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I still think about this a lot.

Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving 'All The Boys' Dress Shoes That Don't Fit Right | Defector It goes without saying that there is a great deal of Psychology going on in Donald Trump’s second term. None of it is especially complicated, because the people involved are without exception clammy, ...

Very excited that we're somehow getting another day of discourse out of The Florsheim Affair, one of the most delightful stories of this awful last year and change. Keep on clompin' boys! defector.com/report-presi...

Louise Erdrich!!!

a tan long-haired dachshund with incredibly floofy ears sits with his front paws on a window sill and his nose pressed up against the window. he's accompanied by his stuffed squirrel friend. their reflections stares back at them. Stevie the dachshund does not see the irony in watching for squirrels with his squirrel friend. he's too busy being locked in on the happenings outside his window.

This is Stevie. He's on squirrel watch. His stuffed friend is also a squirrel, but he's one of the good ones. 14/10 (IG: longdogstevie)

“On the ropes”

I’m sure it’s been approved. I just noticed it at the time it changed. I imagine it an “optics” thing that came from Luxon when he became leader, to try and make them look aspirational or something. It certainly has that feel to it. It’s a bit out of touch though.

No. They’re unmarked. They’ve been using them since Luxon became leader, before the election.

Nat MPs seem to use a company that uses Mercedes/BMWs etc, instead of normal taxis.

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

lettuce prey

WTF

'The Good Economy' by Craig Renney continues on the Unity Books Wellington bestseller list for another week!

thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03... #BWBTexts

A real shock to the system, if you will

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Kia ora, there is a lot of chat right now around folks who are rough sleeping.

I used to work in this space as a volunteer manager in England and I just think it’s important to remember that research tends to show that the number one cause of homelessness is a relationship breakdown.

How to teach 74 years of New Zealand history in 15 hours  The new social sciences curriculum appears to be written by someone who has never encountered the wonderfully chaotic nature of the classroom....

How to teach 74 years of New Zealand history in 15 hours

Mark Mitchell on Radio NZ is using deliberately deceptive and abusive language saying people 'decide' and 'choose' to live on the streets. Most of them have been forced to live on the streets by his government's cruel, dehumanising policies and defunding of their support systems. #nzpol

My least favorite type of reply guy is “Well, what did you expect?” I expected BETTER, Brian, you surrendering bag of Beige, you are not the spokesperson for Accepting Less

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care not for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love!

[twangye charminge lute riff]

Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye: *Ich am yn love!*

The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe

“The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children
A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe " and RNZ is choosing to platform its author today. An appalling decision. #nzpol

Good morning to everyone except our neighbour who started chainsawing at 830 this morning

Screen grab of a wiki article for a bat called the "tailed tailess bat".

guys, come on now

For cats specifically there should also be an event called “That Wasn’t Me, You Fed a Different Guy” 🥸

C or I

I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."

After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

there are surely no three words in the English language that will strike terror into the rail passenger’s heart more deeply than that most ominous phrase “bus replacement service” 💫

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.

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