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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Ok i need y’all in Ōtepotī to realise that we have one of the best gelato places I’ve been to in the whole country.

Gelato Junky; up on the octy has a vegan lemon meringue that I swear to god is TRANSPORTIVE.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 1d

I’m pausing before interview number 7 of 12 in this particular project, evaluating impact for a training organisation working in Australia and New Zealand. Alongside the interviews is quantitative data analysis and a survey of 120 participants.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 1d

An anticipatory moment in my AngelWings Ltd day job. Pausing before an online interview. Waiting to listen. Serving an organisation wanting to grow.

Beside me is an interview schedule and 2 visual prompts for creative data gathering. Out of site on the desk is a research journal, pen, highlighter

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 2d

Take the three most dominant colours. See what moments and stories express those colours and learnings

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 6d

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · 6d

And last but by no means least, @docbrush.bsky.social presents her model of faith development, one of continuing discipleship, along with outlines and analysis of existing models in The Way Through The Trees: An Introduction to Faith Development.

Order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

The front cover of The Way Through The Trees by Sarah Brush.
There is an endorsement quote alongside, which reads: Sarah Brush proves herself to be an adept, playful, creative and generative guide to the geography of faith development theories and styles. The genius of this book is the independence of her judgment, the clarity of her analysis and the playfulness with which she invites her reader into exploring how this landscape might excite, nurture and grow faith … practical theology at its very best.
This is a quote from James Woodward, Principal of Sarum College.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 9d

Gender pay gap
S Korea 31%
Israel 25%
Japan 21%
Canada 17%
US 17%
Mexico 17%
UK 15%
Germany 14%
Turkey 10%
France 9%
Spain 7%
Italy 3%
Belgium 1%

Chart shows difference between median full-time earnings of men and women as % of median earnings of men in OECD countries.

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 9d

Wonders of technology allowed me to share my @X_Training_UoB research on the social impact of spiritual practices with students at Cuddesdon College, England this weekend.

2 sessions on listening in ministry + mission, with interactive exercises + case studies.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 10d

Lovely afternoon for a walk in Karitane. Then home to mow the lawn, spray the apples to prevent black spot, water some lettuce seedlings and get some spring weeding done

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11d

Sarah Morgan, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt

Print featuring a small house in a field under a swirling dark stormy sky, the house has several windows which are illuminated with inviting yellow light

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12d

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12d

🤷🏿‍♂️

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

gizmodo.com

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 13d

Copy editing page proofs for a journal article for Colloquium.

“Making a Christian Witness in Australia today.”

The article researchers knitting activism, interviews with climate scarf knitters and Christmas angel makers.

Accepted a year ago. Due out soon
emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/maki...

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 14d

"Relational labour and faith-based digital activism" book chapter acceptance. Hooray.

Bloomsbury. Frida Mannerfelt and Florian Hoehne editors.

2nd academic output from my Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Research Fellowship, Edinburgh Uni.

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 16d

interesting bit in a Lancet article re: Australia's teen social media ban: surprisingly the amount of socialising in person hasn't dropped significantly in the past 25 years, and certainly not by the average amount of social media use.

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 19d

#nzpol Big turnout for the Women’s Day of Action for pay equity. Billions of dollars have been stolen from low-paid female dominated workforces. This government can find huge tax cuts for tobacco companies, landlords, and big businesses - but not fair pay. That must change.

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 20d

Delighted this week to open a new research diary on a new research project. An impact evaluation of coaching for church planters + congregations.

The branding on the research journal caught my eye. "Future useful." Funder wants learnings that will serve the wider sector :). Future useful indeed!

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 20d

“Incredibly busy” :)

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 20d

Trumps Liberation Day was start of April. GDP figures are for April to June. Still doesn’t explain why NZ contracted and other oecd countries (bar Canada) expanded

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 21d

Tariff argument makes no sense given that other countries have done better in the same quarter.

NZ -0.9%

Australia 0.6%

China 1.1%

Japan 0.5%

United Kingdom 0.3%

United States 0.8%

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Jack McDonald @tautokai.bsky.social · 21d

My piece on how this moment calls for a broad-based movement for Māori liberation, based on solidarity with other indigenous peoples, oppressed minorities, and the working class.

No party has a monopoly on kaupapa Māori politics

OPINION: I like Tākuta Ferris. But his comments surrounding the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election were at best crude and misguided, and at worst, racist and damaging to the tino rangatiratanga movement.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Steve Taylor AngelWings Ltd @emergentkiwi.bsky.social · 21d

Thoughtful and well expressed opinion. Thanks for speaking Jack

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 21d

Work to do, my fellow dudes.

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 21d

Some numbers:
46% of New Zealanders think that gender equality has been achieved
33% of male respondents aged 18-34 believe that gender equality has gone too far
47% of men believe Gender Equality has been achieved for senior management
40% don’t believe that sexism is still a significant issue

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Grumpy Goblin Dawg @loosewheelnz.bsky.social · 21d

Post on LinkedIn from the CE of BSA about Māori language week.
Absolutely nailed the proactive comms!
One reply from an idiot and a mike drop response that’s just beautiful to see
#TeWikiOTeReoMaori

Stacey Wood
Chief Executive, BSA
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A PSA from me:
1. The BSA doesn't take complaints about people speaking te reo
Mãori on the TV or radio.
2. We ESPECIALLY don't take them during Te Wiki o te reo Mãori.
3. I'm going to charge you $5 if you make me read the phrase
'ramming it down our throats', and spend it on more bilingual resources.
https://Inkd.in/gF_PUTBG

Brett Elliott
Medical herbalist with 25+ years of expertise, specializing in...

Mãori Language is fine, harmless etc, but if you're talking to everyone in NZ what's wrong with using English? At least you know it's understood that way. For example the ambulance staff now have "Waka Manaki" on their jackets, instead of Ambulance which means nothing to 90% of us.
This is when it becomes a little stupid don't you think?

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Stacey Wood
Author
Chief Executive, BSA
You worked out it was an ambulance though, I think you're smarter than you give yourself credit for!

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 21d

My "Heck, is this project even going to work????" nerves are starting to subside a little! I reckon we've sewn at least 2/3rds of the streets in the town, and I've got 29 memories/favourite places marked on the map and recorded in my little folder too. It's not quite a couple of metres square

A view over a white bed sheet stretched onto a frame. On it are lines of red, orange, black and green, showing the major and minor roads of a town and some of the footpaths

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