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Sarah

@sarahnz.bsky.social
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Post grad student, (former but no doubt I'll be back) teacher, parent

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beekaynz @beekaynz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jesus talk about getting stuck in the weeds, I don’t give a single fuck about a digital border with Australia I haven’t been on a plane in 2 fucking years because I have 2 kids at uni 🤦🏻‍♀️
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🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If anyone in Auckland/waikato/bay of plenty is going away over summer and would like me and the doggos to look after your place …let me know. Would prefer a longer stay (eg 6 weeks or so) but shorter might work too
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Aotearoa Greens Global @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So. Got friends or whānau overseas? Remind them to enrol. Overseas NZers are impacted by our government's decisions and they deserve to have a say. With 200 people leaving Aotearoa every day we need help to reach them. So please... share our CALL TO ACTION💚✅️ www.greens.org.nz/a_call_to_ac...
greens.org.nz
A call to action for friends of overseas New Zealanders
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Only 61% of eligible AoNZ 18 to 24 year-olds are registered as at Sept. The percentages are only in the 80s for 25 to 39 year olds. So please take action ASAP. Once registered, overseas voters can start voting from 21 October. vote.nz/2026-general...
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Overseas Kiwis: enrol to vote if you're eligible. Deadline to enrol is mid to late Oct. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
A tight election looms in New Zealand. This time, overseas voters could be bad news for the big parties
More than 100,000 have enrolled to vote from abroad in the November poll, and many are unhappy with how things look back home
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Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My sincerest hope is for a government change. Please vote! It is heartbreaking how hard it is for so many. #NZpol
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 29/09/2026
TWO MORE DAYS TO MAKE DOUBLE THE IMPACT If you're not able to donate, you could always volunteer an hour or two. Whatever you do, just make sure that you Party vote @greens.org.nz 💚 #nzpol
greens.org.nz
Septembee Match Appeal
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The polling has the Greens at 16 - highest result we've had since the Party was formed (putting aside two minor outliers from Roy Morgan in 2014 and Bauer Media in 2017) 💚🎉💚 But sadly we are still being out spent by the massive donations that have gone into the other parties. Help us get to Nov 7!
Screenshot of Herald article saying Green Party surges to record high as Labour, National slump to 28%
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you'd like to support your favourite disabled candidate, from the only party who has a disability policy, and who is enduring these out the gate debates - you can find the donate link here 😘 www.greens.org.nz/louisehutt_2...
greens.org.nz
Louise Hutt | Hamilton West
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes! 🎯💯😷
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At 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
The Green Party will build an Aotearoa where disabled people are valued and they and their whānau live with dignity and autonomy. An Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau have access to the services they need — like transport and good quality housing — means everyone can thrive in caring communities. 

Our current laws, policies and social norms mean disabled people are often denied the same rights as others and are excluded from places and activities non-disabled people take for granted. These barriers are often worse for tāngata whaikaha Māori and for disabled people from marginalised communities. 

The current Government has made it harder for disabled people to access the support they deserve and which enables them to participate equally in life and their communities. 

