The local Tūī are very pleased that the cherry blossom has started flowering. It's very noisy in my garden currently

The government may not believe in doing anything about climate change but that's irrelevant because the insurers certainly do.

Interest.co.nz (Unofficial)@interestnz.nzcow.com · 16h ago

📢 IAG NZ warns it may have to withdraw insurance from NZ’s flood-prone areas in the future if the Government doesn’t speed up natural hazard risk reduction

I'm so excited for season 2 of Common Side Effects! 💙🍄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBXz...

Common Side Effects | First Look @ Season 2 | adult swim

YouTube video by Adult Swim

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Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: "Kia ora, I'm the ocean off the coast of Pōneke / Wellington after a small sailing boat capsised."

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 23h ago

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: "Hi, I'm the possum that died in your family well!"

*looks at everything around me* I think I'll just go and re-read this delightful series again. If you haven't checked it out, I recommend it!

Ryan Consell@stealingfromwizards.com · 24h ago

Stealing from Wizards, the kinder, funnier, queerer, Canadianer magic school series. Read the complete quadrilogy: Pickpocketing Burglary Kidnapping Arson Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime. Stealingfromwizards.com #booksky

"Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!" (alt text: Without naming the film, say a line that would make any fan immediately recognise the movie)

Karlito P@litop12.blacksky.app · 2d ago

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That's my kinda Rabbit!

Jess Fink🍉🌈SPX A6@jessfink.bsky.social · 2d ago

Just thinking about fat Jessica Rabbit. I shared these a while ago on the other place.

Buying a phone wallpaper for £3 is a great way to support Doodlecats without having to spend lots of money - and you get a cute wallpaper for your phone. We have lots and lots to choose from. Here's some we added today. ko-fi.com/doodlecats/s...

I love questions like this—navigating the way our identities interact with grief and how we communicate about death can get so complicated. Sometimes you just want to be able to say 'my girlfriend died' and not have to do poly 101.

Tell Your Cat I Said...@allmydeadcats.com · 3d ago

Really great human grief advice question this week about navigating the death of a girlfriend when you're poly...and not everyone knows.

Treated myself to some new season daffodils yesterday, and am appreciating their bright cheer on this grey day. 💛 🌼

Y'all, I got some GORGEOUS A2 posters made of my fan fave artworks and designs....and you can snag em for a hell of a steal at pepperraccoon.com

Tautoko! 💯

Astro Sanha Scared by Seagulls

Alt: Astro Sanha bring chased by a flock of seagulls across a beach, as they are holding hot chips

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author@discobooks.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m a transgender Brit and I have this to say to the British actors happily joining the trans-hating money train: Fuck off you greedy, two-faced, soggy biscuit tossers. Take your wands and your wizard hats and stick them up your arse. I hope a seagull eats your chips and then shits on your heads.

If you've been meaning to complete the Gender Census, here's your (nearly) final call!

Gender Census@gendercensus.bsky.social · 4d ago

There's about a day and a half remaining to participate in this year's Gender Census survey. It's open to anyone who feels the M/F binary doesn't explain/describe their experience of their gender(s) or lack thereof. Give 5 mins here: survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #survey #gender

dont you dare say hello to my little friend. dont even acknowledge their existence. fuck you.

A useful example!

Ro Salarian@rosalarian.bsky.social · 4d ago

I always use YouTube autocaptions as an example when I'm explaining the error rate of AI to people. Do you want that same error rate when it comes to stuff like your medical records? This has been very illuminating for a lot of folks.

I really enjoyed reading this piece by Anna. And have some more movies added to my to-watch list now! (Also, if you have the soare $, @theflytrapmedia.com is an excellent place to subscribe to 🙂)

Anna Hamilton (they/them)@annaham.bsky.social · 4d ago

For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about David Cronenberg’s The Fly (which, like me, turned 40 this year!), its influence on modern horror, and my own love of body horror movies as a person with chronic pain. The art by @meowwwls.bsky.social is spectacular www.theflytrapmedia.com/embodied-hor...

Just read this, and it's powerful (and disturbing) reporting. I note the AoNZ connection too - bloody Genspect popping up again, ugh. If you have the capacity it's worth reading Madisyn's article, but take care of yourself.

Madisyn Parisi (they/them)@madisyn-writes.bsky.social · last mo.

AI has reached a new frontier: conversion therapy for trans kids. Detrans AI‘s site claims it helps users explore their gender dysphoria. Instead, it cites conspiracy theories and seeks to invalidate trans people — even if it risks their lives. Read my original reporting @rewirenewsgroup.com

On tomorrow! Monday 10th August @ 10am Click going to get a reminder facebook.com/events/s/chr... Or watch live at longcovidsupport.co.nz/live-stream And later on our YouTube channel @longcovidsupportaotearoa

Long Covid Support Aotearoa@lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · last wk.

