No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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I have once again made a meme, this time to illustrate National's official position on coalition negotiations thespinoff.co.nz/politics/31-...

if you're not trans then i really don't know if you can comprehend how much of a *disappointment* literally all of society has proven to be for us just time and again proving that the rest of you will always choose to abdicate your morals over sitting with discomfort for one goddamn second

✨️Angel Facts✨️@angelic.style · 6d ago

i never liked ken jennings anyway. i never liked the wnba anyway. i never liked womens sports anyway. i never liked harry potter anyway. i never liked the nyt word games anyway. i never liked alice cooper dee schneider and kiss anyway. i never l

White people want immigrants to assimilate and then get mad when they assimilate into indigenous culture instead of white supremacy.

Nene Leakes: I Said What I Said Meme

ALT: Nene Leakes: I Said What I Said Meme

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Got interviewed by The Spinoff

Lest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced

The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook.

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Quick reminder that labour introduced a tax transparency bill that would report on how fair our tax system is anually and the first thing luxons govt did was repeal it so that nobody would get that information.

“…in one year, the current Government awarded landlords more money than has been paid out to Māori in 40 years as compensation for historical wrongs.” Dr Neal Curtis. (2.9b v 2.7b) #AoNZpol

This is unacceptable. Politics is intimately involved with health and medicine at every turn, and if you think otherwise it’s because you benefit from the current political system.

We need a bigger civic square. So many people standing up for trans rights

I made this cartoon in 2012. Any news since then?

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer. Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering via @theverge.com www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer

Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.

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That's .. WOW 10-12% of our entire generation capacity #nzpol

Kara Bee@faerytern.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The unpaywalled it! ".. the proposed $5 billion Datagrid artificial intelligence data centre has obtained Overseas Investment Office sign-off to expand from an initial 280MW to an absolutely eye-watering 1GW capacity, across a 49-hectare site in Makarewa, north of Invercargill." WTF

Found, pleasingly, on Twitter

Colour me surprised

Honoured to be an “et al” to George #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Can’t wait to hear what Kermode and @simonmayo.bsky.social make of this

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My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE

“The law doesn't specify any changes to how people can identify their gender or speak about it, but because it gives a technical definition of gender, it could impact how courts interpret the law in the future.” This definition DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING SCIENTIFICALLY! Don’t give it credibility!

Surprise! It costs money to guarantee a 3 day in-patient postnatal stay. Especially after decades of underinvestment. And, it turns out, you can’t replace midwives and postnatal nurses with AI.

Rights Aotearoa's submission guide for the Legislation (Definition of Woman & Man) Amendment bill is here! www.rightsaotearoa.nz/rights-aotea...

Rights Aotearoa's Submission Guide for the Legislation (Definition of Woman & Man) Amendment Bill

An unworkable, expensive solution in search of a non-existent problem.

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E te whānau, let Johnny be an inspiration. You too can be a pain in every MPs backside, it’s easy

CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Email 1 to Steve Abel. Green.

***Call to action*** NZ First’s transphobic bill is lawfare against trans, non-binary, and intersex people. What can we do about it? Well, we can make sure the select committee receives as many submissions as possible against the bill. To that end I will offer my time to anyone who wants help 1/4

“‘Biological’ is not a synonym for ‘cisgender’ - the Bill doesn’t even define what ‘biological’ means. It’s time we move past the high-school level biology and listen to what the actual experts are saying: human sex is not a binary.” qtopia.org.nz/news/qtopia-...

Qtopia Condemns NZ FIrst’s “Definition of Woman” Bill — Qtopia NZ

Qtopia condemns the passing of the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill at its first reading, and is calling on all parties to stop the bill in its tracks and instead implement th...

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An unworkable law that targets trans people and dramatically increases the risk of violence against us is a feature not a bug.

Robin Moira White@robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Kishwer Falkner demonstrating: (1) she has no idea about the realities of life. (2) the state of the law after For Women Scotland is entirely unworkable, (3) the EHRC ‘Guidance’ is from cloud cuckoo land, and (4) you should brush your hair before appearing on TV.

To be clear: human sex is not binary. This is transphobia to chase votes from a small but worryingly vocal group of transphobes.