John McRae
@johnmcrae.bsky.social
Great grandparent raising a toddler. River watcher, educator, unionist, biographer of Sir Robert Martin.
The little guy starts school soon. I've been a bit concerned about how he'd adapt. He had a school visit today.
I reckon he'll crack it.
He sat on the mat during story time and demonstrated to the kids around him how he can lick his toes.
#gifted #school #education
I reckon he'll crack it.
He sat on the mat during story time and demonstrated to the kids around him how he can lick his toes.
#gifted #school #education
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The little guy starts school soon. I've been a bit concerned about how he'd adapt. He had a school visit today.
I reckon he'll crack it.
He sat on the mat during story time and demonstrated to the kids around him how he can lick his toes.
#gifted #school #education
I reckon he'll crack it.
He sat on the mat during story time and demonstrated to the kids around him how he can lick his toes.
#gifted #school #education
Tonight's chat with my 4 year old great grandson:
Grandad,come!
Look, I found something.
Look there are two.
What are they?
They are called testicles.
That's where the wee comes from eh?
Not really.
This chat across 3 generations ...
Grandad,come!
Look, I found something.
Look there are two.
What are they?
They are called testicles.
That's where the wee comes from eh?
Not really.
This chat across 3 generations ...
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Tonight's chat with my 4 year old great grandson:
Grandad,come!
Look, I found something.
Look there are two.
What are they?
They are called testicles.
That's where the wee comes from eh?
Not really.
This chat across 3 generations ...
Grandad,come!
Look, I found something.
Look there are two.
What are they?
They are called testicles.
That's where the wee comes from eh?
Not really.
This chat across 3 generations ...
I've just spent a couple of days with ppl who support grandparents raising their grandchildren. So many stories of older ppl stepping up to protect chn from alcohol & drug addiction, mental illness + violence. Also consensus that our laws + policies don't truly support kin care.
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I've just spent a couple of days with ppl who support grandparents raising their grandchildren. So many stories of older ppl stepping up to protect chn from alcohol & drug addiction, mental illness + violence. Also consensus that our laws + policies don't truly support kin care.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Gaza
The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.
.
Gaza
The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.
.
November 8, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Gaza
The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.
.
Gaza
The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.
.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
#nzpol
Querying limits on campaign spending in local elections. Can anyone point to regulations? Our local Act candidate for mayor seems to have deep pockets.
Querying limits on campaign spending in local elections. Can anyone point to regulations? Our local Act candidate for mayor seems to have deep pockets.
September 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#nzpol
Querying limits on campaign spending in local elections. Can anyone point to regulations? Our local Act candidate for mayor seems to have deep pockets.
Querying limits on campaign spending in local elections. Can anyone point to regulations? Our local Act candidate for mayor seems to have deep pockets.
Please check you are on the electoral roll. As a whānau, each of whom had enrolled, we just checked. 3 of 5 were not registered. @elections.govt.nz
July 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Please check you are on the electoral roll. As a whānau, each of whom had enrolled, we just checked. 3 of 5 were not registered. @elections.govt.nz
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How the car industry cooked up 'jaywalking' to claim the roads from pedestrians. (2m)
The invention of Jaywalking
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
youtube.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
How the car industry cooked up 'jaywalking' to claim the roads from pedestrians. (2m)
NZ once had a world leading ece service. Now the Government is changing the regulations to drive down quality for our babies and pre-schoolers.
Shaping futures – the power of qualified kaiako
Qualified early childhood teachers bring deep knowledge, intentional teaching and powerful relationships that shape children’s futures. Ako hears from kaiako across Aotearoa about the life-changing di...
akojournal.org.nz
July 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
NZ once had a world leading ece service. Now the Government is changing the regulations to drive down quality for our babies and pre-schoolers.
Congratulations to three news for its extensive coverage of the catastrophe in Gaza. The contrast with the shoddy coverage by @onenews.bsky.social is stark.
July 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Congratulations to three news for its extensive coverage of the catastrophe in Gaza. The contrast with the shoddy coverage by @onenews.bsky.social is stark.
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Participate in a genocide, receive a medal.
Sabotage the war machine, receive a 14 year prison sentence.😒
I 100% support Palestine Action.
I have no problem identifying the real criminals and terrorists who are supporting and excusing and perpetrating a genocide.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸✊
Sabotage the war machine, receive a 14 year prison sentence.😒
I 100% support Palestine Action.
