Herbertimo
@herbertimo.bsky.social
DnD, ending family and sexual violence, raising tamariki, playing games and trying to better connect to my Ngāpuhi whakapapa.
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Luxon and Hipkins both agree that there is no need for an inquiry into the Police.
Any person not personally implicated in this vile affair can clearly see that the NZ Police are utterly and systemically rotten and need a thorough clean out from the top down.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Any person not personally implicated in this vile affair can clearly see that the NZ Police are utterly and systemically rotten and need a thorough clean out from the top down.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Police press on with prosecution of Jevon McSkimming accuser 'Ms Z'
The woman who accused the former Deputy Commissioner of sexual offending faces charges of harassing another police officer and his wife.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Luxon and Hipkins both agree that there is no need for an inquiry into the Police.
Any person not personally implicated in this vile affair can clearly see that the NZ Police are utterly and systemically rotten and need a thorough clean out from the top down.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Any person not personally implicated in this vile affair can clearly see that the NZ Police are utterly and systemically rotten and need a thorough clean out from the top down.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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I've been doing a bunch of media about Australia's social media ban for under 16s this week.
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I've been doing a bunch of media about Australia's social media ban for under 16s this week.
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
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i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
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Also very happy to see Arts Access Aotearoa win this award. It's been great working with them on this project, resources I know as an arts practitioner will be useful.
If you're a Deaf/disabled (broadly defined) artist (also broadly defined) I recommend checking them out: tahahotu.org.nz
If you're a Deaf/disabled (broadly defined) artist (also broadly defined) I recommend checking them out: tahahotu.org.nz
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Also very happy to see Arts Access Aotearoa win this award. It's been great working with them on this project, resources I know as an arts practitioner will be useful.
If you're a Deaf/disabled (broadly defined) artist (also broadly defined) I recommend checking them out: tahahotu.org.nz
If you're a Deaf/disabled (broadly defined) artist (also broadly defined) I recommend checking them out: tahahotu.org.nz
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Patriarchy taught a lot of dudes that all they needed to offer was financial security, and they are very mad to realise that these days women aren't (fully) dependent on marriage to achieve financial security, and that's why they want us to aspire to be tradwives
"Men need to spend money to get laid!"
Meanwhile, just the other day...
Meanwhile, just the other day...
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Patriarchy taught a lot of dudes that all they needed to offer was financial security, and they are very mad to realise that these days women aren't (fully) dependent on marriage to achieve financial security, and that's why they want us to aspire to be tradwives
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Open Letter for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport — RainbowYOUTH
ry.org.nz
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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This Thursday 6 Nov, from 7pm is #GiveOUTDayNZ. The Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust will be matching all donations you give to us then (up to $10,000) so it's a really important fundraising opportunity. Here's a reminder of what the Festival is all about www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/news-1/giveo...
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This Thursday 6 Nov, from 7pm is #GiveOUTDayNZ. The Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust will be matching all donations you give to us then (up to $10,000) so it's a really important fundraising opportunity. Here's a reminder of what the Festival is all about www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/news-1/giveo...
Get this book into your mits, quickly people!
Was fantastic to be at the launch last night, hear from those involved in its publication & witness some glowing praise for Laura’s writing, from Pip Adam.
So stoked to be holding a copy of Laura’s first novel.
www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/hoo...
Was fantastic to be at the launch last night, hear from those involved in its publication & witness some glowing praise for Laura’s writing, from Pip Adam.
So stoked to be holding a copy of Laura’s first novel.
www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/hoo...
Rita considered the dead. Shut her eyes. Rolled their names around her brain. Stacked each person in order like folded laundry, warm and crisp from the sun. She wondered how her name would sound amongst them.
www.unitybooks.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Get this book into your mits, quickly people!
Was fantastic to be at the launch last night, hear from those involved in its publication & witness some glowing praise for Laura’s writing, from Pip Adam.
So stoked to be holding a copy of Laura’s first novel.
www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/hoo...
Was fantastic to be at the launch last night, hear from those involved in its publication & witness some glowing praise for Laura’s writing, from Pip Adam.
So stoked to be holding a copy of Laura’s first novel.
www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/hoo...
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Now if you haven’t read it, my friend Jessie researched and wrote a fantastic deep dive into the white supremacist roots of this endeavour in great detail, which was published a few days ago.
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The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata
e-tangata.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now if you haven’t read it, my friend Jessie researched and wrote a fantastic deep dive into the white supremacist roots of this endeavour in great detail, which was published a few days ago.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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Read the 2025 Landfall Tauraka Essay Competition winning essay by Tasmin Prichard (MA25) here!
Read the winner of the 2025 Landfall essay prize
Read the winner of the 2025 Landfall essay prize
'Surgery saved my life.'...
thespinoff.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Read the 2025 Landfall Tauraka Essay Competition winning essay by Tasmin Prichard (MA25) here!
