Zimena.J
@zimenaj.bsky.social
Currently taking a break from studying towards a BSc Marine Sciences. I post about Long COVID, COVID safety, marine sciences, & social issues. Pro-science, anti-fascist.
Blog: thoughtfuloctopus.wordpress.com
KoFi: Ko-fi.com/thethoughtfuloctopus
Blog: thoughtfuloctopus.wordpress.com
KoFi: Ko-fi.com/thethoughtfuloctopus
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You’re not truly anti-ableist and anti-eugenicist if you don’t wear a mask in public spaces.
#MasksSaveLives #MasksWork
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
#MasksSaveLives #MasksWork
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
May 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
You’re not truly anti-ableist and anti-eugenicist if you don’t wear a mask in public spaces.
#MasksSaveLives #MasksWork
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
#MasksSaveLives #MasksWork
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
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When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!”
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
May 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!”
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
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“While the Bill's legal scope has narrowed, the ideological reach hasn’t budged. The same principles remain. Similar oversight machinery is being built… the same Minister for Regulation-ACT’s leader, David Seymour-still holds the levers to shape how those principles are applied.”
-Melanie Nelson🔥👇🚨
-Melanie Nelson🔥👇🚨
The RSB Has Changed — But the Minister Didn’t Say How
The Regulatory Standards Bill was sold as a principled tool for better lawmaking. But between the public proposal and the Cabinet paper, something changed. This piece traces what disappeared, what was...
melanienelson.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“While the Bill's legal scope has narrowed, the ideological reach hasn’t budged. The same principles remain. Similar oversight machinery is being built… the same Minister for Regulation-ACT’s leader, David Seymour-still holds the levers to shape how those principles are applied.”
-Melanie Nelson🔥👇🚨
-Melanie Nelson🔥👇🚨
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Please sign this petition if you support my right to exist as a woman.
I’d love to see it hit 25,000 signatures and beat the Family First petition.
I’d love to see it hit 25,000 signatures and beat the Family First petition.
This petition to stop NZ First's stupid sex definitions bill has been open for nearly a week and has 1.2k signatures
The hate group's petition that spawned this bill took four months to get 2.2k signatures
Let's show just how little hate there is
petitions.parliament.nz/cc70b2c2-cfd...
The hate group's petition that spawned this bill took four months to get 2.2k signatures
Let's show just how little hate there is
petitions.parliament.nz/cc70b2c2-cfd...
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
May 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Please sign this petition if you support my right to exist as a woman.
I’d love to see it hit 25,000 signatures and beat the Family First petition.
I’d love to see it hit 25,000 signatures and beat the Family First petition.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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ICE has begun raiding the homes of American citizens. A widely shared story out of Oklahoma describes a disturbing incident where a woman and her children were dragged into their yard half-naked. Reports are mounting across multiple states of agents targeting the wrong properties.
April 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ICE has begun raiding the homes of American citizens. A widely shared story out of Oklahoma describes a disturbing incident where a woman and her children were dragged into their yard half-naked. Reports are mounting across multiple states of agents targeting the wrong properties.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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NZ really needs to be paying more attention to Long Covid if only because of the economic impacts newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/29/n...
NZ's Long Covid blind spot nothing short of a crisis
Analysis: Post-infection syndromes like Long Covid are nothing new – but pandemic-scale waves of a novel virus exposed just how ill-prepared we are to handle them.
newsroom.co.nz
April 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NZ really needs to be paying more attention to Long Covid if only because of the economic impacts newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/29/n...
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“If this Government is serious about increasing school attendance, they need to do more to protect the health of students and educators.”
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
‘Sick of being sick’: Call to fix air quality in schools and childcare
Tamariki should not be bringing home illnesses and spreading it to their families, says a group of doctors, teachers, academics and principals.
www.thepress.co.nz
April 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“If this Government is serious about increasing school attendance, they need to do more to protect the health of students and educators.”
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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The world is on Zelensky’s side.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
April 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The world is on Zelensky’s side.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...
