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Shifty Cow

@supergoofnz

Geek, dog nut, player of video games. Middle-aged idle. May contain coarse language & traces of nuts. Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa. She/her. #Kikorangi. #ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM

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Buy Covid tests at most pharmacies.

Mask up with N95 or better. @covidactionnz.bsky.social has some mask blocs giving out free masks.

Open a window or meet outside. Use an air purifier in your home.

Blis K12 probiotics daily and Dymista nose spray also help.

12.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And I know I'm very privileged that that is even an option.

13.03.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, so do I!

13.03.2026 06:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuel emergency level system: What happens at each stage, where are we now, are car bans included? There are four levels, similarly to the Covid alert system.

Got a new fuel alert traffic light system but it's behind a paywall πŸ™ƒ

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

13.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

"you mean it's going to educate the other people?"
"oh no. no no no. heavens no."

13.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith dismisses officials' advice on 'move on orders' Paul Goldsmith has batted away advice from government agencies strongly urging against the move and pointing to a lack of evidence.

This gov seriously don't give a fuck, they would dump them like unwanted pets if they could. #nzpol

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

13.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

#NZpol He says β€œit is voters, not donors, who decide the direction of New Zealand”, but isn’t his actions one voter trying to have more effect than most voters can?

- Time to cap donations? Or scrap them entirely, and allocate fixed amounts to parties?

12.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

It was never "multidimensional chess" or whatever they were calling it. It's always been a bunch of greedy idiots randomly bouncing from impulse to impulse in search of a payday. Nothing more, nothing less

13.03.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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'Awful': Kiwis rage over colour and 'slimy' taste of cheap US butter in NZ shops There's a BIG difference between Kiwi and American dairy.

Things are pretty f****d up when we import... butter.

Coals to Newcastle... ice to Greenland...

Bizarre.

www.rova.nz/articles/kiw...

12.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

That sounds like an excellent plan!

13.03.2026 05:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oman warns Iran is "not the only target" in a plan to "reshape the region" Iran has threatened to set oil and gas infrastructure in the Middle East β€œon fire” if its energy sites are attacked. Follow live updates.

Oman's foreign minister, who attempted to shame the US into not entering a war of aggression, says that the goals of US-Israeli war on Iran are not limited to weakening Iran, but also the Gulf states and anyone supportive of Palestinians.

Calls on GCC to reconsider security arrangements.

12.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 580 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 19

<taps recyclable headline> #nzpol

13.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 497 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

Just scanned the last of the docs and emailed the application, so here's hoping. The JP and library folks said they've had a LOT of kiwisaver withdrawals lately. People are really struggling. πŸ™

13.03.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm in the process of applying to withdraw mine for financial hardship, and watching the value drop each day. IF I get all the paperwork right, and IF they approve it, it could still be 20 days of dropping value before it's paid out. 😭

12.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The power broker in this will end up being China.

Again.

You fucking nob America. You dreadful, clumsy fucking nob.

11.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary PURPORT: A harbour where cats are happy.

11.03.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Look, I'm no international relations expert, but I'm starting to think starting a war with Iran was a really fucking stupid thing to do.

12.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear everyone,

As per the post from the Bodleian librarian below, AI bots and scrapers are putting just about every website under great pressure, British History Online included.

A lot of excellent tech staff are working hard to keep everything working, but outages and siruptions are inevitable.

11.03.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 698 πŸ” 383 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 35

Here’s the end of the thread πŸ§΅β€¦.
( Now go back and read it all ).

01.03.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Is this really how the world went to war? Pity the diplomat who sees their honest efforts for peace go up, literally, in smoke. The story is fiction, but the shocking facts are real

The Omanis confirm US Iran negotiations were on verge of a nuclear deal.

Zero uranium stockpiles, full inspections, & β€œnever, ever” pursuing a bomb, yet US & Israel rage 'Epic Fury' war anyway.

A chilling account of a fictional diplomat, as he sees his efforts literally go up in smoke.

12.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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University of Oxford is recruiting women who have had keyhole surgery for pelvic pain to understand their experiences!

They are also recruiting health care providers.

If this is of interest check it out...

forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

12.03.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

The database itself is unfortunately down at the moment, but you can read about it in the meantime –

12.03.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My definition of the good old days is now of the times when you could go a whole week without hearing about what the President of the United States was saying.
I really miss those times

12.03.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

No way to predict this, says Government of nation whose media outlined exactly this scenario 16 months ago.

12.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas New Zealand could meet its electricity needs through renewables and avoid power shortages during dry years by combining battery systems with pumped hydro schemes.

#NZpol From a few days ago: New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas

- doubts the logic of β€œimposing a levy on electricity to fund an LNG terminal”, β€œbecause New Zealand also has a goal to achieve 100% renewable electricity generation by 2030,”

12.03.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

#NZPol
#GreenEnergy
#Renewables
πŸ’šβœ…οΈβœ…οΈ

12.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Jeffrey Epstein Seeded The Great Crypto Grift and The Modern Right-Wing Culture

Crypto and Bitcoin were vehicles for Epstein and his cabal of dystopian racists to make money, undermine democracy, subvert regulations, and usher forth right-wing populism.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-jeffre...

08.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 318 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 12

Where was Farage’s closest aide and Reform UK Welsh leader Nathan Gill heading when he was arrested for taking bribes from Putin’s pal Medvedchuk?

To a Kremlin sponsored conference in Moscow, to talk about the role of crypto currencies in politics

The warnings are there for us all to see

11.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 579 πŸ” 341 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 8

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GOOD NEWS. The 2026 national vehicle trade-in subsidy has officially launched across China with a total budget of 625 billion RMB (~90.6 billion USD).
This initiative operates under unified national standards to ensure tha...[the rest is cut off].

12.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0