I have no problem identifying the real criminals and terrorists who are supporting and excusing and perpetrating a genocide.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸✊
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Participate in a genocide, receive a medal.
Sabotage the war machine, receive a 14 year prison sentence.😒
I 100% support Palestine Action.
I have no problem identifying the real criminals and terrorists who are supporting and excusing and perpetrating a genocide.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸✊
Sabotage the war machine, receive a 14 year prison sentence.😒
I 100% support Palestine Action.
I have no problem identifying the real criminals and terrorists who are supporting and excusing and perpetrating a genocide.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸✊
Lololol. All the best people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US asks China to stop Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Press TV had earlier reported that parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait.
www.bbc.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Lololol. All the best people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Zealand falls in latest global gender equality rankings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand falls in latest global gender equality rankings
The World Economic Forum report sees us drop from fourth to fifth, but that may just be the beginning of the slide.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
New Zealand falls in latest global gender equality rankings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This shit isn't normal.
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This shit isn't normal.
Been trying to sell our 1 bedroom apartment in Akl city for years. Last week real estate guy said we could expect $25,000.
Today, council's valuation was $550,000. Lolol.
Today, council's valuation was $550,000. Lolol.
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Been trying to sell our 1 bedroom apartment in Akl city for years. Last week real estate guy said we could expect $25,000.
Today, council's valuation was $550,000. Lolol.
Today, council's valuation was $550,000. Lolol.
Teenage grandie:
"They're having the messiest gay break-up on twitter."
"They're having the messiest gay break-up on twitter."
June 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Teenage grandie:
"They're having the messiest gay break-up on twitter."
"They're having the messiest gay break-up on twitter."
So we ordinary folk of Aotearoa pay for the emissions and pollution of Fonterra so they can make huge profits on the international market. Meanwhile we pay again in the supermarket.
Fonterra boss blames soaring butter prices on global demand
Miles Hurrell says he understands frustration about the price of butter, but that the co-op has to deliver for farmers.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
So we ordinary folk of Aotearoa pay for the emissions and pollution of Fonterra so they can make huge profits on the international market. Meanwhile we pay again in the supermarket.
Off to bed. Got to complete an article tomorrow about this Government's drive to downgrade the care and education of little people.
"Do you want chips with that?"
"Do you want chips with that?"
May 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Off to bed. Got to complete an article tomorrow about this Government's drive to downgrade the care and education of little people.
"Do you want chips with that?"
"Do you want chips with that?"
We've just finished viewing 'Mr Loverman' as a follow up to 'Save Me'. Lennie James is an extraordinary talent and so richly deserves his #Bafta
May 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
We've just finished viewing 'Mr Loverman' as a follow up to 'Save Me'. Lennie James is an extraordinary talent and so richly deserves his #Bafta
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About as appropriate as their Happy Waitangi Day tweet
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May 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
About as appropriate as their Happy Waitangi Day tweet
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One of the things about being an engaged Kindy 'grandad' in a poor community is that you see small people surviving really awful circumstances.
Professional, caring ECE kaiako are key to that.
Meanwhile Seymour and Govt are intent on turning ECE a cut price child minding service.
Professional, caring ECE kaiako are key to that.
Meanwhile Seymour and Govt are intent on turning ECE a cut price child minding service.
May 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
One of the things about being an engaged Kindy 'grandad' in a poor community is that you see small people surviving really awful circumstances.
Professional, caring ECE kaiako are key to that.
Meanwhile Seymour and Govt are intent on turning ECE a cut price child minding service.
Professional, caring ECE kaiako are key to that.
Meanwhile Seymour and Govt are intent on turning ECE a cut price child minding service.
We are watching "Help", a 2021 movie about British care workers heroic efforts during the pandemic.
It's terribly sad but reminds us that
NZ's response was world leading. Meanwhile the current government is intent on trashing the value of these women to reward their sponsors.
It's terribly sad but reminds us that
NZ's response was world leading. Meanwhile the current government is intent on trashing the value of these women to reward their sponsors.
May 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We are watching "Help", a 2021 movie about British care workers heroic efforts during the pandemic.
It's terribly sad but reminds us that
NZ's response was world leading. Meanwhile the current government is intent on trashing the value of these women to reward their sponsors.
It's terribly sad but reminds us that
NZ's response was world leading. Meanwhile the current government is intent on trashing the value of these women to reward their sponsors.