What policies do parties have to increase support, healthcare, and research for chronic conditions like MECFS and Long Covid? Do they understand the long term implications of pandemics and will they consider chronic illness as part of future pandemic responses? Notice who's missing? #nzpol

*chokes gently* Yeah, so I still have and use a bunch of these. Have a road atlas in the car as a backup. CDs in a case 🎶 Digital clock I use daily in my office. Measuring tape. Still have a VHS player (plus with a DVD player), and some old VHSes I with stuff I recorded off TV. Old photo albums.

Stephanie Porras@periodeye.bsky.social · last wk.

This is a triggering image of a museum display in the natural history museum in DC about life before smartphones. Me and a fellow 40+ person were laughing at how we are now LITERAL MUSEUM PIECES. MY teen was like did you have a clear phone? An address book? A book of maps. Yes, yes I did. 🫠🫠🫠

Gonna make up some Kmart-branded signage to stick on these in store that reads something like “WARNING: being seen with these in public may cause the glasses to become broken”

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway@legallyfeminist.bsky.social · last wk.

Ah f*ck. They're here to ruin a good thing for sight impaired people, and harass and humiliate women and girls. #nzpol (it's the Kmart version) www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

My first book review for The Journal of New Zealand Studies just published and I'm so proud. "Leveraged for profit from every angle (including ‘rescue’ profiteers) few professions have been so polarising, so talked about. And none could be so easily demystified." ojs.victoria.ac.nz/jnzs/article...

Look at this fat boi in my garden! I saw a pair of Kererū mating a couple of weeks ago - it was quite a performance

there's a thing that happens in the news cycle, that when a horrific story is over, the subject often drops off the radar. i didn't want that to be the case with everlee wihongi, the kiwi kidnapped by ICE for 73 days. so i went to visit, to check in. please RT: www.webworm.co/wisconsin/

Life After ICE

David Farrier visits Everlee Wihongi in Wisconsin, to find out what life is like after 73 days in ICE detention.

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Here's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...

Avoiding Public Bathrooms Damaged My Bladder—Now, As a Trans Man, I’m Finally Letting Go

Inside the emotional and physical toll of holding it in.

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Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · last wk.

Efforts to police bathrooms are evil and will impact peoples' health. Segregated bathrooms themselves must be done away with, it's the only solution. I reported this question out, years ago for @99pi.org 99percentinvisible.org/episode/wher...

The recording of the #InternetNZ Meet the Candidates session is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ion_... (via an announcement on NetHub this morning)

Meet the Candidates | InternetNZ Board elections 2026

YouTube video by InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa

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The 5XLs went in about two days, and other sizes are getting snapped up as well <3 it's been a very slow start to the month, and it's FREEZING, perhaps a hoodie for you?

🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝@pepperraccoon.com · 3w ago

i've never had so many folks hit me up after these sold out, so they're back in stock (and we just donated another $450 to the remutaka conservation trust). pepperraccoon.com #birds #kikorangi

A PSA to my fellow cis people who are (or want to believe they are) trans allies If you are getting pushback from trans people and your reaction is to be all “no! not me! I’m one of the good ones!” please remember that “being one of the good ones” is something you DO, not something you ARE

"She has been present at rallies against the proposed cuts in the ACT, which she lists as another burden people living with a disability have to face daily: advocating for themselves. So much this. Cf. my recent post, bsky.app/profile/alex... #auspol #ndis #disability #mecfs #chronicillness

'Where are the fakers'? NDIS recipient slams argument for overhaul

NDIS recipient Nicci Carlson, who is in constant pain and may soon lose her eyesight, says cuts to the scheme are making vulnerable people living with a disability scapegoats for Australians hit hard ...

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Alexis@alexisx-au.bsky.social · 2w ago

Being able to be 'apolitical' (i.e. being fine with the status quo) is such a privilege. i have to do activism _just to get my various health issues addressed appropriately_. Activism around ME/CFS, neurodivergence, trans health, .... Note that i have to do this _as someone with ME/CFS_. #auspol

The Move-on Orders Bill is a blunt instrument that does nothing to solve the actual and fundamental social issues, effectively criminalising homelessness, with widespread opposition. policyflow.nz/policy/move-... #nzpol #nznews #nzpolitics #aotearoa #evidencebased #toitūtetiriti

Move-on orders: an attack against homelessness

The Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill is a blunt instrument that does nothing to solve the actual and fundamental social issues, effectively criminalising homelessness, with widespread…

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