I will note that in today's Ōtepoti mayoral election the antivaxxer was outvoted by the vampire by almost 2 to 1

Got some really great stickers in the mail today from @theinfophile.bsky.social and @notthatcaltrans.bsky.social, thank you!!! I miss you ❤️

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS. This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Silly man, maintaining the status quo was WAY more important than keeping democracy

C is for CROSSING -- paywall lifted for Chapter Two of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet, featuring character art by @asphodelles.bsky.social Ghosts. History. Horror. Boomers on molly. A missing cat. Wellington like you've never known. www.patreon.com/posts/chapte...

Overseas friends! Waterstones is offering 25% off online pre-orders of the paperback edition of The Butcher’s Daughter for a limited time starting on Tuesday. check out the tasty promo image for more information, including the handy discount code.

TIMELINE CLEANSE www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhgY...

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation. It methodically goes through each problem in the review. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism

Live in 2 hours for subscribers! The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet: C is for CROSSING. With new art by @asphodelles.bsky.social, new citations, and moar playlist! Wellington. Ghosts. A cat. An expat. A killer. The world right now. Real history. Horror. www.patreon.com/collection/1...

This is heartbreaking 💔

YES!!! You were needed! Go go go Wellington Mask Bloc! 🥳🌟😷

STORY: ORANGE MAN LIE AGAIN OLD WAY: “CRITICS SAY STATEMENT MAY BE MISLEADING.” ANIMAL WAY: HIT KICK DRUM, YELL “LIE!” HIT TAMBOURINE, WHISPER “but other side lie too” IN SOFTEST MIKE JOHNSON VOICE.

What is the name of your least favorite child? In what year did you abandon your dreams? What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?

Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social! Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday. www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

New: US CDC data blackout continues, US breaks measles record: highest cases in 33 years, French pharmacies run out of #Covid tests, UK hospitals bring back masks, massive study shows skyrocketing Covid risks of HPV cancers. Yeah, cancer. From a respiratory virus. www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

the powerful are petrified of wahine māori and the haka. got emotional watching this wee clip of oriini kaipara in the house.

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Do you use the Modpro IP TV + VPN VPN? If so, GET RID OF IT! www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-worl... #malware

Working on tomorrow's Threat Model: Covid and I just noticed that last week's was the 300th. Three hundred weekly #Covid and #LongCovid news updates. Every week, same time, same day, for 300 weeks. Wow. www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

CDC is now abusing the phrase "informed consent" and I'm going to scream

I wish this was online 😭 "Six speakers, six minutes... Izzi Lithgow on why blaming people for cyber security issues misses the real problem... Elle Archer on how Māori are re-shaping the digital realm" Plus Bronwyn Scott, Mike Grimshaw, Dr Cara Swit, and Sam Sehnert. internetnz.nz/events/netta...

WE ARE LIVE in BROOKLYN! ASK AN ENGINEER! youtu.be/ido7qAsBEdw

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

This Friday! Chapter 2 of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet: C is for CROSSING. With character art! Wellington. Expats. Ghosts. A cat. A killer. The intersections of ancestors and orphans. The crossroads of immigrants and Indigenous people under colonial rule. Real history. Horror.

SHOW and TELL 10/8/2025 youtu.be/4-vCTnIWrNo

I'm in the phase of apartment hunting re: my current flat where it's like when you broke up but still have to live together, and are friends now so that's alright, but you wish you'd paid attention to those little things in the beginning that bugged you then and really bother you now

Pretty clear what's happening here. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

JFC please just wear a mask and clean the damn air indoors 😭

I also wrote about how the age of scammers is overwhelming and how a random Jason Statham movie did more to address it than Congress. letsdothepanicagain.beehiiv.com/p/they-re-ma...

Wellington. please vote, the city needs you. According to "Inner-City Wellington" it looks like only around 1 in 5 people have voted! I know you voted, but have you checked on your friends? Link to voting drop box locations. Maybe a cheeky re-post too. wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

The risk of Americans learning their OWN history is just too high.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Sovereign computers, software and servers for home and office. Come and join me for this live webinar with an Open Source expert, noon October 22, Nau mai, haere mai koutou! sovereign-computers.eventbrite.co.nz

I don't know who needs to know this (besides me) but Kmart NZ is going HAM for Halloween stock this year (including cat items, and yes guess whose cats have matching costumes now) 🎃🐈‍⬛

Wellingtonians - Are you interested? An hour of unlimited play on the machines at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe before regular opening hours on a Sunday from 10-11 am. N95 or better masks to be worn at all times and there is an air purifier. $20/person and we need 25 people to make the event happen.

Really looking forward to this #horror film made by an old friend, yay! Congrats Johannes!

Author of The Anti-Fascist Handbook, death threats at his house after TPUSA targeted him and his family. newrepublic.com/post/201448/...

From this morning: Apple and Google's platform gatekeeping at nation-state request, a Discord age-verification "experiment" data breach, cyber-scam compound ringleaders sentenced to execution (!), RNZ's tight journalistic OPSEC, how to turn off a few AI tools, more: www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

(Oakland)The organizers are seeking volunteers for this Fri., 10/10 masked concert, for free admission! E-mail rebirthxcanal (at) gmail (dot) com for info.

Guess who is doing medical mystery shenanigans again! Thought Sam had something stuck in his nose. Instead we find a swollen spot in his mouth and mild ear inflammation... Meds and a revisit next week.

Our mask bloc is well funded and now available at the Newtown Library in Wellington but we could use some more volunteers, specifically people with a bit of storage space who can help with restocking this collection point. Let us know if you can help!

#Murderbot as a trans journey: 🤖💗🤍💙🏳️‍⚧️ "Life Lessons From a Murderbot" By Anya Johanna DeNiro Published on June 26, 2023, about the #books 🪐📚 reactormag.com/life-lessons...

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I don't think people who aren't the target of such laws realize how upsetting it is to simply read headlines like this it adds up over a lifetime, you know to know you are so hated, to have to always be on the lookout for creeps and chuds who would do you harm given the chance it's tiring

If you’d like to hear my final council speech (with some sass), feel free to come to council tomorrow morning. DM for more details.

(Berkeley) Sunday, 10/12, 12-3 p.m.: Mask-required shopping hours at The Escapist / Dark Carnival books. 3086 & 3090 Claremont Ave., Berkeley.