interjection to my TL from random person in Aotearoa

"that only happens in america"

*giggles* what do you call the alternative universe you live in, hon'?

corruption is too gentle as a descriptor

i'm more inclined to legal sadism

— yes, and?

— the timing would have to be just right

possibilities in the chaos, fun while the world burns around us

as they're leaving, hugs all round, he says

— would you?

*sōf does a quick rewind and fastforward, makes a call*

— top you? mmmmm, but i'm very estrogenised

The existing leadership who may well have expelled them for expediency but against constitutional rules?

I'm not inside to judge, and I definitely wouldn't start with They Want Power and the Trappings - implying they're greedy.

don't think i could offer my whānau a choice, i'd be limiting them if i said follow my view

i want my children and grandchildren to make their own choices

i hope they're similar to mine, maybe i'll see great grandchildren

i've experienced too much trauma to say that i could lead anyone, you need a somewhat privileged upbringing to be able to step into the abyss in favour of your whānau and have them follow you

language fails me again, you can take power, you can't take mana, taking power is colonialism

what we're watching is a power struggle, it doesn't help anyone except, selfishly, the short term winner

i dislike using this word, it's been debased

mana flows from your whakapapa, personally you can enhance or abuse it

i see a challenge directed by selfishness that those not directly in the spotlight are attempting to contain while the game plays out

oooooh, this is getting difficult

again i have opinions

in colonialist terms, usurpers will be of the same ilk that they percieve as the current leadership

a direct challenge so to speak

but "percieve as" matters in this context

the additional SMS message was free from the cellphone supplier's perspective, even charging $0.01 was a profit

*extrapolating from assembly programming on nation-state level provider GSM switches, NDA's still likely in force

originally a 140¹ char boundary, SMS limits were incredibly difficult, bsky skeets are limited to 300 chars now so i can mostly get my point across in two skeets

¹this was the spare space in a macrocell ping for potential handover

we can either wear the damaged fabric, as a reminder

or burn it all down in a fit of pique

i have grandchildren, don' like the "burn it all down" option

#nzpol

yes i deliberately join kupu from two cultures, 'cos i'm both

my skin may be silly little Celtic blonde airhead for generations back

my 🏳️‍⚧️ girlness is Papatūānuku's history

agree with you

it's a very fine line to walk

gonna reuse "my" too often here

my mana is my implementation of my whakapapa and my (anime refererence) ghost

a personal timeline is a composite, threads in a fabric

the suspensions were correct, threads were broken, the fabric is damaged

#nzpol

being generous, colonialist culture is broken beyond repair

— so be snarky, sōf

— ACAB, sweeties

— that's our girl, sōf

— hope we didn't just get suspended, sweeties

— meh, sōf

#nzpol

cue the inevitable tirades directed at the anarchist 🏳️‍⚧️ girl

*waits for a break*

sōf's anarchy begins with personal responsibility, where is that in Aotearoa's police force, eh? bite me motherfuckers

#nzpol

Labour: Let’s Do This… OK, Maybe Not Actually Do This, But Tell Everyone We Think We Might Be Able To Something in the General Vicinity.

Just not catchy.