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Halfway through I described it as having 1000xResist vibes as in it has a story it wants to tell you and does a lot of things specifically to tell you that story. I just rolled credits and it holds true and it's so good

Man, i have not seen enough people raving about Tchia. I don't know how far through i am but it's beautiful and I'm so attached to this story. I've seen it described as a love letter to Kanaky and they're right

I wonder what the connection might be

"The Vatican, which rarely intervenes in climate negotiations, called for a reference to 'sex' rather than 'gender' during discussions on the need for disaggregated data." Scratch the surface of demands to collect data about 'biological sex' rather than gender and we quickly see the real motives...

Even in conversations about saving the planet from catastrophic destruction, regressive anti-trans voices are trying to derail things by demanding climate agencies collect data about 'biological sex' rather than gender 📊🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Performative public apologies with no actual redress or behaviour change are shit at the best of times. When it's about crimes and harm of this magnitude, done to people this vulnerable, by a government so dedicated to committing the same harm and violence all over again ... there aren't words

The sheer number of very senior Police staff named in the IPCA report who've left their jobs in the past year or so is starting to feel a bit...strange? PP's excellent spade work continues on this story, and all power to her!

Ooooh yeah I love me some weather

AI Bros reinvent the golden calf!

Maybe the weirdest misgendering I've experienced: call centre staff couldn't find me in their system cos they assumed I was saying "jennisir"

It is worth noting that this is a pattern amongst the likes of media, who inevitably paint a woman who has laid harassment, assault, rape, etc allegations against men as somehow less than pure & innocent, thus casting aspersions on her validity, with whatever denials that this is what they're doing.

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Schools across Aotearoa reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi after changes to Education Act www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Media keep running stories about internal strife within Te Pāti Māori every day and it's quite telling how media outlets put significant time & resources into doing this, but seem unwilling to adequately cover the myriad actions actually detrimental to AoNZ being carried out by govt parties #nzpol

The men who refuse to accept this is a systemic problem and who believe there’s no such thing as society are always the first to whine and grievance troll about NZ schools being too female dominated and blame society for presenting men as toxic.

The Wellington CCO director breaking into his neighbour’s house in a cat burglar suit and masturbating over her things. The predatory groomer and rapist Tim Jago operating as party president of ACT for years, crowing on a podcast with Seymour about ‘victimhood’.

Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.

E hoa mā, the Gender Agenda is a real excellent web series from Aotearoa for and about trans people, and the season 2 premiere has just landed! Keep an eye out later this season for a familiar face 👀 youtu.be/t9rlYnNmieE?...

haven't seen anything about this in NZ, despite this being DIRECTLY relevant to NZ's security state and relationship with the US, particularly in relation to government/ministerial PR and rhetoric about closer US ties and transnational crime. This should be a red alert for NZ's current direction

So are we also going to reform the IPCA to be actually independent and have some actual power? Cos sweeping a complaint under the rug after finding out it’s a complaint that had been attempted to be made for six years based on the word of the subject of the complaint is also incredibly fucked

Tamatha Paul speaking for the Greens; starts with acknowledging the mana of mcSkimming's victim. "Its particularly stinging to have to discuss this matter on this day" - because its meant to be about remembering victims of abuse and instead we're again talking about abusers #nzqt

Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities. The long retreat: newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...

In NZ, we prefer salaried corruption with a topping of conflict of interests and performance bonuses; the main focus is ensuring that wealth and abuse are kept within the right circles.

What Ōtautahi has lacked since the earthquakes is boarding houses, I feel like it wouldn't take many to be able to actually end homelessness in the city www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...

One year on, we must question the value of an apology made by a Government that refuses to listen and respond to the voices of survivors. Every child, young person or adult placed in state or faith-based care should be protected from harm and given everything they need to thrive.

This is how I found out the bbc were being accused of PRO trans bias because the thought of an institutional uk media outlet being pro trans didn’t cross my mind once

Also fuck Tamatha Paul really deserves a number of apologies huh

I dunno man if I ever found myself in the middle of writing the sentence “extending the metaphor of treating homelessness as a disease,” I’d be taking a real hard look at what I was doing aye thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...

