I would really love to edit a Greek myth and folklore anthology written by Greek, diaspora and BIPOC authors. If any publishers or powers that be are listening. I’m shooting my shot.
Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now
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Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Crawford Award finalist. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social Sign up for my newsletter at: https://the-trying-times.ghost.io/
why does it always feel so weird when a creepypasta author gets overly specific about a gun? "I pulled out my shotgun" is fine but "I pulled out the Benelli M2 modified with a picatinny rail" always gets an eye-roll
National backs its policies as unemployment rises to 11-year high
National backs its policies as unemployment rises to 11-year high
National is backing its economic policies while Labour accuses them of "actual disregard" for struggling families as unemployment reaches the highest in over a decade.
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I tēnei pō (Wed), Catalyst poetry evening - koha entry - 7pm - more info here: www.facebook.com/share/1HA7Rt... @pizzatrapnz.bsky.social open 5-9pm for dine in or take away. Pop in or order online 🌿
every so often I remember that this woman stole $72M in one of the largest heists in history. This is apparently what a master thief looks like. I will never see Oceans 11 the same way. youtu.be/cqjzTt1SHIU?...
Razzlekhan - VACUUM CLEANER (official music video)
YouTube video by Razzlekhan
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Characters - Spots illustrations for Gwelf book 3. Work continues. Tally Ho!
genuinely what the fuck is going on at Roy Morgan
Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now@understatesmen.bsky.social · 21h agogod I shouldn't let Roy Morgan get me down. Roy Morgan polls have the accuracy of a drunk guy taking a piss
god I shouldn't let Roy Morgan get me down. Roy Morgan polls have the accuracy of a drunk guy taking a piss
Unemployment is the worst since 2015 (under John Key). In Sept 2023 it was 3.9%; now it is 5.6%! Even at the height of the COVID pandemic, unemployment wasn't as bad. This coalition has made things worse for Kiwis. They are bad economic managers. #nzpol #votethemout www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Unemployment rises to 11-year high of 5.6%
Unemployment rose to its highest level in nearly 11 years as the growth in the workforce outpaced the number of jobs being created.
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"oh we almost-never win against a first-term incumbent, we're keeping our powder dry for the next election" is a hell of a thing to say to people being negatively affected by the government's policy NOW
There's a clear double standard. Chloe has been sanctioned by Brownlee for incinuating someone was lying, yet Peters outright calls something a lie and nothing happens, and then when Chloe points this out, she is removed? This govt is an utter joke. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker's 'double standards'
The Greens co-leader has been kicked out of the House, after challenging what she called the Speaker's "double standards".
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I’m sorry little snow woman I did not have a proper scarf to give you
holy fuck snow in Wellington? Haven't seen any since I was doing undergrad in like '09
"i'm a team of one and you're still outnumbered" sounds like some shit joseph joestar would say
Gray@redhotdivekick.bsky.social · 7mo agoxavier renegade angel dialogue
You asked Grok? Ogryn asked rock sah, it said throw it fast and hard.
Update. Case adjourned to next Thursday. Judge not impressed with Bomber. Bomber representing himself in court. Judge has advised him to get legal advice. archive.is/HGCfQ
feel like we should start calling Winston Peters 'Whinging Winnie'. Whinging Winnie's crying about woke again. Whinging Winnie chucked a sook because a journo asked him a real question. Don't let him play any of this pathetic shit off as him being tough.
it's fascinating to me seeing guys like Peters and Farage who've had decades of the media giving them sloppy kisses lose it the instant they get asked one 7/10 moderately difficult question www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
'Turn that thing off': Peters terminates interview after just 96 seconds
Winston Peters had told a Stuff journalist to “piss off” after they asked questions about other instances of violent rhetoric and behaviour toward MPs.
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Winston is a coward who cannot answer a logical question about two positions he holds which are contradictory. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
'Turn that thing off': Peters terminates interview after just 96 seconds
Winston Peters had told a Stuff journalist to “piss off” after they asked questions about other instances of violent rhetoric and behaviour toward MPs.
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Credit to Stuff. They sat down with Winston, asked him about the guillotine and parliament protesters with nooses and then he immediately ended the interview when they compared him describing one set as violent and the other as peaceful vt.tiktok.com/ZS4UsxUbh/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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Yes it's evil, yes it's bad, yes it's incompetent, yes it's based on lies but you know what people never talk about? That it's boring. It's vanilla squared. Being a nazi in New Zealand is the most bland attempt at having a personality we have available. You have to have absolutely nothing else.
The Press@thepress.co.nz · 3d agoA senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.
Cuba's national electric grid collapses, plunging island into darkness reut.rs/4fKWwgK
Cuba's national electric grid collapses, plunging island into darkness
Cuba's national electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned national electric utility said, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts are becoming ever more frequent.
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I wish the new comp/con had an option for a simplified UI. I think it has made some noticeable improvements but it's also buried in bells and whistles that make it frustrating to use during an actual in-person game, where players are mostly accessing it via laptops or phones.
Interesting when the Party knew the Post article was inbound…
Kieran@nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 3d agoAt 3:20 in this interview, Ron Mark (Who is not a political newcomer, so his comments can hardly be brushed aside) says "Young New Zealand First are essentially running the party"
So I hope someone is asking NZ First MPs how they feel about Nazis being in their party, whether they agree with those views, and whether they're Nazis themselves.
This is not one of the two far-right linked NZ First members reported on recently, but a third individual
The Press@thepress.co.nz · 3d agoA senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.