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kobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 8h

Latin sentence of the day: non enim solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos quos complexa est. "not only is Fortune itself blind, but it also generally blinds those whom it embraces." Cicero (De Amicitia 54) on how rich people can't tell who their real friends are

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 10h

When my son was born in 2020 - this same decade we currently live in - my wife got a tubal ligation, and her OBGYN made *me* sign a release about it. In 2020.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Clean air in schools reduces infections for the WHOLE POPULATION. Why WOULDN’T we clean the air? The healthcare/missed work costs far exceed the infrastructure costs, don’t let them get away with “it costs too much”. Demand clean air in schools and workplaces!

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

The Swedish Academy announced Anne Carson as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday. n.pr/4hKmqDL

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Poet and essayist Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in literature

Carson's writing, including The Beauty of the Husband, Autobiography of Red, and Eros the Bittersweet, is eclectic in genre and theme.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 11h

Okay, air fryer roasties recipe: Cut up a potato into small pieces and put in a bowl or something. Add oil, thyme, powdered garlic, and salt. Measure with your heart. Shake to coat. Throw em in the air fryer at 190°c for 12-15 mins. Shake the drawer occasionally, to stop them sticking. Eat.

Roast potatoes with buttered bread and tomato soup

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15h

Jim is the first cat I’ve ever met who loves muesli. In fact, I would go so far as to say that Jim loves muesli so much that it visibly hurts him. This is Jim’s “give me your muesli” face. tomcox.substack.com/p/jim-an-ins...

A random orange horse I allowed in my house, after it wandered over from a nearby riding school, and which is now requesting that I donate my breakfast to it. Not really; it’s our cat Jim.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If I ran a website that gave teens advice on how to commit suicide I would go to jail

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hello, since Redbubble did me dirty (suspension without explanation while owing me money) let's experiment a little bit! If I've known you long enough not to abuse my work and you want a print/sticker/whatever from me, pay me what you want, I'll give you high resolution files. Try me! #Art #SciArt

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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 18h

I just went looking for The article on the opp deputy Nat voter & had to scroll past 16 Nat articles 7 NZ 1st 5 Lab 1 Act 1 Opp Eventually after 31 1 Green article If that’s not putting your thumb on the scale - I don’t know what is

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 16h

Yarp, I became a Marxist during my history BA. There are right wing 'historians', but their work is generally sloppy bullshit which academic historians don't take seriously, yet publishers love. Historians for rent, in other words

Why are all history teachers left-wing, what's the real explanation?
Once you learn a sufficient amount of histort you must choose to become either a marxist or a liar.

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... I've seen this stuff many times over a long time now, and it should be illegal to force employees to become contractors who have to buy their own gear. Economic dependence that Australia's moved away from.

rnz.co.nz

Auckland bin collectors dumped, offered chance to buy their own rubbish trucks

Almost two dozen rubbish truck drivers in east and south Auckland have been dumped, with some offered the option to buy their own trucks and become contractors instead.

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 13h

Important reminder of why these are called beautiful firetails 🥰

Gorgeous little black barred grey finch with a spread tail with a fire red rump

Close up of the red rump of the beautiful firetail

Close up of the face of a beautiful firetail with its red beak and blue eye skin and gorgeous black barring

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Producer: We can’t afford a train Wes Anderson: No problem THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014) The glamour of filmmaking.

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Too Long Covid 💚 @toolongcovid.bsky.social · 14h

This is what other countries experienced #nzpol

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Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 22h

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 16h

ICYMI Kmart stopped selling Anko Smart Glasses (after selling out, obvs). We shouldn't have to rely on retailers having good sense. Regulate risky tech. www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/36...

stuff.co.nz

Kmart pulls $99 ‘pervert glasses’ from website

Kmart appears to have pulled its inexpensive “camera glasses” from its website, less than three months after launching the product.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 19h

5 years ago, I wrote this op-ed. The Labour party had the power necessary to end austerity on their own. No need to convince any other party to support them. They continued with austerity and the damage it causes to the public research system. They've told us they will keep doing it. #NZPOL

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End the age of austerity in science funding

OPINION: Covid-19 has resulted in redundancies among scientists, at a time when we need them most.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16h

'According to analysis by social mobility charity the Sutton Trust, those who were eligible for free school meals (FSM) earn 55 per cent more than non-graduates from a similar background. In contrast, graduates who aren’t from an FSM background earn only 43 per cent more.'

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Disadvantaged ‘gain more from degrees’ than better-off peers

Social mobility charity urges universities to double down on access efforts after releasing new analysis showing benefits of higher education

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 16h

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Oct 9–11 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 7.15am Flags @Hill St Ōtautahi: 4pm Flags @Bridge of Remembrance

Christchurch poster:

Friday Flag Waving

PALESTINE NEEDS YOU

4 - 5:30PM

FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 19h

Perfect response from Chlöe Swarbrick and the @greens.org.nz.

