Deb D
@nzdeb.bsky.social
A nocturnal being made almost entirely of tea with honey and gingernuts. Half Moomin, half Vulcan in a hobbit shell.
It's just a silly little thing, but seeing the VLC Player icon with its Santa hat on makes me smile for some reason. #ChristmasFun
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's just a silly little thing, but seeing the VLC Player icon with its Santa hat on makes me smile for some reason. #ChristmasFun
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In case anyone wants to watch it tonight, The Princess Bride is on TVNZ+
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
In case anyone wants to watch it tonight, The Princess Bride is on TVNZ+
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Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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Help our MPs ‘find a spine’
Recognise Palestine
Sanction Israel
Pot Banging Rally
Wednesday 13 August
1.30-2.30pm
Parliament Lawn, Wellington
BYO Pots
Please share widely
#NZPol
Recognise Palestine
Sanction Israel
Pot Banging Rally
Wednesday 13 August
1.30-2.30pm
Parliament Lawn, Wellington
BYO Pots
Please share widely
#NZPol
August 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Help our MPs ‘find a spine’
Recognise Palestine
Sanction Israel
Pot Banging Rally
Wednesday 13 August
1.30-2.30pm
Parliament Lawn, Wellington
BYO Pots
Please share widely
#NZPol
Recognise Palestine
Sanction Israel
Pot Banging Rally
Wednesday 13 August
1.30-2.30pm
Parliament Lawn, Wellington
BYO Pots
Please share widely
#NZPol
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What's interesting about the RNZ headline about the Seymour / UN conflict is the focus on UN conflict but not highlighting how the UN warned about the Regulatory Standards Bill.
RNZ has been shot after the $20m budget cut. Where is public interest journalism?
PS NZ Herald did this 2
#nzpol
#kiwi
RNZ has been shot after the $20m budget cut. Where is public interest journalism?
PS NZ Herald did this 2
#nzpol
#kiwi
July 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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The only way David Seymour will be stopped is by putting him out of power in 2026. The media are spectacularly ill equipped to address his continued attempt to assert power he does not have, degrade civil society, and silence his opponents.
June 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The only way David Seymour will be stopped is by putting him out of power in 2026. The media are spectacularly ill equipped to address his continued attempt to assert power he does not have, degrade civil society, and silence his opponents.
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Ruru owl during his pre-release exam. He spent some time at Wildbase hospital + rehabilitation centre before being successfully released.
Photo: TORI TURNER
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery for those willing and able: wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona...
Photo: TORI TURNER
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery for those willing and able: wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona...
June 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Ruru owl during his pre-release exam. He spent some time at Wildbase hospital + rehabilitation centre before being successfully released.
Photo: TORI TURNER
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery for those willing and able: wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona...
Photo: TORI TURNER
Link to donate to Wildbase Recovery for those willing and able: wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona...
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"The AIMN is an online platform that provides a space for citizen and public interest journalists to engage in and contribute to independent media, focusing on politics, democracy, environment, and identity."
theaimn.net/number-1-for...
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Number 1 for 2024: New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network
One of the key researchers into the Atlas Network, Lee Fang, observed that it has “reshaped political power in country after country.”
theaimn.net
January 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"The AIMN is an online platform that provides a space for citizen and public interest journalists to engage in and contribute to independent media, focusing on politics, democracy, environment, and identity."
theaimn.net/number-1-for...
theaimn.net/number-1-for...
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For New Zealanders - this from Peter Dunne is critical and I can not stress it enough- #ToituTeTiriti #nzpol
December 1, 2024 at 7:50 AM
For New Zealanders - this from Peter Dunne is critical and I can not stress it enough- #ToituTeTiriti #nzpol
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“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
Gift article. "For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, and far lower in developed countries, with vaccines one of the major drivers of improved life expectancy." Medsky www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines
Children used to die of diseases far more gruesome and deadly than we remember.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
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Reading 2024 fiction? Try the short story "Woodmask" by Adrian Tchaikovsky! You can read it here! @aptshadow.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wood...
