Bex Payton
@bexquilliam.bsky.social
Journalist and adventure-taker. Books and wine are also my jam (she/her)
Continuing the tradition of watching Die Hard on Christmas Eve never gets old
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Continuing the tradition of watching Die Hard on Christmas Eve never gets old
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I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Reposted by Bex Payton
I think it’s pretty likely Bari Weiss quits far sooner than anyone expects because if there’s anything we learned from her tenure at the New York Times it’s that this lady hates working, absolutely despises it, and she probably had to send like four emails today
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I think it’s pretty likely Bari Weiss quits far sooner than anyone expects because if there’s anything we learned from her tenure at the New York Times it’s that this lady hates working, absolutely despises it, and she probably had to send like four emails today
My greatest achievement this year is buying an appropriate Secret Santa present for a group that includes ages ranging 14-50s, males/females, NZers, Germans, vegans, meat eaters, and tourists. Hardest assignment ever.
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
My greatest achievement this year is buying an appropriate Secret Santa present for a group that includes ages ranging 14-50s, males/females, NZers, Germans, vegans, meat eaters, and tourists. Hardest assignment ever.
Suddenly discovering I’m a fan of boxing after all
Logan Paul and Andrew Tate both wrecked within hours of each other.
The light is beginning to return.
The light is beginning to return.
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Suddenly discovering I’m a fan of boxing after all
I’m a donor, but have just instructed my husband if anyone wants part of my nearly-dead body to plump up their ass, the response is a definite no.
“Rather than relying on an implant or a patient's own body fat to add volume to hips or augment breasts, alloClae — which can cost as much as $100,000 per procedure — uses donor fat from a cadaver as a first-of-its-kind body filler.”
Corporate types are clamoring for a new kind of plastic surgery — using dead people's fat
Corporate types are waiting weeks for — and spending big on — alloClae, which cuts out the recovery time typically associated with body enhancements.
www.businessinsider.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’m a donor, but have just instructed my husband if anyone wants part of my nearly-dead body to plump up their ass, the response is a definite no.
Aww, lil chonky owl just doing his best 🥹
hey man you don't need to talk about my business this doesn't need to go in the paper
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Aww, lil chonky owl just doing his best 🥹
This breaks my heart and I hate that we live in a country where survival sometimes comes down to something as arbitrary as how healthy your bank balance is
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/stage-4-b... Stage 4 bowel cancer patient fights for funding of life-prolonging drug
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/stage-4-b... Stage 4 bowel cancer patient fights for funding of life-prolonging drug
Mother with Stage 4 cancer fights for unfunded drug to buy more time with son
The single mum says the funding policy is 'playing Russian roulette with people's lives'.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This breaks my heart and I hate that we live in a country where survival sometimes comes down to something as arbitrary as how healthy your bank balance is
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/stage-4-b... Stage 4 bowel cancer patient fights for funding of life-prolonging drug
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/stage-4-b... Stage 4 bowel cancer patient fights for funding of life-prolonging drug
Not confident of this outcome, but won’t complain if these three guys want to get together to sort everything out
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not confident of this outcome, but won’t complain if these three guys want to get together to sort everything out
This is all perfectly normal stuff. Nothing weird here folks.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is all perfectly normal stuff. Nothing weird here folks.
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When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.
Our cat who has no job, no commitments, has food delivered to him, a special blanket to snuggle in all day, and has zero worries, is exhausted
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Our cat who has no job, no commitments, has food delivered to him, a special blanket to snuggle in all day, and has zero worries, is exhausted
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
Omg, the things women just bloody push through 🙄
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto... Kāpiti woman describes pushing through symptoms on hike, only to find out it was a heart attack
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto... Kāpiti woman describes pushing through symptoms on hike, only to find out it was a heart attack
'A bit puffy': Woman unknowingly pushed through heart attack symptoms to finish scenic hike
Joan Whincup didn't realise she was battling a heart attack as she walked up a hill.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Omg, the things women just bloody push through 🙄
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto... Kāpiti woman describes pushing through symptoms on hike, only to find out it was a heart attack
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto... Kāpiti woman describes pushing through symptoms on hike, only to find out it was a heart attack
Underage women = girls.
Epstein, who sexually abused underage women at his homes and one of his private islands in the Caribbean, also kept images of sex toys, according to the new release.
One of the photographs shows novelty condoms with Trump’s likeness on them. A sign reads, “Trump Condom $4.50.” (6/x)
One of the photographs shows novelty condoms with Trump’s likeness on them. A sign reads, “Trump Condom $4.50.” (6/x)
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Underage women = girls.
She’s obviously an extraordinary young woman and taking nothing away from her achievements, celebrating a 100% attendance rate is… weird? Kids get sick and sometimes need to stay home. Also, time away with family on holiday is a good thing.
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
'Powerful example': Teen's 13 years of perfect school attendance honoured
Casey Paul has not missed a single day since starting school.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
She’s obviously an extraordinary young woman and taking nothing away from her achievements, celebrating a 100% attendance rate is… weird? Kids get sick and sometimes need to stay home. Also, time away with family on holiday is a good thing.
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
The bus I’m on is very creaky. Like, too creaky. I’m not convinced I’ll arrive at work with the sides still attached
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The bus I’m on is very creaky. Like, too creaky. I’m not convinced I’ll arrive at work with the sides still attached
Wouldn’t it be great that instead of having one (1) good billionaire, all billionaires were taxed appropriately so we didn’t have to count on that one person?
The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a major increase
The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wouldn’t it be great that instead of having one (1) good billionaire, all billionaires were taxed appropriately so we didn’t have to count on that one person?
So easy to dismiss women as hysterical. Men in power are finding out we’re no longer putting up with that shit.
Opinion: The ‘hysterical’ problem in the Andrew Coster Q+A interview thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-1...
Opinion: The ‘hysterical’ problem in the Andrew Coster Q+A interview thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-1...
The ‘hysterical’ problem in the Andrew Coster Q+A interview
For many women and survivors of sexual violence, the crux of Jack Tame’s extraordinary interview with Andrew Coster on Q+A wasn’t the part where the former police commissioner narked on Mitchell and H...
thespinoff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So easy to dismiss women as hysterical. Men in power are finding out we’re no longer putting up with that shit.
Opinion: The ‘hysterical’ problem in the Andrew Coster Q+A interview thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-1...
Opinion: The ‘hysterical’ problem in the Andrew Coster Q+A interview thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-1...
Yeah, nah, this can’t be right
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Yeah, nah, this can’t be right
Essential warning system in emergency werewolf situation
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Essential warning system in emergency werewolf situation
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Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
Inspiring a generation of idiot teens to do American Pie but with a computer
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Inspiring a generation of idiot teens to do American Pie but with a computer
Yesterday the cat woke us by bringing a bird into the house. Today thunder and lightning hit at 5am. And then I discovered my husband had bought banana milk instead of normal milk. So the end of my week could not have been worse tbh
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yesterday the cat woke us by bringing a bird into the house. Today thunder and lightning hit at 5am. And then I discovered my husband had bought banana milk instead of normal milk. So the end of my week could not have been worse tbh