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devildauta.bsky.social
The Reading Ruru/Kerry
@devildauta.bsky.social
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Avid Book reader in Aotearoa. Judge for Fantasy Faction in #SPFBO & Space Girls in #SPSFC. Socialist to the core. Peer/ally to sex workers, addicts and rainbow community. Volunteer at GMA. Getting too old to give fuck, goodbye politeness.
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mlbkiwi.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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jennykaynz.bsky.social
NZ Government cruelty and tolerance / inaction on cruelty encourages others to take out frustrations on politicians, particularly women and people of colour serving on local councils. Only trickle down that works (nastiness and abuse)
#NZpol 😢
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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jennykaynz.bsky.social
US State Department has ordered US embassy in Wellington NZ to collect info on migration data and “migrant-related crimes and human rights abuses”.

Will that include visitors like FBI's Kash Patel who broke law when in NZ? Or US migrants like Peter Thiel? 🤔
#NZpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/25/t...
Trump govt warns NZ of migration 'risk', asks embassy to collect data
The US State Department has ordered the US embassy in Wellington to begin collecting information on migration data and "migrant-related crimes and human rights abuses".
www.1news.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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wittyeti.bsky.social
"The more gas we add, the cheaper your groceries get!"

#nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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jennykaynz.bsky.social
Doctors speak out against proposed restriction on healthcare for gender minority young people aka a ban on puberty blockers. Shocking overreach!
#NZpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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henrycooke.bsky.social
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 3:41 AM
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janethoek.bsky.social
Government's appalling track record in health just got international recognition. NZ delegation at the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meeting in Geneva received the Dirty Ashtray award. www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
Global meeting awards Aotearoa New Zealand ‘Dirty Ashtray’ award
Last night’s award of a ‘Dirty Ashtray’, a civil society award, to the New Zealand Government shows Aotearoa is now attracting international attention for all the wrong reasons, tobacco control resear...
www.otago.ac.nz
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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jennykaynz.bsky.social
More reputational decline for Aotearoa NZ after ongoing #BrokenPromises by NZ Govt. This time it's from #ClimateInaction.

What's NZ Minister Nicola Willis doing about this? Or NZ PM Luzon or Climate Minister Simon Watts? Or #DrillBabyDrill Jones? 🙄
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table
"Backsliding" on climate policies means New Zealand is now ranked as "low-performing" in a major international index.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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jennykaynz.bsky.social
Initial response from Gender Minorities Aotearoa, to NZ Government proposal to restrict access for gender minority patients to medical treatment approved by their own doctors.

Ban would be by Regulation with a likely start date of 19 December 2025.
#NZpol
genderminorities.com/2025/11/19/a...
Are puberty blockers banned in New Zealand? - Gender Minorities Aotearoa | Transgender New Zealand
The Minister of Health has today announced that GnRH analogues will no longer be prescribed to new patients for gender dysphoria.
genderminorities.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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bekitty.bsky.social
FUCKING HELL. 🤬

NZ Govt is banning puberty blockers for trans people bc "it's unsafe" but will continue prescribing to cis people.

They decided to do this during Trans Awareness Week. Arseholes!

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
devildauta.bsky.social
Fantasy-Faction's @fantasyfaction.bsky.social latest review for the #SPFBO Champions League is The Sword of Kaigen by M.L Wang fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-swo...

#selfpublished #booksky 💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿 #SPFBO
The cover of The Sword of Kaigen by M.L Wang depicts a woman standing on a rock with a sword in each hand whilst looking out to sea with storm clouds about to roll in
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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craigwrightstclair.bsky.social
#israHELL ''ceasefire''
pauleric70.bsky.social Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17d
A cracked photo of Virgin Mary (as) found at the scene of a Christian massacre committed by lsraeI

21 Lebanese Christians were slaughtered. More buried under the rubble where they suffocated slowly

If it wasn’t Israel this would be front page news & Trump would tweet about it
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
Fantasy-Faction's @fantasyfaction.bsky.social latest review for #SPFBO 10 Champions League: The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com – fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-los...

