Anne Zablocka
@tubb1977.bsky.social
Pōneke, ex Govt. editor now living the dream in an idyllic upholstery workshop in Ōtari/Wilton surrounded by native birds. She/her
One half of www.burlapandbright.co.nz
One half of www.burlapandbright.co.nz
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It stole from beloved literature written by real humans to generate the list in the first place, it stole water and electricity and money in an age where those are often in short supply, and it's stealing our ability to have trust and confidence in the media at a time we need that more than ever
December 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It stole from beloved literature written by real humans to generate the list in the first place, it stole water and electricity and money in an age where those are often in short supply, and it's stealing our ability to have trust and confidence in the media at a time we need that more than ever
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And there's a really fair and valid argument that no one wanted or chose this, it's been imposed by a broken economic system which does not value human creativity or relationships or life, but still. This can't be something we accept.
December 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And there's a really fair and valid argument that no one wanted or chose this, it's been imposed by a broken economic system which does not value human creativity or relationships or life, but still. This can't be something we accept.
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This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
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Clearest example of governments being more interested in regulating individuals rather than institutions/organisations. We do not have lobby groups and donations, just the one vote. Make sure YOU separate glass and plastic but we aren’t gonna a do a damn thing about data centers or Big oil.
My kid is 14. He uses discord to talk to friends when playing Minecraft and dnd. He has no interest in FB or instagram or TikTok, but a social media hard-cap of age 16 would limit his social life unnecessarily with no benefit. Ffs, direct policy at platforms not users. Or ban boomers as well.
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Clearest example of governments being more interested in regulating individuals rather than institutions/organisations. We do not have lobby groups and donations, just the one vote. Make sure YOU separate glass and plastic but we aren’t gonna a do a damn thing about data centers or Big oil.
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Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else
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I’m so shocked how did this happen. 20+ years of following politics and being a student of history and having a masters in public policy covering public finance and macroeconomic policy told me that this could not *wait sorry* this is exactly what would happen never mind.
Government books bleaker as surplus gets further away, deficits grow
Government books bleaker as surplus gets further away, deficits grow
The government's financial position is looking worse for longer with a delay in getting to surplus and bigger deficits, according to new Treasury forecasts.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I’m so shocked how did this happen. 20+ years of following politics and being a student of history and having a masters in public policy covering public finance and macroeconomic policy told me that this could not *wait sorry* this is exactly what would happen never mind.
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A govt in surplus, when there's a clear a present need for public investment/spending, is a govt that's hoarding public money.
A government should never be in surplus. It means services were underfunded even though funds exist.
December 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A govt in surplus, when there's a clear a present need for public investment/spending, is a govt that's hoarding public money.
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The purpose is to entrench more power in the hands of one minister. Muldoonism, basically. It’s a battle between Seymour and Bishop to control more aspects of our lives.
This seems such a random assortment of ministries to combine.
It'll cost gazillions to set up and probably lead to significant job losses.
What is the point of all these changes?
#nzpol
It'll cost gazillions to set up and probably lead to significant job losses.
What is the point of all these changes?
#nzpol
New mega-ministry launched: MCERT
Move over MBIE, there’s a new mega-ministry in town with a new mega acronym: MCERT.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The purpose is to entrench more power in the hands of one minister. Muldoonism, basically. It’s a battle between Seymour and Bishop to control more aspects of our lives.
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YES the new mega-ministry is patently absurd YES National never campaigned on anything like it YES it won't work YES we all know it won't work BUT have you considered how Chris Bishop's dream of being Steven Joyce has come true today???? and that's surely worth all the chaos and redundancies
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
YES the new mega-ministry is patently absurd YES National never campaigned on anything like it YES it won't work YES we all know it won't work BUT have you considered how Chris Bishop's dream of being Steven Joyce has come true today???? and that's surely worth all the chaos and redundancies
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This is such patronising bullshit. We’re not aspiring to “unrealistic” things like a three-day work week, a holiday house and a pony. We want kids fed, a health system, a role in life for everyone. Those things aren’t unrealistic, they’re a *choice* successive governments are making to deny us.
