Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti
@lilithgrace.bsky.social
Me again. What’s one more social medium? Chronically ill artist who also writes. Loves cats, jokes, social justice, clouds. She/her. Aotearoa. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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As Aotearoa cooks today under 25C+ temperatures 🥵 then faces a deluge of rain ⛈️ on Sunday and Monday, a reminder that Green Infrastructure not only cools your cities, but also slows down stormwater and prevent flash flooding (and slips).
Also good for mental health
Also good for mental health
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
As Aotearoa cooks today under 25C+ temperatures 🥵 then faces a deluge of rain ⛈️ on Sunday and Monday, a reminder that Green Infrastructure not only cools your cities, but also slows down stormwater and prevent flash flooding (and slips).
Also good for mental health
Also good for mental health
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New Zealand has just halved its emissions target!
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like - polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like - polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM
New Zealand has just halved its emissions target!
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like - polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like - polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth
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Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges
#nzpol
#nzpol
Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges
Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Experiments with my mother putting her hands in front of my eyes are producing fascinating results - and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Where does she go when she disappears? Was she ever truly there? Or is it me who disappears?
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Experiments with my mother putting her hands in front of my eyes are producing fascinating results - and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Where does she go when she disappears? Was she ever truly there? Or is it me who disappears?
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NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
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HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd of hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and other Jews have gathered outside ICE headquarters in DC for the largest ever Jewish protest against ICE’s violence and crimes. #jewsagainstICE
February 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM
HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd of hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and other Jews have gathered outside ICE headquarters in DC for the largest ever Jewish protest against ICE’s violence and crimes. #jewsagainstICE
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This govt really are the fucking worst. They didn't like that the Uber workers won in court and on appeal, so are making the law change to avoid it happening again.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government tweaks law so contractors can't challenge employment status retrospectively
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says it's a "minor technical amendment" that has nothing to do with the Supreme Court's decision on a major Uber appeal.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This govt really are the fucking worst. They didn't like that the Uber workers won in court and on appeal, so are making the law change to avoid it happening again.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
The Salvation Army's latest State of the Nation paints a dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
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Looking for a stem cell match to save his son, Colombian,Brazilian Argentinian etc descent most likely www.tiktok.com/t/ZThuSU8sE/
Posting in hopes someone may be a stem cell match for my son. Due to the decrease in Latino stem cell collection, we only have a few months left to find a match. Please consider registering at the lin...
TikTok video by Juan Uribe
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February 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Looking for a stem cell match to save his son, Colombian,Brazilian Argentinian etc descent most likely www.tiktok.com/t/ZThuSU8sE/
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Ah the thrill of a new class. Each year I’m humbled by my students - such a wealth of diverse experience and thrillingly subversion thinking. The best antidote to the hellscape outside - not just a balm but active strengthening of resistance & critical thought #creativity @modernletters.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Ah the thrill of a new class. Each year I’m humbled by my students - such a wealth of diverse experience and thrillingly subversion thinking. The best antidote to the hellscape outside - not just a balm but active strengthening of resistance & critical thought #creativity @modernletters.bsky.social
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The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.
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"Sovereignty is not the ability to opt out of reality. It is the ability to choose how you engage with it." Helen Petousis-Harris:
WHO membership doesn't threaten NZ's sovereignty - walking away from it would
WHO membership doesn't threaten NZ's sovereignty - walking away from it would
WHO membership doesn't threaten NZ's sovereignty - walking away from it would
Part of the problem for the WHO is not that it is too powerful, but that it is oddly invisible, writes vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"Sovereignty is not the ability to opt out of reality. It is the ability to choose how you engage with it." Helen Petousis-Harris:
WHO membership doesn't threaten NZ's sovereignty - walking away from it would
WHO membership doesn't threaten NZ's sovereignty - walking away from it would
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The flightless #kakapo usually nest underground. Yesterday we found the coolest nest I’ve ever seen: Whetu was 3m above ground in a hollow rata tree. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The flightless #kakapo usually nest underground. Yesterday we found the coolest nest I’ve ever seen: Whetu was 3m above ground in a hollow rata tree. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
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I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?
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It's totally weird that it's people like David and Musical Chairs I see highlighting that the inflation issue was global, not a result of Grant Robertson making money printer go brrrrr. NZ opposition parties seem to find it difficult to go "look, same for EVERYONE".
It certainly doesn't sound like the "suddenly new covid enquiry" setup to provide a report to the government a few weeks out from the election has a lot of space for nuanced analysis of the "while lessons can be learned we need to keep what was happening elsewhere in mind" variety.
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
It's totally weird that it's people like David and Musical Chairs I see highlighting that the inflation issue was global, not a result of Grant Robertson making money printer go brrrrr. NZ opposition parties seem to find it difficult to go "look, same for EVERYONE".
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I’ve met her on a few occasions. To say shes out of her depth would be the mother of all understatements.
Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report
Coroner Janet Anderson report found everything possible went wrong for the 5-year-old in the last six months of his life.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I’ve met her on a few occasions. To say shes out of her depth would be the mother of all understatements.
Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Awww Hard To Find is saved! Opening next month just on the other side of the block in the basement of Southbound Records on Symonds St.
Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location
Hard to Find Books in Auckland was struggling to find a new location after the Catholic Church decided to sell the former convent where the shop had traded for eight years.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Awww Hard To Find is saved! Opening next month just on the other side of the block in the basement of Southbound Records on Symonds St.
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The UK Govt has raised concerns over New Zealand's climate action rollbacks, following the weakening of our methane target last year.
This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Explain your climate policies to us, UK ministers asked NZ counterparts
New Zealand’s trade minister initially downplayed global interest in New Zealand’s new climate policies.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The UK Govt has raised concerns over New Zealand's climate action rollbacks, following the weakening of our methane target last year.
This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
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fuck this news story is exactly how I think news stories should be presented. Te Ao is the only outlet I have push alerts for cos it delivers content like this.
What's unfolding is real shit.
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/11/p...
What's unfolding is real shit.
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/11/p...
Proposed Resource Management Act overhaul set to breach Treaty - experts warn - as submission deadline looms
Māori advocates warn the Government’s RMA overhaul risks breaching Te Tiriti, stripping Treaty protections and causing long-term damage to environmental and Māori participation rig
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 AM
fuck this news story is exactly how I think news stories should be presented. Te Ao is the only outlet I have push alerts for cos it delivers content like this.
What's unfolding is real shit.
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/11/p...
What's unfolding is real shit.
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/11/p...
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Why COVID-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain,” Benest tells The BMJ.
Source: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain,” Benest tells The BMJ.
Source: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Why COVID-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain,” Benest tells The BMJ.
Source: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain,” Benest tells The BMJ.
Source: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Welcome to year seven of COVID
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Welcome to year seven of COVID