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Nicole Genesis Evangelion 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicolemay.bsky.social · 8h

this is not a staffing problem
this is not a budgeting problem

the problem is the uk doesn’t allow an informed consent model which should be standard worldwide

the waitlist is for a completely pointless assessment that should not be required to access trans healthcare

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 22h

The ‘Transit’ gender clinic in Spain has a 3 WEEK waiting list! 😳😳😳

It covers a population of 8 million, (equivalent to the population of Scotland & Wales combined, or 1/7th of the population of England) It has a total of 43 staff, a majority of whom are part-time, working 6-7 hours per week!

Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

I’m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans health…

growinguptransgender.com

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Warkus @warkus.bsky.social · 7d

House of Necrosis is OUT NOW on Steam!

House of Necrosis features turnbased dungeon-crawling as well as a tank-controlled hubworld, complete with pre-rendered backgrounds! This is SURVIVAL HORROR MYSTERY DUNGEON

💀Buy the game now, 10% launch discount!💀

store.steampowered.com/app/2005870/...

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 10h

Please donate to support the 35 peaceful protesters who were arrested for blockading the event

#NZPol

No blood on our hands
Peace Action Ōtautahi
Wage peace, disrupt war
The national aerospace summit in Ōtautahi was designed to align this government’s interests with the US and Israel’s greedy military goals, not space. Over 35 peaceful protesters were arrested for blockading the event, some were held in custody overnight. Donate to support our brave comrades

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Cam Banks 🇳🇿 ❌👑 @rustysellsword.com · 13h

I am absolutely gutted to hear of the death of Rob Wieland, literally one of the greatest tabletop reviewers and commentators we had. Tirelessly tracked industry news, omnipresent in our collective circles and communities. I am so sad for his young family. These are dark days, friends.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 10h

I know I'm gonna get lit up for this, but for me it's Shocker. That movie is so batshit and so extra in all the best and worst ways, but you know what... it wears it's heart on its sleeve and it's not just a good vs evil story, it's a deeply passionate love vs hate story.

And Mitch Pileggi rules.

BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 1d

What do you think is Wes Craven’s best film that isn’t part of the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET or SCREAM franchises?

I feel like everyone will have a different answer and that’s really interesting to me.

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Short Fuse @fn0rdpr3fect.bsky.social · 10h

I asked if he was Batman and he meowed in response

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 10h

Relatedly, was reading Naomi Beinart's piece in the Guardian this morning, & thinking about how (increasingly) true it must be for NZ too. | As boys shift to the right, we are seeing the rise of the ‘new chill girl’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 10h

I have a theory that Wellington city has hit 48% voter turnout (with specials still to come) because our people wanted to vote against nastiness and division and for nice and normal candidates. And for the Māori ward!

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 10h

tempted to parachute into cities popping off? don’t.

it’s generally not in good taste to chase riot porn. it scans as opportunistic & callous, esp if you make no effort to build/be in community. plus any footage you post is guaranteed to get ripped so if you’re clout chasing you’re gunna get v mad.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Sep 9

It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 17h

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 10h

Honestly, whenever I see a trailer from Edgar Wright or Wes Anderson, I go "This looks fun! I wonder if I'll ever see a black woman in one of these."

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 18h

I am very tired of this, but a quick review.

In America, it is legal for you to own your bullshit laser, no matter how it got into the county.

How you use your bullshit laser matters. Most jurisdictions escalate to felony for lighting up any law enforcement. Doing to them in the sky is ++Felony.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 19h

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 10h

But the articles will ALWAYS blame the schools, the students’ peers, the internet and anything else before pointing the finger at the male role models in their lives

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 11h

They have to list depression and suicide hotlines at the end of a story about how misogynistic, racist, transphobic, and hateful a lot of boys are.

JFC. This is on the parents.

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 11h

📢 The teen says the behaviour of some of the boys at school was racist, homophobic and sometimes explicitly sexual.

13 year old girl changes schools due to misogynistic bullying in class

www.rnz.co.nz

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Grumpy Goblin Dawg @loosewheelnz.bsky.social · 10h

Query re consumer guarantees act
Have batteries for a vacuum cleaner that I am now having to return for the second time. They last barely 30seconds
I have asked for a replacement and am told the manufacturer has right of repair or replace
Is this the case for repeat failures?
🇳🇿

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Magenta Kaos of Bright Hairy News @xkaosmagex.bsky.social · 16h

When our MPs are attacking unions they are attacking workers.

#nzpol

Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 19h

I’m sick of RW govts trying to separate “the unions” from their members.

“The unions” can’t take strike actions without balloting members. “The unions” aren’t forcing members to strike; they can’t. Members are voting to strike, because of shite offers from this govt.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon blames unions for ongoing strike action

"I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients," Christopher Luxon says.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 11h

#BHN Tonight at 9pm
- Te Pati Māori sit down with Mata
- Peace in the Middle East? 🤞
- More poor economy polls for National and troubling polls for Luxon and Hipkins
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social

youtube.com/live/kXklqUx...

#BHN TPM sit down with Mata | Peace in the Middle East? | More poor economy polls for National

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

ok yeah that is really weird

An Dog @everydog.bsky.social · 12h

it's still funny to me that smoking weed is legal in most of America now but you still can't buy a bong on Amazon, whereas moonshining is illegal nationwide and you CAN buy stills on Amazon. Some pretty nice stills even.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 11h

"Why David Seymour is pleased more ACT candidates didn't win council seats" #NZPol

wint
@dril
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"im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
6:20 PM 11/10/11 from Earth

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 12h

That feeling when the special votes tip your local board back towards favouring kid-friendly and bike-friendly streets…

A mashup of the sickos meme and classic Calvin & Hobbes, showing Calvin’s dad all togged up for one of his character-building bike rides, looking back through the window and saying “Yes hahaha yes.”

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Pippa Coom @pippacoom.bsky.social · 12h

This is really great news. City Vision (Labour, Greens & independents) has flipped two local boards. This is a win for progressive policies. Communities want climate action, street improvements, safe speeds and bike lanes

City Vision @cityvision.bsky.social · 13h

The preliminary result is now out. We're really delighted to have secured the majority on the Albert-Eden Local Board with the election of Michelle Thorp
voteauckland.co.nz/en/2025-loca...

Local board member results | Vote Auckland

Local board member results for the 2025 local elections.

voteauckland.co.nz

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · 1d

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

A key reason why it’s been so awful to see fascists destroying the FAA is that aviation safety regulators have historically been *extremely good* at avoiding the dangerous human fallacy of “this bad thing hasn’t happened yet, it’s just nearly happened, so it’s totally safe to keep doing it”

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

“an airplane hasn’t crashed YET as a result of a laser pointer blinding the pilot, just NEARLY crashed, so it’s actually not dangerous to shine lasers at airplanes and all global aviation authorities are overreacting cowards” is real logic I’ve seen from alleged adults on here

Pilot blindly lands plane after eyes are damaged by laser aimed into cockpit, feds say

“You almost killed this man,” a Washington judge told the man accused of pointing the laser.

www.thenewstribune.com

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