again and again we get salutary examples of how intellectually damaging it must be to only ever interact with people who rely on you to maintain their lifestyle and who will never, ever tell you “no”

Yo who does Drag Brunch in AKL. I need to know!!

I often think about a long-lost viral post from someone in IT support hearing a caller get zapped because they didn't turn off a PC before opening it, and on asking WTF, being told "Marines don't fear electricity!" How do we get Trump's goons to embrace the phrase "ICE doesn't fear the weather!"?

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Found a couple of crisp Great British banknotes tucked into your Christmas cards this year? Had a shit festive season and fancy a treat? We’ve got free shipping on all UK orders from our store from now until Sunday, just in case you needed to get 2026 off to a thoroughly autistic start.

If you’re still whining about masks in 2026, this isn’t about freedom or COVID fatigue. It’s about courtesy and not being a walking biohazard in a crowded workspace. Dealers can’t just leave if you show up sick. Some are disabled, immunocompromised, or literally paying their rent with that table.

Furries, you can greatly minimize the risk of contracting "con crud" and what's more, greatly minimize the impact it, or other serious and still present diseases like the flu and covid, from impacting your immunocompromised or disabled fellow furries, it's the least you can do!

This should be the rule and not the exception. Dealers are exposed to huge numbers of people in order to conduct business and earn a livelihood. Even if the dealers wear masks, they're bombarded nonstop all weekend with aerosolized bugs. This is frankly the least we can do to keep folks safe.

If you're not offering change people will vote for either more of the incumbent or something really fucking stupid; that's how you end up with Trump etc. Hipkins needs to offer something worth voting for or GTFO.

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In New Zealand your school for unique learners only gets unique and targeted funding if it’s one of David Seymour’s pet charter school, apparently.

Keeping this ambient soundscape as the soundtrack to my days working in arts admin. I really refuse to deal with any other pacing for this kind of time based mahi. Consider it my default metronome for 2026. youtu.be/r6qiGC2HSMM?...

I’ve said before that the modern christian conception of “god” is primarily a way of denying or disbelieving cause and effect if things happen “in mysterious ways,” you never have to address the very real reasons why they’re actually happening! so, the unity of evangelism & reality-denial fascism

We remember the Luddites as people who hated machines. This is a lie we tell ourselves to avoid their actual complaint.

This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵. The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.

The MAGAs have been attempting this “aha, we’ll expose the liberals as being just as bigoted and selfish as we are!” gambit for years now, and it keeps failing. The thing is that they are very stupid

I keep thinking about how everyone from the Twin Cities I have ever met would cheerfully feed you or fight you. Your choice, but they are down with whatever.

🧵One of the small acts of defiance I've engaged in (nearly) every day since the election is...well, flossing. I was, uh, sporadic? before & just thought "they're gonna fuck up healthcare, I better take up spite-flossing." For teeth & gum health, obvi, but also HEART & apparently BRAIN! (see next!)

the biggest crimes the left ever commits is being right about things long before everyone else figures it out

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

Doomscrolling break:

I'm not kidding when I say that #DinoConUK 2025 was the gigantic, immersive, inclusive, fun event I hoped it would be. If you like #dinosaurs we want you to be part of it too :) Join us for 2026.

I bet if everyone wasn't chronically overworked for no reason except to fatten margins for those who already have the most we'd get a lot more that we care about done than we do currently. How about let's try, just to be sure? Utopian anarchy, as a bit, just a little joke, just to see.

"The Gang Runs ICE Out Of Philadelphia"

Ah yes, we’ve been invited to join the Genocide Club, first three years free then $1 billion USD, what a great deal

Rose Nylund was Minnesotan, and I would not bet against her in a fight

'The Green Party and its co-leaders received the most praise in the survey' www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The Winter Olympics are in three weeks. Act accordingly.

One of the best things I ever did as part of my Bluesky Experience was to turn off phone notifications Just do it, you don’t need them, they add nothing

The warning I put on the outside of the catnip parcels is light and silly, but it's also very serious.

And for a city like Christchurch! 😭

CW - SA Ōtautahi Christchurch - ‘The secrecy shrouded case of a public figure accused of sexual assault’. I’m keen to hear from lawyers on this one because the situation seems odd to me (#notalawyer). Note. In NZ sex work is legal (if you’re over 18, but NOT on temporary work visa)

Ōtautahi PSA: Gelato Lab in Opawa lets you choose two flavours in one scoop (for 60cents more iirc). Very good idea bc there are SO MANY good flavours. There were no other customers when we were there 30 minutes ago, so I was able to deliberate my choices FULLY.

I'm still haunted by Michael Baker (I think it was him) saying if everyone wore an N95 for a while there'd be no pandemic.

So, I bought a couple of Kat Nip’s for my daughter’s cat who had brought a bird inside the other morning. Sora was clearly delighted with her new toy!! 1/2

Researching exercise routines for stamina and strength as a somewhat bendy woman on the brink of menopause. General idea seems to be isometric exercises, heavy weight-lifting, and eating about ten chickens worth of protein a day lol

N95s offer superior protection against flu and Covid. They can protect your health and the health of those around you. Many people also find them much more comfortable than surgical masks. If you can’t afford them, look for your local mask bloc. If you can afford them, please donate!

The real question about the Sophie Turner Lara Croft is, will they make Lara appropriately psychotic? She is supposed to be an aristocrat who spends her life shooting endangered animals and robbing archeological sites. Some of the games play this up by making her just shy of the straight up bad guy.

Just remembered IKEA now exists in NZ, and I can easily acquire a Blåhaj!

blåhaj go spinny

The amount of remote accounting jobs that entail "training AI" is fucking pissing me off.

The disabled were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis. The Aktion 4 program labelled us “useless eaters” They knew people wouldn’t fight for the disabled. They knew they would see us as “expendable”. Remember this every time ICE grabs someone with disabilities .

GWAR as you've never seen them BEFWAR youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I...

Someone calculate the price difference of Christopher Luxon's "marmite sandwich and an apple" school lunch since he became PM

Hahaha fun fact: Someone tried to get my Ops Lead fired by "reporting" a joke he made about Charlie Kirk to our company's FB Messenger. He didn't like the response of, "I don't own my employees, what they say in their free time is not my business." It seemed to short-circuit him.

"Stop riling my dog up!" I am rizzing your dog up. We are aura farming. I'm going to buy him a hat.

what an affordable bird

Join the stream if you can, it's some wonderful music, both originals and covers 🎶

When autistics feel empathy, it generally doesn’t “look” like neurotypical empathy. Don’t expect autistics to “look” empathic. "Presuming autistics are competent to understand and feel deeply offers neurodignity, a great gift." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #autism #neurodiversity

tim robinson ass energy i'm fuckin here for