locus
@locuslebe.bsky.social
te Tiriti, social democracy, sustainability, civic duty, science & art 💚🇳🇿🏳️🌈
#MusicChallenge
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 4: A song that makes you want to travel
I've travelled to most of the countries my ancestors came from... 🇫🇷 🇬🇲 🇳🇬 🏴 🏴 🇮🇪
... Jamaica next 🇯🇲
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 4: A song that makes you want to travel
I've travelled to most of the countries my ancestors came from... 🇫🇷 🇬🇲 🇳🇬 🏴 🏴 🇮🇪
... Jamaica next 🇯🇲
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
YouTube video by lee57
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
#MusicChallenge
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 4: A song that makes you want to travel
I've travelled to most of the countries my ancestors came from... 🇫🇷 🇬🇲 🇳🇬 🏴 🏴 🇮🇪
... Jamaica next 🇯🇲
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 4: A song that makes you want to travel
I've travelled to most of the countries my ancestors came from... 🇫🇷 🇬🇲 🇳🇬 🏴 🏴 🇮🇪
... Jamaica next 🇯🇲
✍️ If I could ride well with trainer wheels I'd be thrilled to ditch them 😊
Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules!
After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know…
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
✍️ If I could ride well with trainer wheels I'd be thrilled to ditch them 😊
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Kidnapped. Maduro* and his wife were kidnapped.
Now if it were Netanyahu or Putin who have international arrest warrants against them, they could be captured.... but no, they sit at Trump's table.
*Venezuelans, of course, have good reason to depose him.
Now if it were Netanyahu or Putin who have international arrest warrants against them, they could be captured.... but no, they sit at Trump's table.
*Venezuelans, of course, have good reason to depose him.
Vice President JD Vance defended the legality of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela. “You don’t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas,” Vance wrote on X.
Live updates: Trump says Maduro captured in ‘large scale strike’ against Venezuela
The United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, captured its president, Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country, President Trump said.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Kidnapped. Maduro* and his wife were kidnapped.
Now if it were Netanyahu or Putin who have international arrest warrants against them, they could be captured.... but no, they sit at Trump's table.
*Venezuelans, of course, have good reason to depose him.
Now if it were Netanyahu or Putin who have international arrest warrants against them, they could be captured.... but no, they sit at Trump's table.
*Venezuelans, of course, have good reason to depose him.
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Lol!!
"how a barefoot kid became one of the country's top defence lawyers"
This is meant to mean what? in AoNZ? In a place where every kid since for ever has run around barefoot, whether shoes were affordable, or not.
Trying to make shoes a marker of class, maybe?
"how a barefoot kid became one of the country's top defence lawyers"
This is meant to mean what? in AoNZ? In a place where every kid since for ever has run around barefoot, whether shoes were affordable, or not.
Trying to make shoes a marker of class, maybe?
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Lol!!
"how a barefoot kid became one of the country's top defence lawyers"
This is meant to mean what? in AoNZ? In a place where every kid since for ever has run around barefoot, whether shoes were affordable, or not.
Trying to make shoes a marker of class, maybe?
"how a barefoot kid became one of the country's top defence lawyers"
This is meant to mean what? in AoNZ? In a place where every kid since for ever has run around barefoot, whether shoes were affordable, or not.
Trying to make shoes a marker of class, maybe?
Ha, my partner's immediate response.... "what's new"
😇 haha
😇 haha
January 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Ha, my partner's immediate response.... "what's new"
😇 haha
😇 haha
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🧵Spotted at the Beach on New Year's Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:
An entire huge family rushes en masse into a choppy sea. Shrieking, laughing, splashing, roaring. Half of them running straight back out again. Grins and goose bumps as they head for a big pile of towels and toys on the sand. (1)
An entire huge family rushes en masse into a choppy sea. Shrieking, laughing, splashing, roaring. Half of them running straight back out again. Grins and goose bumps as they head for a big pile of towels and toys on the sand. (1)
January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
🧵Spotted at the Beach on New Year's Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:
An entire huge family rushes en masse into a choppy sea. Shrieking, laughing, splashing, roaring. Half of them running straight back out again. Grins and goose bumps as they head for a big pile of towels and toys on the sand. (1)
An entire huge family rushes en masse into a choppy sea. Shrieking, laughing, splashing, roaring. Half of them running straight back out again. Grins and goose bumps as they head for a big pile of towels and toys on the sand. (1)
[Sittin' On] the Dock of the Bay
YouTube video by Otis Redding - Topic
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Is David Seymour still a fascist in 2026 you ask? Yes, an even more unashamedly embolden one. 🙄🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
December 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Is David Seymour still a fascist in 2026 you ask? Yes, an even more unashamedly embolden one. 🙄🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Now it's a transparent goal of the Israeli government to remove from Gaza any non-Palestinians who might witness the reality of the IDF's devastation of a nation and killing of civilians. Israeli justification is that everyone in Gaza is Hamas or has sympathy for them
Israeli ban on aid agencies in Gaza will have ‘catastrophic’ consequences, experts say
Thirty-seven NGOs told they have to cease operations, putting Palestinian lives ‘at imminent risk’
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now it's a transparent goal of the Israeli government to remove from Gaza any non-Palestinians who might witness the reality of the IDF's devastation of a nation and killing of civilians. Israeli justification is that everyone in Gaza is Hamas or has sympathy for them
2025 my #SongOfTheYear
The haunting lyrics of Aua Atu Rā reflect on the connection all Māori have to their sacred home of Aotearoa and the sense of loneliness felt at not knowing their language
'Ko te reo Māori he matapihi ki Te Ao Māori' ...
