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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Then there was a young guy whose shoulder dislocated at 3 o'clock: 'it usually goes back in by itself but not this time'

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dad on AI: 'you've got to remember Dr Who. "We are your servants" said the Daleks apparently. Also, 'you've got to make sure you have a way to turn it off', which seems sound

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In ED waiting room with Dad (nothing serious). Dude strolls up seemingly unbothered to the enquiries counter and says 'my doctor sent me here because he thinks I'm having a heart attack'.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🍃🌹🌿Here is over an hour of the wonderful Chlöe Swarbrick being interviewed about the economy etc. A recent Fabian talk. Definitely voting #Greens #nzpol #ChlöeForPM & Finance Minister #PartyVoteGreen✅ or ✅✅ www.youtube.com/live/r2rRuYs...

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Chlöe Swarbrick interviewed by Caeden Tipler.

YouTube video by NZ Fabian Society

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Left the maple syrup bottle upended on the bench to get the last of it. Didn't screw the lid on properly, so now every ant within a 5km radius is having a party in the remnants. Can't blame them really

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Zohran post about filling one pothole: We filled our 2,000th pothole! Wow! New York is the greatest city in the world! Zohran post about meeting with the president: Some guy was here and that is now over.

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

'Pretty cool' fish with see-through head discovered in Fiordland with the aid of Marmite www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

rnz.co.nz

'Pretty cool' fish with see-through head discovered in Fiordland

An University of Otago researcher has landed what could be a significant scientific catch.

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Sue Tyler @styler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Stay home, if you can't stay home, wear a fitted N95 mask. You can prevent spread or caching more by - taking a portable air purifier with you, also using flo travel nasal spray & mouthwash with Cetylpyridinium Chloride. If you can afford a flu shot, it is never too late

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My press doesn’t use substack, or help make content for substack. We just turned down a second press interview hosted on substack—so I want to share this article.

theguardian.com

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Cutting JobSeeker Support for 18- and 19-year-olds who can’t find work, and whose parents earn as little as $67,225, during a cost of living crisis and high youth unemployment. My #cartoon today #NZpol #JobSeeker #YouthUnemployment

Cartoon. Title: “The Carry” Two frames. 1st frame, A rugby player running with the ball. Caption: “An All Black carrying an air-filled ball over the try line. Hooray!!!” Frame 2: a woman running with a small child tied to her front, and a teenager tied to her back, with a box tied on, that is labelled, “Hopes and dreams of a jobless teenager” The woman is looking at her watch and carrying a shopping bag with “Cost of Living” written on it. The caption says, “A low-wage parent carrying the weight of the world over a moving try line…”

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Their eyes are way too close together

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’ve reached a point where I’m not even trying to convince people to vote Greens. Just don’t vote for the three stooges of economic destruction for the love of god

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

have no fear, fishtopher's tummy is here

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat with green eyes, laying on his side. He showcases his light brown belly and tucks his front paws towards his body. His tail is hidden under his body.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There is soooo much precision in the construction of this #1770s robe à l’anglaise, it is almost architectural. Each angle and line is in symmetry with its opposite number, all perfectly aligned in hand stitched splendour #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Fabric detail of a 1770s striped brocade gown which shows how the back of the bodice has been pattern matched carefully into the shape of the body with tiny pleats of the skirt radiating outwards from the waist

An alternative detail view of the 1770s robe à l’anglaise which shows part of the skirt raised in a polonaise style. It has a deep blue stripe amongst the floral pattern

Full length back view of the robe à l’anglaise with the skirts raised in the polonaise style revealing a deep green petticoat beneath

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 28/08/2026

I am currently recruiting for a 2-year postdoc/research fellow role at the University of Auckland here in New Zealand, focusing on auditory perception, hearing, and music in older adults, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias ~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!

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Postdoc in The Music Lab // Expression of interest

Note. The below text is a general overview of the sorts of postdocs we often recruit. We are currently recruiting candidates for a 2-year position focusing on auditory perception in aging populations,...

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“Let’s be clear – we are already paying for child poverty. Fiscal restraint doesn’t save money; it just shifts the costs on to hospitals, emergency housing, mental health services and the justice system – this amounts to billions of dollars a year" #nzpol

cpag.org.nz

A Manifesto to Reduce Child Poverty (2026) — Child Poverty Action Group

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched a manifesto calling on all political parties to take real action to reduce child poverty in New Zealand. “We love all kiwi kids. We know what we nee...

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 27/08/2026

favourite things 💖

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/08/2026

Tonight's final Lunar Eclipse time lapse.

