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Frazzled but trying, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. Cats, words, birds, absurds. Sci-fi, fantasy, romance, crime. Eff those effing Nazis, homophobes, transphobes, libertarians, contrarians, sea lions (except the real ones obviously), two sidesers etc.
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erictopol.bsky.social
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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harrywallop.co.uk
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.

“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."

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www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban
“Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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xkcd.com
Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
binkle.bsky.social
I love the very informal way @metservice.com describes the temperatures in their Commute Forecast 😊 #kirorangi
MetService NZ website showing the Commute Forecast panel. Transit tab is displayed showing the temperatures will be "Pretty hot 27° [or 28°]" this afternoon from 3 till 6pm. Tomorrow morning from 6 till 9am, it'll be "Lovely".
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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huiasue.bsky.social
🍃🌹🌿 Excellent!
‘Expression of kotahitanga’: More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi #TeTiriti #schools #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/expressio...
More than 1000 schools pledge to uphold Te Tiriti despite law change
Lawyer Tania Waikato says the response is a 'grassroots backlash' to reforms.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
binkle.bsky.social
Another brief sharp shake. I was just thinking the other day it's been a while. #eqnz #kikorangi #otāutahi
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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sassypolitico.bsky.social
Just gonna keep saying it: There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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hroethgar.bsky.social
Why are MBIE making the disposal of asbestos-laced children's sand toys the problem of councils, instead of K-Mart? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Stop using them immediately': Asbestos found in Kmart Magic Sand as recall expands
Four Kmart products have tested positive for asbestos, prompting urgent warnings for parents, schools and early learning centres.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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violetblue.bsky.social
GDrive > top right gear:

Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off

(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)
lizshannonmiller.com Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · Oct 27
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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rnzrss.bsky.social
WorkSafe board no longer has any worker representative - CTU
WorkSafe board no longer has any worker representative - CTU
Removing the voice of the worker from the actual governance of WorkSafe is "deeply concerning", says the CTU.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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vomalley.bsky.social
Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it.

community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
Community Scoop » New Curriculum Takes Politics Out Of History
community.scoop.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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aitkesandpains.bsky.social
Kiwirail are bringing back the ChCh- - Dunedin Southerner Train for the Labour weekend 🚞

I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!
The full Southerner train ready to depart for Dunedin at the Christchurch railway station platform, May 21st 2025 The beautiful historic Dunedin Railway Station lit up at night, 23rd May 2025
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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jenospeno.bsky.social
Extraordinary weather events forecast for much of AoNZ tomorrow. NOT usual spring winds, but MEGA RED ALERT WARNING winds. This is climate change. This is climate change HERE NOW. This is why we MUST meet our agreed greenhouse gas emission reductions. It’s not politics - it’s SURVIVAL Mr. Luxon.
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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lilithgrace.bsky.social
Our useless govt is buying up houses…to bulldoze. In a housing crisis. Those bastards, I’ve got no words. #NZPol
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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thecatswhiskers.bsky.social
I’ve just signed up because I believe in public and national broadcasting. As well as posting moans about it I’m going to be part of the research audience to give my views and feedback!

www.rnz.co.nz/haveyoursay
RNZ : Have Your Say
www.rnz.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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karmel80.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library project Future Nostalgia is archiving information forgotten on floppy disks. However, legacy data storage devices like floppy disks present serious complications for archivists. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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fmacskasy.bsky.social
So no money for teachers,nurses,doctors,new hospitals...

...here,have a road.

Their priorities are sh*t.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Christopher Luxon on $515m spend-up for new roads
The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying properties for its Roads of National Significance.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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paullecomtephoto.nz
Possibly the most epic sunset I've ever captured. A mothership lenticular cloud above the Māniatoto plains looking at Pātearoa Rock & Pillar Range, Central Otago New Zealand

#Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ

paullecomtephoto.nz
(available on my site)
A monumentally large swirling lenticular cloud glowing most of the colours of the rainbow from the setting sun in the west. Stinking hot late summer evening that was about to crap itself. High country grass plains with a range of mountains in the background
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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esmirelle.bsky.social
I love whatever is wrong with them 🙂‍↕️
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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byroncclark.bsky.social
Every "Christchurch is cool now" article is illustrated with a photo of a pedestrianised street with a tram, meanwhile every local election the discourse is like "rip out the cycle lanes, then turn the botantic gardens into a car park? It's worth a least considering"

www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
Once branded the world's unluckiest city, Christchurch is now the 'capital of cool'
Our second biggest city is experiencing the type of revival that should make the rest of New Zealand envious.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
binkle.bsky.social
Metropol magazine is a blight on the Waitaha | Canterbury region. A free - forgive me - *complimentary* waste of good trees. I just don't get who the audience is supposed to be. Wankers would be my first guess
Dead-eyed young woman poses on the cover of Metropol magazine wearing a short baggy red gingham dress and orchid earrings. (I don't blame her; she's probably rethinking all the life choices that led to her wearing this monstrosity.) The cover's main heading is 'All bets are on' with the subheading '18 pages of Cup Week glamour'.
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
binkle.bsky.social
Motherf****** #eqnz
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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profannawatts.bsky.social
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
binkle.bsky.social
Ōtautahi / Chch procrastinators, join me in voting in the local body elections before midday tomorrow - drop off locations listed in the link www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/t... #kikorangi
Time running out to vote in local elections
Time is running out for the 69 per cent of eligible voters in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula who have yet to complete and return their voting papers for the local elections.
www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz
October 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM