Victoria 💚 🧡
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Thinking about climate, equity, rainbow/trans rights. Toitū te Tiriti. Mum. She/her. Love a good book, especially NZ fiction. ☕️ Cat person with a dog. Aotearoa. 🍉
Excellent resources, thank you.
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Excellent resources, thank you.
We're all just Soylent Green to her.
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We're all just Soylent Green to her.
Do they decide who is worthy of getting pacemakers? How about deciding what questions to ask in a drivers licence test? These are operational matters for the experts to decide, not politicians with populist agendas.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Do they decide who is worthy of getting pacemakers? How about deciding what questions to ask in a drivers licence test? These are operational matters for the experts to decide, not politicians with populist agendas.
Cabinet, a group of politicians, being guided by 3 health ministers/ associate ministers who are not trained healthcare workers in any capacity, made this decision. A decision that should only be made between an informed doctor and the patient/whānau.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Cabinet, a group of politicians, being guided by 3 health ministers/ associate ministers who are not trained healthcare workers in any capacity, made this decision. A decision that should only be made between an informed doctor and the patient/whānau.
Yup, hope that's how it goes but it's feeling awfully silent in my electorate where we deposed our MP for his celebrations when Roe v Wade was overturned.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Yup, hope that's how it goes but it's feeling awfully silent in my electorate where we deposed our MP for his celebrations when Roe v Wade was overturned.
Interesting timing. Did Casey Costello meeting with Irish anti trans activist Helen Joyce, have anything to do with this decision?
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Interesting timing. Did Casey Costello meeting with Irish anti trans activist Helen Joyce, have anything to do with this decision?
Yup and if there were big health risks with their use then they would be banned outright, not just for trans kids.
I'm so angry at the politicians but also gutted at the silence of the community around me that was so loud for issues like Roe v Wade and that didn't even impact NZ women.
I'm so angry at the politicians but also gutted at the silence of the community around me that was so loud for issues like Roe v Wade and that didn't even impact NZ women.
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yup and if there were big health risks with their use then they would be banned outright, not just for trans kids.
I'm so angry at the politicians but also gutted at the silence of the community around me that was so loud for issues like Roe v Wade and that didn't even impact NZ women.
I'm so angry at the politicians but also gutted at the silence of the community around me that was so loud for issues like Roe v Wade and that didn't even impact NZ women.
Even looks like him. Gives me the creeps every time their picture comes up. Absolute halfwit, agenda driven ideologues.
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Even looks like him. Gives me the creeps every time their picture comes up. Absolute halfwit, agenda driven ideologues.
The saddest thing for me is seeing all the women here that screamed and protested about Roe v Wade being overturned in the US, being deathly silent when it comes to this news. People really only do care about things they can imagine impacting themselves. 😔
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The saddest thing for me is seeing all the women here that screamed and protested about Roe v Wade being overturned in the US, being deathly silent when it comes to this news. People really only do care about things they can imagine impacting themselves. 😔
Yes! All this. And they're also trying to say the MoH report was used as guidance but the MoH report says very little and certainly doesn't make a recommendation one way or another.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yes! All this. And they're also trying to say the MoH report was used as guidance but the MoH report says very little and certainly doesn't make a recommendation one way or another.
It's not about blame, that's reductive. It's about the amount of work that needs to be done before progress can be made. As well as making inroads on poverty and the drivers of crime, you've also got a heck of a problem to deal with people whose crimes will escalate due to time in prison.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It's not about blame, that's reductive. It's about the amount of work that needs to be done before progress can be made. As well as making inroads on poverty and the drivers of crime, you've also got a heck of a problem to deal with people whose crimes will escalate due to time in prison.
And like all previous Nat govts, he ignores that prisoners get out and return to communities to continue the loop of offending unless they get proper support/ rehabilitation opportunities. A LW govt will be in power when they are released and reoffend. So frustrating.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And like all previous Nat govts, he ignores that prisoners get out and return to communities to continue the loop of offending unless they get proper support/ rehabilitation opportunities. A LW govt will be in power when they are released and reoffend. So frustrating.
And this was THE area that needed fixing, unlike the curriculum. As a parent of a child with multiple learning disabilities and no funding, the system sucks. Schools try their hardest using their own ops budget but it was a systemic issue that needed a core solution and funding. Stanford sold out.
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
And this was THE area that needed fixing, unlike the curriculum. As a parent of a child with multiple learning disabilities and no funding, the system sucks. Schools try their hardest using their own ops budget but it was a systemic issue that needed a core solution and funding. Stanford sold out.
The ship's already run aground on Fascism. We need a crew that can dig us out and turn the ship around. It's a much tougher job and Chippy isn't the guy for the job.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The ship's already run aground on Fascism. We need a crew that can dig us out and turn the ship around. It's a much tougher job and Chippy isn't the guy for the job.
I glanced at this headline and thought it was about her policies! Everything she says about the opposition is an admission about her/CoC's own fuck ups.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I glanced at this headline and thought it was about her policies! Everything she says about the opposition is an admission about her/CoC's own fuck ups.
So Bishop believes in cycle lanes and footpaths but his government doesn't. And instead of pushing for a more progressive use of the transport budget, he decided to use the state housing budget. What a screwed up government!
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So Bishop believes in cycle lanes and footpaths but his government doesn't. And instead of pushing for a more progressive use of the transport budget, he decided to use the state housing budget. What a screwed up government!