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Huge fan of snacks, naps & cats. Very keen on education, children's rights, history & disability issues. Loving mama 🌿

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From the Fuel Plan

From the Fuel Plan

Being irrationally upset by the unneeded page break after the blue section of the second table, here is the Fuel Plan traffic lights on one page. I think as a png it can be opened separately.

14.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
An ambulance outside a library with many people outside, also several people in high vis vests

An ambulance outside a library with many people outside, also several people in high vis vests

The enormous queue around the back of the library

The enormous queue around the back of the library

Pōneke, where we need an ambulance at a library opening in case people get crushed

13.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 15
A ludicrous headline above a failure of a Finance Minister Nicola Willis: NZ must fight for fuel security by
Luke Malpass | The Post

A ludicrous headline above a failure of a Finance Minister Nicola Willis: NZ must fight for fuel security by Luke Malpass | The Post

This is ludicrous #nzpol

NZ must fight for fuel security says the person who won’t invest in people, public transport, solar, wind power, renewables, cycleways, or any solutions not wedded and embedded to the oil and gas industry. You can’t austerity your way out of this you headless chook.

13.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2
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Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

13.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 8544 πŸ” 2963 πŸ’¬ 777 πŸ“Œ 993
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1960s motel table comes to life, startles media with incomprehensible babble

13.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
A tweet that reads β€œThe new academic wealth gap isn't your university.
It's not even your advisor's connections.
It's who knows Claude can turn 50+ research papers into a thesis chapter in 3 hours and who's still manually coding qualitative data.
I just watched a sociology PhD skip 8 weeks of analysis.
Here are the 9 prompts they used:”

A tweet that reads β€œThe new academic wealth gap isn't your university. It's not even your advisor's connections. It's who knows Claude can turn 50+ research papers into a thesis chapter in 3 hours and who's still manually coding qualitative data. I just watched a sociology PhD skip 8 weeks of analysis. Here are the 9 prompts they used:”

fuck this so much

we are so not prepared for the mountain of dogshit β€œscholarship” about to flood journals everywhere

13.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 3229 πŸ” 557 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 307
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I have it in cross stitch

12.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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'May be unusual, doesn't make it wrong': Public Service Commissioner responds to legal action filed by teachers union NZEI, the primary teachers union, filed urgent legal action after the government announced it was offering pay rises to non-unionised teachers.

#nzpol It is totally unacceptable that the Public Service Commissioner is attempting to turn teachers against each other and undermine solidarity across the sector. As New Zealanders we love our teachers. They deserve to be paid what they’re worth.

11.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha I ticked strongly agree / frequently option for this in mine. Just been diagnosed last week πŸ˜…

12.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I sincerely don't give a fuck what state Nicola Willis leaves the books in. There is a significant problem with homelessness that needs to be addressed. It is not unreasonable to expect Labour to make some damn commitments to support existing housing programmes that can take action from day one.

10.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

From the moment this guy entered politics over a decade ago it has felt like one long, drawn-out experiment to see how far it's possible to push the concept of ignoring reality and attempting to create a different one by social media fiat, and we may be close to getting an answer.

10.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

The funny thing is we all know the thing about him just repeating whatever the last person told him was, but right now it’s obvious he has different people trying to explain various possibilities and contingencies and he’s just fucking panicking and scrambling and saying them all at once.

10.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s something grotesque about everyone talking about petrol prices while families are mourning the loss of their kids. I can’t stop thinking about how their parents must be feeling. The mothers who carried and birthed them. Feel sick to my stomach.

09.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

2023 omg will he be leader?
Will the guy who was a CEO and stuff be leader?
What do you mean we should ask more questions, he was a CEO and stuff.

2026 omg when’s he getting rolled? Today? Tomorrow?
Whoever thought he’d be a good PM cos he was a CEO and stuff must of had rocks in their head eh?

08.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ninth wave of Covid-19 suggests wane in immunity, expert says everyone must 'act to reduce impact' The latest figures show 50 hospitalisations and 19 deaths with the virus in the past week.

"As well as topping up antibodies, Baker said getting regular boosters reduced the risk of Long Covid.

The "disabling illness" was not being monitored at all in New Zealand which Baker said was a "gap" in tracking the virus."

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

08.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Every single time I read an article that reports how Israel gave an evacuation order to a foreign sovereign territory that they're going to bomb 'pre-emptively', I wonder how we got to a point where telling civilians that you're going to murder them is seen as decency?

07.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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New Zealanders support more taxes on ultra-rich, new poll shows | RNZ News Half of New Zealanders also agreed that billionaires shouldn't exist while people still struggled with basic necessities like housing, food and healthcare.

Half of NZers agreed billionaires shouldn't exist while people struggle with basic necessities

68% supported billionaires being taxed more

37% were in favour of introducing a billion-dollar wealth cap to minimise the amount of wealth any person could legally hold

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

04.03.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills.

The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables. Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.

03.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 2693 πŸ” 726 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 50
Benjamin Netanyahu’s long career was built on conflict avoidanceβ€”then, October 7 transformed and radicalized him, @Yair_Rosenberg argues:

Benjamin Netanyahu’s long career was built on conflict avoidanceβ€”then, October 7 transformed and radicalized him, @Yair_Rosenberg argues:

OMFG they think we are the dumbest people who ever lived.

02.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 6116 πŸ” 932 πŸ’¬ 279 πŸ“Œ 178
Chris Hipkins on Iran War
Chris Hipkins on Iran War YouTube video by Mountain Tui

NZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins on point: Points out Pentagon briefings there was no intelligence Iran would have attacked first, and current war breaches international law.

Respecting international law v. important for the security of a country like #NZ, he adds #auspol #nzpol

02.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
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While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger.

www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...

28.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 6331 πŸ” 933 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 59
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: β€œMilitary action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"

28.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 12636 πŸ” 3832 πŸ’¬ 426 πŸ“Œ 192

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

28.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 23613 πŸ” 5971 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 66

A country surrounded by the ocean, with active geothermal zones, buffeted by winds and basking in sunshine should not be relying on tanker loads of oil, gas and coal shipped half way across the world to run its energy network.

01.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 330 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
Print in black and white looking up to a gap in the canopy of bare trees in a wood where two birds in silhouette fly

Print in black and white looking up to a gap in the canopy of bare trees in a wood where two birds in silhouette fly

'More breathing space' by contemporary UK printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt

28.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 702 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Labour MP Ian Byrne: "The lines from the PM and Cabinet today essentially labelling the Green Party as extremist is appalling, desperate and frankly embarrassing.

"It also makes very clear that the leadership has zero understanding of where it has been going wrong."

27.02.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 2422 πŸ” 696 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 64

Say, you're a developer. What's the play here?

Let's say the hype is true. AI will replace 40% of workers. And it's the 60% most AI-adapted workers who will stay. Is that the final state? What happens when the next 40% are replaced? And the next? What makes you think you'll be the survivor?

28.02.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan gets final official approval City Hall hopes to stop traffic from using the street by September.

Delighted to announce that following the consultation, I'm giving the green light to make Oxford Street traffic-free.

26.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 2875 πŸ” 497 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 194
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Is it time to abandon postal voting for local elections? Several Auckland councillors think so, with voter turnout continuing to decline.

You want young people to vote? Every high school in the country should have an enrollment day for the 17 and 18 year olds who are going to be eligible in the next election.

25.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3