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Living in the future. Interests and obsessions: SFF, NZIFF, Fandom, Kayaking, f/f bio.link/aquila1nz www.librarything.com/catalog.php?vi…

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Digital Spy @digitalspy.com · 23h
Sally Wainwright's excellent BBC drama Riot Women gets season 2 update from star Amelia Bullmore bit.ly/4yebYJu
Sally Wainwright's excellent BBC drama Riot Women gets season 2 update from star Amelia Bullmore
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 9h
Just like with the Labour Party AI policy, I will break down the Greens policy soon! (When baby is asleep lol) #nzpol Find it here: www.greens.org.nz/greens_will_...
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Greens will regulate AI for the public good
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Archivist's Revenge #nzpol
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Economic activity across the country was almost entirely reorganised in matter of weeks without sky falling in, raising serious questions about what other economic reorganisation might be possible after so many decades of being told that there is no alternative to all this."
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The headline buries the lede: ❌️ Cutting benefit rates after 2yrs ❌️ Incr stand down to 26wks (up from 13wks) ❌️ Incr minimum residence period to qualify benefits from 2yrs to 5yrs These are awful, horrifying policies that will drive povery and misery #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
National promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiaries
National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Worth switching to Whakaata Māori to watch Māori Electorate Debate with Waiariki candidates. Better mood, more interesting even if you don't vote in that electorate. #NZpol www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/whakata...
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Watch Whakatau Election 2026 - Waiariki | MĀORI+ | Whakaata Māori
Māori Electorate Debate - Waiariki. Featuring candidates from all the main political parites. Moderated by Maiki Sherman and Julian Wilcox.
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
no taxes? I’d rather NZ political parties dealt with the fact we have 1) NO rules around lobbying 2) NO disclosure of targeted digital campaigns 3) NO limits on party donations
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Aquila1nz @aquila1nz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Dark Crystal. Not the first thing that scared me, but boy do I remember it.
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Omg omg omg omg omg omg 💚
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Greens announce plans for Auckland to Wellington overnight rail service
The party also wants a passenger rail service between Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol
Tile showing a rally march with people carrying signs and flags. Text reads: “From today until the end of the year Pacific women are working for free because of gender and ethnic pay gaps. Working for Free Calendar.' Flower logo reads “Respect Us, Value Us, Pay Us.” Footer text: “*Stats NZ Household Labour Force Survey 2026.”
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So we ourselves an extraordinary contrast. A charter school can build two days of home learning into its model. But a sick or disabled child at a state school can be doing teacher-set work at home and still enter the system as absent.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh dear lord this is much worse than the Christmas quiz. Yuck! Also, giving this a good go!
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wee bug in watchOS 27.0 … last night NZ moved into Daylight Saving. So of course all my devices did their dutiful thing at 2am and moved to 3am. But I notice now this morning how “Always On” on my Apple Watch shows Standard Time, but as soon as I rotate my wrist to be ‘On’ it moves forward an hour …
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Max Johns (MxDEJ) @maxjohns.nz · 27/09/2026
I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person.
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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
could paint the whole dang lord of the rings trilogy on there!
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools?
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 26/09/2026
jayjudah.com/101/#theremi... Five lanes on the freeway so someone turned it into music. Each car passing a point triggers a note; each lane determines the pitch. Live right now:
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The 101 Plays Itself
A live traffic camera on the US-101 in Studio City, playing itself as music in your browser. Every car that crosses the line is a note.
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Walked in on the cat making yet another podcast; tiptoed back out. #nzpets
A very hard “excuse you” stare from a black and white cat sitting on a desk, with a microphone set-up at face level.
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Greta @gretayeoman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Official signage from the Department of Conservation.
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Aquila1nz @aquila1nz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I kind of love the fact that Shortland Street might be spending the next twelve weeks building up to Dr Warner and Dr Ropata getting married for the Christmas cliffhanger. Or they might not.
