Exciting!!

Pre-ordered my signed copy 😍

the fuck 1. 'Fat ass'? Um is he on Ozempic now & i missed it or something 2. Fix the infrastructure - I hear there's no more sewage flowing thru the streets which sucks bc I can't mock Wgtn for it anymore 3. Student politics? It's not her fault she's surrounded by weirdos

Light pollution is causing birds around the world to sing for longer each day, prolonging their vocalizations on average by 50 minutes, according to a new study in Science. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Uz7vzP

Eels spend several years as big clear, leaf shaped goobers in the ocean, just floating around being weird little guys. Eel Facts! Text STOP to cancel Eel Facts

Stuff reporting that just 655 teachers in Aotearoa are on $140k+, out of 150,000 educators. That's a whopping 0.42% of them.

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

Gosh it seems to me that Luxon needs some help in ensuring he can do his job properly- can’t attend a call with European leaders and Ukraine because it’s 1am? What a dickhead.

Imagine getting your country through a pandemic with one of the lowest mortality rates while mitigating economic impacts and then having everyone paint you as economic vandals when the truth is actually the opposite

You have until 1pm tomorrow to submit! Reminder it does not have to be super elaborate just an ‘I oppose this bill’. I know a lot of us are submissioned out- if you only have the spoons for a couple sentences te pai nā, your voice is still important

The body language alone speaks VOLUMES. #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

Reckon if you're confident in your position then being called 'spineless' for holding to it would generate more bemusement than offense but maybe that's just me

Ash and I just submitted in less than 5 minutes! Your submission does not have to be super elaborate

My reckons. There is something desperately wrong with any system which condemns mildly critical language addressed towards privileged power holders, but is utterly silent on the intentional starvation of children. #nzpol

We have some really shitty people in power around the world right now, people who are so narcissistic and lacking in empathy or a care to understand anything other than themselves. The coalition continues to walk along similar lines, like reading from his book. #uspol #nzpol #BHN

The most racist government since Muldoon and also the stupidest.

This bit: ‘…would remove the requirement for Health NZ to engage with IMPBs when determining priorities for kaupapa Māori investment.’ Make a submission because this doesn’t just look like a move towards privatisation but another attack on Māori rights… #Kikorangi #nzpol

No builders to build anything. No apprentices. No gas transition capacity. No new Drs and nurses. No pool of police or prisons staff No policy wonks No Ministry grad programmes No science system No jobs.

Nothing could beat the artistic wonder that is Preacher’s Daughter but this album is a close second. Influenced by underground goth clubs and sad country folk, nobody does queer yearning like Ethel ❤️ her story-building is something else... She’s making history in the industry as a trans artist

I heard there was a secret 'b' Hidden inside a 'blueberry' But you don't really care for GPT do ya It goes like this: a 'b' at first, and fourth and sixth, Whoops, minor error; purported fix, My AI reinventing "blubeberry" Blubeberry 🎶 blubellberry Blurblery

Seymour doing things nobody asked for instead of tackling the crippling issues facing kiwis. As someone with an unusual allergy thats usually not included on menus etc. I’m extremely appreciative of our labelling laws that inform me of what will make me sick & what won’t. My celiac partner agrees

Barraged in the past few days by emails, meetings, and notices about funding cuts, AI, and fraud on massive scales while also grading student assignments showing huge increase in genAI usage. Feels like a complete existential crisis for research and higher education.

So Ani O'Brien led the anti-Maori ward campaign for Jordan Williams / Hobsons Pledge then tried to steer people off course from her using a photo that was disallowed for ad/promotion purposes #nzpol

For those keeping track, the Campaign Company has now been involved in: - Stop 3 Waters - Rates Cap Campaign - Anti Māori Wards Billboard campaigns Clearly there’s some big money backers out there trying to manipulate local elections. Gotta ask yourself why that might be and who is sharing it!

Writing is thinking www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Your daily reminder that record profits are under paid wages & over priced goods. #GeneralStrike Vive la révolution

‘Waffle’ the noun and ‘waffle’ the verb are not etymologically related. The noun is related to the Old English ‘wefan,’ which means “to weave.” The verb is related to the English ‘woff,’ which means “to yelp.” FWIW: we never waffle on eating waffles.

