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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 11h

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11h

So last night I migrated @gregpak.net from Bluesky to Blacksky's myatproto.social server for non-Black users! A few thoughts on the process for anyone thinking about this...

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20h

whew. that took a while! but it looks like i'm done! all blobbed up in blobtown!

Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 2d

Proud of you, internet stranger. It's hard out there for people who *aren't* also battling addiction - you are doing both, you survived and you are surviving 💪🏾💗 bloody good work.

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 2d

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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 4d

“For those of us who’ve been pressured to assimilate into Pākehā culture, it’s tempting to think that assimilating into Māori culture is respectful. But this is not what’s being asked of us.” — Mengzhu Fu.

We all have a stake in the future of this place | E-Tangata

“For those of us who’ve been pressured to assimilate into Pākehā culture, it’s tempting to think that assimilating into Māori culture is respectful. But this is not what’s being asked of us.” — Mengzh...

e-tangata.co.nz

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 4d

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 5d

E mārama ana.

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 6d

How to do a special vote for local elections.

Didn’t get a voting pack? You can still vote in the local elections
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-...

Didn’t get a voting pack? You can still vote in the local elections

There's still time! Don't give up!

thespinoff.co.nz

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

Understood - I feel a bit helpless when it comes to that side of things.

This matrix helps me know what to seek out, what to request of journalists, and even what to say to others about people who are certainly acting like populists.

Another part of the same article:

Quick ID: when to switch to harm-reduction coverage

Treat a figure as "populist" for coverage purposes if both are true:

People vs "corrupt elite" framing in their rhetoric; and

Broken reciprocity with the media - criticism fuels them; recognition/normalisation matters more than tone; routine attacks on journalists.

Signs reciprocity is broken? Tick at least two: negative coverage recycled as proof of bias; "flooding the zone" with claims; coverage volume exceeds electoral support/salience; misuse of the right of reply.

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Why the usual options backfire

In the moment, most of us default to one of three: ignore, cover neutrally, cover critically. Each carries predictable risk:

Ignore - the claim spreads unchecked somewhere else.

Cover neutrally - you create a phoney "debate" and confer status.

Cover critically - you still confer status and feed the "media hates us" script.

The fix is not less coverage; it's different coverage.

Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

Āna 👍🏾

This writer put names to what we've seen repeatedly here.

Had only a passing interest in the arts of rhetoric until things kept happening that seemed incomprehensible.

Now attentively learning about those arts as employed by cult leaders and dictators 😫

ASHAMED of our country 💔🇵🇸

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

This 🫶🏾

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

While we're here, long-time Pāti Māori supporter, also a supporter of Toitū Te Tiriti, and from where I sit, de-linking them is positive.

Different jobs, different contexts, & different ideal skill sets and character needed.

Like the difference between rūnaka & hapū leaders

.. Who said that?? 👀😂

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

This looks like ✨gold✨ to my layperson's eyes. Any whakaaro from expert people?

With big mihi to @froomkin.bsky.social and @jayrosen.bsky.social for sharing this article.

AoNZ we all know which people to check our public responses to. Test it out, let us all know how well it worked.

Reporting populism: the harm-reduction matrix, by Michael Hauser Tov.

Available at this link:
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reduction-playbook-covering-populists

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

E mihi ana 🙏🏾 so grateful for this, sharing commencing in 3... 2... 1...

Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

E mihi ana 🙏🏾

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 8d

It's a massive undertaking all right.❣️ I took a month off work just to make a start on that for our pāpā, don't remember now what other siblings did, 20+ years now. ❣️ Wishing you well ❤️‍🩹

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 9d

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 9d

We went to see Fun Home at the old Court and it was HILARIOUS!

I had *no idea* what teenage daughter and I were going to 😂

🎶"changing
my major
to Joan"🎶

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 10d

Every new funding announcement is no new funding #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

Chris Slane’s political cartoon of the week

Chris Slane’s take on current events.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 10d

Alpine Fault. 75%. 50 years. 4/5.
Aaarghh.

af8.org.nz

Screenshot of text from the AF8 website:

While we can't predict earthquakes, scientific research indicates there is a 75% probability of an Alpine Fault earthquake occurring in the next 50 years, and there is a 4 out of 5 chance that it will be a magnitude 8+ event.

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 10d

Yasss a vote for kakī! 🩷🖤🩷🖤

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 11d

Hopefully the mailing part will get better soon - they've started allowing some items to be mailed from AoNZ to your country. Wishing you all the best 🙏🏾

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 11d

"this is an intervention" 😍

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 12d

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 11d

The word of the day is:

💔 māteatea 💔

māteatea: (verb) to be ignominious, humiliating, shameful, inglorious, abject

and:

māteatea: (modifier) ignominious, humiliating, shameful, inglorious, abject, dishonourable

and:

māteatea: (noun) shame, distress, disgrace, scandal, embarrassment

Auē rā!

Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 11d

Glimpsed while Winston exposed Aotearoa to international shame and condemnation, MFAT officials looking glum, with one sporting a Flying Nun sticker on their laptop.

A photo of seven New Zealand diplomats sitting in the hall of the UN General Assembly, sullenly listening to their Minister metaphorically soil the nation’s pants on the world stage. On the left is a silver laptop with a Flying Nun record label sticker on the back.

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