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Herbertimo

@herbertimo.bsky.social
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DnD, ending family and sexual violence, raising tamariki, playing games and trying to better connect to my Ngāpuhi whakapapa.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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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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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Did a guest lecture for @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social undergrad design & storytelling class. Made them listen to a detailed history of falling damage in Dungeons & Dragons. Sorry undergrads but I am a slave to my passions.
Powerpoint slide: I think “falling” in games is kind of interesting and I want to talk about it for a while - morgan daviePowerpoint slide: a bunch of screenshots of various attempts to "fix falling damage"
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“And I think it's even worse for the Phillips kids' mother because she's Māori... a Māori woman trying to get the police and Oranga Tamariki to take her Pākehā ex-husband's threat to their children seriously.” #misogny #racism #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Pieces still missing from Tom Phillips inquiry - academic
An expert on family violence says it is indefensible Family Court proceedings were excluded from the government's inquiry into the Tom Phillips case.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“It's pretty clear that these agencies brushed her concerns off ... It's well established in the social science literature that there's just this pervasive societal myth that women fabricate claims of domestic violence for some kind of tactical purpose in custody proceedings.” #misogny #nzpol 1/2
rnz.co.nz
Pieces still missing from Tom Phillips inquiry - academic
An expert on family violence says it is indefensible Family Court proceedings were excluded from the government's inquiry into the Tom Phillips case.
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Andrew Chen @andrewtychen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector. If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust. Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99... Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
petitions.parliament.nz
Petitions 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.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 08/09/2026
Good news, the answer is(was?) no. Every few years similar charts make the rounds. Usually to blame smartphones for declines, but more recently LLMs. What really happened is this: High school completion rates in OECD countries are going up. This pulls PISA scores down. It's a one-time shift.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
found this in the top posts and it succeeds in being very funny while also inducing a borderline homicidal rage
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A fantastically informative quiz by @davidslack.bsky.social, about the relative shape and size of things. And by "things", I mean: the stuff of our lives, which we fund collectively, and understand unevenly, and value accordingly, and should ALL know more about: www.davidslack.net/football-pro...
davidslack.net
What would you rather have to carry for an hour? A brick, or a grand piano?
Watches the world through the rear vision mirror, wonders what we’ve run over, writes about it.
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Compensation for time & effort spent on unsuccessful bids? Nice! Gosh, *imagine* if arts funding worked this way, or science and research, or indeed any gig whatsoever? "So sorry you didn't get the role, but here's a bunch of cash for making it this far. Best wishes for your work going forward!✨🥰 "
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Superb.
homer simpson is shown three varities of duff beer - duff, duff lite and duff dry - all of which are being fed by a single pipe of beer meaning its all the same product.
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“We simply cannot accept the harm being done to a generation of ​New Zealand children.”* *Except the harm to 1 in 7 NZ kids living in material hardship, the 1 in 4 girls / 1 in 9 boys abused before 15, or kids unable to access public health, or have clean air in schools, or be taught art history or
theguardian.com
New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children
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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Now is a good time to donate to the Aotearoa Mask Bloc: chuffed.org/project/1510... Current Mask Bloc locations: www.instagram.com/p/Dajs_C0n5v...
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Aotearoa Mask Bloc
We are Aotearoa Covid Action, a grassroots advocacy group that has risen up in the wake of Aotearoa New Zealand no longer having a credible plan to control the spread of Covid in our schools, workplac...
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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's election time in NZ and Facebook is where lots of voters hang out. So, here's my Facebook Playbook.
Hand holding a phone. On the screen, under a "Facebook Playbook" header:
#1
Under a news post by mainstream media:
Comment with a direct quote from the article:
“Here’s the most important bit...”
Most people don’t click. 
Bad actors rely on that.
Hand holding a phone. On the screen, under a "Facebook Playbook" header:
#2
Under a good post from
a friendly source:
Echo the key message 
in your own words:“Yeah! I agree, the biggest priority is...”
Repeating the message makes it normal.
Casual readers will notice.
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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
They printed my piece in Newsroom! On being a Hongkonger-Kiwi in this era of revolution. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/t...
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The children of middle-class migrants
A superb essay on bringing the fight for an independent Hong Kong back to NZ, another 'settler colonial state' that has restored the mana of its first people
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Sam Sachdeva @samsachdeva.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...
newsroom.co.nz
Govt’s census overhaul thrown into doubt after Labour pulls support
Opposition parties warn relying on government agency data instead of a full census risks undercounting Māori and minority groups.
