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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t wait to hear how it went!

Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF

Alt: Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 11h

All of academia is scrambling to meet AI like it’s a permanent fixture and I am here with my popcorn waiting for the bubble to burst.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s motivating a lot of people to reconsider assessments and I’m pro that, but AI as an industry? lol let it burnnnnn

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 11h

You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 15h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 15h

I usually don’t share US political stuff, so in case anyone missed it, I lived in the US for the first 30 years of my life and am still holding US citizenship and I fucking hate the USA. I also have a “don’t talk with kiwis about US politics” policy, which is why you don’t see me post about it.

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 15h

Lolsob

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19h

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 15h

I’m not awake enough for articulate considered microblog behaviour. So I’m sticking with Fuck Harris and Fuck Cops

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 15h

Fuck Harris, fuck cops

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 17h

Emily Writes, thank goodness. Share, subscribe, donate to Gaza.

“The real story isn’t Winston Peters’ window no matter how much he wants it to be”

“Here's the real story by Dr Jehad Malaka from Palestine as part of the Palestinian Journalism Project I'm running here on Emily Writes Weekly”

#nzpol

Winston Peters, the victim.

Winston Peters needs you to know that he's a victim. He's a victim. And his dog is a victim. His house is a victim. What he has been through is worse than anything anyone else has ever been through. W...

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

Awesome 😎

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

💯

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

Omg it’s the milk/mylk thing all over again. Always because customers are easily confused and defo not about the lobbyists

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

So again “fuck landlords” and “tax the rich”

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

🥳🥳 think of all the extra treats you’ll be able to buy with out that expense!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

Where are you going to see the mountain goats??

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

National: fuck them kids

Labour: yeah!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

Fuck Labour for being part of the rachet effect. If they pulled policy back to the left to undo the harms of National, we might see a stalemate, but instead they are spineless and stand still, allowing all of us to be dragged toward fascism.

This is why I vote green or TPM

Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 16h

open.substack.com/pub/joehendr...
Hipkins won't reverse National’s plan to stop 18- and 19-year-olds from accessing the unemployment benefit when out of work.

Do ya see why we call Labour (especially under Hipkins) National lite? #nzpol

Labour's view on youth welfare: 18- and 19-year-olds aren't adults either

Why the removal of the unemployment benefit for 18–19-year-olds reveals the limits of Labour’s empathy in practice.

open.substack.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you Jas 🥰🥰🥰

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 16h

Hell yeah! When I say it takes all types for the revolution I mean some people blockade and some people send money to support their legal efforts and some people help share the fundraiser and some knit socks and think about what they will tell our kids about it all

Jasmin Taylor @meshedlight.bsky.social · 1d

Peace Action Ōtautahi has this fundraiser linked to their insta linktree:

Aerospace Blockade - Fighting Fund

Blockade the National Aerospace Conference 2025!

chuffed.org

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I have had Covid one time, and I can no longer multitask, my functional memory is shot, my emotional regulation is wrecked and I have increased fatigue 11 months after the initial infection. This is probably my new normal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Also reminder that these findings are matching what is found in adults. The biggest names in Covid epidemiology have been telling us for years that the risk of long COVID accumulates, we are more likely to experience it after each subsequent infection www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/lon...

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

In case anyone wants the data behind this: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

The study can be found here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of it will be a population level cognitive decline. What could be expected of a cohort who had never been exposed cannot be expected of a cohort who have had Covid 2-5 times.

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I work with young people and we are already seeing reduced capacity and skills and no you cannot blame it all on schooling over zoom for their first high school years.

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

The casual brutality of this political circus coupled with 3-5 years of cultural gaslighting will end with the predictable long trailing end of increasingly more disabled people at an increasingly younger age.

Mask up motherfuckers

Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 1d

“Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.”

Great we’ve just confirmed that any NZ teenagers with chronic conditions trying to access government support are out of luck 🫠

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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