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pākehā, she/her, very successful and famous. wrote a book it's called HEAD GIRL. there's poems in it. freyadalysad.com

A special fuck you to Dymocks as well, who have been instrumental in this farce. Pulling stock and refusing to sell books featuring an illustrator because he wrote a blog that, at worst, was insensitive. But don’t worry, you can still buy pedophile Cardinal George Pell’s books from them

Dymocks, the country's largest bookstore chain, ordered that stock of Matt Chun's existing work be removed from their stores. CEO David Allen declared that they wouldn't stock any future work from him as well. "The Bondi tragedy is heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking, and something that should never have happened, and as we communicated, we are constantly reviewing our offering to ensure our Brand is representing the expectations of our customers," Mr Allen told Sky News. "We are doing our best to stay alert to the connections that any literature has had to this terrible tragedy and to respond accordingly, and the steps we have taken with Matt Chun or any other sensitive literature is as a result of this."
This is genuinely astounding and entirely insane - it is the first time a major retailer has waded into the genocidal fray.
They represent over 20% of bookstores in the country, and no publisher can ignore this action. I am in no way defending UQP's action, which I think is disgraceful and disgusting (more on that later), simply noting that this is the first time material leverage has been applied to pressure a publisher, where previously it's been the terrifying prospect of a hysterical email.
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We had a bee visitor in our Sydney garden I had never seen before. My flatmate said is that a BUMBLEBEE? And I said that’s no bumblebee. You don’t have them on the mainland and I miss them. but guess what Australia DOES have on the mainland. TEDDY BEAR BEES

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in a city as small as wellington, u would hope that a known groomer and abuser would not manage to get a job engaging closely with vulnerable young people. alas

How independent and self-sufficient are we all really? Who grows the vegetables we use for cooking? Who raises or kills the animals? Who paved the roads we drive on? Humans are interdependent, and it's not a bad thing. Your worthiness as a person doesn't depend on your self-sufficiency. /2

Psychically very pained this morning because I have left my house without a motherfucking pen. I even said got my Juice Up! when I left my room even. To the tune of smack my bitch up. But I must have put it down again before I left the house and why are there no fucking pens in my fucking bag

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 5mo ago

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

There are good things in your future you can’t even conceive of. Before my 30s I had no idea how much pleasure I would soon get from walking around with my hands clasped behind my back

It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke. This is not a joke. We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.

David Slack@slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The emerging cases of AI psychosis have shown that all it takes to drive some people completely insane is to put them in contact with a sycophantic chatbot who always agrees with them. Now, what does that tell us about billionaire CEOs surrounded by sycophantic people who always agree with them?