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Actually goddamn snow in Wellington

"Yikes, Odysseus -- you looke prettye roughe aftir your journeye." "Well, you Odyssey the othir guye!"

I have three kids. Pony up, old man.

henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 4d ago

Winston Peters wants to pay people up to $45k, tax free, to have three kids. It’s a policy with a very nativist bent that will naturally draw comparisons to the “great replacement theory” conspiracy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

According to Merriam-Webster I'm exactly as old as the phrase "Asperger's Syndrome" which is a bit too fucking on the nose if you ask me.

Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 1971

See which words were first recorded in 1971. Or search for other words by the year when they were first used.

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Effective July 1st, we are pleased to announce an increase in contributor rates across all categories, reflecting our ongoing commitment to paying writers and artists fairly for their work.

For our latest #fridaypoem, editor Elena Gomez has selected an entry by Chinese poet Shen Haobo, translated into English by Liang Yujing.

他不吃螃蟹 / He doesn’t eat crabs - Overland literary journal

A poem by Shen Haobo, translated from the Chinese by Liang Yujing

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We are at 'New Zealand stereotypes of Australia' levels of acceptable public racism.

“This is a book about that generation’s resistance to a capitalist war bequeathed to today’s anti-war generation. Tom Orsag reviews Rowan Cahill’s COLD WAR KID

Cold War rebel: how the government created its anti-war activists - Overland literary journal

“The only lottery I’ve ever won” quips Rowan Cahill about turning twenty — the date of his birthday being his number in the “lottery of death” or “blood lottery” run by the Australian government for c...

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You had me at "Composers from Purcell to Birtwistle".

Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot@guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · last wk.

I thought Nolan’s Odyssey was an epic bore. If you want Greek myths brought to life, try the thrill of opera!

This Hayden Donnell article is from 2017.

Revealed: Winston Peters has never had a racist approach to anything

You’ll never believe it, but the election race is heating up and people are fighting over whether the NZ First leader has made racist statements. Hayden Donnell comes out in Winston’s defence.

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So this is sickening: “Steff, who is now based at Mendel University in the Czech Republic, said New Zealand had the prospect of establishing itself as a "proving ground" where partners could test defence AI in the country's wide open spaces.” I hope Labour’s planning to pull back from this #nzpol

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · last wk.

NZDF joins US Army to test high-tech weapons

Shifting Rivers to a no is the correct decision.

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com · last wk.

Now that we are in #InternetNZ board elections period I have a minor update: My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 28/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm No Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

Or indeed as much as either of them like unions.

@newimprovedtom.bsky.social · last wk.

The Free Speech “Union” likes free speech about as much as the Taxpayers’ “Union” likes paying tax.

A world in which Wilson's review existed but Nolan's movie didn't would trigger an immediate lawsuit by the estate of Jorge Luis Borges.

Berna Devezer@devezer.bsky.social · last wk.

Read Emily Wilson's incisive and somewhat uncharitable review of The Odyssey. Made me think and reevaluate even if I don't necessarily agree with all of it. But it made me gain a new perspective on something: The world is better with Nolan's movie AND Wilson's review in it than one or the other.

After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire? As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.

Elon Musk’s tired schtick

Why does the media keep debasing itself for a man who despises them?

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I think I'm ready to rule out Luxon working with anyone.

The Press@thepress.co.nz · last wk.

Christopher Luxon says he doesn’t want to work with Opportunity. Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong says the door remains open to National.

“The figure of the ‘ISIS bride’ therefore reveals more than bad media representation. It exposes the limits of care and recognition under Islamophobia.” Houda Ali on the persistence and effects of a racialised label.

After the “ISIS bride”: Islamophobia and the limits of care - Overland literary journal

The violence of Islamophobia diminishes the ability of Muslims, as Muslims, to narrate themselves and project themselves into a future. But to insist on complexity is not to evade responsibility. It i...

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When Ingrid Hipkiss reminded Luxo that National vetoed this kind of change less than a decade ago, he was unaware "I only came to politics in 2020" Yes. We can tell

Binkenstein@binkenstein.bsky.social · last wk.

All of National's policies for this election are: 1. Things that should have been done already 2. Things they're just saying to win votes 3. Things that would never fly with ACT/NZ First 4. Any combination of the above #nzpol

Mildly obsessed with the "wet hair you phoned while I was in the shower, replica BELIEVE poster from Ted Lasso" look of this economic professor interviewed by the ABC on the Trump tariffs.

My beef with Morrissey runs all the way back to 1986 when he said this about Black artists. Nineteen Eighty Six, while the Smiths were still active. It’s not a “later phenomenon” don’t try and lie to me www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...

Last week I wrote a piece where I said that batteries were a gas power assassin. @robshum.bsky.social pointed out that the correct word to describe batteries is "gassassin." Either way, there is a killing going on down under.

Anyone who has a chance at voting at this election needs to know about Jan Rivers' horrific views.

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com · 2w ago

Countdown to #InternetNZ board elections! My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 23/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm 7 Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

Please someone send this article to Jo Moir and the rest of the gallery: newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/25/w...

Why Parliament's 'bad guy' playbook fails women

Comment: Condemning Stuart Nash's misogynistic text was easy, but the coalition's record on equal pay and family violence tells a more troubling story

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Giovanni Tiso@gtiso.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh FFS stop overanalysing things. Stuart Nash is dumb as a fucking post. That's it. He had all the advantages you could get in politics, got three chances at it, and still disgraced himself. If we could harness the power of his grandfather's subterranean RPMs, it would power Napier for a year.

Oh FFS stop overanalysing things. Stuart Nash is dumb as a fucking post. That's it. He had all the advantages you could get in politics, got three chances at it, and still disgraced himself. If we could harness the power of his grandfather's subterranean RPMs, it would power Napier for a year.

The blind spot that cost Stuart Nash

Analysis: New Zealand First is defying the odds of a minor governing party and riding a polling high, which made it all the more necessary to cauterise the wound that was Stuart Nash this week.

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This is 100% true, I feel like the first villager who worked out what was happening to all the cattle.

Lew@lewsos.bsky.social · 2w ago

Anyway I don't think anyone has been more clearly vindicated on this than @gtiso.bsky.social who has been in the front ranks of the most ardent Nash haters for as long as I have known him (no doubt there are others of you who have similar records, but Gio's scorn has stayed with me down the years)

“Part of a healthy civic society is having the ability to choose where we direct our attention. Local news may be where that choice becomes visible again.” Genevieve Siggins on the case for local news in an age of news avoidance.

The case for local news in an age of news avoidance - Overland literary journal

Revitalising local news could create space for journalists who are genuinely invested in the communities they report on, giving them the time to develop and preserve the Australian voices that might o...

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Do not go willy into that good nilly

Join us to launch kluge, a new novel from pip adam! The event will include readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam. 👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm 👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington 👁️ Free event – all welcome! More info here: www.facebook.com/share/1QZcaW...

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