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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13h

Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths:

Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”

Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 23m

The writer notes that there's been a significant shift in attitudes since the coalition took power and Peters and Seymour stepped up their war on progressive thought.
#nzpol

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 1h

Week in Review:
Opinion from the University of Otago: The latest Gender Attitudes Survey makes depressing reading for those concerned about gender equality

Our own 'war on woke' is well underway

newsroom.co.nz

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10m

RIP to one of the comedian greats.

I adored Diane Keaton and respected her steadfast commitment to remaining unmarried.

She knew herself. She knew what she wanted. And she empowered many of us to remain happily single.

www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...

Reports: Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of 'Annie Hall,' 'The Godfather' films and 'Father of the Bride' whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, h...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Lynn from OK @uppityokie.bsky.social · 9h

My lantana has been looking especially gorgeous this year.

Red orange lantana growing in a wood barrel

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😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 4h

smurfs are the size they are because the lack internal structure. they are closer to gelatinous lichens than they are true fungi. they cannot grow larger without dedicated vasculature in our current oxygen environment. millions of years ago when there was more oxygen they were substantially larger.

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Jaide Dee Wiccad Witch of the East @witchnwords.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you for this

youtu.be/Q_oFL_b719g?...

You Don't Own Me - Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn & Diane Keaton

YouTube video by decay21450

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 56m

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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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 3h

💔
Diane Keaton in Annie Hall for me first watched as a teen gave me a taste of a kind of cool I'd never seen before - the wardrobe was eye opening. I remember playing around with dad's ties and Simone's vests & some baggy jeans plus a beret

Thank you for inspiring me to try being different

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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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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, Diane Keaton!!! 😭

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 20h

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 19h

I gave some money at the collection at the Warehouse exit.

Count Spockula @randomancom.bsky.social · 20h

If you're in Dunedin the Night Shelter here is out fundraising and really needs help. We have a surging homelessness problem that is being exacerbated by this dreadful coalition Govt.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 13h

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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 1h

Peter Dunne would love that

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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 1h

Hahaha they’ve got your number

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 14h

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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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14h

Posting this for @darthbluesky.bsky.social to see when he comes back from his weekend off

A ghost holding a red and blue striped box filled with French fries.

“NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, THERE'S SOME FORM OF POTATO THAT CAN MAKE IT BETTER.”
@jess.a.creates

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 17h

Tory Whanau missing out on a Māori ward seat sucks, but it has an obvious brightside: she's free to run for parliament in 2026 if she wants to.

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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 14h

Hoping Sophie Barker retains her lead.

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 16h

Westland could get New Zealand’s oldest and second transgender mayor if businesswoman Jacquie Grant can hold on to her slim majority.

Contender for ‘oldest tranny’ mayor in the world takes 64-vote lead

Westland could get New Zealand’s oldest and second transgender mayor if businesswoman Jacquie Grant can hold on to her slim majority.

dlvr.it

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 20h

There is no cat in this image

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 23h

I cant even tell you the number of public interest (and interesting) stories about the local election that journos wanted to do, but couldn't because of editors..

Shout out those that did do coverage, esp The Spinoff

Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 1d

Well done media, you achieved this brilliantly, your campaign to nearly completely ignore AKL’s local elections has flowed on to its inevitable outcome. Accelerating your own irrelevance simultaneously -> www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Auckland records lowest turnout in local elections

“Vote today or let someone else choose Auckland's representatives for you,” Aucklanders are told, with local body elections entering the home straight.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 22h

Closer to $800 a month for gas and power for our warm, insulated 4 bedroom home with 6 people living in it in the middle of winter.

The Waikato is damp and wet so a dryer is a must if you want dry clothes.

I definitely breathed a sigh of relief when spring came round.

Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when asset sales were gonna lead to mum and dad shareholders and now we just have mum and dad paying $500 power bills in the winter. The right wing ideology is a scam. It’s a pyramid scheme. It’s useless. It improves nothing.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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