Jo McFadden
@jojoaotearoa.bsky.social
Just a kiwi geek trying to find her way in the world. She/Her Cis Pākehā Tāmaki Makaurau 🇳🇿🤓🐱 http://instagram.com/jomcfadden/ @jojohmc on Twitter
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Jo McFadden
@jojoaotearoa.bsky.social
· Apr 20
#Hints #MWSecretSantaAoNZ
Took up crochet during the second lockdown so a patternor yarn wouldbenice. Also ove cats, chocolate and SciFi
Took up crochet during the second lockdown so a patternor yarn wouldbenice. Also ove cats, chocolate and SciFi
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(One of, bolsters self for incoming Dick Van Dyke images etc) the only acceptable way(s) to send someone an unsolicited DikPik.
Blank for your message so can be for various occasions. Or Valentine’s Day. (I can write and send too)
dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/6736...
#love #valentinesday #bsnm
Blank for your message so can be for various occasions. Or Valentine’s Day. (I can write and send too)
dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/6736...
#love #valentinesday #bsnm
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
(One of, bolsters self for incoming Dick Van Dyke images etc) the only acceptable way(s) to send someone an unsolicited DikPik.
Blank for your message so can be for various occasions. Or Valentine’s Day. (I can write and send too)
dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/6736...
#love #valentinesday #bsnm
Blank for your message so can be for various occasions. Or Valentine’s Day. (I can write and send too)
dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/6736...
#love #valentinesday #bsnm
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Zing! Sen. Tillis goes for the jugular with Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Zing! Sen. Tillis goes for the jugular with Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller.
Doing gods work
I'm a lollipop lady. I always make sure I stop the Teslas. Fuck Elon Musk.
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Doing gods work
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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
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Fact | You can't write something predicated in the utterly ludicrous assumption that white men are being excluded from publishing unless you are racist.
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Fact | You can't write something predicated in the utterly ludicrous assumption that white men are being excluded from publishing unless you are racist.
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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every politician who attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth is anti-science, transphobic, or some combination. prior to their votes, they should be forced onto cross-sex hormones so they can experience the horror they're inflicting on these kids
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…
NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…
juliaserano.medium.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
every politician who attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth is anti-science, transphobic, or some combination. prior to their votes, they should be forced onto cross-sex hormones so they can experience the horror they're inflicting on these kids
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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"Turns out you can have it all. So long as you're prepared to be a c…t to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet,” Vance wrote. #nzpol
Headline-grabbing quote named best of the year
The winning quote’s power lies in its purpose, say judges for the 2025 Massey University Quote of the Year.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Turns out you can have it all. So long as you're prepared to be a c…t to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet,” Vance wrote. #nzpol
#SecretSantaAoNZ gift opened & loving what they chose. They've covered so much of what I love ❤️ and also added a lovely note. Not sure how they knew Pīwakawaka's my favorite bird (access to my BOTY vote 🤔) or that I've so many books on the go so need another bookmark! 🥰 Santa you've made my day/year
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ gift opened & loving what they chose. They've covered so much of what I love ❤️ and also added a lovely note. Not sure how they knew Pīwakawaka's my favorite bird (access to my BOTY vote 🤔) or that I've so many books on the go so need another bookmark! 🥰 Santa you've made my day/year
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If you're not in Aotearoa New Zealand, but would like some lil sprinkles of joy today, look at the posts tagged #secretsantaaonz. This is an entirely volunteer-run gift exchange, where hundreds of people buy / assemble / make gifts for someone they've been assigned. The gifts NEVER fail ❤️
It's not even 7 am and I've already been smiling for 10 mins, for it is #secretsantaaonz opening day! I am wandering home from the gym while stalking the feed. As usual, I am super impressed by everyone's gifts. I promise I'll open mine once I've showered and gotten dressed (in ~1hr) - EXCITED!
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're not in Aotearoa New Zealand, but would like some lil sprinkles of joy today, look at the posts tagged #secretsantaaonz. This is an entirely volunteer-run gift exchange, where hundreds of people buy / assemble / make gifts for someone they've been assigned. The gifts NEVER fail ❤️
To my Secret Santa, I'll be opening my present when I get home from work #SecretSantaAoNZ
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To my Secret Santa, I'll be opening my present when I get home from work #SecretSantaAoNZ
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Thanks #SecretSantaAoNZ, my parcel arrived last night! So I made A Very Silly Thing as Small Tree unboxed it. (AKA It's beginning to look a lot like Cringemas. Please forgive.) And now we wait for Opening Day. youtu.be/hq2BICSARb4?...
Secret Santa AoNZ 2025
YouTube video by abby_as
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thanks #SecretSantaAoNZ, my parcel arrived last night! So I made A Very Silly Thing as Small Tree unboxed it. (AKA It's beginning to look a lot like Cringemas. Please forgive.) And now we wait for Opening Day. youtu.be/hq2BICSARb4?...
#SecretSantaAoNZ my present 🎁 has arrived. Thanks Secret Santa 🎅 🧑🎄 I can't wait for opening day
December 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#SecretSantaAoNZ my present 🎁 has arrived. Thanks Secret Santa 🎅 🧑🎄 I can't wait for opening day
Just noticed my #SecretSantaAoNZ gift is coming from where I sent my gift
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just noticed my #SecretSantaAoNZ gift is coming from where I sent my gift
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
I saw video of a US Dr arguing with a rep at an insurance company that the procedure they declined due to "the hand they lost not being their writing hand so it was not necessary"
For-profit health insurance companies are not in the business of insuring health.
They are in the business of collecting premiums and denying claims.
They are in the business of collecting premiums and denying claims.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I saw video of a US Dr arguing with a rep at an insurance company that the procedure they declined due to "the hand they lost not being their writing hand so it was not necessary"
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
If you type '𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲' into google you get a whole shit ton of articles - by the current lot.
#Cartoon #NzPol #Caricature #Luxon #Stanford
If you type '𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲' into google you get a whole shit ton of articles - by the current lot.
#Cartoon #NzPol #Caricature #Luxon #Stanford
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
If you type '𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲' into google you get a whole shit ton of articles - by the current lot.
#Cartoon #NzPol #Caricature #Luxon #Stanford
If you type '𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲' into google you get a whole shit ton of articles - by the current lot.
#Cartoon #NzPol #Caricature #Luxon #Stanford
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
Present posted after work. Fingers crossed they like it #secretsantaAoNZ
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Present posted after work. Fingers crossed they like it #secretsantaAoNZ
I drink herbal tea, coffee and bubbles
Some people have already covered this in other posts, but for the Santas that need to know specifically.
What are your go-to-drinks? Your tasty beverages FOR MORALE?
#SecretSantaAoNZ
What are your go-to-drinks? Your tasty beverages FOR MORALE?
#SecretSantaAoNZ
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I drink herbal tea, coffee and bubbles