Shambloggerer
@shambolika.bsky.social
Poetic aroreretini. Outreach librarian. Wife guy. Dad.
Pākehā, Rangitāne, Ngati Kahungunu: Euronesian.
Baritone ukulele is a silly name for the instrument I play, doesn't sound anything like a ukulele; I play the kitāiti, little guitar.
Pākehā, Rangitāne, Ngati Kahungunu: Euronesian.
Baritone ukulele is a silly name for the instrument I play, doesn't sound anything like a ukulele; I play the kitāiti, little guitar.
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Shambloggerer
@shambolika.bsky.social
· Aug 16
I wish I could help all the people asking for help on here but I can barely look after myself, sorry. I know I'm privileged as fuck but that doesn't mean I have any money
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I was worried this was a trap but actually yes, go google this instead of whatever else you were about to google
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I was worried this was a trap but actually yes, go google this instead of whatever else you were about to google
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Ah jobs, come on! We have had 18 months of negative annual job growth now. The population has grown by around 60,000 people (despite kiwis fleeing for countries that didn't opt for a deep recession). Remember we need the lines below it break above the white line (standstill). (1/2)
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Ah jobs, come on! We have had 18 months of negative annual job growth now. The population has grown by around 60,000 people (despite kiwis fleeing for countries that didn't opt for a deep recession). Remember we need the lines below it break above the white line (standstill). (1/2)
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Out of a total of ~2250 schools nationwide? Sounds like a referendum on an ill-conceived policy to me.
Can even this government ignore 1000 schools?
Over 1000 schools say they will back Te Tiriti, after Government removes obligation
This law change has put Education Minister Erica Stanford under pressure, facing heat from schools, from parents and, unusually, supporters of the change.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Out of a total of ~2250 schools nationwide? Sounds like a referendum on an ill-conceived policy to me.
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Nearly at the $200k mark.
9 days to go.
9 days to go.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nearly at the $200k mark.
9 days to go.
9 days to go.
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PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: 'NZ can't afford it' #economy #health #payequity #education #infrastructure #publicservices #jobs #Neoliberalism #austerity #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’
University of Otago student Morgan Edwards believes Kiwis need to understand more about our monetary system and push back harder against public service cuts and other government spending decisions.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: 'NZ can't afford it' #economy #health #payequity #education #infrastructure #publicservices #jobs #Neoliberalism #austerity #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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fucking brainstorming
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
fucking brainstorming
There's a really good party happening just around the corner somewhere from my whare.
Sounds so good I want to gatecrash kinda party
Sounds so good I want to gatecrash kinda party
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's a really good party happening just around the corner somewhere from my whare.
Sounds so good I want to gatecrash kinda party
Sounds so good I want to gatecrash kinda party
Something for the coalition to think about doing
BREAKING: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt just announced the Trump administration will close the Department of Education.
Schools, teachers, and students nationwide are now facing uncertainty like never before.
Schools, teachers, and students nationwide are now facing uncertainty like never before.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Something for the coalition to think about doing
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Have you reached out to your MP, the minister, etc. to tell them to knock this off? To pledge to undo it immediately? Please do, and use this fantastic statement to help you do it.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
Government Overreach in Healthcare with Puberty Blockers Decision — Rainbow Support Collective
www.rainbowsupportcollective.nz
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Have you reached out to your MP, the minister, etc. to tell them to knock this off? To pledge to undo it immediately? Please do, and use this fantastic statement to help you do it.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Someone works with these dickheads.
Lets make their lives interesting
Lets make their lives interesting
Six people charged over violent Destiny Church-linked pride protest are named
The protest erupted during a storytime event at Te Atatū library.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Someone works with these dickheads.
Lets make their lives interesting
Lets make their lives interesting
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She claimed on RNZ this morning that she'd been open and transparent about all meetings and documents. Previously she claimed docs turned up on her desk seemingly by magic. She claimed she didn't know the source, but felt they were acceptable to use in her decision making. 🤨 Shady AF.
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
She claimed on RNZ this morning that she'd been open and transparent about all meetings and documents. Previously she claimed docs turned up on her desk seemingly by magic. She claimed she didn't know the source, but felt they were acceptable to use in her decision making. 🤨 Shady AF.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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November 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The piss tank on the ISS is now 25% full.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The piss tank on the ISS is now 25% full.
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Mani, the bassist for The Stone Roses, has sadly passed.
But we won't ever let this bass line pass.
The Stone Roses : Fools Gold.
youtu.be/NSD11dnphg0?...
But we won't ever let this bass line pass.
The Stone Roses : Fools Gold.
youtu.be/NSD11dnphg0?...
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Mani, the bassist for The Stone Roses, has sadly passed.
