I'm so tired of post-bedtime fireworks every single night. You haven't been able to buy them for three months now I don't understand how this happens for so long

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Last day of leave today. I had one chore to do: tidy my desk First thing I found was my old driver licence. So I thought I'd finally get a new one with the right name. While I was there, I saw IRD was right next door so I updated my name with them too

I wonder if (almost) all my blocks on here should have been mutes instead, given it's mainly something I use to curate my feed. This platform makes it very hard to see who a post was by when it just shows "blocked post" There must be thousands though, surely far too many to convert by hand

Pō mārie Finally reunited with my boys this evening. I've already had a lovely long Cass cuddle on the couch, now it's Milo's turn

God I hate New Year's Eve. No matter where I spend it, it always seems to be filled with dickheads trying to make as much noise as possible for as long as they can manage, often through some combination of alcohol and explosions I just want to go to bed. I've wanted to go to bed for hours, frankly

I sure am glad I definitely checked the weather forecast and packed plenty of warm clothes for my summertime beach trip

I sure do hate having my days filled with Surprise Turing Tests now Started paying attention to the song playing on Mum's Spotify and something felt off. Like the lyrics were something an incel asked ChatGPT to write for him Looked up a lyric and sure enough, there is no artist involved. It's slop

there are 2 types of people in the world there are people who would fuck the xcom snake aliens and there are liars

Guy Fawkes was nearly three months ago can my neighbourhood just fucking cool it with hours of post-bedtime fireworks every single night I'm so exhausted I just want to go to sleep

Great day. Love coming home, exhausted to my cats waiting for me. Less enthused at the ongoing fireworks (weren't last night's enough for them?) and loud thumpy music

I hope every single one of the multiple assholes in my neighbourhood who is letting off fireworks at midnight right now can't sleep until the new year.

Remember this is tonight! Hope I'll see you there 🫶

Ōtautahi, tonight’s rally has been postponed due to a storm rolling in right on 6pm.

It will always astound me how poorly government agencies seem to understand their legal obligations under the Official Information Act I've made dozens of OIA requests, but I could probably count on one hand the number of responses I've received that didn't deserve a complaint to the Ombudsman

Here are the headline paragraphs. The Ministry emphatically did not recommend this ban, and in fact repeatedly pointed out the significant level of harm it was likely to cause. The consultation found overwhelming support for continued access. The only people who thought different were cabinet.

Pō mārie Today is gotcha day. Three years since I found Cass and Milo in my back garden. What a journey it's been since then!

Spotted a "Nans 4 Trans" sign here, I love that! I wasn't able to take it here with me, but I made my first ever protest sign for tomorrow's rally in Auckland. Both my parents helped me out with it ❤️

It *is* good that Labour's leader has finally said something - anything - in support of trans children's right to access healthcare. But at the same time, it sure is noticeable that he waited for a court to say something first. Doesn't lead me to believe there's any courage behind that conviction.

Some of you have probably noticed that, despite being made available to us over a week ago and being referenced in today's judgement, the regulatory impact statement remains unavailable to the general public. Yes, that's real strange.

It's amazing how much hearing the news about the High Court blocking (at least temporarily) the puberty blocker ban feels like a pressure valve being released 😭 Still protesting it later this week though!

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:

A huge thank you to everyone who's donated so far - we're just about to hit $6000 which is incredible for the first day, and will mean access to care for two whānau for a year. That's two lives forever changed by your support - ka mihi nui ki a koutou ki te tautoko.

Hey Kirikiriroa / Hamilton folks!! Rally to stop the puberty blocker ban this Friday! Image reposted with alt text.

Also in Nelson: www.facebook.com/events/23787...

A round up of some of the protests against the government's attempted ban on puberty blockers happening this week (those I am aware of). Would be cool if cis people could show up to these in force! It would make me personally happy and I know you care about that.

Every major medical body in the country has come out opposing this ban. The message is clear: if the govt won’t support our trans kids, we’ll do it ourselves.

This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help. givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...

