Nicola Gaston

A full first year course each semester would do it. Obvs we often share courses in NZ departments, but I agree that is a reasonable starting point

OH WOW 👇

Well exactly 😬

Which will surprise no one I expect

Shane Reti goneburger

Is… he arguing that Trump *should* bomb Brooklyn?!

This is like that Tom Holland dance video… same rules apply.

this is explicitly genocidal

I'm just annoyed that I feel like all the knowledge and the technology we have means we could all be having a really nice time and scientists could be doing science and everyone could have enough food and shelter and everything they need but instead *gestures at everything*

““Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be,” she recalled Trump saying, according to the FBI report. She said he unzipped his pants and forced her head to his penis.”

I know there is too much going on. But… this needs reading. Even if we already know in our guts that it is true… 💔

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

There’s just too too much 🤢💔

It’s more general than that. Skills. The skills. Skills are an overseas thing, not a here thing.

The skills we don’t have and that others do. Those skills. Because they aren’t here. How could they be? By definition, they are over there.

Skkkiiiiiiillllllllsssssss 🤦‍♀️

Not now Gulf Stream!

Rimu forest with ferns

Timeline cleanse

Former MP Jackie Blue quits National to join Opportunity party Jackie Blue says she can't stand by what the government has done to low-paid workers.

The Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 was a hatchet job on 180,000 workers and is representative of a political system that lacks the courage and foresight New Zealand urgently needs."
She added: "I will never forget or forgive what this government has done to low-paid workers - mostly women." #nzpol

A $2.9 billion tax cut to landlords.

I am thinking that the decrepit sack of dog mince Winston Peters went on radio yesterday and said the 2023 election results stopped NZ becoming a "Venezuela or Myanmar" and we're RATIONING DIALYSIS to hit an arbitrary spend target.

Dawn Chorus: Luxon clings on as inflation shock looms Luxon won't resign after poll shock; Oil over US$90/bbl overnight; Petrol over NZ$3/l in some areas; Freight cost warning after diesel rises 44c/l; Pak n'Save buying US butter; Dialysis rationing

“Christchurch Hospital has started rationing dialysis to two sessions per week from three because of a Government-imposed sinking lid on spending to ensure Crown spending to GDP gets down below 30%, 1News reported last night” #nzpol

I was quite proud of freckles for scale!

It is not my arm.

That is my knee.

Thank you! Seems most likely ☺️

Thank you!!!

@cpaintingnz.bsky.social?

A spider that looks quite a lot like a katipō but the stripe on its back is yellow

Ok, Google-fu has failed so I’m going to have to see if someone here knows…
What type of spider is this?

Lawyer calls for Louise Upston to resign after being 'duped' by Gloriavale leaders Dennis Gates, who has represented Gloriavale leavers, said Upston had been misled by Gloriavale leaders on a visit to the West Coast Christian community.

It's going great

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

New Ayatollah just dropped.

Def one == done

Do it!!! I booked this for the end of Feb thinking it would be the end of summer but it has honestly been my personal mid-summer, this year — and I’ve def one the same trip
In June, previously. It’s far more accessible than we tend to think…