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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 5h

My shoe project is done. Each rhinestone is 4mm and some are about 3mm.

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 6h

Finally got a photo in my new dress that I made. Not loving the neckline so going to change it

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 10h

Androfemme isn’t funded and testogel is but the dose amount is tricky cos it’s designed for men so harder to get it accurate. A lot of GP’s won’t prescribe the funded ones either cos guidelines are unclear. Just another pink tax.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 12h

The timeline for the Chorus sale is before the next election.

Early next year, to artificially pump the books in the short term for Budget 2026 while fucking over everyone in NZ for the foreseeable future.

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Kieran @nug.monster · 13h

chorus being publicly owned is the only reason we don't have shit australian internet.

We should nationalize every company owned by a national MP. Eminent domain their homes. Fuck these people.

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 11h

Definitely is a lot of unseen effort. My first Leo’s compared to now is a 14yr journey and a lot of self criticism.

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 11h

Mayoralty here was a waste of time, 3 were meh and the incumbent who’s meh too, we have city wide voting no wards so had to get 13 decent ones from 37. Lots of cookers, and right wing men.

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 12h

Chorus makes a profit, the government owns 61% of it. There is no need to sell it off, and in a time where we are running an infrastructure deficit in large part due to repeated asset sales, maybe just maybe we shouldn't fucking do this.

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 11h

Top 6 was pretty easy, labour, greens, Nelson Harper and Cameron Jenkins. Then it got harder :)

“You’re so talented!” – I’m told this a lot. I know I should just accept the compliment with a smile and say thank you very much. And I do. But, rightly or wrongly, there’s something about the “tal…

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 12h

Me and my sewing…

Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 1d

I've made a few tweaks to my photography website that make it more conducive to writing. I might start using it to say things from time to time when the mood takes me. To start with, here's a short piece about "talent". birds.photos/2025/10/09/9...

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 12h

Cynical but I think probably correct, cos he is entitled to everything but our 18-19yr olds need to know they aren’t.

Victoria 💚 🧡 @vebate.bsky.social · 1d

I predict 27 or 28 November that he will "graciously" step aside because that's the date he gets his lifelong PM entitlements that he's entitled to.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 19h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 13h

And at some cost if you want the one that’s actually been designed for women. Had seen women saying it’s over $150 a script.

The pain and the gain of protests

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 13h

This is just 'civility' in disguise.

The purpose of protest is to draw attention to a perceived injustice, they are inherently public.

Good or bad is entirely subjective and, as is being demonstrated in some counties, not always determined by law.

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 16h

OPINION: Protests are publicity stunts. How do we tell the good ones from the bad?

OPINION: Protests are publicity stunts. How do we tell the good ones from the bad?

dlvr.it

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Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 13h

Happy birthday 🎂

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 13h

I got 13 in end, took the three of us over an hour to wade through the profiles etc. Think we all had the same people but slightly different ranking. Glad I was able to help, @kiwinomad06.bsky.social had a lot of knowledge which I was able to share too

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 2d

Morally wrong

Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

This has been the vicious fucking thing about the "Jobseeker Benefit" ever since Paula Bennett coined it in 2013

In addition to keeping people in poverty it's been a term of propaganda forcing us all to accept the frame of welfare as economic obligation instead of social support

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 2d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 2d

Couldn’t find any terfs on ours thankfully. That doesn’t mean there weren’t any lol. For the regional council one persons blurb read like it was all about the “vibe” and how things feel etc. Was hilarious to read.

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 2d

There were tonnes of red flags in ours, lots of reduce rates, back to basics, a couple of known anti vaxxers, and heaps of “I run a business” so elect me types.

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 2d

We spent over an hour sorting ours last night, think L, Ben and I all voted the same people just slightly different preferences numbers. There were 37 candidates to sort out. I only ranked 13.

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 2d

Backing the teachers big time. The govt needs to wake up and listen but it won’t so we keep losing good teachers. Teacher shortage is just going to grow.

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 3d

It can print black on its own too :) ours is an older model so not sure how good it is reviewed wise.

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 3d

Very cute

Azlemed04 @azlemed04.bsky.social · 3d

We have an epson ecotank. For straight black we have a brother laser printer (cos hubby found it cheap and I print patterns at 20-50 pages each time)