Ōtautahi, we’re rallying Friday from 6pm in Hagley Park at the corner of Riccarton and Hagley. No one is in support of this ban - every major medical body has come out against it. Let’s show that the public don’t support it, either.

Sorry for all the reposts of puberty blocker ban protest details for this week. I don't mean to spam anyone's feed, but this cause is very important to me so I'm going to keep regularly sharing details until the events happen. Hope you can make it to one if them

Join Block the Ban and Queer Endurance in Defiance's national protests against the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. Let's show the coalition of chaos what we think about their culture war.

QED is holding a rally on parliament grounds at 12pm on Thursday the 18th, where they'll present Lauren Craig and Ngahuru Brown's ActionStation petition to reverse the ban on puberty blockers I'm in Wellington on Thursday, so I'll be there. I hope you can join me! www.facebook.com/events/84852...

This government's shameful ban on prescribing puberty blockers for trans kids comes into effect on Friday the 19th of December Block the Ban is organising a National Day of Action to protest the ban. I hope you can join me to tell this government to fuck off and leave our kids alone

QED is holding a rally on parliament grounds at 12pm on Thursday the 18th, where they'll present Lauren Craig and Ngahuru Brown's ActionStation petition to reverse the ban on puberty blockers I'm in Wellington on Thursday, so I'll be there. I hope you can join me! www.facebook.com/events/84852...

This government's shameful ban on prescribing puberty blockers for trans kids comes into effect on Friday the 19th of December Block the Ban is organising a National Day of Action to protest the ban. I hope you can join me to tell this government to fuck off and leave our kids alone

Pō mārie Big weekend ahead. Four social events which is kind of nuts for me Tomorrow I'm seeing a lot of extended family for the first time in quite a while. Not sure what they'll all be expecting from me, exactly, so I'm a bit nervous even though it'll be fine What's planned for your weekends?

Pō mārie It's been a big day today. Three hours of hair removal, almost as much time spent driving. Exhausting stuff, I'm glad to be home with my boys

If Bluesky adds an age gate that can't be easily bypassed and requires sensitive information, like many of you I'll be leaving My username here is also my personal website so you can find some of my contact info there (and perhaps I should add more too)

Hi, I'm Brooke I'm a nerd from Aotearoa who tries her best to do the right thing. I'm mostly made of cat photos and programming I value my privacy so often deliberately limit my reach on here. I'm mainly here to talk to my friends and perhaps make some new ones, so please do say hello

Oh wow it's been over a year since I came out on here. I... don't really look like my pinned post anymore Maybe I should make a new one

After seeing how badly one of the parties in this government has done at attempting to define "woman", I can't wait to watch them attempt to define "social media" What casualties will be swept up in the tide of bad lawmaking? GitHub? All forms of multiplayer videogames? Email?

Does anyone know what protest(s) against the puberty blocker ban are happening on Friday the 19th? I have the day off already so if there's one happening in Auckland I'd like to know where and when to show up

Pō mārie The Block the Ban rally today gave me a dose of hope I think I really needed Was kind of fun to see how many girls bought their Blåhaj with them, knowing my flatmate was at Ikea (mine is next to me on the bed as I write this)

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Could we stop referring to "rainbow people" or "rainbow community" when talking about trans health care, trans rights, attacks against trans people, trans kids, transitioning. Trans is the correct superordinate category level here; it isn't rainbow people whose care was banned, it was trans kids'

Please I'm so tired of fireworks

The Association of Psychotherapists: “This development overrides clinical judgment. It denies families a say in their own children’s healthcare, and it sets a dangerous precedent where politicians, not doctors, control treatment. This ban will not protect young people — it will hurt many.”

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Somehow not using "AI" myself doesn't save me from wasting my time because of other people using it Oh Copilot told you that was the problem? Did you think to check if the error message it made up actually happened?? No??? Well aren't you lucky I'm here to babysit you and your bo-bot

Govt has panicked and realised they accidentally banned GnRH analogues for adults too and have quickly updated their legislation. Just shows how little thought went into this decision - no thought, just political ideology and disinformation. www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...