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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026
Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 27/09/2026
Winter wonderland at Lake Takāpo
A live webcam of Lake Takāpo covered in fresh snow
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 26/09/2026
fixed that for you
screenshot of The Guardian post saying "OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity" but the word "agents" is crossed out and replaced with the word "we"
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It does break my brain a bit to think about how the Roman Empire was contemporaneous with New Zealand being filled with giant bird monsters
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 26/09/2026
Another Grey teal (Tētē-moroiti) #AoNZ #AotearoaBirds #birds 🪶🇳🇿
A Grey teal ( Tētē-moroiti ) perched on a branch across the water, from behind, looking over its shoulder to the right.  There's a small reflection of him in the water as well.
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 01/09/2026
He was in the shadows so was pleased to actually get a good shot. #tūī #AoNZ #AotearoaBirds 🪶🇳🇿
a tūī on a tree branch with dappled leaves/light in the background
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 01/09/2026
A Grey teal aka Tētē-moroiti swam past. #AoNZ #AotearoaBirds 🪶🇳🇿
A Grey teal aka Tētē-moroiti swimming on the rough water of a lake on a windy day
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
do you think the people who designed AI integration into basic apps realize how just obnoxious some of the AI "tools" are? "do you want me to summarize this email?" the email I just wrote? why? "I can summarize this article!" do you think I don't know how to read
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 31/08/2026
Genuinely a bit amazed by how staggeringly tone deaf this is. Like I don't expect the Government to fully acknowledge the scope of the situation they've created, but this is still pretty out there. Youth unemployment is at 30-year high, and he's all like "just find a job"
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Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has defended tightening eligibility for jobseekers benefits for young people and encouraged them to do "whatever it takes" to get a job.
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 31/08/2026
This 🧵 pulls it all together. Didn't most of us see this coming? But good to get the receipts.
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live In no particular order … The B-52s Neil Diamond Crosby Stills & Nash Fleetwood Mac Simon & Garfunkel Toni Childs Glen Campbell Helen Reddy Stevie Nicks The Eagles tbh, it's been a long time.
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Unemployment is at an 11 year high, yet Upston’s rationale for removing the benefit for these young people is to ’reduce benefit dependency and encourage people into work.’ So many lies. #nzpol
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Thousands of youths to lose access to unemployment benefits after welfare law change
Thousands of youths across the country are set to lose access to unemployment benefits, after a welfare bill passed into law under urgency on Friday night.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I might just pin this here.📌 I know we often agree to disagree, but in reality WE are all we have. Our singular goal is to make Luxon & co a #OneTermGovernment and the only way to do that is through authentic & purposeful Kotahitanga. The rest can be worked out in coalition negotiation. #nzpol #NZ🕊️
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
John Hart elected to represent Wairarapa on Greater Wellington Regional Council
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John Hart elected to represent Wairarapa on Greater Wellington Regional Council
A new Wairarapa councillor has been elected to the Greater Wellington Regional Council in a by-election held after the sudden death of long-standing local leader and former mayor Adrienne Staples.
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Ratan Prakash @rprakash08.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"The healthcare “boost”, announced by Health Minister Simeon Brown last year, was promoted as the “largest-ever funding uplift to GP clinics” and intended to improve access to primary care" Deceptive and dishonest! #nzpol #healthnz www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: GP funding boost paid for by hospital cash
The Government’s $95m-a-year boost for general practice is being funded through the budget for hospital and specialist services, documents reveal.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here's what I wrote to every Labour MP about the social media ban. The easiest way to email them all is to go to the link below, and cut and paste their email addresses from the pdf - it saves a lot of time. www3.parliament.nz/media/12194/...
Hello Labour caucus,

A few months back I wrote each of you, and every MP in Parliament, an individual email about the awful NZ First anti-trans legislation. Thank you to each of you who offered a personal response to that, it afforded comfort at a time of worry.

Today you launched your new campaign slogan, Better Starts Now.

Tomorrow you’re meeting to discuss whether or not to support National’s social media ban for under-16’s - and it is just National’s social media ban - nobody else wants a bar of it. They’ve dropped this so late, having denied anyone else a look, in the hope they can rush it through.

The proposed social media ban won’t work. You can look across the Tasman at how Australia’s ban has not worked, or in the UK and see how their ban has not worked. National’s proposal doesn’t include Roblox which MPs who are parents will shudder at, because of how obsessive it is - but also because it’s a platform that takes almost no action on predatory behaviour

This bill will end up being a big data-gathering obstacle to everyone using the internet, as various verifications and requirements and additional steps make it more difficult to gain access to the online world - and as has been said, won’t actually protect young people.
I’d also argue that the internet, and social media in particular, has done far more damage to Gen X and Boomers than it has to young people - I mean, have you seen the facebook comment section recently? It makes the flashes of hell in Event Horizon (1997) look like walk along the beach at sunset with someone you love

If better starts now, I hope that means - now. A last minute ham-fisted bit of legislation that doesn’t work from the lead partner of a coalition government whose calling card is legislation that’s done too quickly, had poor scrutiny, and doesn’t work - that isn’t better.

Call them on it. Commit to developing cross-party regulation for social media platforms that focuses on harm reduction, consequences for hosts of harmful content or inaction on predatory behaviour. 

