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How does it handle rugs on wooden floors? Desperately want one but do I need to take up all my rugs.

The Party That Can’t And The Party That Won’t Approximately every three years I indulge in a bit of political punditry, which is about as much as I can stand. It’s nearly that time again, which is my opportunity to do something pundits almost nev...

It gives me the opposite of great pleasure to point out that every (fairly obvious to anyone who was watching) prediction I made in this doom-laden piece has come extremely true

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Specialist schools, exclusion, and education Individualising blame and systemic ableism

It’s taken me a while to tease out my thoughts on this. Which reflects the mess that inclusive education is in, the failure of respective ministries and governments to insist that schools and school communities lift their game, and the individualising of blame.

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Although i had totally forgotten the hopeful ending with young cathy and hareton.

Just re-read it. Horrible people.

Today!

One of the fathers in law in this ep looks like Luxo!!

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
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How can you stand her gorgeousness!!!

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

What white supremacists sometimes argue are the benefits of colonisation is essentially connection with the wider world and access to a global pool of knowledge and production. And it’s like, mutual benefit of expanding that did not require the sublimation, abuse, theft, murder, genocide etc

Great memoir. Have you read Tina Brown’s The Vanity Fair Diaries?

“Fewer” ffs

My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass.

It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved.

I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it.

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Vogels. Reduced cream onion dip plus bluebird chips.

Well done!!

I will be looking for an RA soon as my amazing postdoc has got a permanent role on our team. I will be looking for an emerging Māori researcher who has a social science background preferably :) dm me if you know of anyone or want to kōrero

Oh hey, wanna win one of my biggest, best pieces of work? A cross stitch that took almost a year to complete, hundreds of hours of cross-eye inducing hyper focus… ? I’ll ship anywhere. If so, tip me before Monday here:

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#craft #embroidery
#creators

A very cute but forlorn looking brown and white puppy with big eyes and floppy ears, sitting on a forest themed blanket. Facebook post message: “Central PA Humane Society: Susan from Accounting is a 4 month old female. We were told she is a Beagle/Australian shepherd mix”

BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting

She is gorgeous!

Well, I was born there so that tracks 😆

So New York is... Pahiatua???

Sure is!

Is that an ecoflow?

Wow!

1973 landrover series 2A

I do own this and it provides equal measures of joy and misery!

Please help if you can afforedbit

Mōrena Bluesky.
Please please help.
I’d love to make it to 120 supporters, I’m currently at 25. I really need this, I really need as many people’s help as possible.
#Kikorangi
#CrossStitch
#nzpol

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What the hell is going on between the Coalition Government and the Public Service Commission? It's not normal for public servants and the Government to collude against unions like this.

OIA emails show coordinated campaign between PSC and Ministers. #NzPol
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Thanks to the 16 amazeballs humans who have supported me so far. It’s been a good first day, I really hope this works. No subscribers, but I wasn’t sure anyone would anyway… I’m excited to see who gets her though!
Sharing is definitely caring, quote tweets would be awesome.
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