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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Just also sharing these thoughts here too on a kinder platform more suited to the man himself

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Sheldon @brokenstarfish.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

I would like to give a shout out to Chris Hipkins for standing up and saying what I’ve been saying for years and years… disabled people cost what we cost. They must find the money to support us.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

I’m not sure my heart can cope with the repellant uptake of the tragic & untimely death of a loved husband and father by the disinformation producers. I’m going to study it. Please 🙏 do not promote it, even in outrage. And to those chancers & grifters: Good God, do you have no sense of decency?

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Kapiti Coaster @kapiti-coaster.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

“We should be questioning the logic behind making the poorest pay to bring down inflation. It’s no comfort to the thousands of people losing their jobs now that inflation is coming down, when their income is falling further.” www.stuff.co.nz/money/350183...

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Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

. Poetry Update There will be sadness. There will be metaphors and lovely music. There will be the beating of hearts, the happiness of trees beside water, death with its aches and gratitude. There will be more of this throughout the day as fresh information comes to hand. .

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A Quiet Root @aquietroot.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

From The London Magazine

Imogen Wade's poem "Message":

Sometimes we are insects,
communicating with each other
from opposite ends
of a vast yellow field—
rubbing our wings, tapping our feet,
vibrating in the air.
I picture us as tiny creatures
rummaging in the tall grass. I know
that there’s someone out there
of my kind,
though it has been many years
and our acquaintance will never be
renewed. Yet you are still
in my life—faith without sight,
love without words.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 08/12/2023

So the Clean Car Discount increased uptake of 0 emission vehicles and also reduced the number of high emission vehicles being bought? In other words, it FUCKING WORKED BETTER THAN EXPECTED

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Jackie Lee Morrison @jaxies.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Fancy a wee Chinese ghost story for your weekend reading? I’ve got just the thing 😉 ‘Shui Gui’ is a short story about identity and ghosts. Read it now in issue 109 of takahē mag! www.takahe.org.nz/shui-gui #pukapuka

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If Val could’ve been anyone, she would’ve been Anya. On the first day Val met her, seated next to each other by luck of the alphabet—Langford, then Liu—Anya had shaken her hand. It was a firm ...

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

I have deployed the parachute that was in your jump pack and which you were probably saving for jesus forgive me we have but one life then darkness baby

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Most theologically cooked meme.

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ballast journal @ballastjournal.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Contributor feature! @deborahjshore.bsky.social Deborah J. Shore has won competitions at the Anglican Theological Review & the Alsop Review. Her most recent publications include THINK, Thimble, Ekstasis, Reformed Journal, & Relief Journal, among others. www.ballastjournal.com/deborah-j-sh...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

A halloween cartoon for New Scientist 🧪

Title: Stay safe this halloween with our helpful diagram.

Image: Three circles are labelled "Haematologist", "Conservationist" and "Dentist". They each overlap with a fourth circle labelled "Vampire".

The overlapping area between Haematologist and Vampire is labelled "Interested in your blood"
The overlapping area between Conservationist and Vampire is labelled "Fond of wolves and bats"
The overlapping area between dentist and Vampire is labelled "Can be repelled by garlic."

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Tash 🍉 @tashmahal.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

"I will not lend my soul nor my bones to your war drum... I will not side with you nor dance to bombs because everyone else is dancing. Everyone can be wrong. Life is a right not collateral or casual...I will not be played. I will not lend my name nor my rhythm to your beat." - Suheir Hammad ❤️🖤🤍💚

What I Will
SUHEIR HAMMAD

I will not
dance to your war
drum. I will
not lend my soul nor
my bones to your war
drum. I will
not dance to your
beating. I know that beat.
It is lifeless. I know
intimately that skin
you are hitting. It
was alive once
hunted stolen
stretched. I will
not dance to your drummed
up war. I will not pop
spin break for you. I
will not hate for you or
even hate you. I will
not kill for you. Especially
I will not die
for you. I will not mourn
the dead with murder nor
suicide. I will not side
with you nor dance to bombs
because everyone else is
dancing. Everyone can be
wrong. Life is a right not
collateral or casual. I
will not forget where
I come from. I
will craft my own drum. Gather my beloved
near and our chanting
will be dancing. Our
humming will be drumming. I
will not be played. I
will not lend my name
nor my rhythm to your
beat. I will dance
and resist and dance and
persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than
death. Your war drum ain’t
louder than this

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D'Arcy Waldegrave @darcyw.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Whatever happens on Sunday morning, remember this. Sport is far too important to take seriously. #ABvSA

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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

I just donated to the fund to provide meals to the Muslim whānau attending the coronial inquest that started this week (and discovered after the fact that it's a registered charity so can be claimed on your tax). opencollective.com/mahiatearoha

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Grant Shimmin @shimmo.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

I wish it was: instagram.com/stories/shim...

