There’s been a lot of talk about children this past week - how to punish them, how to breed them, and how business people are like them - but none of it about child welfare. My #cartoon today #NZpol

Himself worked from home today. The benefit of that was that I came home to a toasty warm house

Listening to coworkers talking about how they're going to have to work until they die because the pension is so dire. It shouldn't be like this.

Weird how Peters is choosing to end his political career as some kind of antipodean Temu Trump

This is a super-wholesome friendship.

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 2d ago

This is Brady. He gets excited to wake up his bunny every morning. Promised he would be a responsible pet owner, and we think he's doing an excellent job. 13/10 (IG: goodboyscann)

My partner is working from home today due to the weather. Lucky!

"Welcome to our Gander reveal party" "Don't you mean gender reveal party" "No" *Dozens of geese burst out of a cake. Ominous honking fills the air. There are no genders only chaos*

Good morning from Christchurch, where my blueberry bush may be realising that being covered in flowers in August was maybe not the best idea

Grace Dell "Nichelle" Nichols (December 28, 1932 💖 July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American actresses on American television.

Got a coffee this morning and the barista wrote my name as 'Leen' so I guess that's my name now.

The most joyful part of my day was when a mystery staff member put a bag of Percy Pigs in the staff room and we had a dozen British staff members gleefully discovering them and enjoying them.

unpaywalled article. fuck these nazi shits.

Senior NZ First youth figure linked to neo-Nazi group

A 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.

accessiblenews.xyz

I BLOODY KNEW IT.

I love that the city centre if Ōtautahi seems to be very dog-friendly. It gives me a dog-related serotonin boost every time I'm in town and see the doggos out.

The party that snapchatted 13-year-olds is now proposing to beat them.

I've not taught for 3 years. The thing that united my traumatised kids, behavioural issues kids, neurodivergent kids, kids with special needs in my entire career wasn't that I couldn't hit them. IT WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL.

We got rid of physical punishment in classrooms in the 1980s. Now they want to bring it back? FFS.

𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™@dallasbarnett.com · 4d ago

Holy Fuck Paul. Jesus christ.

Got a wee treat today to celebrate buying a near-new EV

This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d ago

ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on 'little shits'

Really embracing the ideas of the failed Austrian painter and his buddies there, Winnie...

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...

This is how I feel ever day when I look at this soulless, old, white, grumpy, racist, selfish Luxon run New Zealand government that does nothing for it's people. This guy is a legend. #nzpol

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d ago

🔥 “I’m so sick and tired of you old people not giving a shit about what we’re telling you. We don’t have a future. We’re telling you what we need and you don’t give a damn.”

Women! Your job is Make Babies. Winston Peters will pay you 5k tax free per year for the first three years of three babies lives! The party of "defending women" needs you to Make Babies to replace the population. Only open to Citizens. No foreigns.

There are lots of barely-promoted and/or undistributed domestic and foreign films out there that are just as worthy of attention as the ones that win awards at big festivals, get a distro deal & are widely covered. What sites or critics specialize in such movies? I want to expand my field of vision.

It's very fitting that the phrase 'Autism Spectrum Disorder' was first used in my birth year.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

Hello beautiful people. If you didn't catch my post from a few weeks ago, I've been spending the past 4 months setting up a pay-what-you can/affordable indie writing festival that will be both in-person here in Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand, but also online. (Ooohh ahh.) www.beautifulwords.net

Beautiful Words Con | Writing festival

A writing convention based in Nelson, New Zealand & Online that focuses on Independent, alternative & underground writing and publishing.

beautifulwords.net

If you have Neon I highly recommend the Norwegian show BEFOREIGNERS. It's the most inventive murder mystery show I've seen in ages.

Love is when your significant other picks up sour sherbet for you while he's out.

Luxon's "I was out there building a kick-arse business" just galls me so much. Bro you were employed by a couple of gigantic inefficient enterprises. You did not build a pie shop or a landscaping business. You did not build a tech startup.

Just saw the final cut of a short I've been working on and I'm so thrilled. It's twisted, stylish and queer AF. Our team did amazing work.

This is SO freaking wholesome.

Lew@lewsos.bsky.social · 5d ago

This poast that I stole from twitter is the best shit. Why the fuckin racists will never win: little guys kicking around with their mates saying shit like "wahgwan alaykum" and "O Allah that's spicy"