Raymond Sagapolutele
@raysagapolutele.bsky.social
Aotearoan born Samoan Artist and Academic
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Gaza has been a place of terror, war and struggle, but also a place with a rich cultural and artistic history. https://to.pbs.org/3MYXkUI
Artists hope to preserve and rebuild Gaza’s cultural heritage
Gaza has been a place of terror, war and struggle, but also a place with a rich cultural and artistic history. Much of that has been damaged or destroyed the last two years. Senior arts correspondent ...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Gaza has been a place of terror, war and struggle, but also a place with a rich cultural and artistic history. https://to.pbs.org/3MYXkUI
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Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
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In light of the rampant abuse of power NZ is facing with this Govt dismantling laws that stop us being looted and taken over by big money it's probably a good time for people to check out or revisit this excellent investigative piece by Mihingarangi Forbes ... #NZPol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...
MATA Reports | ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda | RNZ
YouTube video by RNZ
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In light of the rampant abuse of power NZ is facing with this Govt dismantling laws that stop us being looted and taken over by big money it's probably a good time for people to check out or revisit this excellent investigative piece by Mihingarangi Forbes ... #NZPol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...
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Everyone working in retail, hospitality, and front line health care watching yet another news story about "our long summer break"
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Everyone working in retail, hospitality, and front line health care watching yet another news story about "our long summer break"
When you realise the TikTok bid you've been watching has 'part 1' in the title.
I never learn.
#socialmediaisacesspool
#tiktok
I never learn.
#socialmediaisacesspool
#tiktok
a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .
ALT: a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
When you realise the TikTok bid you've been watching has 'part 1' in the title.
I never learn.
#socialmediaisacesspool
#tiktok
I never learn.
#socialmediaisacesspool
#tiktok
You know what was awesome about the pre-internet era?
Only what was truly important was broadcast to people by their leaders. I would hate to imagine Rob Muldoon would send out to the masses on a whim.
The one time he did, he lost his position as PM. Hilarious.
#nzpol
Only what was truly important was broadcast to people by their leaders. I would hate to imagine Rob Muldoon would send out to the masses on a whim.
The one time he did, he lost his position as PM. Hilarious.
#nzpol
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
You know what was awesome about the pre-internet era?
Only what was truly important was broadcast to people by their leaders. I would hate to imagine Rob Muldoon would send out to the masses on a whim.
The one time he did, he lost his position as PM. Hilarious.
#nzpol
Only what was truly important was broadcast to people by their leaders. I would hate to imagine Rob Muldoon would send out to the masses on a whim.
The one time he did, he lost his position as PM. Hilarious.
#nzpol
Went down a rabbit hole reading about Brigitte Bardot, her history and her character.
Yuck.
We ignore so much of a person's character flaws because of a fantasy of their worth driven by aesthetics.
Yuck.
We ignore so much of a person's character flaws because of a fantasy of their worth driven by aesthetics.
a man in a suit and tie is giving a thumbs up sign .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a thumbs up sign .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Went down a rabbit hole reading about Brigitte Bardot, her history and her character.
Yuck.
We ignore so much of a person's character flaws because of a fantasy of their worth driven by aesthetics.
Yuck.
We ignore so much of a person's character flaws because of a fantasy of their worth driven by aesthetics.
This is the film I needed at the end of a year that can be best described as 'admiring the sunflower field as your car does multiple flips on its way to hitting a tree in slow motion'.
Everything about this was therapeutic.
I may have shed a manly tear of manliness, I'm good with that.
Everything about this was therapeutic.
I may have shed a manly tear of manliness, I'm good with that.
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is the film I needed at the end of a year that can be best described as 'admiring the sunflower field as your car does multiple flips on its way to hitting a tree in slow motion'.
Everything about this was therapeutic.
I may have shed a manly tear of manliness, I'm good with that.
Everything about this was therapeutic.
I may have shed a manly tear of manliness, I'm good with that.
One of my first 'professional' shoots.
Portraits of my brothers band, the DECEPTIKONZ, in 2006 & shot in our lounge.
I had just switched formats & was learning to use my new DSLR, a Nikon D70s. Had no idea what I was doing but gave it go & it helped the usos were easy to direct & they trusted me.
Portraits of my brothers band, the DECEPTIKONZ, in 2006 & shot in our lounge.
