If you're worried about the reviews your book or record might have on the internet, remember the Himalayas have a 4.3 out of 5 star rating on Google Maps.

You don’t need advanced tools to make art, around the constraints with which you’re working. You don’t need expensive formal training. You don’t even necessarily need years of practice. You usually just need some time and the willingness to muddle through the awkward phases of learning shit

Diminishing and going to the West increasingly feeling like the best option these days

I know the planet is on fire, my friends... and one way I combat this is by writing worlds where community bands together, hope abides, and magic waits around every corner. My latest queer, magical fantasy offering ends on Kickstarter tomorrow: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tho... #booksky

I’d LOVE to see HastingsDC follow Napier’s lead on this!! #nzpol

Napier council cracks down on signs advertising political meetings

Candidate says council's wasting ratepayer money 'searching for public meeting signs'.

nzherald.co.nz

Look what they took from us.

lenora frigid@lenorajoon.bsky.social · 5h ago

the OG (early 90s) Posting Rig

“Your moral reasons to hate AI are ableist!!” is simply weaponising very real concepts in bad faith. No one with actual disability justice praxis would argue that the planet and workforce destroying bullshit machine is the solution to living in a deeply ableist society. Stop being cringe, AI stans

🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝@pepperraccoon.com · 2h ago

I actually don’t care if it makes me look unkind, but I don’t want to read a random wall of text in my DMs from a stranger about why they need AI for companionship. It was so long IG offered to use AI to summarise it 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

Bit cold, innit

The Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren't on the printed roll and who say they're unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/t...

Tens of thousands could be turned away from voting – but no one is counting them

The Opposition says people who think they're not enrolled should lodge special votes rather than being turned away from voting entirely.

newsroom.co.nz

If you are disheartened by the first image, then look at the second image and then tell your mates to enroll to vote and then bully them into voting for greens ✌🏽

QUAKE: Mag 4.6, Wed, Aug 05 2026, 07:46:15 PM, 10 km east of Dannevirke. Depth: 10 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p584658

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The quake may have been felt in Castlepoint, Dannevirke, Eketahuna, Feilding, Hastings, Hunterville, Levin, Masterton, Napier, Ohakune, Palmerston North, Pongaroa, Porangahau, Taihape, Waipukurau, Whanganui, and surrounding localities.

geonet.org.nz

I notice Kings Seeds have added chia to their seed catalogue this year. If you're thinking of buying and growing it, then I just want to point out that you probably have chia seed in your pantry. I grew chia from my pantry last year. It works.

Grade A nutball here. Taking away his guns is the least they can do. “God has now ordered me to use my apostolic authority to unleash the angelic strike-force from heaven on these organisations and people.”

Russell Brown@publicaddress.bsky.social · 19h ago

News story here. I'm glad police are investigating, because the chance of this insanity getting out of hand seems very evident. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-in...

Party who has categorically shit their pants doubles-down on refusing to remove their shitty pants, and in fact sit down in them.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 22h ago

National backs its policies as unemployment rises to 11-year high

A vote for National or NZ First means returning ACT to power again. ACT are gunning for workers, disabled people, and children. They will actively and intentionally make all our lives worse, except ofc for their wealthy donor class.

PERFECTLY NORMAL@nzpom.com · 17h ago

Today's chart after ACT got another $25k The system is rigged

Are translations of Ibn Sina approachable for dingdong idiots, or should I be looking for some 20th/21st century writer who has repackaged his ideas?

It feels weird to be proud of something I’ve written when the context is so fucked, but: I’m proud of our submission. qtopia.org.nz/news/submiss...

Submission to the Social Services & Community Select Committee on Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill — Qtopia NZ

Qtopia is an advocacy and social support service for the whole LGBTQIA+ community, based in Ōtautahi Christchurch and mostly working across Waitaha Canterbury, with some national work streams. Our vis...

qtopia.org.nz

The duck vs cat discourse once again doesn't clear the bar of 'Americans aware that other countries have different needs and rules'

Honestly choked up right now. Time to get a yard sign and do what I can to help him win in November.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 16h ago

They're calling it for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social — this is a victory for Medicare for All, for every American who has ever needed care but couldn't afford it. We are one step closer to realizing health care as a human right in this country.

If these Councils don't respect the fact they are LEAKING thousands of liters of water, they arent going to respect te mana o te wai.

Today's song is Madonna's "Open Your Heart" which for some reason I thought needed vocoder for the cover, on my 1st covers album. True Blue was an album that I wore out 2x on cassette and eventually bought on CD *and* iTunes when I lost the CD. unwoman.bandcamp.com/track/open-y... (day 202)

Open Your Heart, by Unwoman

from the album Uncovered Volume 1

unwoman.bandcamp.com

Today they published my submission on Aoteartoa New Zealand's proposed legislation "Definitions of Woman and Man" Amendment Bill. Read it here: www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/sub...

I legitimately shudder to think about how difficult it would be for me to eat, as someone with celiac disease, with the food that we had in the mid-eighties. Almost NOTHING was truly labeled for allergens, unless it was fucking terrible specialty food.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 20h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Once you've owned an EV, you'll never want an ICE car again

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 18h ago

EV enthusiasm continues as research detects lasting consumer shift

Had a great time doing #48HoursNZ over the weekend – both helping my friend with his #film and making my own solo film. I can't wait for the Ōtautahi heats next week! It's so gratifying seeing an audience experience my work, and amazing to see everyone else's films and how talented everyone is.

does anyone know why stores in new zealand might be having trouble getting in audio interfaces? if there's some sort of supplychain issue i might get one sooner rather than later

This is a frustrating read. It’s like they recognised a massive problem… and then kept feeding that problem more native ducks. I’m glad they finally caught the cat but MY GOD. Also, people suggesting the cat should’ve been homed and not killed, I say once again… Have you MET feral cats.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years

We haven’t even hit bottom yet with inflation, oil prices, fertiliser prices, and layoffs which we know about but have yet to happen. #EconomicVandals #VoteThemOut #EconomicIlliteracy #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Unemployment rises to 11-year high of 5.6%

Unemployment rose to its highest level in nearly 11 years as the growth in the workforce outpaced the number of jobs being created.

rnz.co.nz

once again, we wait patiently for #nzpol journos and commentariat to turn this into an issue with which to hammer the government and seek scalps etc etc i'm sure that barrage will be coming any minute any minute now

The 5XLs went in about two days, and other sizes are getting snapped up as well <3 it's been a very slow start to the month, and it's FREEZING, perhaps a hoodie for you?

🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝@pepperraccoon.com · last wk.

i've never had so many folks hit me up after these sold out, so they're back in stock (and we just donated another $450 to the remutaka conservation trust). pepperraccoon.com #birds #kikorangi