But we won't ever let this bass line pass.
The Stone Roses : Fools Gold.
youtu.be/NSD11dnphg0?...
But we won't ever let this bass line pass.
The Stone Roses : Fools Gold.
youtu.be/NSD11dnphg0?...
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everything that is wrong with Elon Musk can be summed up in the fact that there’s nobody in his life who can sit him down and tell him how embarrassing this is
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
everything that is wrong with Elon Musk can be summed up in the fact that there’s nobody in his life who can sit him down and tell him how embarrassing this is
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Prof Amanda Kirby remembers the forgotten heroes of neurodiversity
"who paved the way quietly, often without recognition or understanding," as we mark UK Disability History Month
"as we talk about inclusion, accessibility, and equity, we stand on their shoulders."
www.linkedin.com/comm/pulse/n...
"who paved the way quietly, often without recognition or understanding," as we mark UK Disability History Month
"as we talk about inclusion, accessibility, and equity, we stand on their shoulders."
www.linkedin.com/comm/pulse/n...
Neurodiversity 101: Disability History Month- lost heroes and heroines
The forgotten heroes of neurodiversity As we mark UK Disability History Month, it’s a time to celebrate progress but also to pause and remember those who paved the way quietly, often without recogniti...
www.linkedin.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Prof Amanda Kirby remembers the forgotten heroes of neurodiversity
"who paved the way quietly, often without recognition or understanding," as we mark UK Disability History Month
"as we talk about inclusion, accessibility, and equity, we stand on their shoulders."
www.linkedin.com/comm/pulse/n...
"who paved the way quietly, often without recognition or understanding," as we mark UK Disability History Month
"as we talk about inclusion, accessibility, and equity, we stand on their shoulders."
www.linkedin.com/comm/pulse/n...
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“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”
I have eczema in my arse crack and my nostril, which is triply upsetting
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I have eczema in my arse crack and my nostril, which is triply upsetting
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Also, I know I already said 4/4, so I guess this is post 5/5 LOL
But read some proper reasoned stuff on blockers. Have arguments ready for your racist sexist uncles at Christmas
www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-are-pub...
But read some proper reasoned stuff on blockers. Have arguments ready for your racist sexist uncles at Christmas
www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-are-pub...
What are puberty blockers? What is gender affirming care?
All the information you need to fight misinformation
www.emilywrites.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Also, I know I already said 4/4, so I guess this is post 5/5 LOL
But read some proper reasoned stuff on blockers. Have arguments ready for your racist sexist uncles at Christmas
www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-are-pub...
But read some proper reasoned stuff on blockers. Have arguments ready for your racist sexist uncles at Christmas
www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-are-pub...
"When it came to Covid, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I've never seen such a high value on life.” - Brooke van Velden
"There are accidents that will happen. What I'm wanting to focus on is, how do I improve the overall economy and the situation that businesses and workers find themselves in?" - Van Velden. #PikeRiver
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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Most immigrants I know who try to talk about how “that ‘culture war’ is happening here any second now” get responses denying the possibility, scoffing at our fatalism, or laughing in our faces.
We have been warning you. Trans people, Māori people, migrants have been telling you.
We have been warning you. Trans people, Māori people, migrants have been telling you.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Most immigrants I know who try to talk about how “that ‘culture war’ is happening here any second now” get responses denying the possibility, scoffing at our fatalism, or laughing in our faces.
We have been warning you. Trans people, Māori people, migrants have been telling you.
We have been warning you. Trans people, Māori people, migrants have been telling you.
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Let’s get rid of this fucking pack of arseholes government who, as a pack of nobodies with fuck all experience that matters, have decided to shit on so many people in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is my commitment #nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Let’s get rid of this fucking pack of arseholes government who, as a pack of nobodies with fuck all experience that matters, have decided to shit on so many people in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is my commitment #nzpol
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You got ultra religious people as Ministers and a fringe minority party full of conspiracy theorists and this is what you get. They are in a symbiotic relationship based on hating queer people.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
You got ultra religious people as Ministers and a fringe minority party full of conspiracy theorists and this is what you get. They are in a symbiotic relationship based on hating queer people.
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It’s the time of the year (Summer) when the Pōhutukawa trees (also called New Zealand Christmas Trees) begin to bloom. Most bloom brilliant red flowers but this gorgeous beast blooms bright yellow.
This is how it looked this afternoon. 💛
This is how it looked this afternoon. 💛
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It’s the time of the year (Summer) when the Pōhutukawa trees (also called New Zealand Christmas Trees) begin to bloom. Most bloom brilliant red flowers but this gorgeous beast blooms bright yellow.
This is how it looked this afternoon. 💛
This is how it looked this afternoon. 💛