Clean Air in Schools
Covid can have substantial impacts on peoples’ health. Although Covid initially enters the body through the respiratory system, it can affect virtually every bodily system and organ. There are no adva...
our.actionstation.org.nz
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...
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I've been assaulted by cops on peaceful protests. I don't trust #NZpolice or "Independent Police Conduct Authority" (IPCA) or this grab for more power. Nor do I trust cops to treat disabled people nor Māori fairly.
HT @nzccl.org.nz @kylermatthews.bsky.social
#NZpol
nzccl.org.nz/guest-post-t...
HT @nzccl.org.nz @kylermatthews.bsky.social
#NZpol
nzccl.org.nz/guest-post-t...
Guest post 'Thematic Review: The Policing of public protests in New Zealand’: A Critical Response
Guest post discussing the significant issues with the IPCA's report ‘Thematic Review: The Policing of public protests in New Zealand’ which recommends changes to legislation and policing around public...
nzccl.org.nz
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I've been assaulted by cops on peaceful protests. I don't trust #NZpolice or "Independent Police Conduct Authority" (IPCA) or this grab for more power. Nor do I trust cops to treat disabled people nor Māori fairly.
HT @nzccl.org.nz @kylermatthews.bsky.social
#NZpol
nzccl.org.nz/guest-post-t...
HT @nzccl.org.nz @kylermatthews.bsky.social
#NZpol
nzccl.org.nz/guest-post-t...
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If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.
April 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Will populations of migrating fish be wiped out because NZTA couldn't get Transmission Gully work finished? The passageways were conditions of approval for the highway but probably no penalty for delays. Not in this life anyway.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Transmission Gully looks like it’s finished. It’s not
Among the things left undone on Transmission Gully, which has a number of resource consents outstanding, is providing passages for fish.
www.stuff.co.nz
April 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Will populations of migrating fish be wiped out because NZTA couldn't get Transmission Gully work finished? The passageways were conditions of approval for the highway but probably no penalty for delays. Not in this life anyway.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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Just a reminder to anyone but especially Americans, fascism is a system, not just an individual.
ICE, the El Salvador prison, cages etc all existed before Trump and Elon, Trump and Elon are fascists no doubt, and need to be stopped, but the fascists tools are already there (1)
ICE, the El Salvador prison, cages etc all existed before Trump and Elon, Trump and Elon are fascists no doubt, and need to be stopped, but the fascists tools are already there (1)
April 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Just a reminder to anyone but especially Americans, fascism is a system, not just an individual.
ICE, the El Salvador prison, cages etc all existed before Trump and Elon, Trump and Elon are fascists no doubt, and need to be stopped, but the fascists tools are already there (1)
ICE, the El Salvador prison, cages etc all existed before Trump and Elon, Trump and Elon are fascists no doubt, and need to be stopped, but the fascists tools are already there (1)
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Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
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he’s right and he’s right to say it
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
he’s right and he’s right to say it
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Australia's public broadcaster asks the questions our local media are too afraid to ask.
A very very odd state of affairs - but here we are.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
A very very odd state of affairs - but here we are.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Growing questions in NZ about organisation called Atlas Network
In New Zealand, there is now a conversation about an organisation called Atlas Network and whether or not it has influenced the right-bloc government's agenda.
www.abc.net.au
April 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Australia's public broadcaster asks the questions our local media are too afraid to ask.
A very very odd state of affairs - but here we are.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
A very very odd state of affairs - but here we are.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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That Police Minister Mark Mitchell's office said sharing profoundly racist material on his official Instagram account was "an honest mistake" is illuminating, but not for the reasons Mitchell's office thinks.
This is a "honest mistake"? 🧐🤔 Small wonder why Māori, & minorities don't trust the Police. New Zealand's Police Minister's account reposted Instagram Reel that falsely claimed Green MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's ancestors came from China and "were yellow Vikings". www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/22/p...
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
That Police Minister Mark Mitchell's office said sharing profoundly racist material on his official Instagram account was "an honest mistake" is illuminating, but not for the reasons Mitchell's office thinks.