I am so sad because I cannot provide food for my poor children. Is there anyone who understands our plight? My children haven't eaten since yesterday. Please, I need 5 people to donate $50 to me PleaseI need to be able to provide food for my children and my sick father🙏😭 chuffed.org/project/emer...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

I lost my job not long after my book came out, since then the meager income I've made on substack has helped me survive, but obviously this is a problem. I'm close to being back on my feet, and when I am, I'll be leaving the platform www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Mybaby Aser needs Nebulizer device٫medication Myfamily consists 15 people,my parents suffer chronic illnesses freezing cold,we lost our tent due to the heavy rain,wind Weneed £500 to cover medical, shelter costs Saveus before it's too late verified @mommunism.bsky.social tinyurl.com/Support-my-f...

I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone

Guy on 1news explaining the 3G switch off "You wouldn't rely on a computer from 12, 13 years ago" Me:

Morning all! I recently did an interview with NBR about why I took legal action against my employer despite knowing I was going to lose money. They’ve just made the interview free to view so here’s the link if you are interested www.nbr.co.nz/toil-and-tro...

Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords

It's Bandcamp Friday for a few more hours, meaning if you buy an album on Bandcamp, 100% of the money goes to the artist bandcamp.com

I'm on a Facebook group for fans of Spanish horror and the first post I saw about this release was a guy complaining that the special features include a documentary that talks about "the male gaze" If you ask me that's one more reason to watch it www.indiewire.com/features/com...

I've been a lot less online this year (mostly due to having full time work, a thesis to write and a podcast to make) and while it has its pros I'm definitely less informed about current events

First time making potato koftas, I think they turned out ok

Back yard is humming with cicadas. As usual hearing far more than I see, but this one landed on a pear tree while I was hanging the washing

Khalil's father has fallen into a diabetic coma, the family is currently trying to raise $150 for insulin chuffed.org/project/emer...

In November, there will be adults who were born after Eating Media Lunch was cancelled. A generation only knows Wells from doing "dog with surfboard" type stories on Seven Sharp

I have a ridiculous amount of stuff to get done this long weekend but tonight I'm ordering pizza and watching this

As I wrote about this recently reflecting on my decade in journalism: "We are losing an information war because we want to fight it with a volunteer effort." The propagandists are very well paid. The real journalists have to fight for scraps.

Trump’s DOJ is filing domestic terrorism charges against political opponents.

"Human Rights Watch has warned that President Donald Trump is turning the United States into an authoritarian state as democracy declines globally to its lowest ebb in four decades" www.nzherald.co.nz/world/human-...

Tonight's watch is Cutie Honey (2004) I don't read manga but tell me there's a live action tokusatsu based on one and I'm usually on board

A case of cascading failure. The failure to pay people livable wages means working people cut their grocery spend, replace things less often, and avoid luxuries like takeaways and outings. This means means less money is circulating in the economy & businesses fail www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Israel Orders Doctors Without Borders to Halt Gaza Operations by February 28 - Palestine Chronicle www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-order...

I never thought leopards would eat my face, sobs influencer who defended the actions of the Leopard Face Eating Enforcement Agency www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Israel has set the initial daily limit for individuals leaving Gaza through the crossing at about 150 people, but around 22,000 sick and wounded Palestinians are still in desperate need of treatment abroad"

"If you can cultivate online engagement, you can create new political styles and advance even the most extreme political ideas," www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth. (This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)

Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks. They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.

We're a month into 2026 and the highest grossing movie of the year so far is a sequel about a character from a 1965 children's book first published in the Soviet Union The costumed hero era is over, now is the time of Cheburashka

Picked all the elder berries on the property and an now making them into cordial

Fact: Climate change is making the weather more extreme. My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #Floods #ClimateInaction

Adding Papi Gudia (1996) "Sinful Doll" to my watchlist

"When the war began, I was 7 months pregnant with Ghaith, my third child. I gave birth while displaced in a school with no mattress, no safety, and no privacy. Then I was moved to tents without a private bathroom; we share one bathroom with 10 other families." www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/hunger-is-...

This feels like the mirror world at work, except this time it’s the left/progressives mirrorin'g the right's going deep down a conspiracy rabbit hole. I’m open to being convinced otherwise, but a coincidental overlap in timing is not proof of directed orchestration.

straight up Gestapo shit

#GinnyAnderson "Are wages keeping up with the cost of living when white bread has gone up 58.3% in the past year?" #DavidSeymour "Consider wholemeal." Ginny Anderson: "It's more expensive." David Seymour: "Eat less." You first, Scrooge McFuckFace. You first. #nzpol #TheAtlasNetwork

“In the case of trans and intersex people, genocide is often perpetrated by making it impossible for individuals to exist as their true selves… No denial or omission in law can erase the concrete reality that trans and intersex people have always and will always exist.” We must refuse such erasure.

Today on NewstalkZB, Mike Hosking said it's a "reality check" for the Government to not have a proper response for climate hit areas. Some examples of his previous work that may point to how we got here.

I'm hoping that the reopening of the Rafah crossing will finally bring some relief to people suffering in Gaza, though from the sounds of it, it will still only be a trickle of aid getting in english.news.cn/20260131/aa1...

So the founder of 4chan met Jeffrey Epstein on at least one occasion www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

10.0k followers (though it's Bluesky+Mastodon so there will be double ups) will probably soon reach the same number of people I did in Twitters heyday I know some folks say follower counts don't matter, but when you're an activist reaching a large number of people is important

Please help if you can chuffed.org/project/emer...

Someone in the Press Gallery should ask Shane Jones to "Summarise the enlightenment in less than 300 words.". See exactly what he says. I bet he won't mention the blind spots about colonialism, women's rights, universal suffrage, or slavery!

"The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality"

Almost there. Only £200 left to finish what our children need for school.🙏 Your support is hope, stability and a chance for our children to dream beyond today. 🧡 Please be part of this journey with our family.❤️