Cyn
@cyncharron.bsky.social
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Mum of teens, former biology teacher.
Proudly 🇨🇦 and 🇳🇿.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Loves our greyhound Pearl, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure, 📚, 🪡, 🧶.
Please use alt-text for photos.
Proudly 🇨🇦 and 🇳🇿.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Loves our greyhound Pearl, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure, 📚, 🪡, 🧶.
Please use alt-text for photos.
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PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news
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November 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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You got ultra religious people as Ministers and a fringe minority party full of conspiracy theorists and this is what you get. They are in a symbiotic relationship based on hating queer people.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
You got ultra religious people as Ministers and a fringe minority party full of conspiracy theorists and this is what you get. They are in a symbiotic relationship based on hating queer people.
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Puberty blockers are safe and proven - the THIRD PARAGRAPH acknowledges that children WILL still be prescribed them, just not if they're trans
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Puberty blockers are safe and proven - the THIRD PARAGRAPH acknowledges that children WILL still be prescribed them, just not if they're trans
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
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What a shameful disgrace for Aotearoa New Zealand.
What a shameful disgrace for Aotearoa New Zealand.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
With alt text in two parts.
What a shameful disgrace for Aotearoa New Zealand.
What a shameful disgrace for Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Moving house (party) with a cargo bike
Comment & Analysis: After being sent a photo of a load of our stuff in the back of a rented van as we were moving house the other day, a friend joked: "I'm quite disappointed you didn't do the move by cargo bike." Some readers might guess what happened next —…
Comment & Analysis: After being sent a photo of a load of our stuff in the back of a rented van as we were moving house the other day, a friend joked: "I'm quite disappointed you didn't do the move by cargo bike." Some readers might guess what happened next —…
Moving house (party) with a cargo bike
Comment & Analysis: After being sent a photo of a load of our stuff in the back of a rented van as we were moving house the other day, a friend joked: "I'm quite disappointed you didn't do the move by cargo bike." Some readers might guess what happened next — I sent a collection of photos showing how the cargo bike helped with the move.
irishcycle.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Moving house (party) with a cargo bike
Comment & Analysis: After being sent a photo of a load of our stuff in the back of a rented van as we were moving house the other day, a friend joked: "I'm quite disappointed you didn't do the move by cargo bike." Some readers might guess what happened next —…
Comment & Analysis: After being sent a photo of a load of our stuff in the back of a rented van as we were moving house the other day, a friend joked: "I'm quite disappointed you didn't do the move by cargo bike." Some readers might guess what happened next —…
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If we're serious about managing congestion, mass transit is the only way to go. Light rail to the airport. Bike lanes. Frequent and cheap buses.
The answers are all there. And more roads isn't one of them.
Extra roading means more congestion, not less. The evidence is unequivocal.
The answers are all there. And more roads isn't one of them.
Extra roading means more congestion, not less. The evidence is unequivocal.
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If we're serious about managing congestion, mass transit is the only way to go. Light rail to the airport. Bike lanes. Frequent and cheap buses.
The answers are all there. And more roads isn't one of them.
Extra roading means more congestion, not less. The evidence is unequivocal.
The answers are all there. And more roads isn't one of them.
Extra roading means more congestion, not less. The evidence is unequivocal.
Sharing this again just because I love it so much. #justaminute
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Blocked Bike Lane Protest on Valencia St. – San Francisco, CA #justaminute
YouTube video by Stephen Braitsch
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Sharing this again just because I love it so much. #justaminute
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
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So we’re back on this NZ managerialist cultural tic of ‘I’m comfortable managing my own conflicts of interest’.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So we’re back on this NZ managerialist cultural tic of ‘I’m comfortable managing my own conflicts of interest’.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
Councils around the country who lost walking and cycling infrastructure because they don’t have access to a minister who can override the process should be apoplectic.
You know what makes me cringe, shudder and feel a bit funny every time I see it?
A photo of someone wearing flip flops/jandals while riding a bike. 🚲🩴🥴😬
A photo of someone wearing flip flops/jandals while riding a bike. 🚲🩴🥴😬
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
You know what makes me cringe, shudder and feel a bit funny every time I see it?
