rkdemay
@rkdemay.bsky.social
A Mexican, American, ex-pat in Aotearoa New Zealand. Gathering complaints, photographs, moss, and all things Lefty.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
i do think we've an unfortunate abbreviation with Te Whanganui-A-Tara. That's ok, tho; Pōneke is heaps shorter anyway!
#30DayMapchallenge Day 8, Urban.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
i do think we've an unfortunate abbreviation with Te Whanganui-A-Tara. That's ok, tho; Pōneke is heaps shorter anyway!
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consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
@kaimatai.bsky.social @paullecomtephoto.nz @richardmortimer.bsky.social @dimitrymak.co and all photogs of bsky, y'all seen the promotional material for Caira, the Ai, interchangeable lens, m43 body that attaches by Magsafe to an iPhone, and Google's Nano Banana? Thoughts? #photography
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@kaimatai.bsky.social @paullecomtephoto.nz @richardmortimer.bsky.social @dimitrymak.co and all photogs of bsky, y'all seen the promotional material for Caira, the Ai, interchangeable lens, m43 body that attaches by Magsafe to an iPhone, and Google's Nano Banana? Thoughts? #photography
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November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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at point blank range the right subway sandwich could give a guy high blood pressure!
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
at point blank range the right subway sandwich could give a guy high blood pressure!
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no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE
Does Mike Johnson Know...Anything? Anything At All?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE
Poppy Cat wondering, pointedly, if Halloween treats might be coming?
#blackcats #cats #catsofnz #Blackandwhite #photography
#blackcats #cats #catsofnz #Blackandwhite #photography
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Poppy Cat wondering, pointedly, if Halloween treats might be coming?
#blackcats #cats #catsofnz #Blackandwhite #photography
#blackcats #cats #catsofnz #Blackandwhite #photography
Pōneke in the morning. kinda really love our little village by the sea.
also: reason number. 11,302 why mobile phone screens are wholly inadequate for viewing photography.
#aotearoa #pōneke #tewhanganui #urban #seaside #photography
also: reason number. 11,302 why mobile phone screens are wholly inadequate for viewing photography.
#aotearoa #pōneke #tewhanganui #urban #seaside #photography
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pōneke in the morning. kinda really love our little village by the sea.
also: reason number. 11,302 why mobile phone screens are wholly inadequate for viewing photography.
#aotearoa #pōneke #tewhanganui #urban #seaside #photography
also: reason number. 11,302 why mobile phone screens are wholly inadequate for viewing photography.
#aotearoa #pōneke #tewhanganui #urban #seaside #photography
reckon we might nee to rename this fella. _Solace in Rust_? _Rust in The Wind_?
#urbanart #Pōneke #neglect #solaceinthewind #photography #sculpture #aotearoa #lx100
#urbanart #Pōneke #neglect #solaceinthewind #photography #sculpture #aotearoa #lx100
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
reckon we might nee to rename this fella. _Solace in Rust_? _Rust in The Wind_?
#urbanart #Pōneke #neglect #solaceinthewind #photography #sculpture #aotearoa #lx100
#urbanart #Pōneke #neglect #solaceinthewind #photography #sculpture #aotearoa #lx100
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Don't forget the aqueducts, we can't drink out of the aqueducts Reg.
So lemme get this right, we burned 50k jobs, lost 90k citizens, fucked the energy, retail, hospo, manufacturing businesses, murdered worker rights and equal pay, set fire to public services and threw the entire health service in the dumpster
And we didnt fix inflation?
#Nzpol
And we didnt fix inflation?
#Nzpol
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Don't forget the aqueducts, we can't drink out of the aqueducts Reg.
So, at this rate, Ishrael will unalive every last Gazan. Clump will claim to have stopped a war for every time he chats with Bibi and, lauding his 100s of peace deals sealed, demand criminal prosecution of all previous Nobel winners. Bondi will comply. #politics #uspolitics #gaslighting
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So, at this rate, Ishrael will unalive every last Gazan. Clump will claim to have stopped a war for every time he chats with Bibi and, lauding his 100s of peace deals sealed, demand criminal prosecution of all previous Nobel winners. Bondi will comply. #politics #uspolitics #gaslighting
Pō, altogether unimpressed with whether or not the peasants have laundry day, declares eminent domain over the hamper.
#catsofbsky #burmese #photography
#catsofbsky #burmese #photography
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Pō, altogether unimpressed with whether or not the peasants have laundry day, declares eminent domain over the hamper.
#catsofbsky #burmese #photography
#catsofbsky #burmese #photography
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ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name
She even had her U.S. passport on her.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
one of those, "if ya know, ya know" kind of things. and, tbh, she's vaguely terrifying in this shot. didn't notice through the viewfinder, but chilling in the photo. #iconic #nostalgia #kindacreepy #photography #lx100m1
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
one of those, "if ya know, ya know" kind of things. and, tbh, she's vaguely terrifying in this shot. didn't notice through the viewfinder, but chilling in the photo. #iconic #nostalgia #kindacreepy #photography #lx100m1
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Jfc. Bottom trolling parasites. Vote them out AotearoaNZ. #nzpol #LevelUp #HumanityFirst #NoMoreHate #OneTermGovernment
Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Jfc. Bottom trolling parasites. Vote them out AotearoaNZ. #nzpol #LevelUp #HumanityFirst #NoMoreHate #OneTermGovernment
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Well, that didn’t go how I hoped it would. To say I’m a little disappointed in the NZ voting public’s decision on Māori wards is an understatement. Here’s a thought about aspiring to the bare minimum (& given our #nitrate problem even that might be too much)
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol
October 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Poppy Cat. rescued as a feral kitten. now a rescuer herself, on the daily, with her random acts of affection.
#cats #blackcats #catsofbsky #catsofaotearoa #blackandwhite #photography
#cats #blackcats #catsofbsky #catsofaotearoa #blackandwhite #photography
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Poppy Cat. rescued as a feral kitten. now a rescuer herself, on the daily, with her random acts of affection.
#cats #blackcats #catsofbsky #catsofaotearoa #blackandwhite #photography
#cats #blackcats #catsofbsky #catsofaotearoa #blackandwhite #photography
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Peeps are calling for this to be officially entered into the lexicon, and I’m down with that. I could use a break.
October 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Peeps are calling for this to be officially entered into the lexicon, and I’m down with that. I could use a break.
MAGA will be historically understood as the movement that Made America Go Away and replaced her with 'Murica, the avatar of reactionary white grievance.
What she'll go on to become is unclear. One thing seems fairly certain: she will never again be the United States.
#uspolitics
What she'll go on to become is unclear. One thing seems fairly certain: she will never again be the United States.
#uspolitics
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
MAGA will be historically understood as the movement that Made America Go Away and replaced her with 'Murica, the avatar of reactionary white grievance.
What she'll go on to become is unclear. One thing seems fairly certain: she will never again be the United States.
#uspolitics
What she'll go on to become is unclear. One thing seems fairly certain: she will never again be the United States.
#uspolitics