Caitlin Carew

Don't forget to purchase a stationwagon and trailer (paying 1980s petrol prices) so you can collect tools, untreated timber, and seaweed, manure, mulch etc to build and fertilise your garden.

I had a feeling it was their miost succesful album... but I always prefered Bossanova which I LOVED seeing live last night.

The Pixies were so good tonight, my Gen X alt-rock peers were out in fine form. It's so nice to go out and not feel old lol!

Doolittle?

Screenshot of RNZ breaking news article with headline 'Noisy little blue penguins nest under Coromandel home, leaving couple at wit's end'

What RNZ considers to be worthy of a breaking news push notification is baffling, but this is quite a cute example

Stoked about this news!

Zohran Mamdani's win is "an incredible proof of concept of how to fight fascism," says @naomiaklein.bsky.social.

"Fascists want everybody to be the same. They celebrate conformity, uniformity, sameness, hierarchy. … The entire [Mamdani] campaign was a love letter to the diversity."

Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

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Greater Wellington results are in. @quentinduthie.bsky.social is back in in Te Awa Kairangi, so is Gabriel Tupou, unfortunately ACT's Nigel Elder also made the cut.

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Especially satisfying to see Guppy booted out, considering the toxic and truly unhinged behaviour of his mate Bloxham towards Peri and her supporters

So freaking stoked about this!!! Go Peri!

Me too! So stoked

Podcast: Quit Paris? How pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords went from fringe media to the mainstream | PledgeMe Quit Paris? This podcast will investigate how a fringe idea moved from being a fringe position to one advocated by mainstream politicians

If this crowdfund meets the goal I can pay myself the equivalent of the jobseeker benefit for the time between my current contract ends, and the start of the next academic year, at which point I'll become a full time student and borrow weekly living costs

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I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face.

Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.

I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.

I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??

Government announces more funding for natural pharmaceutical sector It's announced a $42.8 million funding boost to go towards a 'Biodiscovery Platform'.

This is giving MAHA vibes. They want more NZ to get a bigger slice of that wellness influencer cash

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Indeed!

My extremely Swiftie teen and her BFF are burning off nervous energy in the kitchen baking Taylor-themed biscuits while listening to Taylor back catalogue and I predict things are going to reach fever pitch by 5pm

Jane Goodall dies age 91 - follow live The ethologist, a

Rest in Primates, Jane Goodall.
🐒🥺😢
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And past data is not very helpful when we haven't had a large plate boundary earthquake in recent human history. A m8 Alpine Fault or Hikurangi subduction zone quake is going to be something else entirely...

To be clear that last bit is from his maiden speech which JC quoted back at him

An excerpt from an op ed from David Seymour from Jan 2025. "New Zealand has lost a fortune to earthquake regulations in the past decade, because politicians thought, or should I say felt, more restrictions were the right thing to do after the Canterbury quakes. And yet, fewer than 500 people have died from earthquakes in the history of our country. That’s about as many as die from cancer every three weeks, but we can’t afford all the drugs they need. Hmmm.

I sense Seymour's hand in this. Seismic standards were an example of 'bad regulation' he used to push the Reg Standards Bill. He fundamentally misunderstands the nature of EQ risk - what happened in the recent past is no indication of will happen in the future when we have a big plate boundary EQ

Your delightful musings are very welcome in the bleak timeline. Thank you for your service

It was jarring to see him in the Jacinda doco, standing behind her in Chch right after the mosque shootings, at marae events, in press conferences. He really has traveled a long way in just a few years.

NZ will not yet recognise Palestinian statehood, Peters says in UN speech Foreign Minister Winston Peters said there was no obvious link between recognising Palestinian statehood now and protecting work towards a two-state solution.

“We are shocked to our core by harrowing images of famine in Gaza. We are revolted by what can only be described as a grossly disproportionate response from the Israeli Government."

It is described as *genocide*, you tool.

NZ Herald app screenshot with photo of Winston Peters in front of NZ flags. Headline says “Watch: Winston Peters says NZ ‘not ready’ to recognise Palestinian statehood”

Use “I” statements please Winston. The tens of thousands of NZers who marched, the thousands and thousands more who see this genocide for what it is and who know recognising Palestine is an important symbol of solidarity, your decision does not represent us.

I'd like to hear this podcast - if you would too, chuck Bryon a few bucks to get it made

They all admit that they are leaving pregnant people with zero options when it comes to pain and fever management.

Minister orders more classrooms to help struggling construction workers The Government is ordering new classrooms, as it looks for immediate fixes to stem back-to-back reports of a declining construction sector.

Is it really "fast-tracking" or "accelerating" when it's basically restarting some of the 100-odd projects you iced a year ago, putting the construction sector into a nosedive? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...