A photo of someone wearing flip flops/jandals while riding a bike. 🚲🩴🥴😬
A photo of someone wearing flip flops/jandals while riding a bike. 🚲🩴🥴😬
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We are one week away from our Auckland and Wellington Covid safe meetups (on Sunday 23 November):
• Masked pinball at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe on Bond Street from 10-11 am. Unlimited play on all machines for $20
• Picnicking, walking, socialising at Totara Park in South Auckland from 11 am
• Masked pinball at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe on Bond Street from 10-11 am. Unlimited play on all machines for $20
• Picnicking, walking, socialising at Totara Park in South Auckland from 11 am
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We are one week away from our Auckland and Wellington Covid safe meetups (on Sunday 23 November):
• Masked pinball at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe on Bond Street from 10-11 am. Unlimited play on all machines for $20
• Picnicking, walking, socialising at Totara Park in South Auckland from 11 am
• Masked pinball at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe on Bond Street from 10-11 am. Unlimited play on all machines for $20
• Picnicking, walking, socialising at Totara Park in South Auckland from 11 am
#nzpol
My kids’ school has NOT yet sent out a letter reaffirming its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Before emailing the BoT myself I want to re-read the candidate statements of the newly elected BoT members. I recall a candidate who talked about the treaty “where relevant” or something. 🙄
My kids’ school has NOT yet sent out a letter reaffirming its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Before emailing the BoT myself I want to re-read the candidate statements of the newly elected BoT members. I recall a candidate who talked about the treaty “where relevant” or something. 🙄
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
#nzpol
My kids’ school has NOT yet sent out a letter reaffirming its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Before emailing the BoT myself I want to re-read the candidate statements of the newly elected BoT members. I recall a candidate who talked about the treaty “where relevant” or something. 🙄
My kids’ school has NOT yet sent out a letter reaffirming its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Before emailing the BoT myself I want to re-read the candidate statements of the newly elected BoT members. I recall a candidate who talked about the treaty “where relevant” or something. 🙄
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Canadian artist Fluke's insanely beautiful mural for Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago's Castle lecture theatres.
The hongi, pressing noses together, is the traditional Māori greeting, in which the ha (breath of life) is exchanged in a symbolic show of unity.
#Nikon Ōtepoti Dunedin NZ
The hongi, pressing noses together, is the traditional Māori greeting, in which the ha (breath of life) is exchanged in a symbolic show of unity.
#Nikon Ōtepoti Dunedin NZ
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Canadian artist Fluke's insanely beautiful mural for Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago's Castle lecture theatres.
The hongi, pressing noses together, is the traditional Māori greeting, in which the ha (breath of life) is exchanged in a symbolic show of unity.
#Nikon Ōtepoti Dunedin NZ
The hongi, pressing noses together, is the traditional Māori greeting, in which the ha (breath of life) is exchanged in a symbolic show of unity.
#Nikon Ōtepoti Dunedin NZ
Hoooo boy is this accurate. All of it.
But I love this bit: “…it isn’t bitterness. It’s clarity.”
But I love this bit: “…it isn’t bitterness. It’s clarity.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hoooo boy is this accurate. All of it.
But I love this bit: “…it isn’t bitterness. It’s clarity.”
But I love this bit: “…it isn’t bitterness. It’s clarity.”
#coffeeneuring Ride #6 9km
So our toasted sandwich machine died as did a reading lamp so we thought we’d combine Ride #6 with shopping for replacements.
“A Tale of Terrible (non existent) Bike Parking”
We used the excellent Strickland St separated cycleway from South Christchurch and cut
So our toasted sandwich machine died as did a reading lamp so we thought we’d combine Ride #6 with shopping for replacements.
“A Tale of Terrible (non existent) Bike Parking”
We used the excellent Strickland St separated cycleway from South Christchurch and cut
#coffeeneuring Ride #5 6km
The thunderstorm delayed our ride until 4pm today so in true NZ style the first and second cafes we stopped at had already shut. Gah!
A nearby Coffee Culture (which is always open until 9pm) saved the day!
We barely made it home before the sky opened up again.
The thunderstorm delayed our ride until 4pm today so in true NZ style the first and second cafes we stopped at had already shut. Gah!
A nearby Coffee Culture (which is always open until 9pm) saved the day!
We barely made it home before the sky opened up again.
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#coffeeneuring Ride #6 9km
So our toasted sandwich machine died as did a reading lamp so we thought we’d combine Ride #6 with shopping for replacements.
“A Tale of Terrible (non existent) Bike Parking”
We used the excellent Strickland St separated cycleway from South Christchurch and cut
So our toasted sandwich machine died as did a reading lamp so we thought we’d combine Ride #6 with shopping for replacements.
