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Madam Snazzy

@moatatamaira.bsky.social
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Māori. Librarian. Feminist. So basically a triple threat. She/her. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Reckons here: the-opinionist.ghost.io

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 1h
other day i was at david lynchs grave just having a moment of thought and admiration and lookin down at all the flowers, and coffee cups, and two cookies and a coke, and wow it just hits you like a thousand suns that art is immortal. creation is too radiant to contain in a body. we trot across time
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 4h
I take my role as enabler seriously.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 5h
This video was made in 2020, since then the wealth of the top 1% of U.S. households has expanded by over $30 trillion. It was never a cost of living crisis, it was a cost of greed crisis. But again the false narrative of 'they earned it' or 'they create jobs' will never die
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 23h
I saw a seventies disaster movie on the TV called Earthquake and it caused months of anxiety… little did I know that this was great practise for my real earthquake anxiety in adulthood.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Drewcifer Rising 🎃😈 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've said it before and I'll post it again: we should embrace and deify TREMORS as much as we do JAWS.
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'Tremors' Kicked Off the 1990s With the Decade's Own 'Jaws' [We Love '90s Horror]
The ‘90s often get a bad rap with horror fans. After the numerous successful slashers and creature effects films of the ’80s, the ‘90s offered a different
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There comes a moment in every parenting life when you have to sit your child down and give them The Talk. And so it was this evening that I explained to my offspring that the word “anniversary” means a yearly commemoration, so it should be “first anniversary” and not “one year anniversary”.
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nature’s majesty.
Photo of the Heathcote/Ōpawaho river looking towards the Port Hills. A black swan glides gracefully in the foreground. In the middle distance is a bridge and beyond a massive great stack of shipping containers.
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Solar Christchurch @christchurch.solar.v.cx · 02/10/2026
The sun will rise in #Christchurch #NewZealand tomorrow at 6:59, 108 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 19:37, 69 seconds later than the day before.
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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I went to check out the new Johnson's Grocers mural and mused on the history of this venerable institution. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/n... ^MT
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New street art, old store: Johnson’s Grocers
Moata digs into the history of Johnson's Grocers, as a new mural pops up commemorating this Christchurch institution.
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Betty Timtam @bettytimtam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FYI Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie, is 95 years old and still going strong.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today a friend memorably described the Hon Christopher Luxon as ‘the horrifying result of a bout of hate-sex between a windup cymbal-clapping toy chimpanzee and a roll on deodorant’ … and now I can’t get the image out of my mind #nzpol
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OUT OF OFFICE ACTIVATED.
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I Dream of Jeannie: Poof and She Was Gone
Alt: I Dream of Jeannie: Poof and She Was Gone
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James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More carbon dioxide, more water vapour, more floods, more heatwaves... yay. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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Greenhouse gases hit record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows
The greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
actual hot take: y'all, generally speaking, are not interested in supporting BIPOC and queer authors when they are not writing about Hurt and Trauma because it's not educational to you. even if the books have BIPOC and queer casts and are in new settings.
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
marketing bears this out: books marketed using identity sell more than books marketed without identity. i'm real tired of y'all picking books to make you feel good as opposed to having a genuine interest in what someone like me has to say.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
shirley jackson you tell em www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
ar and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise
—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in this whole business of writing, and a work of fiction is surely incomplete if it is never read. The reader is, in fact, the writer's only unrelenting, genuine enemy. He has everything on his side; all he has to do, after all, is shut his eyes, and any work of fiction becomes meaningless. Moreover, a reader has an advantage over a beginning writer in not being a beginning reader; before he takes up a story to read it, he can be presumed to have read everything from Shakespeare to Jack Kerouac. No matter whether he reads a story in manuscript as a great personal favor, or opens a magazine, or—kindest of all—goes into a bookstore and pays good money for a book, he is still an enemy to be defeated with any kind of dirty fighting that comes to the writer's mind.
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026
this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 01/10/2026
That is a very coherent argument.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
omg it's the 2015 ads from Britain!!!! My "this is NZs 2015" theory is bang on. It's the same advert, it's the same fucking advert
A 2015 advert from Britain with noted sex abuser and dead guy Alex Salmond who was the SNP leader at the time with Ed Miliband, Labour leader, in his front breast pocket.
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol
Tile showing a rally march with people carrying signs and flags. Text reads: “From today until the end of the year Pacific women are working for free because of gender and ethnic pay gaps. Working for Free Calendar.' Flower logo reads “Respect Us, Value Us, Pay Us.” Footer text: “*Stats NZ Household Labour Force Survey 2026.”
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who defends the poor if the poor are selfish?
