Its A Verb

It was as awful as I expected 😭😭😭

No longer in the van, but this still applies

Last night shift of 4, LETS GOOOO 2:19am

I'm on night shift and tbh I just want to snuggle my cat and be unconscious and horizontal amongst a pile of cushions.

A black and white aerial photo showing modern-day Parihaka as small white buildings in the foreground, surrounded by garmland and some patches of bush and trees, with Taranaki Maunga in the background. Photo: Puke Ariki.

Tomorrow is the Fifth of November – but let’s forget Guy Fawkes and his actions against an arrogant Protestant king and instead look to our own history: the unlawful attack on Parihaka and, by extension, Māori sovereignty.

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#kikorangi

A week of people acting horrendously selfishly. Sometimes I want working conditions and pay and the cost of living to be better so people aren't so stressed and awful to interact with argh

My ofrenda for Ninja 🥰

Whawaat

BREAKING: Resident - junior - doctors in England will go on strike for five days in November 14th to 19th over jobs and pay the The BMA has just announced.

Discworld QOTD, from Wintersmith

"When all hope was gone, you called for Granny Weatherwax, because she was the best.

And she always came. Always. But popular? No. Need is not the same as like."

Strikers' demands 'a mystery', government's top negotiator says The Public Service Commissioner says it's regrettable major strike action is going ahead, because he's always been available to negotiate.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... Aside from the obvious responses to this - a VERY interesting choice of words here. "We have done our best to break the inevitable actions" break vs. Negotiate a fair deal? Oops, you slipped. Also, he's "comfortable" and sorted on holiday I see.

And everyone else striking today!

My son is 11, ADHD and loves games and fishing and hunting and is a lovely lad - idk how to connect via discord but he plays Roblox? DM me?

Man with infection can't get ambulance to hospital, finds 50 people in waiting room Told by a doctor to call 111, a seriously ill man found his own lift after being told no ambulances were available, then found a full ED with intubated patients in triage areas and beds gridlocked dow...

NZ’s health workforce: “like the All Blacks, except they play the game for 12-hour shifts.”

“They work together so harmoniously, and the entire thing runs on good will. If it wasn't for that, the wheels would fall off and the whole thing would collapse."

A must read:
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

They are citizens with employment rights, professionals with ethical obligations, not just public and state servants. So when work conditions make safe, competent practice impossible, acting collectively, including through lawful strike, is an exercise in professional integrity, not party politics.

Public servants must be politically neutral in their official roles, but they are also ordinary citizens with employment rights. Political neutrality does not erase the right to organise, bargain, and, where lawful, strike; nor does it forbid people from being politically active outside work.

Me Me Me vs We? 💭 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Omg you guys 👀

Indeed it is.
For those following along at home, youth unemployment is higher in rural areas (eg Northland) and wildly skewed by ethnicity, eg unemployment rates for Pacific youth est 20%. Our M & P youth deserve better.
Again, we need a conversation abt this.
#nzpol

The world doesn't owe our children a living? Yes we do? Isn't that the whole point? I don't know many parents that wouldn't wish that for their kids, why is it different because they're not YOUR kids? Such an incredibly telling statement, really.

I have nobody to share this joke I just heard with! "How many gaeilgeoir do you need to change a light bulb? Six, because any more and you'll be seacht" 😄😄

1. Big fan! Yours is the first book of poetry I've ever bought 2. It's actually "the dictator does not concern themselves with any type of responsibility to their people"

23rd October 👀

Home made bread with marmalade in a sunbeam radiating citrus vibes

I just had freshly baked home made bread with home made marmalade for breakfast with a chaser of decaf instant coffee and some panadol extra because I'm not perfect OK guys

I love being a doctor, just sharing heatless curl ideas for under scrub caps with my sister (4th year med student on surgery rotation) so our hair looks pretty after work 😄 probably just to doom scroll and yap hahaha

Ugh Aotearoa these dudes are literally so embarrassing 😬😬

Christchurch ED doctor Dominic Fleischer told News patients were dying because of substandard care, and the situation was hurting staff and those they were treating. "Patients are dying now really because of substandard care. Patients dying in the waiting room and corridors or who leave and literally drop dead in the car park. So that's all happened. That's atrocious care at some stage and it hurts the staff when things like that happen.

The New Zealand government’s underfunding of healthcare is killing people everyday & Doctors are saying it everyday and being largely ignored. Privatisation will make this situation worse. #nzpol

NZNO calls for stronger support to retain Māori nurses NZNO warns Māori nurses at iwi health providers face pay gaps of up to 25%, with many leaving for Te Whatu Ora or overseas amid poor government support.

NZNO warns Māori nurses at iwi health providers face pay gaps of up to 25%, with many leaving for Te Whatu Ora or overseas amid poor government support.

👀 not hyperbole.