Rabble

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

So… EVERY school will have children disabled by measles

It’s also going to cause a problem when 16 year olds are able to access anything online without experience of social media AND the fact that at that age good luck controlling their access

Wonder what percentage were left with lifelong issues

He just watched? 🤬

There was a birb in the tree.

It's been another hell week for #nzpol.
Take a break and celebrate Dr Bex's kid's album track. Have a listen and pass it on.
And have a relaxing weekend, whanau.

Apparently one of my mothers cousins was a cop… I was never allowed to meet him though

Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.

Fully support the universities in this. But if they are genuinely committed to ensuring "free public access to the research...taxes had funded" maybe those that limit access to electronic copies of theses to current staff or students could open them up to the public.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

There was udon in the pataka kai! 😍

crazy

IG em_clarkson

In disguise?!

I have oil :)

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can we discount the fact that things have been buried, perhaps actively by police, at this stage?

lol I’m broke so going to be buying a bag of flour for the weekend, unlikely I can afford much else

So… what’s everyone’s favourite pancake or scone recipe that doesn’t include eggs or milk?

Put the kettle on, stat

You need a pet rock.

For context, four Aussie banks took approximately $6.5 billion out of the Aotearoa economy in the last year or so

The majority of which was gleaned from mortgages on family homes

The economy is improving? Sweety, it's tanking, sinking, shitting itself sideways, and you're a big part of the reason

Indicators! Seat! Suspension! Wheels that can cope with the paths around here!

AUTHORS!!

Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?

Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.

More here:

And now now to be sad that a $1300 electric scooter is something I cannot afford as I try to find someone to drive me to fridays appointment

Welp looks like I’m spending my secret Santa monies on a physio instead

🧐

Casey Costello meets with self-proclaimed ‘terf’ as landmark case reaches final chapter While the associate health minister met with an anti-trans activist to discuss 'women's rights', around the corner, a court heard evidence of the 'extreme' and 'vicious' nature of trans-exclusionary s...

While the NZ assoc health minister, Casey Costello, hosted an Irish anti-trans activist to discuss ‘women’s rights’, at Parliament ($4,500 venue cost), the Human Rights Review Tribunal heard evidence of the ‘extreme’ & ‘vicious’ nature of trans-exclusionary sentiment
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

If you haven’t already, please sign.
Bevan will be presenting this petition to Cushla Tangere-Manuel on the steps of Parliament at 3:15pm tomorrow 🙌
#nzpol

:0 ALREADY?!

Time to work out if I can afford to join in. 

If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...

WHAT