Tom Bagatelle
@tombagatelle.bsky.social
Pākehā
Neurodivergent, but all mistakes my own
I probably don't fancy you
Neurodivergent, but all mistakes my own
I probably don't fancy you
At the hairdressers, trying to assess their age to see if I can ask for a short back and sides or whether I'll need to give more information
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
At the hairdressers, trying to assess their age to see if I can ask for a short back and sides or whether I'll need to give more information
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The Best of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. June 20,1961
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Best of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. June 20,1961
Waiting for champion of Western civilisation Stanford to announce how schools will now be ignoring Arabic numerals in favour of good honest Roman ones. And you forget that 'zero' rubbish.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Waiting for champion of Western civilisation Stanford to announce how schools will now be ignoring Arabic numerals in favour of good honest Roman ones. And you forget that 'zero' rubbish.
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We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death' reut.rs/4pcH1RR
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death'
South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai Steel plant sprang to life during maintenance and crushed his legs and back.
reut.rs
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
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Reminder if you've forgotten that it was Summers who said twenty years ago, while President of Harvard that women simply aren't as good at math as men because of ~biology~ and misogynists have used that to justify misogynist ever since
It's quite the thing to see him spell it out like that. Summers is just flat out saying his academic mentorship and knowledge is only available to someone who has sex with him.
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Reminder if you've forgotten that it was Summers who said twenty years ago, while President of Harvard that women simply aren't as good at math as men because of ~biology~ and misogynists have used that to justify misogynist ever since
I love my house so much
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I love my house so much
One day it struck me how many people who I knew suffered from endometriosis. And how I'm not really the sort of person people go to for comfort or to share confidences. So the actual number of people I knew with endometriosis must be much much higher.
Please sign petition demanding the national care guideline review now our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pe...
#Endometriosis affects more than 1 in 7 women, girls & those assigned female at birth in #Aotearoa, yet national care guidelines haven't been updated since 2020
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#Endometriosis affects more than 1 in 7 women, girls & those assigned female at birth in #Aotearoa, yet national care guidelines haven't been updated since 2020
#AoNZPol #NZPol #NZ
Women, girls & people assigned female at birth with Endo deserve better: Demand guideline review now
No matter who we are, or where we come from, we all deserve to live a life of dignity, free of pain and struggle. A life where we are believed and we have access to the care that we need. However, the...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
One day it struck me how many people who I knew suffered from endometriosis. And how I'm not really the sort of person people go to for comfort or to share confidences. So the actual number of people I knew with endometriosis must be much much higher.
I have decided to mentally replace any use of 'woke', 'virtue-signalling', and 'poltical correctness' with 'I am so afraid of this idea, what if it's true, what if I've been wrong my whole life, does that mean I'm a bad person oh god oh god'
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I have decided to mentally replace any use of 'woke', 'virtue-signalling', and 'poltical correctness' with 'I am so afraid of this idea, what if it's true, what if I've been wrong my whole life, does that mean I'm a bad person oh god oh god'
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November 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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This is why I am so vehemently down on people scaremongering the trans community. The assault on the trans community is one on our dignity, trying to drive us to suicide. Scaremongering does their work for them.
Repeat after me: I am too punk to kill myself when my government wants me to.
Repeat after me: I am too punk to kill myself when my government wants me to.
In the case of trans people, I think most of this Administration would be plenty happy if they drove us to suicide or to voluntarily detransition. They're lazy, they're focused on optics and le epic owns, and even where they are marshalling state capacity (ICE, et al) they're at a breaking point.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is why I am so vehemently down on people scaremongering the trans community. The assault on the trans community is one on our dignity, trying to drive us to suicide. Scaremongering does their work for them.
Repeat after me: I am too punk to kill myself when my government wants me to.
Repeat after me: I am too punk to kill myself when my government wants me to.
A friend was having a drink with a group of tradies after Labour announced their CGT. And the tradies were all shaking their heads and saying "Bloody Labour, taking everyone's money".
"But half of you are renting," said my friend, "And none of you own more than one house?"
No good. "Bloody Labour"
"But half of you are renting," said my friend, "And none of you own more than one house?"