'The Māori language is a window to the Māori world'
The haunting lyrics of Aua Atu Rā reflect on the connection all Māori have to their sacred home of Aotearoa and the sense of loneliness felt at not knowing their language
'Ko te reo Māori he matapihi ki Te Ao Māori' ...
'The Māori language is a window to the Māori world'
Marlon Williams - Aua Atu Rā (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Marlon Williams Music
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
2025 my #SongOfTheYear
The haunting lyrics of Aua Atu Rā reflect on the connection all Māori have to their sacred home of Aotearoa and the sense of loneliness felt at not knowing their language
'Ko te reo Māori he matapihi ki Te Ao Māori' ...
'The Māori language is a window to the Māori world'
The haunting lyrics of Aua Atu Rā reflect on the connection all Māori have to their sacred home of Aotearoa and the sense of loneliness felt at not knowing their language
'Ko te reo Māori he matapihi ki Te Ao Māori' ...
'The Māori language is a window to the Māori world'
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2025 - my #SongOfTheYear
Controversial, but a huge song in style and its message - to men - 'that they have more in common with everyday women, than with men in power pushing capitalist patriarchy, upholding a system that isolates and betrays them, cutting them off from community and love.'
Controversial, but a huge song in style and its message - to men - 'that they have more in common with everyday women, than with men in power pushing capitalist patriarchy, upholding a system that isolates and betrays them, cutting them off from community and love.'
Georgie Cowan-Turner Breaks Down Paris Paloma’s ‘Good Boy’ Music Video — Short Stuff
The director talks us through her vision for Paris Paloma’s latest video
www.short-stuff.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
2025 - my #SongOfTheYear
Controversial, but a huge song in style and its message - to men - 'that they have more in common with everyday women, than with men in power pushing capitalist patriarchy, upholding a system that isolates and betrays them, cutting them off from community and love.'
Controversial, but a huge song in style and its message - to men - 'that they have more in common with everyday women, than with men in power pushing capitalist patriarchy, upholding a system that isolates and betrays them, cutting them off from community and love.'
Time to ask the AoNZ public if they'd be willing to pay 1% more tax (or whatever is needed) to keep all our regional hospitals open, well equipped and adequately staffed...
Best of the Year:
Two explosive letters to ministers warned services at Gisborne Hospital would have to be cut and patients flown to other regions as the staffing shortage worsens.
Two explosive letters to ministers warned services at Gisborne Hospital would have to be cut and patients flown to other regions as the staffing shortage worsens.
Revealed: Senior doctors told PM Gisborne Hospital is on 'brink of collapse'
Best of the Year: Two explosive letters to ministers warned services at Gisborne Hospital would have to be cut and patients flown to other regions as the staffing shortage worsens.
newsroom.co.nz
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Time to ask the AoNZ public if they'd be willing to pay 1% more tax (or whatever is needed) to keep all our regional hospitals open, well equipped and adequately staffed...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
31. 24-25
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (2025)
Thank you for a very enjoyable challenge @euatbs.bsky.social
So many great songs from everyone that I've added to my playlists 😀
#MusicThroughYears
31. 24-25
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (2025)
Thank you for a very enjoyable challenge @euatbs.bsky.social
So many great songs from everyone that I've added to my playlists 😀
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (Official Video)
YouTube video by WolfAliceVEVO
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
31. 24-25
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (2025)
Thank you for a very enjoyable challenge @euatbs.bsky.social
So many great songs from everyone that I've added to my playlists 😀
#MusicThroughYears
31. 24-25
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (2025)
Thank you for a very enjoyable challenge @euatbs.bsky.social
So many great songs from everyone that I've added to my playlists 😀
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December 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
30. 22-23
Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall - Truth as my weapon (2023)
🎶 Truth is my weapon, it's the only one I've got
Don't need no bullets, this is the gun without a shot
#MusicThroughYears
30. 22-23
Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall - Truth as my weapon (2023)
🎶 Truth is my weapon, it's the only one I've got
Don't need no bullets, this is the gun without a shot
Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall - "Truth As My Weapon" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Sun Records
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
30. 22-23
Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall - Truth as my weapon (2023)
🎶 Truth is my weapon, it's the only one I've got
Don't need no bullets, this is the gun without a shot
#MusicThroughYears
30. 22-23
Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall - Truth as my weapon (2023)
🎶 Truth is my weapon, it's the only one I've got
Don't need no bullets, this is the gun without a shot
Well said Stacy Gregg
Our last hope to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs
The year ahead: Stacy Gregg, one of Aotearoa's most internationally successful and locally awarded writers believes in peace on earth, empathy and goodwill to mankind – but not here and not now.
newsroom.co.nz
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Well said Stacy Gregg
Black Pumas - Colors (Official Live Session)
YouTube video by BlackPumasVEVO
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Suck on that Minister Casey Costello
#nzpol
#nzpol
More good news!
✅ 2025: More than 120 million people have quit tobacco since 2010 – a 27% decline - thanks to tobacco control efforts in many countries worldwide. 🤞This New Year, let’s make a bold resolution: end all forms of tobacco use—for our health, our families, and our future.
✅ 2025: More than 120 million people have quit tobacco since 2010 – a 27% decline - thanks to tobacco control efforts in many countries worldwide. 🤞This New Year, let’s make a bold resolution: end all forms of tobacco use—for our health, our families, and our future.
December 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Suck on that Minister Casey Costello
#nzpol
#nzpol
Brave, principled and honest leadership 👏 🙌
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Brave, principled and honest leadership 👏 🙌
3 years since going to our last gig. Excited 💕
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
3 years since going to our last gig. Excited 💕
Andrew Bird - "Roma Fade" (Live at WFUV)
YouTube video by WFUV Public Radio
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Happy Holidays Bsky!
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Happy Holidays Bsky!