hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I know I'm #old, but my kid's friend just asked me if we had flavor in the olden days. Wow. 110
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Turns out time flies whether or not fun is involved. It might be that time is a plane and I'm in economy class 000
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026School holidays expose me to conversations i don't normally get to hear. Currently there are three 7 year olds are at the table discussing which is scarier, spiders or eating poopsicles. 000
Reposted by hysterical hobbitDavid Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 20/04/2026yes we've all been frothing with the coup, meanwhile Mani Dunlop is out here reporting on this fuckery and what it means. www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...teaonews.co.nzANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to lowest possible standard - what it meansSweeping changes to Treaty clauses across 23 laws could lower te Tiriti to its weakest legal standard, reshaping how it influences decisions in health, environment and beyond. 413460
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Why does paying for my kids swimming class need two step authentication? Like if someone else wants to pay for them to learn how to not drown, let em 110
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Why are office kitchens like the matrix? There are no spoons 100
Reposted by hysterical hobbitGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 11/03/2026#NZpol Iran war: Ministers to meet amidst report South Korea could halve NZ fuel supply - “South Korea provides about half (47%) of New Zealand’s refined fuel following the closure of the Marsden Point refinery.”* - subscription only for nowthepost.co.nzGovernment closely monitoring reports South Korea could cut off half our fuelNew fuel security group to meet for first time tonight amidst reports the source of 47% of our fuel could stop sending it. 7124
Reposted by hysterical hobbitLiving Streets Aotearoa @livingstreetsnz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Scrapping the Clean Vehicle Standard would significantly worsen air pollution. "RNZ has learned that a targeted consultation carried out for that review has just ended, which included asking submitters whether the standard should be 'abolished'."rnz.co.nzGovernment considering scrapping entire clean car standardAn EV advocate says if the proposal goes ahead, Kiwis will be sold "the high-emitting leftovers" that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia. 2125
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Y'know how the news always has captions with people's names and job? I want that for British drama. Idk who the fuxk this is, I'm 4 episodes in and he could be the lead in a new hat or a brand new guy. 000
Reposted by hysterical hobbitCraig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026#nzpol Child poverty data from Stats NZ out today. All political parties except Act agreed to the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, creating legally mandated targets for child poverty reduction. Right now, we are missing even the looser targets the government has set. A 🧵 29451
Reposted by hysterical hobbitTeanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This is not a routine border security arrangement. The EBSP would go far beyond existing information-sharing. It would enable automated, bulk matching against New Zealand databases by US agencies. 17316
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026This is not the way I want to engage with politics, but signing submissions when I have little energy for other things feels like something at least #nzpol action.greens.org.nz/emergency_ma...action.greens.org.nzEmergency Management Subs 020
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026More petitions cos there's more BS #nzpol greenpeace.nz/381g20greenpeace.nzBan Seabed MiningJoin us in calling for a ban on seabed mining before it's too late! 032
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Add your name. #fightback at every turn (even though I'm tired and would like a nap #nzpol greenpeace.nz/stop-the-fas...greenpeace.nzSign the Fast Track Wrong Track open letterAn open letter of warning to any company using the fast track approvals process to dodge laws designed to protect people and nature. 085
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 14/12/202512 dead at Bondi Beach. Horrible. In Nz we have a breakfast tv interview w/Jewish council rep Juliet Moses. In a 5min interview, she manages to blame free Palestine protests and even Chloe Swarbrick. Honor those lost. Care for the families, don't use their names to justify occupation #nzpol 1171
Reposted by hysterical hobbitFrank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Hayden Donnell - a very insighful journalist. One of the best we have in Aotearoa. 111
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The spinoff have great writers that cut through the spin quickly and with good humor. Another example of short term thinking to win votes vs actually getting shit done #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...thespinoff.co.nzRates rises are due to people voting against rates risesBuckle up, it’s time to ignore our crumbling infrastructure for another generation.<br /> 174
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 27/11/2025I can't understand how this didn't get more traction? Minister in bed with oil companies known for ripping off nz and its yesterday's news. He should resign, right? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...rnz.co.nzHow the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rulesA paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the industry's wishlist, including giving it access to draft laws. 33719
Reposted by hysterical hobbitWHO @who.int · 19/11/2025New data show that violence against women remains a global public health crisis. The new Violence Against Women estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner and non-partner sexual violence bit.ly/3K4vCV9 #EndViolence #NoExcuse #16Day 19846
Reposted by hysterical hobbitChris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 16/11/2025The third in Jutta Kill and Simon Counsell's series "Crooked Carbon Business" looks into the Katingan REDD project in Indonesia. Buyers of carbon credits from the project include Shell, VW, Tokyo Gas, PetroChina, Delta Airlines, TotalEnergies, and Boeing. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/crooked-ca...reddmonitor.substack.comCrooked carbon business: Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation project, IndonesiaShell has bought millions of carbon credits from this project in order to claim that fossil fuels are “carbon neutral”. 075
