@psheth.bsky.social
Now living in Wellington, NZ. Previously in Richmond, VA, USA.
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They illegally blocked a best practices document the government commissioned from experts and then disregarded it.
Zero surprises that the brainless transphobic health minister in NZ ignored all expert advice and evidence and banned puberty blockers for trans youth. Literal blood on his hands.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
They illegally blocked a best practices document the government commissioned from experts and then disregarded it.
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I better not see any Nats at pride fucking hell
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I better not see any Nats at pride fucking hell
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The thing that makes me possibly the maddest is when adults have their bullshit moral panic bigotry about whatever issue and they start going after children first. They do it with fat kids, and brown kids, and trans kids. You exploitative harmful assholes, pick on someone your own size
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The thing that makes me possibly the maddest is when adults have their bullshit moral panic bigotry about whatever issue and they start going after children first. They do it with fat kids, and brown kids, and trans kids. You exploitative harmful assholes, pick on someone your own size
Now would be a great time for Chris Hipkins and NZ Labour to commit to reversing these horrendous puberty blocker restrictions.
Time to show that they're not transphobic like their UK counterparts...
Time to show that they're not transphobic like their UK counterparts...
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Now would be a great time for Chris Hipkins and NZ Labour to commit to reversing these horrendous puberty blocker restrictions.
Time to show that they're not transphobic like their UK counterparts...
Time to show that they're not transphobic like their UK counterparts...
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pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
88 Days: The Unraveling of Claudine Gay’s Harvard Presidency | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, ending her tenure as the University's 30th president after it was clear the Harvard Corporation lost confidence in Gay's ability to lead amid mountin...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
Yet another entry in the endless series: people who whine about council rates are outraged when service quality suffers from underfunding.
*plays world's smallest violin for these selfish entitled pricks*
*plays world's smallest violin for these selfish entitled pricks*
Pāpāmoa residents make stand against chipseal roads at Tauranga City Council meeting
Asphalt costs about five times more than the proposed chipseal.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yet another entry in the endless series: people who whine about council rates are outraged when service quality suffers from underfunding.
*plays world's smallest violin for these selfish entitled pricks*
*plays world's smallest violin for these selfish entitled pricks*
Andrew Little has started off his term by shooting himself in the dick repeatedly. What did he think would happen by promoting Chung?
Mayor Andrew Little says he and chief executive Matt Prosser have had assurances from Chung the situation was unintentional and that Chung has apologised.
Private council briefing blogged online after ‘hot mic’ moment
Wellington City councillor Ray Chung left an open phone line to a controversial social media figure for 40 minutes during a closed training session, the mayor has confirmed – the contents of which wer...
www.thepost.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Andrew Little has started off his term by shooting himself in the dick repeatedly. What did he think would happen by promoting Chung?
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As a lifelong Wellington City resident I can't begin to describe how much it pisses me off that people who do not live here feel entitled to make this city a shitter place simply for their own convenience.
"As a Wellingtonian". Fuck you Chris, you live in the Hutt Valley. You're no Wellingtonian.
"As a Wellingtonian". Fuck you Chris, you live in the Hutt Valley. You're no Wellingtonian.
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As a lifelong Wellington City resident I can't begin to describe how much it pisses me off that people who do not live here feel entitled to make this city a shitter place simply for their own convenience.
"As a Wellingtonian". Fuck you Chris, you live in the Hutt Valley. You're no Wellingtonian.
"As a Wellingtonian". Fuck you Chris, you live in the Hutt Valley. You're no Wellingtonian.
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This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a Kāinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
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 7:36 PM
This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a Kāinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
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Remember that the $4billion road being rammed through Wellington is not for the benefit of Wellingtonians but instead for National Party ministers who hate this city and can't wait to leave it after a long term week at parliament destroying the economy and doing a bit of racism
Looking at the map at changes around my neighbourhood it looks like (because of a number of no right turns allowed) it will literally take me longer to get to the airport and longer get home from the city than it currently does. And even a little longer to ride my bike to the city.
