Aliya D
@alinasu33.bsky.social
Advocate, Educator, Community Worker,
This is a must read. 👇
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This is a must read. 👇
Want to do something positive for children outside your own circle?
Check out the Cake Detective Trust in Hamilton. They make birthday cakes for kids in care and in need on their special day. Each cake carries a bit of joy. You can be part of it.
To learn more/donate: www.thecakedetective.org.nz
Check out the Cake Detective Trust in Hamilton. They make birthday cakes for kids in care and in need on their special day. Each cake carries a bit of joy. You can be part of it.
To learn more/donate: www.thecakedetective.org.nz
The Cake Detective | Every Child Deserves Cake
All children should have access to the gift of a birthday cake made with love just for them. The Cake Detective is here to close the case on missing birthday cakes in the Waikato.
www.thecakedetective.org.nz
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Want to do something positive for children outside your own circle?
Check out the Cake Detective Trust in Hamilton. They make birthday cakes for kids in care and in need on their special day. Each cake carries a bit of joy. You can be part of it.
To learn more/donate: www.thecakedetective.org.nz
Check out the Cake Detective Trust in Hamilton. They make birthday cakes for kids in care and in need on their special day. Each cake carries a bit of joy. You can be part of it.
To learn more/donate: www.thecakedetective.org.nz
You've got to be kidding... 👀
Apropos of nothing, undermining public health helps those aspiring to fascism because if you undermine the individual right to health (and the systems that inform and support it) you also conveniently erode the human rights of the collective - which we’re actively doing on multiple fronts in NZ.
Winston Peters questions NZ's funding for World Health Organization
The New Zealand First leader says the World Health Organization has forgotten its original mandate.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 AM
You've got to be kidding... 👀
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Police describing the attacks on these towers as ‘mindless’ suggests they’d prefer imbecility as a motivation instead of acknowledging radicalisation.
Alleged Wānaka cell tower arsonist Daniel Miller refuses to answer judge
Alleged Wānaka cell tower arsonist Daniel Miller refuses to answer judge
Daniel Miller declined to say if he understood the proceedings, instead demanding to know if Judge Catriona Doyle was using her full and legal name.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Police describing the attacks on these towers as ‘mindless’ suggests they’d prefer imbecility as a motivation instead of acknowledging radicalisation.
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#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread
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Breaking WaPo:
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report deeming an ICE detainee’s death in Texas a homicide comes the same day that a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Breaking WaPo:
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
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Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
🧵1/3 A short legal liability primer for those working for US Fed Govt (including DHS/ICE).
Federal agents are not above the law. If one exceeds lawful authority or violates clear established rights, civil liability is possible, including recovery of financial damages directly from the individual.
Federal agents are not above the law. If one exceeds lawful authority or violates clear established rights, civil liability is possible, including recovery of financial damages directly from the individual.
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
🧵1/3 A short legal liability primer for those working for US Fed Govt (including DHS/ICE).
Federal agents are not above the law. If one exceeds lawful authority or violates clear established rights, civil liability is possible, including recovery of financial damages directly from the individual.
Federal agents are not above the law. If one exceeds lawful authority or violates clear established rights, civil liability is possible, including recovery of financial damages directly from the individual.
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Knut Hamsun (Literature Prize 1920): In 1943, he gifted his Nobel medal to Goebbels to thank him for meeting him. Goebbels was honoured by the gift. "The present whereabouts of the medal are unknown."
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Knut Hamsun (Literature Prize 1920): In 1943, he gifted his Nobel medal to Goebbels to thank him for meeting him. Goebbels was honoured by the gift. "The present whereabouts of the medal are unknown."
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
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Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
🧵1/ When a war crime is built into a mission, responsibility does not stop with the president/the generals. It runs down the chain of command. If know a mission is unlawful and still take part, they're individually responsible. From commander, to briefing officer, to crew, to the pilot and so on
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 AM
🧵1/ When a war crime is built into a mission, responsibility does not stop with the president/the generals. It runs down the chain of command. If know a mission is unlawful and still take part, they're individually responsible. From commander, to briefing officer, to crew, to the pilot and so on
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NZ Govt demands #HealthNZ cut another $510 million
Treasury cuts growth forecasts again, forcing Govt to delay surplus; Govt demands more spending #cuts, starting with $510 million more from regional #health; Economy stuck in debt deflation mud-BERNARD HICKEY #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Treasury cuts growth forecasts again, forcing Govt to delay surplus; Govt demands more spending #cuts, starting with $510 million more from regional #health; Economy stuck in debt deflation mud-BERNARD HICKEY #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Govt demands Health NZ cut another $510 million
Treasury cuts growth forecasts again, forcing Govt to delay surplus; Govt demands more spending cuts, starting with $510 million more from regional health; Economy stuck in debt deflation mud
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
NZ Govt demands #HealthNZ cut another $510 million
Treasury cuts growth forecasts again, forcing Govt to delay surplus; Govt demands more spending #cuts, starting with $510 million more from regional #health; Economy stuck in debt deflation mud-BERNARD HICKEY #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Treasury cuts growth forecasts again, forcing Govt to delay surplus; Govt demands more spending #cuts, starting with $510 million more from regional #health; Economy stuck in debt deflation mud-BERNARD HICKEY #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
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A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
A Disturbing Pattern Has Emerged In Trump's Second Term — And It's Playing Out With Renee Good
“How else do you justify shooting a stay-at-home mom with stuffed animals in her car?” the attorney for one woman who survived a federal agent’s gunfire told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
Guess who just changed her impending travel to USA, to somewhere tropical... with far less ice.
