Mask Up Comments and Opinions

I think it's the other way around.
Women implies a humanity but females is such a gross word that dehumanises people

the reason this sociopath and his bros are so obsessed with 'cancel culture' and 'gatekeeping' is because anyone outside their online circle jerk immediately recognizes them as hateful, incurious losers whose communication is limited to slurs and memes

word needed: combination of enraging and stupid, sort of like the recent invention of word enshittification. suggestions?

Imbellicandescant?
Needs more workshopping

Snort laughed reading this. Very accurate

Penguins doing the courting rock selection rushing in to get the fanciest ones first

Vertical habitat use of blue sharks Prionace glauca in the northwestern Pacific by life stage and sex www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

Exactly #nzpol

"You posted on Blueski."

Very little info

When your relatives
(you know the ones)
begin to gripe
about how the cost
of gasoline is going up
take a moment
to be grateful
that on some level
they are finally starting
to pay attention.

To restore democracy and create a fairer, safer, greener world, we need massive taxes on the ultra-rich. As in the 1940s. People get confused about this. The main purpose of such taxes is *not* to raise revenue. The point is to stop the few dominating the many. It's an essential democratic measure.

Two cat carriers sitting side by side on the floor with one grey kitten in each.

It’s neutering day for Cody and Jasper. They’ve never been apart so will be caged together at the vet. They are growing up so fast. #kittens #cats

There is altogether too muchness of the happenings

A horse-drawn carriage comes unexpectedly towards me on a Dartmoor bridleway.

FFS, lost my concentration on a walk again and mistakenly took the path that said "1825" instead of the one that said "2025".

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99 The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died. Alexander Butterfield was 99.

BREAKING: Alexander Butterfield, the Richard Nixon aide who disclosed the Watergate tapes, dies at 99.

Each Covid-19 wave wrecks your health. Here's what you can do Hospitalisations and deaths from the virus are climbing as the ninth wave of Covid-19 surges across Aotearoa.

🦠 COVID-19

@helenp-h.bsky.social, speaking to RNZ:

"What many people don't realise is that getting Covid repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says.

"Each infection raises your risk of long Covid and serious complications."

Innovation and the Great Divergence! Steve Broadberry (Oxford) & coauthors provide an analytic narrative of the Great Divergence based on the proximate sources of growth & the fundamental sources of innovation. An in-person seminar Friday Mar 13 at 15:30, University of Guelph, room Mackinnon 311.

The peasants are revolting

Your daily reminder that our ‘NZ Tax System’ has been taking the piss for over half a century…but you can actually vote to change that. ✅🗳️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #TaxWealthMore

If only energy were good clean fun too Opinion: Government has the power to lower prices with renewable generation but chooses not to, writes Rob Campbell

Government has the power to lower prices with renewable generation but chooses not to
#nzpol

Parking fees at New Lynn Secure Parking (Aussie outfit owned by Japanese outfit Park24) just increased their fees by 20% bc yk profiteering.

California motel closes after two women found dead in same room days apart Eureka police took two calls for unconscious individuals, and officials reported ‘elevated’ carbon monoxide in room

Free night’s stay for whoever didn’t check the carbon monoxide detector after the first time

Step into my mouth. It's fine. Nothing to worry about

Flyer, summarized in post. Picture background shows the C19 memorial in Louisiana

Join us for this virtual town hall event. We will discuss the results of a survey of >2,000 respondents in the C19 Cautious community.

This includes our dashboard survey from early 2025 and follow up survey in 2026.

Share widely.🔁

Register (direct link): events.zoom.us/ev/AmuF5JDQN...

The time travellers are at it again 🙄

Air NZ suspends earning guidance amid global jet fuel markets volatilty The airline expects a meaningful impact on its second half earnings.

Air NZ suspends earning guidance amid global jet fuel markets volatilty

Bagged dog poop by recycling bin

Woke 2.0 will be a movement entirely dedicated to rooting out people from society who bag their dog shit then leave it on the ground.

Pretty good. Doing my best to avoid this current wave which is sweeping my workplace at the moment. Wearing a mask has worked for me for several years. Only 1 bout in 2022 thanks to kiddo bringing it home from school

You shit fuck, fucking cock, bullshit dick, arsehole shitty piss bastard!