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Assiduously Julie

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Pākehā. Officially verified as 'most definitely not an asshole' by Paula Penfold. She/her.

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 5h
Not now, Russian Plague.
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t be left standing in the rain after October 25th begging for a second chance, enrol to vote now! If you like this comic, and want to support, grabs pre-order of my new comic book: danielvernon.bigcartel.com
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Luxon is as shit at debates as he is at governing.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My brain has reached the "stuck for two hours on the decision of what to make for tea" level of tired overwhelm.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They finally lifted name suppression for the incompetent white supremacist wannabe spy, Jack Captein. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/jac...
nzherald.co.nz
Soldier guilty of attempted espionage finally named after court rejects his fears of retaliation
Jack Captein gave restricted NZDF documents to an undercover officer posing as an agent.
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
First review in for my new novel 'Lifted'. Available now, launch at Unity Books October 28th
Book cover of Mandy Hager's latest novel 'Lifted' with quote from review at https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/lifted-by-mandy-hager
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If Kiwibank hadn't done this, 99.9% of the population would still be blissfully unaware that anyone was fantasising about the cute green sheep. thespinoff.co.nz/society/03-1...
thespinoff.co.nz
Kiwibank is desperately trying to stop people saying they want to fuck its sheep mascot
But for every lustful post killed by a legal threat, another 10 take its place.
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don’t be left sitting on the sidelines, make sure you’re enrolled to vote!
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026
an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/
webworm.co
This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice
David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LOL. I thought he said he would be flattered if the book was about them? 🤷‍♀️
Unopened email from Jordan Williams with the subject line "We are under attack."
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Congratulations Karure, and our beloved Kākāpō in second place. 👏👏👏 Black robin bucks shy tag to take Bird of the Year 2026 www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
rnz.co.nz
Black robin bucks shy tag to take Bird of the Year 2026
The diminutive karure black robin has won Bird of the Year.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tiny new kitty! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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New cat species identified for first time in more than a century in Bolivia
New species of wild cat was discovered in Bolivia’s Yungas forest and is smaller than the average domestic ⁠cat
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oooooooooooooohhh! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
nzherald.co.nz
Investigative journalist Nicky Hager teases new book weeks before election
Hager's latest book is set to be released on September 22.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
1 day left. 34,000+ now. Sign, share. #nzpol “Petition of Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated: Do not remove or amend Te Tiriti principles or references in legislation” petitions.parliament.nz/ddbe7598-59d...
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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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No, your spicy autocorrect is not sentient. 🤦‍♀️
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You'd think Germany would have learned from the last time.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There's a word for the kind of person who erupts with rage at being exposed to another people's worldview for 90 minutes.
NZHerald headline: Unrepentant real estate e agent: 'We erupted with rage at having to do this course'. Below it is a picture of Janet Dickson wearing a green cardigan.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What are they trying to do here? 🤔 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-russi...
nzherald.co.nz
Russian and Chinese embassies sent the Herald an op-ed on WWII. We had an expert react
OPINION: Russia, China and the US are all increasingly lawless on the global stage.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I watched The Voice of Hind Rajab tonight. Not something I could have done in a theater or in the presence of any other person. I can't even cry, I just want to scream. To wail my loss of faith in humanity into the abyss of our uncaring "leadership". How have we become this.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Proposal to rename Trump's bathtub Lake Wanker.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Good riddance. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague
Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thinking of everyone in Tibet and Nepal or who has friends or family there. It's a horror beyond imagining.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly 😢
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty The Matrix: It is not the cup that fills, there is no cup
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Dear book authors, Kill all the human characters you like, but please don't kill the kitten. Especially don't have it pine to death curled up in the palm of its dead robot person. My heart can't handle that. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 😭😭😭
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We were promised robots to do all our housework, instead we got AI slop, deepfake porn abuse and a lot of em-dashes.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Save the cheerleader, save the world. 😢
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Is it just me or does it seem like the ring of fire is being extra fiery lately?