a cat sitting on a chair in a living room looking at the camera
ALT: a cat sitting on a chair in a living room looking at the camera
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Guess who just changed her impending travel to USA, to somewhere tropical... with far less ice.
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so between "if you work for the feds on immigration, seek counsel for the sake of your immortal soul" from the bishop of dallas and now "clergy, update your wills then hit the streets" from the bishop of new hampshire, I feel that a shift has begun in 2026 in the rhetoric from episcopal leadership
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
so between "if you work for the feds on immigration, seek counsel for the sake of your immortal soul" from the bishop of dallas and now "clergy, update your wills then hit the streets" from the bishop of new hampshire, I feel that a shift has begun in 2026 in the rhetoric from episcopal leadership
if you enjoy ice skating, this is a beautiful performance.
stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
if you enjoy ice skating, this is a beautiful performance.
When negativity is loud, choose the Mamdani approach and lead with ideas, actions to problems and not just complaints.
Week 1 already presenting universal childcare options!!!. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Week 1 already presenting universal childcare options!!!. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Mamdani and Hochul unveil free child care plan in New York City
Mamdani said he expects the program to cover around 2,000 children this fall and then continue to expand until it becomes a universal program.
www.pbs.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
When negativity is loud, choose the Mamdani approach and lead with ideas, actions to problems and not just complaints.
Week 1 already presenting universal childcare options!!!. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Week 1 already presenting universal childcare options!!!. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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It's started! The 2026 #kakapo breeding season is under way, with the first nest found on Whenua Hou today. Pearl is on two eggs. #conservation #parrots #birds
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
It's started! The 2026 #kakapo breeding season is under way, with the first nest found on Whenua Hou today. Pearl is on two eggs. #conservation #parrots #birds
Attn: All Media!!!
It shouldn’t be “how could ICE kill an American citizen?”
It should be: how could ICE kill anyone?
More than 30 people have died in ICE custody this year. 🧵1/2
It shouldn’t be “how could ICE kill an American citizen?”
It should be: how could ICE kill anyone?
More than 30 people have died in ICE custody this year. 🧵1/2
a black and white drawing of mickey mouse with the words yoohoo below him
ALT: a black and white drawing of mickey mouse with the words yoohoo below him
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Attn: All Media!!!
It shouldn’t be “how could ICE kill an American citizen?”
It should be: how could ICE kill anyone?
More than 30 people have died in ICE custody this year. 🧵1/2
It shouldn’t be “how could ICE kill an American citizen?”
It should be: how could ICE kill anyone?
More than 30 people have died in ICE custody this year. 🧵1/2
Just did a search for NATO on here, things are getting so surreal... and it feels like something bigger is going on and this is all a distraction so that everything can get locked in place while the world looks elsewhere...just wondering where to look.
a sign that says this way over here maybe there and where on it
ALT: a sign that says this way over here maybe there and where on it
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Just did a search for NATO on here, things are getting so surreal... and it feels like something bigger is going on and this is all a distraction so that everything can get locked in place while the world looks elsewhere...just wondering where to look.
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Yo Central Labour and Chris Hipkins, this is how you get shit done: BY JUST DOING IT
No cuddling the 38% (most who fucked off to Australia rather than take self responsibility they landed us in this mess with Luxon), no cuddling National, working with your actual allies in Greens and TPM 👇
No cuddling the 38% (most who fucked off to Australia rather than take self responsibility they landed us in this mess with Luxon), no cuddling National, working with your actual allies in Greens and TPM 👇
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Yo Central Labour and Chris Hipkins, this is how you get shit done: BY JUST DOING IT
No cuddling the 38% (most who fucked off to Australia rather than take self responsibility they landed us in this mess with Luxon), no cuddling National, working with your actual allies in Greens and TPM 👇
No cuddling the 38% (most who fucked off to Australia rather than take self responsibility they landed us in this mess with Luxon), no cuddling National, working with your actual allies in Greens and TPM 👇
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In today’s NZ Herald -
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
In today’s NZ Herald -
Just me...looking for a quality political leader...
a man in a cowboy hat is standing in the desert looking at something .
ALT: a man in a cowboy hat is standing in the desert looking at something .
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Just me...looking for a quality political leader...