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 20h

It's 2026 in what was once the best country in the world at fighting Covid-19, and a mainstream party leader is going around saying people belong in jail for encouraging others to get vaccinated

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Process

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 21h

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20h

I don't know how but we have to teach people to be better at detecting bullshit. Instead we have this ersatz skepticism where people are suspicious about the wrong things and find their way to conclusions that are worse than if they just blindly accepted conventional wisdom

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 20h

Labour and the Greens have labelled National's promise to drug test unemployed beneficiaries cruel and deplorable, while Winston Peters has warned it borders on fascist. #nzpol

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Labour, Greens slam National's promise to drug test unemployed beneficiaries

Labour and the Greens have labelled National's promise to drug test unemployed beneficiaries cruel and deplorable, while Winston Peters has warned it borders on fascist.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 23h

This tree is very tall, very old and has clearly Seen Some Things. Also possibly Done Some Things #SpookyNature 🌿

A black and white photo of a big bare tree on a foggy day. It has irregularly shaped and angled branches and is much larger than the trees around it. It looks like it could be some kind of forest spirit.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 20h

I wrote this because I think we have to be clear about what Peters means when he says he wants to relitigate the ban, and who the intended target of that harm is, and how this is the third time this term NZF have directly acted in line with UK anti-trans movements.

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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Replay: New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. #nzpol

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Marilyn Waring on how New Zealand went backwards on pay equity

New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. ...

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22h

Nearly 15% of working population on jobseekers, 80,000 above National's target as Coalition's job cuts, record biz failures & cost of living results in 220,000 Kiwis on jobseekers while ~160,000 so far leave permanently. Their answer: cut benefits, cut youth off benefits & drive more into poverty

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Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 22h

if Labour doesn't make this an election ad they're just not trying #nzpol

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 21h

objectively not true, and completely unhelpful to making things less oppressive. there is a clear, obvious and MEASURABLE difference between this govt coalition and a labour/greens one.

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Rijksmuseum @rijksmuseum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What is more precious to you than gold? 💙 For centuries, the deepest blues were made from ground lapis lazuli. This extraordinary pigment was once so rare and valuable that it was worth even more than gold. ✨ 👁️ www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection

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no, not that one @thatdosbox.bsky.social · 23h

From the MIT obituary: "She also proposed a software fix to prevent the error happening during a real mission, but she was overruled on the grounds that the highly trained astronauts were never going to make that same mistake. Yet during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, that’s exactly what happened"

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Revolutionary Jason @jason.revolutionarygames.co · 21h

Today's earlier entry had less optimism than originally reported, so here's an extra dose of locally-sourced, community-oriented antifa optimism: folks in Vermont planted a garden to beautify the neighborhood and block traffic to a key ICE facility. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/06/m...

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Protesters barricade road to Vermont ICE facility with ‘community gardens’ - The Boston Globe

About 40 protesters built flower boxes in the middle of a road to block access to ICE facilities in Williston on Tuesday.

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 22h

"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of the cancer cell” Edward Abbey quote poster spotted in Carlton, Victoria

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you really want to get "more people off welfare and into work", consider not tanking the economy. That typically works better than performative cruelty.

The party also promised:
to provide "intensive, work-focused support" for 30,000 jobseekers who have been on Jobseeker for more than a year, with more funding for employment programmes that support young people into work.
lowering the rate of payment for those who had been on the benefit for two of the previous three years, from 1 April 2028. There would be a smaller reduction for households with dependent children.
those who repeatedly leave employment without good and sufficient reason would face a 26-week non-entitlement period, up from 13 weeks.
from 1 April 2028, the minimum residence period to qualify for main benefits will increase from two years to five years.
Upston said the party was focused on "getting more people off welfare and into work".

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 07/10/2026

Last month @paulapenfold.bsky.social wrote this excellent piece interrogating a NZF candidate's disinformation about abortion. Today the leader of that party quite clearly shared the dogwhistle version of that rhetoric unchallenged. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

From Penfold's article:

Mundt said the abortion legislation had been "shrouded in controversy".
"It was passed just as the country was going into covid lockdowns," she wrote,
"so the focus of the nation was divertedẠại
She said NZ First had "put forward a conscience vote" and its MPs voted against the bill at its third reading.
"Their (sic) is NO upper limit to the age of a baby being aborted. If two practitioners agree, a baby can be killed right up to the day of birth," Mundt continued.

From Peters' interview today:

Asked about abortion, Peters said "the facts" were worth revisiting.
"At its worst, and it's a matter of timing, but it shades into a thing called murder. You got me here?
"It shades into a thing called murder or assassination, get any name you like. But that's the purpose. We've got to know the facts."

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also remember that their former president was being trailed (and eventually convicted) for child sexual abuse during the last election and David Seymour shielded him and spent huge amounts of money to make sure his name surpression didn’t lapse until after the election.

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nothing says ’We’re the most competent at encouraging private sector economic growth’ than coming up with a 47 point plan after 3 years in government.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The soldier who founded a white nationalist group and tried to spy for another country can now be named as Private Jack Captein. Last year, I recounted his story. Newsroom has also published a video of the aftermath of the police/NZDF raid on Captein's quarters. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/25/t...

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Tinker Traitor Soldier Spy

Special report: NZ's first convicted would-be spy thought he was playing a fascist James Bond, only to learn he was actually Johnny English.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Imagine debating pay equity in 2026

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Cyn @cyncharron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One of the teens had some classmates here for a L3 Photography shoot and I promised them pizza for lunch. Parked my bike literally outside the door of the pizza place and five pizza boxes EASILY fit in my e-bike’s front cargo bag. I felt like some kind of superhero. 🚲🦸‍♀️ Small win but I’ll take it!

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