finlay
@davidsimpch.bsky.social
bisexual gay guy. earth science student.
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i'd wager everyone regardless of age yearns for an era of tech that doesn't fucking suck egregious amounts of ass
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
i'd wager everyone regardless of age yearns for an era of tech that doesn't fucking suck egregious amounts of ass
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mental illness is a lot like a dark souls poison swamp but the poison swamp is in your head and also still doing damage over time to you
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
mental illness is a lot like a dark souls poison swamp but the poison swamp is in your head and also still doing damage over time to you
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i don't believe a puberty blocker ban is bad because evidence suggests they're safe. i believe it's bad because children's bodily autonomy is being taken away because they're trans or questioning. if the evidence suggested long term risk made it more questionable, i would still oppose the ban.
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
i don't believe a puberty blocker ban is bad because evidence suggests they're safe. i believe it's bad because children's bodily autonomy is being taken away because they're trans or questioning. if the evidence suggested long term risk made it more questionable, i would still oppose the ban.
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10am at Myers Park this Sunday in Tāmaki Makaurau:
Protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare.
#nzpol
For tips on staying safe see: www.instagram.com/blocktheban/...
Protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare.
#nzpol
For tips on staying safe see: www.instagram.com/blocktheban/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
10am at Myers Park this Sunday in Tāmaki Makaurau:
Protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare.
#nzpol
For tips on staying safe see: www.instagram.com/blocktheban/...
Protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare.
#nzpol
For tips on staying safe see: www.instagram.com/blocktheban/...
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One of the keynotes at AusPATH was Rodney Croome, longtime lutruwita activist, who had a similar but more positive imagining: imagine, one day, a state apology for the harms trans and non-binary people have faced at their hand, for the generations of trauma inflicted on us
One day I'm going to be sitting in the room as we talk about a royal inquiry because someone - or multiple someones - have had the worst happen to them because of the path we are going down and I WISH this was an exaggeration.
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
One of the keynotes at AusPATH was Rodney Croome, longtime lutruwita activist, who had a similar but more positive imagining: imagine, one day, a state apology for the harms trans and non-binary people have faced at their hand, for the generations of trauma inflicted on us
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kinda funny that labour has yet to draw a party line on trans healthcare and their new mission statement is exactly the same as what doctors tell you when you're getting it—"manage your expectations"
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
kinda funny that labour has yet to draw a party line on trans healthcare and their new mission statement is exactly the same as what doctors tell you when you're getting it—"manage your expectations"
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Things that Labour will say 'yes' to:
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Things that Labour will say 'yes' to:
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
low-key convinced people are lying about whether or not they like jazz. like "oh i hate jazz" 🙄 ok, whatever
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
low-key convinced people are lying about whether or not they like jazz. like "oh i hate jazz" 🙄 ok, whatever
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For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
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It’s very important to remember that the Puberty Blocker Ban was a decision of cabinet. All cabinet ministers are implicated in this decision. Not just Simeon, bot just Winston. Every single one.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s very important to remember that the Puberty Blocker Ban was a decision of cabinet. All cabinet ministers are implicated in this decision. Not just Simeon, bot just Winston. Every single one.
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National & New Zealand First want to take more out of workers pay every year & put it on the stock market. You can have it back if you make it to 65 as a little treat.
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
National & New Zealand First want to take more out of workers pay every year & put it on the stock market. You can have it back if you make it to 65 as a little treat.
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
i think about this whenever people talk about ardern 'not being racist'
One of the things that grinds my gears about the Nats is the whole "rarely say anything overtly racist, but dog whistle by purposefully mangling the pronunciation of Māori/Te Reo words"
There's no reason for Chris Bishop to be saying "Mowree" at his age other than he's a racist cunt.
#nzpol
There's no reason for Chris Bishop to be saying "Mowree" at his age other than he's a racist cunt.
#nzpol
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
i think about this whenever people talk about ardern 'not being racist'
"defaulting to they/them isn't misgendering" is true when the person you are talking about uses they/them pronouns but otherwise it absolutely is i'm sorry
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"defaulting to they/them isn't misgendering" is true when the person you are talking about uses they/them pronouns but otherwise it absolutely is i'm sorry
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you're telling me The Force femmed this woman?
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
you're telling me The Force femmed this woman?
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new video about planes btw- youtu.be/oxHBa3cseGA
Are Grand Theft Auto's Airports Realistic?
YouTube video by Any Austin
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
new video about planes btw- youtu.be/oxHBa3cseGA
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“The system was designed by individuals who believed in a specific version of New Zealand — where everyone was theoretically equal, yet the structures of equality were calibrated for only one culture.” — Mark Feary. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...
Why the system will never truly serve us | E-Tangata
“The system was designed by individuals who believed in a specific version of New Zealand — where everyone was theoretically equal, yet the structures of equality were calibrated for only one culture....
e-tangata.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The system was designed by individuals who believed in a specific version of New Zealand — where everyone was theoretically equal, yet the structures of equality were calibrated for only one culture.” — Mark Feary. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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Unfortunately I don’t believe in using the word “zoomies,” but yes. Your dog is popping off.
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Unfortunately I don’t believe in using the word “zoomies,” but yes. Your dog is popping off.
confused parent at the bakery: so you want... milk and celery?
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
confused parent at the bakery: so you want... milk and celery?