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Another knock-out title, this time from the indomitable Melanie McKerchar! Read free online along with the rest of our 108th issue 🖤💛 www.takahe.org.nz/when-capital...

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Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

You can be kind and compassionate AND successful. Remember, in lifting others, we rise ourselves.

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alex guenther @guentheralex.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

staining grime and moss illustrate the hairline cracks that were always there. #poetry #haiku

a concrete building with some weathering

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underscore_magazine @underscoremag.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

📣 i am SO PROUD to ANNOUNCE OUR ISSUE 2 CONTRIBUTORS this issue is going to ROCK because of y’all

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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Stuff pulling out of Twitter

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Grant Shimmin @shimmo.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

So hard to hear someone close to me tonight talking about voting No in the Voice referendum in Australia, and giving reasons so similar to some attitudes to indigenous people here. Not entirely unexpected, but so disappointing

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Grant Shimmin @shimmo.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 07/10/2023

Transphobes who get mad about pronouns are weak. I speak Vietnamese. The pronoun I use for myself and the person I’m talking to or about depends on how old I am, how old they are, whether they’re a relative, whether they’re related to my mom or my dad, gender, and more. There are over 20 of them.

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

This is horrific. Such violent, predatory homophobia. How were these teens radicalised this way? And is creating more of these monsters what the anti-sex education crowd want to achieve? ‘I thought I was going to die’ www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/...

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Lesley Auchterlonie @lesleyauchterlonie.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Seems pertinent after some recent policy announcements. #nzpol

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

#poetry - and the mention of a poem in this piece does not refer to any of yours

choices

reading that poem I think
no we don't need more
sadness each one has a full
measure in our own days
we can't just jump
to the flowers and sidestep
the bloody death the cruelty
but I wonder what we are
required to come to terms with
at this late late stage and yes I
also was cruel
--Kyla Houbolt, 10/5/2023

Thistles after the thistledown has flown. Spiky thorned stems green and browning, flower heads showing gold dry spiky remains where once there was a purple flower then poofta white winged downy seedforms. Now this.

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Shamubeel Eaqub @seaqub.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

In prep for an interview, Australia has a more progressive income tax regime than NZ. It has a 0% tax rate threshold for the first $18.2k and the top tax rate of 45% kicks in at $180k.

Chart shows NZ tax brackets now, proposed by National, and against Australia. Embarrassingly, Australia has a far more progressive income tax regime than NZ. Low income earners pay a lot less and higher income earners pay more.

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David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

NASA just released this image of The Harvest Moon on Sept. 29, taken from Space.

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The Gravy - Toitū te Tiriti @thegravyaotearoa.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Take care of our children Take care of what they hear Take care of what they see Take care of what they feel For how the children grow So will be the shape of Aotearoa. ~Dame Whina Cooper

1975 black and white photograph of Dame Whina Cooper. From Digital NZ Auckland Museum Collectionhttps://digitalnz.org/records/36591246/whina-cooper

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Thetaniwha @thetaniwha.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Today's little gem

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Char Of AotearoaNZ (since 1976) @kiwichar.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

What do expert economists know anyway, stupid economists 🤦‍♀️

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Picard diversity tip: The fact that a crewmember looks alien to you does not make them any less of a Starfleet officer.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

National makes the call to NZ First. My #cartoon Stuff.

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 22/06/2023

Living well is the best revenge. The second best revenge is carefully removing plants from someone's garden & replacing their lawn gnomes with slightly larger lawn gnomes so they appear to be growing in size from eating the plants.

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Steph Dyhrberg @stephdyhrberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

If higher unemployment is ‘necessary’ to reduce inflation, how can you justify punishing people who can’t get jobs?

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 22/09/2023

Who can afford to take 3 wks to drive a low fuel economy large vehicle from Invercargill to Auckland and back? Hard done poor new zealand farmers apparently

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