Merry Christmas everyone

Husband and youngest decided we needed chooks. So now we have 3 tiny babies to grow.

Everything but aol. Best use of a fax was jamming the Dominion post one in 1999. Many sheets of paper taped in a loop and set going.

Luxon, and whomever is draughting his speeches, is very clearly pushing an agenda positioning NZ as a safe-space for white supremacist thinking dressed up as 'equality'. It's colonialism 101, being implemented by US imperial interests. It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.

Seymour really is a c u next tuesday

Shirt for Dad finished, will post photos soon, dress for sister 1/2 assembled. D&d dice bag for future son in law done, athletic wear dress with pleated skirt and bike pants for K done. Want to send it all tomorrow.

Bloody idiots running the country.

I am buzzing about #secretsantaaonz and the absolute absurdity that a bunch of total strangers who only know each other online and usually anonymously go and spend time thinking about that person and choosing gifts, wrapping and sending them for no other reason than to bring a bit of joy.

Things this coalition did that just wasted money and solved nothing: Landlord welfare Tobacco welfare Oil and gas exploration Cancelling ferries Fucking up school lunches Cancelling state house build & increasing homelessness Creating mass unemployment of govt workers Te Tiriti culture war bullshit

Am trying to get the energy to cut out a dress for my sister. Think some #whittakers from my #SecretSantaAoNZ might make it easier

Next gift underway. Shirt for Dad

My giftee likes their gifts, I so want to out myself lol. Or share what I made…

Think it’s one of my fave parts of the day, liking posts by people I don’t know and not feeling weird about it :)

If you need some Christmas Joy then #SecretSantaAoNZ is the hashtag you need to follow. How the elves manage to pull off this amazes me. Secret gifting across a whole country is amazing.

#SecretSantaAoNZ gift opening time…. First up some Matcha latte mix and I have never tried that so it will be cool to try

I haven’t opened #SecretSantaAoNZ no one else is around and I don’t want to open them on my own.

My own mum recently got access to the scheme after proving her mobility issues & was happy to tell us she could get a taxi to our place affordably. The scheme restores independence to people for whom that is often the first casualty of disability. The government’s cheapness is cruel.

Been playing this off and on for years now. Originally did the NZPost one, then Twitter and now here.

You lot need Dick Van Dyke singing Let's Go Fly a Kite on his 100th birthday more than you know.

Perhaps Ms Willis should start to take personal responsibility - the same personal responsibility the Nats demand from welfare beneficiaries - and RESIGN. We just can't afford the Nats "prudent fiscal responsibility". (3/3)

Why everytime I see a new govt policy do I get sense of impending doom, and wtf are those many expletives idiots trying to do to us.

Yup

Imagine finishing your benefit forecasts for HYEFU, closing your laptop, and heading to floor 8 for a few miserable xmas treats... then the actual data comes out and blows your calculations out of the water! [NB: Actual data varies slightly from forecast data, but not by much)

Take care online today. Following the terror attack in Australia, please be aware of: explicit videos of the attack, AI generated videos of the attack, any disinformation about the shooting, shooter, or victims. Report anything that seems suss to the platform you saw it on and Netsafe. ❤️❤️❤️

Kinda hoping that if people are sharing posts with any video from Bondi, that even with the best intentions, you might want to pause first & think about traumatised whānau who may not want to see it

Happy happy birthday @meganisalanis.bsky.social

I try really hard when relief teaching to pronounce names correctly. My daughter’s school records them saying their names to get them right so teachers can learn them. I often drop the hyphenated German part of my last name cos people won’t try to say it correctly. Names are so important

As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet. Forever.

Hmmmm, thinking our Govt definitely has some of that stuff going on.

I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

Bloody hell. This is not good. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Next gift done. Cute wee PJ’s for Ms N made from leftovers of a skirt I made myself when I was pregnant with her.

We're 80% of the way to our goal! Let's keep this going! Remember, all proceeds go to PATHA to support their court challenge against the puberty blocker ban. In exchange, you get some amazing TTRPGs from some awesome designers! Let's get to that goal and help trans kids: itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...

As @captcaffiend.bsky.social pointed out recently, when psychological abuse is factored in, our violence stats increase to one in two women (55%). We should be noting this stat in every story like the below. This isn’t a one-off, it’s a demonstrable cultural norm - we need to write about that, too.

Love this

The first IREX ferry would have been online THIS WEEKEND if Nicola did not cancel them Now we have 4 more years of dodgy shit while we wait for the TEMU option....

Dress made for Mum for Xmas, it was supposed to have a band or elastic on the sleeve but I decided pleats were nicer for a 70yr old.

Time to legalise, and get Aotearoa out of the dark ages and out of the bullshit war on drugs which does no good whatsoever and creates problems for societies that otherwise wouldn't exist. Reposting image with alt text 👇🏼

I haven’t hurt my knee I don’t think but bloody hell is it sore, burns like anything if I move too much. I’ve or ibuprofen gel helps but thinking I might need to research sore knees.

I'm so fucking angry about the electoral reform bill. We can't win the election honestly so we'll have to disenfranchise 60k voters, the Coalition story.

I was diagnosed with ME/CFS and then fibromyalgia, took 10 yrs and many specialists (many $$$) to be finally diagnosed with Classical Ehlers-Danlos.

The National/NZFirst/ACT coalition govt is behaving in increasingly undemocratic ways. IMHO, it's crossing a very fine line, giving itself new powers and cutting avenues for oversight and public consultation. It is giving itself powers to act badly, especially regarding DOC and our Environment.2/

I live like this.

4️⃣ If the point is to “delay access” NZ needs real investment in digital literacy. This means a wide, well-funded education campaign for parents and communities (not just pamphlets or websites) Think SmokeFree NZ in the 2000s.

3️⃣ A ban blocks access. It does not address harm. Online harm comes from platform design, governance failures, and adult misuse. An isolated ban will not change platform behaviour.

Having a giggle today, we bought me a cheap leaf for around town earlier this year, then L’s partner’s parents bought one for their business car and now a skating family have bought one as their second car/daughter to learn to drive in car. All these leaf are 2011-2014, all under $3500.

The TPU and Willis are now fighting about the debate venue. Willis wants it in parliament, Richardson wants it on ZB and citing 'anywhere anytime'. This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit. They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider

My kiddo who worked retail had a blanket holiday ban from mid November to mid January. My next kiddo works in a restaurant home, her work doesn’t just stop.