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Grumpy
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Mind of Sid James in Jenny Agutter's body. Descended from Frenchified Vikings. Former Egyptian Archaeologist. English. Tangata Tiriti. She/they. 🏳️‍🌈
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · Jun 9
It's that horrible damp cold in Te Whanganui-a-Tara today, the graveyard clamminess that seeps into your bones, that creeps under your clothes, the feeling of mould edging its way, silently, into your lungs, the wooden shack miasma that never quite seems to dry out

#NZgothic
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20h
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 7h
Yep. They don't care.
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 7h
It's getting better. I'm enjoying the little nods to Alien and them having to continue with 1970s space-age future aesthetic, and there's some really interesting character wrangling.
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 1d
As the current national administration seeks to prop up coal -- a highly polluting and uneconomic technology of the past -- the global economy and investors are sending a very different signal about where the future of energy is headed:
www.eenews.net/articles/ren...
Renewables overtake coal as global electricity leader
It's the first time sources like wind and solar generated more power than coal over a six-month period.
www.eenews.net
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 7h
@stoneyboboney.bsky.social
We're slowly working through Alien: Earth
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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 7h
This boils my blood.
New World selling whitebait for $169 per kilo.
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 1d
Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.
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Mx Maddison Stoff @thedescenters.bsky.social · 8h
simon pegg has done this shit before www.pcgamer.com/simon-pegg-i...
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New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 11h
📢 The former Green MP says voters made a clear choice on council spending and nice-to-haves.
Whakatāne voters want 'something different': Mayor-elect Nándor Tánczos
www.nzherald.co.nz
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
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Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @opaltiger.bsky.social · 11h
#nzpol

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TAXPAYERS UNION Post 1 Stephen Franks reposted ... New Zealand Taxpayers' Union X.com @TaxpayersUnion Taxpayers' Union congratulate Atlas Network Partner, Maria Corina Machado, for winning 2025 Nobel Peace Prize The Taxpayers' Union congratulates fellow Atlas Network participant Maria Corina Machado for winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize over the weekend. Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams said: "Pro-freedom think tanks in Venezuela were among the very first Atlas Network partners in the early 1980s, promoting the ideas behind the movement for human rights and democratic norms in Venezuela that inspire the country's residents to this day. Machado has tirelessly strived to promote democracy and fight dictatorship in her country." "Although Machado's involvement in Atlas Post your reply Q "Although Machado's involvement in Atlas predates mine, she was heavily involved in Atlas Network at about the same time as New Zealand's now Deputy Prime Minister, David Seymour." "I am delighted to see that Atlas Network will continue to stand by her side, and alongside all of the world's freedom's champions, every step of the way." "On behalf of the Taxpayers' Union - also an Atlas Network Partner - we extend our congratulations."
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 13h
Labour have committed to repealing this within the first 100 days.

Imagine having such an unpopular piece of legislation, be trending downwards in the polls, with a leader uniformly disliked by voters, and STILL letting Seymour coerce you into ramming this through? #nzpol
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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 14h
The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
Regulatory Standards Bill: Select Committee Report: 166,000 submission total 0.7% supported 0.6% unclear 98.7% opposed AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 13h
Nations with Billionaires should not have hungry kids

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 16h
The first event at Christchurch’s new stadium will be both virtual and a fundraiser, aiming to raise money to feed thousands of Canterbury kids.
The first event at One NZ stadium has been revealed - and it’s for charity
The first event at Christchurch’s new stadium will be both virtual and a fundraiser, aiming to raise money to feed thousands of Canterbury kids.
dlvr.it
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Magenta Kaos of Bright Hairy News @xkaosmagex.bsky.social · 13h
Shout out to @laura-kiwi-birb.bsky.social for sending me this!

@iamprettyawesome.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social @detectiverogers.bsky.social ffs a member of the Atlas Network won the Nobel Peace prize.... Where aren't they at this point 👀

#AtlasNetwork #nzpol
Image of a post by the Atlas Network congratulating Maria Machado for winning the Nobel Peace prize. Explaining their long professional relationship with her
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 12h
Yep, get in and get it excavated before it is fucked permanently by something else
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 12h
Ah! Probably what I call rescue archaeology eg when a site is about to be destroyed through development etc, so you go in and dig on a really fixed schedule, like 6 weeks, before the development starts.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h
On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈
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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 14h
The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
Regulatory Standards Bill: Select Committee Report: 166,000 submission total 0.7% supported 0.6% unclear 98.7% opposed AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 13h
Naughty Nit Nurse time
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David Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 16h
after willis blamed voters for the gdp contraction, luxon now blaming voters for being disinterested in local politics.

i am once again asking to have a government that doesn't despise and belittle us.
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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 13h
There's a reason the right pronounce it anTEEFa and not ANTIfa.
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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 13h
This where you're better off taking on Ancient Egyptian undead as mummies tend to have their legs wrapped together making running nigh on impossible
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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 13h
I just made a complaint to the media council concerning severe factual inaccuracies in Damien Grant's opinion piece yesterday.

www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa's CEO Files Complaint with New Zealand Media Council Over Stuff Opinion Column
Rights Aotearoa CEO has lodged a formal complaint with the New Zealand Media Council regarding an opinion column published by Stuff titled "Chlöe Swarbrick: How Should We Define Her Contribution to Po...
www.rightsaotearoa.nz
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 13h
Emergency archaeologist? Is there such a thing at emergency archaeology?

And it's never too late to train for anything
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 17h
Very much so