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House of Boom @houseofboomnz.bsky.social · 1h

Feeling super snuggly in my new @wellingtonpride.bsky.social hoodie with cat print done by Shay Loves Orange.

I got a Gildan hoodie in a 5XL & I’m a size 4 Boom or regular 28

(Obvious disclaimers etc)

Yes this is basically all I post about these days #sorrynotsorry wellingtonpride.digitees.co.nz

Fat babe, grey hoodie, rainbow cat print

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Counting Harlan Crows @lolsuits.bsky.social · 3h

Predator handshake meme: Limp Bizkit, Conservatives, Faith as a cover.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 3h

Fuck yeah you!

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 6h

15% of their final grade is remembering his name and favourite snacks

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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 8h

Now this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.

A graph from Newsroom showing Van Veldens Cones Hotline is a waste of money.

Data shows Wellington City Council's cone report outcomes -
Sites found to be in order 54
Closed with no action 35
Out of scope 22
Contractor advised to move cones 5
Council moved cones

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 6h

Timeline synchronicity from @gtiso.bsky.social and @misswhanau.bsky.social

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 6h

as of yesterday (Wednesday) 27.52% of eligible voters have sent in voting papers for the Wellington City Council elections. we’re ahead of 2022 and 2019, but have fallen behind 2016, the year bookended by the deaths of David Bowie & Carrie Fisher - a.k.a. where everything started going wrong

A snip from electionz.com showing that 44,397 people out of a possible 161,318 have voted in the Wellington City Council elections - or 27.52%

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 6h

Disappointing that this is not from one of MY exes tbh

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 6h

Help Me Hera: I regret the way I left my ex – is it too late to say something?

I can't bear the thought of them hating me....

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 19h

Greg Davies dancing to ‘Mambo No. 5” is the delicious treat I never knew I needed

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 22h

This has been the vicious fucking thing about the "Jobseeker Benefit" ever since Paula Bennett coined it in 2013

In addition to keeping people in poverty it's been a term of propaganda forcing us all to accept the frame of welfare as economic obligation instead of social support

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 23h

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 1d

If Nicola Willis thinks we “shouldnt be so precious that we can’t use metaphorical speech” can we go back to why Chlöe Swarbrick was punished so heavily for her comments on the government’s spinelessness?

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 1d

Read to filth!

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 1d

The plot of the next Simpsons movie should be the kids at Springfield Elementary digging up a time capsule that was buried 40 years ago and realizing they're the same children who buried it because their world hasn't aged in 4 decades.

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 1d

Wow I relate very very strongly to that feeling right now in ways I can’t elaborate on right now

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 1d

I volunteer as tribute

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 1d

What have I done to deserve this???

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 1d

Rob Goulden trying to back me up against a wall (literally) while insisting he’d taken abuse as a politician too. “Did anyone write about your breasts, Rob?” I asked, before telling him I’d never vote for him so he could go try to influence someone else in the room

Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody should face abuse and violence in their job but the right and the male politicians face a lot less of this than anyone else

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

Winston Peters set the full force of his social media against Benjamin Doyle because he didn't like their handle and that they had photos with their child but go off about attack dogs or whatever Nicola Willis #NZPol

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 1d

Today was quite a nice day, all things considered.

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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 2d

A law in the way gravity is:

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 2d

Um excuse me the sun was shining this morning when I left the house and also 25 minutes ago when i walked to this cafe without a raincoat

I do not approve

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 2d

Buried in here: ACT is shrinking DIA's online violent extremism team, which is already too small, because ACT supports far-right violent extremism www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hawkes-ba...

Knife plot: Muslim leaders say it was 'sheer good luck' the attack was intercepted

The DIA unit that tracks digital extremism faces staff cuts - despite rising threats.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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