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Striking over workload, safety, pay, staffing and the coherence and sequence of change is industrial, not “party-political”. In Aotearoa the legal test is the purpose of the action, not whether the government’s policy settings form the backdrop.
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Striking over workload, safety, pay, staffing and the coherence and sequence of change is industrial, not “party-political”. In Aotearoa the legal test is the purpose of the action, not whether the government’s policy settings form the backdrop.
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Damn, I read Judith's letter! I'll leave the politics to others, but, lord, the Govt spending stuff is REALLY BAD! I'll try and keep this short.
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
October 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Damn, I read Judith's letter! I'll leave the politics to others, but, lord, the Govt spending stuff is REALLY BAD! I'll try and keep this short.
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
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So the Red Cross is doing a donation drive promo with Uber today where you can get donated clothes picked up at your door by an Uber driver for free (AKL, WGTN, CHCH).
So good if you have a lot of clothes but no car.
So good if you have a lot of clothes but no car.
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So the Red Cross is doing a donation drive promo with Uber today where you can get donated clothes picked up at your door by an Uber driver for free (AKL, WGTN, CHCH).
So good if you have a lot of clothes but no car.
So good if you have a lot of clothes but no car.
If we’re looking to prevent sexual violence then there’s a whole lotta things that need to change, men’s attitudes and behaviours towards women and children being the most obvious, but things like this will make a huge impact for those at risk of hurting others.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/risk-pose...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/risk-pose...
Up to 5% of Kiwi men attracted to children; could this programme stop them offending?
One researcher said more than 80,000 Kiwi men could be attracted to kids.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If we’re looking to prevent sexual violence then there’s a whole lotta things that need to change, men’s attitudes and behaviours towards women and children being the most obvious, but things like this will make a huge impact for those at risk of hurting others.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/risk-pose...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/risk-pose...
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1. They don’t care about souring relations they are white supremacists.
2. $20mil is pocket change to a govt, so this is pretty cheap for a nice racist outcome. #nzpol
2. $20mil is pocket change to a govt, so this is pretty cheap for a nice racist outcome. #nzpol
Officials repeatedly warned the Government its planned retrospective block on Māori customary rights cases could cost $20m and sour relations further
Govt doubled down on limiting Māori coastline rights despite advice
newsroom.co.nz
September 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
1. They don’t care about souring relations they are white supremacists.
2. $20mil is pocket change to a govt, so this is pretty cheap for a nice racist outcome. #nzpol
2. $20mil is pocket change to a govt, so this is pretty cheap for a nice racist outcome. #nzpol
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Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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September 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
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It’s incredibly disheartening to read this. Negative attitudes that are increasing contribute to behaviours, that contribute to violence against women, children & marginalised people.
thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0... thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0...
thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0... thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0...
The bleakest findings from a new survey about gender attitudes in Aotearoa
The lowlights include one in three young men in Aotearoa believing that gender equality has gone too far.
thespinoff.co.nz
September 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s incredibly disheartening to read this. Negative attitudes that are increasing contribute to behaviours, that contribute to violence against women, children & marginalised people.
thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0... thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0...
thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0... thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0...
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![From Tumblr, 2-shane-s: "I thought that only the bag of chips was knitted so I was like lmaoo fucking idiot bird got owned then I saw that the bird was knitted as well then I realized I was the fucking idiot bird getting owned"
[Image is of a reasonably life-like pigeon eating pretty realistic chips out of a well-made bag, but it's all knitted!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreicfsaknmqxh62xycyfe3gl3rz62dxh4d4iahzb4l4pqq24ars5ho4@jpeg)
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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No PBTech stores sell SodaStream products anymore
While there are alternative products available, particularly Oh Bubbles which is made in Aotearoa, there’s really no need for any company to sell a product that supports a genocide
While there are alternative products available, particularly Oh Bubbles which is made in Aotearoa, there’s really no need for any company to sell a product that supports a genocide
September 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
No PBTech stores sell SodaStream products anymore
While there are alternative products available, particularly Oh Bubbles which is made in Aotearoa, there’s really no need for any company to sell a product that supports a genocide
While there are alternative products available, particularly Oh Bubbles which is made in Aotearoa, there’s really no need for any company to sell a product that supports a genocide
Bit of a lunch time birthday treat for me - getting a submission in on this. Do it. The world may be on fire but you get to participate in the democratic process while directing some of that heat.
On brand last minute but got mine in.Please please please take 5 minutes BEFORE 1 PM TODAY ‼️‼️ Rejecting this Bill is massively important for us and our democracy. The Greens Submission Guide is excellent, please use with your own flair and what have you. DO IT!
action.greens.org.nz/electoral_am...
action.greens.org.nz/electoral_am...
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Bit of a lunch time birthday treat for me - getting a submission in on this. Do it. The world may be on fire but you get to participate in the democratic process while directing some of that heat.
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Pinball No. 4 (1977), dir. Jeff Hale, Imagination Inc.
September 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pinball No. 4 (1977), dir. Jeff Hale, Imagination Inc.