I had just switched formats & was learning to use my new DSLR, a Nikon D70s. Had no idea what I was doing but gave it go & it helped the usos were easy to direct & they trusted me.
December 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
One of my first 'professional' shoots.
Portraits of my brothers band, the DECEPTIKONZ, in 2006 & shot in our lounge.
I had just switched formats & was learning to use my new DSLR, a Nikon D70s. Had no idea what I was doing but gave it go & it helped the usos were easy to direct & they trusted me.
Portraits of my brothers band, the DECEPTIKONZ, in 2006 & shot in our lounge.
I had just switched formats & was learning to use my new DSLR, a Nikon D70s. Had no idea what I was doing but gave it go & it helped the usos were easy to direct & they trusted me.
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With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇
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You know those stories about how the magic of Christmas miraculously restores your faith in humanity? It isn't working.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You know those stories about how the magic of Christmas miraculously restores your faith in humanity? It isn't working.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Any time David Seymour appears in this news claiming to be standing with a minority targeted by prejudice and violence journalists have an obligation to remind us he accepted a donation from a man who threatened to "destroy mosque after mosque until they take me out"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Imagine going after the Sikh community of all people. They have more integrity in their pinky finger that the entire church of Tamaki.
a woman in a pink dress is saying i said what i said
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is saying i said what i said
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Imagine going after the Sikh community of all people. They have more integrity in their pinky finger that the entire church of Tamaki.
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The Sikh religion and wider culture will unambiguously:
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
December 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Sikh religion and wider culture will unambiguously:
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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When survivors reacted to this so-called Epstein Files transparency, they didn’t sound shocked. They sounded validated.
Because even with a law, even with a deadline, even with the entire country watching, this pedocracy behaved exactly the way it always has.
Because even with a law, even with a deadline, even with the entire country watching, this pedocracy behaved exactly the way it always has.
This Is The Biggest Cover Up In American History
But it ain't gonna go away.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When survivors reacted to this so-called Epstein Files transparency, they didn’t sound shocked. They sounded validated.
Because even with a law, even with a deadline, even with the entire country watching, this pedocracy behaved exactly the way it always has.
Because even with a law, even with a deadline, even with the entire country watching, this pedocracy behaved exactly the way it always has.
If Clinton, Gates and all the other 'celebs' are guilty of crimes against children via Epstein, they can eat a legal shit sandwich too.
If you're a participant in his crimes, then you deserve to face trial regardless of who you are, what party you represent and whatever mountain of gold you sit on.
If you're a participant in his crimes, then you deserve to face trial regardless of who you are, what party you represent and whatever mountain of gold you sit on.
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If Clinton, Gates and all the other 'celebs' are guilty of crimes against children via Epstein, they can eat a legal shit sandwich too.
If you're a participant in his crimes, then you deserve to face trial regardless of who you are, what party you represent and whatever mountain of gold you sit on.
If you're a participant in his crimes, then you deserve to face trial regardless of who you are, what party you represent and whatever mountain of gold you sit on.
Ministerial advisory group defends catering bill for public meetings around New Zealand
Ministerial advisory group defends catering bill for public meetings around New Zealand
The group for victims of retail crime spend almost $24,000 on 22 meetings around the country.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Someone recently asked, do you remember when voting wasn't so life or death. Bitch I'm gay! Voting has always been life or death, rights or no rights, prison or no prison GTFOH! I'm sorry I don't share your nostalgia for a time when voting was like deciding what kind of milk you like with your tea.
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Someone recently asked, do you remember when voting wasn't so life or death. Bitch I'm gay! Voting has always been life or death, rights or no rights, prison or no prison GTFOH! I'm sorry I don't share your nostalgia for a time when voting was like deciding what kind of milk you like with your tea.
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This spooky carved relief of Ankou, the Breton personification of death, can found on the ossuary of the church of St Yves in La Roche-Maurice. He holds an arrow and a banner that reads 'JE VOUS TUE TOUS' (I kill you all). #ReliefWednesday
December 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This spooky carved relief of Ankou, the Breton personification of death, can found on the ossuary of the church of St Yves in La Roche-Maurice. He holds an arrow and a banner that reads 'JE VOUS TUE TOUS' (I kill you all). #ReliefWednesday