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laragreaves.bsky.social @laragreaves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've been again exploring ways to make public information and data a bit more accessible. Enrolment and turnout is a big issue this election and a lot of organisations have been working to get as many people enrolled as possible. #nzpol So we made: vote.inzight.co.nz
vote.inzight.co.nz
Voting and enrolment rights in New Zealand
Enrolment and voting information for people in various situations in New Zealand.
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The spokesperon said that Voyager was now reviewing the prompts and instructions used to generate the video "so we can understand how they contributed to the final content"." Yeah, somehow I'm doubting it's the fault of the prompts.
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Gwynn Compton @gwynncompton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The omnishambles that was Head Start has led to a humiliating backdown. What a waste of time and money for communities and councils around the country after they scrambled to respond to this ill-considered policy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Councils ‘fuming’: Government pauses council amalgamations until after election
After being asked to submit a proposal in three months, councils have been told no decisions will be made ahead of the election.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Catherine Law's (OIA concealer) PhD supervisor is Elizabeth Rata. Elizabeth Rata is Erica Stanfor'd's key education advisor Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal: To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
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Whistleblower video of Catherine Laws instructing Ministry staff to conceal from OIA
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can’t believe NZ is heading into a Super El Niño with so many outdated fire engines in such appalling condition. Media scrutiny of the coalition government is so low that they can get away with not only causing crises as usual, but allowing highly predictable and preventable ones to happen. #nzpol
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Beth @tnsbaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ShortyGonnaShorty
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So we’ve had a newly described cat, mouse, and now penguin all in the same week
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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“It is ironic, to say the least, that if Jordan Williams had not publicised the non-existent book, these inside sources would most likely never have contacted me and the book we are here to launch today would not have been written.”
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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“There is the chapter on their work as tobacco lobbyists, a whole chapter on Jordan Williams’ abysmal attitude to women, a major chapter on the deliberate use of racism as a political tool, a chapter on dirty politics attacks and smears…”
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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Burton uncovering the book poster. The poster is revealed giving the title of the new book, Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right. By Nicky Hager. Potton & Burton.
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Saeed Khan @saeedwkhan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Elsevier got hacked. This is what it redirects to. It's been like this for a while.
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Retirement was only a temporary diversion born of pure boredom. Yet, driven by our enduring passion for the craft, we return not out of necessity, but to reclaim our dominance and for the love of the game. Our primary goal today is explicit: to openly challenge the FBI and the federal apparatus, proving once and for all that we operate completely above the law on this network. Corporate violations, corporate extortion and the generation of countless millions of dollars will continue unhindered, without any risk to ourselves, completely free.

Prepare your incident response units and alert your federal managers. The clock is active.

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Aquila1nz @aquila1nz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I do hope everyone from overseas who has been participating in Bird of the Year appreciates just where the winners, Karure, live. There was a whole lot of logistics involved in bringing them back from one breeding pair. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
Screenshot of a map with a marker on Mangere Island in Rekohu/the Chatham Islands, 800km out in the ocean east of the rest of Aotearoa.
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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
National's ECE policy is complete bullshit based on fabricated problems. My wife is an ECE teacher. She already does 'School start checks', & they have meetings with local primary schools to ensure they are prepping kids with the life skills they will need to succeed when they start shool. #nzpol
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 20/09/2026
Aha, a very helpful apostrophe history chart!
Anne McCaffrey, whose popular Dragonriders of Pern series included character names such as F’lar. Dragonflight, the first book in the series was published in 1968, but appeared in short story form in Analog science fiction magazine in late 1967. Although McCaffrey may have been extraordinarily influential in popularizing this use of the apostrophe, I did find a few earlier examples.
YEAR DETAILS 
1955 J'onn J'onnz (a character), Detective Comics
1959 Hawaii becomes a state (Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu, Kaho'olawe, Lanai, Moloka'i, Kaua'i and Ni'ihau)
1965 Muad'Dib (a creature and a constellation), Dune, Frank Herbert
1967 TPau and T'Pring (characters), Star Trek, "Amok Time," Theodore Sturgeon
1968 F'lar (character), Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey (published in short story form in October and December of 1967.)
