te kootahekore ranapiri
@ired0mi.bsky.social
essa may ranapiri / they/ia / Ngaati Wehi Wehi / Ngaati Puukeko / Ngaati Rangiwewehe / Clan Gunn / kōtuku mā / author of ransack & ECHIDNA / currently working on a verse novel lolol
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all micro blog posts are tweets to me cos I have a little blue bird in my heart that still wants to sing
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That RNZ 'New Gaza' article pissed me off enough to submit a complaint via RNZ's online complaint form and document how you too can submit a complaint and use my notes, if you wanted.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Complaint: RNZ 'New Gaza' Article | The Uncommon Engineer
How to submit a formal complaint to RNZ about their 'US touts New Gaza filled with luxury real estate' article. Includes step-by-step instructions and complaint text you can use.
f.mtr.cool
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
That RNZ 'New Gaza' article pissed me off enough to submit a complaint via RNZ's online complaint form and document how you too can submit a complaint and use my notes, if you wanted.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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every single one of these from National should be ending careers, but media just aren't willing to stick to them at all
compare and contrast with the situation where far right dirty politics completely made up allegations against Mahuta and the entirety of NZ media was boosting the story for MONTHS
compare and contrast with the situation where far right dirty politics completely made up allegations against Mahuta and the entirety of NZ media was boosting the story for MONTHS
Conflict of interest messages between Teaching Council Chair and Education minister
The Educational Institute Te Riu Roa, which obtained the messages, and the Council of Deans of Education said the messages showed a conflict of interest.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
every single one of these from National should be ending careers, but media just aren't willing to stick to them at all
compare and contrast with the situation where far right dirty politics completely made up allegations against Mahuta and the entirety of NZ media was boosting the story for MONTHS
compare and contrast with the situation where far right dirty politics completely made up allegations against Mahuta and the entirety of NZ media was boosting the story for MONTHS
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No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
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Write to publications and demand this. Do a letter to the editor. If you're on tiktok or other socials, talk about it. Create the permission structure to acknowledge this. People are partly silent because acknowledging uncomfortable things is hard if you're doing it alone.
The tragic loss of lives in NZ flooding events this week are climate change deaths. Media and govt are avoiding the topic.
Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
January 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Write to publications and demand this. Do a letter to the editor. If you're on tiktok or other socials, talk about it. Create the permission structure to acknowledge this. People are partly silent because acknowledging uncomfortable things is hard if you're doing it alone.
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I'm reminded again of my friend Lexi's superb piece in the spinoff in the wake of a pandemic era worldcon nominally held in Wellington. The tendency for those from afar to project fantasies onto this blank space that is in fact real place with give or take 800 years of human history is a real one.
Aotearoa is not Middle-earth
Middle Earth has been clinging to Aotearoa for nearly 20 years. It's time to push the two apart.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 20, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I'm reminded again of my friend Lexi's superb piece in the spinoff in the wake of a pandemic era worldcon nominally held in Wellington. The tendency for those from afar to project fantasies onto this blank space that is in fact real place with give or take 800 years of human history is a real one.
What are five things in ur upcoming project release whatever?
Five things in Puke
- hot chips
- gay sex a lot of gay sex
- cute kurii
- vagina dentata tooth pull
- plastic crucifix
Five things in Puke
- hot chips
- gay sex a lot of gay sex
- cute kurii
- vagina dentata tooth pull
- plastic crucifix
What are five things in your upcoming release?
5 things in Thief of Death 👻🗡️💀🪦
- A graveyard meet-cute
- Hot priest falls for neurotic thief
- A flaming skull sidekick
- Oops, I stabbed your cousin
- YEARNING
#Wrencer #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
5 things in Thief of Death 👻🗡️💀🪦
- A graveyard meet-cute
- Hot priest falls for neurotic thief
- A flaming skull sidekick
- Oops, I stabbed your cousin
- YEARNING
#Wrencer #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
5 things in Midwestern Chrome
-A head in a bag
-A body-augment addicted prizefighter
-Everything is exploitative, even the vending machines
-Henchman falling for his boss's niece (age appropriate, not fucking creepy)
-Commonfolk raging against the machine
Anything else @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ?