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some days you’re the hand sanitiser dispenser at the hospital. Some days you’re not.
Hand sanitizer dispenser with a yellow note that says “I’m Broken Sorry”.
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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please share this update on sewing machine donations! We're up to 783 and aiming for 800 by the end of the year. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Hundreds of donated sewing machines and counting
The Sewing Machine Drive aims to reach 800 sewing machines by the end of the years.
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Matt Kavanagh @mattkavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My neighbor told me his AI company keep eating all his investors’ capital so I asked how much capital he has and he said he just goes to the market and gets more capital so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding institutional investors to AI then his CFO started crying.
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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not one of us knows shit about fuck. But there’s still enough love in the world to tip the balance. Stay the course, dipshit
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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This comment sums it up for me. What good is an economy that crushes its own citizens while lining the pockets of a privileged few? #nzpol
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Madame Mayhem @imakemovies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Hallelujah Chorus but instead of 'Hallelujah' it's 'Capybara'
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aohsu @aohsusometimesy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title. I’ll start: Jude the Obscurer
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Solar Christchurch @christchurch.solar.v.cx · 27/09/2026
The sun will rise in #Christchurch #NewZealand tomorrow at 7:09, 110 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 19:31, 67 seconds later than the day before.
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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#nzpol Wealth pre-tax (excl house) = $11,250,000. Tax 2.5% on $1.25m = $31,250. Wealth post-tax (excl house) = $11,218,750. Cry me a river. 🙏.
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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Holy shit
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ah yes – the ancient chorus of hoarders of wealth (and those too easily persuaded there is no value in pooling our resources to achieve the greater good)... #nzpol
Smaug, atop an immense hoard of gold, saying "no new taxes".
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Eileen @nzneep.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My mum was just checking the mail right as an old fella was dropping off a National pamphlet He said, "some light reading for you" "I'm fine for reading material, I'm in the middle of Nicky Hager's book." Stone cold. I'm sure she would have looked over her glasses if she wore them
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☽✮..Lady Jaide Dee ..✮☾ @witchnwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey You're doing great. You just need to unclench that jaw, relax your shoulders and straighten that back. Might be time for a tasty beverage and a little treat FOR MORALE. I'm proud of you. You've got this. Luv you!
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026
Every day we get closer to this:
Cartoon by the human artist Twonks, showing George Jetson vacuuming the floor while Rosie the robot paints a picture
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you tired of Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics being dominated by racism and xenophobia? We’re sick of it, and we’re fighting back. SAVE THE DATE: 17 October, and follow our friends @workersfirstunion.bsky.social to stay in the loop. #nzpol
Green graphic featuring headshots of David Seymour and Winston Peters beside the text: “Tired of racism and xenophobia ruining New Zealand politics?” Large text reads: “Save the date: October 17.” Additional text says: “Time to fight back. All Workers United.” NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi logo appears at bottom left, Workers First logo appears at bottom right.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026
an 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/
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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice
David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on West Coast rejected
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Fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on West Coast rejected
A fast-track application to mine Denniston Plateau on the West Coast has been rejected as incomplete.
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This boomer in the patient lounge says this year he’s voting for the Greens and NZ First “just to piss everyone off”. But also “Trumps an idiot. He’s a racist gay-slur” 🤯
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Solar Christchurch @christchurch.solar.v.cx · 23/09/2026
The sun will rise in #Christchurch #NewZealand tomorrow at 6:16, 110 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 18:27, 66 seconds later than the day before.
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Ross @rossthesedays.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Hagermas Eve to all who celebrate!
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Straight outta Compton! Crazy motherfucker named Morris From the gang called Marxists With Arts and Crafts If you're worthwile, I got a textile No gods no masters, or I'm hostile
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Holy shit. Rob Warner, who got the docs under OIA, has posted part of the advice on Facebook (the highlighting is his). It's even worse than the story reads. WTF.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I don't follow Formula One, but good on them for using subtitles for the hard of hearing… 
F1 track with numerous Zoom signs on the advertising billboards
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Back on my shit. (Yarnachy silent disco is on again next Saturday too if you are also madly extroverted and like dancing in public). events.humanitix.com/yarnarchy-si...
Full length photo of Moata in t-shirt and wide legged pants standing in Tūranga. On her head are headphones crocheted with a big yellow crown. She looks ridiculous and is smiling like an idiot. Selfie of Moata in Tūranga. On her head are headphones crocheted with a big yellow crown. She looks ridiculous and is smiling like an idiot.
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Ange 🍞🌹🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇿 @seawall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THE GOOD PLACE meme saying Muldoon figured it out?!
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