Peta NZ 🇳🇿

Daria Kropacheva (Moldovan, born 1989)
Freedom, 2021
Oil on canvas
80 x 107 cm

Folk art painting of a large shorthaired black or grey cat with a disapproving look on its face sitting on a patterned light yellow carpet. It seems to be the momma of a very round kitten that is rolling on its back playing with a ball of pink yarn. Its body is like a perfect plump little grey potato with a happy kitten head on top and a skinny tail trailing behind.

I love this roly-poly happy chonklet so much. 1929. www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/250...

Satirical letter on New Zealand Parliament Header. ACT Party Logo. David Seymour ACT Leader MP for Epsom Spokesperson: Kate Sheppard Hi. Hi. Hi? Just wanted to check that you didn’t take our friendly banter personally. It’s just bants. Bants between mates. And I hope you didn’t take me categorically ruling out working with you literally. Categorically means there’s categories. And one of those categories is ‘Jokingly’. I’m just a bit of a joker. Like you! You funny guy. Cool funny funny guy. Handsome funny guy. I love you. Please don’t make me sit outside. Please pick up. Bye, bye, bye, David Seymour

David Seymour to Winston Peters
RE: Check your messages
#nzpol #kikorangi

Twitter user Josh Ackerman (@joshuaackerman) posting a screenshot from a Hacker News comment from notacoward posted on November 9, 2017 on the topic "Entrepreneurs Aren't a Special Breed": Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something. Middle class kids can afford one throw. Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A few more hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on. Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they cna try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work. Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival. They're the ones working it.

Was just talking about this post a few days ago and it came across my Tumblr feed.

@paulbrislen.bsky.social Can you pls reshare this so more might donate $20 to be Secret Santa for a Kiwi kid to get a Christmas present? It will go to someone who may miss out. Be great to get to $4k for the charity who are making this happen. givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b...

Hey just your regular reminder that Stockholm Syndrome is just a theory and it was created about a female hostage by a male psychiatrist who had never met her to explain why she viewed the police who endangered her during extraction as incompetent

If you only care about war crimes when your enemies commit them, then you don't really care about war crimes.

Left vs right. This is not accidental, as much as those parties will claim it’s just coincidence. These stats reflect regressive views of women and gender roles that are a core tenet of conservatism

Timely cartoon from @domesticanimal.bsky.social

Here’s a thing I drew in 1987!

The joke is on you, Baby.

Photo of dramatic stormy sky contrasting against beautiful light blue shaded ocean

#timelinecleanse
1000 shades of blue (OC, from last weekend, at Malamala in Fiji)

“If you are not careful the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” Malcolm X

Look around the world. Malcolm was right.

I do not look forward to the next years in NZ, because no amount of "I told you so" will fix the carpet bombing of any support for those in need.

As Twitter dies trolls are looking at other media outlets to engage. Hide their replies. Then go to their profile and block them. Never engage. They will soon tire of their trolling if they get no response. Peace and Harmony prevails when we stick together.

Screenshot of Homer Simpson using a pay phone The caption reads: The entire day, I kept saying "I'll go a little later, I'll go a little later" and then when I got there, the polls had closed

Don't put off voting, get to the polls before they close at 7pm

Man pleads guilty to stealing Wizard of Oz ruby slippers Terry Martin thought the rubies in the slippers were real gems, but they were in fact made of glass.

Man pleads guilty to stealing Wizard of Oz ruby slippers

When you see businesses here pitching stuff, or sex workers putting out links, or WHOMEVER is hawking goods, services, or trade, before you block or mute or scroll on by rolling your eyes, please understand this is one of the only places you can organically build an audience to support yourself

What helps me when I see his name pop up anywhere is that dement in my born language (Czech) means a mental case/insane man.

NZ Twitter, be my friend 🥰

It’s probably not good for society that so many people choose to get their updates and information on nuanced and sensitive topics from the loudest voices in the room who are incentivized to make you feel outraged rather than informed.

I'm voting yes next week to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament because the idea came directly from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is backed... If you love the (Australian constitution) so much, why don't you marry (the Australian Constitution)

Good luck Straya with your #VoteYes
youtu.be/l3pguf37KTM?...

Americans be like "I don't know why Palestinians are so mad about living under a military occupation or trapped in an open air prison. I'd handle it differently" while they literally screamed about having to wear a mask in an Applebee's.

NEVER FORGET!
Who voted against-
Decriminalisation of abortion
Abortion Clinic safe zones.
Conversion therapy

Remember who had MPs openly celebrating the overturning of Roe.
Remember which leader believes abortion is murder.