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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 48m

This is utterly embarrassing.

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

There’s a major climate summit in Christchurch but the minister’s party won’t let him go

Climate Minister Simon Watts had been due to deliver the closing address at the global Adaptation Futures Conference, but National Party whips refused his leave from Parliament.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 2h

A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6

"But if you refuse to let them go, I will
plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on
your people and on all your officials."

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christi @christikf.bsky.social · 12h

c’mon man

fig is an orange and white cat with a baby pink nose and a smudgy mustache. he’s peering out from a blanket extremely cutely

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 47m

Many of the people who showed up absolutely hated my guts but they hated the Proud Boys even more.

And that's what principled antifascism looks like

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 53m

This is a description of what happened with the intimidation protest the Proud Boys tried to stage across the street from my apartment building in 2020, back when they thought I was Public Enemy #1.

The community pushback was amazing and inspiring.

marymary🍁🍁🍁🍁 @marymarymary.bsky.social · 15h

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1h

talking with a colleague I was reminded of some accessibility infographics I saw about a decade ago, and was able to find them again. I think they are still pretty good accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/d...

A direct link to the English language pdf set is github.com/UKHomeOffice...

Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility

Karwai Pun is an interaction designer currently working on Service Optimisation to make existing and new services better for our users. Karwai is part of an accessibility group at Home Office Digital,...

accessibility.blog.gov.uk

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Christopher Luxon NatGPT @rugbyintel.bsky.social · 2h

What I'd just say to you is, ok #StraightUpMcAnulty caught Tama out lying in parliament today but personally I'm honoured. After all, imitation is the highest form of flattery.
#LyinLuxon #WorstPMEver #WorstGovEver #CoalitionOfCorruption #NZpol

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 7h

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h

To sum up we're likely spending ~$700m per ferry to get worse ferries than the two we ordered for $550m total

Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 2h

So-orig it was $551m for 2 top of the line Korean rail ferries delivered this year & next. It cost National $671m to cancel them. We don’t know the added price for these Chinese Ferries-hopefully they won’t be full of asbestos like the rail carriages were #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/14/g...

Govt confirms shipyard for new Cook Strait ferries

The shipbuilder was the "largest modern integrated shipbuilding enterprise in Southern China," Peters said in his media release.

www.1news.co.nz

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 2h

Surely we also have a cut-and-dry referral of Potaka to the Privileges Committee for not only making an unparliamentary attack on a fellow Member but, more arguably, misleading the House in the process? #nzqt #nzpol

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 2h

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 2h

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 2h

Sorry, I'll see myself out

A Pantone colour swatch picking out the red shirt of our striking brother demanding a living wage

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Ophelia Shade @shadowedophelia.bsky.social · 4h

I've been struggling to process this news all day, honestly. One of the early conversations I remember having with Rob involved him telling me that if I thought "Arthurian Legend meets Big Stompy Mechs" sounds fun, I should check out Camelot Trigger.

Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 16h

Rob Wieland's first email to me was on Sat, Oct 21, 2006, asking to get the PDF of Spirit of the Century to go with his physical-copy purchase.

There since the beginning.

Wish he could've been there until the end.

Cover of Fate Worlds Volume 2: Worlds in Shadow, featuring cover art taken from Rob Wieland's contribution to this book, the amazing King-Arthur-in-Mech-Suits CAMELOT Trigger setting. Armored mech-knights suit up to face the robotic horde led by the giant-floating-head MerGN-A!

In this interior image from CAMELOT Trigger, we get a closer look at the giant floating head MerGN-A as her mouth opens to disgorge endless flying robots.

Writing credit:

CAMELOT TRIGGER
by Rob Wieland
editing by Tom Cadorette, Mike Olson, and Brian Engard
art by Brett Barkley

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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 3h

Well, as expected, Seymour talked to precisely no craft beer business. fyi.org.nz/request/3228...

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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦 @teramis.bsky.social · 1h

"If you start seeing people resigning or getting fired, or you start seeing stories that seem off...especially if it involves the left going too far on a topic Bari Weiss cares about, it’s worth asking yourself why that might be...”

John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire

The 'Last Week Tonight' host described the newly appointed editor-in-chief as someone "who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading...

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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 2h

fantasy story idea: Noble Evacuation Squad, nobles dungeon-diving buy insurance, and when they're outta mana, they can summon them. The NES then secures the area in the most heavy-handed way, draws a magic circle, and saves the principal, and only them. Everyone else, expendable

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Recusant @recusant.bsky.social · 2h

Been reading thru this and its crazy just how much of the game he's giving away for free

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 8h

4chan has ghosted Ofcom, and is ignoring the UK regulators' pleas to comply with the Online Safety Act. Ofcom says it will fine them £100 a day until they answer their email.

🙄

Ofcom fines 4chan £20K for Online Safety Act failings

: Regulator warns penalties will pile up until internet toilet does its paperwork

www.theregister.com

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 2h

Looking forward to the future ❤️

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Shock, some regrets but mostly relief, says Tory Whanau as she looks ahead to life outside council

Tory Whanau found herself hoping the final results would stay the same after losing the race for Wellington’s Māori ward, she told Stuff.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Jaym Gates @jaymgates.bsky.social · 2h

Is it super dramatized and inaccurate? Yes? Does watching gorgeous people wittily doing terrible things to Nazis cheer me up immensely? Yes. Therefore, I am watching The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Again.

(In case you wondered where I stood on the issue of that particular scum...)

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xX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyeldritch.bsky.social · 2h

Sad and frustrating 😞

"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 barriers to education. It also means three full-time tutors will lose their roles,[...]"

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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The Post @thepost-nz.bsky.social · 2h

“In all honesty, as long as I get to work on the issues that I care about, which is women in leadership, helping marginalised communities and that sort of thing, the world is kind of my oyster.”

Tory Whanau confirms legal action, may join the Kiwi brain drain

The outgoing Wellington mayor is considering Melbourne or New York job opportunities ‒ and has already put about $5000 into legal fees for defamation action against her worst critics.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2h

I wish some conversations could be kept AMONGST Māori and not need to be analysed by Pākehā and viewed through Pākehā systems and power 🙄🙄🙄

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3h

Yup, it's a @skywatch.blue label and block list and it helps, but a lot of them have stopped using it because they are Very Mad about being put on blocklists

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xanadian @xanadian.bsky.social · 3h

There is legitimately a mute list on here for accounts with blue hearts in their usernames and honestly it's been a great yellow flag for me

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 5h

I just categorically do not have the energy to have a thread being shared around by resistance accounts.

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