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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Art doesn't require expensive materials and equipment . . . the most important tool you have is your imagination. 🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #art #sculpture #recycled

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Studied 4 posts on FB by or on ACT's promise to get rid of the Climate Change Commission: 1 by Paul Henry, one by ACT's Facebook account, another by Seymour, & one other by RNZ on the announcement. ~2.7k comments in total. Felt it imp to register this against what just happened in South Asia. #nzpol

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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶

A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.

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Éibhear Ó hAnluain @eibhear.gibiris.org · 28/08/2026

Imagine if the arms industry kept running stories about how it's critical to protect the world from it and nobody from the "mature" world thought it odd.

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Alma De Anda @almadeanda.greens.org.nz · 25/08/2026

Come door knocking with me and our amazing Selwyn Greens volunteer crew this Sunday, we can change the world together for the better… one conversation at a time! 💚

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just got doorknocked by two young women who wanted two minutes to show me their project work, which (surprise!) was about the bible & its proper interpretation. Five minutes later, I gently shut the door on them after saying I didn't agree that science proves everything in the bible is true.

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm very sorry for your loss.

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It doesn’t matter if social media ban works or not just like it doesn’t matter if bootcamps work or not.

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Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Jesus fuck. $216m! This government is happy for New Zealanders to die through underfunded healthcare and bolster the profits of corporates who also want you to die (but not before you get addicted to their shit). #nzpol

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

After his wife's death by suicide, a grieving husband describes a NZ mental health inpatient facility as being "unfit for his dogs to spend time in, let alone his wife who's just given birth". #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

The $2 billion cost of our failure to care for Kiwi mums

After his wife's death by suicide, a grieving husband describes a NZ mental health inpatient facility as being "unfit for his dogs to spend time in, let alone his wife who's just given birth".

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#NZpol “NZ has not fully implemented part of a WHO treaty designed to keep tobacco industry interests out of health policy, finds a new study.” – e.g. lobbying safeguards missing

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Holy fuck. We’re back to this shit again for #Seymour’sSlop school lunches 😩😩😩 #nzpol

Label states Country-style Chicken Meatballs & Spuds but bleh

Not even sure what colour the peas are 😖

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"it's really critical that across society people increase their economic literacy to understand the utter BS that so many politicians particularly the legacy parties are spreading when it comes to the appropriate size of government or debt as opposed to ... the purpose of those two things." #nzpol

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YouTube video by The Kākā with Bernard Hickey

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“Watching Winston Peters shout at Lawrence, his face seemed like the face of every person who has yelled the same words at migrants of colour, repeating the same racist imperative. It is the face of a society that has enabled and normalised racism. It is old skin that refuses to shed.” #nzpol

e-tangata.co.nz

Why we call Winston Peters ‘Lao Pi’ | E-Tangata

“Mandarin-speaking communities are so familiar with Winston, we have nicknamed him 'Lao Pi'. Lao Pi is like that grumpy neighbour everyone knows is a problem. Except he’s not a random neighbour. He is...

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Thanks for doing this Beckie, just donated.

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Beckie @fitkiwi.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

As most of you know, I lost both my parents to dementia related illness. I've always supported dementia charities because of this, and next month I'm taking part in a fundraiser called Move for Dementia. I'm hoping to raise $500, so any small $ amount is appreciated 😊

alzheimersnz.grassrootz.com

Beckie's Dementia Fundraiser in Move for Dementia 2026

Hi there I am trying to fundraise $500 to help Alzheimers New Zealand. I lost both my parents to dementia so this cause is really important to me. Any money you can give (no matter how large or smal...

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Never seen it before, so I'm very lucky 😊

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dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's not every day you get to see wheels down twice in the space of twenty minutes (missed landing at WLG) #kikorangi

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New #Cybersecurity newsletter: a Meta Engineering Manager was busted grooming children for sex, anti-AI music hacktivism takes down Suno, a look at Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail, queer risk assessment for conference travel season, and much more ⬇️ www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

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Cybersecurity: July 21, 2026 | Threat Model

This week: Trump cites a Defcon Voting Village DOOM prank as evidence, EU’s password manager is kind of totally run by FSB operatives, a Met

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Leader of NZ First Winston Peters and deputy leader Shane Jones, survey this glorious land of ours. My #cartoon today #Environment #Conservation #NZpol #FossilFuels #ConservationAmendmentBill

Cartoon. Title: “Glory Days” The image shows Winston Peters standing on a peak, king of all he surveys. Surveys being the operative word. He’s saying, “In the past we raped, pillaged and plundered this glorious land. And with the help of our coalition partners we’ll rape, pillage and plunder again!” Down to the left Shane Jones is crawling up the slope, burdened down with a pack, pick axe, spade, bucket etc, and saying, “Coming, my liege. Ow, ow, ow, the matua needs some kneepads”

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