Bex Payton
@bexquilliam.bsky.social
Comms advisor and adventure-taker. Books and wine are also my jam (she/her)
Oh good. Of course we’ll now all have to deal with the fucking plague along with *gestures wildly*
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last wk.🚨 NEWS: A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague.
This is a great policy and would make a real difference to so many people, including my family www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Greens promise $2 capped fares and free travel for millions
The Greens are promising free travel for children, students and several other groups, with bus and train fares capped at $2 for everyone else.
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Pithy. In a social media post on Saturday, Trump blasted US Senator Tom Cotton for “holding up” the Sunshine Protection Act, which Trump has personally opted to call the “No More Changing of Clocks Act”.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The US president published a lawmaker’s cell phone number as he called for the passage of a bill making DST permanent.
Now we’re back into electioneering madness, it’s time to re-up my favourite piece of hoarding vandalism 🖤
Just a reminder to the radio and telly reporters, Hager rhymes with lager #dirtywork
It wasnt even the C-word, it was even a C-word, it was the B C words. Frankly, im surprised the C-word isnt said more often in Parliament www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Te Pāti Māori co-leader’s C-bomb in House ‘unacceptable’, Luxon says
Christopher Luxon said the behaviour offered a “glimpse into what a Labour Government and their coalition could look like”.
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This is obviously great, but good lord we shouldn’t have to rely on billionaires to maybe decide to do the things that the government should be doing
Uplifting News@upliftingnews.bsky.social · 4w agoA $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
Nobody believes him right? He’s just doing his best to stop regulation by pretending to be responsible. This is so pathetically predictable
Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more.
Life hacks on staying alive ladies 🤗
Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · last mo.Posting tips for women on how not to get murdered according to Dateline NBC. Will update with more tips 1. Don’t go on a boat with a man 2. Don’t go on a hike with a man 3. Don’t go near a hot tub or bath tub with a man.
I was in a plane that flew over New York on Sept 10, 2001. The next day I was in London when the news hit. We were numb. London shut down, not knowing if it was next. Such a moment in time.
CNN isn’t having an exclusive chat with anyone. It’s like if I said I was having a conversation with my toaster. It’s nonsense
CNN@cnn.com · last mo.Tilly Norwood has been billed the first AI "actor" in Hollywood which raises questions about what awards synthetic performers should be nominated for. In an exclusive chat with CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister, Tilly Norwood responded to questions about winning an Oscar.
What an incredible piece of undercover work
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last mo.Well, this is a marmalade dropper
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
These people sound just delightful. What special kind if arsehole resents people getting help? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
‘Wake me most nights’: They save lives, but neighbours want these rescue helicopters gone
Residents living near the airport say the helicopter base should be “nowhere around people”.
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Law enforcement officers getting away with torture seems like one of those things that should only exist in dystopian movies where we come away truly thankful to not be living in that world
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2mo agoWow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
I didn’t have endo, but had some issues. The specialist said since I was 30 and in a relationship, I should have a baby to stop the pain. I told her she was insane to suggest that was a good reason to get pregnant
D Jukic She/her@dejanajuk.bsky.social · 2mo agoI bet Brown would be keen to have those practitioners on the Medical Council. “1/3 of endometriosis patients told to get pregnant even though it’s not a treatment for endometriosis and no medical practitioner should recommend that someone become pregnant simply to relieve their symptoms” #nzpol
“The students who Act wants to physically remove from schools are children. They’re often subject to a variety of challenges... Our politicians have no such excuses.” thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-...
The little shits are coming from inside the House
Act wants to deal with the little shits in the classroom. Perhaps they should clean up the ones on their own turf first.
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It’s SNOWING in Wellington, which is super exciting if you live in Wellington
Snoopy on Doghouse in Winter Snow
ALT: Snoopy on Doghouse in Winter Snow
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Ruby is big mad at us. Granted, we have our share of jerks, but of all the people in the world to be furious at, this is pretty funny
Ms Ruby Phoenix@rubyphoenix420.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew Zealanders are trash people they are literally the Zionist of the creatures of the world. They lack a moral high ground and that is a fact. Australia should take over New Zealand and kick all New Zealand white pos fake ass environmentalists out of there and treat that island as a no human zone.
A father is sentenced to home detention after downloading violent child porn. A father, home detention. Have a wee think about that. www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
Man sentenced to home detention for downloading child exploitation images
This story discusses details of child exploitation.
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