‘Gaza will eventually turn into a city of tents. There will be no buildings' - Israeli defence official, Oct 23 'Bring down buildings! Bomb without distinction... Flatten Gaza' - Knesset member (Likud), Oct 23 Israel did exactly what it said it would do, with full support from western allies

for everyone else: buy trans literature & art NOW while you can. there’s a non-zero chance that queer and *especially* trans voices wind up being temporarily silenced at some point over these next 4 years. support trans people *now* while we can still ask for help & make incredible art in public.

See this urgent post courtesy of @drbex.bsky.social: “The quick summary is that this law is dangerous, too vague, is unnecessary, and poses a threat to democracy, including our collective freedom to protest.” Submissions close tonight. 🚨👇 drbex.substack.com/p/crimes-cou...

a Regulatory Standards Bill wet dream. our submissions deadline is MON 13th at 11:59pm linktr.ee/regulatoryst...

Am recovering from an unexpectedly bad pain day yesterday so am leaning on spite to get me and my 2.5 brain cells through making my submission on The Regulatory Standards Bill 🧠🫠 #kikorangi More info: melanienelson.substack.com/p/submission...

Another day another ghastly bit of proposed legislation from our abhorrent government, this time for punitive welfare sanctions, as if that hasn't been tried, failed, and been shown to cause short- and long term harm (so consistent with every other thing our govt does, really🙄). #kikorangi

#kikorangi Tonight my 2.5 brain cells are deployed against the 'boot camp' bill. Submissions close tonight, more info here: emilywrites.substack.com/p/ok-fine-wh...

The movie that was number one at the box office on your 10th birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you. One of my all-time favorites~! 😌

Voices for Freedom and others like them are working hard to get submissions in support of the bill, if most submissions are in support they'll be handed a propaganda victory, and claim that "most New Zealanders" are in support. Don't let them have it

Scraped my two and a half semi-functioning brain cells together to submit opposing the nonsense of the day. Even if you just manage a few words I think it's important to go on record opposing this abomination. Toitū Te Tiriti! ❤️🤍🖤 www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...

Like Tom Holland's Lip Sync battle, we repost this every time it comes across the TL.

Outline have just launched a critical, all or nothing fundraising campaign. The work they do is vital - for many rainbow people around the country, their phone, chat, and zoom counselling service is the only support available. Without our support they will be forced to close in the new year.

As someone on Medicare who relies on telehealth, I'm begging you to take a moment to sign this AND call your representatives. Also, in case you weren't aware, you can always call more than once about a topic. They don't track who is calling, just the number of calls.

Fkn Microsoft rip-off scumbags...have just changed my subscription...share widely... www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...

hmmmm remember when rahaeli, the co-founder of dreamwidth, did this exact thing to @stitch.bsky.social? because it was only like a year and a half ago and i SURE DO

Sorry I haven't been around. I have been procrastinating checking this site for weeks and writing this wee note for a few days. Just taking a break from this site for the forseeable. See ya 🫶✨

Made this for dinner last night and it was... not great. I mean we ate it, but it was a bit of a chore, and I am still mad about it. I hate trying a new recipe and it not working out - so much wasted energy and effort! 🫠 www.rnz.co.nz/collections/...

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur to Palestine, said that Israeli and allegedly foreign soldiers were “perfidiously hiding in an aid truck” during the hostage rescue operation. If true, and I imagine Albanese wouldn’t say this lightly, that’s absolutely perfidy - a serious war crime.

a) Israel is torturing Palestinians by anal rape. b) The NYT decided this wasn't something worth putting in the headline or subheading. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🕊️🍉

Playing Witcher 2 for the first time, on easy mode, and I am stuck at the Kayran fight. It's not a fun challenge, it's just annoying 😩 You're supposed to use Yrden but that doesn't work after the first two tentacles. Just wanted to play for the story not this nonsense 😠

Again - we also have decades and decades of evidence to show that "watchful waiting" doesn't work, doesn't meaningfully reduce regret, and leads to horrible mental health outcomes - and death.

Rising death toll from the bombing of civilians in Yemen by American and British warplanes (supported by AoNZ, thanks Mr Luxon and Mr Peters) And the response by the Yemeni people

survival brain is incredibly stressful. We all need to hold kindness for ourselves and others. ❤️

Not sure if I'm missing something but what makes Israel's latest atrocity different from every other atrocity they've committed since October 7th. Baffled to see coverage as if this is somehow distinct what has gone before 🤷‍♀️ As always, #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🕊️🍉🗝️ www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Perfect description of Luxon💀 #nzpol

Just a reminder about boycotting Eurovision

We trapped this wee cutie yesterday in the barn, and she has managed to bite right through a pair of thick leather gloves and break the skin when I was holding her to apply flea treatment. Poor thing is only about 5 mths old if that. Local cat rescues are FULL so we are putting her up and...

#AmReading 📚 I couldn't sleep last night due to pain, and found this in audiobook form at my library. I'm a third of the way through and it delivers on every promise made by the title and cover for ridiculously entertaining silly nonsense. Best use of the phrase: the Roman Empire has fallen 😂

Verso books is offering free ebooks on Palestine, mass protests, and student rebellions

A Gazan colleague had six members of his family killed one day in 2014, and then Israel killed three more on the day after. His hair turned grey while he continued working in an UNRWA shelter. Now his father has died, and he cannot find a grave in which to bury him. Ceasefire right now.

"They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war." — Howard Zinn (1971)

Human rights are universal; this includes Palestine. Theft is wrong; this includes from Palestinians. War crimes and genocide do not have a 'Palestinian exception'. Without justice there cannot be true or lasting peace. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🍉🗝️🕊️

The fact that there is ZERO coverage of the fact that Jews are loudly and proudly participating in all of these protests is telling b/c it goes against the narrative the media and the administrations and the people in charge are painting. (That they're busting these up because of antisemitism.)

NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO. We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and will share the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.

This is maybe the most beautiful accidental explanation of a power of a work of art I've ever read in my life.

It's hard to talk about something if we can't see how insidious ideas got there in the first place. A history of antisemitism to illuminate where harmful anti-Jewish tropes remain alive in our discourse today-- and how to pull them out of legitimate political conversation. My latest:

Palestine Support Network Aotearoa,Ōtautahi are doing a big push for more people to be active in supporting Palestine, whether by protesting, BDS and/or speaking out They’re promoting Saturday 20 April protest Please come along and make it the biggest ever Let’s keep Gaza on the map! #UnmuteGaza

in the rules based international order there are two separate yet equally important groups: good states that can bomb embassies with impunity and bad states we'll never forgive for seizing our embassy 44 years ago merely because we overthrew their democratically elected government

If you get a captcha asking you to identify the tents, refresh the captcha

This front page of Stuff and headline really shows who our media considers to be people and whose bravery gets a headline. Thinking of all the mothers in Palestine trying to protect their babies from genocide. They are no less brave than this woman.

#AmReading 📚 Below Stairs Mystery Series by Jennifer Ashley - I'm currently on book 3, 'Death in Kew Gardens'. It's historical mystery with a hint of romance, and the main character, Kat Holloway, is a cook in Mayfair, London, in the 1880s.

I want to sew buttons on a cardigan I am knitting for partner but I'm having a bad pain day and it's hard to concentrate especially as I haven't sewn on buttons in a while. Skeletons were a mistake💀

The media needs to use ‘disabled people’ instead of ‘health-related beneficiaries’ right fucking now. Tired of govt euphemisms.

From Judith Butler's new book