Steph Matuku

Thank you for working that out! How depressing.

This does not reassure me!!!

My mum told me her and dad built their first house in Kaitaia in the '70's for $17,000.

Lolololololol *sobs*

Elephants react fondly to music. Just heartwarming. Big Ears 🐘all the better to hear him 🤗 #MusicMonday

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So an 18 year old has only been allowed to use social media for two years and needs their parents to support them financially, but is also completely equipped to move across the country on their own to do manual labour.

☀️Washing out, 🌧️washing in, ☀️washing out, 🌧️washing in

'We want young people in work, in training or other ed' says the man whose government halved the apprenticeship boost allowance and moved fees free to year 3 along with destablising Polytech learning.

Image from the ghost chips ad with text that reads you know i cant work your ghost jobs

Today's ridiculous announcement from the National Party penalizing young people and their families had me thinking of this meme again

New Plymouth represent 😎

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It is so still and dark here

Scary Antagonists In honour of what Americans call Spooky Season, and what New Zealanders call October, I’d like to write a few words about the Bad Guy. They are the opposite of our heroine. They are the antagonist, th...

My new monthly blog post just went up! In honour of spooky month, I wrote about scary antagonists, both external and internal, and how they can improve - or thwart! - your writing :)

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Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

Crossing fingers for NO FOG TOMORROW!!!

It was on Reddit 😅

We're rebooked for Friday and I'm anxious too

😭

The fog DID NOT indeed clear and we can't get another flight for TWO DAYS 😭
On the plus side, we were still at home when we found this out, and not at the airport. Yay!

Yup

Aw, I'm pretty sure you can.

a man with a beard is sitting next to another man with the words let 's say i found a spiritual loophole ALT: a man with a beard is sitting next to another man with the words let 's say i found a spiritual loophole

I just read that if you get raptured, no one remembers you. Everyone's memories are wiped of your existence. People get raptured all the time. We just don't remember them.

This is a brilliant loophole in a batshit loopy belief.

I hope the Tylenol people sue the gold off Trump's toilet.

a man in a kitchen with his mouth open and the words the fog is consuming me below him ALT: a man in a kitchen with his mouth open and the words the fog is consuming me below him

Cross fingers this fog clears before our flight tomorrow 🙏😔

Simon Maechling & @simonmaechling Follow RFK Jr is set to announce Tylenol causes autism. And then he'll push the "cure": leucovorin (folinic acid). Who sells folinic acid? Dr. Oz's supplement company, iHerb. The same Dr. Oz who is now the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Trump's administration. Think about that: A government health official tied to the very supplement company that benefits from RFK Jr's bogus "cure." This isn't public health. It's corruption dressed up as wellness.

Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.

Gotta love these older homes with one powerpoint per room. Our one in the kitchen blew. Currently boiling water in my bedroom like a caveman

Thanks! I mean, I didn't draw it or nuffink, but thanks!

a man in a striped shirt is holding a glass of water and says `` it 's too early '' . ALT: a man in a striped shirt is holding a glass of water and says `` it 's too early '' .

Fireworks! Wtf.