Lotographia 🍹
@lotographia.bsky.social
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Person of Pōneke, Aotearoa. They/He (in that order). Green Party supporter & volunteer. Lego collector. Trying to build a website and write a book and failing at both.
"David Thomsen".
Person of Pōneke, Aotearoa. They/He (in that order). Green Party supporter & volunteer. Lego collector. Trying to build a website and write a book and failing at both.
"David Thomsen".
I think it's @chewienz.bsky.social who keeps making parallels between Te Tiriti and the US Constitution?
Imagine if an education official in the US said it was disgusting for people to make maps of schools that voluntarily uphold the Constitution.
Imagine if an education official in the US said it was disgusting for people to make maps of schools that voluntarily uphold the Constitution.
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I think it's @chewienz.bsky.social who keeps making parallels between Te Tiriti and the US Constitution?
Imagine if an education official in the US said it was disgusting for people to make maps of schools that voluntarily uphold the Constitution.
Imagine if an education official in the US said it was disgusting for people to make maps of schools that voluntarily uphold the Constitution.
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Oh look, it was about racism again.
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Oh look, it was about racism again.
All politicians should enter politics with the exact same attitude they have when they are finally going to exit politics
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
All politicians should enter politics with the exact same attitude they have when they are finally going to exit politics
I regret ranking Andrew Little higher than the joke candidates. Not sure what I was thinking there.
I voted for @andrewlittlenz.bsky.social I kinda regret it now.
I hope the long run will prove me wrong on his strategy of giving RWers enough work to keep them in line. It still looks too much like rewarding creeps who don't deserve it.
#NZpol
I hope the long run will prove me wrong on his strategy of giving RWers enough work to keep them in line. It still looks too much like rewarding creeps who don't deserve it.
#NZpol
We can disagree on policy. But promoting someone who spreads misogynistic rumours into a key leadership role? That should be a red line for any council committed to safe and respectful politics. #nzpol
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-...
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I regret ranking Andrew Little higher than the joke candidates. Not sure what I was thinking there.
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Inspired by @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social's 'Lonely Fun' zine - @taracomics.bsky.social has another RPG for you to enjoy taracomics.substack.com/p/the-myster...
The Mystery Note
A lyric game in comic form
taracomics.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Inspired by @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social's 'Lonely Fun' zine - @taracomics.bsky.social has another RPG for you to enjoy taracomics.substack.com/p/the-myster...
What became of your lamb, Charlie Brown?
This is not a place of honor, Charlie Brown.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
What became of your lamb, Charlie Brown?
#BHN alumni Dr Gary Payinda and Craig Renney being selected as Labour Party candidates is a good score for the party, but it makes me slightly uneasy.
I think they work better as experts providing independent commentary, rather than politicians who need to toe the party line occasionally?
I think they work better as experts providing independent commentary, rather than politicians who need to toe the party line occasionally?
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
#BHN alumni Dr Gary Payinda and Craig Renney being selected as Labour Party candidates is a good score for the party, but it makes me slightly uneasy.
I think they work better as experts providing independent commentary, rather than politicians who need to toe the party line occasionally?
I think they work better as experts providing independent commentary, rather than politicians who need to toe the party line occasionally?
You know that feeling? when you almost reverse into a police car and then you relive the moment over and over again for the entire rest of the weekend
A lovely day and then I almost reverse into a police car 🫠
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
You know that feeling? when you almost reverse into a police car and then you relive the moment over and over again for the entire rest of the weekend
A lovely day and then I almost reverse into a police car 🫠
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A lovely day and then I almost reverse into a police car 🫠
LOOK AT THIS TALENT
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
LOOK AT THIS TALENT
I keep thinking about how completely useless each of the coalition parties is at the thing they're actually supposed to be good at.
The ACT party are libertarian? Huh. So when will they come out fighting for our liberty to use puberty blockers?
The ACT party are libertarian? Huh. So when will they come out fighting for our liberty to use puberty blockers?
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I keep thinking about how completely useless each of the coalition parties is at the thing they're actually supposed to be good at.
The ACT party are libertarian? Huh. So when will they come out fighting for our liberty to use puberty blockers?
The ACT party are libertarian? Huh. So when will they come out fighting for our liberty to use puberty blockers?
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You can ask me any questions* you've got about our families experiences with puberty blockers. DM me if you prefer.
I'll answer anything I can or point you in the direction of better info if I can't xx
*not interested in media people. We're done with that.
I'll answer anything I can or point you in the direction of better info if I can't xx
*not interested in media people. We're done with that.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You can ask me any questions* you've got about our families experiences with puberty blockers. DM me if you prefer.