#SPFBO #self-published #epicfantasy #booksky #pukapuka📚🇳🇿
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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heiheikakariki.bsky.social
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#nzpol
@chrishipkins.bsky.social
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
Coming out of a 35yr recession 🙄 wonder how many hours Luxon stand in front of a mirror rehearsing his lies
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#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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October 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
Fantasy-Faction's @fantasyfaction.bsky.social latest review for #SPFBO #SPFBOChampions is for The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French fantasy-faction.com/2025/spfbo-1...
This comes in at 5th spot on our ratings board
SPFBO 10 Champions League: The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
fantasy-faction.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
Liveable Incomes for All - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ta...
Take seven steps toward a fairer future for all of us
So many of us want to see a fairer Aotearoa where everyone in our communities has enough. It’s time to take tangible steps toward equality to ensure everyone has a liveable income. Sign the petition a...
our.actionstation.org.nz
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
devildauta.bsky.social
Yesterday I learnt that the father of Yvonne De Carlo (known for her role as Lily Munster) was born in #Aotearoa/NZ. William Middleton went abroad as young man, was a travelling salesman, met & married Maria De Carlo.
(anecdotal evidence suggests he may have been part Māori)
#AoNZhistory #🖤munsters
Actress Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster in 1964. Black Hair with White streaks. "Goth/Vampire" style eye make-up.
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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jamesw228.bsky.social
What would Simeon Brown know about ethics? He has none

All the healthcare unions also have minimum staffing levels they still provide during strikes so they don't risk patient safety

He's such a cunt #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike
There were audible cries of disbelief during the Simeon Brown's speech to a senior doctors' conference.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
From THE WATERMELON re NZ Media:
"SILENCE IS A SPECIES OF VIOLENCE"
"Because the audience creates the message. And it's not neutral"
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#nzpol #nzmedia #biasmedia #mediaechochambers
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October 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
BURNING TRUTH 🔥🌏- "We’re going backwards. And the farming community are the ones who are going to be impacted as much as anybody — probably more — because of droughts, floods and the impacts on their crops, cattle and pasture. It’s not a good scene at the moment.”
🐃💨🐂💨 #nzpol
Burning Truth
Road cones and climate change.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
Have you written and #self-published a Sci-fi book (or have one due to be released)? Then you may want to enter it in the Self Published Sci-fi Competition #SPSFC. Entries are open now so head to spsfc.space/2025/10/13/h... and enter your book.
#booksky #sci-fiwriters
How to Enter SPSFC 5
The fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) has begun taking entries. The authors who’ve been asking us when SPSFC 5 will begin as they get their manuscripts ready can be giv…
spsfc.space
October 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
This past week, i discovered the author Andrea K Höst @autumnwriter.bsky.social (yay for Kobo plus for finding & suggesting authors whom I've never heard of 🥰). The 2 books I've read so far impressed me with the strong female MCs & eclectic WB. Will b reading more #selfpublished #booksky
Andrea K Höst's cover of her book Bones of the Fair. It features 3 adult humans caught in swirls of wind. Top character is wearing a leather motorcycle helmet, a scarf and carries a satchel. Middle character has the bottom of their face covered by a big scarf and carries 2 satchels. Front character wears a leather mask and coat. Book cover of The Pyramids of London by Andrea K Höst, featuring a wooden mannequin holding a rope under an airship & and being chased by 2 young people on a bicycle glider. In the background is a city with 2 Pyramids
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
devildauta.bsky.social
Have owned the Penguin copy of Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD for quite a number of years, and yesterday scored its twin in this book/pencil case. Totally stoked, only a few dozen more to find 😂
#penguinbooks #JackKerouac #bookrelated
On the left is a Penguin copy of Jack Kerouac's book On the Road and on the right is a book or pencil case that is a copy of the book
September 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
devildauta.bsky.social
FantasygFactions @fantasyfaction.bsky.social latest review for #SPFBO Champions League: By Blood, By Salt by J. L. Odom fantasy-faction.com/2025/spfbo-1...
This is coming in at 2nd place on our leader board #booksky #selfpublished #fantasy #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿
SPFBO 10 Champions League: By Blood, By Salt by J. L. Odom – Review
fantasy-faction.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM