Māyā
@mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social
Aspiring novelist. Sets crosswords for local magazines. Lifelong fan of ''Doctor Who'' (but in a good way). Married with kids.
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Yes. Nonsensical & Stupid! -& this:
Like so may things this #Neoliberal #AtlasNetwork #austerity Govt has done, there's something deeply “off” about the way the NZ Government is trying to re-wire its controversial #FastTrack Approvals Act.
open.substack.com/pub/theinteg...
Like so may things this #Neoliberal #AtlasNetwork #austerity Govt has done, there's something deeply “off” about the way the NZ Government is trying to re-wire its controversial #FastTrack Approvals Act.
open.substack.com/pub/theinteg...
Democracy Briefing: Sneaking in turbocharged Muldoonist powers to the Fast Track Act
There’s something deeply off about the way the Government is trying to re‑wire its controversial Fast Track Approvals Act.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Yes. Nonsensical & Stupid! -& this:
Like so may things this #Neoliberal #AtlasNetwork #austerity Govt has done, there's something deeply “off” about the way the NZ Government is trying to re-wire its controversial #FastTrack Approvals Act.
open.substack.com/pub/theinteg...
Like so may things this #Neoliberal #AtlasNetwork #austerity Govt has done, there's something deeply “off” about the way the NZ Government is trying to re-wire its controversial #FastTrack Approvals Act.
open.substack.com/pub/theinteg...
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"We recognise the concern about the environmental and infrastructure impacts caused by wet wipes, but our approach is to focus on practical, evidence-based solutions, rather than blanket bans" - Minister for the Environment,Penny Simmonds
They clog pipes. What more evidence does she need?
(1)
They clog pipes. What more evidence does she need?
(1)
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
"We recognise the concern about the environmental and infrastructure impacts caused by wet wipes, but our approach is to focus on practical, evidence-based solutions, rather than blanket bans" - Minister for the Environment,Penny Simmonds
They clog pipes. What more evidence does she need?
(1)
They clog pipes. What more evidence does she need?
(1)
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The only "evidence" these Coalition fools respect is when voters finally get a gutsful and vote them out.
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
UK bans wet wipes containing plastics, but NZ won't, government says
The UK is banning the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastics, a huge cause of pollution and sewer blockages.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The only "evidence" these Coalition fools respect is when voters finally get a gutsful and vote them out.
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Met a shockingly flexible old lady today.
Her name is Baba Yoga.
Her name is Baba Yoga.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Met a shockingly flexible old lady today.
Her name is Baba Yoga.
Her name is Baba Yoga.
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Almost a fifth of England’s rural bus services have vanished in the past five years
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Almost a fifth of England’s rural bus services have vanished in the past five years
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
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If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
Sign the Petition
Urgent Action Required on Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Incursion.
c.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
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Anyone who has been overseas know how utterly shit Hornets are.
If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
Sign the Petition
Urgent Action Required on Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Incursion.
c.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Anyone who has been overseas know how utterly shit Hornets are.
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"These days, when people use the word efficient it can reliably be taken as a sign that ends have become means, and that what started out as a quest for the wise use of resources has now totally jumped the shark."
#nzpol
#nzpol
On The Coup Against Local Government
It's democracy Jim, but not as we know it. In line with the plans that the government unveiled this week to reform local government, the recently elected regional councils will be scrapped, and their ...
www.scoop.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"These days, when people use the word efficient it can reliably be taken as a sign that ends have become means, and that what started out as a quest for the wise use of resources has now totally jumped the shark."
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Election 2026. ACT begins the spend and lies on opposition policies earlier than expected. I mean I expected the lies but the timing is early. #nzpol
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Election 2026. ACT begins the spend and lies on opposition policies earlier than expected. I mean I expected the lies but the timing is early. #nzpol
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Countdown to media regurgitating this…
New media release published on Scoop Parliament: How Will Chris Hipkins Fill His $13Billion Hole?
www.scoop.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Countdown to media regurgitating this…
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Sure is - I can’t keep up especially the scale of change they are pushing through every day. The local government reform announced earlier in the week worries me too … more austerity on the way.
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Sure is - I can’t keep up especially the scale of change they are pushing through every day. The local government reform announced earlier in the week worries me too … more austerity on the way.
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Trying to rank the stinkiest turds in the coalition cesspool gets more and more difficult every week.
