Screenshot that outlines just how complex #biology is when it comes to gender - and how unscientific & wrong (& fascist) it is to attack non-binary & #trans people #nzpol #Zionists #AtlasNetwork #antiWoke #Christofascists

UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.

#SPSFC5 has got it’s 10 semi finalists. Each team will now read 4 of the semis (excluding their own) and the top 5 scoring books will go into the finals to be read by all teams. #SPSFC #Self-publishedSci-fi #Self-publishedbooks #pukapuka📚🇳🇿 #booksky💙🪐

Oh and there is this … www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Cat's Nightmare 1907 by Louis Wain

This book is METALicious!! Support #Self-Published #AotearoaAuthors

As a committee, we've written to every MP in Welly about the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, and we encourage you to do the same. Plenty of organisations like InsideOUT or Qtopia have more info you can use, and letters to Parliament are free qtopia.org.nz/news/qtopia-...

I suspect a lot of potential Labour voters are looking at Hipkins' middle of the road stance and are choosing to not vote for Labour or just not to vote at all Given the attack on our social structure I don't want appeasement

Why is it important to criticise MPs for accepting an accommodation allowance for living in a property they own? Because accepting that allowance betrays a lack of sense of shame, which in turn betrays a lack of empathy, which should disqualify you from holding power of any kind.

National MPs, with their six figure salaries, who claim accommodation supplements that are more than some state housing occupants earn in a year, stripping away accomm support for state housing tenants is some next level hypocritical cruelty. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #nzpol

Enough said. Via The Weekly.NZ 👇 www.instagram.com/p/DYkvquCk0S...

Fucking 18th-century ass country where it's the landed gentry vs everyone else

Sign petition against NZ1st's anti-trans bill. 🏳️‍⚧️💙🩷🤍🏳️‍⚧️ #nzpol

Tania Waikato just out here nailing her Q & A interview, like the masterful wahine she is. 😎💚 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 #KākārikiWāhine #PartyVoteGreen #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

These same people, who will not believe centuries of evidence about the destructive nature of capitalism, will believe a 5 minute read in the Reader's Digest about how pickled Tuscan artichoke hearts can cure cancer.

'The democratic question raised by the BSA's destruction is not, in the end, about broadcasting law. It is about whether Aotearoa retains the institutional capacity to constrain, even modestly, the merger of disinformation and political power.' @mohanjdutt.bsky.social #NzPol

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

HELLO #SPFBOXI! Team Before We Go Blog's intro post is up on the blog, just in time for us to start posting cuts and semi-finalists this coming week! beforewegoblog.com/spfboxi-meet... Give it a gander if you'd like a look backstage, or if you want to laugh at my terrible formatting! 😂 #SPFBO

FFS - likely coming to NZ skies soon #SayNoToAI

New Zealand, a colony built upon being as tight as a fish's arse, where generations of colonisers have taken pride in DIY, bodged repairs, and being cheap as fuck, and spend their dotage complaining about people not spending money on their rentals, businesses etc etc

Our judging team Fantasy-Faction cut another 5 books in this year's #SPFBO #SPFBO11. #Booksky💙🪄📚 #pukapuka📚🇳🇿

Is anyone surprised NZ PM Luxon was keen to support Trump and America in their illegal war on Iran? Luxon, Peters hold talks after emails reveal clash over NZ's Iran war stance. Luxon keen, Peters saying Tai ho! #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

“Tailings dams are a toxic time bomb that pose one of the greatest risks to their surrounding environment and the people who depend on that environment for their livelihoods.”

Yes, yes we have 😭🤬 #onetermgovernment #nzpol #ditchthepricks26

my reaction any time i encounter ai slop in the wild

We at #Fantasy-Faction have our first 5 cuts in #SPFBOXI #SPFBO Thank you to the authors for submitting your books. #self-published #indie #fantasy📚🪄🐉#booksky💙📚 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

Sleuths, scroll through for your next investigation… 🕵️🇳🇿 I've gathered together a few of my wonderful local cosy mystery author friends. But why? To shout about each others' books! To help our readers discover more delightful tales from our home in NZ! Also, why not! gbralph.com/2026/04/06/k...

@kitvaria.bsky.social @devildauta.bsky.social

Team Jake's Quarter Finalists for #SPSFC5 #SPSFC #selfpublished #indie #scifi🚀🪐 #booksky💙📚 #pukapuka📚🇳🇿

Team Space Girls of #SPSFC #SPSFC5 is announcing our Quarterfinalists! Some really cool books in this first round. Congrats to these authors, and thank you to all authors for sharing their novels with us! #BookSky #scifi

A penny-pinching decision to dump a Gallipoli website 'spits in the faces of these communities where our dead lie'

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/br...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...

We found a 4th egg in #kakapo Waikawa's nest yesterday and found it was fertile. Waikawa has maintained her incredible 100% fertility record: 5 clutches of 4 fertile eggs in 4 breeding seasons. That's unmatched by any other kākāpō. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

IT'S FEBRUARY 2026. THE RAIL ENABLED HYUNDAI FERRIES FOR I REX WERE MEANT TO ARRIVE BY NOW. Instead we have no rail enabled ferries, the two we have are clunky as fuck, and there will be no replacement ferries until 2029 at the earliest.

Or in visual form - crimes against humans up

A heavily redacted cartoon. My @smh cartoon.

2025 FFA AWARDS! Sponsored by @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social The categories are: Best Traditionally Published Novel of 2025 Best Self-Published Novel of 2025 Best Traditionally Published Debut Novel of 2025 Best Self-Published Debut Novel of 2025 TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS!

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609... Shane Jones & his portfolios of destruction. He's been picking fights with people, groups & our environment. Shane is only interested in Shane & the pursuit of money... #Cartoon #ShaneJones #NzPol

Read Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null as a judge in team #SpaceGirls for #SPSFC5 This is an unequivocal YES from me to move forward to be read by our whole team. I’ve completed it and you can read my review on Goodreads #SPSFC #Self-publishedSci-fi #🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #Booksky 💙📚🪐 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

In today’s NZ Herald

You have no allies. You are already bleeding, though you are not sure why. Rawlins is nearby, and he is absolutely not here to help you. To survive even ten minutes, you may take one completely ridiculous weapon. Not useful. Not sensible. Just delightfully stupid. Comment your answer to win this;

The pressure is crushing. Your suit is beeping in a way that feels personal. Corin Hayes is present, grumpy, sarcastic, and already halfway through a drink. You are offered one coping mechanism to get through the day. Comment with your absurd coping mechanism to win a UK/US audible code!

Winter is coming. The Empire is marching on the clans. Everyone looks tired, armed, and deeply unimpressed by your existence. You are offered one role to justify why you should not be immediately sent to die in the snow. Comment your choice of role to win this!

Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social is doing a giveaway on the amazing books by author G.R. Matthews @grmatthews.bsky.social as his sequel to Seven Deaths of Empire releases TOMORROW!! Be in to win these excellent books #BookGiveaway #NewRelease #GRMatthews #Booksky💙📚 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