In fact, I think a truly mature conversation would actually assess some of our many past asset sales and consider whether re-nationalising some of those assets might be in the country's interest. But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.

Let’s be real: probably 80% of the people who support an under 16 social media ban will immediately hate it the first time Facebook asks for their id

He talk about farms and other “non-performing assets” but he really means healthcare, education and water infrastructure - I mean: let’s be mature about this

Second to last He Pī Ka Pao class of the year and boy, I already know I’m gonna be a wreck next week aye

I keep on coming back to the irrefutable fact that the people in New Zealand that don't want to address the impact of colonisation and argue "it's in the past, the current generation are not responsible for that" continue to enjoy benefits that flowed directly from that colonisation.

Had a good yarn about US election results & UK polling showing that actually, politicians that stand up for diverse communities with their full throat are succeeding and cynical rights-bargaining incrementalism ain’t a winner

1/200 S2E170 - Everybody HRRTs We await a ruling from the Human Rights Review Tribunal in NZ, while Progressive populism, including trans rights, now seems a vote winner in both the UK & US - how is the NZ left positioned? w @l11p.bsky.social @jennifilm.nz @kyledchurch.bsky.social & Angela

A huge thanks to everyone who donated - we’ve absolutely smashed our goal! The more we raise the more options we have in terms of a physical space - and there are still match funds available, so your donation is doubled!

As if the SCOTUS decision wasn't bad enough, the 6th circuit said "hold my beer" and explicitly created a constitutional right to bully trans kids who are already at tremendous risk of self harm and suicide. These judges want dead trans kids.

There are a lot of wonderful, passionate people on the centre/left in AoNZ who sincerely think once you get into office, you *have* to be more moderate, less outspoken, govern The Proper Way, and that's one reason (out of many) the 2017-2023 govts didn't achieve as much change as we all hoped for

Trans people exist. Nonbinary people exist. Gender and sex and biology are wonderful chaotic messes. And the biggest threat to cis women's safety and dignity in 2025 is the globally coordinated far right movement which seeks to Handmaid's Tale us all Refuse to be divided.

My daughter has been referred to a large number of specialists recently. In the referrals that mentioned that she is transgender, they were all declined. I requested that be removed and re-referrals done, and they are now being accepted. Imagine how bad things are going to be, basically eugenics.

I’ve already had a journalist reach out looking for comment in response to Helen Joyce to “give balance”. To be clear: when one side is openly calling for fewer trans people and saying “every trans person is a massive problem”, there is no balance. It’s genocidal intent.

E te whānau, GiveOUT Day has just kicked off and this year we’re fundraising for something extra close to my heart: to open a Rainbow Hub for Ōtautahi, as a drop-in space for our communities and a coworking space for our kaimahi to share. This weekend, your donation is doubled! #kikorangi

Boy if you think our health system is stretched now, just wait til Serco “known for abusing prisoners” get their hands on it

Maybe time to quit Wordle and such, huh folks? Those NYT games all pay for... this.

E te whānau, GiveOUT Day has just kicked off and this year we’re fundraising for something extra close to my heart: to open a Rainbow Hub for Ōtautahi, as a drop-in space for our communities and a coworking space for our kaimahi to share. This weekend, your donation is doubled! #kikorangi

Don't talk to the NYT. They've betrayed families' trust before. They will lie to you and use you and then turn around and tell you it was their job. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

There's just a handful of corporates that stand to benefit from Commerce Minister Scott Simpson's unexpected call to dramatically loosen climate reporting requirements; some are political donors. Jonathan Milne investigates.

Wouldn’t be so many homeless if Bishop hadn’t paid Bill English $500k to lie about The state house build and they stopped THOUSANDS of houses scheduled to be built, and handed billions to landlords. They made homelessness exponentially worse on fucking purpose. To make their mates richer.