just watched a mayor-elect in my state defy an authoritarian at the height of his institutional power—with Congress and the court behind him.
I watched him deliver a full-throated defense of transgender Americans and immigrants and declare in no uncertain terms that he is a democratic socialist.
I watched him deliver a full-throated defense of transgender Americans and immigrants and declare in no uncertain terms that he is a democratic socialist.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I just watched a mayor-elect in my state defy an authoritarian at the height of his institutional power—with Congress and the court behind him.
I watched him deliver a full-throated defense of transgender Americans and immigrants and declare in no uncertain terms that he is a democratic socialist.
I watched him deliver a full-throated defense of transgender Americans and immigrants and declare in no uncertain terms that he is a democratic socialist.
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Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of
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25 days left to sign this petition, folks!
Save Art History, because it really matters 💥
#nzpol
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
Save Art History, because it really matters 💥
#nzpol
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
25 days left to sign this petition, folks!
Save Art History, because it really matters 💥
#nzpol
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
Save Art History, because it really matters 💥
#nzpol
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
A gorgeous gift for your own home or someone else’s.
Got my order in!
Got my order in!
Ok it's finally happening.
My Calendar 2026 is now available for pre-order. Printing by end of the month to allow for international shipping.
(sorry no international orders just yet, still setting that up).
So happy I could cry.
paullecomtephoto.nz/products/202...
My Calendar 2026 is now available for pre-order. Printing by end of the month to allow for international shipping.
(sorry no international orders just yet, still setting that up).
So happy I could cry.
paullecomtephoto.nz/products/202...
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A gorgeous gift for your own home or someone else’s.
Got my order in!
Got my order in!
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Rimmer plays the hat game to avoid admitting that - as always - he has no evidence, and those "phone calls from outraged parents" never happened.
[Response] David Seymour replied about A record of phone calls received from parents regarding Marae visits and Māori words in math classes
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Rimmer plays the hat game to avoid admitting that - as always - he has no evidence, and those "phone calls from outraged parents" never happened.
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The other infectious disease ripping through schools in Aotearoa. #nzpol
@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social Always on the money
@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social Always on the money
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The other infectious disease ripping through schools in Aotearoa. #nzpol
@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social Always on the money
@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social Always on the money
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"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health.
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
World expert in air quality and COVID wins Australia's top science prize
Lidia Morawska, an internationally renowned expert in air quality and its impact on human health, has won Australia's most coveted prize for scientific research.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health.
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
"This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards."
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
I’m a sucker for cheesy Christmas movies. I think it’s partly homesickness for the snow & decor of Canadian Christmases, although my family homes were NEVER the explosions of red & green of these movies!
So I’ve started watching the 2025
cheesy holiday movies on Netflix. Some of them are SO BAD! 😆
So I’ve started watching the 2025
cheesy holiday movies on Netflix. Some of them are SO BAD! 😆
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I’m a sucker for cheesy Christmas movies. I think it’s partly homesickness for the snow & decor of Canadian Christmases, although my family homes were NEVER the explosions of red & green of these movies!
So I’ve started watching the 2025
cheesy holiday movies on Netflix. Some of them are SO BAD! 😆
So I’ve started watching the 2025
cheesy holiday movies on Netflix. Some of them are SO BAD! 😆
Now to wrap it up and let it rest in the tin until December 1!
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Now to wrap it up and let it rest in the tin until December 1!
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PSA: just saw my GP and he went out of his way to check that I’d had a measles vaccine. He reckons most New Zealanders that aren’t up to date on MMR will have measles in the next few months.
Sounds like the epidemic is going to reach Ōtautahi soon.
Sounds like the epidemic is going to reach Ōtautahi soon.
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PSA: just saw my GP and he went out of his way to check that I’d had a measles vaccine. He reckons most New Zealanders that aren’t up to date on MMR will have measles in the next few months.
Sounds like the epidemic is going to reach Ōtautahi soon.
Sounds like the epidemic is going to reach Ōtautahi soon.