@tuffrings.bsky.social
AuDHD, interested in Covid, volcanoes, photography. He/they.
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Please don't ignore this. All work on gardens is currently halted until I get some donations. These are COMMUNITY GARDENS, for my LOW INCOME APARTMENT BLOCK. I have completely run out of funds and need your help to continue this work (and pay my bills)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Please don't ignore this. All work on gardens is currently halted until I get some donations. These are COMMUNITY GARDENS, for my LOW INCOME APARTMENT BLOCK. I have completely run out of funds and need your help to continue this work (and pay my bills)
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
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The state committed torture against those in their care in Lake Alice. The govt has also failed to provide adequate redress to survivors. One survivor is seeking some funds for an appeal in a court case against the govt. Have a read of their journey so far:
givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-m...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-m...
Help Me Take the NZ Government to the court of appeal to get a ruling they need to provide legal just torture redress
this is to Fund half my legal fees to take the New Zealand government to court for failure to comply with UN rulings on torture redress.
givealittle.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The state committed torture against those in their care in Lake Alice. The govt has also failed to provide adequate redress to survivors. One survivor is seeking some funds for an appeal in a court case against the govt. Have a read of their journey so far:
givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-m...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-m...
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I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more succinct and powerful statement of the situation than this: “Few voters who prioritize bigotry want the diet version.” Got damn.
'Few voters who prioritize bigotry want the diet version, and trying to appease them alienates parts of the Democratic coalition. Yesterday’s vote shows that the path to defeating Trumpism is not accommodating it, but opposing it with the values of freedom, equality, and affordability.'
Democrats Sweep 2025 Elections, 2024 Narratives Crumble
"Be more anti-immigrant, be more anti-trans, be more positive towards anti-democracy bigots like Charlie Kirk. Not as much as Republicans, but move in that direction, since that’s supposedly where the American people are.
Nope."
My latest:
"Be more anti-immigrant, be more anti-trans, be more positive towards anti-democracy bigots like Charlie Kirk. Not as much as Republicans, but move in that direction, since that’s supposedly where the American people are.
Nope."
My latest:
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more succinct and powerful statement of the situation than this: “Few voters who prioritize bigotry want the diet version.” Got damn.
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Autistic people have been demonized since before the word autism was coined, but we're just people whose nervous systems act differently than yours.
Autism isn't a tragedy. We just need understanding and support.
Follow some autistic people and learn from us. We're people like you.
Autism isn't a tragedy. We just need understanding and support.
Follow some autistic people and learn from us. We're people like you.
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Autistic people have been demonized since before the word autism was coined, but we're just people whose nervous systems act differently than yours.
Autism isn't a tragedy. We just need understanding and support.
Follow some autistic people and learn from us. We're people like you.
Autism isn't a tragedy. We just need understanding and support.
Follow some autistic people and learn from us. We're people like you.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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Fascism has 14 early warning signs, as elucidated by fascism scholar Laurence W. Britt.
In May of this year, the US exhibited "only" 12 of them, as we still lacked a censored press and fraudulent elections.
We're up to 13 on the eve of election day.
Because if you tell the truth, this happens.
In May of this year, the US exhibited "only" 12 of them, as we still lacked a censored press and fraudulent elections.
We're up to 13 on the eve of election day.
Because if you tell the truth, this happens.
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Fascism has 14 early warning signs, as elucidated by fascism scholar Laurence W. Britt.
In May of this year, the US exhibited "only" 12 of them, as we still lacked a censored press and fraudulent elections.
We're up to 13 on the eve of election day.
Because if you tell the truth, this happens.
In May of this year, the US exhibited "only" 12 of them, as we still lacked a censored press and fraudulent elections.
We're up to 13 on the eve of election day.
Because if you tell the truth, this happens.
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For a guy who can sniff-out entitlements faster than a truffle pig Luxon claiming here to know nothing about his investment properties never gets old. #nzpol
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
For a guy who can sniff-out entitlements faster than a truffle pig Luxon claiming here to know nothing about his investment properties never gets old. #nzpol
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12% achieved so far! Please consider donating or sharing so that i dont have to worry about my phone for the next year since bills are going through the roof
If you can't donate your shares are appreciated
Additional info in my posts on my kofi page as well about the plan
If you can't donate your shares are appreciated
Additional info in my posts on my kofi page as well about the plan
Support Hiding from plagues
Support Hiding from plagues
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October 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
12% achieved so far! Please consider donating or sharing so that i dont have to worry about my phone for the next year since bills are going through the roof
If you can't donate your shares are appreciated
Additional info in my posts on my kofi page as well about the plan
If you can't donate your shares are appreciated
Additional info in my posts on my kofi page as well about the plan
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Yeah that's a solid "nah" from me too. Fund schools better. Fund more teacher aides. Give EVERY kid an education plan which supports them to learn and thrive! This is an excuse to keep underfunding the public education system by segregating autistic kids and it sucks.
This is what I expected from the government, but it's incredibly disappointing that Autism New Zealand should go along with it. We need to make "regular" schools cater to neurodivergent students — which will benefit everyone! — not segregate difference.
Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism
The government has announced the Autism NZ Education Hub will start in Term 3 for neurodivergent secondary students who are struggling with traditional schooling.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Yeah that's a solid "nah" from me too. Fund schools better. Fund more teacher aides. Give EVERY kid an education plan which supports them to learn and thrive! This is an excuse to keep underfunding the public education system by segregating autistic kids and it sucks.
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Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
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If you ever wondered how amazingly short sighted the NZ fishing industry is, get this: as orange roughy numbers collapsed, fishing companies targeted spawning events to catch their quota. They deliberately disrupted the production of the next generation of fish. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/30/g...