Go full noise, emphasise that Labour would do it differently, take their time, give it the prioritisation online safety requires. In short, do it better - because I hear it starts now

Thanks for reading,

Johnny Cans
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 24/08/2026
There was a #silvereye flitting around the wattle tree, in and out of shadow, behind the foliage, etc. I thought, I'm just gonna snap the shutter and maybe I'll get something. So I was quite pleased when I loaded my card and this wee face was staring at me. :). #birds #AoNZ 🪶🇳🇿
a small bird (silvereye) hidden amongst the green and yellow foliage of a wattle tree
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
cognitive sabotage, you can ban it extra credit to U Chicago for bans on professional AND undergrad programs; smart SLACs are going to market AI free campuses soon chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...
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Sosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This Fall
All social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students...
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 22/08/2026
Been away for a few months. What did I miss? Here's a tūī :)
a tūī nestled in the camellia bush
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/06/2026
This is a fantastic statement from Labour's rainbow spokesperson Georgie Dansey (who i don't think is on bsky yet!). I've been critical of the way Labour have talked about trans issues so here's me giving credit where it's due again - this is exactly what we need to see from them, thank you Georgie!
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 04/06/2026
the very rare 7-legged, 2-headed deer. #AoNZ #Whakaoriori
2 female brown deer side by side in such a way that the second deer is hidden.  As such, it looks like one deer with 7 legs and two heads.
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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 03/06/2026
Scott Pelley has released a statement to employees at CBS News and "60 Minutes" after being fired by new Executive Producer Nick Bilton on Tuesday. thedesk.net/2026/06/memo...
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Raijin @rjh755.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#nzpol
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 02/06/2026
Tauhou really like mandarins, especially as we move into winter. #tauhou #silvereye #AoNZ 🇳🇿🪶 #birds
a pair of tauhou (aka waxeyes or silvereyes), small olive green coloured birds are perched on a wire feeder filled with cut mandarin oranges
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/06/2026
Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I have probably watched this a hundred times in the past few years and god it simply never gets old. the full performance is such essential viewing too. the choice to draft Annie Lennox here because the Freddie Mercury vibes transcend gender is so important to me actually
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Glad to hear it. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 31/05/2026
Kekeno (NZ fur seals) at Cape Palliser, #Wairarapa coast. #AoNZ #NewZealand #wildlife
a collection of 3 photos of NZ fur seals lounging on the rocks and sand at Cape Palliser
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CS50 @cs50.harvard.edu · 29/05/2026
Join us for a free, live, online series introducing the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI). This series is designed for anyone interested in better understanding how AI works and the ideas that make it possible. Sign up to attend any of the sessions via Zoom at cs50.harvard.edu/x/zoom/.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Ardern documentary 'Prime Minister' wins Emmy Award
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Ardern documentary 'Prime Minister' wins Emmy Award
The film, which features home footage shot by husband Clarke Gayford, has won the top prize for best documentary at the 2026 News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
‼️Look at this insanely perfect shot my husband just captured with his phone. We're both very sad he didn't have a real camera, but this is still amazing.
A great blue heron on the very top of the large tree, centered against the rising moon
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Properly funded healthcare isn't a "lolly scramble" Decent mental health services isn't a "treat' Fully functional community and support services aren't just a "nice to have" Pretty revolted by this govt treating basic services like some kind of fancy expensive treat #nzpol #BudgetDay2026
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 28/05/2026
Bravo young sir!
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David Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
well that's all i need to know.
the last section of the herald's budget coverage has the heading "Child poverty targets will be missed, Government unlikely to meet first Paris climate goal"
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
even as cynical as I am I certainly didn't predict this government would disestablish the *Ministry for the Environment* No NZ government should be able to survive doing something like this, given the values of the electorate enormous amounts of money, institutional & media backing have enabled it
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 26/05/2026
This is what we need yt for. :)
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 26/05/2026
Otherwise, the article was perfect
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🫜🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
To all my cis woman friends here from Aotearoa NZ, it would mean the absolute world to me if you could sign this petition. Please stand with your trans sisters against this horrific, transphobic bill! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...
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E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill
The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
When your best friend texts you “wake up, new encyclical dropped.
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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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1/200 Media @1of200.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
1/200 Campaign Season E1 - Trans Voices on Anti-Trans Legislation @oldmatecans.bsky.social hosts @jennifilm.nz, @mythros.bsky.social and Mia to discuss the very real effects New Zealand Firsts anti-trans bill will have - as well as action to stop the rising tide of bigotry.
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1/200 Campaign Season E1 - Trans Voices on Anti-Trans Legislation — 1/200
This week we're hosting Jen, Simone and Mia who will discuss the very real effects New Zealand Firsts anti-trans bill will have - as well as action to stop the rising tide of bigotry.
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 24/05/2026
singing his heart out in the shadows! #tui #NZ #AoNZ #AotearoaBirds 🇳🇿🪶
a tūī facing left with his beak open as he sings a song. (in silhouette)
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Holy moly. Luxon on tv tonight denying his office ever saw the draft climate law given to his office by Fonterra & Z Energy; the companies confirm they handed them over. Language of our draft legislation almost identical. Banger of a story www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol
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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
HRC press release tikatangata.org.nz/news/definit...
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Definitions of Woman and Man legislation not necessary, risks further harm to Rainbow people
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 23/05/2026
Hey trans people, you’re ultimately going to win. You’re loved. You’re awesome. Keep shining brightly. 🏳️‍⚧️✨
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curiouskiwi 🇳🇿 @curiouskiwi.com · 20/05/2026
I don't think I have ever spent more than even 25% of my food spend in restaurants in my entire life, no matter my age. Who were the people they asked for these stats?
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Biollante @bivouacchillin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent
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