Reposted by DouglasThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 11hI 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." 1326035
Reposted by Douglas🦝 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 1223097
Reposted by DouglasPaul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My 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...kickstarter.comComing 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. 14297120
Reposted by DouglasEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Unscheduled 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" 515438
Reposted by DouglasEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So 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. 711921
Reposted by DouglasConnor @connorrooke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Possibly 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" 2402
Reposted by DouglasShamubeel Eaqub @seaqub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I 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...rnz.co.nzZombie Towns: Everything I MissedNEW | 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. 24411
Reposted by DouglasMeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026omg unsolicited dik dik pics is on bsky! 3345
Reposted by DouglasCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NZ: pure shitfuckery. Great new content by @thejuicemedia.com Thanks legends #nzpolyoutube.comNZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^keryYouTube video by thejuicemedia 04824
Reposted by DouglasGrumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026RNZ have wiped Susie Ferguson from their list of presenters... Click this and get this 8177
Reposted by DouglasPop Crave @popcrave.com · 28/09/2026Former ‘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.” 241904550
Reposted by DouglasDave Dustin @dustin.nz · 28/09/2026I see @gailsimone.bsky.social is in good form this fine day 425347
Reposted by DouglasClint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ngāti 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 lunchesrnz.co.nz'It's uneconomical' - iwi provider of school lunches withdraws from programmeCorrection: This story has been updated to correct the number of meals being delivered a day in 2025. 141
Reposted by DouglasBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026It 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. 171472490
Reposted by DouglasChris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon 516165
Reposted by DouglasJaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026Okay 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.devatlas.jazco.devAtlasA living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours. 1161397413
Reposted by DouglasGreenEggs| 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/feedbackrnz.co.nzRNZ : Audience Feedback 0339
Reposted by DouglasD 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”simonwilsonhopetown.substack.comDirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deservesNicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years 32810
Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Watching @paulbarlownz.bsky.social ponder the bizarre question of which anime does Crymeariver Luxon like? youtu.be/FnCZfkDq15c?...youtu.beIt's Monday! YikesYouTube video by Paul… The Other One 020
Reposted by DouglasLouise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If 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...greens.org.nzLouise Hutt | Hamilton WestWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 17227
Reposted by DouglasMark @maetl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Destroyed 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. 19527
Reposted by DouglasJeremy Keith @adactio.com · 25/09/2026Journal: Think local Warning: this post is about large language models. Avoid. 🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22778 063
Reposted by DouglasLouise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At 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 619361
Reposted by DouglasJolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Walked in on the cat making yet another podcast; tiptoed back out. #nzpets 22663110
Reposted by DouglasThe 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. 85010
Reposted by DouglasKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I 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 5776142098
Reposted by DouglasEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy 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.socialsammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 252099926
Reposted by DouglasDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A woman is someone who wants you to fuck off, Karl 812818
Reposted by DouglasOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 383112863053
Reposted by DouglasMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Another criminal cop ‘A snake in the grass': Cop stole $68,000 from pensioner he was meant to be helping:newstalkzb.co.nz'A snake in the grass': Cop stole $68,000 from pensioner he was meant to be helpingThe 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. 031
Reposted by DouglasNicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026To 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 36218
Reposted by DouglasRohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’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 15120
Reposted by DouglasJosh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 26/09/2026I'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 815855
Reposted by Douglas2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#nzpol This year's vote pretty muched summed up in one excellent piece of graffiti... #ToitūTeTiriti 17122
Reposted by DouglasSarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can you spare a few dollars? it all counts. #nzpolgreens.org.nzSeptembee Match AppealWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 084
Reposted by DouglasDenise @denisest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Labour has just shown off their new mobile billboard on FB. #nzpol 513845
Reposted by DouglasCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/03/2025All large car parks in France now have to be covered with solar panels. This should happen world wide. 23482130
Reposted by DouglasBrian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026Jim 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. 212430958
Reposted by DouglasRNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on West Coast rejectedrnz.co.nzFast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on West Coast rejectedA fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on the West Coast has been rejected as incomplete. 13111
Reposted by Douglasflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ten 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 81489672
Reposted by DouglasDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026an 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.coThis Could Change The Way Victims Get JusticeDavid Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand. 8346183
Reposted by DouglasWorkers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Save the date: October 17 ✊✊✊ 03515