Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
@opaltiger.bsky.social
Libraries, UBI and the commons.
Pinned
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
This is a barn-stormer.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
Time to yeet people like Morgan McSweeny and Karie Murphy right into the sun and away from the body politic.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Time to yeet people like Morgan McSweeny and Karie Murphy right into the sun and away from the body politic.
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Some scientist believes this machine is sentient and capable of feeling hope; critics disagree
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Some scientist believes this machine is sentient and capable of feeling hope; critics disagree
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November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yeah, I cannot believe how eroded our biosecurity infrastructure has become, does no one remember Mothra versus the Pajero people? or when you couldn't leave Avondale with so much as an apple core?
I'm not that old, I'm not even a boomer.
#nzpol
I'm not that old, I'm not even a boomer.
#nzpol
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 5:01 AM
Yeah, I cannot believe how eroded our biosecurity infrastructure has become, does no one remember Mothra versus the Pajero people? or when you couldn't leave Avondale with so much as an apple core?
I'm not that old, I'm not even a boomer.
#nzpol
I'm not that old, I'm not even a boomer.
#nzpol
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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
David is always so great at unearthing the darkness at the heart of seemingly innocuous things.
The Cult of America’s Largest Animal Rescue
David Farrier talks to former members of a cult that allege what would become "Best Friends Animal Sanctuary" was built, in part, by child labour.
www.webworm.co
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
David is always so great at unearthing the darkness at the heart of seemingly innocuous things.
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
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Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Passenger train to link Christchurch to South | Star News
Long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island, with a service set to consistently reconnect Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill...
www.odt.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
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While incredibly sad, this doesn't surprise me in the least.
This government has proven time and time again to be completely incapable of imagining and catering to a world outside of their own carefully curated bubbles. #nzpol
This government has proven time and time again to be completely incapable of imagining and catering to a world outside of their own carefully curated bubbles. #nzpol
My nephew is dyslexic and his high school offers an alternative learning track for students like him.
My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱
#nzpol
My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱
#nzpol
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
While incredibly sad, this doesn't surprise me in the least.
This government has proven time and time again to be completely incapable of imagining and catering to a world outside of their own carefully curated bubbles. #nzpol
This government has proven time and time again to be completely incapable of imagining and catering to a world outside of their own carefully curated bubbles. #nzpol
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Whenever NZers have an option to say publicly that they don't believe in what this government is doing to Māori, there are more on the side of right than the side of wrong
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Whenever NZers have an option to say publicly that they don't believe in what this government is doing to Māori, there are more on the side of right than the side of wrong
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
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Why is it "frankly disgusting" for parents and schools to stand up for what THEY believe is right for their tamariki? Why is the PM allowing his MPs to spread anti-worker, anti-Te Tiriti disinformation on social media?
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why is it "frankly disgusting" for parents and schools to stand up for what THEY believe is right for their tamariki? Why is the PM allowing his MPs to spread anti-worker, anti-Te Tiriti disinformation on social media?
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
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Gee I dunno, if I was the Labour leader I reckon I'd have a firm view on this and be able to articulate why it's a no-brainer on pretty much every level but there you go.
Amazed that party is still polling above 30% tbh
Amazed that party is still polling above 30% tbh
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Gee I dunno, if I was the Labour leader I reckon I'd have a firm view on this and be able to articulate why it's a no-brainer on pretty much every level but there you go.
Amazed that party is still polling above 30% tbh
Amazed that party is still polling above 30% tbh
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
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Another impossible beauty standard
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Another impossible beauty standard
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Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
YouTube video by PurplepingersTV
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
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Why does anyone with half a brain and the ability to read know that will happen but people in government and the farming industry apparently don't?
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
Tesco's warning to New Zealand farmers
If New Zealand farmers want to continue exporting to the lucrative UK market, they will have to commit to a better climate future, says UK supermarket Tesco.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Why does anyone with half a brain and the ability to read know that will happen but people in government and the farming industry apparently don't?
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
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Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁
Coming from a family of atheists such that I wasn't even allowed to read the Narnia books, I really hit the wall when I first started doing art history. Anyway this is a very interesting discussion.
Medieval Trans and Genderqueer Saints
YouTube video by Max Kuzma
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Coming from a family of atheists such that I wasn't even allowed to read the Narnia books, I really hit the wall when I first started doing art history. Anyway this is a very interesting discussion.
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Makes the quality of their wellington report equally good.
Deloitte also fucked up the same way in Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Makes the quality of their wellington report equally good.
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Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
mcusercontent.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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Still boils my blood that they forced Michael Wood to resign over a few forgotten shares while NAT MPs get away with undeclared houses, donations and other 'interests' 🤬
#NZPol
#NZPol
What I'd just say to you is, who amongst us hasn't tried to hide that we own 23 houses? Anywho I've got a few words to say about the matter.
#LyinLuxon #Worldsbiggesthypocrite #CoalitionOfCorruption #NZpol
#LyinLuxon #Worldsbiggesthypocrite #CoalitionOfCorruption #NZpol
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Still boils my blood that they forced Michael Wood to resign over a few forgotten shares while NAT MPs get away with undeclared houses, donations and other 'interests' 🤬
#NZPol
#NZPol