If there is anyone out there on Bluesky who wants all the Harry Potter books for their kid without giving money to Rowling I have a complete set, which I will send to you if the shipping is reasonable and you make a $50 donation to a trans charity or fundraiser.

Ta-da!!!! Art for the lounge.

How does Willis still have a job after such sheer fiscal mismanagement? #nzpol

Huge news: we have over 1000 public signatures to our open letter, representing a range of industries, unions and professions. In addition to the 20+ AI experts and the NZ Green Party. Help us get the other parties on board with regulating AI by sharing, signing and contacting your local MPs #nzpol

come on you fuckers, own the libs by going all out for solar and wind, own us hard

We’ve had 50 years’ notice on oil shocks – and what we could do to insulate ourselves against them (solar, hydro, rail, public transport, cycling) and not only DIDN’T we do it, our infrastructure is so (un-)robust that it can all be shattered by, get this, ONE GUY’s actions.

I was so high, I could feel my teeth talking to each other about the social contract.

Congratulations to President Trump for making the most powerful possible case for green energy and for the Chinese renewables and auto industries.

This is what happens when you don’t read poetry.

Ban all podcasts.

Put men in rice. A factory reset is needed.

This Louis Theroux doc is wild.

‘Another poll also revealed Kiwis overwhelmingly wanted politicians to govern with future generations in mind and the economic system to be changed.’

‘Wiorks such as This Compulsion in Us are helping to open conversations about whakapapa, identity and the many pathways people take in reconnecting with their heritage.’

“When asked whether they thought wealthy New Zealanders (those earning over $180,000 per year or with assets over $5 million) should pay more tax, 61% of respondents in a representative poll said they should. Only 4% said the wealthy should pay less than they currently do.” Probably the wealthy.

Nice bit of quite surprising news. Dark times, but I love that we are celebrating books and all that they mean to us 💚🤓

why am I so grateful for just one normal thing

I keep misspelling thinking as thinkinking (typing too fast?) and I don’t know, maybe that’s the way it should be. Wouldn’t life be more fun if we thinkink about it?

Starting this evening in Wgtn, Tadra Vata: Beyond Islands, Beyond Borders explores the spaces that both connect and separate us, featuring writers Tīhema Baker, Tagi Qolouvaki, Emelihter Kihleng, Makanaka Tuwe, Gina Cole, Story Hemi-Morehouse, Hana Buchanan, Elsie Andrewes, Emele Ugavule and more.

More extreme weather more often. What do our leaders think we should do? In a word, not much. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate

The climate enhanced #FonterraStorm hits Canterbury www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Article about flooding with ad for new subdivisions being build on a floodplain apps.canterburymaps.govt.nz/FloodModelRe...

Jenny Bornholdt and Bill Manhire at number 1 and 2 on Unity Wellington’s bestseller list this week, followed by MA grad Eva Wyles, and only then George Saunders!

Under the previous govt the Wellington harbour would have 2 new purpose built ferries by now. Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.

IT'S GOOD FOR YOU! ^MT

Great news! The debut poetry collection by Kāi Tahu writer, musician, and NZ Arts Laureate Ariana Tikao is coming out 16 April. It's called Pepeha Portal, and will be published by Otago University Press · Te Whare Tā o Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. oup.nz/library/pepe... #pukapuka #booksky ^DR

Are you a fan of #nzbooks? Tune in to our latest ep of SERVED WITH RICE to hear our convo with former NZ Poet Laureate @chrisjtse.bsky.social — it’s a great ep 🥰 Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe!

"Fight against being ass" is a message that more people need to receive, tbh

Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire is a work of stone-cold beauty and genius. Thank you @thwupbooks.bsky.social & @pacificraft.bsky.social teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...

This weird obsession right wingers have about how long it takes to count votes in NZ is so weird man what difference does it make? We are globally insignificant our election results don’t move the markets. You got something important to do that hinges on election results just go live your life 🙄

Anti-trans hate is an industry. Not a movement, not a moral concern, not an organic uprising of worried parents — an industry, deliberately constructed, lavishly funded, & strategically deployed to protect the interests of the powerful men who finance it culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Ah the thrill of a new class. Each year I’m humbled by my students - such a wealth of diverse experience and thrillingly subversion thinking. The best antidote to the hellscape outside - not just a balm but active strengthening of resistance & critical thought #creativity @modernletters.bsky.social

MA grad Gina Butson, whose novel The Stars are a Million Glittering Worlds was published last year, is in The SpinOff’s Books Confessional thespinoff.co.nz/books/04-02-...

My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass. It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved. I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it. Please share this...(1)

And every time you use ChatGPT, an artist dies a little.

Also, one of our staff members, haha… #ThisCompulsioninUs

If you want a break from snow or ICE, I have a #longread in the current @harpers.bsky.social about a mystical drift through London. Includes Blake, Hawksmoor, the Sex Pistols, Derek Jarman, John Dee and conversations with Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair harpers.org/archive/2026...

life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready

stripped of its meaning, will produce people who are stripped of their history, of their meaning..." true also, crucially true, in America where today it so tragically seems that "history" itself is being revised to fit a new political stratagem, if not erased entirely.

at the essay's conclusion Hari Kunzru quotes Alan Moore: "It is so important to reenchant these places that we live in, to give back the energies that have been bled out of them. An empowered landscape creates empowered people. A disempowered landscape, stripped of its history,

The UK has declined a new Elbit Systems contract, leading Palestine Action prisoners to end the hunger strike that had three of them on the brink of death. The Tesco worker suspended for refusing to handle Israeli goods has been reinstated and will no longer have to handle them. We can and will win

Chilling and completely convincing final line

look at this charming tauhou / waxeye nest found under a tree, presumably blown out or dislodged by a possum. horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless (photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)

As parts of Aotearoa are due to cook under 38C today, a reminder about the humble 🌳 in keeping you cool and fresh Time for the 3-30-300 rule Able to see 3 trees 30% urban forest canopy 300m from the nearest park or green infrastructure

THANK YOU. Deplatforming and focus shifting ! Actually asking to hear from the targets .

Heh. Perfect explanation of the AI market bubble.

A petition to nations outside of the US to strongly resist its violent colonial expansion.

OMG, 100/124?! Yay for writers.

I was wondering if anyone would leave the board. This whole situation is appalling and shocking, but it's heartening to see the swift response. The festival is done though, for now. It's sad to see the end of festivals who [should] bring important writers and conversations to this part of the world

First withdrawal from the Adelaide Festival proper, DJ Haram www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/cult...