Reposted by hysterical hobbitMatt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/time-10... What an achievement #nzpol #toitutetiriti #globalpolnzherald.co.nz'Shook the world': NZ's youngest MP collects Time magazine award in New YorkTime magazine considers our youngest MP one of the world's most influential rising stars 16012
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025#Petitions Gah I wish these things made more of a difference!! petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...petitions.parliament.nzPetitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern. 010
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025More petitions. #climateactionnow c.org/bRCmZ7CF5rc.orgSign the PetitionInclude Cruise Ship Emissions in Global Carbon Accounting 010
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025A #poem of mine is up on newsroom which is quite a coup for someone who is notoriously anti news and rooms newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/31/t...newsroom.co.nzThe Sunday Poem, by Hayden PykeLines on a flat tyre and a general sense of things falling 151
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Her book was such an eye opening experience for me as a kid from the other side of the world. What a life! Rest easy #Assata www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAssata Shakur, black Liberation activist exiled in Cuba, dies at 78She fled to Cuba after being convicted in the killing of a police officer but denied the shooting. 010
Reposted by hysterical hobbitsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 18/09/2025Luxon himself handed me the Prime Minister's science prize last year. Let me say this in plain English: he's an idiot for running a govt who budgeted more for AI than for the Marsden fund. any journo reading this can quote me on it #nzpol 5351112
Reposted by hysterical hobbitSouth Dakota Department of Propaganda @southdakota.bsky.social · 15/09/2025 2184
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Thank you for coming to my TED talk #nzpol #freePalestine #neolibdeeznuts #fucktommy 020
Reposted by hysterical hobbitChris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 14/09/2025After learning that these guys have NEVER won before I have done a thing. #boty 48031
Reposted by hysterical hobbitNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 08/09/2025What fucks me off the most about the Tom Phillips situation is that there are men out there who think its their god-given right to have everything go their way & when it doesn’t, they do whatever the fuck they want. This is NOT uncommon behaviour in New Zealand. 1628941
Reposted by hysterical hobbitFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 01/09/2025How to Deny Entitlements and Make Homeless People #NZPol 13911
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Really good read from #rnz on tik tok and algorithms. Both reassuring when we're fed those alarmist narratives and still scary. www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...rnz.co.nzFour phones, three weeks: Everything we saw on teen TikTokWe set up four brand-new social media accounts with teenage personas. Then we scrolled. 010
hysterical hobbit @haydenp.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The wonderful crowd at Newsroom put one of my #poems up in their Reading room section plus a pic of my very handsome dog (disclaimer I am also in the photo) newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/31/t...newsroom.co.nzThe Sunday Poem, by Hayden PykeLines on a flat tyre and a general sense of things falling 020
Reposted by hysterical hobbitLucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Sex work is 1000% more honorable and socially beneficial than working as an ICE agent. 9399602948
Reposted by hysterical hobbittakahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 29/08/2025We can't wait to share takahē 114 tomorrow! Including book reviews of these incredible titles 🤩 1125
Reposted by hysterical hobbitLuke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Everyone stop, this is important 9354811704
Reposted by hysterical hobbitLuke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 24/08/2025I like when an article or whatever quotes something with a typo and they put the little [sic] next to it. Like oooo sassy 3833
Reposted by hysterical hobbitNorma Krautmeyer 🏳️🌈 🍵🎨✂️🖍️🐈⬛ @blushandmumble.bsky.social · 13/08/2025 042
Reposted by hysterical hobbitRod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 13/08/2025In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol 11235101
Reposted by hysterical hobbitKylie @styla73.bsky.social · 13/08/2025We can't stop our reliance on fossil fuels or properly tax industry so we better make asthmatics feel guilty for taking MEDICINE. 3280123
Reposted by hysterical hobbitKirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 03/08/2025NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails. My story here www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...rnz.co.nzWhy drilling for fossil fuels is not expected to fix our energy crisisThe government is touting oil and gas exploration as the answer. But there are grave doubts it will work. 24270109
Reposted by hysterical hobbitJolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025“Is our children is learning?” [sic]🤔 1012737
Reposted by hysterical hobbitspooky kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 01/08/2025A block of butter is $10 4368
Reposted by hysterical hobbitMarc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 31/07/2025With Resources Minister Shane Jones away, that leaves Energy Minister Simon Watts (also Climate Change Minister) the minister in charge of passing the law that will restart offshore oil and gas exploration. Does this make him the only Climate Minister in the world to spearhead new fossil fuels? 49125
Reposted by hysterical hobbitBarry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Kiwis: Food costs! Coalition of Chaos: Te reo road signs K: Our health system! CC: Shoplifters K: Power prices! CC: Employees earning over $200k K: Climate crisis! CC: Passport design K: Unemployment! CC: Voting reform K: Homelessness! CC: Scaffolding K: Te Tiriti! CC: Trans people in sports 23717
Reposted by hysterical hobbitCraig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 29/07/2025#nzpol Nurses and health care workers are out campaigning today for safe staffing, decent contracts, and a properly funded public health system. They support you when you and your family need help the most. Support them today. 27724