A Narcissist's Prayer That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did... You deserved it.

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My #secretsantaaonz person is so onto it my gift arrived yesterday! Very exciting!

Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡ Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

This is an important point - bad faith actors like Seymour use these tactics regularly. If you've ever been a victim of this in your personal life you'll recognise it in people in positions of power and Seymour is a prime example. It's unacceptable and toxic AF.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

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A seal walks into a bar. In this case, an adorable seal pup waddled into a suburban pub, just as the Christmas decorations were going up. Click the link in our bio to see the full story.

A functional democracy is impossible to sustain without a ceiling on concentrated wealth and power. Even a meritorious Musk (and he's not) would pose an existential threat to democracy.

I won a book that I have been meaning to read, so yay for me manifesting that shit.

Three evenings ago I read an article about using ice packs on the forehead to help beat insomnia. The original study was from 2011 IIRC. Apparently if you drop the temperature of your frontal lobe by a degree or so you trigger a cascade of sleepy time metabolic events.

This is the right level of cringe where this is genuinely endearing and relatable. Now imagine Starmer trying to do the same

Why is it "frankly disgusting" for parents and schools to stand up for what THEY believe is right for their tamariki? Why is the PM allowing his MPs to spread anti-worker, anti-Te Tiriti disinformation on social media? #nzpol

'“It is … almost certain that I can no longer publish or produce any new work within the UK while this proscription remains in effect" ... it was possible that her publisher Faber & Faber would be legally prohibited from paying her the royalties she was owed.' www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Join us at Tūranga for an hour of festive community singing with L.A. Mitchell and friends. Sunday 7 December, 2pm to 3pm. More in fo: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69...

has labour tried running against national?

Does anyone have a not-smartphone for their kids? Any recommendations on phones and plans welcome.

Aviva - live free from violence's Christmas Gift Room is Open! 🎁🎄 This Christmas, help us ensure every child experiencing family violence has a gift to open. Your kindness can make a huge difference! 💖

As the person who does most of the VM socials, let me tell you this: bluesky is absolutely the worst platform of the bunch for slapping random adult content warnings on innocent posts to bury them. Would super appreciate if you share the post below like hell, and donate a fiver!

Gen-X: 42 Millennials: 420 Gen-Z: 69 Gen-alpha: 6, 7 Solve for the next generation

I don’t see my friend “a scary amount of butter” as much as I’d like to but when I do it’s like no time has passed, we pick up right where we left off

A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving

As someone who is 4 episodes in, this review of the new season of The Witcher is full of snarky, accurate brilliance. "Bollard in a wig" is going straight to the pool room. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

This is absolutely amazing. Like. We need to shout from the rooftops and tell vaccine success stories like this. (All vaccines are success stories, but it's not as easy to illustrate how verifiably life saving they are.)

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.

This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.

Are electrical outlets mad at me? Many users feel like they're looking at an angry little guy

"We might campaign on repealing the law we just passed" is dumber and more flailingly chaotic than literally ANYTHING on the left (and I'm making the call that that includes losing an MP to kleptomania and the implosion of TPM)

Hey, cuties! You’re doing a good job and your hair looks niiiice! #ootd

Does anyone I know work at Orana Wildlife in CHCH? I just have a couple of questions :3

47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history? Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.

I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me

I got the flu a couple of months ago despite having had my annual flu jab (I took a test so it def was the flu and not Covid or a cold). It seemed to be less severe and I recovered more quickly than my child who had not had a flu vaccination.

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

It's that time of year

Pretty much no to all of this. #SecretSantaAoNZ

rudolph the red wait what reindeer

Aha! Found the last time I did this thread, adding a link in case any of what I said ^^ is unclear due to brain fog bsky.app/profile/raha...

I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone. Killing IMLS could have killed ILL. This is great news. 📚

everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.