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May be in Ankh-Morpork or Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa Middle Zealand "Sweet dreams every once in a while" "(Tara) Everything is turning out so dark." “Cards for sorrow, cards for pain”

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 11h
I typically only respond to correspondence if it’s in the form of a handwritten letter composed on an oak desk by candlelight using a quill dipped into a bottle of ink, enclosed in an envelope with a wax seal, and sent via raven, so no, I’m afraid I didn’t “see your email."
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 9h
youve got to be kidding
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026
🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi
A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unscheduled photo dump because I was treated on my walk to work today to two quite different "bird enjoys spring flowers" experiences. Tūī: "I shall delicately sip nectar yum yum" Kererū: "FEED ME FLOWER"
Tui reaches up to sip from a white blossomTui curls around a white and pink flower cluster, about to drink.kereru bends around a kowhai branch, about to snip a flower off with its beak.kereru attempts to stuff entire kowhai flower down its cavernous gob. It ate about another half dozen in the minute after I took this photo.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So these were taken on my walk to work, from an inner suburb to the city fringe (Karori to Kelburn, for locals). I grew up in the area, and I absolutely would never have seen these birds in people's front yards 30 years ago. Wellington & its people made a choice to bring them back & we succeeded.
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Connor @connorrooke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Possibly my favorite part of Feet of Clay is when charged with the deaths of a child and his grandmother, a man asks "Were they important?" and no one ever actually answers the question, because the entire book is about how the answer is unequivocally, undeniably, and obviously "YES"
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Shamubeel Eaqub @seaqub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I made a doco re how provincial NZ can fight back. It’s the stories of great humans in two towns who told me there stories. Hope it will spark something in you, like it did for me. For RNZ & Newsroom with funding from NZ on Air. www.rnz.co.nz/video/zombie...
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Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
NEW | Economist Shamubeel Eaqub got a lot of flak for his ‘zombie town’ theory. 10 years on, he dares to go back to provincial New Zealand.
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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
omg unsolicited dik dik pics is on bsky!
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NZ: pure shitfuckery. Great new content by @thejuicemedia.com Thanks legends #nzpol
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RNZ have wiped Susie Ferguson from their list of presenters... Click this and get this
Search engine result for link to Susie Ferguson at RNZLink leads to 404 Not Found where Ferguson's bio should be
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 28/09/2026
Former ‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton has created a website to expose information about Cornell University’s administration in response to the group sexual assault case: “Accountability should not disappear when the headlines do. And we all know this headline will disappear.”
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 28/09/2026
I see @gailsimone.bsky.social is in good form this fine day
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ngāti Rārua kept the lunches going in Nelson until Xmas last year but funding per meal kept getting slashed until they couldn't keep going. They made decent lunches until then. Photo below was one of their actual lunches
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'It's uneconomical' - iwi provider of school lunches withdraws from programme
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the number of meals being delivered a day in 2025.
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Sally Greaves @cardiokiwi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026
It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment.
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon
Luxon: "No new taxes"Cartoon depicts PM Luxon on an election podium in fron of an audience. Luxon: "No new taxes."
Various audience members heckle: 
"Or nurses
Or Police
Or Ferries
Or houses
Or equal pay
Or libraries
Or Bridges
Or ideas."
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026
Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
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Atlas
A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#nzpol Make some noise e te whānau, they need to hear how appalled we are at the enshittification of our state broadcaster www.rnz.co.nz/feedback
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RNZ : Audience Feedback
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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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my ordinary life @calne.ca · 27/09/2026
im very busy
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Hager argues that just because politics, or parts of it, is riddled with corruption, hypocrisy & inflammatory appeals to fear and ignorance, it doesn’t follow that it should be. We shouldn’t leave it hidden in the murky depths. On the contrary, disinfecting sunshine is welcome & we need more of it”
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Dirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deserves
Nicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching @paulbarlownz.bsky.social ponder the bizarre question of which anime does Crymeariver Luxon like? youtu.be/FnCZfkDq15c?...
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It's Monday! Yikes
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you'd like to support your favourite disabled candidate, from the only party who has a disability policy, and who is enduring these out the gate debates - you can find the donate link here 😘 www.greens.org.nz/louisehutt_2...
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Louise Hutt | Hamilton West
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Destroyed the local community economic loops and healthy school lunches, force feeding kids disgusting Compass Group swill. She is a merchant of slop. RNZ ascribing "non partisan" to the motivations of her new astroturf org is an extraordinary confirmation of everything in the Dirty Work book.
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Jeremy Keith @adactio.com · 25/09/2026
Journal: Think local Warning: this post is about large language models. Avoid. 🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22778
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At the Hamilton PSA debate, candidates were asked about disability NZF: Incoherent answer Labour: We don't have a policy announced Opportunities: We have no policy whatsoever Me: this govt's attacks on the disabled community are unacceptable, here's our policy, it was co-written by disabled people
The Green Party will build an Aotearoa where disabled people are valued and they and their whānau live with dignity and autonomy. An Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau have access to the services they need — like transport and good quality housing — means everyone can thrive in caring communities. 

