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Just found out you're here courtesy of Batshit Crazy Cookers... so that's a good excuse to be here rather than on FB

"Ancient Mariner Peters" lol!

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

Heartfelt thanks to our young people with #longcovid who took part in this, sharing their stories #kiwi #nzpol

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PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts and when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and ma...

Stop elected officials carrying out online bullying campaigns. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

Best leader we ever had. Now we have a clown circus.

I'm a librarian and you're right, Mr Luxon. But not for the reasons you think. Opinion: The extraordinarily complex job of a librarian almost always requires a master’s degree. There isn’t a single male-dominated profession with comparable skills that requires the same, so why, ...

I'm a librarian and you're right, Mr Luxon. But not for the reasons you think. newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/14/i...

In honor of World Migratory Bird Day, fuck off and fly away from all the bullshit dragging you down.

Cloven Hooved Horned Satan sitting in a library reading books to kids since we can't do drag storytime anymore....i thought we'd try something else

From the booklet "NZ Womens Land Service 1940 - 1946", edited by Joan Butland.

NZ's Long Covid blind spot nothing short of a crisis Analysis: Post-infection syndromes like Long Covid are nothing new – but pandemic-scale waves of a novel virus exposed just how ill-prepared we are to handle them.

NZ's Long Covid blind spot nothing short of a crisis newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/29/n...

Dire wolves remain very extinct Despite what you are being fed, de-extinction is a con, full of gloss, bullshit and ghoulish greed.

Dire wolves remain very extinct
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#PenguinsAgainstTrump: Penguin resistance to Trump's tariffs has begun Since Donald Trump has slapped a 10 per cent tariff on an Australian territory with no human inhabitants - only penguins and seals - a new viral resistance has been gaining traction online...

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Darth Vader marches down a corridor, Imperial officers and Big Bird in tow. Meme text says: When you're accidentally included in a war plan group chat

If there is a pandemic when Luxon is in charge we are screwed.

I'm on two diets now.

There wasn't enough food in just one.

The Dude from The Big Lebowski

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

He was lucky ICE didn't make him disappear. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

ICE is working up to be the new Gestapo, a capitalist version. Don't go to America to work, study or on holiday, or you'll be disappeared. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Helen Clark questions NZ's continued involvement in Five Eyes It comes amid traditional allies and partners of the United States showing increased concern about how long-standing relationships are being handled by President Donald Trump.

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Also, when I lived in Taiwan back in the 'oughts we were always aware of the fact that Chinese warheads were pointed at us. But the idea was that America would hold them at bay. That is not to be counted on now. No matter how many good Americans are around, they still let an idiot be president.

Taiwan's still coming to grips with the last mainland Chinese invasion back in the 1940s, which was propped up my America. Huge blackout on the history of the Chiang Kai Shek years, with recognition of the torture and murder committed by the regime only veeeery slowly coming through.

Right up until the bit where they invade Taiwan because America is weak and owned by Russians now. Also the way China is building up new bases through the Pacific? That's a bit beyond sabre rattling.

China IS that stupid. It's putting warships in the Tasman sea for live fire operations and not alerting Australian and NZ governments, putting passenger aircraft in danger. Now NZ is calling for greater spending on defence when we've got hungry kids to feed. Thanks a fucking lot, China.

The national gallery censored parts of an artwork about silencing Indigenous and oppressed peoples | First Dog on the Moon How did people who appear not to know what art is for get put in charge of art?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Covid-19 five years on: What it was like being one of the country's first cases Jenene Crossan contracted the virus in 2020 while heading home from a business trip before New Zealand's borders closed.

@jenene.bsky.social you're a bloody legend. Thanks for standing up for us. Your mahi is greatly appreciated <3
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Can you spare a minute to help Julia Mount? Revoke Destiny Church's Charitable Status Due to Hate Crimes Incitement

Tax hate groups masquerading as churches
#NoHate
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Not that Luxon will take the hint.

‘Cancel culture? We should stop it. End of story’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on backlash, writer’s block – and her new baby twins It’s been 11 years since she published a novel. In that time, the author has lost both parents, seen Trump become president twice – and finally returned to fiction after a bruising reaction to her com...

"I’m not saying, ‘Don’t express frustration.’ I’m just saying, take a step back and think, ‘Am I doing this with grace?’"

Sounds like a great deal. Who can resist hygge?