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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Rules of engagement for Facebook in the age of the horrors when there's an election on (and why we can't abandon it to the trolls) morgue.isprettyawesome.com?p=8131
morgue.isprettyawesome.com
Facebook: Rules of Engagement - From The Morgue
If you're still on Facebook, you've seen how wild it gets over there... We can push back, and make a (small but mighty) difference.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Know the signs, enroll online: vote.nz
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
National MPs that robbed 180,000 women of pay equity, cut funding to SA prevention and survivor organisations and made ACC more difficult for abuse survivors to access. They’re supporting their MP here but imo I think they’d be singing a different tune if it was a Green MP being attacked. #nzpol
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Nash said what they're all thinking out loud. That was his mistake. Misogyny is instead an acceptable practice, eg dumping pay equity claims to make budget. Or supporting an anti trans Bill to select committee. Or refusing to go forward w consent law reform & using it as an election "promise" #nzpol
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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Unless Labour rolls out an amazing disability policy, as a disabled person, I’m begging you all to vote for the Greens. So far they are the only party who would massively, materially change my life, and the lives of disabled & chronically ill Kiwis, for the better. @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social
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DHS @drhsinghnz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NZ First is desperate to stop any rival ‘decider’. If Te Pāti Māori wins enough seats to be needed for a coalition, NZ First loses its power to hold the country to ransom. Their referendum push on Māori seats is a naked attempt to rig the system and crush a competing power base.
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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I believe we were promised mojo
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.
adweek.com
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
On the fourth of July, 1980, about fifteen trans women went to one of the most upscale public swimming pools in Milan, took off their tops, and started lounging around. It was a Friday, and the height of the summer vacation, so there were plenty of families with young children around. 1/
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Have to say it was grim to see the wall to wall coverage offered to the All Whites who had no hope at progressing pass the pools when we had to scrape and scrounge for coverage of the Black Ferns World Cup title defence. (See also White Ferns T20 World Cup) Things have gone backward fast.
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A reading renaissance: Wellington welcomes two new indie bookshops
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A reading renaissance: Wellington welcomes two new indie bookshops 
Willis St will soon be home to not one, not two, but three indie bookstores....
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Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The next Kōrero for Change webinar will focus on Political and Democratic Processes and explore how we can strengthen political and democratic processes in Aotearoa to be inclusive, equitable, and representative of everyone.
accessmatters.org.nz
Kōrero for Change - Political and Democratic Processes
Welcome to the Kōrero for Change webinar series! Access Matters Aotearoa is facilitating courageous conversations about ableism in key areas of life where individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand face…
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Kage🎃🐺🦇 @scotkage.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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deb te kawa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A movement built by thousands of whānau becomes the achievement of someone best known for opposing many of the intellectual and educational traditions that grew from it.
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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If you get hit up to sign a citizen initiated referendum about MP numbers, it's Destiny Church so take that into account. It's stupid, Tamaki is a false prophet (when Clark was PM he said God told him he would running the country within 10 years), and the earlier this nonsense fails the better
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trans. Woman. Two words. "trans woman" shows that this is just a kind of woman, like tall, blonde or green-eyed. "Transwoman" has and will be used to say that we are a separate thing from women. Trans women are a kind of woman, pass it on.
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Herbertimo @herbertimo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Productive train/bus ride home! Submitted in opposition to the inequitable Pharmac proposal on Type 2 Diabetes medicines and the Amendment Bill on defining a woman and a man.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“Responsible, trustworthy media is the backbone of functioning democracies. We need media that are honest, reliable, and uphold the law and basic ethical principles.” #nzpol Scrapping the BSA will make AotearoaNZ’s media less trustworthy, less balanced, and less reliable. Please sign and share.
our.actionstation.org.nz
Don't scrap the Broadcasting Standards Authority. Strengthen it!
The BSA is the only real protection New Zealand has against the broadcasting of lies, abuse or misinformation. Since 1989, it has done an excellent job supporting our television and radio broadcasters...
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Migration is our collective human history. People have always moved. Whether it’s from rural to urban, country to neighboring country, or straight up continents, this is what we do. Social stability is not at risk because people moved it’s at risk because you are a hater.
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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
NZ judges really need to examine their weapons-grade misogyny. Stop saying a man’s predatory behaviour is not as bad as the consequences. Stop letting them get away with it. Stop devaluing women.
nzherald.co.nz
Engineer who tried to film naked sex worker with Meta glasses fights for secrecy
The victim believes the women in his life should know of his offending.
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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
TPM plan: write off student debt, create a universal student allowance, restore support for part-time, postgraduate and long-course students, and make public transport free for tertiary students. Because education should build futures, not trap whānau in debt.❤️🤍🖤 #nzpol #aonz #education #students
rnz.co.nz
Fees-free university scheme to be scrapped in upcoming Budget, Nicola Willis confirms
Finance minister Nicola Willis said students completing study this year remain eligible.
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Tahetoka | Ómar @amscraig.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We have a Community as a Service. Our micro communities are a place where you can enter, we facilitate and provide the social infrastructure to a community. Centering a food forest and decentralising cars. We have done the mahi for you all to enjoy the benefits. A papakainga for everyone.
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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This post deserves its own Mortal Kombat “Fatality” animation.
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What The Luxon Years Produced, In One Picture
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Veranoa Hetet @whaeavee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Dawn ceremony - blessing of Te Ara Tupua. I'm so proud of my Sam. Today, I saw his carving for the first time. It made me catch my breath. This is the last piece my dad helped Sam design. He would be so proud of his son in law 💙
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Really value Paula's work here in lifting the lid and looking under the rocks (to mix my metaphors badly) on these wealthy and powerful men who seem to have a habit of predatory/sexualised behavior around young women.
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