Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 5hWe got one from a supposedly independent candidate the other day, but it's act pink and compares our electorate to Epsom 🤔 010
Reposted by LizByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 9hGot invited to an election night party so need to ask, is anyone selling packs of "I voted" stickers were the electoral commission mascot looks ridiculously sexy? (Foreign readers please understand this is a normal part of democracy in my country and not weird) Crossposted with @openvibe.social 2218
Reposted by LizMicah @rincewind.run · 14hthe reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 8292122203
Reposted by LizAsher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 23hPolling booths and their opening hours have been published so now I know when I'm voting (my local marae on the first morning, coz I'm a giant nerd). vote.nz/2026-general...vote.nz 33013
Reposted by LizTahetoka | Ómar @amscraig.bsky.social · 19hAnyone live in or near Rotorua that could host us for a few nights next weekend (Friday & Sat)? Also could anyone loan me money for petrol to drive up and back? Can pay back over the next month or so. 144
Reposted by LizRoss @rossthesedays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One day we will talk about these guys in the past tense. And one day, we won't talk about them at all. 1616
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This very much. Tbf I've read most comments as saying MPs should be subject to the horrible rules they set *in hope of them realizing the rules are horrible*. Rather than justifying the rules as long as MPs have to do it too. 061
Reposted by Liz1/200 Media @1of200.bsky.social · 08/10/2026'Relitigating' the conversion practices ban is an anti-trans dogwhistle New article up from @jennifilm.nz following the extremist rhetoric being platformed by Winston Peters and NZ First this week1of200.nz'Relitigating' the conversion practices ban is an anti-trans dogwhistle — 1/200In 2022, an overwhelming majority of MPs in the New Zealand Government voted to prohibit conversion practices - that is, practices that aim to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation, gender i... 01811
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I remember seeing cows out near Te Irirangi drive in the early 2000s 😅 110
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm with SuperEasy and they've been very responsive to questions etc. But you have to be a local govt employee to open an acct with them (you can start with them even if you don't stay in local govt tho). 020
Reposted by LizCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The computer belongs in a room then internet cannot escape from and every time you log on it should scream at you 2333
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I remember learning that Auckland hospital was built on the outskirts of town.. I think our idea of central has probably changed a lot as well 😅 120
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Also when I used to live in Mt Wellington about 15yrs ago there were still market gardens on the land beneath the high voltage power lines. 110
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I grew up knowing the stretch of Great North Road from the Grey Lynn shops down to Western Springs as "Chinaman's Hill". I always assumed that meant there were market gardens there! Though the pictures in that article have now made me think they were more likely down by the springs (for free water). 110
Reposted by LizMatthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What do you call a seafaring mathematician? A πrate 4377
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I mean, they do! But party people also knock over glasses while having a good time 😅 020
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's a clear indication of how much they (don't) value disability policy and the people whose lives it affects 🙃 160
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is why we have stemless wine glasses at my house. We broke the ones with stems lol 110
Reposted by LizEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I teach statutory interpretation. For part of the course we look at how to translate policy ideas into final legislation - identifying the need to legislate, crafting wording, advice from officials, select committees, SOPs etc etc. The eg we use is conversion practices: a short piece of topical law.nzherald.co.nzPeters keen to revisit conversion-practices law, likens abortion to murderThe NZ First leader aired his views but stopped short of announcing new policy. 36121
Reposted by LizEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Anyway. While 95% of the country was having a good faith debate about a hard issue on where to draw the line, 5% were mourning their loss of capacity to act abusively. Bob McCoskrie and, apparently, Winston Peters are speaking for that 5%. And they want to impose their views on everyone else. No. 27915
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026@dairymannz.bsky.social summoning you for your knowledge pls 121
Reposted by Liz✧°･:* izzie *:･°✧ @winterwhe.at · 07/10/2026"become hundreds of thousands in debt to us and continue to work as a contractor forfeiting all your existing rights to sick leave, guaranteed hours, and collective agreements or lose your job!" 071
Reposted by Liz✧°･:* izzie *:･°✧ @winterwhe.at · 07/10/2026>Workers First Union called the restructure a "predatory scam" and warned that the cost of buying the trucks could put workers in "hundreds of thousands of dollars" of debt. christ they're attempting to set up a indentured labour situation 11411
Reposted by Liz🦇 Mel 🦇 @melbailey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026For anyone outside NZ, last night there was a leader's debate featuring the 2 major parties and our current prime minister came third ... out of two. They'll probably still win the election because everything is bad and everything absolutely sucks. 14511
Reposted by Liztoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 190113863094
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As Julie and the article have noted, Nats have campaigned on it bc on the surface it appears to promise transport solutions. Especially to communities who might not feel like they benefit from other transport projects happening far away from them e.g. CRL. 010
