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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 6h

Personally I love having a health minister who thinks women should be denied certain types of health care. 🤮

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 7h

And honestly could you not just give the money for the new agency to researchers? Pack of incompetent clackwankers.

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Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.

If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.

#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...

alaskabeacon.com

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Mrs Chippy🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mrschippy.bsky.social · 1d

Petition to Parliament re: retention of Art History as a stand alone subject in years 12 and 13. Please sign.

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

petitions.parliament.nz

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 9h

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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eschneider @eschneider.bsky.social · 13h

Currently listening to the audiobook of "It Was Her House First" and my god, does that hit _hard_. Recommended. 🐴👍

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 13h

Spooky season deals on new books! Get 'em while they're hot! Get 'em while they're cheap! Just get 'em, because I have animals to feed! ::gestures elaborately to this link::

www.cheriepriest.com/blog/spooky-...

Spooky Season Deals — The Haunt*

I’ve been meaning to do something like this for awhile but I keep forgetting - and now, here on a weekend, I finally have some time to sit down and queue up some promotions from around the book-sellin...

www.cheriepriest.com

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 12h

I hope this doesn't happen and Otago Polytechnic continues this work.

teu.ac.nz/news/lets-no...

Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | Let’s not close the door on prison education

<p data-block-key="94q67">Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge ...

teu.ac.nz

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Pauline Dawson @paulinedawsonnz.bsky.social · 12h

The next workshop is on 23/24 October and fully booked but we need pregnant people gestation 7-12 weeks for the practical sessions. It would take around an hour of your time in Central Dunedin. A grocery voucher will be given as a thank you. 2/

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Pauline Dawson @paulinedawsonnz.bsky.social · 12h

People in Ōtepoti/Duendin! @universityofotago.bsky.social is again offering a workshop for midwives to learn early pregnancy ultrasound. This is targeted at remote rural midwives who are in areas with limited USS access. 1/

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deb te kawa nō aotearoa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 15h

A thread about why this is a vital survey: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Terminally ill patients rank the businesses and government agencies worst to deal with

Terminally ill patients reflect on their experiences across 14 sectors - from energy providers and insurance companies to employers, gyms, hospitals and rest homes.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 15h

Yep, super racist but would still like to sell our meat in all available markets both here and overseas.

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 15h

Get your hearing checked and get hearing aids if you need them. There's a good evidence to suggest mitigating hearing loss helps against dementia.

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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 17h

I want white liberals (and some white leftists) to understand something. If you want to know why many Māori don't vote, it is because for us Māori, especially for the ones of us in extreme poverty nothing significant materially changes. 🧵

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you kindly.

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Bugger.

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, they are from India. They're bigger than US bison and can go FAST for such huge beasts. Like 56kph/35mph.

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Are they all siblings from a nest who are now old enough to go exploring? Or just randoms in your stuff?

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

😆

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Deluded muppet.

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

4 panel cartoon: 1 an otter with its head out of the water. 2 the otter dives and we see its tail (text reads splash). 3 a cat is standing on the shore observing the otter, thinking "holy crap." 4 the cat is shown thinking "a mermaid!"

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Sampler of drugs.

What's your 1881 job?

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 1d

Here's one.

This family are some the most incredibly generous, truly hold and embody our Yup’ik values, very self sufficient, hard working people. They’re Elders and don’t live in a housing house; they’ve just worked hard to maintain and keep their old house habitable

Donate to My brother’s keeper, organized by Agnes Heithecker

I was adopted fifth of ten children my favorite biological brother just older than me I’m… Agnes Heithecker needs your support for My brother’s keeper

www.gofundme.com

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky NZ FTW! I've just had my first calendar pre-order from a Bluesky comrade! If you'd like a beautiful, mailable locally printed botanical art calendar in 2026 please pre-order before 30 October, I'll sort you! Please feel free to share and thank you! jenniferduval-smith.com/shop/botanic... 🌱🇨🇰

Botanical art calendar for 2026 by botanical artist Jennifer Duval-Smith Preorder now!

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

Burnt the ladders, destroyed the ladder factories, forbade ladder building, now punishing people for not using ladders.

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Helwise @helwise1.bsky.social · 1d

It is the greatest. I learnt about Gaur from Bluesky. Utter units.

Gaur walking across the road in front of a bus. It could destroy with a look. Or with its gigantic muscles and remarkable speed.

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