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Mind of Sid James in Jenny Agutter's body. Descended from Frenchified Vikings. Former Egyptian Archaeologist. English. Tangata Tiriti. She/they. 🏳️‍🌈

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · Jun 9

It's that horrible damp cold in Te Whanganui-a-Tara today, the graveyard clamminess that seeps into your bones, that creeps under your clothes, the feeling of mould edging its way, silently, into your lungs, the wooden shack miasma that never quite seems to dry out

#NZgothic

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 35m

Turnout for local elections is always low

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 1h

It still saddens me to my core that so many of us are OK with asking the majority if the minority should have a voice. Talk about stacking the deck. #nzpol

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · 1h

MĀORI WARDS
40% of areas chose to keep Māori wards. Some by a wide margin.

A better result than I expected, given the demographics and embedded racism in our country.

In areas that lost, I'd love to know whether the numbers have improved since any previous referendum.

Aotearoa on the move.

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TrickyC (he/him) @trickyc66.bsky.social · 3h

the jared leto index: where the movie industry repeatedly tests how ready the American public is to consume American fascism by putting jared leto in things and seeing how they do

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 8h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 1h

When is Hollywood going to figure out that people don't like Jared Leto?

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 8h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 1h

They've both been shown to be considerably out of alignment with what the city's people actually want

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1h

Tossup on whether soft right old money Vision for Wellington or vitriolic Better Wellington is the bigger loser in terms of reactionary lobby group this time round.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1h

Just want to note that the local paper in Wellington spent an entire term of council proactively and in many cases irrationally campaigning against any urbanist initiatives whatsoever and the result has been a mayor perhaps slower on it but not opposed & a council table substantially more urbanist.

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MelodyFoxes @melodyfoxes.bsky.social · 9h

May be there are only two genders; being yourself and not being yourself.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 12h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Dara Kerr @darakerr.bsky.social · 2h

Lots of attention on this Marc Benioff article, which is excellent and full of jaw-dropping quotes.

It reminds me of how he was when I did a story for NPR about him secretly buying hundreds of acres of land in rural Hawaii. Things got weird.

www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1...

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 2h

www.leemiller.co.uk

Home - Lee Miller Archives

www.leemiller.co.uk

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Erika (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @erikasgarden.bsky.social · 6h

Piers saying "biology isn't that complicated" shows how fucking stupid he is

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 7h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 2h

I've been a Lee Miller nerd since I was a teenager. The movie was good but only captured about 20% of who she was. She led the most incredible life, which couldn't possibly have been covered in a single movie, and it's well worth finding out more about her.

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 2h

98.7% of approximately 166,300 public submissions opposed the RSB

But the majority of the committee has recommended it go forward with only really cosmetic changes.

Committee process
The Regulatory Standards Bill was referred to this committee on 22 May 2025. We
called for submissions on the bill with a closing date of 23 June 2025. About 166,300
submissions were lodged through the website and by email.1
A minority of us would like to report that the Ministry for Regulation contracted
Allen + Clarke to assist with analysing submissions. Of the submissions analysed,
98.7 percent opposed the bill, 0.7 percent were in support, and 0.6 percent were either
unclear or did not take a position on the bill.
A majority would like to report that from additional analysis, 1,317 submissions were
identified as containing detail or unique arguments, and were considered to be 'substantive' on this basis.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 14h

Wouldn't that be a handy thing for the right - no TPM means no lefty government.
If you're TPM and you have a chance to be in government and actually influence policy and direction, why on earth should/would you pass that up?

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 16h

Comment: Ruling itself out of any government would leave the party free to maintain its mana and independence, de-fang the centre-right’s potential attack lines and bring the focus of the election campaign back to the Government’s performance, writes Peter Dunne.

Te Pāti Māori must walk away from aspiration to govern

newsroom.co.nz

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 2h

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two

The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.

www.bbc.com

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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 3h

Tye upshot of all this?

Very simple.

As usual, New Zealanders want/demand amenities and infrastructure - but dont want to pay for it.

The Right know this, and exploit it.

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

Ratepayers rout mayors who imposed big rises

Newsroom projects that in 66 mayoral races, at least 31 communities have elected new mayors, with two more in the balance.

www.rnz.co.nz

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3h

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 12h

Israel bombed south Lebanon overnight

This is what Israel means by ceasefire

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 15h

The Olive green areas are councils where citizens voted down Māori wards (the little blue blob in the middle is Kirikiriroa, which voted by a whisker to retain theirs).
Coincidentally those Olive green areas also pretty accurately represent land confiscated by the crown after the Waikato wars.

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 21h

Well fuck - Selwyn has elected a majority of Council with links to VFF, Act, and Trump fans. Maybe put that on the no fly list for the next three years

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 12h

One final bit of good news - 234600 people across the motu voted to remove Māori wards, 245800 to keep them - 51.1% of all votes were to keep them, 48.9% not to. The majority of the country that voted were in favour so suck it coalition!

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