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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My personal review for Time Traitors www.goodreads.com/book/show/80... self published science fiction competition @spsfc.bsky.social #Booksky💙💫 #pukapuka 🇳🇿📚 #Dinosaurs🦕 #self-publishedsci-fi🔬 📕 #SPSFC #SPSFC5

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Time Traitors

Jurassic Park meets Romancing the Stone Dr. Grace Cars…

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#SPSFC@TheSelfPublishedScienceFictionCompetition My personal review for ab initio: a novel - finalist in #SPSFC5 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #booksky💙💫 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿 #self-published #indie #sci-fi

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ab initio: a novel

Raza Mugabi, a biologist turned software engineer, is n…

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SPSFC @spsfc.bsky.social Finalist 6 #self-published #sci-fi #booksky💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SPSFC @spsfc.bsky.social Finalist 5 #self-published #sci-fi #booksky💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SPSFC @spsfc.bsky.social Finalist 4 #self-published #sci-fi #booksky💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SPSFC @spsfc.bsky.social Finalist 3 #self-published #sci-fi #booksky💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SPSFC @spsfc.bsky.social Finalist 2 #self-published #sci-fi #booksky💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SPSFC @spsfc.bsky.social Finalist 1 #self-published #sci-fi #booksky💙 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition @spsfc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Six books have advanced to the finals of the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC). We'll announce them in random order in the next six posts.

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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's not liberating. It's dehumanising and devaluing of the particular nature of certain relationships which should not simply be seen as transactional.

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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

'Patient' at least implies a relationship in which there should be a duty of care. It's depressing that, in our neoliberal age, we seem to be redefining every relationship in such terms of customers/consumers etc.

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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Slightly horrified to see the select committee has sought to expunge the word 'patient' from the Mental Health Bill, replacing it with various other terms including 'consumer'. I understand why people want to challenge things that seem paternalistic, but this seems misguided.

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#Fantasy-Faction has its 2nd semifinalist for #SPFBO #SPFBOXI Of Mages and Makers by Rel Carroll is a mix of Gaslamps, Airships and Magic in a Regency setting. Enjoyable and a load of fun. #Booksky💙 ##pukapuka🇳🇿📚 #Self-publishedFantasy

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Of Mages and Makers by Rel Carroll – SPFBO #11 Semi-Finals Review

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#Fantasy-Faction has its 1st semifinalist for #SPFBO #SPFBOXI City of Stone by K. T. Holder. Epic fantasy has to be compelling to keep me reading past the 20% mark. City of Stone passed the test; I read this in one night and then downloaded and read book 2. #Booksky💙 #pukapuka🇳🇿📚 #Self-published

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City of Stone by K. T. Holder – SPFBO #11 Semi-Finals Review

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Screenshot that outlines just how complex #biology is when it comes to gender - and how unscientific & wrong (& fascist) it is to attack non-binary & #trans people #nzpol #Zionists #AtlasNetwork #antiWoke #Christofascists

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#SPSFC5 has got it’s 10 semi finalists. Each team will now read 4 of the semis (excluding their own) and the top 5 scoring books will go into the finals to be read by all teams. #SPSFC #Self-publishedSci-fi #Self-publishedbooks #pukapuka📚🇳🇿 #booksky💙🪐

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ꜱ ᴛ ᴀ ʀ ʙ ʟ ᴏ ᴏ ᴅ @yurei.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Cat's Nightmare 1907 by Louis Wain

13 owls are on s bed watching two kittens trying to sleep under the covers. The kittens are bothered by this.

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This book is METALicious!! Support #Self-Published #AotearoaAuthors

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Wellington Pride Festival I Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara @wellingtonpride.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

As a committee, we've written to every MP in Welly about the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, and we encourage you to do the same. Plenty of organisations like InsideOUT or Qtopia have more info you can use, and letters to Parliament are free qtopia.org.nz/news/qtopia-...

Text bordered by a progressive Pride flag that reads:

"Kia ora Chris,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Wellington Pride Festival, to ask you to remember that you represent Aoteroa's queerest city, and we need you to show up for us.

You must vote down the 'Definition of Woman and Man' bill at second reading, regardless of any party politics. We also ask that you recognise it as more than a "distraction" - it is in fact a weapon aimed at us.

Legislation that seeks to define who counts as a 'man' or a 'woman' does not change the reality that transgender, intersex and non binary people exist in every community across Aoteaoroa. This bill is entirely unnecessary.

The one thing this legislation does is risk increasing stigma, division and harm to our most vulnerable communities.