So many strong contenders, and they all want to be "winners".💩😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
So many strong contenders, and they all want to be "winners".💩😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Trying to rank the stinkiest turds in the coalition cesspool gets more and more difficult every week.
So many strong contenders, and they all want to be "winners".💩😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
So many strong contenders, and they all want to be "winners".💩😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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Although tying school lunch funding to attendance to drive down costs overall is a close second.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although tying school lunch funding to attendance to drive down costs overall is a close second.
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Worst NACT act of the week for me was Erica Stanford’s “frankly disgusting” rant about schools supporting Te Tiriti. We are meant to be a democratic nation and the power are speaking.
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Worst NACT act of the week for me was Erica Stanford’s “frankly disgusting” rant about schools supporting Te Tiriti. We are meant to be a democratic nation and the power are speaking.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
#nzpol
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
#nzpol
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
#nzpol
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
#nzpol
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Unpopular reckon, I guess but if I were Labour, I'd be all about Labour. The potential coalition can happen once the dust settles. Each party (on the Left) should go all out to get as many votes for themselves (but do it in a way that holds mana). Maybe I'm naive to think this might be the way
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Unpopular reckon, I guess but if I were Labour, I'd be all about Labour. The potential coalition can happen once the dust settles. Each party (on the Left) should go all out to get as many votes for themselves (but do it in a way that holds mana). Maybe I'm naive to think this might be the way
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Selling out. Capitalism and the patriarchy go hand in hand.
Being above another human due to fucked up ideological bullshit is actually fucked up.
#humansarebroken#allhumansaremodernhumans
#dobetter
Being above another human due to fucked up ideological bullshit is actually fucked up.
#humansarebroken#allhumansaremodernhumans
#dobetter
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Selling out. Capitalism and the patriarchy go hand in hand.
Being above another human due to fucked up ideological bullshit is actually fucked up.
#humansarebroken#allhumansaremodernhumans
#dobetter
Being above another human due to fucked up ideological bullshit is actually fucked up.
#humansarebroken#allhumansaremodernhumans
#dobetter
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Covid brain damage, too.
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Covid brain damage, too.
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This is the long term effects of COVID - and everyone is at risk of new or worsened damage from every reinfection. This is not speculation. There’s a vast set of data on this at this point.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the long term effects of COVID - and everyone is at risk of new or worsened damage from every reinfection. This is not speculation. There’s a vast set of data on this at this point.
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YES. We are five years into constant reinfection of a virus that causes literal brain damage.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
YES. We are five years into constant reinfection of a virus that causes literal brain damage.
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Why try and fight through the depression and brain fog when a magic box will handle it?
Iunno. That's my take as a former educator. YMMV.🧵
Iunno. That's my take as a former educator. YMMV.🧵
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Why try and fight through the depression and brain fog when a magic box will handle it?
Iunno. That's my take as a former educator. YMMV.🧵
Iunno. That's my take as a former educator. YMMV.🧵
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Pretty sure you mix all that, plus the damage Long COVID does to the brain, and you get a perfect storm of "we're fucked." Season it with AI, and it's pretty easy to see why kids today are just disillusioned with everything. Why bother when they can ask ChatGPT to do it for them? ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Pretty sure you mix all that, plus the damage Long COVID does to the brain, and you get a perfect storm of "we're fucked." Season it with AI, and it's pretty easy to see why kids today are just disillusioned with everything. Why bother when they can ask ChatGPT to do it for them? ⤵️
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I think it's all of the above, but more of column A and B than C. Don't get me wrong, FUCK AI with a rusty rake, but America as we know it is dead, we're watching the rise of 1930s Nazi Germany all over again, and we've been living in a world where no one cares about the damn Pandemic anymore. ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I think it's all of the above, but more of column A and B than C. Don't get me wrong, FUCK AI with a rusty rake, but America as we know it is dead, we're watching the rise of 1930s Nazi Germany all over again, and we've been living in a world where no one cares about the damn Pandemic anymore. ⤵️
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IMO, this whole thread sounds a lot like Long COVID. The overwhelming majority of college students aren't masking and are repeatedly getting infected with a host of viruses.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
IMO, this whole thread sounds a lot like Long COVID. The overwhelming majority of college students aren't masking and are repeatedly getting infected with a host of viruses.