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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷

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She/Her. Likes Coffee, Cake, Canines & Curse-words. Pākehā. PhD Candidate - women's health & participatory research. Feminist Killjoy. Living with Long Covid. Born at 336.25 ppm CO2

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · Jun 11

This makes it really easy to let your local MP know you want them to stand up for Palestine. Let’s show our government what we really want them to stand for!

You can sign an open letter to your MP about the genocide in Gaza from here:
united4palestine.web.app

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A new Flutter project.

united4palestine.web.app

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1h

Brownlee shouting "No, not that" to a wahine Māori doing a haka in parliament is everything that's wrong with this place trying to belittle and silence everything that's good about this place. #NZpol

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 55m

Get your vote on people, if you haven't already. And get your friends/family voting too.

There are Māori wards to save and some truly alarming candidates to resist.
#nzpol

Nathan Simms @nathansimms.bsky.social · 2h

Turnout is lower so far in this year's local elections, especially in wards that vote Left. You can still vote by 12 noon Saturday by putting your completed ballot paper in the orange bins at Supermarkets and other locations.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4h

USA: Mask rules are returning to Bay Area health care settings from Nov 1 as COVID, flu, and RSV cases rise.

Counties including Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz will require masks for workers, and in some cases patients and visitors, through spring.

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

By Aidin Vaziri,
Staff Writer
Oct 7, 2025

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 2h

Radio bros gon hate

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 55m

For anyone struggling tonight:

You matter.
You have value.
You are loved.
You do not need to prove your worth or justify your existence to anyone.

If you know someone who’s lonely, sick or struggling… reach out and say “how can I support you?”

Let them know someone cares

It makes a difference

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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 1h

How many more of these studies do we need before someone will say publicly that SARS-CoV-2 is oncogenic? Or will we just dance around it for another decade?

Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 3h

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/ 🧐

SARS-CoV-2 infection heightens the risk of developing HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer - PubMed

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with elevated risks of HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer, irrespective of age or race. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay b...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1h

You had a brick thrown through your window? We need legislation!

You got hundreds of messages about how you and your child should die? They started because of some homophobic disinformation about you? You have to leave your job for your safety? lol okay bye.

(imo both these things are bad)

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t think mine spend any less time asking me to play with them - they both just ask at the same time! But they don’t always coordinated going outside so I have double the getting up to let them out then back in and out again! I’ve found doing any training much harder with 2 as well

🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 1h

Some of us do 🔭

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 2h

Community and connection are the key to fighting facisim. But I very really feel part of a community (this isn't a request to be reassured, just the way my brain works i think).

But you can still put energy into a community and help others connect, helping the community will prosper.

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 3h

OMG the National Party totally screwed up the vote on the Broadcasting Bill. First they didn’t have signed proxies for the conscience vote. Then they didn’t have the 20 members in the house required for a conscience vote - so the vote is a nullity. Politics 101 learn to count !!!

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 3h

Voters in Te Whanganui A Tara Wellington or Pōneke, if you haven't voted yet and you're 18YO or older, please get on to it. Te Awe Library in Brandon Street off Lambton Quay is a special voting place if you need help.
#NZpol
wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

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te pua o te rēinga (🫴🏼🎃) @cucumber.bsky.social · 3h

the powerful are petrified of wahine māori and the haka.

got emotional watching this wee clip of oriini kaipara in the house.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 2h

If you haven't been a candidate, you might not know that the last week of the election can begin to slowly cook your brain if you're not careful

You're SO CLOSE to the results, there's not much really for you to do, all anyone is going to talk to you about is how do you think it's going...

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 2h

It is fun for them to have a play mate, and it’s good entertainment…..but it can be a lot more work

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 3h

Two silly doggos

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 3h

One tiny act of resistance at a time

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Victoria 💚 🧡 @vebate.bsky.social · 3h

Another haka and another display of Gerry's wonderful understanding of tīkanga.

A sign from the 2024 hikoi with many faces of Gerry Brownlee looking upset or just bored and the words "NO DON'T DO THAT"

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 6h

every fucking time

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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 4h

All done. And got me one of the stickers the library are giving away too 😊

Lots of people here casting special votes too

A sticker with ranbow bars, it has the words “I voted” on it. The sticker is stuck on top of a laptop alongside other stickers. There are 2 stickers featuring a little boy, 1 where he is buried in sand and doing thumbs up, the other one has the same boy cuddled up in his Grogu oodie. Another sticker features characters from the book Folk Remedy by Jem Yoshioka

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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 4h

I will be down at Marsden Books, Karori, this Saturday 11 October at 12.30pm to sign books and stuff for Bookshop Day. Come along if you are in the area.

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 5h

my husband just referred to happy feelings from playing with the dog as “dogamine”

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 4h

A welcome back down from the coalition.
#nzpol

Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social · 7h

Through pure people power - with workers, faith, and community uniting - the Govt has decided to keep the Living Wage in its procurement guidelines for contracted cleaners, catering workers, and security guards.

Special mention to the many workers who stood up and organised for this win. #NZpol

LIVING WAGE SAVED
For workers employed by contractors in the core public service

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Beckie @fitkiwi.bsky.social · 5h

Come on Wellington, I know you're frustrated and disappointed in our council, but we need to try and improve things. Despite not having many palatable options for mayor and councillors in the Southern Ward, I was able to pick a preferred mayor and 1 councillor. Not ideal but I tried.

Catherine McKenzie @catherinejmckenzie.bsky.social · 5h

Jeepers Wellington, giddy up! Only 27.52% have voted. You've only got two days left.

wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=174681

With two days to go, only 27.52% have voted in WCC elections

Latest voting figures for Wellington show that 44,397 people have voted so far, representing 27.52 per cent of eligible voters. This compares with 24.

wellington.scoop.co.nz

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Bumbleebee @parrykylie.bsky.social · 4h

In my region I voted for the least offensive option. You can do that too!

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