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Karen Hurley

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Karen Hurley @karenhurley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ur...
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Urgent Establishment of a Sudan Special Humanitarian Visa Pathway
Context  April 15 marked three years since the outbreak of war in Sudan. The crisis has escalated into one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies globally, with over 33.7 million people in n...
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 28/09/2026
The top 4 most unidentifiable school lunches so far. See how well you do in the quiz - the average score is 8.6/15
Brown gunkBrown gunkWeird gunkHardly any gunk
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 05/09/2026
This is interesting. You get assigned to being born at a random place and time in history, to see what a typical person's life might have been like then. Unfortunately I was born in 1403 in the valley of Mexico and died at age 4 from dysentery.
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Any Human Ever
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It occurred to me just now that many people won’t know the significance of Soweto as the location for ABs v Springboks tonight. In 1976 hundreds of school students were shot in Soweto when they protested against compulsory use of Afrikaans in school.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ten years ago, ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ was published. It was my first collection of poetry and incredibly, it’s still going strong. To celebrate the anniversary, I thought I’d share a poem from it every day this month, starting with the title poem.
You Took the Last Bus Home 
 
you took
the last bus home
don’t know how 
you got it through the door 

you’re always doing amazing stuff 

like the time
you caught that train


Brian BilstonA pic of the cover of ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ featuring a red bus with the backdrop of a beautiful moonlit night.
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Karen Hurley @karenhurley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What gif pops up when you type in your name?
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Karen Being A Karen - Filing A Report
Alt: Karen Being A Karen - Filing A Report
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Karen Hurley @karenhurley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without saying your age, what's your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Hakuna Matata! Simba, Timon, Pumbaa from Lion King
Alt: Hakuna Matata! Simba, Timon, Pumbaa from Lion King
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Maybe this will finally get politicians to care about climate change: “The brutally hot summer is set to cost the EU economy €180 billion this year — that’s equivalent to roughly 1 percent of GDP, which is all the growth the bloc was expected to generate in 2026, according to new analysis.”
politico.eu
Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report
Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Memo to capitalists: Climate risk makes things un-insurable. No insurance makes things un-mortgageable. No mortgages crashes the property markets. Crashed property markets trash the economy. - US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), 2024
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Hamo @hamo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So Chris Penk and Chris Bishop couldn't get rid of Chris Luxon. And Chris Hipkins is still less popular than Chris Luxon. It's like all the Chris misses have come at once.
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Wadepool @wadepool.wtf · 09/08/2026
Whatever you do, don’t follow this link and for all that is holy don’t share it with the rest of the country…🇳🇿 ghostchips.nz
ghostchips.nz
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pixelframe.design @pixelframe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NOW has been compiling the most irritating songs for decades, but now you can use the logo style to "call" anything! The NOW THAT"S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! Font & Logo Generator is live now!
pixelframe.design
NOW That’s What I Call Music Logo Font Cover Generator
Type a headline, banner line, and bottom text to build a bold, layered graphic modeled on the NOW That's What I Call Music series, complete with a gradient face, automatic sizing to mimic the original logo stack, and simulated depth.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 05/08/2026
This is Kimchi. She can sleep through anything. Including a brief demonic possession. 13/10 (TT: tamrikhurtsilava)
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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Incredible stuff from Avalon Nursery.
Guys I’m sorry about my last few posts picking on Agapanthus & Yuccas. I understand lots of you like these plants so I do apologise. I will admit, there is a time and a place for all plants including those two. And that time is never and that place is hell. Bye
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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The games company I was working for searched for funding for *three years* before ultimately folding because its coffers had ran completely dry
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Karen Hurley @karenhurley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Pretty big in Palmy
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sam Neill #NZListener #Nzpol #cartoon
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 19/07/2026
A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social
nbcnews.com
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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AYKIRI TARIK @mazlumunahi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Sarah Forde 🌙🪡 @sailorastera.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.
A series of photos of me pointing to places where packages could be like inside of a mailbox or on the front porch or in my hands except there is nothing there
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 02/07/2026
🧵 Submission on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill [summarised for Blue Sky word count] I oppose this Bill and ask the Committee to recommend it does not proceed.
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Victoria 💚 🌏 @vebate.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
✅️ Submission for the Legislation (Definition of Man and Woman) Amendment Bill complete. 📖 Thanks to a little inspo from Hannah Gadsby in her book "Ten Steps to Nanette". Tonight's the last night to get this done! #nzpol
Page 299 from the hardback version of Hannah Gadsby's Ten Steps to NanettePage 300 from the hardback version of Hannah Gadsby's Ten Steps to Nanette
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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Would be awesome to get 500 more signatures before the cut off at 11.59pm tonight. Please share and sign to give the disabled & chronically ill financial autonomy. #nzpol #Kikorangi petitions.parliament.nz/0e32836b-625...
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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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 19/06/2026
"The FAA is working with Palantir to see if AI can help prevent collisions and close calls on airport runways" is a sentence that makes me never want to get on an airplane again.
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greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
She is beautiful.
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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Interior of a Restaurant - 1887 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My cartoon in the Wednesday Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 17/06/2026
People somehow seem to believe a social media ban for young people is the "beginning" of some bigger movement to improving social media. It's the opposite. Once the young people are (theoretically) excluded then the platforms are no longer expected to do anything more.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 15/06/2026
A handy set of visualisations for anyone who cares.
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 16/06/2026
Having sat through quite a few games already, this is by the most entertaining one so far. Good to watch a game where both teams want to get forward. #AllWhites look good going forward, very shaky at the back
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Karen Hurley @karenhurley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This actually hurt my heart.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Billboard at Saint Mathews in the City opposing the Legislation (definitions of woman and man) amendment bill Crossposted with @openvibe.social
A gothic architecture style church with a billboard showing a washing line and the text "we don't care what's in your pants ...and neither should the government"
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 10/06/2026
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Australia tried this. It became Robodebt: 470,000 wrongly accused, multiple suicides, $1.8b cleanup, Royal Commission. NZ government rushing the same architecture through Parliament 'under urgency' this week, avoiding scrutiny. All to save less than one week of the landlord tax break. #nzpol
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$55m less in benefit payments as Govt automates welfare decisions under urgency
The Ministry of Social Development will receive broad powers to let computers make decisions as part of a bill being rushed through Parliament.
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
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🫜🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
To all my cis woman friends here from Aotearoa NZ, it would mean the absolute world to me if you could sign this petition. Please stand with your trans sisters against this horrific, transphobic bill! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...
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E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill
The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...
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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
‘When the government replaces a New Zealand public servant with AI, what really happens is this: money that used to be paid to someone living in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Palmerston North gets paid instead to a tech giant in California or Seattle’ newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/21/b...
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Before we let AI run the public service, we need to know the full impact
New Zealand is badly under-prepared for mass deployment of AI in the public sector - and the latest Budget measures are being made without safeguards, writes Professor Alexandra Andhov
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Holy moly. Luxon on tv tonight denying his office ever saw the draft climate law given to his office by Fonterra & Z Energy; the companies confirm they handed them over. Language of our draft legislation almost identical. Banger of a story www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Have they done a thorough proof of concept for AI in public service? No. But are they using it successfully themselves? Also no. But do they have clear plans for how AI will be deployed? No. This article would be hilarious if it wasn't devastating. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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The Government wants to replace thousands of public servants with AI – here’s what ministers think the robots do
Stuff asked ministers how they use AI, and what they think it can do to cut costs and jobs at their departments.
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I really am reeling at what Luxon has just said about social strains of migration. How is he not aware of how integral migrants are to our economy? "In the tax year ending March 2024, the foreign-born made up 32% of the population, and paid 38% of the tax." www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...
The central finding of this paper is the simplest. In aggregate, the foreign-born are becoming increasingly important for the country’s tax base. Foreign-born people made up 24% of the population in 2000, also paying 24% of individual tax on market income. Since then, the foreign-born’s share of the population has grown, and their share of tax paid has grown even faster. In the tax year ending March 2024, the foreign-born made up 32% of the population, and paid 38% of the tax.

