Improv is much better AND much worse than you think

The Free Speech Union commissioned a "security" report on us, so we tested their security. Turns out - it sucks. We've now published the names of everyone who has donated to a FSU fundraiser, along with how much they gave and to which campaign. www.transbashback.com/fsu.html xoxo BASH BACK

My annual holiday Wordplay Quiz is here! Every year I write a quiz full of dreadful puns, cryptic crossword nerdery, and dreadful puns, designed to be solved on the couch with your loved ones. Get the printable version for free at drive.google.com/file/d/1WZt4...

My response to anything over the next two weeks

AI Sucks! Fight The Robots! www.emilywrites.co.nz/ai-stole-my-...

It’s the holidays and the end of the year and a lot of people (women) are asking, how does she do it all? Answer: she doesn’t www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

love to be on brand except for Andor?? I did not watch that show

I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...

Hey cis fam have a read about what’s happening. Think how you can support trans folks in your life, in particular young ones and their whānau patha.nz/news

let these bastards know that this shit is unacceptable [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] and email ur representatives voicing ur displeasure with this change. Trans rights are human rights. We can't let this shit stay.

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? Just a few b a n g e r s

Just realized that this Pope is the first ever pope who has maybe seen a Harold. very curséd

the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent

12 - 16 Nov 2025 in Pōneke a new Theatre Marae experience. Written by Helen Pearse-Otene, directed by Jim Moriarty, choreographed by Tānemahuta Gray and produced by me and Jim. "Out the Gate" about incarceration in Aotearoa from lived experience. Tickets from Te Rākau's website. "Wow, just wow"

The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).

azalea (yellow) 🙂

New awareness campaign

Great author, neat urban fantasy concept, extremely reasonable ask. If this appeals, pledge if you can, signal boost if you can't! I got to hear about the campaign that inspired this while it was ongoing and I was so jealous because it sounded REALLY cool. www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...

A must-read article for anyone interested in the future of education in NZ... Which should be everyone who lives here. And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding

Ok, before I click buy on this discount factory seconds adjustable standing desk... Does anyone have a similar desk (this kind or one of the cranking ones) in Ōtautahi Christchurch willing to sell for less than $500? I'll wait til 8pm.

You found $$$ for roads, tobacco industry, landlords, cancelling ferries, piddly tax cuts. You cut a bunch of so-called 'back room' jobs that supported doctors, nurses, & teachers to do their work. You froze hiring & refused to employ nurses You outsourced curriculum development to AI and Aus.

[hospital] SURGEON: [lowers mask] I'm sorry, we were unable to separate the art from the artist ME: are they S: yes, they’re still an asshole

It’s the Portland way.

Right. No that’s true thank you

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...

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

That the welcome is needed before the invitation is something about accessibility and inclusion. Trust to come in or to do the thing you offer is founded on knowing if the place is safe and usable for personal perspective

Who changed the senior English curriculum just before it went out for consultation? Why did they erase Māori and Pacific authors and replace them with Shakespeare and 19th century texts?

for those of you who have never seen The New Zealand Tweet, the perennial flower

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." - Desmond Tutu

New Zealand is punching above its weight in cowardice

FOOKIN EMBARRASSING THE LOT OF YAS

More details about the roles we need to fill are available here: www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/news-1/hello...

Makes my blood boil

Oh! weird that they're both ding dongs

Kiwi Bought A Zoo

#ponekelive #ponekeimprov do we hashtag here COME TO THE IMPROV FEST

every time the wimd picks up

thinking about how humanity is spending billions building the Demon Cat from Adventure Time

Calling New Zealand English teachers. As part of my PhD research, I'm conducting a survey on teacher perspectives on the topics of Shakespeare and of the inclusion of mātauranga Māori. Please complete this survey if you are an English teacher massey.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...