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Remember that the $4billion road being rammed through Wellington is not for the benefit of Wellingtonians but instead for National Party ministers who hate this city and can't wait to leave it after a long term week at parliament destroying the economy and doing a bit of racism
I can confirm that this is absolutely impacting clinical care at Wellington Hospital. Less than a year after the government cut 1/3 of IT jobs...
Hospital management and the Minister have nothing to offer except "you can't reduce clinics too much" and "blame the last government"
Hospital management and the Minister have nothing to offer except "you can't reduce clinics too much" and "blame the last government"
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can confirm that this is absolutely impacting clinical care at Wellington Hospital. Less than a year after the government cut 1/3 of IT jobs...
Hospital management and the Minister have nothing to offer except "you can't reduce clinics too much" and "blame the last government"
Hospital management and the Minister have nothing to offer except "you can't reduce clinics too much" and "blame the last government"
Hey remember when some dipshit opinion contributor was diving in to defend the NYT's unimpeachable editorial process?
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hey remember when some dipshit opinion contributor was diving in to defend the NYT's unimpeachable editorial process?
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this take gets annoying as a southerner. you should not give up on the south, but no, it is not red because of voter suppression or a lack of funding for dems. doug jones raised shitloads of money and lost. it is red because the overwhelming majority are extremely racist white conservatives
I understand why a lot of white liberals are like, fuck the south, because they think about the people in power who are mostly white conservatives. But that is only because of Jim Crow, voter suppression, a lack of real funding for Dems there
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
this take gets annoying as a southerner. you should not give up on the south, but no, it is not red because of voter suppression or a lack of funding for dems. doug jones raised shitloads of money and lost. it is red because the overwhelming majority are extremely racist white conservatives
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I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.
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Exactly this.
Tory Whanau tried to break the stagnation to move the city forward, the loud homeowners engaged in a campaign of sabotage.
And now here we are, only a few weeks into Little's term, straight back to the sclerotic norm.
Tory Whanau tried to break the stagnation to move the city forward, the loud homeowners engaged in a campaign of sabotage.
And now here we are, only a few weeks into Little's term, straight back to the sclerotic norm.
Some cities are actively pursuing growth. Others are stuck in a state of managed decline, merely cutting costs for loud existing homeowners while doing nothing to build for the future.
I'm increasingly worried that Wellington is irrevocably stuck in the second category.
I'm increasingly worried that Wellington is irrevocably stuck in the second category.
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Exactly this.
Tory Whanau tried to break the stagnation to move the city forward, the loud homeowners engaged in a campaign of sabotage.
And now here we are, only a few weeks into Little's term, straight back to the sclerotic norm.
Tory Whanau tried to break the stagnation to move the city forward, the loud homeowners engaged in a campaign of sabotage.
And now here we are, only a few weeks into Little's term, straight back to the sclerotic norm.
Just a reminder that you don't hate journalistic institutions nearly enough.
I'm sure it's bad for democracy that journalism jobs are disappearing, but our currently existing journalists are not worth preserving.
I'm sure it's bad for democracy that journalism jobs are disappearing, but our currently existing journalists are not worth preserving.
I cannot believe the Epstein news is below the Nuzzi fluff piece on the New York Times home page
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Just a reminder that you don't hate journalistic institutions nearly enough.
I'm sure it's bad for democracy that journalism jobs are disappearing, but our currently existing journalists are not worth preserving.
I'm sure it's bad for democracy that journalism jobs are disappearing, but our currently existing journalists are not worth preserving.
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Murphy and Schatz backed an immigration bill that would have turned away the Jews on the SS St. Louis!
It’s so funny how libs seem to think that Schatz or Murphy would be better. They were the leaders on the catastrophic hard right immigration pivot in late 2023 lmao
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Murphy and Schatz backed an immigration bill that would have turned away the Jews on the SS St. Louis!
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"It's clear you know nothing about the inner workings and careful processes of a global media outlet's newsroom. Don't try to tell me about how journalists should do our jobs."
Umm... your bio has a quote from a notorious sexual predator...