Do not allow this to happen. Vote against the bill and make Wellington proud. "

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I suspect a lot of potential Labour voters are looking at Hipkins' middle of the road stance and are choosing to not vote for Labour or just not to vote at all Given the attack on our social structure I don't want appeasement

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

National MPs, with their six figure salaries, who claim accommodation supplements that are more than some state housing occupants earn in a year, stripping away accomm support for state housing tenants is some next level hypocritical cruelty. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #nzpol

Ministerial expense claims show the
social development minister claims
$1000 per week, while the pecuniary
interests register shows she jointly
owns an apartment in Wellington. It
does not show any mortgage debts
owed.
The amount Upston claimed last year
was $52,000, on top of her $320,600
ministerial salary.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Enough said. Via The Weekly.NZ 👇 www.instagram.com/p/DYkvquCk0S...

Via the Weekly.NZ

Ministry of Justice data on rape statistics 2015-2024
98% of offenders charged with sexual offences against adult women were cis male
98% of offenders charged with sexual offences against
children under 16 were cis male
"Other genders": make up 0.0041% of rape charges

Via The Weekly.NZ:

Don't believe the lies. There is only one demographic that poses a danger to women and children, and it's not the trans community.

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Fucking 18th-century ass country where it's the landed gentry vs everyone else

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Sign petition against NZ1st's anti-trans bill. 🏳️‍⚧️💙🩷🤍🏳️‍⚧️ #nzpol

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Tania Waikato just out here nailing her Q & A interview, like the masterful wahine she is. 😎💚 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

These same people, who will not believe centuries of evidence about the destructive nature of capitalism, will believe a 5 minute read in the Reader's Digest about how pickled Tuscan artichoke hearts can cure cancer.

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

'The democratic question raised by the BSA's destruction is not, in the end, about broadcasting law. It is about whether Aotearoa retains the institutional capacity to constrain, even modestly, the merger of disinformation and political power.' @mohanjdutt.bsky.social #NzPol

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How a Far-Right Network Took Down New Zealand's Broadcasting Watchdog

Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

HELLO #SPFBOXI! Team Before We Go Blog's intro post is up on the blog, just in time for us to start posting cuts and semi-finalists this coming week! beforewegoblog.com/spfboxi-meet... Give it a gander if you'd like a look backstage, or if you want to laugh at my terrible formatting! 😂 #SPFBO

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SPFBOXI: Meet Team Before We Go Blog!

It's our honour to be participating in Mark Lawrence's Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off (the SPFBO) in its eleventh year! What is

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

New Zealand, a colony built upon being as tight as a fish's arse, where generations of colonisers have taken pride in DIY, bodged repairs, and being cheap as fuck, and spend their dotage complaining about people not spending money on their rentals, businesses etc etc

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Our judging team Fantasy-Faction cut another 5 books in this year's #SPFBO #SPFBO11. #Booksky💙🪄📚 #pukapuka📚🇳🇿

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Is anyone surprised NZ PM Luxon was keen to support Trump and America in their illegal war on Iran? Luxon, Peters hold talks after emails reveal clash over NZ's Iran war stance. Luxon keen, Peters saying Tai ho! #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Luxon, Peters hold talks after emails reveal clash over NZ's Iran war stance

Within days of the Iran war starting, Luxon wanted to move the Government's position to "explicit public support" for the US, the documents suggest.

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

“Tailings dams are a toxic time bomb that pose one of the greatest risks to their surrounding environment and the people who depend on that environment for their livelihoods.”

stuff.co.nz

More than a ‘posh picnic’: Why Sam Neill is right to question the mine

OPINION: How have we reached a point where people proudly claiming they've never been to Central Otago are having their say on a new gold mine there.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

my reaction any time i encounter ai slop in the wild

Rory Gilmore to Paris Gellar: God! You're like a pop-up book from hell.

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We at #Fantasy-Faction have our first 5 cuts in #SPFBOXI #SPFBO Thank you to the authors for submitting your books. #self-published #indie #fantasy📚🪄🐉#booksky💙📚 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

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Gavin / G. B. Ralph @gbralph.com · 06/04/2026

Sleuths, scroll through for your next investigation… 🕵️🇳🇿 I've gathered together a few of my wonderful local cosy mystery author friends. But why? To shout about each others' books! To help our readers discover more delightful tales from our home in NZ! Also, why not! gbralph.com/2026/04/06/k...

Kiwi Cosy Mysteries cover image with silhouette of New Zealand and a selection of book cover designs.

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Team Jake's Quarter Finalists for #SPSFC5 #SPSFC #selfpublished #indie #scifi🚀🪐 #booksky💙📚 #pukapuka📚🇳🇿

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Hel ✨ || Untwined is out now!! 🌀🪷 @helynalc.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Team Space Girls of #SPSFC #SPSFC5 is announcing our Quarterfinalists! Some really cool books in this first round. Congrats to these authors, and thank you to all authors for sharing their novels with us! #BookSky #scifi

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 15/03/2026

A penny-pinching decision to dump a Gallipoli website 'spits in the faces of these communities where our dead lie'

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Culture ministry axes Gallipoli site

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