Govt to restrict bottom trawling during orange roughy spawn
Allowable catch in the troubled East and South Chatham Rise fishery has been slashed by 88 percent.
newsroom.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you ever wondered how amazingly short sighted the NZ fishing industry is, get this: as orange roughy numbers collapsed, fishing companies targeted spawning events to catch their quota. They deliberately disrupted the production of the next generation of fish. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/30/g...
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“Autism is medical because our brains process the world differently. It is social because the world refuses to process us back.”
The most succinct damned explanation I’ve ever read.
The most succinct damned explanation I’ve ever read.
"When I began saying 'I’m autistic& disabled' something shifted. I stopped apologizing for my limits& started protecting my capacity. I stopped pretending my energy was endless& started recognizing it as finite, sacred& worth conserving." @lovettejallow.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/lovettej...
open.substack.com/pub/lovettej...
If You’re Autistic, You Are Disabled
Why denying disability reinforces ableism and costs lives.Autism is disability, not disorder. This essay confronts internalised ableism, explains the social vs medical models, and reclaims disabled id...
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Autism is medical because our brains process the world differently. It is social because the world refuses to process us back.”
The most succinct damned explanation I’ve ever read.
The most succinct damned explanation I’ve ever read.
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So, Labour will fiddle around with how to spend 0.4% of the budget in 2027 (futures fund) and then get cracking on a capital gains tax that will increase revenue by around 0.6% by 2030. We could get maybe 20km of new road for that. 'The tranquilising drug of gradualism'.
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So, Labour will fiddle around with how to spend 0.4% of the budget in 2027 (futures fund) and then get cracking on a capital gains tax that will increase revenue by around 0.6% by 2030. We could get maybe 20km of new road for that. 'The tranquilising drug of gradualism'.
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so I'm almost out of food and panicking a bit. I really need to buy tinned veggies, some kind of protein (maybe mock duck or shelf stable tofu?), rice and pasta. I also need to get cleaning supplies.
please repost my ko-fi! I don't have any income whatsoever.
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please repost my ko-fi! I don't have any income whatsoever.
ko-fi.com/hanslabyrinth
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October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
so I'm almost out of food and panicking a bit. I really need to buy tinned veggies, some kind of protein (maybe mock duck or shelf stable tofu?), rice and pasta. I also need to get cleaning supplies.
please repost my ko-fi! I don't have any income whatsoever.
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please repost my ko-fi! I don't have any income whatsoever.
ko-fi.com/hanslabyrinth
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this is worth seven minutes of your time. i've never been prouder to give somebody my vote
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
this is worth seven minutes of your time. i've never been prouder to give somebody my vote
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#LongCovidKids Closing Subs to the UK #COVIDInquiry
Sarah Hannett KC
"failures constitute an ongoing breach of the government's duty to place the best interest of children at the heart of their decision making and to respect the human rights of those children & their families"
#ChildrensRights
Sarah Hannett KC
"failures constitute an ongoing breach of the government's duty to place the best interest of children at the heart of their decision making and to respect the human rights of those children & their families"
#ChildrensRights
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#LongCovidKids Closing Subs to the UK #COVIDInquiry
Sarah Hannett KC
"failures constitute an ongoing breach of the government's duty to place the best interest of children at the heart of their decision making and to respect the human rights of those children & their families"
#ChildrensRights
Sarah Hannett KC
"failures constitute an ongoing breach of the government's duty to place the best interest of children at the heart of their decision making and to respect the human rights of those children & their families"
#ChildrensRights
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You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage
The law was once held up internationally as a model of transparency. The government just weakened it.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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DO NOT WANT
www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r...
www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r...
Public urged to look out for hornets in Auckland | NZ Government
Biosecurity New Zealand is urging Aucklanders to be on the lookout for yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) following the discovery of a queen hornet in the early stages of building a nest in the suburb of Glenfield. The nest was removed swiftly by biosecurity officers on 17 October, addressing the immediate threat of a colony establishing, says Mike Inglis, North commissioner, Biosecurity New Zealand.
www.mpi.govt.nz
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
DO NOT WANT
www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r...
www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r...
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We're going to talk about c19 today and I'm going to ask you all in advance to not zone out like you do when we're talking about it in person😑
Covid not "a cold" - it attacks every system of the body, making it weaker to every other kind of infection. There's another illness that does similar.
Covid not "a cold" - it attacks every system of the body, making it weaker to every other kind of infection. There's another illness that does similar.
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We're going to talk about c19 today and I'm going to ask you all in advance to not zone out like you do when we're talking about it in person😑
Covid not "a cold" - it attacks every system of the body, making it weaker to every other kind of infection. There's another illness that does similar.
Covid not "a cold" - it attacks every system of the body, making it weaker to every other kind of infection. There's another illness that does similar.
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Funny how all the 'big tent' talk is actually about which minorities it is good to shove out into the night to die of exposure.
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Funny how all the 'big tent' talk is actually about which minorities it is good to shove out into the night to die of exposure.
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“When you have too many people competing for a small number of expensive houses, inevitably, some people miss out. The result is the relatively new phenomenon of mass urban homelessness.” #nzpol
Inner-city homelessness has become an economic emergency
The human toll of homelessness is visible, but new statistics show the economic one is just as devastating.
thespinoff.co.nz
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“When you have too many people competing for a small number of expensive houses, inevitably, some people miss out. The result is the relatively new phenomenon of mass urban homelessness.” #nzpol
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Autistic people get a bad rap for universally lacking empathy (some of us do identify as experiencing low empathy - many do not) but the truth is most people do not, on a day to day basis, truly empathize with people who are fundamentally different from them.
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Autistic people get a bad rap for universally lacking empathy (some of us do identify as experiencing low empathy - many do not) but the truth is most people do not, on a day to day basis, truly empathize with people who are fundamentally different from them.