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Recovering from blinders of STEM, neoliberalism & fundamentalism. Enjoy film, sci-fi, literary nonfiction, feminism, philosophy, cats. Wish: dismantle reactionary targeting of trans people, Māori, Muslims, Jewish people, etc. Tangata Tiriti, NZ

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PATHA has significant concerns about the UK’s PATHWAYS clinical trial protocol. These trials are unethical, dangerous, and won’t even give Simeon Brown the evidence he claims he’s looking for. Aotearoa shouldn’t endorse these trials, and it remains unethical to withhold necessary care.

07.12.2025 06:43 — 👍 59    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 0

"The US govt could not even correctly determine which country one of these boats launched from" <-- might make us a bit skeptical of subsequent claims made by the drunk sexual abuser and his boss the senile sexual abuser.

07.12.2025 04:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Interesting how Coster and other powerful white men get to speakout meanwhile the actual victim can't as she's still being prosecuted by police.. #nzpol

06.12.2025 23:15 — 👍 77    🔁 20    💬 7    📌 0

It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all

07.12.2025 00:23 — 👍 4670    🔁 835    💬 57    📌 24

We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.

Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!

03.12.2025 22:49 — 👍 293    🔁 258    💬 1    📌 17

a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually

06.12.2025 20:53 — 👍 4954    🔁 1186    💬 101    📌 37

Joe Lonsdale is the key billionaire behind the Bari Weiss faux uni of Austin.

06.12.2025 22:04 — 👍 318    🔁 43    💬 7    📌 1

it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying

06.12.2025 12:40 — 👍 4024    🔁 1092    💬 6    📌 0

What an interesting coincidence.

06.12.2025 17:43 — 👍 2569    🔁 1009    💬 81    📌 76

If i wanted to make people hate me i would certainly put on that guy's jacket and pants.

06.12.2025 01:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Put them in charge of the country IMO

05.12.2025 23:30 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"I'd kinda thought we weren't still bothering with that — sorry!"

05.12.2025 20:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

at least they made it look like group-fondling a testicle.

05.12.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This administration has been salivating to publish footage those people* they are sending to their deaths, torture, expulsion. Imagine how bad it must be for them to get cold feet on this.

* Those killed are almost always from ethnic minorities, too- let us be clear on what is going on here.

05.12.2025 03:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can instantly recall almost every line of dialogue in Terminator 2. Imagine if these films -from the same guy!- had scripts even half as tight. Eye on the ball, that's where the fucking magic is born.

05.12.2025 02:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.

04.12.2025 10:59 — 👍 1589    🔁 484    💬 18    📌 12

I reckon he must think Moss is still alive.

We're habituated to seeing leads killed onscreen. His wife receives the bad news through a nod rather than dialogue.

An inattentive viewer will experience a completely different film.

05.12.2025 00:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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05.12.2025 00:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

100% he will just threaten to turn off Starlink until governments together as a group realize that you cannot have a fuckwit in charge of infra and that include digital and comms

05.12.2025 00:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

when you use zovirax, it comes in a very tiny tube. This helps remind pople to only use a very tiny amount at a time. The effectiveness is not from large amounts a once but comes from applying sticking to the suggested frequncy.

A pharmacist will be able to talk you through any questions you have

05.12.2025 00:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

...um, the people talking about computers as though computers possess god-like powers?

04.12.2025 23:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

04.12.2025 17:41 — 👍 6427    🔁 3195    💬 173    📌 513

he's not talking about the house he parks his wife's tesla at, he's talking about his other houses, the leveraged ones he rents out to all us bottom feeders who pay his mortgages for him. That's where the IKEA goes.

04.12.2025 20:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Pros: Holly Hunter who is, as always, an international treasure

Cons: [~80% confidence]: We made Section 31 unwatchable so now we've built an Agony Booth for you. Your feed will be made up entirely of teenagers playing out Boomer Reverence fantasies.

04.12.2025 19:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?

04.12.2025 18:29 — 👍 2249    🔁 294    💬 110    📌 8
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Law change advances to strip powers from Māori health boards The Government's health reforms will remove independent monitoring of Māori health and centralise the functions of local Māori health boards.

National-led government strips power from Māori, lies about it.

02.12.2025 18:45 — 👍 26    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1
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I've had a rough day, and I think I've earned this.

GOAT PAJAMA PARTY.

Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.

03.12.2025 02:52 — 👍 430    🔁 133    💬 12    📌 17

my partner met her recently, apparently she's lovely.

03.12.2025 05:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban “Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”

1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.

“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."

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02.12.2025 17:56 — 👍 1898    🔁 495    💬 22    📌 28

Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.

02.12.2025 09:06 — 👍 2484    🔁 834    💬 67    📌 22

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