Evelyn!
@umbellule.bsky.social
doing my best 👭🌈
she/they 🌻 ME/CFS, ADHD, et al 🌻 Ōtepoti, Aotearoa
she/they 🌻 ME/CFS, ADHD, et al 🌻 Ōtepoti, Aotearoa
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Discovering I was trans was the greatest blessing of my life. A simple explanation for a sense of wrongness I'd felt so long I thought that wrongness was me.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
The calls for trans people to be quieter as we're wiped out are only going to increase, and you owe it to your sisters and brothers to get louder and louder.
February 19, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Discovering I was trans was the greatest blessing of my life. A simple explanation for a sense of wrongness I'd felt so long I thought that wrongness was me.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.
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PSA: GO REGISTER TO VOTE / CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION DETAILS!
National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote.
Don't let them suppress your vote!
Don't let them stop you from voting!
#nzpol
National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote.
Don't let them suppress your vote!
Don't let them stop you from voting!
#nzpol
February 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
PSA: GO REGISTER TO VOTE / CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION DETAILS!
National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote.
Don't let them suppress your vote!
Don't let them stop you from voting!
#nzpol
National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote.
Don't let them suppress your vote!
Don't let them stop you from voting!
#nzpol
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Today, this apartment building in Wellington was approved for construction. Two years ago, it was illegal to build.
What changed? A group of 20-something YIMBYs campaigned for the council to change its zoning.
Soon this site will have 32 homes where previously there was one.
What changed? A group of 20-something YIMBYs campaigned for the council to change its zoning.
Soon this site will have 32 homes where previously there was one.
February 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Today, this apartment building in Wellington was approved for construction. Two years ago, it was illegal to build.
What changed? A group of 20-something YIMBYs campaigned for the council to change its zoning.
Soon this site will have 32 homes where previously there was one.
What changed? A group of 20-something YIMBYs campaigned for the council to change its zoning.
Soon this site will have 32 homes where previously there was one.
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February 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Another benefit of mask wearing:
News Release 17-Feb-2026
"Mask-wearing during COVID-19 linked to reduced air pollution–triggered heart attack risk in Japan"
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#MaskUp #Masking
News Release 17-Feb-2026
"Mask-wearing during COVID-19 linked to reduced air pollution–triggered heart attack risk in Japan"
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#MaskUp #Masking
February 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Another benefit of mask wearing:
News Release 17-Feb-2026
"Mask-wearing during COVID-19 linked to reduced air pollution–triggered heart attack risk in Japan"
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#MaskUp #Masking
News Release 17-Feb-2026
"Mask-wearing during COVID-19 linked to reduced air pollution–triggered heart attack risk in Japan"
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#MaskUp #Masking
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The #European Commission kicks off the bloc's Action Plan Against #Cyberbullying 💻
Sierra Leone opens the doors of its first-ever #maternal #health hospital for at-risk mothers and babies 🤱
#Norway pledges to end the cultivation of fast-growing "Frankenchickens" by the end of 2027 🇳🇴
Sierra Leone opens the doors of its first-ever #maternal #health hospital for at-risk mothers and babies 🤱
#Norway pledges to end the cultivation of fast-growing "Frankenchickens" by the end of 2027 🇳🇴
EU launches plan against cyberbullying, Sierra Leone's first-ever NICU, Norway to phase out "Frankenchickens" - Squirrel News
In today's edition of Squirrel News: the European Commission kicks off the bloc's Action Plan Against Cyberbullying, Sierra Leone opens the doors of its first-ever maternal health hospital for at-risk...
squirrel-news.net
February 18, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The #European Commission kicks off the bloc's Action Plan Against #Cyberbullying 💻
Sierra Leone opens the doors of its first-ever #maternal #health hospital for at-risk mothers and babies 🤱
#Norway pledges to end the cultivation of fast-growing "Frankenchickens" by the end of 2027 🇳🇴
Sierra Leone opens the doors of its first-ever #maternal #health hospital for at-risk mothers and babies 🤱
#Norway pledges to end the cultivation of fast-growing "Frankenchickens" by the end of 2027 🇳🇴
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I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
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This is the hardest thing for me, to not have the physical capacity (in which I include mind and energy) to be involved in community work the way my heart demands. It is where the limitations I can't get around feel most cruel.
