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Margot Drew Delaney
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Author. Kiwi (with Canadian contribution from Mom). Lover of mysteries. Consumer of stories. Often watching TV, sometimes roller skating, never ironing. Recent cryptic crossword convert. She/her. BiMyself. https://margotdrewdelaneybooks.com
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Margot Drew Delaney @margotdrewdelaney.bsky.social · Feb 14
Free mystery novella alert! Escape to a lakefront cottage and people-watch with Jack Bardot - a socially apathetic but intensely curious anthropology grad student. #freebies #ebook #mystery #indieauthors #amwriting #amreading

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"the bits of the fallout we’re focusing on now are a mass displacement activity, driven subconsciously or consciously by men so we don’t have to reckon with... searchable records of the way powerful guys... talk and think about women. And about girls."
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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February 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Who else is in this fan club? I LOVE this movie. The Babysitter Killer Queen. #movies #comedyhorror #slasher #killerthriller
February 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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'Sociopathic greed'. 💯 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
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December 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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“CERD is clear: New Zealand is moving backwards on racial equality, and Māori rights are under serious threat,” Moxon said.

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UN report sounds alarm over Māori rights in New Zealand
UN committee raised concerns over government policies including scrapping the Māori Health Authority and funding cuts for Indigenous services
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December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Ok I have the worst Christmas movie (The Family Switch) and the second worst (Oh What Fun). My god, how can such an epic cast turn into such a turkey??? #movies #christmas
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/21/i... #NZ #education
If the curriculum ain't broke, don't fix it
From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
newsroom.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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"...we’re consuming more low-value, ultra-processed information... more information that is essentially predigested."
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Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
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October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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My god, this review is funny. "her bearded shrug of a husband". 😆https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/11/the-intruder-review-bbc-four
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Thelma & Louise rewatch. Damn, this movie. 🤩. #movies
two women wearing sunglasses are taking a selfie with a polaroid camera .
ALT: two women wearing sunglasses are taking a selfie with a polaroid camera .
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October 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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"look, no offence to Sora’s 'creators'. I often walk through art galleries and realise the stuff on the walls would be so much better if I simply stole it and drew hilarious penises on it or whatever, and that they wouldn’t have made it publicly viewable if they didn’t want that" 😆 shorturl.at/wOtFv
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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October 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... #movies
A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie
A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainment
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October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Who writes these (often very amusing) little pieces? Why do none of them have the author listed? This seems weird. #theguardian #journalism
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Pass notes | The Guardian
A quick chat designed to tell you everything you need to know about a story you don't need to know about
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September 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Go Ruby! #RWC2025 #NZ
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Why the Brits reckon Ruby Tui is the BBC rugby pundit we never knew we needed
We may be just one game into the Women’s Rugby Cup, but what a signing she has turned out to be, writes Fiona Tomas.
www.stuff.co.nz
August 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Ready to give up sex but not sure how to make the change? I give you: www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Ugly, mortifying – and addictive? Tim Dowling’s week in the world’s most divisive shoes
Twenty years after they first hit the shelves, five-fingered shoes are apparently having a big fashion moment. But what is it like to wear them in public?
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August 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Library haul! 😍 #books #reading #mystery
August 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Cool, cool cool. Nothing to see here. Definitely not the start of a Sci Fi movie.
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Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say
Chinese and Hong Kong scientists succeed in animal trials, but potential problems include risk of devices being left in body and public suspicions
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June 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Noice! #NZ #environment

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New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
Exclusive: In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the government relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public
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June 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"We keep moving like zombies towards a world that nobody really wants to live in".
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‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home
Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it
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June 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Fellow Kiwis. Please make your submission to oppose the regulatory standards bill. It will help greedy corporates pillage our country for profit! Open until June 23. ACT NOW.

I am writing to strongly oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill.
shorturl.at/3NU1B
#NewZealand #NZ #environment #capitalism
Regulatory Standards Bill - New Zealand Parliament
Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill
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May 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Fuck you Jones and #NACT This is NOT what we want.
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Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom
Critics say the country’s unique biodiversity is at risk as the government plans to boost mineral exports to $3bn by 2035
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May 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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“The companies building super-intelligence need to also calculate the Compton constant, the probability that we will lose control over it,” he said. “It’s not enough to say ‘we feel good about it’."

WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT? My god.

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AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control
AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear test
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Library haul! 🥰 #amreading #books #fiction #mystery #library
May 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Good work, NACT 🙄
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#NZ #NACT
‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave
Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy – fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survival
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May 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Nice work, Australia! 😍 What a huge effin relief!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win
Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat
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May 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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It would really mean the world to me if people would share details of my event for THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET, Tuesday 29th April in Glasgow! If you have queer friends, tell them! Or if you think you'd enjoy a book which kills Mr Collins off, come along!

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April 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM