2covet
@2covet.bsky.social
NZ museums and heritage aficionado, shoe fancier, curator baiter, demure chocoholic, and all-round-caffeine fiend. Personal views; Not those of my employer.
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58 seconds of relaxation with the nearby Pōhutukawa. Sun’s out but there is also a gentle rain. You can hear the cicadas, the Tūī, and other birds.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
58 seconds of relaxation with the nearby Pōhutukawa. Sun’s out but there is also a gentle rain. You can hear the cicadas, the Tūī, and other birds.
Health workers' strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay
Health workers' strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay
In Auckland, hundreds of striking workers picketed outside the central hospital, calling for increased staffing levels and better pay.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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MPs salaries should be pro-rated based on their attendance at Parliament!
After all, how can they be governing when not attending? #nzpol #simpleMinds #fairAndEqual
After all, how can they be governing when not attending? #nzpol #simpleMinds #fairAndEqual
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
MPs salaries should be pro-rated based on their attendance at Parliament!
After all, how can they be governing when not attending? #nzpol #simpleMinds #fairAndEqual
After all, how can they be governing when not attending? #nzpol #simpleMinds #fairAndEqual
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After decades of abandoned business cases, but much yearning, long distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island.
The Mainlander passenger train returns in January
After decades of abandoned business cases, but much yearning, long distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island.
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
After decades of abandoned business cases, but much yearning, long distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island.
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In an area where a sand dredging consent has been applied via fast track. Wonder what diminutive Shane Jones would give this mighty 14m whale? #nzpol
Humpback whale puts on 'amazing, awesome, unforgettable' display at Bream Bay
Humpback whale puts on 'amazing, awesome, unforgettable' display at Bream Bay
Michele Adams was returning from a fishing trip, when she captured the powerful images from 50 metres.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In an area where a sand dredging consent has been applied via fast track. Wonder what diminutive Shane Jones would give this mighty 14m whale? #nzpol
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#nzpol
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#nzpol
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
The latter. We're committed to pay equity. We don't think the number calculated by the Nats is much use and we will have our own costing in due course.
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#nzppl Yep. 💯💯💯
I think what Uffindell is really projecting is the growing realisation that everyone hates the Nats - and with good reason...
Suck it up, bedleg boy...!
Suck it up, bedleg boy...!
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
#nzppl Yep. 💯💯💯
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
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‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
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Part 4 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Part 4 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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Erebus, 28 Nov 1979
Perpignan, 28 Nov 2008
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Perpignan, 28 Nov 2008
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Erebus, 28 Nov 1979
Perpignan, 28 Nov 2008
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Perpignan, 28 Nov 2008
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As today is Thanksgiving here in the US it is constitutionally mandated that you listen to Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice's Restaurant Massacree” at least once.
Sorry. I don’t make the rules. 🤷♀️
Sorry. I don’t make the rules. 🤷♀️
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As today is Thanksgiving here in the US it is constitutionally mandated that you listen to Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice's Restaurant Massacree” at least once.
Sorry. I don’t make the rules. 🤷♀️
Sorry. I don’t make the rules. 🤷♀️
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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1) Dr. Michael Peluso will lead a big ME/CFS project called CHIME.
The infrastructure first built for HIV, then used for Long Covid in the LIINC study, will now also help with studying pre-pandemic ME/CFS
The research will focus on gut biopsies and PET-CT scans.
The infrastructure first built for HIV, then used for Long Covid in the LIINC study, will now also help with studying pre-pandemic ME/CFS
The research will focus on gut biopsies and PET-CT scans.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
1) Dr. Michael Peluso will lead a big ME/CFS project called CHIME.
The infrastructure first built for HIV, then used for Long Covid in the LIINC study, will now also help with studying pre-pandemic ME/CFS
The research will focus on gut biopsies and PET-CT scans.
The infrastructure first built for HIV, then used for Long Covid in the LIINC study, will now also help with studying pre-pandemic ME/CFS
The research will focus on gut biopsies and PET-CT scans.
Israel is still ignoring the agreed rules for the ceasefire in Gaza. When are the UN and the world's leaders, including Trump, going to get off their handwringing arses and DO SOMETHING REAL TO STOP ISRAEL COMMITING GENOCIDE???
Israeli forces target buildings in central Gaza's Bureij and eastern Khan Younis.
Israel escalates aerial assault of southern, central Gaza past yellow line
Israeli forces target buildings in central Gaza's Bureij and eastern Khan Younis.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Israel is still ignoring the agreed rules for the ceasefire in Gaza. When are the UN and the world's leaders, including Trump, going to get off their handwringing arses and DO SOMETHING REAL TO STOP ISRAEL COMMITING GENOCIDE???