iDoogie
@idoogie.bsky.social
Aotearoa. Lefty, and getting more so as I get older. Atheist, but Kate Bush and Philip Glass are gods.
Into: comics, tattoos, and old school wargaming. Oxford comma 4 life. West Ham supporter - and I have the emotional scars to prove it.
Into: comics, tattoos, and old school wargaming. Oxford comma 4 life. West Ham supporter - and I have the emotional scars to prove it.
Gaza/Aotearoa-NZ: why we cannot afford to give up in despair. ajv.org.nz/2025/04/30/e...
End Game
Self-Portrait What now? The blog has been quiet. 2025 has blown the doors off their hinges. Israel has openly, as a matter of stated government policy, starved 2.3 million people for two months whi…
ajv.org.nz
April 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Gaza/Aotearoa-NZ: why we cannot afford to give up in despair. ajv.org.nz/2025/04/30/e...
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Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake.
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
January 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake.
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
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I'm speechless, me. Foxy Lusty-Grover, she whomst never shuts up, speechless!
November 24, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I'm speechless, me. Foxy Lusty-Grover, she whomst never shuts up, speechless!
Why is every retail site bombarding us with pop-ups? I thought we got over that by the early 2000s after the flurry of staff members had been sent on intro HTML courses (but not design courses) had got the fascination with shiny/flashy things out of their systems. It drives me bloody bonkers.
November 22, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Why is every retail site bombarding us with pop-ups? I thought we got over that by the early 2000s after the flurry of staff members had been sent on intro HTML courses (but not design courses) had got the fascination with shiny/flashy things out of their systems. It drives me bloody bonkers.
Two days, and healing nicely.
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Two days, and healing nicely.
After six months of pondering, reading (I highly recommend Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’) and planning I finally decided how I would deal with the tattoo of a certain author’s signature. Today an image of Anansi, the trickster god of West African folklore, was added.
November 18, 2024 at 8:17 AM
After six months of pondering, reading (I highly recommend Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’) and planning I finally decided how I would deal with the tattoo of a certain author’s signature. Today an image of Anansi, the trickster god of West African folklore, was added.
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Even more bizarre — square dancing in schools was the result of Henry Ford’s white supremacist war with jazz music
No, really.
qz.com/1153516/amer...
No, really.
qz.com/1153516/amer...
October 1, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Even more bizarre — square dancing in schools was the result of Henry Ford’s white supremacist war with jazz music
No, really.
qz.com/1153516/amer...
No, really.
qz.com/1153516/amer...
A fabulous thread. A muppet with almost no knowledge of a subject being corrected, in detail, by someone who clearly knows the subject. Musk would have got away with it if it wasn’t for that pesky woke elite expert!
(Cross-post from The Bad Place)
I suppose we're doing this again.
This is incorrect: the Roman army relied heavily on non-citizens throughout nearly the whole of Roman history, including periods of its greatest success in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, when Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean.1/
I suppose we're doing this again.
This is incorrect: the Roman army relied heavily on non-citizens throughout nearly the whole of Roman history, including periods of its greatest success in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, when Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean.1/
September 29, 2024 at 4:48 AM
A fabulous thread. A muppet with almost no knowledge of a subject being corrected, in detail, by someone who clearly knows the subject. Musk would have got away with it if it wasn’t for that pesky woke elite expert!
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The ICJ has finally written what we've all been shouting.
It is NOT antisemitic to oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine. We call on the NZ Jewish Council to withdraw their survey that claims otherwise.
Uphold the ICJ ruling!
ajv.org.nz/2024/08/07/j...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO24...
It is NOT antisemitic to oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine. We call on the NZ Jewish Council to withdraw their survey that claims otherwise.
Uphold the ICJ ruling!
ajv.org.nz/2024/08/07/j...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO24...
Jewish Groups Call on the NZ Jewish Council to Withdraw its Misleading Survey of Antisemitism
It is not antisemitic to oppose the illegal occupation of Palestine image Depositphotos Media release August 7, 2024 Jewish Groups Call on the NZ Jewish Council to Withdraw its Misleading Survey of An...
ajv.org.nz
August 7, 2024 at 2:15 AM
The ICJ has finally written what we've all been shouting.
It is NOT antisemitic to oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine. We call on the NZ Jewish Council to withdraw their survey that claims otherwise.
Uphold the ICJ ruling!
ajv.org.nz/2024/08/07/j...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO24...
It is NOT antisemitic to oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine. We call on the NZ Jewish Council to withdraw their survey that claims otherwise.
Uphold the ICJ ruling!
ajv.org.nz/2024/08/07/j...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO24...
