A wife bids farewell to her husband, the kuhul ajaw of Pa’ Chan, on his way to war. It is lintel 26 of Yaxchilán, Chiapas, crafted in 724 AD. The protagonists are Lord Shield Jaguar II and his wife Lady Xoc, who hands him his flexible shield and a helmet or headdress in the shape of a jaguar head.

‘It was no longer a gift for my husband. It was all for me’: four women on how boudoir photography changed their lives

Can someone point me to a single instance where Deloitte/McKinsey/Bain any of these consulting firms have said an org needs to hire more people? Half a million to tell us something we knew they would.

“Around 200 people protested peacefully outside during the opening of the challenge - with scores of them silently holding up signs saying ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.’ Several sign-holders were then arrested by police.” We must challenge these attacks on free speech and protest.

No new “exploration” but new drilling still allowed as long as linked to existing fields www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Consider NOT repeating the hateful words you are lamenting, friends. You're spreading the evil. Just sayin.

Had a wonderful welcome from Ngāti Whātua here in Tāmaki Makarau and honestly, if you cannot relate to the values of Tangata Whenua, why are you even living here? #ToitūTeTiriti

Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics: "Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?" Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"

The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:

When I look at FB I feel like I can't breathe in there and rapidly close it.

GOOD MORNING FROM VIENNA Bi-Colored Pink Amaryllis ‪ Schönbrunn Palm House Hietzing, 13th District Image © Merisi Vienna #EastCoastKin #Photography #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Amaryllis #Conservatory

I'm revising my very rusty t'ai chi, and I'm amazed at how much my body still knows how to do. It's been ten years since I was doing regular practice.

Two women chat as they wait for a delayed train at Durham Station. They warm their hands with take-away coffees. They have each others’ full attention. Whatever they are talking about is juicy.

You just died. The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. Yep.

aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/he-puawai/ Well, since you asked, this has been out for about six weeks.

Painting by David Inshaw ‘The Raven’ 1971. Oil on canvas. Size 35 x 48 cm.

No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts

For those caught up in the patch problem. An update I saw this morning.

Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on. The union never said a word. Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring – up to 1,500,000 trips, a more than 40% increase on 2019.

and today the terven are weightlifting experts complaining there should be more coverage

@beckeleven.bsky.social tell Buster this is what he is

I just finished this lovely book. Recommended. "A whimsical novel about a trans man in New York who moves back to his small Illinois hometown, walks into the bookstore he worked at in high school... and slips through time to come face-to-face with his pre-transition, teenage self."

I have one cat who acts like he’s just heard an angel when I sing and one who gets alarmed and hits me so I stay nice and humble

He’s got his beautiful gloves on

🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥 Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.

Aurora tonight outside of Reykjavik. #travel #northernlights #Iceland

Ich have not yet read eny thinge of the Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK storye, and thys must be how celestial and serene angels feele as thei rotate peacefullye yn their crystal spheres

Been waiting for this story to come out and totally missed it two days ago haha sorry @mattnippert.bsky.social. Check out the murderboard (literal murder, as in funding imperialist war & war crimes).

Any comment, @premeemohamed.com ? 🐙

can labour kick hipkins already lol like... he's been more supportive of ACT and NZF MPs than this AND we're well past the point where Labour should be kicking itself in the face over this stuff - Wood, at the very least, has done his time www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

100% This

The main reason any state needs energy is because data centers are hogging it …🔻

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.)

Who knew about this? The areas marked "Kahore I Hokona" (=never sold) are land for which there are no purchase agreements by colonial companies. The land was simply taken from Kai Tahu. You'll notice it includes all the Otago Lakes with their pricey real estate. Totally stolen land. #kikorangi

That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends

The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Found this beautiful (tiny!) Degas etching at the Chch City Art Gallery. Incredible textures created with linework.

BREAKING UPDATE: Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...

If any other political party pulled what Nats have on Kiwisaver this week and the comments on the regulatory standards bill, they would have been raked over the coals given their history. No one would have made it out alive from the news cycle.

I don't think we're going to have a successful Amazon boycott till we break their monopoly on indie books. They have a clever strategy to build their monopoly, which any functional government would have banned: if you want your indie book listed in Kindle Unlimited, you have to be exclusive. 🧵

A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Every month or so, I get a charming form letter from Te Whatu Ora reminding me how long I've been on the waiting list for a consult with an opthamology specialist to perhaps schedule eye surgery. Fifteen months and no end in sight. Pardon my Anglo-Saxon, but fuck these shitheads. #nzpol

Had to click out of a Census consultation about the new admin Census cos too depressing to watch the sad faces of StatsNZ explaining the ins and outs of how they will be producing something with poorer data quality than before

#NZpol Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore! PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons: "These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."

No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?

People play that game of “what one thing would you do if you were dictator for a day” and mine is that I would create a memorial for the AIDS epidemic on the National Mall right alongside all the monuments and war memorials. Top billing.

There’s just a couple of days left on my sale, I NEVER DO SALES, so get the goods before Sunday! Christmas, sorted 💅