The Times Higher Education global universities rankings have again swept through the marketing departments of Australia's unis, putting a thin lacquer over an industry plagued by endemic wage theft and poor student satisfaction outcomes.

okay who did this?

Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…

Fulford hammocks again

My mayor is better than yours.

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

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A nice circumhorizontal arc (informally known as a fire rainbow, which is a misnomer) over West Virginia captured by Christa Harbig!

It is an optical phenomenon belonging to the family of ice halos, so it is neither fire nor a rainbow.

➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap21083...

🔭 🧪 #science

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Jacquie Grant, who is 82 years old and a trans woman, looks likely to be the new mayor of Westland www.westlanddc.govt.nz/media/u0kbft...

#nzpol with Andrew Little and the new Labour Councillors, celebrating the victory in Wellington. 31,000 doors knocked on, 8,000 phone calls made. Wellington is in safe hands and has a brighter future.

🤣 some pics of my boat on the start/finish line … and I’m waving the white flag to let racers know they are starting their last lap as they go past.

NZ Offshore Powerboat Racing, Whangaparaoa

Current-borne, wave-flung, tugged hugely by the whole might of ocean, the jellyfish drifts in the tidal abyss. The light shines through it, and the dark enters it.

This article is paywalled so don't worry if you're not a sub, but the point I want to make here is it's a real wake up call to the state of the country & why speaking to our own echo chamber won't help us.
BTW I'm pretty devastated by the Maori wards results here - about 54% so far reject #nzpol

I just saw an nz police wagon parked on the footpath as I walked my dog and as I approached I looked at them over the top of my glasses teacher-style and they immediately moved onto the grass verge. damn straight bitches that's a FOOTPATH not a carpark

Thanks to the North Shore for having me back as your councillor. I’m proud to be the highest polling councillor on the Shore again and with the highest vote tally of any councillor in Auckland this time around.

Please read my long post here: www.facebook.com/share/176XZv...

It's a good day to be a white person if you want to be a mayor in New Zealand. Especially a white man. God forbid we have some diversity in leadership of local and regional councils! #nzpol

This is amazing news ❤️ #TeReoMāori #Aotearoa #nzpol #NewZealand #IndigenousRevival

Based on how this article classifies them, here's the political make up of the Christchurch City Council following this years election

Right-wing: 8 councilors + the Mayor
Left-wing: 6 councilors
Centrist: 2 councilors

www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...

I googled “patron saint of frogs” for a bit and then immediately abandoned the bit because I would so much rather actually talk about St. Ulphia the 8th century hermit who cursed her local frogs for keeping her up at night and making her sleep through church

I’m sorry you didn’t get that job. You would have been fantastic. Get some rest. You’ve worked so hard, kicking against the pricks. Let the phoenixing process begin. 🌸💜🌸🥰

This strike is going to be fucking HUGE.

A beautiful pupper could be waiting for you right now! 🥹

Look, you’re just providing a service for those of us who can’t have dogs in our homes to live vicariously. It’s being generous! And how else will a new dog acclimatise to your whare? Huh? Huh?? 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️🐶🐕🐩🐕‍🦺🐶🐾🦴

NZ's worst citizen gives us a glimpse behind the curtain in his secret lectures. Thiel scared of losing unearned wealth. Tax the rich! #nzpol