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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22h

This is I think up there with the Jean Cocteau Beauty and the Beast.

A still from the Czech adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The beast, a birdlike creature with his claws now transformed into a man's hands. He says "Every woman has the power to make beautiful the man she loves".

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 1d

Mind blowing.

The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

It's fucking hilarious that RW douchebags are now trying to use Grok as the arbitrator of disputes. All they ever wet dreamed of was a bot that could pop up and declare them the winner of an internet argument

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 2d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 1d

The woman who influenced the style of an entire generation of women my mother-in-law’s age.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 6d

There's a biography of Chris Knox out this week - the author Craig Robertson contacted me a few years ago, as back in 1995 when I was at Ak Uni, I made a half hour documentary on Chris and he wanted to see it.
Anyway, I dug out the digital file and it's now online, enjoy! youtu.be/VQjvic02S8M?...

Chris Knox: Songs Of You And Me - a documentary about Chris Knox (1995)

YouTube video by Peter McLennan

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One Dog’s Opinion 🐾 @onedogsopinion.bsky.social · 2d

SUITED UP AND REPORTING FOR DUTY 🐸

Small cute dog (Chihuahua probably) wearing a fetching green “frog” sweatshirt/costume.

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 2d

"If they can't afford plywood, some owners rebuild the store out of straw. That's when the big bad wolf comes in. Very bad guy. Radical leftist wolf. Vice-president of antifa. He comes over and he, he just blows the stores down. That's not normal. Maybe he got that way from being vaccinated."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 2d

Luxon: *receives new Powerpass in the post*
"I have secured a trade deal with Bunnings!"

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 2d

Pathetic & desperate. Luxon is drowning.

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 2d

I loved it when music releases came with advisory content warnings:

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 2d

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d

Ms. Rachel calls out Barack Obama's statement on Gaza, highlighting how referring to 'Israeli families' while calling Palestinians 'the people of Gaza' strips them of their humanity. 'Palestinians have families, too,' she wrote.

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AJ Fitzwater 🏳️‍⚧️ @ajfitzwater.bsky.social · 2d

Goths and punks against climate change 🥵

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 2d

can you imagine half-assing a last-minute ceasefire that won't last a week and still not getting the Nobel Peace Prize

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 2d

CHOCOLATE RATION TO BE INCREASED TO 20 GRAMS

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

TRUMP: WE THINK OIL WILL BE UNDER $2 PER GALLON SOON

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 2d

The coalition government in a nutshell.

‘They fear the future, they dream of a world that never was and never could be, they’re exclusionary, they’re humourless – they’re this coalition.‘
- Chris Finlayson #nzpol

Hell hath no fury like an attorney-general scorned

Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.

newsroom.co.nz

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 2d

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 2d

When art is life: the exhaustive (and sometimes exhausting) Chris Knox biography, reviewed

A compelling portrait of personality and punk....

thespinoff.co.nz

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

I love when celebrities use their FU money like this. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it's messy (in a good way) and entertaining.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 2d

“BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT,” Neil Young writes. “IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”

www.stereogum.com/2325956/neil...

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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