Wouldn't be Christmas Eve without Charlie Brown! #MerryChristmas

Not me crying a little bc this matters a lot to artists right now

Happy holidays from Professor @davidjmalan.bsky.social and CS50’s whole team here in Cambridge. 🎁 Stay tuned for release of CS50x 2026 on January 1, 2026. youtube.com/shorts/8XuW8...

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

Guessing I'm not the only one who woke up to the "The Wait if Over! Boxing Day sale starts today! Up to 70% off" email from Briscoes. But then I saw the "Business confidence at its highest level in 40 years" headline. Funny way of dealing with confidence!

#AoNZ #birds 🪶🇳🇿 Great news!

This does not surprise me. Every Friend I know shows kindness by default.

Here in Kansas people said about KS SB 180 "oh there is no way it'll pass" It passed and now I am legally banned from ANY gendered restroom, so uh, at this point I might not trust people's assessments about which bills are "never going to pass"

This year on Bluesky I wrote 289 posts and 432 replies. I received 2,752 likes, whereas 312 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "aonz" and 🪶! (of course I do! I'm all in on NZ birds!) ;) www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

I will NEVER vote for a politician who votes for anti-trans legislation. Never. I don't care who it is, it's a dead issue. Move on. If my vote is so important to the future of democracy they should have thought of that before they voted to exterminate my child.

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

This is Willi and Rigatoni. They were saying not-so-nice things behind your back, but then you turned around. Super awkward. 13/10 for both (IG: wildwildwilli)

This might be an honest mistake, but it sounds like a scam. WOF last year failed on a rear tyre tread, so shop supplied/fitted a new tyre and passed the WOF. This year, they say WOF has failed because the tyre treads on the rear axle don't match. They're the ones who supplied it! #AoNZ

When we said “trans kids are a tiny minority” we meant “so stop picking on them” but they heard it as “so you won’t lose that many votes by hurting them.” This is why allies have to be loud. They have to hear we are united in protecting our trans brothers and sisters.

I’m actually a bit gutted about FluTracking ending. It was an important part of the COVID response and made me feel part of a team; I dutifully did my survey every Monday morning. And now this excellent crowdsourced science tool has been casually axed, yesterday it turns out. info.flutracking.net

very apropos

At 11pm on Friday night, under the cover of darkness, the Luxon Government made it easier for foreign corporations to buy and exploit New Zealand’s most ecologically and culturally sensitive land - including conservation land, lakebeds and wāhi tapu sites. 🧵

One of my favourite movies I've seen countless times, but I'm watching it tonight in memory of Rob Reiner. RIP.

Police are releasing a man detained in yesterday's deadly shooting at Brown University, says mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3MGtlAv

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Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.

O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!

oh no! This sounds sad, whether it is Rob Reiner or someone else!

This kawaupaka is crying out for a caption! #AotearoaBirds #NZ #AoNZ #LittleShag #bird 🇳🇿🪶

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

oh good! We enjoyed this series and wondered.

"they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts" Are we supposed to cry for them? #slop

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Over the years I've spoken on behalf of the nurses union, or as a nurse at countless protests. Today I spoke at the #BlockTheBan protest in Tamaki in response to our government banning puberty blockers for trans kids. Unlike any other protest I've spoken at, this time I was immediately in tears.

With all the horrible news coming out of the UK I would just like to reiterate that the President of Ireland celebrated Trans Day of Remembrance, and the Irish minister for health, the not particularly leftwing Jennifer Carroll McNeill, has spoken against the UK's cruel treatment of trans people.

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage. Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word. A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.

We've had a lot of rain today and it's still coming down! Don't mind it as we can really use some rain this time of year. #whakaoriori #AoNZ

Some of my horse friends will be disappointed. #nz

Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.

Must be early summer... lots of juvenile #birds out there. :) flic.kr/p/2rJv2Wz #AoNZ #Aotearoa 🪶🇳🇿

@bodycartoon.bsky.social on the mark.

The "Post-COVID-19 Cognitive Impairment" section in the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine report is worthy of reflection. As is the question of why we don't hear about it from the institutions that told us it was safe to ignore COVID. www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...

AI usage: 87% of executives use AI for work; 57% managers; 27% of employees. This is both easy to believe and easy to misinterpret. AI is *genuinely* useful if what matters is FORM. Terrible at SUBSTANCE. If useful for your job = your job just form. A 🧵 www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

80s grad here. can confirm.

Saw about 5 of these this morning, but here's one. :) White-faced heron aka Matuku moana at Henley Lake Masterton #Whakaoriori #AoNZ #Birds #Aotearoa 🇳🇿🪶

An update to the article I shared yesterday.

Our most vulnerable young people are endangered by this Government's decision to restrict access to puberty blockers. Wellington Pride Festival condemns this latest attack on the rainbow community by NZ First. We urge the Ministry of Health to listen to actual medical experts instead.

Just before sunset the other evening. #AoNZ #Wairarapa #Whakaoriori #NewZealand

Two myna birds, a starling, and a black-backed gull. Not the start of a joke, just some birds hanging out at the local tip :) #AoNZ #birds 🪶🇳🇿

Winner for "headline that is the opposite of the story" award. Do better RNZ! #AoNZ #nzpol side note: I *wish* we'd become the dumping ground for EVs!!

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Yes! I still have fond memories of my 2-night cruise from Copenhagen to Oslo and back (including a day tour of Oslo) that @ricksteves.bsky.social suggested for my limited time in Scandi! Cheaper than 2 nights' hotel! (at least it was back in 1995 when I did it!)