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It was shocking. When Dad said he didn't watch the news any more I assumed cognitive decline (he is 80). But, no, he's still doing the crossword. Just doesn't want to watch the news.

For him, it's ideal. It's the outlets that have to deal with the consequences. And it's going to get worse as even if they change earning back lost credibility takes time they don't have.

Not in the long term. I've watched my boomer parents, and now their friends, slowly disengage with news as all it gives them is what Seymour thinks. The 6pm news used to be near sacred for my parents and I noticed them calling it the Seymour Says show about a year ago and now they don't watch at all

Abusers don't just groom their victims, they groom the people around them and their eventual judges with things like 'community services'. It's a deliberate ploy to get access to victims and divert suspicion and blame. Appalling how often it works.

Love your work and would happily subscribe to any platform that doesn't recommend straight up Nazi blogs to me (technically it was 'important news for white people', but it had the swastika right in the recommendation so I'm comfortable calling it that). If you have a Patreon, I'd be happy to join.

Well, yeah. You need a real solid reputation for work that's factually incorrect and badly formulated before he can even see it. Like those dinosaurs that can't see things that stay still. His vision is bullshit based.

Don't be mean. You know he can't have an opinion/thought unless someone else has it for long enough to write a poorly reviewed book or babble it out in a podcast.

My Mum's going to be stoked.

They seemed to be chasing an audience that's already well served by Hosking. Turning away from.an audience that isn't well served at all. Bold play, as they say, I guess we'll see how it turns out.

Here are all your questions answered on why you should leave substack, and how to go about it. No more excuses. Just go.

For me, forgiveness has to be sought and earned. Anything else is just sparkling 'get over it'.

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Do self-help books actually help? And if the answer is 'not really', why do we read them?

This is the first thing I’ve written for media in a long time, about my 3-year-ish adventure in self-help books, why they often *don’t* help - and why we read anyway.

It’d be super helpful (ha) both professionally and personally if this did well, so please share!

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It's going to be rough. I'm hopeful that codes and groups can look to each other for support in it. I do talk some shit about the number of committees a hockey team needs, but I have faith in the people who've played and lost and come back played agin in trans inclusive teams to stay the course.

We cannot build a thriving society where all people are valued & respected by trying to disappear trans and non-binary folk from public life.

We stand with transgender, takatāpui and rainbow communities. The Greens are committed to ensuring community sports are inclusive of everyone.

Everyone deserves to feel safe in sport, including our trans whānau.

The Green Party condemns the Government’s decision to abandon guidelines outlining how transgender people can be included in community sport.

These guidelines are about keeping our communities safe.

I actually only go to Pride to get shitty with MPs who dare show up after what they've voted for/supported. But it won't hurt me to seek them out where ever they pop up and maybe just have a nice time at Pride.

It is a bad sign. But, for me, as most (and I think it's everything but Boxing) already made their statement and have been trans inclusive since before Sport NZ put out the guidelines, it's also a bit of a defeat for them. It needs to be fought, of course, you can't give them an inch.

That could change. But, it's easier for terfs to fund politicians and pressure big Govt bodies than to come from the outside and change smaller, more local, more focused groups.

It's a bummer they're leaving early, but the codes, the people who play and love their sports, were trans inclusive before them and don't seem to be looking to change.

She's right, of course she is she's Judith Butler. But in this case, things aren't as bad as they seem. The decision is being given back to the individual codes, and most of them have been trans inclusive since before the Sport NZ guideline. Sport NZ were late to this party.

I hope it's going somewhere nice.

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Manager is confused but if it helps with the work she's happy to go with it.

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Some of my family say it. The dog frequently gets told to 'mind your arse' when she's in the way.

A very very fluffy grey cat blissfully stretched out on her back with her belly to the sky.

She's so fluffy.

There's no way to define women by our biology that doesn't exclude some of us - menstruation, ovaries, pregnancy, etc. So the choice becomes, are we more than our biology (which is where most of us land) or are women who don't have those traits defective (the terf position).