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Winter Olympic Specials A list of 3 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Cool Runnings (1993), I, Tonya (2017) and Eddie the Eagle (2015).

Can anyone help me with my winter Olympic movie list? ⛸️https://boxd.it/Q8A3q

See most televised sports: the blood lust is there. Have you seen The Crash Reel doco about an Olympic snowboarding hopeful getting a brain injury from a half pipe accident? The drive to make tricks more exciting for the viewer = bigger pipe & bigger risks to athletes

Out of curiosity I plugged in my teacher salary from the last full year I taught & adjusted for inflation to see what teachers should be earning if their income had kept pace. $126k.

Current income? $97k (only as of Dec 24 too btw).

Go strike teachers. I’m 100% behind you.

I never thought leopards would eat MY face

My general re-direction with racist comments here is to bring up Wales/Ireland reclaiming their languages, dual signage etc. Look to Ireland: same coloniser crap employed by the English in a lot of ways when it comes to language. No-one here is hating on Irish being spoken more, eh?

Also, also, also, pronunciation is so consistent with the written words in Te Reo. Phonics teaching is easier than with English. FFS.

Off to USA for 3 weeks soon.
Passport up to date. Check.
ESTA issued. Check.
Covid vax. Check.
Flu vax. Check.
MMR vax... Better check.

It's the colour a bunch of public buildings/spaces back in the... 1970s? Like Plunket Room yellow or something.

Meri Kirihimete! 🎄🎄🎄

Kim Hill Wants To Know Society & Culture Podcast · 5 Episodes · Weekly Series

Oh my goodness it’s nice to hear Kim Hill’s voice again podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/k...

Yes, I do a longer blink when I take of my glasses & that seems to help. Progressive lens also help with that, I found.

🧵👇🏻 This is why it's so important to make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill.

Aotearoa, PLEASE don't leave it up to the fringe, the cookers, the racists. The covid enquiry had 13,000 submissions and from the rhetoric of the commission head it was full of garbage takes.

Make a submission!

Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill - New Zealand Parliament Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill

Some links to help you with a submission against the Treaty Principles Bill. Please make the effort before 7th Jan 2025:

A guide from Greens - there are others of course so hunt them out if this doesn't resonate: action.greens.org.nz/tp_subsguide

Submission site: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Oh, so much manufactured horror (barely disguised racism) over Surya Bonaly doing it. She was badass.

(The crazy quad jumps they do these days are surely physically more risky than a backflip)

Ohh, I haven’t watched that yet. He’s awesome!! I also thought it was illegal but I think he just gets a deduction so it’s just a gutsy move. Am going to Boston to watch world champs in 2025. Can’t wait!!!

Wow! Go you!

What a good girl!

You'd have to be feeling pretty vulnerable if you were a woman of colour in NZ parliament. Like, who's next on their list?

Hey, you don’t need to take the other 4-6 people you rented the holiday house with to the supermarket to shop. Spend more time on the beach by making a meal plan & send just 1! Better living everyone.
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Done! Thanks for bringing it to my attention :-)

Arguably smoking anything is bad for your health. If weed had been legalized there’d be safer/healthier options available.

I went from a little EV hatchback to a compact SUV EV

And it may not be as easy as finding a new insurer for some.

See also AMI. I just had quote for new car insurance & it was toe curling. Went with another provider. AMI also reclassifying all properties soon & that will impact cover/premiums moving forward. Insurers taking climate change seriously.

Unsubscribe Season is upon us!

11:30 & still fireworks scaring the dog & cat. Go to bed arseholes.

Being by a park on Guy Fawkes that seems like a great idea. Tho bit greener than usual this year? Ours lives regularly in the kitchen.

Lupin S3. Très bien!

Coddle dem eggs! A must-stop whenever we’re in LA.

Gutted