Scuby
@scubanursenz.bsky.social
Gardening, humanity, humour, and health & disability. Cis, pakeha
Aotearoa.
Aotearoa.
Hamilton pals, the op shop for breast cancer research has a bunch of brand new bed linens, pillow cases, and amazing big lounge pillows in store. They also have all the cute vintage Xmas stock out ready for December- great present shopping!
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hamilton pals, the op shop for breast cancer research has a bunch of brand new bed linens, pillow cases, and amazing big lounge pillows in store. They also have all the cute vintage Xmas stock out ready for December- great present shopping!
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Also, if you’re wondering just how fucked health is right now (how could you be at this point?!) my mum was told her referral for a specialist will, on current estimates, take a year to be booked in.
But that that was lucky cause anyone referred after early October simply doesn’t make the list.
But that that was lucky cause anyone referred after early October simply doesn’t make the list.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Also, if you’re wondering just how fucked health is right now (how could you be at this point?!) my mum was told her referral for a specialist will, on current estimates, take a year to be booked in.
But that that was lucky cause anyone referred after early October simply doesn’t make the list.
But that that was lucky cause anyone referred after early October simply doesn’t make the list.
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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.
Well our first biggest travel leg is DONE. We left our regional home on Saturday morning NZ time, and arrived at our hotel in Istanbul at 11:30pm Sunday NZ time. Same clothes and shoes. Exhausted, but remarkably still feeling well and alert-ish.
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Well our first biggest travel leg is DONE. We left our regional home on Saturday morning NZ time, and arrived at our hotel in Istanbul at 11:30pm Sunday NZ time. Same clothes and shoes. Exhausted, but remarkably still feeling well and alert-ish.
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
September 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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'free speech absolutists' my fucking arse!
September 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
'free speech absolutists' my fucking arse!
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What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events?
You make him meet your eye.
You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.
You make him listen to the applause you get.
You make him meet your eye.
You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.
You make him listen to the applause you get.
September 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events?
You make him meet your eye.
You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.
You make him listen to the applause you get.
You make him meet your eye.
You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.
You make him listen to the applause you get.
Needed to make a few calls through hospital switch today and the guy said to me”have a great holiday” and I said “you too” and then was like oh noooo
Because it was autopilot and he wasn’t going on holiday. He laughed and I laughed.. and then…
Because it was autopilot and he wasn’t going on holiday. He laughed and I laughed.. and then…
September 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Needed to make a few calls through hospital switch today and the guy said to me”have a great holiday” and I said “you too” and then was like oh noooo
Because it was autopilot and he wasn’t going on holiday. He laughed and I laughed.. and then…
Because it was autopilot and he wasn’t going on holiday. He laughed and I laughed.. and then…
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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NZ Minister of Health announces escalation of throwing public money to private healthcare in effort to destroy public healthcare.
Not even hiding it now.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Not even hiding it now.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Health Minister promises 75,000 more procedures under $65m plan
Simeon Brown says the money comes from savings in other areas and a pool set aside by the government.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NZ Minister of Health announces escalation of throwing public money to private healthcare in effort to destroy public healthcare.
Not even hiding it now.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Not even hiding it now.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
If you are coming to a clinic and plan to tell little fibs about your lifestyle, come alone. Your husband/child/friend sitting next to you clearly wasn’t briefed as required to keep a straight face when you say you don’t drink and you only eat healthy.
Also, I’m not judging! 😂😂😂
Also, I’m not judging! 😂😂😂
September 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
If you are coming to a clinic and plan to tell little fibs about your lifestyle, come alone. Your husband/child/friend sitting next to you clearly wasn’t briefed as required to keep a straight face when you say you don’t drink and you only eat healthy.
Also, I’m not judging! 😂😂😂
Also, I’m not judging! 😂😂😂
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The abuse being thrown at women is horrific and needs to stop. Hopefully our votes will keep the worst out of councils, but menfolk, esp those of you in leadership roles, you need to step up, call this out and stop it.
