Grumpy
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Mind of Sid James in Jenny Agutter's body. Descended from Frenchified Vikings. Former Egyptian Archaeologist. English. Tangata Tiriti. She/they. 🏳️🌈
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Grumpy
@grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social
· Jun 9
It's that horrible damp cold in Te Whanganui-a-Tara today, the graveyard clamminess that seeps into your bones, that creeps under your clothes, the feeling of mould edging its way, silently, into your lungs, the wooden shack miasma that never quite seems to dry out
#NZgothic
#NZgothic
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The hardest part of this political discussion is that I'm having it with people whose civic knowledge is so low that they think that our current political situation is solely the result of votes.
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The hardest part of this political discussion is that I'm having it with people whose civic knowledge is so low that they think that our current political situation is solely the result of votes.
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“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
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Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
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Põneke: consultation for the horrendous second Mount Victoria tunnel and Basin Reserve clusteruck are open until 11:59pm next Sunday. Take the chance to tell them we don’t want our city bifurcated by a giant motorway for people who don’t live here.
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com/SH1-Wellingt...
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com/SH1-Wellingt...
SH1 Wellington Improvements project engagement survey
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Põneke: consultation for the horrendous second Mount Victoria tunnel and Basin Reserve clusteruck are open until 11:59pm next Sunday. Take the chance to tell them we don’t want our city bifurcated by a giant motorway for people who don’t live here.
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com/SH1-Wellingt...
nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com/SH1-Wellingt...
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How much is a life worth? What about that of a baby? A friend?
For too long, the current Government - led by Luxon, Seymour and Peters - have prioritised money and corporate donors/lobbyists over the lives of everyday Kiwis.
Please share and help spread awareness. Thanks, Tui.
#nzpol #kiwi
For too long, the current Government - led by Luxon, Seymour and Peters - have prioritised money and corporate donors/lobbyists over the lives of everyday Kiwis.
Please share and help spread awareness. Thanks, Tui.
#nzpol #kiwi
How much is a Kiwi's life worth?
How David Seymour, Brooke Van Velden and the right wing Coalition are prioritising money over Kiwi lives at every step
substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Because I'm a silly sausage, I commented on a FB thing with some people frothing about Jacinda Ardern being on Graham Norton; one of the folk who took exception to my view is also furious with Kate Winslet because, apparently, she "stabbed" Woody Allen and Roman Polanski in the back.
Says it all.
Says it all.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Because I'm a silly sausage, I commented on a FB thing with some people frothing about Jacinda Ardern being on Graham Norton; one of the folk who took exception to my view is also furious with Kate Winslet because, apparently, she "stabbed" Woody Allen and Roman Polanski in the back.
Says it all.
Says it all.
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Wisdom of an Ancient Being: Holiday Edition 🦇🍬
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Wisdom of an Ancient Being: Holiday Edition 🦇🍬
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In S17 of #Taskmaster, Nick Mohammed dressed as a vampire for his tasks. The production scrubbed all his reflections when he's dressed like this, but the only way I knew is because someone told me about it. It's subtle and very cool.
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In S17 of #Taskmaster, Nick Mohammed dressed as a vampire for his tasks. The production scrubbed all his reflections when he's dressed like this, but the only way I knew is because someone told me about it. It's subtle and very cool.
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"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Comment from Victoria University: The easiest way to prevent others contracting Long Covid is to stay home when sick, and for govt to increase paid leave
Long Covid's long reach
newsroom.co.nz
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Comment from Victoria University: The easiest way to prevent others contracting Long Covid is to stay home when sick, and for govt to increase paid leave
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Is there an audio stream/recording of this anywhere?
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Is there an audio stream/recording of this anywhere?
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This really needs to be understood: "The confusion appears intentional and is proving profitable and deadly."
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
E-Bike Injuries Are Up 1,800%, But It's Not Actually E-Bikes: It's Electric Motorcycles
The vehicles causing a recent spike in injuries and worse aren't e-bikes. Here’s why, our solution, and how to differentiate an e-bike from an e-moto.
velo.outsideonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This really needs to be understood: "The confusion appears intentional and is proving profitable and deadly."
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
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“Democrats need to abandon trans rights to win” is a mirror image of the message that WOULD win:
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“Democrats need to abandon trans rights to win” is a mirror image of the message that WOULD win:
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
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‘It says almost nothing about how the arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS) will contribute, despite the fact that the strategy’s objectives cannot be met without them.’
Opinion from Auckland University: The Govt’s boldest tertiary policy shift in years barely mentions the arts, humanities and social sciences. That’s a problem.
New tertiary plan blind to some of our most valuable assets
newsroom.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
‘It says almost nothing about how the arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS) will contribute, despite the fact that the strategy’s objectives cannot be met without them.’
This does look like a very, very, nice car
🤣Timely!
MKBHD just reviewed a Xiaomi SU7.
Don't hear it from me. Take it from a known Tesla fan.
And in the question 'Are "we" cooked?' who is "we?" More than 99% of US citizens would benefit from cheaper EVs. And the whole planet would be less "cooked" if we accelerate phasing out fossil fuels.
MKBHD just reviewed a Xiaomi SU7.
Don't hear it from me. Take it from a known Tesla fan.
And in the question 'Are "we" cooked?' who is "we?" More than 99% of US citizens would benefit from cheaper EVs. And the whole planet would be less "cooked" if we accelerate phasing out fossil fuels.
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This does look like a very, very, nice car
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Here’s one for Tom. Mexican gangs import guns from the US to terrorize Mexicans. Is it okay for Mexico to send drones in to destroy gun stores in Texas and kill the “gun dealers?"
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here’s one for Tom. Mexican gangs import guns from the US to terrorize Mexicans. Is it okay for Mexico to send drones in to destroy gun stores in Texas and kill the “gun dealers?"
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The Norwegian Embassy in the USA is very homoerotic
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Norwegian Embassy in the USA is very homoerotic
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It looks like the hands of the dying reaching for earth as they expire
I literally thought Trump's new FIFA Peace Prize was a dude crying into his hands.
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It looks like the hands of the dying reaching for earth as they expire
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I'm sorry, what? Communicating for rescue "could have justified the follow-up strike" what?
You can really tell how insanely illegal this strike was by the increasingly absurd defenses being offered here.
You can really tell how insanely illegal this strike was by the increasingly absurd defenses being offered here.
4/ Even worse on these officials account, it seems if the third view is correct, that was a reason to kill the survivors.
You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️
A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.
You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️
A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm sorry, what? Communicating for rescue "could have justified the follow-up strike" what?
You can really tell how insanely illegal this strike was by the increasingly absurd defenses being offered here.
You can really tell how insanely illegal this strike was by the increasingly absurd defenses being offered here.
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Person was shaking and almost crying because he was invited to walk on a flag which, to some other people, carries a symbol of crimes against their nation/people, the way a confederate flag does for others, or, u know, a swastika does
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/581...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/581...
Controversial flag exhibit Flagging the Future stolen from Hastings art gallery
A piece of artwork that prompted 101 complaints in a week has now been stolen from a Hastings art gallery.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Person was shaking and almost crying because he was invited to walk on a flag which, to some other people, carries a symbol of crimes against their nation/people, the way a confederate flag does for others, or, u know, a swastika does
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/581...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/581...