Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join us in helping Las Briseñas Agricultoras Group in Jicaro to pursue their dream? #HandUp www.kiva.org/invitedby/an...

What is the problem with a Capital Gains Tax? My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #tax #CapitalGainsTax

Michael de Adder is one of my fav all time cartoonist, he was getting monster views of twitter... on X his stuff isn't even showing up unless you search for it

To restore to sensuality its nobility. — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6: 1955–1966, 1977 ㅤ

"Justice can never be done in the midst of injustice." Simone de Beauvoir

A story in three parts #nzpol 🇳🇿

Patiently waiting for the right moment to knock all the pieces onto the floor. digitaltmuseum.org/021016963411...

A very old, lone oak, dripping in epiphytes, overhangs a river in Killarney NP. Just as the tree reflects off the water, so is it a living reflection of a precious rainforest ecosystem that has been, and continues to be, grazed to oblivion. Something *must* give here. 🌎

Kia Ora lovely Aunties, I need 5 more Xmas fairies. We need one for - a whanau of 4 - a whanau of 5 - a whanau of 5 - a whanau of 5 - a whanau of 4 If you'd like to step up, please email me [email protected] and I will give you more details. Thanks so much. Jackie

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books. #books p.s I have made five new prints of my cartoons, visit www.tomgauld.com for details.

“[I]t is the powerful who write the laws of the world-- and the powerful who ignore these laws when expediency dictates.” Michael Parenti

You can't force someone to care about you. But you CAN force them to the bottom of the river by tying a cement block to their foot.

There are just so many reasons to wear a mask

If you are sick, bed ridden, agoraphobic, or just unable to get to a voting place you can still vote. Please read the details here. #Aotearoa #NewZealand vote.nz/2023-general...

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, 1962

I voted earlier today.

Vote like they're going to make it illegal.

Most of the Charities Amendment Act comes into force 5 Oct 2023; affecting every registered charity in Aotearoa NZ. We are pleased to support Sue Barker's work outlining in simple terms the issues that all charities need to know. #SeedTheChange #Charity #Law www.seedthechange.nz/charities-re...

A blast from the past, this small series of winter abstracts was made in my local wood over 15 years ago now...

You do not need an EasyVote Card to vote. You do not even need to be enrolled and you do not need to take identification with you when you go to vote. If you are a NZer over the age of 18, just show up to a polling booth and you will be able to vote. Pass it on.

GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker

Most of the Charities Amendment Act comes into force 5 Oct 2023; affecting every registered charity in Aotearoa NZ. We are pleased to support Sue Barker's work outlining in simple terms the issues that all charities need to know. #SeedTheChange #Charity #Law www.seedthechange.nz/charities-re...

“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.” — Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (1929)

I've been following the numbers over the afternoon. HC briefly peaked at 48%, and has slowly been losing decimal places back down to 47. Manji has slowly been gaining decimal places and is now at 40.4%. Few more votes and it will show 41%. I think this will be surprising CL et al

Iridescent clouds in Ireland caused by ice crystals in the clouds!

Thank you so much Diana. @dianawearsblue.bsky.social @simonjester007.bsky.social @gemini21.bsky.social @occupyonelove.bsky.social @jensdad4biden.bsky.social @lisasmith1150.bsky.social @xavierresists.bsky.social @atothez-amber.bsky.social Let's keep it going. 💙

Last week in Scotland I saw first hand the **radical** effect beavers have on a river. By building dams + felling trees, they had turned a fairly featureless straight channel into a complex, diverse weave of watery habitats, bursting with wildlife. Ecosystem engineers is right. 🌎

“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.” — Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (1929)

For those of you wondering which parties scored highly on disability policies check out DPA/CCS Disability Action election scorecard. #nzpol #DisabilityPolicy

Some good people have put together a guide around climate voting. Results not surprising. Share esp w young people! #nzpol

Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your behavior. Your behavior becomes your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny. —Mahatma Gandhi

via Tim Ferriss 🍄 www.npr.org/2023/09/24/1...

"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that cultivates flowers, not thunder." Rumi

Aye! Up The Wāhine! 🖤

Always remember that the good people outnumber the bad. They are just the louder voices. 💙

When it collapses and Jack buys it back for a dollar and merges Bluesky with Twitter we will all be much better off or something.

Stolen from Mastadon:

on voting:

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” — Nelson Henderson

Good evening Aunties Community. A very special request. Are you in Christchurch? Do you have drawers? One of our whānau women, T, lives down there now. And she needs 3x Low Boy 4drawer chest. 1x Low Boy 6drawer chest. Please message me and I will give her your contact details. Thanks Jackie

Home Sweet Home ... 🐬

Today in "linguists are not kidding when they say that language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before in the entirety of human history"