I think one of the most productive things you can do this election year is make it clear to your older relatives that it's incredibly embarrassing to vote NZ First

Give me strength how could anyone possibly want more of this government? The things I value are not even on their radar! Environment Health Education Te Tiriti partnership Empathy Integrity Respect Equity #NZpol

finding it hard to cope at the moment with all the chaos going on around you? i got a trauma & bereavement counselor to write some tips about how to stay sane. please RT if you think others may find it useful, too: www.webworm.co/coping/

Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making! Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.

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)

If there’s anything these last few months should drive home it’s that country means nothing, but community means everything

I come back to this poem by @nikitagill.bsky.social all the time because I’m angry and anxious every day. Vote for, support and amplify the people who care, and who talk about the fire in a way that makes you certain that they see it, and have a plan to put it out instead of a plan to keep it going.

VOTE VOTE VOTE - please e te whānau VOTE #NZpol Vote for change of government!

289 days to change a government. #nzpol

Jacinda called off her own wedding for an emergency ffs. This lazy fucker is lurking on Waiheke Island hoping no one asks him any questions until the end of the month

My friend, the climatologist, told me this year is off to a bad start. My friend, the epidemiologist, told me this year is off to a bad start. My friend, the historian, told me this year is just getting started.

Tip my Ko-Fi $25NZD or more before Mon 19th Jan at 10.00am & you’ll go in the draw to win my ‘Green Girl’ Cross Stitch (78.5cm x 70cm unframed). Almost a year of daily work to finish. Please share widely, I need as many supporters as possible. #Kikorangi #CrossStitch ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch

There are still people who think it’s a goddamn mystery as to why women choose the bear.

The everyday courage of normal people is breathtaking

If you’re chronically ill and flaring, consider the news as a possible source. Our nervous systems were not designed to see people being murdered in cold blood. They weren’t designed to cope with the constant stream of threats, bad news and suffering. It’s ok to take a break & protect your spoons

Welcome to America, where we’ll arrest YOUR president for crimes but not OURS

It should be bigger news that the world’s first soon to be trillionaire has created a chatbot that is undressing women without consent. Grok is even undressing children. Musk created it. He’s aware it’s happening and he’s doing nothing to stop it. Every media outlet needs to scream about this.

Reskeet with the most recent pic of your pet (not mine - my nephews pup)

#waffle1442 4/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 1 wafflegame.net

Kia ora e te whānau, can we give this a massive push for the the rest of the year. His wife lost her life due to unnecessary health cuts & this is a chance to give her memory meaning www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... petitions.parliament.nz/cc316e5b-e05...

When the car that’s already had two new tyres and a new quarter light this year now needs a new rear windscreen 🫠

Chilling with Sage in the tron today

"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood." - Luc van Donkersgoed

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

Patriarchy is the actual menace to children that conservatives pretend queer people are.

#SecretSantaAoNZ I have loved this collective anarchistic joy spreading for years, and honestly every time it is just a shaft of gold shining out when all around is darkness! Major enjoyment this year, though. One for the Annals (two ens, mind!)

I am buzzing about #secretsantaaonz and the absolute absurdity that a bunch of total strangers who only know each other online and usually anonymously go and spend time thinking about that person and choosing gifts, wrapping and sending them for no other reason than to bring a bit of joy.

#SecretSantaAoNZ discharged to home - let the opening begin!

#SecretSantaAoNZ Thanks to all the admin for running Secret Santa this year!

Feeling a lot of gratitude for the fact we have a #SecretSantaAoNZ. Thank you so much @foxylustygrover.bsky.social and elves @ninjakitty.bsky.social, @eloquentsonia.bsky.social, @orthanc.nz, @larissacomments.bsky.social and @witchnwords.bsky.social! What a real treasure you all have made for us! 😍🫶🏼🥰

#SecretSantaAoNZ will be a delayed opening here as my trip to after hours has turned into an ED visit - pain semi controlled and awaiting next steps - looking forward to opening when I’m home!

People of the world, I do heartily suggest digging into #SecretSantaAoNZ for some feel good vibes today. If you need some wholesome good internet fun in your life. 😘 It's an Aotearoa New Zealand wide Secret Santa run both here and on Mastodon (will need to be bridged to see those). It's DELIGHTFUL.😍

Thank you to the elves who put this all together. Must have been a mammoth task . #secretsantaaonz

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

If you’re saying people are in dire straights because they can’t budget but you’re an employer paying less than the living wage or a landlord saying ‘the market’ determines rents as if you have no agency in the process, you are part of the problem and your charitable giving is performance. #nzpol

A local lunch outing today - halfway through my sixth course of antibiotics this year which play havoc with my insides - on the upside I should be finished before Christmas 🎄

#SecretSantaAoNZ it’s here and under the tree!

I'm genuinely proud of you for doing the hard things that nobody else sees. You're doing an amazing job. What is one small, hard thing you’ve managed to do recently? Let’s celebrate it.

Incoming #Postcrossing from Japan today

Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.

#SecretSantaAoNZ shopping in progress - have plan but first food to fuel myself.

Sure be good for the country’s economy if all the people giving free ads to a foreign flatpack megacorp were giving as much airtime and money to local businesses employing skilled local people.

I endorse these messages from staff at North Shore Hospital

My efforts this year after a hiatus last year #SecretSantaAoNZ

If all you did today was breathe and survive… that’s ok. Surviving a capitalist, eugenicist, ableist system is hard work. Resistance is exhausting. Never forget that rest is resistance. Survival is resistance. You’re not alone. There’s more of us than there are of them.

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