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Reading 2024 fiction? Try the short story "Woodmask" by Adrian Tchaikovsky! You can read it here! @aptshadow.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wood...
Date yourself by showing a picture of your first computer.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Date yourself by showing a picture of your first computer.
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Photos of the hīkoi are also part of NZ’s history. If you’d like your photos to enter the historical record, the best way is to deposit them in a public open repository like Wikimedia Commons under an open licence so they can be freely shared. Happy to help with this.
Hīkoi sinage game was strong.
If you have hīkoi signs, don't throw them away. Take them to the National Library of NZ (Molesworth St). The library is collecting. This is a part of NZ'S history.
Toitū te Tiriti
If you have hīkoi signs, don't throw them away. Take them to the National Library of NZ (Molesworth St). The library is collecting. This is a part of NZ'S history.
Toitū te Tiriti
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Photos of the hīkoi are also part of NZ’s history. If you’d like your photos to enter the historical record, the best way is to deposit them in a public open repository like Wikimedia Commons under an open licence so they can be freely shared. Happy to help with this.
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Not a scrap of rubbish on the ground. No violence. No arrests. No swastikas. No nooses. Fifty thousand people all uniting to voice their objection to the absurd, peacefully observing the kaupapa. That's a power you can't dismiss or switch off.
November 19, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Not a scrap of rubbish on the ground. No violence. No arrests. No swastikas. No nooses. Fifty thousand people all uniting to voice their objection to the absurd, peacefully observing the kaupapa. That's a power you can't dismiss or switch off.
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Just one post today: Toitū Te Tiriti!
November 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Just one post today: Toitū Te Tiriti!
Applies to some NZ news media as well, but that would require them to develop some impartiality and integrity. I won't hold my breath.
The BBC in particular could improve things dramatically by:
1) Not continually platforming thinktanks unless it says who funds them
2) Not putting up someone with a 0.1% view against someone with a 99.9% view as “balance”
3) Not parroting what govt says without fact checking and providing context
1) Not continually platforming thinktanks unless it says who funds them
2) Not putting up someone with a 0.1% view against someone with a 99.9% view as “balance”
3) Not parroting what govt says without fact checking and providing context
November 16, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Applies to some NZ news media as well, but that would require them to develop some impartiality and integrity. I won't hold my breath.
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We're rolling out an update shortly to email verification to prevent harassment and trolling from throwaway accounts.
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November 16, 2024 at 12:50 AM
We're rolling out an update shortly to email verification to prevent harassment and trolling from throwaway accounts.
New users may need to verify their account email before they can create a post.
Thanks for your understanding!
New users may need to verify their account email before they can create a post.
Thanks for your understanding!
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I want you all to know that I valiantly ignored vacuuming to write this piece about yesterday's haka, haka in general, and why I think it resonates so far. #kikorangi
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Tēnei te tangata
It's the haka heard around the world but why does it resonate so much with people outside of Aotearoa New Zealand?
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November 15, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I want you all to know that I valiantly ignored vacuuming to write this piece about yesterday's haka, haka in general, and why I think it resonates so far. #kikorangi
the-opinionist.ghost.io/tenei-te-tan...
the-opinionist.ghost.io/tenei-te-tan...
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The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos
November 14, 2024 at 8:23 AM
The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos
Post a gif one of your all time favorite underrated movies:
Space Station 76
(apparently too obscure for GIFs, so posting a trailer instead - recommend if you like satire that's darkly funny and a bit melancholy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k520...
Space Station 76
(apparently too obscure for GIFs, so posting a trailer instead - recommend if you like satire that's darkly funny and a bit melancholy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k520...
November 15, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Post a gif one of your all time favorite underrated movies:
Space Station 76
(apparently too obscure for GIFs, so posting a trailer instead - recommend if you like satire that's darkly funny and a bit melancholy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k520...
Space Station 76
(apparently too obscure for GIFs, so posting a trailer instead - recommend if you like satire that's darkly funny and a bit melancholy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k520...