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Keep students ignorant about climate change and ban social media so Greta can't tell them about it either? newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/14/c...
newsroom.co.nz
Climate change omitted from new science and social science curriculums
The Ministry of Education drops all mentions of climate change and fossil fuels from new school curriculums, sparking alarm from an academic and educator
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“It is very difficult, I think, for some people to imagine what it’s like to be under siege ..." Oh, Ani, I think plenty of people can imagine it, because your words and actions caused them to. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
She champions free speech – then went to court over what a blogger said about her
Free Speech Union board member accepts her case against a left-wing blogger may look hypocritical, as she faces questions over her own online history
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I tried really hard to be surprised, but 🤷‍♀️ Free Speech Union board member Ani O’Brien revealed as complainant accusing blogger Martyn Bradbury of ‘ridiculing’ posts www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/free-spee...
nzherald.co.nz
Free Speech Union council member revealed as complainant of 'ridiculing' posts
Ani O'Brien moved to lift her name suppression this morning in court.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Maybe Chris Penk mistakenly thought he was popular because he follows every loser on Twitter and sometimes they follow him back.
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tohorā @tohora.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Colombia Earthquake Emergency Appeal. New Zealand Red Cross People have been killed & many more are injured after a deadly magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on the morning of 10 August local time, causing loss of life, widespread destruction & communities facing an uncertain future.
donate.redcross.org.nz
Colombia Earthquake Emergency Appeal. Donate for Emergency Relief. New Zealand Red Cross
Support the Colombia Earthquake Emergency Appeal and help Red Cross respond to disasters worldwide. Help provide emergency aid, shelter, food, and medical relief today.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Noooo, don't roll Luxon. Give him more public speaking gigs instead, he's so good at those.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 06/08/2026
there's a thing that happens in the news cycle, that when a horrific story is over, the subject often drops off the radar. i didn't want that to be the case with everlee wihongi, the kiwi kidnapped by ICE for 73 days. so i went to visit, to check in. please RT: www.webworm.co/wisconsin/
webworm.co
Life After ICE
David Farrier visits Everlee Wihongi in Wisconsin, to find out what life is like after 73 days in ICE detention.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
MMP but it's decided by the leaders participating in a Hunger Games.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
MMP but it's dot voting at the end of a long meeting and you each get 5 but forget how many you've done already because only the green whiteboard marker still works and your colleagues are making impatient noises behind you because they need to get home for the school run.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Everyone's posting their pretty snow pics and my house has boring old hail.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
David being a dick about his portrait isn't surprising, but I did have a giggle when I went to TradeMe and saw Luxon's is sitting at $7.55. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Senior NZ First youth figure linked to neo-Nazi group (Paywalled) www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...
thepress.co.nz
NZ First youth leader linked to neo-Nazi network
A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Have the politicians wringing their hands over our stubbornly underproductive wombs considered that having fewer babies might just be a natural reaction to them fucking up our planet so it can support fewer and fewer human lives in the generations to come?
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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Second part to come, which a certain politician has been helpfully hyping up on my behalf…
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Free to access: Young act­iv­ists behind far-right move­ment Charlie Mitchell | The Press www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/...
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just incredible work from Charlie Mitchell on Remigration NZ. Thank you sir 🙏 The article is paywalled, you'll need a Press subscription to read it. If an unpaywalled version becomes available later I'll post it then. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
thepress.co.nz
The young men behind New Zealand’s new far-right movement
An investigation reveals how young Kiwi activists are using global far-right tactics to target local migrant communities.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Any other PM would have stripped the Foreign Affairs portfolio off Peters in a heartbeat. This is another proof that Luxon is weak and spineless.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Winston Peters performing his campaign platform with a racist, anti-immigrant attack on Lawrence Xu-Nan. I'm sure his 'remigration' fan-boys will be thrilled, but he'd better get a decent punishment for this. It's much more serious than doing a haka, the banishment should surely be longer...
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 28/07/2026
Time to vote, InternetNZ members. It's a ranked system thing so have a look at the candidates and decide who you want helping steer the ship over the next three years.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
They're letting this monster out. Allan Titford granted parole on 10th attempt www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
rnz.co.nz
Allan Titford granted parole on 10th attempt
Prominent Northland farmer and anti-Treaty activist Allan Titford has been granted parole on his 10th attempt, after serving almost 13 years behind bars.
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My brain: I am a serious grown up person with serious grown up opinions. My brain: Teeheehee that Scottish guy on the sports news said "sex nations"
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Potholefish, a species endemic to the Eastern suburbs of Christchurch, is a fascinating creature. It thrives on microplastics, primarily sourced from vehicle tyres. During the Covid pandemic of the 2020s, limited traffic caused a rise in reports of Potholefish attacks on pedestrian gumboots.
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