@lukewigram.bsky.social
Kapiti coast poet, now South Island based. PRIME Nurse and long time health advocate, stuck in bed since July '25 awaiting heart surgery
As most of you know, I lost both my parents to dementia related illness. I've always supported dementia charities because of this, and next month I'm taking part in a fundraiser called Move for Dementia. I'm hoping to raise $500, so any small $ amount is appreciated 😊
Beckie's Dementia Fundraiser in Move for Dementia 2026
Hi there I am trying to fundraise $500 to help Alzheimers New Zealand. I lost both my parents to dementia so this cause is really important to me. Any money you can give (no matter how large or smal...
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I've just encountered grok for the first time, setting up a Starlink terminal (rural NZ so there isn't another option, yet). To finish up I need to enter the dish ID code - which grok claims is on the packaging, the dish, and available via the app. It's not even midday and it's hallucinating
These two sad examples of humanity and their mates will be going somewhere hotter than my fire if they don't change their evil neoliberal ways
People bang on about Sadiq Khan, and I’m sure he does some good things as London’s Mayor. But his officials seized a banner displaying a factual statement and his contractors destroyed it. They were part of the state’s continuing attacks on free expression. Glad they’ve had to cough up £27,000.
Patrick Dunleavy@patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · last wk.
The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.
The Grind Is Being Sued By an IDF Reservist Soldier
This defamation case could sink one of the only publications closely covering the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto and the repression it has faced. We need your help…
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Calling all cars, be on the look out for this missing Wellington teen. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Police urgently searching for missing Wellington teenager
Helena was reported missing from the suburb of Karori on Tuesday evening.
stuff.co.nz
The people freaking out about Mamdani are the people who support Netanyahu, and by extension, support Trump. Their opposition to Trump is a front. They want to keep public focus singularly on Trump, the individual, instead of on the broader mafia networks that include Netanyahu.
France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK
They're showing us who they are - we need to believe what we see. #Vote #NZPol
Kevin Hague@kevinhague.bsky.social · 3w agoIn case this isn’t clear, all parties were working collaboratively to advance a new law on consent NOW. National withdrew from this collaboration in order to promise it would do this same thing AFTER THE ELECTION. Trying to slow down this change.
“It is time to abandon a European-style ‘lock it or lose it’ approach to conservation.” — Elizabeth Macpherson and David Jefferson.
Who gets to decide how conservation lands are protected? | E-Tangata
“It is time to abandon a European-style ‘lock it or lose it’ approach to conservation.” — Elizabeth Macpherson and David Jefferson.
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H5N1 bird flu arrives and New Zealand retailers respond with 'let's have a sale on bird seed'. I could use more words but this is truly a special kind of stupid
If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.
With two new ladies joining the interisland ferry fleet, 'kupe' and 'cook', heres a long form article about ladies going to sea for your illumination #nzpol
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 3w ago‘Intrepid sea-going women dressed as men and uncloaked themselves only after they had already established their authority as seafarers and fighters. Some were discovered during flogging.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on women at sea, past and present. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
In the New Zealand Medical Journal today
Doctors accuse Minister and Government of silencing scientists and threatening patient safety
Four senior physicians have criticised Simeon Brown’s handling of Medical Council appointments, while the Health Minister says the Government is putting patients ahead of ideology.
stuff.co.nz
Here's the latest Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly forecast, along with 90% confidence interval, with data from CFSv2. The forecast shows a maximum anomaly of 4.23°C over the 1991-2020 baseline in November. We're now returning you to your regularly scheduled doom.
You might not care about climate change but I can promise you it will come for you regardless
‘A decade ago the firm was largely unknown here. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds in everything from financial regulation to local government.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social on Palantir and the NHS: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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All this and a poem. Worth a read if you've not seen the publication before and like long form journalism, often of the investigative flavour. Note that there are even book reviews, but the publication keeps these to a minimum
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 3w agoIssue 48.13 is now online, featuring: Ray Monk on Einstein @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social on Palantir David Runciman on gerontocracy Jonathan Coe on Alfred Hitchcock and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on Native American art. Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
Breaking out the emergency Paul Henry to distract from your former Party President! I dive more into how our media outlets seemingly continue to act as PR outlets over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
So proud of my brave dad, risking 14 years in jail, alongside many others, for making a video to highlight Israel’s deliberate attacks on freedom of expression by targeting journalists for assassination and pointing out that saving lives is not terrorism. #PalestineAction youtu.be/xkt507ERESI?...
Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism | Section 12 Defiance | Compilation 6
YouTube video by Defend Our Juries
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A friend suggested honouring Sam Neill by donating to a cause close to his heart. A lovely idea givealittle.co.nz/cause/bendig...
Stop Central Otago Gold Mine
Help us to stop the development of large-scale industrial gold mining in beautiful Central Otago.
givealittle.co.nz
Why we need to fight to keep our universal healthcare system thttps://open.substack.com/pub/huhanahickey/p/when-the-waiting-room-becomes-a-place?r=2a0gig&utm_medium=ios
When the Waiting Room Becomes a Place of Death, Is Aotearoa’s Public Health System Being Allowed to Fail?
Dr Huhana Hickey
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