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Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · 1h

Could not be a clearer example that when the right wing talks about 'academic freedom' they mean 'prioritisation of academic speech we personally approve of'

Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like Academia in Aotearoa isn’t as robustly independent as one might have hoped…🤬🤨 #Wtaf #nzpol #TangataTiriti #OneTermGovernment #AcademicIndependence #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 6h

It’s been a while, and I thought I’d be kinda over it? But no, it remains his best work.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 5d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

youtu.be

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 16h

Amazing evening bring able to support the fabulous Professor Ngarino Ellis in her inaugural lecture as the world's sole Professor of Māori Art History, based at Waipapa Taumata Rau @aucklanduni.bsky.social

Ngarino at the lectern in front of a packed room of whānau, colleagues, and supporters. There is a presentation on the screen behind her, detail of which is in the next image.

Holding slide for the inaugural lecture of Professor Ngarino Ellis, Professor of Māori Art History at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. The talk is entitled ki wiki, ki wawa - Taonga and the power of Māori Art History

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 17h

Super productive ringing practice last night, with 12 ringers, including Dylan up from the capital. We rang rounds, called changes, plain hunt; Plain Bob Doubles & Minor, Stedman Doubles, Reverse Canterbury Doubles, and Cambridge Minor.

🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing

St Matthew in the City at night taken from the street with light reflecting off city ambient light & the SkyTower flood lights

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 17h

Ringing on Sunday went well, with this glorious break in the weather. We had a 7 ringers, and rang rounds, and Plain Bob, Grandsire, & Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles.

🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing

St Matthew in the City taken from the street looking up through the tropical garden at the White Ōamaru stone church tower punching through the foliage

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 1d

Are there any in permanent collections? It would be a shame if they aren't preserved

Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 1d

I know the bus has been recently rediscovered & is being preserved for potential museum display, but does anyone know if the costumes were conserved?

Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 1d

#TodayInQueerHistory
October 14 (1994)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert rides forth, making her theatrical debut in the UK #OTD.
The beloved film is based on the adventures of 3 real life queens, Lady Bump, Strykermyer and Cindy Pastel.
The film won an Oscar for best costume design.

Three drag queens in the Australian outback

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Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 2d

Grant me the serenity to accept that earth is filled with assholes and fuckery that I cannot change, the courage not to be part of the
assholery and fuckery, and the wisdom to know I'm the shit without shitting on others.
Fuckology

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck? What is a teacher going to do in the 15 min before an exam starts?! Talk about not having any meat to back up your argument

Dr Aleisha Ward @nzjazzhistory.bsky.social · 1d

For someone who claims to be an involved parent, I question how much she does not know about NCEA exams... Also is her line about needing revision *on exam day* with teachers how she got through School C/6th form Cert/UE/Bursary?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

PPTA teachers strike on day of NCEA exams - the dates to know

About 21,000 secondary school teachers are walking off the job after stalled talks.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like 1910 was more "he's gay, she's drunk" ? Certainly from the 1950s I think we see more "he's gay, she's on opiates, they both get arrested for being communist"

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 2d

I hope their pillow is warm on both sides. I hope the cafe runs out of scones just before they get there. I hope their parking runs out before the parking warden gets there. I hope they forget their cup of tea and it goes cold. I hope they miss rubbish collection pickup. I hope their icecream melts.

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 2d

I love me some sexy crochet 😍

IG has very different ideas about what sexy crochet means, and I'm here for that content too

Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 4d

Nine squares out of thirty for the Licorice Allsorts afghan! Unblocked, unwoven ends but we are on our way!

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 4d

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 4d

WHO THE FUCK IS STILL VOTING FOR MIKE LEE?! Worst performing elected rep of the last round, opposed to any kind of future planning, abusive at best in communicating with constituents. I suppose he's an old boy so the other old boys are keeping him in, despite being 20 years over the hill.

a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .

Alt: Gif of the anger emotion from inside out Film having a meltdown

media.tenor.com

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 6d

Have love seeing these being prepared + installed. Is there a plaque or infobox somewhere?

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 6d

Tipsy Scott is saying to go out and smash him cos he's a fucking dick, but rational Scott is remembering what mum said about dad: "he's not worth doing time for, no matter how justified"

Hopefully he just fucks off and leaves everyone alone

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, I think even when I think of forests I think of bodies of water. Kitekite Falls in Waitakere. The bridge over the river as you come out of the tunnel in Karangahape Gorge. Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes. I think it's hard to get too serious about shit when there's a big ass body of water.

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 7d

That's crazy! I have a similar feeling, but I guess I never really connected with the beach, so mine is a hut in a bush clearing in a valley somewhere on the bend of a stream. I guess all the same basic principles just with more shade? Less likely to have a dairy nearby for snacks though.

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 7d

Lovely practice last night. We had 9, and rang a lot of Plain Bob Doubles & Triples; Grandsire Doubles & Triples, Stedman Doubles, and Reverse Canterbury Doubles.

🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing

St Matthew-in-the-City at night lit by the ambient light of the city, it's white Ōamaru stone tower punching through the frame of the subtropical garden

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 7d

That's right search 'Historians' in this Manatu Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage document and its returns no results because after 80+ years they're going! Historians matter but not to this government. #HistoryMatters #DontWantToPickYourGhostKumara www.mch.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 7d

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 7d

Perhaps the analogy can be pushed out to something like: sometimes, of course, you get a better result (although more tiring) to do it by yourself if the other person is just standing there with their finger up their nose, in the way, and preventing you from doing the thing

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 9d

JUST FUCKING GET RID OF THE TAX RELIEF FOR LANDLORDS THEN

If we're making thousands redundant from civil roles, cutting benefits, cutting school + hospital services, cutting public transport ... maybe we could just not hand billions to people who are pretty well off already?

Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 9d

18 & 19 year olds with no income support should “just go where the jobs are” said the Prime Minister who famously had his limo deliver him across the road.

“Good luck with the train-hopping, you plucky young hobos,” he added, suggesting hedge-&-ditch as an affordable alternative to bed-&-breakfast.

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth

The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 9d

OMG this is me. Especially when I'm in a supervision meeting. I'm all "your words make sense. I think that would make my thesis much better. I just lack the ability to actually deliver that"

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 9d

Some days I honestly feel like I’m not smart enough to handle the times we’re living through. Like I don’t have the processing power to handle the daily horrors and come out on the other side with a clear actionable plan on what to do. I’m trying but my brain keeps outputting “does not compute”.

Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 9d

For some reason, our Google Nest thinks we're in Patumāhoe ("Pa-Too-Ma-Hoe") or Singapore, but only when Bernie is asking, so we get very random weather updates 🤣 As far as I know, we've not used a google device in either location.

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