Liz

All the Local Choices rhetoric is a smokescreen to attack those parts of local govt and legislation which could stand in the way of absolute exploitation and dismemberment of the environment, communities, taxes, public services, democracy, and everything else we value.

I have had a scary potato before. It was Not Good.

We are a bit young for the nuclear generation but it really gives a sense of what people feared during the cold war. Brilliant and devastating.

Aotearoa Te Waipounamu: community solidarity

If you have capacity to, do a submission on Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill

Closes tonight, Wed 26th Nov, 11:59pm

Real simple version:

oppose the bill

govt should implement recommendations of Whanaketia in full

My entire voting life has been under MMP, and this is by far the stupidest consequence of it I've ever seen. And that's not a mocking of MMP in theory

ACC: "we're going to move a bunch of long term claimants off ACC "
Kmart: "You guys ever hear of asbestosis"
long term claims unit: "...fuck"

We have the book. The author has some fun picture books about father Christmas, so you can imagine that this was um not what I expected when I picked it up as a child 😅

Regional councils look after pesky things like environmental rules which are getting in the way of unfettered profit 🙃

Yes this is the first I'd realised that they're turning off a whole calling network without ensuring everyone can use the replacement 🙃

Yikes. There are gonna be a lot of angry ppl in March. Surely the better option is to fix the networks here so they work for all frequencies?

Wtaf. Ok that's bullshit and also very helpful to know about.

I'm very confused by the 3g switch off thing. Most phones can do 4g but I know ppl who are still constantly getting messages warning them. It's it just skinny being annoying or will those phones stop working?

These two are outside by day, indoors at night. I'm training them with treats to come in when I call. They have started immediately trying to sneak out again, in order to be called in again and get more treats 🙃

Also screens on windows and doors should be a standard feature here like they are in Australia. My current two furry menaces are amazing escape artists.

I grew up very aware of how dangerous hippos are, and yes it was still delightful to throw a cabbage into a hippo's mouth.

May I offer you the hippo thread in this troubling time

One of my go-to salads is:
- tin of chickpeas. Strain, put in frying pan with some oil. Cook & stir/shake until golden-brown. Add flavour (I like lemon pepper &/or jarlic). Stir a bit more. Dump in a big bowl.
- chop up misc veges (e.g. broc, kale, peas, herbs). Dump in bowl. Add dressing.

Bay leaves can be stuck in a jar and used when you are cooking soup/stew/curry. I used to just have a bunch hanging on the wall by the stove.

Rhubarb: gift to someone who loves rhubarb and wants to cook it down. Or you can probably freeze the stems to be cooked later.

The rest I'd use in salad and/or stir fry. Most can go in either. Chop kale small if you are not so keen on it.

I think need campaigns about the risks to outdoor cats. No one wants their cats run over, even if they erroneously believe their cat would never catch a bird.
Plus stronger renting rights to allow cat trees, catios etc to be put in by renters.

This is me during beetroot season 😅💀

My only other suggestion is acidic stuff to try neutralize it but dunno how well that works of it has been battered and fried :-/

Photo looking up through a translucent roof, cat paws and the shadow of the rest of the cat can be seen.

I don't think this bird qualifies 😅

Not speaking from experience but I feel like something strongly mint could work?

Yeah I forgot i don't have heaps of words muted on here yet so off to do that now

I refused a farewell morning tea because I would've been the only person masked at it and not able to eat anything 🙃🤷‍♀️

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

I am once again asking someone to invent a snot sucker device that is strong enough to work on adults 🤧

Fair. I've had so much physio that I pretty much go to sleep these days lol

Maybe a deep tissue massage? It's intimate but in the way of being intimately pummeled lol. I need one soon I'm too tense to sleep properly.