-A head in a bag
-A body-augment addicted prizefighter
-Everything is exploitative, even the vending machines
-Henchman falling for his boss's niece (age appropriate, not fucking creepy)
-Commonfolk raging against the machine
Anything else @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ?
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 PM
What are five things in ur upcoming project release whatever?
Five things in Puke
- hot chips
- gay sex a lot of gay sex
- cute kurii
- vagina dentata tooth pull
- plastic crucifix
Five things in Puke
- hot chips
- gay sex a lot of gay sex
- cute kurii
- vagina dentata tooth pull
- plastic crucifix
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It's not hate to oppose systematic mass murder. Even if it was, a felt emotion is not worse than the literal killing fields sustained by the West’s murder colony in occupied Palestine. It is insane that this needs to be said. How about, if you do not like being 'vilified' maybe stop being villains?
January 17, 2026 at 3:39 AM
It's not hate to oppose systematic mass murder. Even if it was, a felt emotion is not worse than the literal killing fields sustained by the West’s murder colony in occupied Palestine. It is insane that this needs to be said. How about, if you do not like being 'vilified' maybe stop being villains?
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☁️🌊 TOROA: SKYCALL 🌊☁️
🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥
Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙
After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹
Mauri ora e te whānau!
🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥
Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙
After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹
Mauri ora e te whānau!
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
☁️🌊 TOROA: SKYCALL 🌊☁️
🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥
Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙
After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹
Mauri ora e te whānau!
🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥
Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙
After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹
Mauri ora e te whānau!
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I remember how the media here covered the Kellie-Jay Keen speech in Auckland (the one where she got souped) that I attended, and how it was described as an angry mob when it was the most joyful, calm day. It was also telling that Action Zealandia turned up to support KJK and got zero mention.
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I remember how the media here covered the Kellie-Jay Keen speech in Auckland (the one where she got souped) that I attended, and how it was described as an angry mob when it was the most joyful, calm day. It was also telling that Action Zealandia turned up to support KJK and got zero mention.
what having no spiritual fulfillment does to a motherfucker
Day 015 // WEEK 3: MAPPING THE PATH
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January 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
what having no spiritual fulfillment does to a motherfucker
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I’ll definitely be voting for a party/parties with universal dental care as one of its policies. Political
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare?
"It's a significant gap that leads to a lot of other issues in healthcare but also economically for the country," says the Dental for All campaign
www.rnz.co.nz
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I’ll definitely be voting for a party/parties with universal dental care as one of its policies. Political
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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You will be going through the day doing stuff and at some point this jabroni will show up and ruin the rest of your day every time.
January 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
You will be going through the day doing stuff and at some point this jabroni will show up and ruin the rest of your day every time.
people still use fka twitter cos of the network effect same reason I'd imagine for all of zucks apps as well
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
people still use fka twitter cos of the network effect same reason I'd imagine for all of zucks apps as well
or if u don't have the money to spend on books, request them at ur local library that helps authors as well 💚
One thing you can do today is buy a friend's book. Who cares if you even read it. Just buy to support art. Fascists hate poetry and short stories and books about joy and memoirs about compassion etc.
Let's go.
Let's go.
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 PM
or if u don't have the money to spend on books, request them at ur local library that helps authors as well 💚
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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Data Sovereignty matters.
The idea of where your data resides is going to become more and more important in the coming years as laws around data (and protections around data) start to diverge more across international borders.
The idea of where your data resides is going to become more and more important in the coming years as laws around data (and protections around data) start to diverge more across international borders.
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Data Sovereignty matters.
The idea of where your data resides is going to become more and more important in the coming years as laws around data (and protections around data) start to diverge more across international borders.
The idea of where your data resides is going to become more and more important in the coming years as laws around data (and protections around data) start to diverge more across international borders.
