I lost track and missed posting on Day 365 aka 1 Year of Sobriety. It’s Day 374 now I think? The world is a bloody mess but being clear-eyed and in control of myself really does help. If I can do it you certainly can!

Anna@pahklife.bsky.social · 9mo ago

300 days. I’ve basically stopped counting but wanted celebrate this excellent number. I’m smugly proud! Look at me go! I’ve become an early morning jogger, I’m a calmer parent and maybe just like, a slightly better version of me?! Alcoholfree fucking rules!

Why has Chappell Roan’s album been roughly censored to remove swears and some of the explicit lyrics by Spotify?

This is shocking. Greenpeace testing has revealed that even drinking water supplied to Glenavy residents BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL is contaminated with nitrate at levels associated with increased reproductive risks. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Council-supplied tank water in Waimate District at reproductive risk levels - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Tank water supplied to Glenavy residents by the district council is contaminated with nitrate at levels linked to reproductive risk.

greenpeace.org

300 days. I’ve basically stopped counting but wanted celebrate this excellent number. I’m smugly proud! Look at me go! I’ve become an early morning jogger, I’m a calmer parent and maybe just like, a slightly better version of me?! Alcoholfree fucking rules!

Anna@pahklife.bsky.social · 10mo ago

250 days. I’m unstoppable!

in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!

Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham

It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs

gofundme.com

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 9mo ago

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

Pretty sure @dashingdarbs.bsky.social might have a pointer or two!

Anna@pahklife.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today I need to do see what else I might need for my Abel Tasman track walk later this week. Very excited! Any tramping tips from #kikorangi gang? It’s been a decade since I did a multi-day hike.

Today I need to do see what else I might need for my Abel Tasman track walk later this week. Very excited! Any tramping tips from #kikorangi gang? It’s been a decade since I did a multi-day hike.

Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔@br3nda.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I would love if nz bluesky posted a bit more about what they themselves are doing, and not just what politicians are doing. Could just be eating toast, walking dogs, finding pretty sea shells. Something more than endless bad policies

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@dieworkwear.bsky.social this is the Health Minister of Papua New Guinea meeting the worst and worst-dressed Prime Minister of New Zealand we’ve ever had. Sorry.

Clint Fern@clintfern.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Just wondering what the Menswear guy would make of this picture of the PNG health minister meeting some deranged tourist in ill-fitting clothing. #NationalDisgrace

250 days. I’m unstoppable!

Anna@pahklife.bsky.social · 12mo ago

200 days. This is the new normal!

EXC: Plans are underway for a coordinated strike across the public sector on October 23 featuring: - Nurses - Teachers - Doctors - and more If the ballots go ahead it could well be the biggest coordinated strike in NZ history www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Tidal wave of strike action planned for October 23

Plans are under way for a co-ordinated strike across much of the public sector, with nurses, teachers and other public sector workers potentially walking off the job on the same day.

thepost.co.nz

Now is a great time to listen to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @yrfatfriend.bsky.social on their excellent podcast - Maintenance Phase. The Dr Oz and RFK Jr episodes in particular but any of them are great tbh

Pictured - a large group of antifa on their way to commit severe acts of property damage

You may know the software company Palantir as a contractor for ICE + the military. But in recent months, it's relaunched its merch store & said it wants to be a "lifestyle brand." What does it mean for Palantir to be a lifestyle brand...? I unpacked it here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

Palantir Wants to Be a Lifestyle Brand

Defense tech giant Palantir is selling T-shirts and tote bags as part of a bid to encourage fans to publicly endorse it.

wired.com

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

me: i want to sleep in a human-sized hotdog bun 911: sir that's.....ok actually that sounds great me: so who do we call 911: [shouting in background] we're checking now

The march across the Auckland Harbour Bridge tomorrow has changed route due to high winds

I am legitimately impressed by how petty and elephant-memoried all you people are. Warms the cockles, it does

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine@dimsie.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This took me about ten minutes off the top of my head: 30 Reasons to Hate Christopher Luxon #nzpol

I support the nurses strike

Ko Taku Reo (NZ Deaf Education) has just appointed the first ever Deaf executive principal. www.kotakureo.school.nz/parents-and-...

New Executive Principal Announcement - Ko Taku Reo

kotakureo.school.nz

New Zealand lost its AA+ rating under Key, and regained it under Ardern. If political journalists were willing to include that sort of context it would be much harder for Nicky No-boats to lecture the left on fiscal responsibility. #nzpol

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

200 days. This is the new normal!

Anna@pahklife.bsky.social · last yr.

150 days today. Feeling proud.

I’m guessing it’s not helpful to make statements like ‘Erica Stanford is a racist moron’ but it does make me feel a little bit better.

Make sure you watch the video linked in the article- it’s different but related and very thorough.

Anna@pahklife.bsky.social · 12mo ago

www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/12/f...

www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/12/f...

Frustrated parents, struggling kids: Why does NZ keep failing Deaf children?

Our Deaf students lag behind their hearing peers – teachers and parents say the fix for the problem is obvious.

1news.co.nz

What da F**k? From aecnz.substack.com/p/at-the-marae

Personally I love it when the government works very hard to keep massive law changes a secret and then retrospectively releases all the information about it at 8.34pm on a Thursday www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret

Documents reveal how the government worked to keep sweeping pay equity changes hidden until the last minute.

rnz.co.nz

Blurry morning moon. Blurry sky tower too.

Open for business.