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“As far as I can tell, the current foreign policy priorities of the US government seem to involve terrorising the people of Gaza, annexing Canada, invading Greenland, and bullying Panama. We felt confident that a review of our materials would not find them to be aligned with those priorities.”

Dear manager, this week: 1. I have run 2. have crawled 3. I have scaled these city walls only to be with you 4. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for 5. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

Dear manager, This week: 1. I thought that I heard you laughing 2. I thought that I heard you sing 3. I think I thought I saw you try 4. I've said too much 5. I haven't said enough Mark

Obviously, this is horrific. But I am glad they're saying this out loud and that we can see it. For so long, they've believed this and moved quietly in their killing of us. Now no one can pretend. Masks off, know your enemy.

Need to update the old slogans: Neither Washington/Moscow or Beijing.

What did you think of 'Kataraina'? Jack Remiel Cottrell reviews the sequel-of-sorts to Becky Manawatu's smash hit, Auē. Read free! In the latest issue of takahē: www.takahe.org.nz/kataraina/

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with destiny church's abhorrent views in the press again, i think it's important not to forget all the white megachurches that hold identical views in new zealand: life church, city impact, arise etc. they are more discreet, but they all hang out and support each other: www.webworm.co/p/holyhell

148 signatories call for the government to reconsider it's refugee citizenship ban, including Unison, the Conference of Liberal Rabbis, Islamic Relief UK, the Methodist Conference, the Baptist Union and several lord bishops www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Tory Whanau is the first Wellington mayor in a generation to tackle head on the city’s twin crises of constrained housing supply and neglected water infrastructure and to do so by actually delivering a pro-housing district plan and a water investment programme capable of solving these problems. 1/

tfw you can’t find your barrettes and you don’t want to wear the blue ones

the political force acting on trans women can be generalized to just a bunch of different implementations of "blame trans women for things that are done to them"

The Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand is a community development organisation for Muslim women. Time and again, we are forced to advocate for our safety on topics well beyond most grassroots orgs: counterterrorism, geopolitical conflicts, and now, an unnecessary rewrite of the Arms Act. 🧵 (1/6)

Alternative headline: Landlords like rent, ignore responsibilities - www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

There’s a lot of… discussion… right now about what’s going on with the US’s current flu season, which seems to be the worst it’s been in 15 years of recorded data. I’d like to clarify some things to help people understand:

hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

The power to deregister a charity in Aotearoa rests with Te Rātā Atawhai | the Charities Registration Board. You can make a direct complaint about a charity to the Board at any time.

Harry Broad reviews Poutini: The Ngāi Tahu History of the West Coast by Paul Madgwick. @radionz.nzcow.com #oratiabooks #westcoasters #pounamu #māori @lianza.bsky.social @nzjh.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social @goodbookshopnz.bsky.social @nzgeo.bsky.social rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

He tono tiramaka mai i tō Aotearoa kāwanatanga me tōna aronga ki te pūtaiao, "Ina wehe atu te kaipūtaiao whakamutunga, me whakapoko e ia ngā raiti". A portentous request from the New Zealand government and its direction towards science, "Would the

Alternative Jewish Voices and Dayenu: "The NZJC is an extremist voice. Their politics are harmful, and their actions jeopardise the good standing of Jews in Aotearoa." https://ajv.org.nz/2025/02/16/an-open-letter-to-the-prime-minister/

How a special interest group took over the refresh of the New Zealand Education curriculum: bevanholloway.com/2024/08/28/h...

As someone who was injured and reported it to police I think it’s interesting the article says otherwise. There were multiple assaults, blood drawn, assaulted teenagers etc. The article really undersells the vibe.

EVERYONE MUST GO

I just added more things to this list today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This whole thread links into why I'm wary to think that The Cops will be what protects people from Destiny Church. I've personally witnessed the Auckland cops kettling queer protesters, while Destiny Church members *punched the captive people in their faces, over the shoulders of cops.* #nzpol

There are people in motion everywhere. Absolutely everywhere.

In front of Lurie children’s hospital in Chicago, hundreds of people are showing up to defend access to gender-affirming care for trans youth!! ❤️❤️❤️

'Thanks to the recently assembled Pasifika Collection at my local library in Hastings, I’ve been inspired to read books that I’ve been meaning to pick up for years.' Here's what Nafanua Purcell Kersel has been reading. www.thepress.co.nz/culture/3605...

Palestinian people who i have been moots with for a year keep disappearing and coming back and disappearing again because horrible people report them and bsky leaders condone it