Thinking of Nina
@ni28ga31.bsky.social
Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
There is, however, such a thing as society
There is, however, such a thing as society
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Thinking of Nina
@ni28ga31.bsky.social
· Sep 26
First time I’ve seen the rabbit/bird illusion with an actual photo. Took me just a half second to process the word in all caps…
whomst among us etc
Kinda disappointed it took me this long to coin kookabunny, ngl
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The girlfriends who founded Antifa.
October 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The girlfriends who founded Antifa.
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
Maybe a technicality but 🤷♀️
Maybe a technicality but 🤷♀️
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
Maybe a technicality but 🤷♀️
Maybe a technicality but 🤷♀️
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"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
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My analysis: The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...
Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit
The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.
newsroom.co.nz
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My analysis: The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...
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Now this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Now this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.
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I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social
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Written on 1957 yet…
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Written on 1957 yet…
Fundamentally, we are governed by people who believe that their primary job is to reduce the size of their … job.
Non-delivery is basically just pre-empting a future cut so all good? 🥴
Non-delivery is basically just pre-empting a future cut so all good? 🥴
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fundamentally, we are governed by people who believe that their primary job is to reduce the size of their … job.
Non-delivery is basically just pre-empting a future cut so all good? 🥴
Non-delivery is basically just pre-empting a future cut so all good? 🥴
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📢 1,700 Policy, Advisory, Knowledge and Specialist health workers have voted to join strike action on 23 October. The strike follows the failure of Health NZ Te Whatu Ora to provide an offer during bargaining that fairly reflects their value to the public health system.
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
📢 1,700 Policy, Advisory, Knowledge and Specialist health workers have voted to join strike action on 23 October. The strike follows the failure of Health NZ Te Whatu Ora to provide an offer during bargaining that fairly reflects their value to the public health system.
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Boxes also work on bobcats
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Boxes also work on bobcats
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I wrote a thing that is set in an imagined near-future where there is a tent city in Te Aro park. I would very much like sci-fi/speculative fiction/dystopic fiction to remain in any way fictional. I would like it if I imagined an awful thing and it didn't turn out to be not as awful as reality.
A kaupapa Māori youth homelessness group says benefit changes will increase whānau stress and push more rangatahi onto the streets.
If they're living on street and beg for food, cops will move them along for vagrancy. NZ Govt is OK w poor 18 - 19YOs dying off.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
If they're living on street and beg for food, cops will move them along for vagrancy. NZ Govt is OK w poor 18 - 19YOs dying off.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
Government benefit changes could leave more rangatahi homeless, advocate warns
A kaupapa Māori youth homelessness group says benefit changes will increase whānau stress and push more rangatahi onto the streets.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I wrote a thing that is set in an imagined near-future where there is a tent city in Te Aro park. I would very much like sci-fi/speculative fiction/dystopic fiction to remain in any way fictional. I would like it if I imagined an awful thing and it didn't turn out to be not as awful as reality.
When the PM says ‘we don’t owe them a living’, we should be clear that this is not a metaphor.
A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞
I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷♀️
A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞
I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷♀️
Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
When the PM says ‘we don’t owe them a living’, we should be clear that this is not a metaphor.
A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞
I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷♀️
A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞
I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷♀️
Prayers and the fucking best the world has to offer in evidence-based healthcare, she has been a warrior for that for all of us 💞🙇♀️
listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Prayers and the fucking best the world has to offer in evidence-based healthcare, she has been a warrior for that for all of us 💞🙇♀️
Funny that this will have been immediately understood by anyone who has ever been on any kind of benefit, but is obviously beyond the PM’s comprehension
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Funny that this will have been immediately understood by anyone who has ever been on any kind of benefit, but is obviously beyond the PM’s comprehension
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The world doesn't owe our children a living? Yes we do? Isn't that the whole point? I don't know many parents that wouldn't wish that for their kids, why is it different because they're not YOUR kids? Such an incredibly telling statement, really.
October 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The world doesn't owe our children a living? Yes we do? Isn't that the whole point? I don't know many parents that wouldn't wish that for their kids, why is it different because they're not YOUR kids? Such an incredibly telling statement, really.
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
A massive strike is one thing ✊
A strike on this scale is a massive vote of no confidence in this government. And everyone voting to strike knows that. ✊✊✊
A strike on this scale is a massive vote of no confidence in this government. And everyone voting to strike knows that. ✊✊✊
Senior doctors and dentists to join massive strike this month
Senior doctors and dentists to join massive strike this month
The union has voted in favour of a four-hour strike.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A massive strike is one thing ✊
A strike on this scale is a massive vote of no confidence in this government. And everyone voting to strike knows that. ✊✊✊
A strike on this scale is a massive vote of no confidence in this government. And everyone voting to strike knows that. ✊✊✊
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Downplaying an act of violence might have been the appropriate response from him, and might not be the appropriate in our current moment - I don't know - but the complete refusal to make political hay out of it is night and day from the current Government.
Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.
That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
Shaw back with black eye
James Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Downplaying an act of violence might have been the appropriate response from him, and might not be the appropriate in our current moment - I don't know - but the complete refusal to make political hay out of it is night and day from the current Government.
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
“Off to the planet HE’S sure he’s going to discover…” [caps mine] is underrated shade tbqh
If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“Off to the planet HE’S sure he’s going to discover…” [caps mine] is underrated shade tbqh
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If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
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I lived in Molesworth Street during the 2022 occupation. It wasn’t “peaceful”; it was filth and menace. People shat and pissed on our lawns. Emergency workers were blocked from reaching neighbours. The smell lingered for weeks.
October 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I lived in Molesworth Street during the 2022 occupation. It wasn’t “peaceful”; it was filth and menace. People shat and pissed on our lawns. Emergency workers were blocked from reaching neighbours. The smell lingered for weeks.
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Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face.
Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.
I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.
I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??
Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.
I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.
I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??
Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face.
Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.
I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.
I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??
Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.
I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.
I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??