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Shifty Cow
@supergoofnz.bsky.social
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Geek, dog nut, player of video games. Middle-aged idle. May contain coarse language & traces of nuts. Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa. She/her. #Kikorangi.
#ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM
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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · Jan 2
If LGBTQ+ folks make you feel uncomfortable, that is absolutely a 'you' problem. It's not up to marginalised folks to hide or change to accommodate your feelings, it's up to you to harden the fuck up and get over yourself.
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levin.bsky.social
"Being physically able to walk a 5k should not be a prerequisite to be able to travel by air." THIS!
Also even more people have POTS, MECFS and new disabilities now thanks to long covid.
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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dennylm.bsky.social
This sums it up rather well.
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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darylbaxter.com
Does anyone have a burning passion for either Broken Sword or the Monkey Island series?

I've heard of an opportunity that could be great for someone. DMs open.
January 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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muellershewrote.com
My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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lelievre.bsky.social
New world order
AFR fill-in
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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mortenmorland.bsky.social
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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byroncclark.bsky.social
MTV recently shut down their 24/7 music channels, this project has relaunched them.

Stream the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s, Yo MTV Raps, or Headbangers Ball, without any ads or algorithm

wantmymtv.vercel.app
MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
wantmymtv.vercel.app
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 AM
supergoofnz.bsky.social
THIS is how you deal with bullies!
woodo.bsky.social Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 23h
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My American manager tried to write me up for "lack of commitment" because I leave at 5:00 PM sharp. I work in the Netherlands. I work for the Dutch branch of a large US tech company. We recently got a new middle-manager based in New York. He seemed like a nice guy at first, but it turns out he is totally obsessed with "hustle culture." Last week, we had a 1-on-1 meeting where he told me he was "concerned" about my dedication to the team. He listed his grievances quite clearly. He didn't like that my Slack status goes offline at 5:01 PM every single day. He was annoyed that I didn't reply to an email he sent on Saturday morning until Monday at 9:00 AM. And he was especially frustrated that I refused to join a "team bonding" Zoom call that was scheduled for 7 PM my time, which is 1 PM his time. He gave me the usual speech about how "in this company, we go the extra mile" and that if I want to grow, I need to be more available. I had to give him a bit of a reality check. I looked him in the eye over Zoom and told him that in the Netherlands, if you can't finish your work by 5 PM, it doesn't mean you are dedicated. It means you are inefficient or understaffed. I told him I am neither. I also reminded him that contacting me outside of working hours for non-emergencies is actually frowned upon here, and that my contract is for 40 hours, not "40 hours plus nights and weekends." He tried to threaten me with a Performance Improvement Plan. I immediately forwarded the email to our local Dutch HR representative. She literally laughed when she read it and told me to ignore him. She said she would have a "chat" with him about local labor laws. Since then, he hasn't sent a single email after 5 PM. I honestly feel bad for you guys in the US. The fact that you have to apologize for having a life outside of work is insane to us
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Disabled people are not expendable.

The elderly are not expendable.

Children are not expendable.

Worth should never be tied to economic productivity.

If we protected the most vulnerable in society, everyone would be better off.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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boredoftheoldone.bsky.social
This is brilliant and something I've been internally working on for quite sometime without realising it.

Sometimes things have a time and place.
roodypatooti.bsky.social Professional FailDaughter @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Oct 30
Wish I could internalize this
brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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krveale.bsky.social
Generative AI is an engine for churning out contaminated information faster than people can produce safe information, let alone fact check and correct it.

And corrections never remove the original contamination, it's an attempt to stem the metaphorical bleeding and hope for the best. 11/
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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krveale.bsky.social
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.

Once upon a time, Europe was at war.

Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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jessterraformearth.bsky.social
If you want to know 'how do we pay for THAT?'
Get it from the people with all the money… #nzpol
January 6, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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p-no-nwa.bsky.social
Everywhere.
Everywhere.
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8h
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."

I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
anatosaurus.bsky.social Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 3d
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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legallyfeminist.bsky.social
Re-sharing for the new year, which is also an election year! If you agree, help us out by emailing your local MP asking why Labour and National have not yet signed this letter or committed to regulating AI deployment in NZ. #nzpol
legallyfeminist.bsky.social Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · Aug 31
We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol

regulateai.nz
Home
A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI
regulateai.nz
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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scotty-nz.bsky.social
My mantra for 2026
Stop
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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hadyn.nz
Pretty textbook on how not to do crisis communication for this type of attack. So here’s a little thread on what to do instead. 🧵

If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
Manage My Health CEO: 'Trust us even though we've dropped the ball'
The chief executive of beleaguered patient portal says he is open to standing down if required.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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musicalchairs.bsky.social
Great quote from an excellent piece... The myth of Govt needing to 'save for a very rainy/shaky day' really holds NZ back. We need the capacity to respond.
open.substack.com/pub/susanbor...
The government does not stockpile “ammunition” by paying down its own liabilities. It prepares for crises by ensuring that real resources will be available when needed. A nation with underemployed labor, unused industrial capacity, and fragile supply chains is not fiscally strong, regardless of its debt-to-GDP ratio. Conversely, a nation with substantial liabilities but with ample food security, energy security, and public provisioning capacity has far more room to act without stimulating inflation.
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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commentsandopi2.bsky.social
Asking for yet another 12 months to comply. This has been signalled for more than 5 years and lots of info sessions run, tools and templates made available. And people think they can ignore it. #nzpol
Fears many sport clubs don't realise they're about to be dissolved www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
Fears many sport clubs don't realise they're about to be dissolved
Fewer than half of the country's sport organisations have registered under new legislation, with the deadline nearing.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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robdickinson.bsky.social
I am asking #NewZealand to please check their garden shed, outbuilding or sheds for for a missing Prime Minister, last seen.. uh .. somewhere

Please contact authorities if found, do not spook him, dont worry he isnt a danger unless you are an economy

#nzpol
a man says go get him in front of a police car
Alt: a man says go get him in front of a police car
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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rnzrss.bsky.social
NetSafe warns Manage My Health users to be suspicious of emails including personal details
NetSafe warns Manage My Health users to be suspicious of emails including personal details
It comes as hackers threaten to release more than 400,000 stolen health documents.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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thefarce.org
"That’s a familiar dynamic from the Iraq War, where you had what political scientists like to call a logroll, where lots of people can support a policy because they get something out of it even if they don’t all get the same thing out of it."
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?" Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸" Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City." Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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carolinelucas.bsky.social
“Lying low and hoping that this too shall pass is cowardice, denial and historical illiteracy” - spot on from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM