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macrophotograph of a single stem of an ornamental plant. deep red 'leaves' with a green spiked center bud. soft focus green and gold background.

ornamental plant
#photography
#macrophotography
#abstractphotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

leathery leaves surround a spiky center.

photograph.

If Nicola Willis thinks we “shouldnt be so precious that we can’t use metaphorical speech” can we go back to why Chlöe Swarbrick was punished so heavily for her comments on the government’s spinelessness?

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

Would love to see this done for NZ media.

The graphic has a violet background and white text. The text reads: Wellingtonians are you interested? Pinball wizards aren't required, but a mask is. Dividing the text is a photograph of the interior of an empty pinball arcade. There are also small graphic images of an N95 mask, and Aotearoa Covid Action's logo.

Wellingtonians - Are you interested?

An hour of unlimited play on the machines at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe before regular opening hours on a Sunday from 10-11 am. N95 or better masks to be worn at all times and there is an air purifier. $20/person and we need 25 people to make the event happen.

Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

This sounds like our current problem with Labour in Aotearoa. We know that National are terrible economically for the majority and BRILLIANT for the tiny minority…labour are bland at best for the majority and still the fuck owned by donors.
Greens at least have real tax and equality policies.

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

The mystery of NZ's world-famous mince and cheese pie

Who created our quintessential cuisine? Credit for first putting cheese in a beef pie is hotly contested – but one thing seems certain, it was a Kiwi. Jonathan Milne investigates.

Poll: Controversial pay equity changes could cost coalition the 2026 election The survey, released by the Public Service Association and the Council of Trade Unions, found that more than a quarter of voters who backed the coalition parties in 2023 opposed the reforms.

Deservedly so !

Poll: Controversial pay equity changes could cost coalition the 2026 election

#nzpol

I lived in Molesworth Street during the 2022 occupation. It wasn’t “peaceful”; it was filth and menace. People shat and pissed on our lawns. Emergency workers were blocked from reaching neighbours. The smell lingered for weeks.

Actually no, I blame the media here. If the standard is 'The left have to be 100% perfect or it means right wing politicians can blame us for everything' then we're never going to meet it. Media should be shutting this down, whether or not the individual act was silly #nzpol

If folks want to communicate their feelings about Acacia O’Connor being cancelled by OneNZ, their CE is easily reachable on Twitter #nzpol #kikorangi 🇳🇿

When you do things that you're kinda a tad proud of, and are arguably a major milestone in your career, but you can't talk about for reasons.

Still ever so pleased I was able to do it, and contribute.

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#nzpol

Wife says God led couple to house where alleged abuse occurred 'He’s an honest man’: Wife stands by husband in teacher abuse trial.

I mean...

'Gross invasion of privacy': Auckland man secretly filmed 62 women in changing rooms and showers Only three of the dozens of victims have been identified by police.

[[Defence lawyer Daniel Schellenberg said the man was “genuinely remorseful” and had been attending church with his wife and was no longer watching pornographic videos.]]

Yea.. Church will fix him..

/s

Shaw back with black eye James Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so.

Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.

That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

British parts found in Russian drones, Zelesnky says The Ukrainian leader says British-made microcomputers were used in weapons launched at Ukraine this weekend.

Grrr

“Willis told reporters the vandalism was "absolutely appalling" and showed a "lack of human decency" -RNZ
She’s describing her own & her Government’s economic management I see. Vandalism, absolutely appalling, & lacking in human decency.

Orchardists reject Luxon's claim sector is 'crying out' for workers The Prime Minister is urging young people to look for work in the sector amid changes to the Jobseeker benefit.

Least surprising story of the day
#nzpol

Luxon caught making stuff up. Again. Nice to see RNZ doing due diligence on this one.

How many job hunters are there for each job ad? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

It’s the journey not the destination that matters, as the old saying goes

Right wing Christian leaders still corning the child sexual abuse market as they always have.

Anne Salmond: Academic freedom and its enemies In NZ there are chilling moves towards illiberal democracy. While they are being strong resisted so far, political leaders and others must wake up.

"Given the precedents in Hungary and the United States, with other authoritarian administrations, New Zealanders should be wary of politicians who harbour these kinds of ambitions."

Anne Salmond: Academic freedom and its enemies
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