"I'm just a girl from the dirt farms of Alabama."
Umm... your bio has a quote from a notorious sexual predator...
"I'm just a girl from the dirt farms of Alabama."
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"It's clear you know nothing about the inner workings and careful processes of a global media outlet's newsroom. Don't try to tell me about how journalists should do our jobs."
Umm... your bio has a quote from a notorious sexual predator...
"I'm just a girl from the dirt farms of Alabama."
Umm... your bio has a quote from a notorious sexual predator...
"I'm just a girl from the dirt farms of Alabama."
Elite journalistic institutions are full of reporters and edited who just refuse to take sex crimes seriously (see also, all the NYT/Epstein stuff).
It's unsurprising that they're losing public trust. Unfortunately, these same people tend to circle the wagons instead of reflecting on the criticism
It's unsurprising that they're losing public trust. Unfortunately, these same people tend to circle the wagons instead of reflecting on the criticism
It bears remembering that this woman, according to the IPCA report, sent at least 36 emails to media outlets, presumaby including NZME, as well as the PM, Police Minister, and police command in Dec 2023 & Jan 2024, and they did fuck-all about it too
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The woman in the Jevon McSkimming saga wasn't innocent here
So it turns out the woman with whom Jevon McSkimming had an affair, whose warnings police ignored and who police charged instead of investigating McSkimmin
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Elite journalistic institutions are full of reporters and edited who just refuse to take sex crimes seriously (see also, all the NYT/Epstein stuff).
It's unsurprising that they're losing public trust. Unfortunately, these same people tend to circle the wagons instead of reflecting on the criticism
It's unsurprising that they're losing public trust. Unfortunately, these same people tend to circle the wagons instead of reflecting on the criticism
There were NYT people on here TODAY getting all high-and-mighty about how the paper's editorial judgment was unassailable.
This headline is a masterclass in using passive voice to minimize horrific behavior. This is what the NYT is.
This headline is a masterclass in using passive voice to minimize horrific behavior. This is what the NYT is.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
There were NYT people on here TODAY getting all high-and-mighty about how the paper's editorial judgment was unassailable.
This headline is a masterclass in using passive voice to minimize horrific behavior. This is what the NYT is.
This headline is a masterclass in using passive voice to minimize horrific behavior. This is what the NYT is.
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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I still can’t believe the writer from the segregationist academy and duke university chose to have a meltdown over another *fired* writer who clearly ran cover for the modern world’s most infamous sex trafficker. She chose to walk into that. She chose to make hay and die on that hill is a crazy pull
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I still can’t believe the writer from the segregationist academy and duke university chose to have a meltdown over another *fired* writer who clearly ran cover for the modern world’s most infamous sex trafficker. She chose to walk into that. She chose to make hay and die on that hill is a crazy pull
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After Gina Haspel defied the Senate intelligence committee and destroyed the CIA’s torture tapes, they rewarded her by confirming her as director of the CIA a few years later. Absolute impunity.
Why should ICE expect any accountability for this? We gave that up decades ago and never looked back.
Why should ICE expect any accountability for this? We gave that up decades ago and never looked back.
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
After Gina Haspel defied the Senate intelligence committee and destroyed the CIA’s torture tapes, they rewarded her by confirming her as director of the CIA a few years later. Absolute impunity.
Why should ICE expect any accountability for this? We gave that up decades ago and never looked back.
Why should ICE expect any accountability for this? We gave that up decades ago and never looked back.
I think a LOT of journalists have no idea how much credibility elite journalistic institutions have burned with the public in the last decade.
They'd do a lot better examining why that's the case instead of reflexively defending those institutions every time there's criticism...
They'd do a lot better examining why that's the case instead of reflexively defending those institutions every time there's criticism...
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think a LOT of journalists have no idea how much credibility elite journalistic institutions have burned with the public in the last decade.
They'd do a lot better examining why that's the case instead of reflexively defending those institutions every time there's criticism...
They'd do a lot better examining why that's the case instead of reflexively defending those institutions every time there's criticism...