Just got my Melbourne ticket for the Bullet For My Valentine- The Poison 20year anniversary tour! One of my favourite albums of all time played in its entirety! And this time Ash is coming with me 🥹 yay early anniversary trip 🤘🤘love a bit of Welsh thrash metal on a random Wednesday

We still have a few spots available in this study on Thursday! Come hang out, have a waiata and a kōrero at the University of Auckland

What a shame our Minister of Education is convinced kids’ brains are computers and is rebuilding our whole education system on junk science. But then, when you think education is about the replication of cultural power, the brain as computer metaphor is perfect.

Today marks the beginning of ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani – Cook Islands Māori Language Week.⁠ Annie Crummer's mother was Tahitian, and her father – renowned musician Will Crummer – is from the Cook Islands. In 2010 Crummer released 'Ocean Moon'... audioculture.co.nz/profile/anni...

Just a reminder this is happening NEXT THURSDAY! Big mihi to everyone who has shared & signed up so far! Please continue to share ❤️

Need some gay shit? Tired of living under late-stage capitalism? Desire to smash the patriarchy? I gotchu! Support @wellingtonpride.bsky.social and local artists at: wellingtonpride.digitees.co.nz and snagging one of my (or another artist's) tees/hoodies! 🫀🗡️ Our Love Is Never In Vain 🫀🗡️

Māori are being stripped from the roll without knowing. Te Pāti Māori has filed urgent High Court action to stop it. This is voter suppression. This is how they rig elections. We won’t let them. We won’t let them silence Aotearoa. #AoNZ #ManaMokopuna #NZPol #Vote2026 #2TicksTPM

Just a reminder this is happening NEXT THURSDAY! Big mihi to everyone who has shared & signed up so far! Please continue to share ❤️

“what is the crime?!” I scream as the police drag me away from the polling booth “…enjoying a succulent free Māori hangi?!”

Kākahu update- first row of feathers are on 😍 a mix of goose & pheasant. I’ve layered three feathers on top of each other to make this combo- there are over 230 feathers in this one row. The friend I’m gifting this kākahu to is from Parihaka so the white feathers are significant to her whakapapa ❤️

THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it. 🧪🧵⬇️

The real gay agenda 🌈🤣

Tēnā koutou katoa! Want $30 and able to come to the University of Auckland between 10am & 1pm for one hour on the 7th August? We are looking for diverse participants for a fun in-person waiata/kōrero experiment. Please share with anyone who may be interested! See attached flyer for more details ☺️

Meeting our new undergrad Māori and Pasifika tauira tomorrow! I got asked to introduce myself and summarise my University journey so far and like… how do I put 4 years on to one page??! I think I did pretty well 😅

Mr Potato head is rattled.

Slowly getting my experiment posters up on campus and around the city! Tomorrow I’ll be handing them out to friends at my rāranga classes to take to their various community spaces! Official data collection in two weeks 🤓

There’s zero political incentive for someone no longer running for mayor to use the election spotlight to contribute to the current ‘conversation’ about gendered harassment pushing people out of NZ politics. Imagine knowing for years that a bunch of your male peers are fixated on your sex life.

Really interesting read, cool to see a wide range of Oceania cultures included

Having women remove themselves from public is no solution to gendered online violence & abuse. I repeat, the solution to men abusing women is not, and never should be, for women to be less visible or less vocal. The issue is men being abusive. Men need to hold abusive men to account, not women.

Absent for the reading of the Treaty Principles Bill, absent for the hikoi, absent for slightest thing that might reflect – in ANY way – on him.

And it's not just about Tory Whanau... #nzpol

Ray Chung's reprehensible email is now accessible without being hidden behind a paywall, courtesy Stuff: Ray Chung emailed Wellington councillors salacious sex claims about Mayor Tory Whanau that he heard from ‘neighbour’ www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607... Imp. for web discoverability, & posterity.