Tom Bagatelle
@tombagatelle.bsky.social
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Neurodivergent, but all mistakes my own
I probably don't fancy you
Neurodivergent, but all mistakes my own
I probably don't fancy you
I JUST FOUND THE BEER AND WINE THAT I GOT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT
(but it's warm)
(but it's warm)
I wish I had gone out and gotten some beer before it hit 35º
January 11, 2026 at 5:46 AM
I JUST FOUND THE BEER AND WINE THAT I GOT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT
(but it's warm)
(but it's warm)
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The ICE agent didnt feel his life was threatened - he felt his authority was. That's the difference. Misogyny kills women. We advocate for reproductive justice. We deserve safe cities. #nzpol #Minnesota #ICE #abortionrightsaotearoa #alranz #ProLifeMyAss #reproductivejustice #nz
January 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The ICE agent didnt feel his life was threatened - he felt his authority was. That's the difference. Misogyny kills women. We advocate for reproductive justice. We deserve safe cities. #nzpol #Minnesota #ICE #abortionrightsaotearoa #alranz #ProLifeMyAss #reproductivejustice #nz
(Quickly double-checks that Canada is in NATO)
January 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
(Quickly double-checks that Canada is in NATO)
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THIS
Bring back editing movies so they're not over 3 hours long.
January 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
THIS
Omg this is so good and true
i wrote about dissociation, reading as comfort, vice and self obliteration during times of horror, and also about reading exclusively about gay love for like. a year
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My Own Inner Elba
Let me start by saying that the news is incredibly awful. I’m very aware of this, in the way you’re aware of, say, a ninety-seven degree day with one hundred...
buttondown.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Omg this is so good and true
In the 1920s, automat cafeterias were among the first public places where women could dine alone. Automat (1927) captures that new urban freedom—and the reflective loneliness that came with it. Is this what it feels like to be free?
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Fuck yeah
A738.1.2
Sun a fat woman walking across sky.
Sun a fat woman walking across sky.
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Fuck yeah
I wish I had gone out and gotten some beer before it hit 35º
January 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I wish I had gone out and gotten some beer before it hit 35º
A mobility scooter just slowly went past my house while blasting out the Vengaboys' "We're Going to Ibiza"
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A mobility scooter just slowly went past my house while blasting out the Vengaboys' "We're Going to Ibiza"
The Creature came for me again while I was sleeping
Demanding breakfast and also head pats
Demanding breakfast and also head pats
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Creature came for me again while I was sleeping
Demanding breakfast and also head pats
Demanding breakfast and also head pats
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Luxon, and whomever is draughting his speeches, is very clearly pushing an agenda positioning NZ as a safe-space for white supremacist thinking dressed up as 'equality'. It's colonialism 101, being implemented by US imperial interests.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
Not only is 'mass uncontrolled immigration' not a thing (not even an invading military could be considered 'uncontrolled'), it's really obviously NOT A THING in Aotearoa NZ because we're in the arse end of beyond and famously hard to reach.
Am just not interested in any coverage of this in the context of 'debate' or 'litigating' or starting a 'discussion' beyond the fact that he said 'mass uncontrolled immigration' which is specifically a white supremacist/nazi/far right line and a fake made-up thing that doesn't exist.
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Luxon, and whomever is draughting his speeches, is very clearly pushing an agenda positioning NZ as a safe-space for white supremacist thinking dressed up as 'equality'. It's colonialism 101, being implemented by US imperial interests.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
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“REDUCING POVERTY AND TACKLING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Ms Waikato is campaigning for bold action to address spiraling housing, food, and energy costs that are forcing thousands of families into hardship.” #nzpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA25...
Ms Waikato is campaigning for bold action to address spiraling housing, food, and energy costs that are forcing thousands of families into hardship.” #nzpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA25...
Tania Waikato Announces Green Party Candidacy For The 2026 General Election
The announcement follows a year of ground-breaking national advocacy by Ms Waikato across social media, legal forums, and public campaigns throughout 2025.
www.scoop.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“REDUCING POVERTY AND TACKLING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Ms Waikato is campaigning for bold action to address spiraling housing, food, and energy costs that are forcing thousands of families into hardship.” #nzpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA25...
Ms Waikato is campaigning for bold action to address spiraling housing, food, and energy costs that are forcing thousands of families into hardship.” #nzpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA25...
Holy shit i just took a taxi and the driver kept texting and driving for most of the ride. We were swaying from side to side as he'd look up at the road then back down at his phone. We took off through an intersection while he had both hands on his phone and none on the wheel.
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Holy shit i just took a taxi and the driver kept texting and driving for most of the ride. We were swaying from side to side as he'd look up at the road then back down at his phone. We took off through an intersection while he had both hands on his phone and none on the wheel.
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Poetry for the times we live in. ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Poetry for the times we live in. ❤️
I suspect the majority of them do. Over the last six months the local W&I office have sincerely been trying to find a way to provide my family with the support we need despite us falling outside the various thresholds. It's given me a window into how soul-destroying it is to work there.
Wonder if anyone at WINZ ever thinks about how wrong it is to make people constantly degrade themselves to get borderline poverty "support", especially when they are getting income support for mental health issues.
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I suspect the majority of them do. Over the last six months the local W&I office have sincerely been trying to find a way to provide my family with the support we need despite us falling outside the various thresholds. It's given me a window into how soul-destroying it is to work there.
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"hideous excel files are the backbone of civilization" honestly let's put this on t-shirts.
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"hideous excel files are the backbone of civilization" honestly let's put this on t-shirts.
"People just don't want to [pay for] work anymore"
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"People just don't want to [pay for] work anymore"
Thinking about the cards that once came in Sanitarium Cornflakes... I collected CLOCKS (which I'm still using as bookmarks) and BIG CATS. And probably other sets that weren't so memorable.
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thinking about the cards that once came in Sanitarium Cornflakes... I collected CLOCKS (which I'm still using as bookmarks) and BIG CATS. And probably other sets that weren't so memorable.
Hey, I'm getting emails from PledgeMe asking for money. Does that sound right? It looks okay but I thought I'd check...
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hey, I'm getting emails from PledgeMe asking for money. Does that sound right? It looks okay but I thought I'd check...
So today, for the first time ever, I spent about two hours just scrolling through AITA on Redit and yes I plan to be doing it again after next thanksgiving
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
So today, for the first time ever, I spent about two hours just scrolling through AITA on Redit and yes I plan to be doing it again after next thanksgiving
Oh god, venues that only tell you what they're doing on facebook, and then idk lock it down or something so you can't see it without an account
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Oh god, venues that only tell you what they're doing on facebook, and then idk lock it down or something so you can't see it without an account
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Not all men, maybe, but sadly, it’s always all women” lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
The problem with #NotAllMen
For women, there’s no option of distinguishing or opting out – no woman ever gets to say, “Not me”. We’re all faced daily with the weight of relentless misogyny that infects every part of our world.
lens.monash.edu
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Not all men, maybe, but sadly, it’s always all women” lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
At the hairdressers, trying to assess their age to see if I can ask for a short back and sides or whether I'll need to give more information
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
At the hairdressers, trying to assess their age to see if I can ask for a short back and sides or whether I'll need to give more information
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The Best of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. June 20,1961
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Best of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. June 20,1961