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Aotearoa New Zealand
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
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Art Nouveau style embroidered textile design (c.1906) by Scottish artist & Glasgow School member Ann Macbeth #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Art Nouveau style embroidered textile design (c.1906) by Scottish artist & Glasgow School member Ann Macbeth #womensart
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This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Okay I just need to get these things out of my system:
"Labour are splitting the vote by running against Green candidates!!!" no they aren't, you KNOW how MMP works, and this is a shit argument when it's the other way around, so it's also a shit argument now
"Labour are splitting the vote by running against Green candidates!!!" no they aren't, you KNOW how MMP works, and this is a shit argument when it's the other way around, so it's also a shit argument now
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Okay I just need to get these things out of my system:
"Labour are splitting the vote by running against Green candidates!!!" no they aren't, you KNOW how MMP works, and this is a shit argument when it's the other way around, so it's also a shit argument now
"Labour are splitting the vote by running against Green candidates!!!" no they aren't, you KNOW how MMP works, and this is a shit argument when it's the other way around, so it's also a shit argument now
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Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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'Level the playing field' to produce less social housing? Wtf? If the policy goal isn't 'produce as much quality social housing as possible with the allocated funds' then it should be. And if a level playing field hinders that, well too bad for level playing field fans
Housing Minister Chris Bishop’s “flexible fund” will deliver slightly fewer homes than forecast ‒ and will lock out the state housing giant.
Kainga Ora blocked from social housing plan to ‘level the playing field’
Housing Minister Chris Bishop’s “flexible fund” will deliver slightly fewer homes than forecast ‒ and will lock out the state housing giant.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
'Level the playing field' to produce less social housing? Wtf? If the policy goal isn't 'produce as much quality social housing as possible with the allocated funds' then it should be. And if a level playing field hinders that, well too bad for level playing field fans
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Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
The government is halting new puberty blocker prescriptions for youth with gender dysphoria. From 19 December, new regulations under the Medicines Act will prevent new prescriptions for this purpose,...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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'Iris' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker ##ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
'Iris' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker ##ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Check this out www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Check this out www.authoritarian-stack.info
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“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
The slow demolition of our democracy | E-Tangata
“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
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More than that, countries broadly following the (Nordic) Social Democratic model are at or very near the top of practically every measurement of societal achievement _ever devised_.
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
Finland tops the global happiness index, which suggests that other countries should use it as a model.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
More than that, countries broadly following the (Nordic) Social Democratic model are at or very near the top of practically every measurement of societal achievement _ever devised_.
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
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So when do we decide men can’t be trusted to run the police?
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
So when do we decide men can’t be trusted to run the police?
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Of course she was charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, rather than treating the allegations as serious (and they were serious). This is awful.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Police 'failed' woman who accused Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending, her lawyer says
The allegations arose from an affair between McSkimming and the woman who at the time was a junior non-sworn police employee.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Of course she was charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, rather than treating the allegations as serious (and they were serious). This is awful.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This is exactly how he will be remembered
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is exactly how he will be remembered
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani