smalljude
@smalljude.bsky.social
Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa. Non-binary, disabled (chronic migraine/fibro), Pākehā leftie. Tangata Tiriti. Life is pain, meds, cats, Korean entertainment, and reading. Don't get out much 😑 From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 💔🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
My Friday evening companions 🥰
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My Friday evening companions 🥰
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NZTA consultantion on a second Terrace Tunnel and a second Mount Vic Tunnel - have your say.
Closes 14th December.
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Closes 14th December.
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SH1 Wellington Improvements project engagement survey
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
NZTA consultantion on a second Terrace Tunnel and a second Mount Vic Tunnel - have your say.
Closes 14th December.
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com/SH1-Wellingt...
Closes 14th December.
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com/SH1-Wellingt...
Once again, my spot on the couch is taken 🥰
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Once again, my spot on the couch is taken 🥰
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"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
#NION @nionwomen.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#NION @nionwomen.bsky.social
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Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out - BBC News
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
#NION @nionwomen.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#NION @nionwomen.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My spot on the couch is taken
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My spot on the couch is taken
Happy lazy sunny Sunday afternoon 😴
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Happy lazy sunny Sunday afternoon 😴
@cathsheard.bsky.social thinking of you so much. I hope your art is giving you peace 💜🫂
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
@cathsheard.bsky.social thinking of you so much. I hope your art is giving you peace 💜🫂
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Finally, some longitudinal data on faculty morale.
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Finally, some longitudinal data on faculty morale.
@sassypolitico.bsky.social sending you lots of aroha 💜
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
@sassypolitico.bsky.social sending you lots of aroha 💜
These two are 10 years old today 🥰 Hard to believe
I live for them 💜💜💜
I live for them 💜💜💜
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These two are 10 years old today 🥰 Hard to believe
I live for them 💜💜💜
I live for them 💜💜💜
Yet another shameful act by this wretched CoC
Excluding survivors of state abuse from redress because of their subsequent actions is a horrific move. Rights aren't rights if they can be disregarded when they're inconvenient.
Govt to make it harder for some abuse survivors to get redress
The same week the Government announces the Solicitor-General is leaving the role, the coalition has introduced legislation that will further shield the state from taking responsibility for the horrifi...
newsroom.co.nz
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Yet another shameful act by this wretched CoC
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New: Climate Change Minister Simon Watts concedes the Government’s new methane target could result in outcomes not consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C above preindustrial levels – a threshold mandated in New Zealand and international law.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...
Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal
Climate Minister Simon Watts admitted the Government's new methane target may not be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.
newsroom.co.nz
October 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New: Climate Change Minister Simon Watts concedes the Government’s new methane target could result in outcomes not consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C above preindustrial levels – a threshold mandated in New Zealand and international law.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...
Covid shot done. Now let's take this migraine back home 🫠
October 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Covid shot done. Now let's take this migraine back home 🫠
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Officials drafting Government policy say more than half of the time they are being "constrained" from following a normal policy process.
New story from me in The Post:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
New story from me in The Post:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Most Government policies skip normal process
Officials are increasingly complaining about constraints when preparing new laws or policies, with time pressures the most common issue.
www.thepost.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Officials drafting Government policy say more than half of the time they are being "constrained" from following a normal policy process.
New story from me in The Post:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
New story from me in The Post:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Crappy migraine... but Jasper had a lovely morning in the sun 🥰
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Crappy migraine... but Jasper had a lovely morning in the sun 🥰
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September 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fecking coward…
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Fecking coward…
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Would anyone object to me temporarily decreasing the human life span to lets say, 79 years, 2 months, and 20 days?
September 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Would anyone object to me temporarily decreasing the human life span to lets say, 79 years, 2 months, and 20 days?
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Key point being (as I'm sure everyone on this thread knows) you can't argue the alternative choice was 15k more deaths & "life as normal". The alternative was 15k more deaths plus overwhelmed hospitals, a traumatized healthcare workforce, a borked economy AND months of restrictions + closures
August 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Key point being (as I'm sure everyone on this thread knows) you can't argue the alternative choice was 15k more deaths & "life as normal". The alternative was 15k more deaths plus overwhelmed hospitals, a traumatized healthcare workforce, a borked economy AND months of restrictions + closures
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It's clear now that we need to destroy the reputation of nz dairy globally if nz is ever going to be able to afford to buy nz dairy staples like milk and butter.
So, let's do this.
So, let's do this.
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It's clear now that we need to destroy the reputation of nz dairy globally if nz is ever going to be able to afford to buy nz dairy staples like milk and butter.
So, let's do this.
So, let's do this.