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Tip my Ko-Fi $25NZD or more before Mon 19th Jan at 10.00am & you’ll go in the draw to win my ‘Green Girl’ Cross Stitch (78.5cm x 70cm unframed). Almost a year of daily work to finish. Please share widely, I need as many supporters as possible.
#Kikorangi
#CrossStitch
ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
#Kikorangi
#CrossStitch
ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Tip my Ko-Fi $25NZD or more before Mon 19th Jan at 10.00am & you’ll go in the draw to win my ‘Green Girl’ Cross Stitch (78.5cm x 70cm unframed). Almost a year of daily work to finish. Please share widely, I need as many supporters as possible.
#Kikorangi
#CrossStitch
ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
#Kikorangi
#CrossStitch
ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020: Ammonite
2021: The Green Knight
2022: Bones and All
2023: Past Lives
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: Die My Love
2020: Ammonite
2021: The Green Knight
2022: Bones and All
2023: Past Lives
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: Die My Love
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020: 1917
2021: The Dry
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: Theatre Camp
2024: Driveaway Dolls
2025: 28 Years Later
2020: 1917
2021: The Dry
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: Theatre Camp
2024: Driveaway Dolls
2025: 28 Years Later
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020: Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes
2021: In The Earth
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: John Wick: Chapter 4
2024: Monkey Man
2025: Sinners
2020: Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes
2021: In The Earth
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: John Wick: Chapter 4
2024: Monkey Man
2025: Sinners
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020: Ammonite
2021: The Green Knight
2022: Bones and All
2023: Past Lives
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: Die My Love
2020: Ammonite
2021: The Green Knight
2022: Bones and All
2023: Past Lives
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: Die My Love
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RNZ has been on this track since increasing use of CNN specifically, alongside that corporate decision, the editorial choices since Gaza to almost only publish articles backing Israeli/US on this stuff has been horrid. At BEST, they've "business decision'd" themselves into being fascist propaganda
January 10, 2026 at 1:08 AM
RNZ has been on this track since increasing use of CNN specifically, alongside that corporate decision, the editorial choices since Gaza to almost only publish articles backing Israeli/US on this stuff has been horrid. At BEST, they've "business decision'd" themselves into being fascist propaganda
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Fuck ICE, Fox News, & the entire oozing empire.
January 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Fuck ICE, Fox News, & the entire oozing empire.
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for Renee Nicole Good, a poet and a mother
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
for Renee Nicole Good, a poet and a mother
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There are a lot of half-formed notions of Renee Good circulating right now. This poem is the most accurate artifact of her we have access to; a piece of her soul that remains in the world. Read her words and become her for a moment; let her live in you. So long as men can breathe & eyes can see.
ON LEARNING TO DISSECT FETAL PIGS
By Renee Nicole Macklin Good
i want back my rocking chairs,
solipsist sunsets,
& coastal jungle sounds that are tercets from cicadas and pentameter from the hairy legs of
cockroaches.
i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores
By Renee Nicole Macklin Good
i want back my rocking chairs,
solipsist sunsets,
& coastal jungle sounds that are tercets from cicadas and pentameter from the hairy legs of
cockroaches.
i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores
January 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
There are a lot of half-formed notions of Renee Good circulating right now. This poem is the most accurate artifact of her we have access to; a piece of her soul that remains in the world. Read her words and become her for a moment; let her live in you. So long as men can breathe & eyes can see.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
a page where the poem will display properly and also not have scum commenting at the bottom
a page where the poem will display properly and also not have scum commenting at the bottom
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
a page where the poem will display properly and also not have scum commenting at the bottom
a page where the poem will display properly and also not have scum commenting at the bottom
what's the fucking point... can't even do the nominees the courtesy of a person reading and compiling their shit? then what's the fucking point
Government planning to use AI for next New Year's Honours
Government planning to use AI for next New Year's Honours
An exemption has been needed as the use of personal information by AI is usually restricted by government policy.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
what's the fucking point... can't even do the nominees the courtesy of a person reading and compiling their shit? then what's the fucking point
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.