That foreign-born migrants’ share of tax is higher than their population share partly reflects their age structure. Compared to the NZ-born, foreign-born people are less likely to be young and old, and more likely to be middle-aged, the stage of life when tax payments tend to be highest (Wright and Nguyen, 2024)
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
David Attenborough in a blue anorak crouching in course island grass near a huge fledgling Royal Albatross. Behind them both, blue sea and softest sky.
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James Cook @jamesecook.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN ALL THE MONEY TO THE TOP 1% AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS FUCK ALL not fucking rocket science guys
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mama.melancholia @mama-melancholia.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Please stop buying Zuru toys for your children (or yourself). Aside from the awful environmental impact they have, you’re also indirectly supporting the ACT Party. #zuru #mowbray #nzpol #act #aonz Via Tee To.
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Karen Hurley @karenhurley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Cool puzzle Letterinth for May 3, 2026 🕒 09:13 🔮 3 hints letterinth.com
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Letterinth
Daily Word Mazes By G. T. Karber
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
this would fix the website
a dialog box reads:

Post reply?
You could probably just stay out of it.

The two buttons are:
- Mind my own business (default)
- Reply anyway
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Ben Francis of liquidator company Blacklock Rose attempted to steal Ms Kim Dwyer's house and sell it. NZ High Court helped him. His excuse? Pursuit of funds for creditors of collapsed company DD4 Infrastructure owned by Mr Kim Dwyer (not her). No apology or refund www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mistaken-...
nzherald.co.nz
'Full panic': Woman mistaken for male boss almost loses home
An auction sign was nailed to her fence. She now plans to change her legal name.
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