I've had a pretty shocking 72 hours. You probably know the Wellington region is notorious for its dirty politics - and I just got a very personal taste. The time to take a stand is right now.
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Playing chess with a pigeon
Content warning for harassment and misogyny. May cause existential despair.
theendisnaenae.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The abuse being thrown at women is horrific and needs to stop. Hopefully our votes will keep the worst out of councils, but menfolk, esp those of you in leadership roles, you need to step up, call this out and stop it.
Travel prep tasks completed this week; bags waterproofed. Hiking shoes cleaned ready for water proofing.
Packing laid out ready to go in bags.
Batteries into devices that need them, and last min order of the ones I’ve forgotten made. Passport and essential cards placed in obvious spot not “safe”
Packing laid out ready to go in bags.
Batteries into devices that need them, and last min order of the ones I’ve forgotten made. Passport and essential cards placed in obvious spot not “safe”
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Travel prep tasks completed this week; bags waterproofed. Hiking shoes cleaned ready for water proofing.
Packing laid out ready to go in bags.
Batteries into devices that need them, and last min order of the ones I’ve forgotten made. Passport and essential cards placed in obvious spot not “safe”
Packing laid out ready to go in bags.
Batteries into devices that need them, and last min order of the ones I’ve forgotten made. Passport and essential cards placed in obvious spot not “safe”
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Simeon Brown is funding private equity telehealth companies up to ~4.5 times ($65/appt) more than community GPs. These same companies e.g. Tend Health are then charging Kiwis $80-100 for a call. #kiwi
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Simeon Brown is funding private equity telehealth companies up to ~4.5 times ($65/appt) more than community GPs. These same companies e.g. Tend Health are then charging Kiwis $80-100 for a call. #kiwi
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So Simeon Brown just announced $20m "investment" in ED frontline staff, immediately after it was revealed Christchurch hospital is in code red every single day.
But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi
But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi
September 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE.
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
September 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE.
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
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here's my organising 101
find a local thing that needs fixing
plan how to fix it
ask if anyone wants to help
fix the thing
repeat
we need it to be this simple to start with because in NZ our civic frameworks continue to be hollowed out. Connect in your communities, bond over jobs done well
find a local thing that needs fixing
plan how to fix it
ask if anyone wants to help
fix the thing
repeat
we need it to be this simple to start with because in NZ our civic frameworks continue to be hollowed out. Connect in your communities, bond over jobs done well
September 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
here's my organising 101
find a local thing that needs fixing
plan how to fix it
ask if anyone wants to help
fix the thing
repeat
we need it to be this simple to start with because in NZ our civic frameworks continue to be hollowed out. Connect in your communities, bond over jobs done well
find a local thing that needs fixing
plan how to fix it
ask if anyone wants to help
fix the thing
repeat
we need it to be this simple to start with because in NZ our civic frameworks continue to be hollowed out. Connect in your communities, bond over jobs done well
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The censorship and the violations of freedom of the press by this regime are unprecedented in our modern history.
September 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The censorship and the violations of freedom of the press by this regime are unprecedented in our modern history.
Every games night should come with a compulsory crumb cleaner-waggy pal.
September 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Every games night should come with a compulsory crumb cleaner-waggy pal.
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#nzpol reminder of the absolute corruption
Just your regular reminder that Chris Bishop is both chair of the National Party Campaign Committee, dependent on donations from businesses for a successful campaign, and the Infrastructure Minister, who decides if businesses get to access the RMA fast track process.
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#nzpol reminder of the absolute corruption
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
Antifascists are only an antigovernment terrorist organisation if the FASCISTS ARE IN GOVERNMENT.
Say it again with me.
IF THE FACISTS ARE IN GOVERNMENT.
Say it again with me.
IF THE FACISTS ARE IN GOVERNMENT.
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Antifascists are only an antigovernment terrorist organisation if the FASCISTS ARE IN GOVERNMENT.
Say it again with me.
IF THE FACISTS ARE IN GOVERNMENT.
Say it again with me.
IF THE FACISTS ARE IN GOVERNMENT.