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if you ever happen to see someone post a joke you don't understand or discuss a subject you aren't familiar with, you are well within your right to complain, and perhaps even scold them if necessary. you are their customer and you have rights

So, not everyone in the media is falling for Winston's 'charm'.

Any journos interested in a story about an MP’s office blocking the Electoral Commission from participating in a local enrolment event that *just happened* to target rangatahi & whānau Māori? #nzpol DM me

New Zealand’s High Court has ruled that the ban on new puberty blocker prescriptions for trans young people was unlawful and discriminatory. The decision could give fresh momentum to calls to reverse restrictions in the UK! 🤞

I gave $1000 because trans journalists need support. We cis people need trans journalists to help us better understand the world! Please join me in supporting the TJA.

If I met a girl so fair in the darkest depths of Mordor and lost her to Gollum of all people I would keep it to myself

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

Ombudsman’s office releases new guidance on official information and the use of AI - https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/ombudsmans-office-releases-new-guidance-official-information-and-use-ai - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news

Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...

it’s bad, actually, that much of the industry is gatekept by people whose standard for hiring a woman is “are you a Cool Girl who is into weird men doing sex stuff at her all the time?”

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You know, the pandemic would have sucked enough without it radicalizing some of the country's worst people and getting them into politics.

Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.

Happy MBIE, DIA, MSD & MEC Strike Day to all PSA members participating this afternoon

When I babysit little kids they often want me to give their toys a kiss goodnight and tuck them in to bed, too. This is that, but for adults. Except no kid ever tried to convince me Teddy was smart, or could do my job. Still have to indulge the fantasy to keep the peace.

The Greens supermarket policy, and Labour’s dismal performance this week reminded me of this banger.

Missed connection: You saw me eating a burrito bowl in my car while crying and listening to yacht rock. You did finger guns at me. Please reply

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

you wouldn't know it from the sophie cunningham discourse but there actually are some cis people who understand sports. i mean i don't, but i know some who do

"I'm sure a lot of different considerations are going through Christopher Luxon's mind," says Helen Clark, kindly.

Facts.

Single parents skipping meals to cover rent. Students holding three jobs. Older Australians facing homelessness for the first time. We talk about "cost of living" like it's the weather, when it's the sum of choices that could be made differently. #CostOfLiving #SocialJustice #AusPol

went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face

This is excellent news for any one in HB who needs their mams grammed.

Preemptive post:

BE GAY READ FLYTRAP

Seems to be free to read… it’s a longish one, but well worth your time 💯

My understanding is there is no definition, in law or anywhere else really. But a proper law person will know more.

It’s weird that Helen of Troy being played by a black actress is a problem, but most of the rest of the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish characters being played by incredibly fair and blond haired people of British, Irish and Scandinavian descent isn’t. And by weird, I mean entirely predictable.

Upping this for visibility. Working with the good doctor would be amazing! Tara is an amazing person and a staunch advocate of human rights.