I'll answer anything I can or point you in the direction of better info if I can't xx
*not interested in media people. We're done with that.
I'll answer anything I can or point you in the direction of better info if I can't xx
*not interested in media people. We're done with that.
I use Regaine® as a gender-affirming treatment.
My favourite part of the instruction manual is where it says "exactly how Regaine® works is not known".
I'm allowed to purchase it and apply it to my scalp anyway. No one is bothered by this.
What idiot put Simeon Brown in charge of medicine?
My favourite part of the instruction manual is where it says "exactly how Regaine® works is not known".
I'm allowed to purchase it and apply it to my scalp anyway. No one is bothered by this.
What idiot put Simeon Brown in charge of medicine?
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I use Regaine® as a gender-affirming treatment.
My favourite part of the instruction manual is where it says "exactly how Regaine® works is not known".
I'm allowed to purchase it and apply it to my scalp anyway. No one is bothered by this.
What idiot put Simeon Brown in charge of medicine?
My favourite part of the instruction manual is where it says "exactly how Regaine® works is not known".
I'm allowed to purchase it and apply it to my scalp anyway. No one is bothered by this.
What idiot put Simeon Brown in charge of medicine?
This is the most expensive shirt I own (and the oversized label is scratchy as heck).
I suspect I will be wearing it much more over the next year.
I suspect I will be wearing it much more over the next year.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is the most expensive shirt I own (and the oversized label is scratchy as heck).
I suspect I will be wearing it much more over the next year.
I suspect I will be wearing it much more over the next year.
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Initial response from Gender Minorities Aotearoa, to NZ Government proposal to restrict access for gender minority patients to medical treatment approved by their own doctors.
Ban would be by Regulation with a likely start date of 19 December 2025.
#NZpol
genderminorities.com/2025/11/19/a...
Ban would be by Regulation with a likely start date of 19 December 2025.
#NZpol
genderminorities.com/2025/11/19/a...
Are puberty blockers banned in New Zealand? - Gender Minorities Aotearoa | Transgender New Zealand
The Minister of Health has today announced that GnRH analogues will no longer be prescribed to new patients for gender dysphoria.
genderminorities.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Initial response from Gender Minorities Aotearoa, to NZ Government proposal to restrict access for gender minority patients to medical treatment approved by their own doctors.
Ban would be by Regulation with a likely start date of 19 December 2025.
#NZpol
genderminorities.com/2025/11/19/a...
Ban would be by Regulation with a likely start date of 19 December 2025.
#NZpol
genderminorities.com/2025/11/19/a...
I'm actually getting very concerned about Labour. At a standup Hipkins said his job is to "win as many seats as possible" when it should be to "create good policy". I think this objective creates a perverse incentive that sets them up in opposition to their allies.
To put it diplomatically, I know there's *cough* a certain element in Labour that are pissy boots that the Greens snatched their wigs in "their" Wellington seats but this is taking spite way too far. #nzpol
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm actually getting very concerned about Labour. At a standup Hipkins said his job is to "win as many seats as possible" when it should be to "create good policy". I think this objective creates a perverse incentive that sets them up in opposition to their allies.
I remember a couple of days ago when the Police Commissioner said that getting a speeding ticket was "the dumbest thing [he'd] ever done"
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I remember a couple of days ago when the Police Commissioner said that getting a speeding ticket was "the dumbest thing [he'd] ever done"
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
And my immediate, cynical, and ultimately correct reaction was, "let's wait a few more days".
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My recent piece published by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network of Australia & NZ ~ ‘ON THE VALIDITY OF SELF-DIAGNOSIS’
tldr: professional dx is not always accessible, awareness is rising & community expanding, & YOU ARE VALID 💚
www.asan-aunz.org/on-the-valid...
#writing #autism #autistic #ASD
tldr: professional dx is not always accessible, awareness is rising & community expanding, & YOU ARE VALID 💚
www.asan-aunz.org/on-the-valid...
#writing #autism #autistic #ASD
On The Validity of Self-Diagnosis by Devon Webb - Autistic Self Advocacy Network Australia and New Zealand
He/Him
www.asan-aunz.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My recent piece published by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network of Australia & NZ ~ ‘ON THE VALIDITY OF SELF-DIAGNOSIS’
tldr: professional dx is not always accessible, awareness is rising & community expanding, & YOU ARE VALID 💚
www.asan-aunz.org/on-the-valid...
#writing #autism #autistic #ASD
tldr: professional dx is not always accessible, awareness is rising & community expanding, & YOU ARE VALID 💚
www.asan-aunz.org/on-the-valid...
