I think my... discordance? with RNZ and other media is that we are obviously in a time of societal collapse, things are falling apart all around us, and they're not talking about this. I mean, we're all watching everything breaking every day! And that's not their fault. But it feels so dissonant.

So: 1. Refusing to support those in need is wrong. 2. Refusing to do the basic maintenance to keep our communities/society going is stupid. I don't really think the people doing the refusing will ever face appropriate consequences, but if asked I am going to say this because it is true.

Guess I'll be hearing from them soon www.emilywrites.co.nz/parents-fine...

@badmachinery.com Me, after staying up until 2am catching up with Bad Machinery: "And Shauna is living in Edinburgh now… Oh, and Blossom Cooper is non-binary. They look good! But are still really mean." 15yo: "… Okay?" Me: "omg but wait till you hear about Jack… "

So I work in academic support for a teritary institution and I help students navigate databases and ebooks and online platforms and AI. And I will be hanging onto all my physical books. 1) I can trust them, or at least, I can easily evaluate their accuracy. 2) And I own them.

But if groups of unrelated people started forming commited households — to share costs, support each other, maybe raise kids together — imagine the outrage and members' bills! (Just joking, there's no way they would be allowed a mortgage)

My fourth lot of antibiotics have rules like: - Avoid direct sunlight - Don't take with milk or yoghurt - Don't take after midnight - And never fall in love

Some stuff is obvious and it's great seeing people doing it. Submitting to the select committee, writing to MPs, donating to trans organisations/gofundmes, this is good, keep doing it.

“Few people can hate so bitterly and so self-righteously as the members of a ruling caste which is being dispossessed.” -T.H. White, The Once & Future King

Anyway here’s the passage of Judith Butler that the Guardian censored years ago

do not. address it

Well, this all sounds sadly familiar

If you're working fulltime on minimum wage, you'll take home less money per week than the Minister for Social Development gets paid for LIVING IN HER OWN HOUSE. On top of a $320k salary, earned by making housing less affordable for low income households. The absolute state of it.

Doctor: We're probably going to try you on this medication Me (weak with pain): Okay great Doctor: This medication has a curious side-effect… Me (immediately perking up): oo, tell me more

FCKN POXY BUSES AND THEIR FCKN POXY WEEKEND TIMETABLE

What if we started referring to people as cars? "Over ten thousand cars are without permanent housing" "Cars are waiting months to receive urgent medical tests" "Cars report being unable to access job opportunities" … and then we watch social welfare get refunded and rebuilt in a few weeks

Guess who's catching the bus to Hastings to go to A&E and thus avoid spending the $100 that they need for new trousers Because Ahuriri DOESN'T HAVE FREE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE Because of the PRIVATE-CAR-ISATION OF SOCIETY (And also neoliberalism)

THERE'S BEEN A MUDER JIM

Fuck him up Nancy

*super casual* Sooo... How does one get into this whole landlord business...?

Also, considering the random changes in road signage, speed limits etc, along with the insistence on changing govt agency names to prioritise English over te reo Māori, how many millions has this govt spunked away on vanity racism etc?

Are werewolves (in human form) colour-blind?

Omg 'chav' is Angloromani for 'child' or 'boy' Are them Britishers calling each other... well, are they being their usual romaphobic selves?

Do you find yourself baffled by AI news? It's like every corporation & government body became naive grandparents, new to the internet overnight. They're excitedly telling you about this Nigerian Prince they met and you keep screaming about how it's obviously a scam but they don't get it.

Someone misread my trans rights shirt and thought it said "train rides" but now I quite want a "TRAIN RIDES ARE HUMAN RIGHTS" shirt as well

For our own mental health i think we need to accept that they don't care about what the data shows

this isn’t a funny dunk on the bigots or some outrage bait but please, for the love of all things good, read this. thank you appreciate you bye 🫶🏽

And I know I always say this, but a cis man with ill-intent will just enter the woman's space, because he feels entitled to do so

Real question: the fuck do you guys think the word meant before

Cis women who don't want to use the same bathrooms as trans women are free to simply not use public bathrooms. They're the ones with the issue, they're the ones who should have to find workarounds. Their creepy obsession with other people's genitals shouldn't become anyone else's problem.

just got to the love shack, you wouldnt believe the size of the chrysler in the parking lot

Be kind to your trans and gender diverse family and friends in NZ today, everyone. This story is across the media, and it can be really tough to deal with — it certainly caused my anxiety to significantly spike at the moment.

Being the parent of adolescents is lonely! They are in their bedrooms doing unholy things

AI this, AI that — I wish the government would just say what they mean and call it Magic Pixies

I wish Sepuloni felt she was free enough to say "No, I will not be using AI and I don't want it anywhere near our critical systems"

Has it given an ETA?

All of our government data is going to be stolen

Every single problem in the public service is a result of government cost-cutting and prioritising optics, spin and ideology over just spending the money to do the job properly, which would have the benefit of making everyone's lives better but on the other hand doesn't make rich people richer

It's so hard to break out of the mindset of 'we just need to show them that this won't work and will, in fact, make things worse so they stop' because they already know this won't work, I'm missing the point

AI CREATES MORE WORK FOR THE EMPLOYEES LEFT

Ugh, until this morning I had had a good few days of not engaging with the news and reading books instead. Depressing, political books, but still.

The further decimating of the public service (public refusal?) won't have measurable economic results before the election — this is an entirely ideological move while NACT have the power to do so.

My favourite part of austerity not working is when there is more austerity because the austerity didn’t work

Just triple-checking...

My kid walked out of English today because they were doing the trolley problem, and I'm kind of proud?

Consider what Clare Curran resigned for. NZ is teetering on the brink of competitive authoritarianism and an alarming number of people are fine with it because they view any alternatives to status quo Pakeha power as aberrant threats to their identity. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Quickly cleaning the kitchen so any burglars aren't shocked

Last night Bell Man seemed to be wearing a short cape (like Captain Marvel's). I think he'd probably just tied his jacket around his neck, but it seemed apt.

About ten years ago I realised that it was ridiculous how many people I knew with endometriosis. Like so many. Too many for something that isn't talked about much. Especially because (I assume) most people probably aren't going to tell me that they have endometriosis?

Sometimes I think about when Zohran Mamdani referred to someone as 'Aunty', and how the Right preceeded to do an exhaustive investigation which revealed that the woman in question wasn't actually related to Mamdani They sure showed him