Hello Valerie, thanks for the follow
Just also sharing these thoughts here too on a kinder platform more suited to the man himself
I would like to give a shout out to Chris Hipkins for standing up and saying what I’ve been saying for years and years… disabled people cost what we cost. They must find the money to support us.
I’m not sure my heart can cope with the repellant uptake of the tragic & untimely death of a loved husband and father by the disinformation producers. I’m going to study it. Please 🙏 do not promote it, even in outrage.
And to those chancers & grifters:
Good God, do you have no sense of decency?
“We should be questioning the logic behind making the poorest pay to bring down inflation. It’s no comfort to the thousands of people losing their jobs now that inflation is coming down, when their income is falling further.”
www.stuff.co.nz/money/350183...
💔🐶
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Poetry Update
There will be sadness.
There will be metaphors and lovely music.
There will be the beating of hearts,
the happiness of trees beside water,
death with its aches and gratitude.
There will be more of this throughout the day
as fresh information comes to hand.
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From The London Magazine
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you, Sharon. That means a lot
Got a poem published today at the wonderful Roi Faineant Press. It’s a moment of self-examination that goes back more than 4 decades:
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-chu...
So the Clean Car Discount increased uptake of 0 emission vehicles and also reduced the number of high emission vehicles being bought?
In other words, it FUCKING WORKED BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Some may recall the old computing acronym GIGO, which precisely describes what's going on here. | Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies.
Fancy a wee Chinese ghost story for your weekend reading? I’ve got just the thing 😉
‘Shui Gui’ is a short story about identity and ghosts. Read it now in issue 109 of takahē mag!
www.takahe.org.nz/shui-gui
#pukapuka
I have deployed
the parachute
that was in
your jump pack
and which
you were probably
saving
for jesus
forgive me
we have but one life
then darkness
baby
Most theologically cooked meme.
Contributor feature! @deborahjshore.bsky.social
Deborah J. Shore has won competitions at the Anglican Theological Review & the Alsop Review. Her most recent publications include THINK, Thimble, Ekstasis, Reformed Journal, & Relief Journal, among others.
www.ballastjournal.com/deborah-j-sh...
This, by Tim Minchin, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, is making me so very happy this morning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ou...
A halloween cartoon for New Scientist 🧪
"I will
not lend my soul nor
my bones to your war
drum...
I will not side
with you nor dance to bombs
because everyone else is
dancing. Everyone can be
wrong. Life is a right not
collateral or casual...I
will not be played. I
will not lend my name
nor my rhythm to your
beat."
- Suheir Hammad ❤️🖤🤍💚
Whatever happens on Sunday morning, remember this. Sport is far too important to take seriously. #ABvSA
I just donated to the fund to provide meals to the Muslim whānau attending the coronial inquest that started this week (and discovered after the fact that it's a registered charity so can be claimed on your tax).
opencollective.com/mahiatearoha
what does cat see?
I wish it was: instagram.com/stories/shim...
Another knock-out title, this time from the indomitable Melanie McKerchar!
Read free online along with the rest of our 108th issue 🖤💛
www.takahe.org.nz/when-capital...
You can be kind and compassionate AND successful. Remember, in lifting others, we rise ourselves.
Street cat
staining grime and moss
illustrate the hairline cracks
that were always there.
#poetry #haiku