No good. "Bloody Labour"
providing the social narratives to people is such an important (and oft missed) key point when navigating social change and shifting peoples understanding and (mis)perceptions:
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A friend was having a drink with a group of tradies after Labour announced their CGT. And the tradies were all shaking their heads and saying "Bloody Labour, taking everyone's money".
"But half of you are renting," said my friend, "And none of you own more than one house?"
No good. "Bloody Labour"
"But half of you are renting," said my friend, "And none of you own more than one house?"
No good. "Bloody Labour"
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Former PM Key - who laid hands on a waitress without her permission & when she spoke out she got pilloried & fired - says public's trust in police threatened by recent events McSkimming case. Why is he even getting to comment ffs? It was a lesser offence but on the the same spectrum. #nzpol
Former PM John Key says public's trust in police threatened by recent events McSkimming case
Sir John's comments come after a report that found senior police leaders mishandled accusations of sexual offending by former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Former PM Key - who laid hands on a waitress without her permission & when she spoke out she got pilloried & fired - says public's trust in police threatened by recent events McSkimming case. Why is he even getting to comment ffs? It was a lesser offence but on the the same spectrum. #nzpol
People who say that men don't do enough emotional labour have never beheld the breathtaking emotional work of a man whose mate might not get a prestigious appointment because of some annoying woman he abused years ago
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
People who say that men don't do enough emotional labour have never beheld the breathtaking emotional work of a man whose mate might not get a prestigious appointment because of some annoying woman he abused years ago
I love a nonfiction book that has footnotes like 'This is a joke, not a scientific study'
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I love a nonfiction book that has footnotes like 'This is a joke, not a scientific study'
You know those guys who watched Fight Club or Joker or whatever and thought 'So cool I'm gonna do that', completely missing the point? Ugh, so annoying.
Anyway completely changing the subject ever since I saw Sapphire & Steel 1 I've wanted a house like that and someone just gave me another clock so
Anyway completely changing the subject ever since I saw Sapphire & Steel 1 I've wanted a house like that and someone just gave me another clock so
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You know those guys who watched Fight Club or Joker or whatever and thought 'So cool I'm gonna do that', completely missing the point? Ugh, so annoying.
Anyway completely changing the subject ever since I saw Sapphire & Steel 1 I've wanted a house like that and someone just gave me another clock so
Anyway completely changing the subject ever since I saw Sapphire & Steel 1 I've wanted a house like that and someone just gave me another clock so
I might watch the Babadook
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I might watch the Babadook
I can hear geese...? Why can I hear geese?
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I can hear geese...? Why can I hear geese?
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I bought two bottles of wine at the supermarket this week, not realising that I hadn't drunk the previous weeks bottles of wine so now i am rich
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I bought two bottles of wine at the supermarket this week, not realising that I hadn't drunk the previous weeks bottles of wine so now i am rich
I see you 'NPR' or should i call you by your true name ERIS GODDESS OF DISCORD AND STRIFE
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast. n.pr/4oFvBWI
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I see you 'NPR' or should i call you by your true name ERIS GODDESS OF DISCORD AND STRIFE
I love talking about my kids, but (without ever really thinking about it) I've always had the impression that this is a no-go small talk topic? Like people talking about their pets — you're happy for them, but also to you it's just cat?
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I love talking about my kids, but (without ever really thinking about it) I've always had the impression that this is a no-go small talk topic? Like people talking about their pets — you're happy for them, but also to you it's just cat?
UK parents: children are obviously transitioning because they have the autism
cedar longpenis:
cedar longpenis:
i transitioned into a guy because i just really wanted to know what it’s like to walk around at night with over the ear headphones on
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
UK parents: children are obviously transitioning because they have the autism
cedar longpenis:
cedar longpenis:
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☝️ Ian Hamilton Finlay’s “Fox” was first published in GLASGOW BEASTS, AN A BURD, HAW, AN INSEKS, AN, AW, A FUSH, with papercuts by John Picking & Pete McGinn (The Wild Flounder Press, 1961)
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
☝️ Ian Hamilton Finlay’s “Fox” was first published in GLASGOW BEASTS, AN A BURD, HAW, AN INSEKS, AN, AW, A FUSH, with papercuts by John Picking & Pete McGinn (The Wild Flounder Press, 1961)
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
It is fully sunny outside, and the fireworks have begun.
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It is fully sunny outside, and the fireworks have begun.