Barbara
@barbara-nz.bsky.social
Socialist and ardent Janeite, not nearly obstinate and headstrong enough!
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Yarns, pottery, woodwork and happy mail: The rise of analogue hobbies
Crafters are carving out space offline, allowing them to let off steam, slow down, make friends. It's even becoming a social movement. 🎨🖌️🧶🏺
Crafters are carving out space offline, allowing them to let off steam, slow down, make friends. It's even becoming a social movement. 🎨🖌️🧶🏺
Yarns, pottery, woodwork and happy mail: The rise of analogue hobbies
Crafters are carving out space offline, allowing them to let off steam, slow down, make friends. It's even becoming a social movement.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Yarns, pottery, woodwork and happy mail: The rise of analogue hobbies
Crafters are carving out space offline, allowing them to let off steam, slow down, make friends. It's even becoming a social movement. 🎨🖌️🧶🏺
Crafters are carving out space offline, allowing them to let off steam, slow down, make friends. It's even becoming a social movement. 🎨🖌️🧶🏺
Emailed Stuff NZ: In reporting DJT's disgusting portrayal of the Obamas in a video "breaking news" reports he's now removed, Stuff couldn't resist popping that image on the front page. You call it "blatantly racist" but just have to put it right there for everyone to see. Shame, shame, shame. Ick.
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Emailed Stuff NZ: In reporting DJT's disgusting portrayal of the Obamas in a video "breaking news" reports he's now removed, Stuff couldn't resist popping that image on the front page. You call it "blatantly racist" but just have to put it right there for everyone to see. Shame, shame, shame. Ick.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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So what are you waiting for? Go 'cast' your vote! bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-20...
Vote Here for 2026 Bug of the Year! – New Zealand Bug of the Year
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February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
So what are you waiting for? Go 'cast' your vote! bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-20...
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.
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Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
Enrol or update online
Enrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details. Get ready to have your say in New Zealand’s elections and referendums.
vote.nz
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
A bit mild, but you get the idea
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 AM
A bit mild, but you get the idea
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Joining the global boycott of the USA until they get rid of this person.
Joining the global boycott of the USA until they get rid of this person.
‘No longer think purely of peace’: Trump links Greenland to Nobel Prize snub in astonishing letter
US President Donald Trump, in a letter to Norway’s prime minister, said he no longer feels an “obligation to think purely of peace” after missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, and that the Nato milita...
www.stuff.co.nz
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Joining the global boycott of the USA until they get rid of this person.
Joining the global boycott of the USA until they get rid of this person.
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I’ll definitely be voting for a party/parties with universal dental care as one of its policies. Political
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare?
"It's a significant gap that leads to a lot of other issues in healthcare but also economically for the country," says the Dental for All campaign
www.rnz.co.nz
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I’ll definitely be voting for a party/parties with universal dental care as one of its policies. Political
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
parties that fail to address this are not in politics for every New Zealander. #nzpol
Why are teeth left out of public healthcare? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Check out this article from The Spinoff: Opinion: How the pay equity ‘reset’ erased years of progress for Pacific communities
There’s a lot we need to be reminding voters of this election year
There’s a lot we need to be reminding voters of this election year
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Check out this article from The Spinoff: Opinion: How the pay equity ‘reset’ erased years of progress for Pacific communities
There’s a lot we need to be reminding voters of this election year
There’s a lot we need to be reminding voters of this election year
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Two new posts today: I’m starting a new series called Keeping Up With the Coalition because wow this unruly chaos crew sure need a lot of keeping up with. All the horrible stuff + qs in desperate need of answers!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
Keeping up with the Coalition
Ok, well - I did think because it's Monday, it would be cruel to send out a newsletter about everything garbage going on. So I started writing about why Heated Rivalry is so important, and then I was ...
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January 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Two new posts today: I’m starting a new series called Keeping Up With the Coalition because wow this unruly chaos crew sure need a lot of keeping up with. All the horrible stuff + qs in desperate need of answers!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
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This is how @fonterranz.bsky.social gets palm kernel to feed its dairy cows in NZ
The saddest video I've ever seen😢
Sadness As An Orangutan Tries To Fight The Digger Destroying Its Habitat
YouTube video by Protect All Wildlife
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January 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This is how @fonterranz.bsky.social gets palm kernel to feed its dairy cows in NZ
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A more egalitarian, fairer, better everything Aotearoa is possible . Politicians who refuse to commit to that are not only benefitting from the status quo they’re going into parliament to preserve it. #nzpol
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A more egalitarian, fairer, better everything Aotearoa is possible . Politicians who refuse to commit to that are not only benefitting from the status quo they’re going into parliament to preserve it. #nzpol
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Auckland.Scoop » Tania Waikato Announces Green Party Candidacy For The 2026 General Election
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December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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It's disgusting how under resourced our Firefighters are.
They save lives and we can't include them in ACC.
Our Firefighters deserve better.
#nzpol
They save lives and we can't include them in ACC.
Our Firefighters deserve better.
#nzpol
#NZpol
"Parliament has rejected a petition fighting to change ACC workplace legislation to include injured volunteer firefighters.
The petition to Parliament was launched by Katherine Lamont from the Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade after a colleague developed PTSD and was unable to get help."
"Parliament has rejected a petition fighting to change ACC workplace legislation to include injured volunteer firefighters.
The petition to Parliament was launched by Katherine Lamont from the Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade after a colleague developed PTSD and was unable to get help."
ACC petition for volunteer firefighters rejected by Parliament
Parliament has rejected a petition fighting to change ACC workplace legislation to include injured volunteer firefighters.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's disgusting how under resourced our Firefighters are.
They save lives and we can't include them in ACC.
Our Firefighters deserve better.
#nzpol
They save lives and we can't include them in ACC.
Our Firefighters deserve better.
#nzpol
Happy 250th Birthday Jane Austen — delighted to be starting the commemorations in Aotearoa ❤️🎂🥳🎉🥂💐❤️
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happy 250th Birthday Jane Austen — delighted to be starting the commemorations in Aotearoa ❤️🎂🥳🎉🥂💐❤️
“Ministerial dictatorship” exactly so.
Too many laws passing without 'proper scrutiny', Geoffrey Palmer says
Too many laws passing without 'proper scrutiny', Geoffrey Palmer says
Sir Geoffrey Palmer says the government is increasingly pushing through legislation under urgency and skipping consultation.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“Ministerial dictatorship” exactly so.