The broad mainstream concensus is generally that Occupy was an embarrassing failure, but you can trace a ton of language, tactics, protest ideas and political figures (for good and ill!) out of that movement and into subsequent fights

RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social 😢 If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award. 🏆 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Necromancy as a Service

There's a reason necromancy is considered evil.

In 2011 a brilliant young programmer called Aaron Swartz had hell rained upon him by the US government when he tried to crack this system open. We remember. I remember.

Checked out the news very briefly and then backed away. No thank you 💗

If you see this, post a bird 🐧

Really hope some of you are planning to buy some pots because I just dropped $700 on glaze materials. Should have married a tin man.Or at least one who owned a tin mine. Or been born into a tin family.

Look, I found something on the internet that isn't totally cursed and awful.

Wow - hating on Elsevier makes mainstream news in New Zealand! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Test tiles arrived! Which means . . . GLAZE WEEKEND So many choices!

Signed up!

Ohhh this is really excellent. Phonics is the way and the light. Combined with fun and beautiful stories that motivate kids to want to read fluently.

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

Deeply grateful to the cops who pushed hard against this, the journos like Paula who get the sunlight disinfectant out, & Ms Z who has been victimised at every turn.

Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading. But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you. Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️

this is hardly the most salient point in the article but they only withdrew the charges against Ms Z *this week*? fucking hell

IPCA report says the PM and Police Minister were in receipt of the McSkimming emails Would be nice to get some answers about who kew what & when about all of that

Because it is. Ask any Māori.

This IPCA report on McSkimming and enabler/s needs a major systemic review of police command staff and systems to result.How deep does the rot go?Is just making up breathalysers results by lower level police a downstream reflection of the culture? New Zealand needs answers, not soundbites.

What the fuck, bluesky substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Police response to Jevon McSkimming shows why victims afraid to come forward - advocate #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

If we put garages in the back of houses and had an alley to allow access for residents, then we could also put our bins back there while opening the road to bikes and walkers. Plus our houses would look nicer and we could all have more garden space in the front.

🎄 Christmas is only 50 days away, consider giving the gift of anti-fascist journalism this holiday season Linking to fishpond as they currently have the best price (under $30) www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fear-B...

Many people don't trust #NZpolice. 2024 report from survey of ~600 women, trans people and non-binary survivors about experiences re violence compaints. Most said cops involvement made them less safe + sometimes encouraged their abuser cos of police inaction. #NZpol www.vine.org.nz/news/new-rep...

“The lawyer for a woman who accused former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending says police failed his client by dismissing her complaints & ultimately prosecuting her for speaking out”. Who decided to charge her? Who? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

All hope drawn from politicians is ultimately false hope. The only true hope in this world is the hope we create together Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Err BUT... ❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing ❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker ❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing ❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

The Democrats fighting hard to make sure the Mamdani's don't take over their party

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

Livid beyond words. Dismantle the Dems as they now exist and replace them with a real political party. One that can manage to politic its way out of a paper bag

How dare anyone refer to 2008 as 2 decades ago. That's so obnoxious.

I made homemade pesto pasta, grilled asparagus with a homemade balsamic mayo, and a tomato cucumber salad. It was all very very delicious. But now my kitchen is a mess. But I don't have the energy to deal with it.

Garden fixed other than the fence and the retaining wall. Which will probably destroy the garden again but I needed this fixed up now. Also last weekend to plant roses in Auckland and get them established before it’s too hot.

Wretched people

I bought lots and lots of new flowers for the garden today. Basically angry shopping, which I don't do much and certainly never before for roses 😂 New Lady of Shallot, a Dame Judy Dench, and another Old Wollerton Hall rose--plus new hydrangea and about $200 worth of misc flowers.

If you can't attend the protest, then please sign our petition calling on the Department of Corrections to provide prisoners the basic supplies they're legally entitled to: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...

We will be assembling outside Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility at 1PM on Sunday the 16th of November to make our demands on behalf of our people inside. We hope to see you there.

Presently, Aotearoa's prisons are failing in their legal obligation to provide clothing and footwear that is adequate for safety, warmth, comfort and health.

People Against Prisons Aotearoa invites you to support us in calling on the Department of Corrections to give people in prisons appropriate clothing and hygienic supplies on Sunday 16 November from 1PM outside Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. www.facebook.com/events/68706...

Builders built a frame so my house doesn’t fall down. Yay 🥴

i see other people also think we need a labor press (in re Teen Vogue) One reason we are where we are is that the FCC declared labor-perspective radio stations to be special-interest "propaganda" uses of the airwaves, nearly a century ago; while nat'l commercial b'casting was proclaimed "neutral"

Spell check doesn't work anymore and that is bad and infuriating.

There are a wide range of institutions (including several major climate advocacy groups) encouraging "responsible" and "ethical" use of generative chatbots, eg 'checking outputs' This only worsens the harm: the people most compelled to trust ChatGPT are also the least likely to check.

Beckie's fundraiser hit a hill for a while, but progress now looks most encouraging. If you can afford to pledge a little, it would make all the difference to the life of a very fine person. givealittle.co.nz/cause/beckie...

Just saw a tuātara on the side of the track, very cool.