I've been so out of touch that I only just found out Nigel Latta died several weeks ago. 😔 I wish there were more people in this world like him not because I think he was perfect, only that he was always trying his best to be empathetically authentic. We need more imperfectly empathetic humans.

Headline should read, "Police Commissioner hangs out with man who supported overthrowing democratically elected government"

Interesting that we have now reached US-levels of FB gagging even minor government critics. This appears a disturbing attempt to suppress dissent by Chris Bishop - why else would FB take down this account? I don’t recall the previous govt doing this. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This is what he meant by Big, Beautiful Bill??

Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them

Surely American toilets can't handle the amount of tp per flush this will produce!

Hi! Are you doomscrolling? Max loves you.

Have a Silly Smiley Sadie for morale!

Me when I heard Costco was opening a second store but in Auckland.

Does anybody know where I could buy a hand crank ice cream maker in NZ?

Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.

Joyce Carol Oates is often tedious but time and time again she manages to deliver epic destruction just when I need to witness it. Remember, darlings, always cultivate your ruthless inner JCO. I feel inspired.

Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up

Obviously if it turns out she's a serial killer haunting the town of Cabot Cove I retract what I've said. It's just genuinely nice to be able to like enjoy what she did without having to pretend I like who she is (I'm indifferent to her as a person)

Now maybe Kim Davis can spend her time on more important things, like figuring out who she'll marry next.

We're grandparents old now but utterly outraged by the massive youth unemployment the Government of Landlords has created.PI and Maori kids bearing the brunt -racism at it's most blatant.

I wish I had time to play Secret Santa AoNZ! This will be my first time missing it in ages and I will have severe FOMO but you all should play because it's fun, and joyful, and nerve racking, and amazing, and special, and wholesome af. I will enjoy it vicariously. 🎄

At every level of my life, the baddies are winning. They can't seem to find success without fucking over other people. I just want them to mind their own business.

Billy Porter's latest instagram has really confused me. Like, wtf, he's a terf?

If a well known person hires a hit man to kill someone, I guess all the NZ media will have headlines like “Auckland executive admits hiring man for ‘Extermination Services” “Auckland business executive admits to receiving commercial extermination services from man”

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

She is a minor. He raped her. Don’t dress it up as ‘services’.

Why stop at palliative care? Back in the good old times they bit a stick. Let's bring that back.

#Bikesky: please share your favorite* "bike lane ends" pics! I'm refreshing some teaching material and would love to use your images (w/ permission & credit, ofc) *by which I means the ones most intent on killing you #BikeLane #BikeLaneEnds #CarBrain @bikesky.social

The fearmonger-in-chief also had a winge about it. I won’t share her tweet, but this was Glamour’s reply. 💀

I guess now is as good a time as any to say it but I think marble in interior decoration is generally ugly. A kitchen bench top is okay I guess but floors and walls and showers? Ugly.

If you have spare $$$ please send a koha to the most principled academic I know

If any teachers would like to share their thoughts on the draft social sciences curriculum through my newsletter send me a DM.

The levels of rage I’m feeling as a goddam parent & Tangata Tiriti. This gov & everyone in it are a bunch of vandals. Every curriculum change takes a mountain of work but this one’s a travesty. #NZPol Is this a done deal? Is this reversible? The poor teachers, the students, our young people 😔

I'm not one to say "Tall Poppy syndrome" to dismiss fair criticism but when I see my kid being slandered and suffering from malicious retaliation because I decided to complain about toxic and unsafe behaviour, I can think of no other description. I'm trying to resist the urge to salt the earth.

Applies to New Zealand too, and there are clear, sustained, strong connections, particularly post-pandemic.

Does anyone know what has happened to the ALRANZ website?

as usual they leave it to the tenth paragraph to say she's been living rent free with her parents and borrowed $400k interest free off them

Have they considered not putting forth wildly unpopular bills then?

Oh I thought of another one, and it's that it doesn't matter where poor people's money comes from, they should be allowed to spend it on anything they like at any time with no judgement or paternalistic oversight

Children are the most inherently vulnerable group on earth and taking umbrage with the presence of babies/children in public spaces (like airplanes or restaurants) is antisocial.

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

Take note @govpritzker.illinois.gov supporters. Direct him to this.

🧵 This will be the Thread of Frogs… I feel like someone needs to compile this frognomenon. Feel free to drop your pics on amphibious antifa in the comments. Australia 👇👇

I haven't been on bluesky much lately but I see a rise in these kinds of accounts. Remember, it is a very nice space when you make the decision to block rather than engage trolls. @nysane.bsky.social

Your regular reminder that unions represent PEOPLE. They are simply the voice of the PEOPLE they represent. Nothing more. Nothing less. Attack them and you’re attacking the people they represent. It’s pretty simple. #nzpol

[Exit King.]

This is such a thoughtful thread from Brittany Packnett Cunningham about No Kings. (I'm not tagging her on purpose—some of y'all don't act right.) www.threads.com/@mspackyetti...

Just had to tell a drunk man at the express checkout to fuck off, when a clearly uncomfortable teenage girl he was trying to ask to a BBQ said no twice & he kept going, while men around who could see what was happening said nothing. Men. If you see this scenario , say something FFS! #nzpol

This is Tucker. He was offered a tortilla but told to take it gently, and no one has ever understood the assignment better. 13/10 (TT: tucker_thegentleman)

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Why do washing machines need to be "smart"? I just want to set it to cold with extra rinses and occasionally use the delay start function. Am I just curmudgeonly or is it ridiculous to add features to washing machines that are more parts to potentially break?

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one