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Some level of upgrades to Mill Road has been in future transport plans for over a decade. But iirc from public consultation, a lot of the issues re getting around that part of Auckland were key intersections that needed fixing, rather than a second motorway. 110
Reposted by LizNow I'm a GREEN dragon @kiwiwalrus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ōtautahi peeps (and vicinity) long shot but would anyone possibly be able to drive a car from chch to timaru today or tomorrow? 🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏💜 0211
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am already too angry today about them fucking with local govt, if I watch I will probably give myself a heart attack lol 010
Reposted by LizCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not watching but please keep posting friends 5191
Reposted by LizTe wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bingo card selection for tonights debates #nzpol #bhn 34817
Reposted by LizLew @lewsos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Impossible to invent something as absurd as the Minister for Cracking Down On Truancy And School Lunches not knowing it is the school holidays www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... 2124767
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026But at this point, any local govt elected member not loudly and actively opposing central govt overstep is a fucking collaborator. If you *as an elected representative* refuse to fight for local democracy then you don't deserve to be part of it. Have some respect for your constituency and resign. 040
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And I KNOW that the intention is to overwhelm and undermine. And that compromise might have seemed a sensible choice at first, to not make too much fuss in the hope of avoiding petty revenge by ministers... 120
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NAct seem determined to break local govt to the point that it's non functional. Forcing $$ to be spent on central govt whims, restructuring, repealing 3waters that would've provided infra funding, capping rates so councils have no $ to spend on services, passing laws w massive $$ risks to councils. 120
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This govt continues to cause chaos into its final moments. Not content with requiring local govt to be restructured at the same time as writing new plans, they've also told Auckland Council to get rid of planning rules that were agreed through public submissions and an independent hearings panel. 130
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Also undermines the extensive public involvement in council processes, if central govt can just come in and decide to get rid of rules that were introduced through a public plan change process 🙃 011
Reposted by LizSleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎 @sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child? 28272707176
Reposted by LizDr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Please enjoy this very normal cottage :) www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...rightmove.co.ukCheck out this 1 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove1 bedroom detached house for sale in The Wellhouse, 3 Machpelah Yard, Hebden Bridge, HX7 for £250,000. Marketed by EweMove, Covering Yorkshire 58493118
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Quote posts have been turned off the first-scary-media post, but I'll show you mine anyway: These wheeling fuckers in Return to Oz when I was about 4. I had nightmares about them. I guess the benefit was that I didn't see the "room full of heads" scene until I watched the whole thing in my 20s 🙃 000
Reposted by LizAsh @queerash.bsky.social · 04/10/2026adding '5 British doggers' to the list of surprising defeats for the US military, alongside the IRGC, Viet Cong, and geography 221020253
Reposted by LizGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440551217
Reposted by LizMiriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What's even better than trains (wait, nothing is better than trains 😂). What's a really fantastic add on... affordable public transport across the motu, for all of us 💚🚃🚍🚃💚 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nzGreens promise $2 capped fares and free travel for millionsThe Greens are promising free travel for children, students and several other groups, with bus and train fares capped at $2 for everyone else. 28324
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This was my immediate assumption. Records teams often have minimal operational funding and few staff, and as soon as that is disrupted (by funding cuts or restructures or someone deciding that it's not worth having a dedicated team) then often the records are functionally lost. 020
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In NZ, here are some contexts in which I might expect to use/hear "tea": "Do you want a tea/ some tea" - do you want a cup of tea "What's for tea?" - what's for dinner "Do you want to stay for tea?" - do you want to stay for dinner Morning tea / afternoon tea - tea/coffee + snack (often sweet) 040
Liz @arvethli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To add to the complexity, it can be interchangeable even within the same household. This is an excerpt from The Dark is Rising (by Susan Cooper), set in the south of England and published in 1973.. 121
Reposted by LizRyan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 03/10/2026This is the opposite of Jaws. They mayor is like "we should do something about this shark" and the entire country says "shut up we love the shark." 226041
Reposted by LizJulie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Looking through some old stuff and found this cartoon I cut out c1996. They just never really have new ideas, just new packaging. (For younger readers - right wing think tank the NZ Initiative formed out of a merger of the NZ Business Roundtable and the NZ Institute in 2012.) 715166
![Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.
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[My name]
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Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
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