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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine

@dimsie.bsky.social

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I have too many dogs for a sensible person One of the Aotearoa NZ Twitter exodus Mother: Invercargill, father: Simmesport La. Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Cajun, Pākehā, feminist, parent MA in history, PhD in dork Terfs and right-wingers can get in the bin

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · Jul 31

So @melbailey.bsky.social did a "one like = one [something]" thread of lots of cool things in her house. I think my house would be good for this so I will do it too. One like, one photo of some ridiculous-assed thing in my house. With or without a story attached, I dunno

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1m

Aha! But the North Shore got seven digits while everyone in Auckland proper still had six, for a while

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 11m

Well all I can say is, Auckland, thank goodness it's raining again, because I wouldn't want us to forget what that's like /withering

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 17m

My childhood phone number from a house I left 33 years ago: 478-5828

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4h

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social · 2h

On Lt Columbo Day never let us forget the episode where Columbo explains to a fitness guru how Mrs Columbo is thick, that he likes her thick, and how he will do anything within his power to keep her thick

Screenshot from Columbo where Peter falk explains to Robert Conrad he likes his wife thick

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 9h

I pay the vet $50 a week so hopefully that won't be necessary

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 9h

It won't be relaxing but hopefully it'll work

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 9h

I am taking our cat to the vet tomorrow, so I am deliberately underfeeding her to make her easy to locate, as she will hang around the food bowl yelling at me

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The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social · 15h

One of the greatest things about being an adult in this day and age is that even at 50 years old the internet is still teaching me about the existence of animals that I've never heard of before.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 16h

Thinking about viscachas again

The viscacha, an absurd, rabbit-like creature. They are fat, furry, and have hilariously long whiskers that extend far past their bodies. This one is plopped on his butt.

A viscacha with his whiskers pointed down and his paws in a dainty position

A viscacha holding his hand up as if to say no pictures please

Another sitting viscacha but he looks SO soft and SO fat

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 12h

Next year I shall be 52 Years An Imbecile

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 12h

It's difficult to decide!

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 12h

This is a moment where my husband's grandmother would say "shit or get off the pot"

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

AHAHAHAHA Luxon is an endless gift to me #nzpol

Sarah Chambers @sarahpolo10.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, he isn’t listening to the advisors and they are worried about his polling. He genuinely believes that all of his ministers are the reason the public dislikes him.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

Will you all just let me pettily hate him, it's all I have!

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

There are some old white dude dead enders that refuse to see it and they're the lion's share of his support

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

The Time of McAnulty is nigh

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

Nooooooo! Tell me more I love hearing about Luxo being a dork

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

If I was one of those soulless wastrels in National's cabinet I'd seriously consider making a move because he is dragging them down

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

He's so managerial. He would be a good 2IC but he's not good at bringing people with him initially

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

I wish he'd just fuck off

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

Chippy has also dropped quite considerably and I wonder if this is because people are getting sick of waiting for a big vision board from Labour

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

The whole poll is a nothingburger because hardly anything has changed EXCEPT THIS

Because we hate him

We really really hate him #nzpol

Eligible voters were asked whether they approved or disapproved of how National leader Luxon has been handling his job as Prime Minister.

The proportion who approved was 38%, while 52% disapproved and 10% didn't know or preferred not to say. This gives the National Party leader an overall score of -14, his lowest approval rating as Prime Minister.

Since he took the top job, 1News has surveyed voters on this question three times. In June 2024 Luxon scored -5, in March/April of this year he scored -7.

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