#writing #autism #autistic #ASD
My first impression of HDPA was when she commented on protestors who were blocking the roads.
She said, "what if emergency past need to get past?"
And I was confused because they'd already clarified that they would let emergency vehicles past.
I did not understand how HDPA had got on the air.
She said, "what if emergency past need to get past?"
And I was confused because they'd already clarified that they would let emergency vehicles past.
I did not understand how HDPA had got on the air.
this should immediately have a commentator REMOVED from their roles, instead it’s a strong signal of just how decrepit and servile to power nz media is
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My first impression of HDPA was when she commented on protestors who were blocking the roads.
She said, "what if emergency past need to get past?"
And I was confused because they'd already clarified that they would let emergency vehicles past.
I did not understand how HDPA had got on the air.
She said, "what if emergency past need to get past?"
And I was confused because they'd already clarified that they would let emergency vehicles past.
I did not understand how HDPA had got on the air.
I remember reading about a company that employed designers.
When having to choose between a designer with a great portfolio who showed average confidence, and a designer with an average portfolio who showed great confidence, they would choose the more confident designer.
I think about this a lot.
When having to choose between a designer with a great portfolio who showed average confidence, and a designer with an average portfolio who showed great confidence, they would choose the more confident designer.
I think about this a lot.
NZ Employers: Hmmmm, this candidate is nice and likes to treat their co-workers with respect…
Also NZ Employers: …nahhhh. Let’s pick the arrogant, arsehole that will make life miserable for everyone!
Also NZ Employers: …and make them the boss!
#noarseholepolicy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Also NZ Employers: …nahhhh. Let’s pick the arrogant, arsehole that will make life miserable for everyone!
Also NZ Employers: …and make them the boss!
#noarseholepolicy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Open, agreeable New Zealanders less likely to be employed, study shows
Being extroverted or emotionally stable doesn't help with employability as much in this country as it does in most others.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I remember reading about a company that employed designers.
When having to choose between a designer with a great portfolio who showed average confidence, and a designer with an average portfolio who showed great confidence, they would choose the more confident designer.
I think about this a lot.
When having to choose between a designer with a great portfolio who showed average confidence, and a designer with an average portfolio who showed great confidence, they would choose the more confident designer.
I think about this a lot.
Tamatha Paul OWNED the chamber today and it was powerful.
Didn't even need to say "I told you so". Just got down to business.
Didn't even need to say "I told you so". Just got down to business.
Tamatha Paul speaking for the Greens; starts with acknowledging the mana of mcSkimming's victim.
"Its particularly stinging to have to discuss this matter on this day" - because its meant to be about remembering victims of abuse and instead we're again talking about abusers #nzqt
"Its particularly stinging to have to discuss this matter on this day" - because its meant to be about remembering victims of abuse and instead we're again talking about abusers #nzqt
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tamatha Paul OWNED the chamber today and it was powerful.
Didn't even need to say "I told you so". Just got down to business.
Didn't even need to say "I told you so". Just got down to business.
The reason I'm not interested in The Running Man (2025) is that the protagonist appears to be the Competent American Man Guy when they should have gone with the Affable Doofus Who Just Bumbles Through.
I have absolutely no interest in seeing any more fantasies of the Competent American Man Guy.
I have absolutely no interest in seeing any more fantasies of the Competent American Man Guy.
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The reason I'm not interested in The Running Man (2025) is that the protagonist appears to be the Competent American Man Guy when they should have gone with the Affable Doofus Who Just Bumbles Through.
I have absolutely no interest in seeing any more fantasies of the Competent American Man Guy.
I have absolutely no interest in seeing any more fantasies of the Competent American Man Guy.
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Hipkins even gaslit people at Young Labour at the time. Anyone with integrity would apologise by now but he has no integrity.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hipkins even gaslit people at Young Labour at the time. Anyone with integrity would apologise by now but he has no integrity.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Chris Hipkins misrepresented what Tamatha Paul said. She knew exactly what she was talking about.
Hipkins crossed a major line when he did that. He should have made it right earlier. Now he NEEDS to make it right.
Hipkins crossed a major line when he did that. He should have made it right earlier. Now he NEEDS to make it right.
Now I’d like to hear Chris Hipkins apologise to Tamatha Paul and the rest of us who he gaslit on police safety not that long ago 😡
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Chris Hipkins misrepresented what Tamatha Paul said. She knew exactly what she was talking about.
Hipkins crossed a major line when he did that. He should have made it right earlier. Now he NEEDS to make it right.
Hipkins crossed a major line when he did that. He should have made it right earlier. Now he NEEDS to make it right.