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“Everyone has limits on what they can and/or should give to another person. Remind yourself constantly that the limitations of your own body do not reflect deficiencies of heart or determination.”
#spoonie #caregiving
“Everyone has limits on what they can and/or should give to another person. Remind yourself constantly that the limitations of your own body do not reflect deficiencies of heart or determination.”
#spoonie #caregiving
February 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This is the hardest thing for me, to not have the physical capacity (in which I include mind and energy) to be involved in community work the way my heart demands. It is where the limitations I can't get around feel most cruel.
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nz primary school teachers are assigning recorder homework to encourage everyone to put pressure on the government. it is absolutely worth your time to scroll down and watch the video
www.makeitstop.co.nz
www.makeitstop.co.nz
Make it stop
www.makeitstop.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 2:53 AM
nz primary school teachers are assigning recorder homework to encourage everyone to put pressure on the government. it is absolutely worth your time to scroll down and watch the video
www.makeitstop.co.nz
www.makeitstop.co.nz
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Someone loves bag
February 18, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Someone loves bag
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This is Apollo. We promise he's a really good dog. He just can't sit on the couch normally. Still 13/10 (IG: apollodabean)
February 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This is Apollo. We promise he's a really good dog. He just can't sit on the couch normally. Still 13/10 (IG: apollodabean)
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MOTHER今配信中
Streaming #Earthbound Beginnings now
twitch.tv/melonjaywalk
今日は1時間ちょっとやろうかなー
Maybe only like an hour or so
Streaming #Earthbound Beginnings now
twitch.tv/melonjaywalk
今日は1時間ちょっとやろうかなー
Maybe only like an hour or so
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
MOTHER今配信中
Streaming #Earthbound Beginnings now
twitch.tv/melonjaywalk
今日は1時間ちょっとやろうかなー
Maybe only like an hour or so
Streaming #Earthbound Beginnings now
twitch.tv/melonjaywalk
今日は1時間ちょっとやろうかなー
Maybe only like an hour or so
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(saying my daily affirmation) Yes
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
(saying my daily affirmation) Yes
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rushed through a month after they lost re this exact issue in the high court btw - www.justice.govt.nz/jdo_document...
it seems some think if they don’t like it when the law says to support our country’s most vulnerable, they can just change it real quick by making stuff up and blaming survivors 🤪
it seems some think if they don’t like it when the law says to support our country’s most vulnerable, they can just change it real quick by making stuff up and blaming survivors 🤪
www.justice.govt.nz
February 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
rushed through a month after they lost re this exact issue in the high court btw - www.justice.govt.nz/jdo_document...
it seems some think if they don’t like it when the law says to support our country’s most vulnerable, they can just change it real quick by making stuff up and blaming survivors 🤪
it seems some think if they don’t like it when the law says to support our country’s most vulnerable, they can just change it real quick by making stuff up and blaming survivors 🤪
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Flooding is generally human induced rather than a pure ‘natural disaster’ (water just follows gravity and geography). The design and engineering problems are well understood. It’s the political economy that is blocking adaptation.
bsky.app/profile/maet...
bsky.app/profile/maet...
This drastically conflicts with ‘free market’ open season on semi rural land aquisition where suburban tract homebuilders can just bulldoze through wetlands and plop asphalt on top, with stormwater managed with small pipes according to late 20th C estimates of rainfall.
February 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Flooding is generally human induced rather than a pure ‘natural disaster’ (water just follows gravity and geography). The design and engineering problems are well understood. It’s the political economy that is blocking adaptation.
bsky.app/profile/maet...
bsky.app/profile/maet...
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Calculators don't even tell you anything about the numbers. They should show fun facts about like, 7 or whatever
February 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Calculators don't even tell you anything about the numbers. They should show fun facts about like, 7 or whatever
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Huge announcement: Girl Scouts on our trans girl scout cookies list have sold 250,000!!!!!! Boxes of girl scout cookies, a record for EITM's trans girl scout cookie drive.
Some have only sold 20 boxes though. I put those at the top of the list.
Lets close out this season and make their day! :)
Some have only sold 20 boxes though. I put those at the top of the list.
