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Super interesting, thanks. I knew a tiny bit about this, but none of the detail.

A more critical history of Forest & Bird | E-Tangata “For all intents and purposes, Forest & Bird waged a media and political war on Ngāi Tahu and the Crown during negotiations.” — Martin Fisher.

A more critical history of Forest & Bird
by Martin Fisher #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Man with beard holding small dog, woman in glasses with green shirt. Orange wall behind them.

My lovely father-in-law Dale, me and Bobby the Yorkie. I am very lucky to have a partner whose parents I love. I am also lucky to have a vet for a sister-in-law who adopts unwanted pets like the three legged Bobby. #dogsofbluesky #family

From longshot lawsuit to landmark ruling: How a family toy business took on Trump's tariffs When Rick Woldenberg took the reins of his family's toy business, Learning Resources Inc, nearly three decades ago, politics and litigation were not on his agenda. Then he became a central figure in o...

From longshot lawsuit to landmark ruling: How a family toy business took on Trump's tariffs | Reuters share.google/dk9yatgKuCiu...

A bare bank with tree stump and blue sky

A tree lying in foliage

A pink Azalea, newly planted

A butterfly on a hebe blossom

This week Aotearoa has had floods, the week before mudslips which have killed people. #climatechange Climate change is here #VoteGreens

Hooray!!!

Marty Supreme is sociopathic in his pursuit of glory. Why do we want him to win? Hollywood is no stranger to popular antiheroes, from Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver to Arthur Fleck in Joker, and Marty Reisman in Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme follows in that tradition.

I hated this film. I read the main character as old school Sexist AF. It felt like going back to the 1990s 'postmodern irony' era. Ugh. Unsurprisingly, I did not want him to win. #sexism #movies #film

Meet Bosco, the surfing dog making waves in support of Te ao Māori Watch: Balancing on his surfboard, the kurī became a joyful show of support.

Happy Waitangi Day! Here in Aotearoa we protest, discuss and celebrate the founding of New Zealand (1840) on Feb 6th. Bosco the French bulldog is flying a Tino Rangatiratanga flag for Māori Sovereignty- because Māori never ceded their rights. share.google/Go0wnRHkKajN... #dogsofbluesky #dogs #surf

It's always summer somewhere. Southern hemisphere second flush roses in the community garden, raised garden made from old wooden chest and abandoned yucca repotted. ##bloomscrolling #community #gardening

Winston Peters questions NZ's funding for World Health Organization The New Zealand First leader says the World Health Organization has forgotten its original mandate.

Apropos of nothing, undermining public health helps those aspiring to fascism because if you undermine the individual right to health (and the systems that inform and support it) you also conveniently erode the human rights of the collective - which we’re actively doing on multiple fronts in NZ.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Sending solidarity across the ditch to all our anti-fascist comrades today. Let's not forgot who started the 'mass migration' to so-called Australia, and who committed the genocide of Indigenous Australians.

Hey NRA, are you good with this?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

Cross woven from grass

Cross woven from thick dark green reeds

Second cross woven from grass

Experimenting with different reeds and flax for Brigid's Crosses this year. #Irish #IrishDiaspora #craft

Oh gosh. There is a real fear among my friends that people will vote for Winston Peters as 'Kingmaker' in the hope he goes with Labour...do they understand what he's prepared to do to stay in power?

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.

In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

#nzpol #Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #DitchThePricks

Front cover of Mr Ward's Maps Victorian Wellington Street by Street by Elizabeth Cox

Map of corner, Willis Street and Manners in a bus, with a passenger in foreground and street view out the window

Mr Ward's Map is an extraordinary book about a guy who drew a map of every single building in Wellington NZ in 1890. This new book publishes each map, along with a social history of the people who lived there. This photo taken on the bus, with the location on the map corresponding... #bestbooks

ÀJOSE: Stakeholders demand open dialogue on women’s health, bodily autonomy Professionals in filmmaking, healthcare and the creative industries have demanded that more attention be paid to maternal mortality, medical ethics, safe and unsafe abortion, consent and the social pr...

An innovative event in Lagos Nigeria used storytelling as its central framework, placing film, medical insight and cultural reflection side by side to explore how silence and stigma continue to influence women’s health outcomes in Nigeria.

Black cat peers at viewer over laptop screen

Black cat sits on laptop keyboard facing away from viewer

Black cat sits on laptop keyboard facing viewer

Zuko strikes again. #catsofbluesky #workingfromhome

Apparently roast pumpkin can stop the farting, we will try that today.

The rise of the autistic detective – why neurodivergent minds are at the heart of modern mysteries Most detectives in popular culture – yes, even Sherlock Holmes – exhibited neurodivergent characteristics, long before the term existed, writes Soohyun Cho.

I know it's fiction, but for me as a neurodivergent person working hard at humaning, fictional exploration is really important. But I'm not keen on the idea that we're all exceptional. I hate the superpowers analogy; for many ND people just getting through the day intact is a huge achievement. Huge!

Gives no f$#ks.

Man sitting cross legged with hand over his nose beside a dog lying on her back on a sofa.

Dog lying upside down beside a man on a sofa

Brown dog looking at camera while lying down.

My partner discovering how violent an innocent looking dog's (silent) farts can be. So stealth but so cute! #dogsofbluesky #mastifflabrador

...I know I'm not the only public servant in this boat, and we're not being counted, are we? I think RNZ gave up at 10,000 redundancies...

I am curious about unemployed people (like me) not represented in the data. I haven't registered as unemployed a) because I got a 6 month redundancy and b) once it runs out, my kindy teacher partner's wage is supposedly too high for me to be eligible for benefit. Regardless of mortgage, bills etc...

Brown dog looks sideways, lying with paw on a toy.

Brown dog stands in hallway wearing yellow record t-shirt.

Cooper with toys, Cooper in a t-shirt: did not end well for toys or t-shirt. #dogsofbluesky

Like turning a tanker. So true!

We’re published in “It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School” Stimpunks Co-Creative Director Helen has a chapter in "It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School" on “Embracing Monotropism and Flow”.

We’re published in “It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School”.

Stimpunks Co-Creative Director Helen, @autisticrealms.bsky.social, has a chapter in “It Takes All Kinds of Minds” on “Embracing Monotropism and Flow”.

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