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"Test for Customary Marine Title being restored" you pieces of absolute SHIT trying to frame this as something good. All it means is our entire coastline being up for auction to rapacious capitalists with no recourse for indigenous rights. Die in a fucking fire you fucking fucks
July 25, 2024 at 6:12 AM
"Test for Customary Marine Title being restored" you pieces of absolute SHIT trying to frame this as something good. All it means is our entire coastline being up for auction to rapacious capitalists with no recourse for indigenous rights. Die in a fucking fire you fucking fucks
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This FUCKING government has just announced it is removing the possibility of "shared exclusivity" as defined by the Court of Appeal so hapu with mana moana now have to be pitted against each other in court which means hardly any of the 200 applicant groups will get CMT or PCR #nzpol
Test for Customary Marine Title being restored
The Government is proposing legislation to overturn a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act in order to restore Parliament’s test for Customary Marine Title.
www.beehive.govt.nz
July 25, 2024 at 6:10 AM
This FUCKING government has just announced it is removing the possibility of "shared exclusivity" as defined by the Court of Appeal so hapu with mana moana now have to be pitted against each other in court which means hardly any of the 200 applicant groups will get CMT or PCR #nzpol
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CW #Covid 🇳🇿
NZ hospitals have cut laboratory funding for testing respiratory illnesses.
Hospitals are the only places in NZ reporting #Covid cases.
So we can expect a significant drop in *reported* covid cases.
So yay! Numbers are going down.
Don't look at teacher absences.
NZ hospitals have cut laboratory funding for testing respiratory illnesses.
Hospitals are the only places in NZ reporting #Covid cases.
So we can expect a significant drop in *reported* covid cases.
So yay! Numbers are going down.
Don't look at teacher absences.
July 24, 2024 at 7:06 AM
CW #Covid 🇳🇿
NZ hospitals have cut laboratory funding for testing respiratory illnesses.
Hospitals are the only places in NZ reporting #Covid cases.
So we can expect a significant drop in *reported* covid cases.
So yay! Numbers are going down.
Don't look at teacher absences.
NZ hospitals have cut laboratory funding for testing respiratory illnesses.
Hospitals are the only places in NZ reporting #Covid cases.
So we can expect a significant drop in *reported* covid cases.
So yay! Numbers are going down.
Don't look at teacher absences.
South Welly this morning.
June 23, 2024 at 11:06 PM
South Welly this morning.
If you’re in Aotearoa please consider signing this petition our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...
March 14, 2024 at 4:03 AM
If you’re in Aotearoa please consider signing this petition our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...
With a late surge before kick-off, the attendance is pretty good.
February 6, 2024 at 3:03 AM
With a late surge before kick-off, the attendance is pretty good.
I’m incapable of not arriving early to anything. But the sun is out so I’m not complaining.
February 6, 2024 at 2:46 AM
I’m incapable of not arriving early to anything. But the sun is out so I’m not complaining.
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CW #TeReo 🇳🇿
We are releasing a version of Te #Tiriti in modern Te Reo.
codeworks.gen.nz/…
We think it's useful to have a version of Te Tiriti that is easy to read, uses the spelling that is taught in classes, with kupu that can be found in a dictionary.
Feedback welcomed.
We are releasing a version of Te #Tiriti in modern Te Reo.
codeworks.gen.nz/…
We think it's useful to have a version of Te Tiriti that is easy to read, uses the spelling that is taught in classes, with kupu that can be found in a dictionary.
Feedback welcomed.
February 4, 2024 at 9:03 PM
CW #TeReo 🇳🇿
We are releasing a version of Te #Tiriti in modern Te Reo.
codeworks.gen.nz/…
We think it's useful to have a version of Te Tiriti that is easy to read, uses the spelling that is taught in classes, with kupu that can be found in a dictionary.
Feedback welcomed.
We are releasing a version of Te #Tiriti in modern Te Reo.
codeworks.gen.nz/…
We think it's useful to have a version of Te Tiriti that is easy to read, uses the spelling that is taught in classes, with kupu that can be found in a dictionary.
Feedback welcomed.
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Thank you so much for taking the time, at the end of what was no doubt an extremely long day for you, to sign and chat. I’m now inked! The artist used the rapidly fading ‘real’ sig for placement and scale, and one of your ‘paper’ sigs for the stencil. I’m really pleased!
January 20, 2024 at 2:44 AM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Thank you so much for taking the time, at the end of what was no doubt an extremely long day for you, to sign and chat. I’m now inked! The artist used the rapidly fading ‘real’ sig for placement and scale, and one of your ‘paper’ sigs for the stencil. I’m really pleased!
It is done. Pics in a couple of hours after cleaning-up.
January 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
It is done. Pics in a couple of hours after cleaning-up.
I’m at Union Tattoo. It’s happening!
January 19, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I’m at Union Tattoo. It’s happening!
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Sir, I’ve arrived in Melbourne from Aotearoa to see you and FourPlay tomorrow evening. If you spot a bald guy wearing this proudly fanboyish shirt please consider autographing me: I’ve left space on my forearm between Sandman tattoos, and I carry a Sharpie!
January 17, 2024 at 11:04 AM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Sir, I’ve arrived in Melbourne from Aotearoa to see you and FourPlay tomorrow evening. If you spot a bald guy wearing this proudly fanboyish shirt please consider autographing me: I’ve left space on my forearm between Sandman tattoos, and I carry a Sharpie!
Welly turned it on today; could summer actually have arrived for real?
January 7, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Welly turned it on today; could summer actually have arrived for real?