If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

1) Who were the charities? 2) Do they know they've been used by a pedo to get a sentencing discount? 3) Do they have any links to this pedo or his family?

Stuff reporters, you don’t need to use “characterises” and “suggests” framing here when the Greens advice is demonstrably true: Women are more likely to be engaged in part-time or casual employment - this means they will bear the brunt of the sick pay changes. It’s not a suggestion, it’s a fact.

Rich man buys shorter prison sentence www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wealthy-n...

You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

A Christchurch preschool is facing potential closure after the private girls’ school it’s associated with sent out a proposal to shut it down.

Incredible. Italy brought to a standstill as Italians descend to the streets to protest for Gaza. No business as usual. Schools closed. Businesses closed. Shameful on the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

There's nothing I love more in life than a piece of art that triggers a desire for discussion, and in the face of my own assumptions, Silent Hill f has done that for me. Our review: https://bit.ly/48pITkX

Have money, get a discount off your sentence for giving a mere pittance of it to charity. So, if you are rich in NZ you not only get name suppression, you can also buy yourself a reduced sentence even for extreme examples of child pornography. That’s not fair. So which very wealthy family is it?

Racists attacked Palmerston North's pro-Palestine demonstration on Sunday, assaulting several people including a child. [Depaywalled Substandard link] archive.ph/CsQRG

"Is that your daughter? Come here so I can see those IDs," an agent can be heard saying in the video. "Hey, I can give it through the door," a man is heard saying in response. "You can do it right here," the agent says, pointing to the ground in front of himself. on.nbcboston.com/3phHyWE

maybe don't push go on your autism/tylenol jokes? hahahaha eugenics hahahahaha.

“Her current leave accrual is four weeks annual leave, and 10 sick days a year. Under the new system, Maia will accrue 80 hours of annual leave per year and 40 hours of sick leave.” So Maia can now get Covid and be obliged to go to work to spread it to others - against Health NZ recommendations?🤔

the prerelease build for Evil Egg is now live on Steam. download the demo to play it. store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...

“Part-time workers are disproportionately women, with many balancing jobs with caring responsibilities, like looking after sick children. This move means yet more unpaid work for them on top of what they are already doing to keep families, and our economy, going.” Misogyny alive & well in Aotearoa.

Show us the wordcloud for Luxon you cowards

so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!

FFS How the judge was so easily swayed that giving to charity was a sign of remorse is concerning! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wealthy-n...

This is horrific and feels like it should be a bigger deal. Business Insider reports that people who have worked at xAI have seen Grok create images and written material with child sex abuse material. www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...

it WOULD be nice if the Christian rapture happened on Rosh Hashanah because then there’d be so few people to annoy us when we’re hangry on Yom Kippur

my birthday is in one hour. if you wanna cheer me up, here's how:

@cyclewgtn.bsky.social and Bicycle Junction hosted WCC candidates. Candidate for Pukehinau/ Lambton Ward, @geordierogers.co.nz says "My vision for the city is where people can get around safely, no matter what time of day or transport mode. We need a dedicated cycling network." youtu.be/4fP8RlU3TjQ

For another role, I'm one of 368 applicants

Found myself getting excited seeing a job I applied for had only 81 other applicants* to give you an idea of just how bleak things are out there *Via Seek, more have possibly applied directly

I'm about to go run around the neighborhood placing little pools of outfits on street corners in the dead of night, then run around during the day and point them out, like 'damn one of em really went up there, holy shit'

One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback. When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?

NYC!! I AM HERE!! 09/23, come celebrate BOOK RELEASE DAY with me at Club Cumming!! 8pm, no cover, a series of incredible performers -- we are going to have the BEST time. See you sooooooon

THIS. And don't forget that every time Disney share price craters, the performance bonuses and stock options of Bob Iger and every other Disney c-suite weasel crash too. Disney also has shareholders and creditors who DGAF about Trump's feels when they start messing with their money.

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

Aotearoa needs stronger gun controls and targeted prevention to keep suicide rates falling and reverse the rise in firearm assault.

Keep canceling, it'll be really funny

Hey, Autism is not a disease. While not all Autistics have food aversion, it is found in a lot of Autistic and neurodivergent folk. If you want to stick it to the people sharing and celebrating the spreading of misinformation about Autism, share stuff made by Autistic folk. Like my book:

Fun fact: Doctor Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, close friend of Trump and RFK Jr., and self-admitted fraudulent supplement huckster, sells multiple forms of leucovorin through his supplement company, iHerb, which he didn’t divest when taking his federal gov role.

Just picked up Bug Fables on a whim, just 'cos I dunno, little purchase make brain feel good store.steampowered.com/app/1082710/...

Part time workers get less sick leave because they and/or their kids only get part time colds, viruses and covid. This is a other attack on working women. #nzpol

✊ #nzpol

IT WOULD BE FUCKEN GREAT IF THE SCEPTICISM THAT THE NZ MEDIA HAS SHOWN TO "TYLENOL CAUSES AUTISM" COULD BE APPLIED TO "GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE IS BAD" BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH FUCKING LIES SPREAD BY THE FAR RIGHT

Love that the Senior Doctors are correcting Simeon Brown and taking back the narrative. Tautoko. Striking senior doctors hit back at Health Minister Simeon Brown's message. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

another author of absolute bangers!!!😌 since discovering him late last year after a rec of my bestie (who i usually complain about lack of good disability rep), and despite my eyes being utter shit currently, i have read 9 of his works so far! I LOOOOOOOOOOVED AN UNCOMMON BETROTHAL!!!!🤩🥰😍

the devil's lancer by astrid amara - demons. the crimean war. a beautiful captain and a mysterious, possessed russian cornet. warfare. the charge of the light brigade. gay sex. demons. an analysis of the history of the crimean peninsula. true love. i fucking loved this book.

ok i fucking lied here are two more. false colors by alex beecroft - did you ever wish aubrey and maturin would fuck? and also have a ton of drama about it? this is YOUR BOOK and it's VERY GOOD. (i enjoyed her other books as well but this is the masterpiece.) gay age of sail magnificence.