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Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear There is, however, such a thing as society

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This is like that Tom Holland dance video… same rules apply.

06.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

this is explicitly genocidal

07.03.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 3889 πŸ” 877 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 21

I'm just annoyed that I feel like all the knowledge and the technology we have means we could all be having a really nice time and scientists could be doing science and everyone could have enough food and shelter and everything they need but instead *gestures at everything*

06.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œβ€œLet me teach you how little girls are supposed to be,” she recalled Trump saying, according to the FBI report. She said he unzipped his pants and forced her head to his penis.”

I know there is too much going on. But… this needs reading. Even if we already know in our guts that it is true… πŸ’”

07.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

06.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 5774 πŸ” 1504 πŸ’¬ 261 πŸ“Œ 48

There’s just too too much πŸ€’πŸ’”

07.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s more general than that. Skills. The skills. Skills are an overseas thing, not a here thing.

The skills we don’t have and that others do. Those skills. Because they aren’t here. How could they be? By definition, they are over there.

Skkkiiiiiiillllllllsssssss πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ

07.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not now Gulf Stream!

06.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Rimu forest with ferns

Rimu forest with ferns

Timeline cleanse

07.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former MP Jackie Blue quits National to join Opportunity party Jackie Blue says she can't stand by what the government has done to low-paid workers.

The Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 was a hatchet job on 180,000 workers and is representative of a political system that lacks the courage and foresight New Zealand urgently needs."
She added: "I will never forget or forgive what this government has done to low-paid workers - mostly women." #nzpol

06.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

A $2.9 billion tax cut to landlords.

06.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am thinking that the decrepit sack of dog mince Winston Peters went on radio yesterday and said the 2023 election results stopped NZ becoming a "Venezuela or Myanmar" and we're RATIONING DIALYSIS to hit an arbitrary spend target.

06.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Dawn Chorus: Luxon clings on as inflation shock looms Luxon won't resign after poll shock; Oil over US$90/bbl overnight; Petrol over NZ$3/l in some areas; Freight cost warning after diesel rises 44c/l; Pak n'Save buying US butter; Dialysis rationing

β€œChristchurch Hospital has started rationing dialysis to two sessions per week from three because of a Government-imposed sinking lid on spending to ensure Crown spending to GDP gets down below 30%, 1News reported last night” #nzpol

06.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 18

I was quite proud of freckles for scale!

07.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is not my arm.

That is my knee.

07.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Seems most likely ☺️

06.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

06.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@cpaintingnz.bsky.social?

06.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A spider that looks quite a lot like a katipō but the stripe on its back is yellow

A spider that looks quite a lot like a katipō but the stripe on its back is yellow

Ok, Google-fu has failed so I’m going to have to see if someone here knows…
What type of spider is this?

06.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lawyer calls for Louise Upston to resign after being 'duped' by Gloriavale leaders Dennis Gates, who has represented Gloriavale leavers, said Upston had been misled by Gloriavale leaders on a visit to the West Coast Christian community.

It's going great

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

06.03.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Ayatollah just dropped.

05.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1612 πŸ” 479 πŸ’¬ 650 πŸ“Œ 185

Def one == done

06.03.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do it!!! I booked this for the end of Feb thinking it would be the end of summer but it has honestly been my personal mid-summer, this year β€” and I’ve def one the same trip
In June, previously. It’s far more accessible than we tend to think…

06.03.2026 06:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep! And even at pretty much midday β€” in deep rimu forest and fern cover at least.
They mostly seem to demand that we not be dicks. And I have time for that, honestly… πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

06.03.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Those against the NAZIs and other fascists. Very literally

06.03.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s a wee extra just for you! The way they can be so completely chill β€” this one is crossing the track only a metre ahead of me (whence my having to zoom out in haste πŸ˜…)

06.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

3. Don’t be like the people who write in the hut books that they would have managed the posted times but for the mud, or but for the windfall.

The mud and windfall are features, not bugs.

There is nothing wrong with taking longer than the posted times. Just own it and do it well.

/fin

06.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2. Don’t think you have to live up to some arbitrary standard of what it means to have β€˜done’ something. Take the water taxi! Cut the long days in half! Etc.
Live your best life

06.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In summary?
1. Some things are too good to be bucketlisted. I had done the NWC before and went back to deliberately spend time on the west coast.
Life is too short not to learn, and optimise πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0