1969 Pei'ans (a race), Isle of the Dead, Roger Zelazny 
1969 D'donori (a place) Creatures of Light and Darkness, Roger Zelazny
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having had reason to drive Auckland-Wellington in the last week, I am absolutely stunned by the number of ACT Party billboards out there, especially the ones offering to ‘unlock NZ’s rural potential’ (…for their donors) as I always think… Would guess over 200 on SH1 alone. But yes 👇
Sum of large donations in 2026 by party
$1,257,480 ACT
$727,970 NATIONAL
$500,000 NZ FIRST
$182,333 LABOUR
$240,520 OPPORTUNITY
$40,000 MĀORI
There is no number on the green bar but it looks to be $80-90,000 from comparison with the two closest

Source: Electoral Commission • Chart: Marc
Daalder
newsroom.
Only includes donations $20,000 or greater.
Made with Flourish • Create a chart
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re so excited to share the trailer for BLACK SHEEPS with the world! This film was handmade with love and care (and many litres of fake blood) and I can’t wait for people to see it.
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Black Sheeps | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment
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drrawiritaonui.bsky.social @drrawiritaonui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
52,000 signature Ngāti Kahungunu do not undermine Te Tiriti o Waitangi petition sucessfully delivered.
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Aquila1nz @aquila1nz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well, yeah. Queues should absolutely self sort by urgent need.
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Ko Ess Ahau ☀️😷 @occasio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We are going to make 40,000 by 11:59pm tonight when petition for govt to stop removing the Treaty of Waitangi from NZ legislation closes. Spread it around and sign please. #kikorangi
petitions.parliament.nz
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 10/09/2026
feeling increasingly annoyed and disrespected when receiving playful warnings that I have too much email from the email company that got me to sign up for email with them by promising they would have room for all my email forever
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The biggest win as I see it is the proposed online safety regulator. That is a significant shift from leaving technology companies to set the rules themselves (under current govt AI policy). Details will be crucial, but I understand this is a policy, not a bill so...
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Alright, here goes. I don't know how long this will be lol I’ll say this upfront: I think this is a big step forward for the AI policy debate in Aotearoa. I mean, there are some genuinely good commitments here. But there are also some questions I really want answered.
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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dunedin Herald bringing the goods. 👌 #parody
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Two years ago, I joined the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā Trust to celebrate one of NZ's rarest plants in the wild (as rare as kākāpō). Each of us was gifted a few seeds (from the wild plants, not the commercial variety), and this is what happened in my tiny urban garden.
Ngutukākā grown from a seed, now in full flower.
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Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Charter schools will be great!” *checks notes* Hmmm, charter schools are actually being run like shoddy businesses, traded between faceless entities. No wonder ACT loves ‘em. Just like a real, tax-avoiding business!! #nzpol
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
From bad to worse! The Luxon Government has retained the clause in its Conservation Amendment Bill, which undermines the very purpose of conservation law. This Trumpian bill undermines the fundamental principle that conservation land exists to be protected, not exploited. #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Conservation bill clause puts economic growth ahead of conservation, critics say
The government has kept a controversial clause in the latest draft of its Conservation Amendment Bill, which critics say undermines the purpose of conservation law.
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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do you know who this student might be? We are trying to trace the identity of this part-Māori student, who attended the University of St Andrews in the 1860s. You can read more about this here: www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m... Courtesy of University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID ALB-1-65
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Lemuel Lyes @lemuellyes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With the rise of AI-fuelled fake news and misinformation, access to reliable sources is more important than ever. Instead, we get this... www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Almost 50 jobs could go at National Library and Archives, PSA warns
A proposal to cut 12 percent of the workforce at the National Library and Archives NZ will decimate both organisations and have a significant impact on service levels, says the Public Service Associat...
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