newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 11hChris lost to both Chris and not-Chris 010
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 11hPicking 9 is hard! It’s weird that there’s no synth pop, but in the 80s I mostly bought pop as singles or best-ofs. 130
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 16hTow, tow, tow, the bomb, Gently with a truck. Then look inside the car, and announce "Oh... " 1133
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 20hAha! I didn’t know that was an option. Thanks! 010
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 20hTa! I’d seen references to “ethical” investors before, but they included investments in Microsoft etc and I’m looking for something more specific. Looks like I’ve a bit of digging to do, unless someone here has done the mahi already. 110
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 20hStalkers and groomers: yep, definitely ACT. 030
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 20hDoes anyone know which KiwiSaver providers don’t invest in tech companies? Specifically, for both ethical and selfish reasons, I don’t want to invest in “AI”, but that’s pretty much all big tech companies now. 120
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.sociallibertine hermit - ghoul mode @jondauthor.work · 22hthis one's really easy, Camp Miasma but it's about Hannah Einbinder and Miss Piggy 272
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialJess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hey yeah, friendly reminder that men denying or minimizing the work of women and taking credit for it themselves happens so much we have a NAME for it. (It’s the Matilda Effect.) 2nd fun fact: I’ve written many bios of women in STEM at this point and this is *always a factor in their history* 8355122
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I keep mistyping “brother” as “bother”, and in this case my fingers might be onto something. 110
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialMadeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One of the highlights of my Whitcoulls career was when Paul Henry's book got remaindered and we had to rip all the covers off about 100 of them to send back to the publisher. My manager came over and said 'Caitlin, I have a job you're going to love every second of' 05013
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialJennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter 442523811
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A silly song that some of you might need right now. youtu.be/_H7zCWsY8So?...youtu.beThe Dream Eaters :: Cats In HeavenYouTube video by The Dream Eaters 020
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialEmpress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Does anyone have a recommendation for a fortnightly cleaner in Thorndon, Wellington? Probably two hours a time, easy on what day/time it happens 023
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSnowden St. @snowden.st · 03/10/2026sorry to double quote myself, but I’m struck by how Newman’s quote exhibits the essential elements of a good husband: lust, respect, patience, and determination. damn skippy 2175
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSacha Judd @sachajudd.com · 03/10/2026Imagine running a conference for women in Aotearoa and inviting someone who has said he’s proud of his work in the TRUMP WHITEHOUSE as your keynote. F$&k this actually. 3359
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialRebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 02/10/2026SEAL SILLY SEASON I'm sorry I know I've been there but New Zealand is simply not a real place. That's why it's not on most maps. 912812
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialhilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kieran Healy, on that tourism graph. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...kieranhealy.orgTrump Tourism EffectsIn the past day or two on social media I kept seeing this graph from a Semafor story on the declining volume of international visitors to the United States. Semafor Graph. It seems to show, and was be... 13423
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BTW, Thanks to PHFS still publishing what data they are funded to collect, we know that in a smoothed (4 week average) kind of way, there has never been less covid in wastewater ATM than in all the time since it spread nationwide. 3276
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hopefully! I’m pretty much back in Wellington now for the foreseeable future. 010
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sending positive (and somewhat tiddly) thoughts your way. 110
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Embrace the Stillness” is a lesser-known Depeche Mode song. 110
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026At least I have the means to go out and seek some pleasant distractions. 110
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have a day off tomorrow and I just want to disappear into the forest but I have to deal with lawyers and accounts and bullshit. And worse: FAMILY. 120
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026God, sometimes I hate being an adult. 130
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With alt text 121853
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialTuring Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is broadly speaking understandable when you realise that to a certain kind of American liberal, only America actually exists, and the rest of the world is a sort of theoretical argument that is only brought up to distract from the manichaean struggle between Democrats and Republicans. 730238
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Public Service Commissioner really hates public servants. 021
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialLiam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026RT @bogwitch.bsky.social Yeah, that checks out 11324
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.social🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's incredibly depressing how many people vote in their parent's generation's interest and how few of those parents vote in their children's interest. 071
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Being Luxon's advisors is both the least rewarding job in politics, and the most "no one is going to blame you for poor performance" job. 1256
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialEllieween Dawn 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 29/09/2026The pay me in shoiks 214444958
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him 2959221399
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 27/09/2026 131106321
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"No new taxes" is such a bleak rallying cry. It's not just negative, it comes freighted with the implicit understanding that it's a lie, or at least a trick. 2292
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This. And cartoons don’t steal people’s work, destroy the environment or centralise power under a handful of fascist billionaires. 031
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialLia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am now keeping this on speed-dial 81102321
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialTax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026National's alternative plan is the same it's always had: premature and excess mortality plus much higher disease burden because they are racist monsters. 001
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog. 035757
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ok but hear me out TPUNZ The Posters Union NZ 2241
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yes, I’ve seen people shorten “charcuterie board” to just “a charcuterie”. 120
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialLouise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At the Hamilton PSA debate, candidates were asked about disability NZF: Incoherent answer Labour: We don't have a policy announced Opportunities: We have no policy whatsoever Me: this govt's attacks on the disabled community are unacceptable, here's our policy, it was co-written by disabled people 619361
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14875451459
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GenAI evangelists: there is no deskilling. You become as a god, a machine god, you- Every GenAI CEO: no one needs to know how to read and also I don't know how to put my pants on anymore 21259206
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Though perhaps “ineffectual policeman” isn’t quite right, since punishing out groups while protecting the in group is exactly what policemen do. 0132
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776492129
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843441194
