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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 1d

Timeline synchronicity. Give @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social a warm welcome Kikorangi 🇳🇿. Wish you didn’t have to exist, but glad you’re here. ❤️

Screenshot of two sequential posts in my timeline:
Long Covid Support Aotearoa:
We're new to Bluesky.
We are a New Zealand support group bringing forward the lived experience of our community with Long Covid and advocating for awareness, treatment, supports, and prevention.

And a post linking a TVNZ news story:
Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid www.1news.co.nz

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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 2d

This is fantastic!

The E Tū Fb post did a shout out to one of the cleaners at my work, Mareta, for speaking up on the need for them to be paid the living wage.

Mareta does essential work. If she didn’t do her job properly, the collections would be at risk of damage.

She does amazing work ❤️

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol

GOOD NEWS ALERT 🚨

Today the government relented to pressure from the @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social and retained the requirement for contracted workers to be paid at least the Living Wage rate in Government Contracts. Around 5,000 workers will likely benefit from this decision

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 2d

Just helped some tourists w big suitcases to cross the road. Went into nearby cafe, they were also heading there and insisted on buying me a coffee to say thank you! After a few goes I gave up protesting (no big deal etc) & accepted ☺️. Hope their flight back to China is a smooth one. 🇳🇿

A flat white espresso on an outdoor table, colourful packets of sugar in the background.

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 8d

Ah, the joy of freelance life. A couple of 2026 funding pools have just dried up, so if anyoneʻs interested in a project with a Wikipedian, now’s the time to get in touch. www.rove.wiki

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 8d

I love this for you. Congratulations on an exciting new chapter (with a lift! 😱😍)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 9d

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

Rest in power, Dr. Jane Goodall

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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 10d

The only reason we've avoided having more huge outbreaks is that most ppl are immunised and this is v effective at preventing measles. When vaccination rates are too low, it lets measles back in.

Two doses of MMR vaccine is the recommendation for anyone born since 1969.

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 12d

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 13d

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

A simple sign on a building in upstate New York that that reads “Books & Cake”

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 15d

#BOTY 35 adult birds in the world.

Fairy Tern!!!

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Successful season for rare New Zealand fairy tern!

YouTube video by Auckland Zoo

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 17d

Finalists for the 2025 Keri Hulme Award have been announced:
Becky Manawatu (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha) for Kataraina
Steph Matuku (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga) for Migration
Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore) for The Mires
mailchi.mp/mlt/newslett...
#pukapuka

2025 Keri Hulme Award finalists announced!

mailchi.mp

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 18d

Just had the pleasure of meeting Ghostcat in action on St Asaph St near Manchester St corner. Love these slices of pre-quake Ōtautahi! Dog House and Cat’s Pyjamas were my go-to for late night hot chips after one too many, back in the day. Good times. #kikorangi
www.ghostcat.co.nz/about

Ghostcat the artist, a bearded man with glasses in grey hoody and shorts, stands next to a wall which has the beginnings of the old yellow Warners Hotel facade (not to scale, obvs).
Below, the red and white signage of the Dog House, a ChCh late night institution in Cathedral Square, known for being open all night for arcade games and greasy burgers to soak up the too-many-pints after a big night.
The Cat’s Pyjamas fast food joint facade is out of shot, but trust me it’s there.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for bringing this beauty to our timelines. 🪶 Hope all the travel prep goes well!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19d

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19d

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 24d

Hey #BOTY #Kikorangi, just a reminder from Peppy that I have a LOT of native bird enamel pins and sticker designs...while I may not have EVERY bird, I do give a portion of profits to Trees That Count every month.

Snag some goodies, support a local artist, and celebrate birds! pepperraccoon.com

A merino felt banner with 8 enamel pins of New Zealand native birds on it.

Screenprinted teeshirt flat lay of two unisex t-shirts with native birds on them.

A flat lay of colourful cartoon native birds stickers

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 24d

Now would be a bad time then to report that I got it first go 😂. Bittern for #BOTY !

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 24d

Bittern merch exists! backingbittern.printmighty.co.nz

Backing Bittern

backingbittern.printmighty.co.nz

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Sisyphus @sisyphusreturns.bsky.social · 28d

🇳🇿 NZ Bird of the Year

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · Sep 2

Every time I hear Health NZ representatives say the nurses are putting people at risk I think: no, Health NZ, you are putting people at risk and this strike is Nurses trying to stop your harm

Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · Sep 2

I want the government to fund our nurses and healthcare system. I know people whose healthcare was delayed, not by strikes, but by our overburdened system struggling under the load.

There isn't even appropriate gynaecological care in our capital city. It's INSULTING how poorly our public system is.

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · Sep 2

I support the nurses strike

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Lynnaire MacDonald- Producer/Scriptwriter @lynninfilm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nurses are on strike today in Aotearoa. If you see them on the picket line, give them your aroha and support!

Fairer pay and safer staffing levels are just the beginning.

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 30

A plug for Milkman, tiny cafe by Little High, Chch that @emdashkat.bsky.social put me onto. Great cheese scones ($5.50, and better than Foundation's $8 ones), opens absurdly early with fresh baking, good coffee and no extra charge for fake milk. Ben is a nice guy, check it out.