Lets close out this season and make their day! :)
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Huge announcement: Girl Scouts on our trans girl scout cookies list have sold 250,000!!!!!! Boxes of girl scout cookies, a record for EITM's trans girl scout cookie drive.
Some have only sold 20 boxes though. I put those at the top of the list.
Lets close out this season and make their day! :)
Some have only sold 20 boxes though. I put those at the top of the list.
Lets close out this season and make their day! :)
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"Pacing in the Real World"
Another blogpost I liked a lot by this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid.
Contains lots of practical tips. As she says, an emphasis is harm reduction rather than perfection
onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/pacing-in-...
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME #Pacing
Another blogpost I liked a lot by this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid.
Contains lots of practical tips. As she says, an emphasis is harm reduction rather than perfection
onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/pacing-in-...
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME #Pacing
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"Pacing in the Real World"
Another blogpost I liked a lot by this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid.
Contains lots of practical tips. As she says, an emphasis is harm reduction rather than perfection
onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/pacing-in-...
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME #Pacing
Another blogpost I liked a lot by this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid.
Contains lots of practical tips. As she says, an emphasis is harm reduction rather than perfection
onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/pacing-in-...
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME #Pacing
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Given the use of GenAI among political parties and all that entails, your periodic reminder that we have an Open Letter signed by over 20 AI experts calling on AI regulation. So far only the Green Party has committed to this. Please share among your networks and sign if you haven't already #nzpol
We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol
regulateai.nz
regulateai.nz
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A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI
regulateai.nz
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Given the use of GenAI among political parties and all that entails, your periodic reminder that we have an Open Letter signed by over 20 AI experts calling on AI regulation. So far only the Green Party has committed to this. Please share among your networks and sign if you haven't already #nzpol
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today I saw a dad at costco deploy a high-risk “fine, I’ll buy you this basketball hoop if you can make this shot” maneuver to his young son only for the boy to swish from like twenty feet away. net barely moved
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
today I saw a dad at costco deploy a high-risk “fine, I’ll buy you this basketball hoop if you can make this shot” maneuver to his young son only for the boy to swish from like twenty feet away. net barely moved
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A fishing ban on the world's third-largest river pays off with rapid recovery in biodiversity and fish stocks 🎣
The transfer of plastic waste from rich countries to poor has seen a drop in recent years 🗑️
Cellulose fibres recovered from horse dung present an alternative for plastic packaging 🐴
The transfer of plastic waste from rich countries to poor has seen a drop in recent years 🗑️
Cellulose fibres recovered from horse dung present an alternative for plastic packaging 🐴
Yangtze River recovers, global plastic waste trade dramatically down, plastic alternatives from horse dung - Squirrel News
In Squirrel News today, a fishing ban on the world's third-largest river pays off with rapid recovery in biodiversity and fish stocks, the transfer of plastic waste from rich countries to poor has see...
squirrel-news.net
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A fishing ban on the world's third-largest river pays off with rapid recovery in biodiversity and fish stocks 🎣
The transfer of plastic waste from rich countries to poor has seen a drop in recent years 🗑️
Cellulose fibres recovered from horse dung present an alternative for plastic packaging 🐴
The transfer of plastic waste from rich countries to poor has seen a drop in recent years 🗑️
Cellulose fibres recovered from horse dung present an alternative for plastic packaging 🐴
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It’s Mabel’s 3rd Birthday.
Happy birthday my little darling.
Happy birthday my little darling.
February 16, 2026 at 6:47 AM
It’s Mabel’s 3rd Birthday.
Happy birthday my little darling.
Happy birthday my little darling.
other day i saw two people pass each other & just high five on the way. pals. nbd. & i realised i can't relate to that at all anymore. the last time i unexpectedly saw one of my friends in real life i threw my arms wide and screamed (and she reciprocated). running into a friend is a privilege lol
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
other day i saw two people pass each other & just high five on the way. pals. nbd. & i realised i can't relate to that at all anymore. the last time i unexpectedly saw one of my friends in real life i threw my arms wide and screamed (and she reciprocated). running into a friend is a privilege lol
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Bébé kereru in our wisteria. Most of those twigs are the plant. I think the parent just tossed a few twigs on to and thought that'll do.
February 16, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Bébé kereru in our wisteria. Most of those twigs are the plant. I think the parent just tossed a few twigs on to and thought that'll do.