“A Tale of Terrible (non existent) Bike Parking”
We used the excellent Strickland St separated cycleway from South Christchurch and cut
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People would go wild if MS or lupus were airborne, but Covid is airborne, and it can reactivate EBV, which is linked to both. It’s biologically plausible that we’re seeing more MS- and lupus-related illness after widespread airborne viruses. So mask up 😷
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
People would go wild if MS or lupus were airborne, but Covid is airborne, and it can reactivate EBV, which is linked to both. It’s biologically plausible that we’re seeing more MS- and lupus-related illness after widespread airborne viruses. So mask up 😷
The only way this could be better would be for the white edges to be raised.
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The only way this could be better would be for the white edges to be raised.
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Up at sunrise and photographing McLeans Grassland Reserve for Wikipedia. One of the last surviving fragments of the original Canterbury Plains dryland ecosystem, it became a reserve in 2021 and is being restored with native plants, but the mayor thinks it should be covered in solar panels instead.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Up at sunrise and photographing McLeans Grassland Reserve for Wikipedia. One of the last surviving fragments of the original Canterbury Plains dryland ecosystem, it became a reserve in 2021 and is being restored with native plants, but the mayor thinks it should be covered in solar panels instead.
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If COVID had made everyone stink instead of air dangerous, every school would’ve fixed this by 2021.
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If COVID had made everyone stink instead of air dangerous, every school would’ve fixed this by 2021.
#coffeeneuring Ride #5 6km
The thunderstorm delayed our ride until 4pm today so in true NZ style the first and second cafes we stopped at had already shut. Gah!
A nearby Coffee Culture (which is always open until 9pm) saved the day!
We barely made it home before the sky opened up again.
The thunderstorm delayed our ride until 4pm today so in true NZ style the first and second cafes we stopped at had already shut. Gah!
A nearby Coffee Culture (which is always open until 9pm) saved the day!
We barely made it home before the sky opened up again.
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
#coffeeneuring Ride #5 6km
The thunderstorm delayed our ride until 4pm today so in true NZ style the first and second cafes we stopped at had already shut. Gah!
A nearby Coffee Culture (which is always open until 9pm) saved the day!
We barely made it home before the sky opened up again.
The thunderstorm delayed our ride until 4pm today so in true NZ style the first and second cafes we stopped at had already shut. Gah!
A nearby Coffee Culture (which is always open until 9pm) saved the day!
We barely made it home before the sky opened up again.
Now this is easily the longest, strongest hailstorm I’ve seen. Still going several minutes later. And SO LOUD.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Now this is easily the longest, strongest hailstorm I’ve seen. Still going several minutes later. And SO LOUD.
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"The coalition will end Jobseeker payments to 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $65,000 from NEXT NOVEMBER."[My emphasis]
This is strong motivation for all young folk to get out to vote next year.
VOTE LIKE YOUR WELLBEING DEPENDS ON IT,BECAUSE IT DOES! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is strong motivation for all young folk to get out to vote next year.
VOTE LIKE YOUR WELLBEING DEPENDS ON IT,BECAUSE IT DOES! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Benefit change 'throwing young people' to food banks - Greens
The coalition will end Jobseeker payments to 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $65,000 from next November.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"The coalition will end Jobseeker payments to 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $65,000 from NEXT NOVEMBER."[My emphasis]
This is strong motivation for all young folk to get out to vote next year.
VOTE LIKE YOUR WELLBEING DEPENDS ON IT,BECAUSE IT DOES! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is strong motivation for all young folk to get out to vote next year.
VOTE LIKE YOUR WELLBEING DEPENDS ON IT,BECAUSE IT DOES! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I’m sure lots of my Ōtautahi Christchurch mutuals know about these but I’ve just completed the latest Life in Christchurch survey for the City Council. This one is about travelling within the city, it’s especially good!
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
Life in Christchurch 2025
The latest Life in Christchurch survey is now open for your feedback and we'd love your feedback on your experiences of travelling in Christchurch!
christchurchcc.syd1.qualtrics.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I’m sure lots of my Ōtautahi Christchurch mutuals know about these but I’ve just completed the latest Life in Christchurch survey for the City Council. This one is about travelling within the city, it’s especially good!
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
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Trying hard to get her finished in time to sell before Xmas. I need to make $ to help with my son’s school expenses next year! Wish me luck, my fingers are actually sore…. #CrossStitch #Kikorangi
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Trying hard to get her finished in time to sell before Xmas. I need to make $ to help with my son’s school expenses next year! Wish me luck, my fingers are actually sore…. #CrossStitch #Kikorangi