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ApocalypseElf

@apocalypseelf.bsky.social

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Not so quiet subversive. 'Quirky'. Theremin player. Pigeon fancier. Pocket friends. "Obstinate, headstrong girl!" I contain multitudes. Aotearoa.

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Bean Crusty @beancrusty.bsky.social · 18h

Sir Brian Roche gets paid approximately $600,000 annually to punch down on teachers and nurses #nzpol

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 10h

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 2h

Stupid insomnia

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 3h

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to #methane reduction targets

- Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’

- NZ has 5 million cows and 23 million sheep

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets

Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’

www.theguardian.com

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 6h

I did consider Knight of the thimble

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

Yup

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

It will be just fine

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

Both probably

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

Its true though

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

I have a couple of the Central Otago Pinot ones. People might want those. Anyway, will test the waters

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

I guess I wasn't sure of demand. I only paid 50c-$1 each

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

Wow. I was thinking $5.

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

I cant think of anything that everyone hates...maybe Phil Collins

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

What would be sensible?. I found more at the tip today. Going to sell them all to buy a possum trap

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 7h

We need to convince him Seymour and Peters are the problem

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

True. I made an assumption

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

I quite like Brothers in Arms

Nick Phillips @nwp.bsky.social · 8h

I do think a song that you really like that will make everyone else go "oh hell no" would be more revealing...

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

Tag yourself. I'm Fatuous pauper

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 1d

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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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

Yup.

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

I was pretty shocked when I visited Aoraki last year

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

Nods

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

Church sign "Satanic exorcism Wed. August 7. All the fried chicken you can eat for 50c"

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 8h

We could do it together, the 3 musketeers of rescue archaeology

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 10h

Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol

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