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Kate

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Feminist/co-captain Team Hannah. Here for hope & justice-building. While it gets better, I'll make dinner. She/her. Personal vibes only.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · Aug 19

Chilling to get an email from the Covid inquiry team mentioning a post of mine on this platform. That, coupled with the screenshots I’ve seen shared by the Covid deniers, means I’m no longer safe here. I’ll probably lurk, for a bit.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 31m

Len!!

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 2d

Spotted this gem in a footnote on page 62 of Treasury's He Tirohanga Mokopuna

"Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications"

Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?

Footnote from Treasury's 2025 He Tirohanga Mokopuna

"See Hughes, (2025a) and Hughes & Crichton (2025). Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications. Student loan holders living overseas commonly cease repayments, and these loans are sometimes written off as a result. Ministry of Education (2023)."

He Tirohanga Mokopuna is Treasury's long-term fiscal statement and it's full of woe about the funding of NZ Super. Not enough about maybe trying a LOT harder to keep people here.

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

That's right search 'Historians' in this Manatu Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage document and its returns no results because after 80+ years they're going! Historians matter but not to this government. #HistoryMatters #DontWantToPickYourGhostKumara www.mch.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 22h

doomscroll break

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 1d

Open letter from staff, students, and alumni of the New Zealand community of universities.

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Open Letter to Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs: The New Zealand Government must recognise the State of Palestine

As students, staff and alumni of the university community in Aotearoa (New Zealand), we express our profound dismay at the Government’s recent decision not to recognise the State of Palestine. Aotearo...

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 1d

Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight

And endless mountain field, filled with flowers.

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 1d

CW: a reminder that for Babyloss Awareness Week (9 - 15 Oct) many buildings around the country will be lighting in pink, blue and purple. Sometimes they don’t use all the colours, or the way their lights work it can look like Blue & White (or other combinations associated with other causes).

A collage of images of buildings light up in pink, blue and purple. Text below the collage says: This year for Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th-15th October) we are again lighting up landmarks across Aotearoa mawhero (pink), kikorangi (blue) and poroporo (purple) to remember our precious babies. This is our 5th year doing this
Below is a list of confirmed landmarks so far for this year (sadly some of our previous landmarks are unable to be lit this year due to being out of order or previously booked).
Thank you so much to the Councils, organisations, and businesses who are raising awareness of pregnancy and baby loss and acknowledging the whanau in their area who have suffered such a heart-breaking loss.

List of buildings:

*Ashburton: Clock Tower
*Auckland: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Mission Bay Fountain (Trevor Moss Memorial), Aotea Square, Eden Park, Civic
Centre
*Blenheim: War Memorial Clock Tower, Seymour Square Fountain
*Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o
Waiwhetu, Botanical Gardens, New Brighton Pier, Fanfare, Scott Park, Vaka 'a Hine, The Bridge of Remembrance
*Cromwell: Welcome Sign
*Dunedin: St Paul's Cathedral, Otago Museum, Toitù Otago Settlers Museum
*Foxton: Clock Tower
*Gisborne: Clock Tower
*Greymouth: Water Fountain
*Invercargill: Queens Park Fountain, Feldwick Gates, Band Rotunda
*Napier: Tom Parker Fountain
*New Plymouth: Clock Tower, Inglewood Trees
*Oamaru: Opera House
*Palmerston North: Clock Tower
*Stratford: Glockenspiel Clock Tower
*Taupõ: Great Lake Centre
*Tauranga: Wharf St Lights
*Te Aroha: Clock Tower
*Wellington: Upper Hutt Fantail Welcome Sculpture, Cable Cars, Michael Fowler Centre, Carter Fountain, Woman of Worlds Sculpture, Kelburn Park Fountain
*Whanganui: Royal Whanganui Opera House, Whanganui
War Memorial
*Whangãrei: Victoria Canopy Bridge

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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 1d

Compare and contrast: A statement from an NZ First spokesman 6 months ago about the actions of a party member and supporter, and a statement today from that same party’s leader.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 1d

I listened to the most recent Empire pod as I made dinner tonight: William Dalrymple talking to Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh. The poems read destroyed me, as they should anyone listening to, watching a genocide happen.

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 2d

Sister’s new dog, Nancy, Smokey, Nancy, ducklings. Love to you.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

That’s some queen 🫅 shit right there.

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 3d

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

As a mid-town worker, the sheer numbers of unhoused people has increased and over winter too. That’s the crux of any issue.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

Genius: I literally have both these things in my freezer too…

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

Oooh that’s a good plan, we have ham & pineapple that need using up too.

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

Oh Sara, big hugs.

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

PSA to cat 🐈 folks: we got a freebie of Kiwi Country beef/mussel kibble last week & the elderly lad has NEVER been so excited about a foodstuff, leaves Temptations in the dust. kiwicountrypet.nz/collections/...

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 3d

Genius ‘using up leftovers’ dinner of tomato mozzarella salad (mozz from pizza night) with toasted baguette from last night’s banh mi, arrancini with mushroom risotto from the freezer, & leftover lemongrass chicken (banh mi) served with rocket (pizza night).

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 4d

Southern California peeps: Looking for a spare laptop donation for a 45-year old Black woman comrade who is going back to school.

Laptop just needs to work reliably and run Microsoft Office and connect to her school's Google workspace stuff. Thank u!

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 4d

My sister got a new dog (2 year old apricot cavoodle) and for the first time in my life I am googling puppies. I think I love her.

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 4d

Deeply satisfying spring clean:
Windows inside
Windows outside
Shutters scrubbed
Damp dust & polish of all furniture
Cushions & rugs aired
Mirrors & art dusted & cleaned
Doorknobs & light switches sanitised
The cat is very glad I’ve finished.

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 4d

I loved AMMA. Cannot believe it’s her first work, a real talent.

Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 5d

Big walk through one of Aotearoa’s wonders, the Stonefields, craters & archaeological sites of Ihumatao. People have lived on & nurtured these lands for centuries.

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Obviously, this is loser shit, but I think AI has really cemented itself as the visual language of fascism. It's anti-human, flattened, uninteresting, and cheap. It's like looking at a Potemkin Village and thinking that's the same as architecture.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Posted by the President of the United States.

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