Our current laws, policies and social norms mean disabled people are often denied the same rights as others and are excluded from places and activities non-disabled people take for granted. These barriers are often worse for tāngata whaikaha Māori and for disabled people from marginalised communities. 

The current Government has made it harder for disabled people to access the support they deserve and which enables them to participate equally in life and their communities. 

The Green Party is ambitious in its plan to create a more accessible Aotearoa by building on the Enabling Good Lives framework and grounding our approach in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Our approach will operate on a high-trust model and apply to all disabled people, including those with disabling conditions who do not currently access support. The Green Party is committed to an Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau thrive in caring communities.
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Walked in on the cat making yet another podcast; tiptoed back out. #nzpets
A very hard “excuse you” stare from a black and white cat sitting on a desk, with a microphone set-up at face level.
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Micro-retirement"? I'm fairly sure most people still call them a holiday, including Gen Z.
An article that states, "A new trend is emerging among GenZ career professionals called 'Micro Retirements' Micro retirements involve taking a one or two week break from work every 12 to 18 months.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A woman is someone who wants you to fuck off, Karl
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another criminal cop ‘A snake in the grass': Cop stole $68,000 from pensioner he was meant to be helping:
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'A snake in the grass': Cop stole $68,000 from pensioner he was meant to be helping
The Waikato police officer who stole $68,000 from a pensioner he was meant to be helping has lost his hard-fought bid for permanent name suppression.
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To be honest, when I read the book on Wednesday, this was my reaction: ‘But… we know all this already & no one cares…’ But Nicky’s point is that we should NOT be looking to whether others care. We must decide what WE care about. That’s how the Overton window shifts back to where it should be
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Rohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s one month since the disaster on the Nepal-China border. The media’s focus has moved on. It's yesterday's news. At least 1,450 lives lost, and over 5,700 still missing. Climate change was a key contributing factor. Our addiction to fossil fuels makes these events more likely. #greensky #nzpol
Homes damaged in the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli River, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 26/09/2026
I've finally seen the light. I urge everyone to visit taxpayersunion.org.nz and see the good work that they've been doing on behalf of the hard-working taxpayers of New Zealand
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#nzpol This year's vote pretty muched summed up in one excellent piece of graffiti... #ToitūTeTiriti
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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can you spare a few dollars? it all counts. #nzpol
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Septembee Match Appeal
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Denise @denisest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Labour has just shown off their new mobile billboard on FB. #nzpol
Labour Party mobile billboard reading "Cry me a river" with Luxon's face on it
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Pōneke @archivesrock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fave so far:
As a former Enalish teacher, I give this book report an F. Prior to this, the worst book report I've ever read was on a book the kid had gotten for free from a petrol station about Carlos Spencer. But that kid had read the book, the whole book so he was qualified to have an opinion
about it. He didn't rabbit a series of hackneyed cliches because he didn't have a single insight of his own. He
didn't overuse quotation marks, and his choppy prose and mangling of grammar
were morally forgivable because he was very passionate about his subject and 15.

I had more respect for Penk before he started writing these columns. What is it
about National politicians these days where the better we get to know them the less we like them?
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
All large car parks in France now have to be covered with solar panels. This should happen world wide.
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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026
Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.
A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on West Coast rejected
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Fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on West Coast rejected
A fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on the West Coast has been rejected as incomplete.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds
The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.
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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/
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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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Workers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Save the date: October 17 ✊✊✊
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