The Green Party is ambitious in its plan to create a more accessible Aotearoa by building on the Enabling Good Lives framework and grounding our approach in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Our approach will operate on a high-trust model and apply to all disabled people, including those with disabling conditions who do not currently access support. The Green Party is committed to an Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau thrive in caring communities.
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m only seeing people with ME or Long Covid sharing this. If you’re not affected, can you please read it & share? Ableist propaganda goes viral all the time, which encourages outlets to publish more of it. Can we please make the truth go viral instead?
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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Any help at all would be so appreciated right now. Even if it’s just a share. I’ll be doing a giveaway to my subscribers in the next couple of weeks too, when I have the spoons. 🫶🏼🙏💗 #Kikorangi #nzpol #AoNZ #Aotearoa #MutualAid
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The most insane thing about this #MECFS scandal, beyond all the suffering and neglect, is that it costs hundreds of times more in economic losses every year than it would to fund the research that could eventually decrease this burden. The degree of short-sightedness involved is astounding.
theguardian.com
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Autumnal embroidery: hawthorn berries, heather & new cow parsley leaf 🌿✂️🧵🪡
A design I’ve embroidered on my jumper inspired by sprigs of hawthorn berries and heather along with a fresh cow parsley leaf
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Sarah @sarahnz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An important read to understand the experience of those with ME/CFS in the health system
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, that’s just Stephen Speilberg in a respirator at the Lucas Museum opening during a Covid surge, like a BOSS.
Photo of a reporter talking to Stephen Speilberg, who is in a dark suit and black respirator mask on
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I hope the GWRC spend some money on clean air intake for the bus fleet. The recirculating air is quite disgusting and for long 1+ hour trips is unbearable. No wonder we are all getting sick 🤢 wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
wellington.govt.nz
Faster journeys and improved reliability enroute for Wellington public transport
Wellington City Council’s Te Hoe Matua | City Strategy and Delivery Committee has voted to introduce a new central city public transport route along Harbour Quays.
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Uncanny!
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Spoiler alert and whatnot. You don't have to completely understand how someone lives their life in order to LET someone live their life.
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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Are YOU being stalked from the shadows? And if not, why not?
Barney, a half grown white and tabby kitten, looking at me from the shadows of the scratching post he's standing behind. He's poking his head around the scratching post and staring intently.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The worst part of the Assisted Dying debate is people assuming it’s black and white. They think if you oppose the policy, you oppose giving people the choice. I support the right to die. What I don’t support is offering it to disabled people instead of medical treatment.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Flu B may fuel second wave. The good news is masks and clean air prevent all of these. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/flu-seaso...
nzherald.co.nz
Another spike in flu cases may yet come, leading GPs warn
Influenza B could fuel a second wave despite the severe winter outbreak easing.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Public health behaviours are easier to maintain when everyone else is practising them. As fewer people are wearing masks or staying home when unwell, the norm shifts; it becomes harder for individuals to continue these precautions even when they want to." newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/18/t...
newsroom.co.nz
The mask has slipped on flu prevention
Comment from Auckland University: NZ’s severe late flu surge strained hospitals and exposed falling vaccination rates as public health habits from the pandemic faded
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Who is harming NZ education sector through ideologically driven changes? Give NZ Education Minister Stanford a mirror! School curriculum rewrite 'ideological', Crown breached multiple treaty principles - Waitangi Tribunal #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
rnz.co.nz
School curriculum rewrite 'ideological', Crown breached multiple treaty principles - Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal says the government's rewrite of the school curriculum was ideological, aided by people hostile to Māori knowledge, and breached multiple Treaty principles.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I heard one student say to another that they were sitting next to someone that was coughing, and they were desperate to get up and move away, but couldn’t because it would be noticed and disrupt the lecture. These are the social norms public health has failed to address.
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 14/09/2026
Can Cats See Color? Vet Approved Feline Vision Guide www.catster.com/lifestyle/ca...
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Can Cats See Color? Vet Approved Feline Vision Guide - Catster
Cats are known for their vibrant eye colors and ability for them to glow in the dark, but can they see color? Find out the answer in our guide.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Small finds from the wood, September 🍒🪶🌿:
A collection of small nature finds from my local woodland, including green acorn, rosehips, Viburnum opulus berries, pigeon feather, spindle berries & leaves , alder cones & grove snail shells
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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are there downsides to AI? Yes. But there are even more positives: CONS -Makes everything more expensive -Will kill us all PROS -AI is easy to spell -Summarises texts for some reason -We were all going to die sometime anyway See? 3 pros and only 2 cons. Hopefully this assuages everyone's concerns
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Would it kill people to say get vaccinated, stay home if you’re sick, or wear a mask if you have to be out. LIKE I KNOW - you don’t have to be symptomatic to be sick but if all the symptomatic people masked we’d have less illness. ALSO NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO/ABLE TO STAY HOME.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A study of 154 professional singers found COVID-19 had lasting effects on vocal health. After recovering from COVID, 53% reported persistent vocal changes and 44% new throat clearing. Researchers found COVID more than doubled the risk of voice impairment, highlighting the need for post-COVID care.
Screenshot of a ScienceDirect page showing a study published in the Journal of Voice, available online 26 August 2026. The study is titled “Persistent Vocal Alterations and Throat Clearing in Professional Singers Following COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study from China,” by Yuan Li and Jun Wang. The research examined persistent changes to vocal health and throat clearing among professional singers following COVID-19 infection.
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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Also if anyone is watching all the love flowing around the motu via sewing machine donations and wants to get more involved, please do say so! We can always use more 'agents' as my mum loves to call our network of cousins/spies around the country 😂 Bonus if you like sewing (but I don't).
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026
All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
September hedgerow flora-a small scientifically proven bit of botanical relaxation for your brain. Zoom in to the patterns and details and an extremely cool experiment has shown that these good sprigs will help you recover from stress 60% more quickly 🌿
Flowers blooming in a Norfolk garden in September 2021
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Because ignoring it, and pretending you aren’t adding another bullet to your Covid roulette gun every time you get an infection, is part of the denialism 80% of this country is living in.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is shameful discriminatory and misogynistic reporting. People aren’t choosing disability to be “cool”. Young women don’t have to “prove” to you that they’re sick. Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’ve left a disabling virus rip through the population for over 6 years.
Photo from the telegraph. Red background with a roll of wheelchair stickers on white paper. Text reads “how having a disability became cool”
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 07/09/2026
This looks so useful. Maybe give this post a boost so that those who might benefit can learn about it? 🇳🇿
peopleforus.org.nz
People for Us - peer visiting service for disabled people
People for Us is a peer visiting service that visits disabled adults to see if they are safe, living a good life and receiving good services.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why Is No One Talking About Long COVID Anymore? Attention has waned but patients are still suffering, by Jeffrey D. Klausner, Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... via @medpagetoday.com @longcovidadvoc.com
medpagetoday.com
Opinion | Why Is No One Talking About Long COVID?
Attention has waned but patients are still suffering
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Never underestimate the impact of a small act of kindness. Wear a mask. Donate to a food bank. Give to a community library. Deliver supplies to a disabled or elderly neighbour. Plant a garden. There are things you can do to help, and every act of kindness is resistance.
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is how easy it is for a healthcare worker to protect patients. It's not rocket science
I'm wearing a white N95 mask. I'm standing against a bright pink background. I've got shortish curly brown hair, and am wearing a black top with a blue vest over the top.
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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
94 machines donated so far this year!!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
AI is not inevitable. resistance works!
motherjones.com
Mamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schools
Kids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday.
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I recently had my first doctor refuse to wear a mask for me. They confidently told me “new science shows you only have to wear one when you’re sick”. I reminded them that asymptomatic transmission is real and that I’m immunocompromised & have been hospitalized for a cold… 🧵
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The fact that someone with disability, visible or invisible, manages to pull through, more or less, when confronted with a situation in which the accommodations are missing doesn't mean said situation "increased their self-confidence". It often means they learned the world doesn't care about them.
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You're not "helping disabled people become more confident" by pushing them to do activities without accommodations. You are just ensuring their exhaustion and eventual humiliation. Disabilities are not a matter of will, one doesn't overcome a disability via willpower. One does it via accommodations.
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