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is such patronising bullshit. We’re not aspiring to “unrealistic” things like a three-day work week, a holiday house and a pony. We want kids fed, a health system, a role in life for everyone. Those things aren’t unrealistic, they’re a *choice* successive governments are making to deny us.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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5️⃣ Young people are one vulnerable group, but not the only one.
Women, Māori, disabled people, and rainbow communities face disproportionate online harm.
We don’t ban them. So where's the urgency to protect them?
Women, Māori, disabled people, and rainbow communities face disproportionate online harm.
We don’t ban them. So where's the urgency to protect them?
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
5️⃣ Young people are one vulnerable group, but not the only one.
Women, Māori, disabled people, and rainbow communities face disproportionate online harm.
We don’t ban them. So where's the urgency to protect them?
Women, Māori, disabled people, and rainbow communities face disproportionate online harm.
We don’t ban them. So where's the urgency to protect them?
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3️⃣ A ban blocks access. It does not address harm.
Online harm comes from platform design, governance failures, and adult misuse.
An isolated ban will not change platform behaviour.
Online harm comes from platform design, governance failures, and adult misuse.
An isolated ban will not change platform behaviour.
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
3️⃣ A ban blocks access. It does not address harm.
Online harm comes from platform design, governance failures, and adult misuse.
An isolated ban will not change platform behaviour.
Online harm comes from platform design, governance failures, and adult misuse.
An isolated ban will not change platform behaviour.
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2️⃣ Children have human rights. All of them.
A ban restricts connection, community, culture, and political participation, especially for rainbow and disabled teens.
Young people (13–16) MUST be consulted. It’s a legal obligation, not a “nice to have”.
A ban restricts connection, community, culture, and political participation, especially for rainbow and disabled teens.
Young people (13–16) MUST be consulted. It’s a legal obligation, not a “nice to have”.
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2️⃣ Children have human rights. All of them.
A ban restricts connection, community, culture, and political participation, especially for rainbow and disabled teens.
Young people (13–16) MUST be consulted. It’s a legal obligation, not a “nice to have”.
A ban restricts connection, community, culture, and political participation, especially for rainbow and disabled teens.
Young people (13–16) MUST be consulted. It’s a legal obligation, not a “nice to have”.
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But the core points still matter:
👉 Regulate the platforms
👉 Respect young people’s human rights
👉 Use this urgency to deliver real, systemic change
👉 Regulate the platforms
👉 Respect young people’s human rights
👉 Use this urgency to deliver real, systemic change
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
But the core points still matter:
👉 Regulate the platforms
👉 Respect young people’s human rights
👉 Use this urgency to deliver real, systemic change
👉 Regulate the platforms
👉 Respect young people’s human rights
👉 Use this urgency to deliver real, systemic change
🌲 evergreen post
Shut the fuck up, Seymour, you odious little prick
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🌲 evergreen post
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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🥰👍🏼💯
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🥰👍🏼💯
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What’s the opposite of national pride?
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
What’s the opposite of national pride?
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Nero stuffed into a business suit
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Nero stuffed into a business suit
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'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
Critics say the government has placed short-term economic growth ahead of the long-term consequences - but a methane scientist says the government's response is reasonable.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
Can highly recommend @kats-garden.nz Catnip - our first delivery arrived today and Bertie is now living her absolute best life 😂
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Can highly recommend @kats-garden.nz Catnip - our first delivery arrived today and Bertie is now living her absolute best life 😂
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The tunnel will take a decade and total gridlock to finish, just to save a few minutes to the airport.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
NZTA and the minister had refused to share a timeline, but the Herald can reveal the second Mt Victoria Tunnel and SH1 improvements project will take a decade to complete.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
Capital's $3.8b tunnel project to won't be finished for ten years
A timeline for the project was previously kept secret, but can now been revealed
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The tunnel will take a decade and total gridlock to finish, just to save a few minutes to the airport.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.