Erin 🏳️⚧️
@erin.ruins.party
She/her/ia, 30's, Tangata Tiriti, student, troublemaker, queer and trans, geek, vegan ✌🏻🍃
None of us is free until all of us are free 🫶🏻 🍉
Opinions my own ✅
Publishes my posts from @[email protected], but I interact here, too.
None of us is free until all of us are free 🫶🏻 🍉
Opinions my own ✅
Publishes my posts from @[email protected], but I interact here, too.
Meri kirihimete e hoa mā ✨❤️
December 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Meri kirihimete e hoa mā ✨❤️
Merry Almost Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Merry Almost Christmas!
Organised protest. Phone decided to bite it the day before. Sill went okayish?
It's like I've been cursed by a witch but blessed by a slightly cooler witch.
It's like I've been cursed by a witch but blessed by a slightly cooler witch.
December 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Organised protest. Phone decided to bite it the day before. Sill went okayish?
It's like I've been cursed by a witch but blessed by a slightly cooler witch.
It's like I've been cursed by a witch but blessed by a slightly cooler witch.
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A huge thank you to everyone who's donated so far - we're just about to hit $6000 which is incredible for the first day, and will mean access to care for two whānau for a year. That's two lives forever changed by your support - ka mihi nui ki a koutou ki te tautoko.
This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help.
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
Support Rangatahi and Whānau Affected by the Ban on Puberty Blockers
Raising funds to support rangatahi directly affected by the New Zealand Government’s decision to ban new prescriptions of puberty blockers.
givealittle.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated so far - we're just about to hit $6000 which is incredible for the first day, and will mean access to care for two whānau for a year. That's two lives forever changed by your support - ka mihi nui ki a koutou ki te tautoko.
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BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
Those champing at the bit to score political points off of tragedy never fail to disappoint.
December 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Those champing at the bit to score political points off of tragedy never fail to disappoint.
Online age verification is not the same as showing your ID in-person.
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF o...
www.eff.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Online age verification is not the same as showing your ID in-person.
Realising that the amount I care about light pollution is pretty disproportionate to the amount of stargazing I actually do
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Realising that the amount I care about light pollution is pretty disproportionate to the amount of stargazing I actually do
It's really insidious the way most critique — whether about risk, art, climate, or employment — of AI only fuels the tech hype cycle.
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It's really insidious the way most critique — whether about risk, art, climate, or employment — of AI only fuels the tech hype cycle.
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Join Block the Ban and Queer Endurance in Defiance's national protests against the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. Let's show the coalition of chaos what we think about their culture war.
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Join Block the Ban and Queer Endurance in Defiance's national protests against the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. Let's show the coalition of chaos what we think about their culture war.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Please spread far and wide! 🙌🏻🏳️⚧️
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Please spread far and wide! 🙌🏻🏳️⚧️
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Take care online today. Following the terror attack in Australia, please be aware of: explicit videos of the attack, AI generated videos of the attack, any disinformation about the shooting, shooter, or victims. Report anything that seems suss to the platform you saw it on and Netsafe. ❤️❤️❤️
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Take care online today. Following the terror attack in Australia, please be aware of: explicit videos of the attack, AI generated videos of the attack, any disinformation about the shooting, shooter, or victims. Report anything that seems suss to the platform you saw it on and Netsafe. ❤️❤️❤️
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This government's shameful ban on prescribing puberty blockers for trans kids comes into effect on Friday the 19th of December
Block the Ban is organising a National Day of Action to protest the ban. I hope you can join me to tell this government to fuck off and leave our kids alone
Block the Ban is organising a National Day of Action to protest the ban. I hope you can join me to tell this government to fuck off and leave our kids alone
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This government's shameful ban on prescribing puberty blockers for trans kids comes into effect on Friday the 19th of December
Block the Ban is organising a National Day of Action to protest the ban. I hope you can join me to tell this government to fuck off and leave our kids alone
Block the Ban is organising a National Day of Action to protest the ban. I hope you can join me to tell this government to fuck off and leave our kids alone
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Mark Zuckerberg’s new data center in Louisiana will use 3x more electricity than ALL of New Orleans — and guess who’s paying for it? YOU.
Billionaires like Zuck are passing the cost of their corporate greed onto everyday Americans with higher water and electric bills.
Billionaires like Zuck are passing the cost of their corporate greed onto everyday Americans with higher water and electric bills.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Mark Zuckerberg’s new data center in Louisiana will use 3x more electricity than ALL of New Orleans — and guess who’s paying for it? YOU.
Billionaires like Zuck are passing the cost of their corporate greed onto everyday Americans with higher water and electric bills.
Billionaires like Zuck are passing the cost of their corporate greed onto everyday Americans with higher water and electric bills.
The phenomenon of endless research funding being spent p-hacking to prove why <PRODUCT> is a superfood and you should
C O N S U M E
more or it is one of the more revolting features of late-stage capitalism.
C O N S U M E
more or it is one of the more revolting features of late-stage capitalism.
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The phenomenon of endless research funding being spent p-hacking to prove why <PRODUCT> is a superfood and you should
C O N S U M E
more or it is one of the more revolting features of late-stage capitalism.
C O N S U M E
more or it is one of the more revolting features of late-stage capitalism.
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The rate of parental restrictions or prohibitions on social media use among LGBT+ teenagers is positively correlated with increased suicide rate: that is to say, the more a parent prevents their LGBT kid from using social media, the more likely the kid is to die by suicide.
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The rate of parental restrictions or prohibitions on social media use among LGBT+ teenagers is positively correlated with increased suicide rate: that is to say, the more a parent prevents their LGBT kid from using social media, the more likely the kid is to die by suicide.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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"AI" suffusing academia w/ a pervasive miasmatic atmosphere of mistrust by supplying an arms race btwn students (via systems which, yes, increasingly, I've been doing this for 20 fucking years, encourage them to not give a shit & just get a degree) & teachers (via surveillant copshit) sure does suck
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"AI" suffusing academia w/ a pervasive miasmatic atmosphere of mistrust by supplying an arms race btwn students (via systems which, yes, increasingly, I've been doing this for 20 fucking years, encourage them to not give a shit & just get a degree) & teachers (via surveillant copshit) sure does suck
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We're 80% of the way to our goal! Let's keep this going!
Remember, all proceeds go to PATHA to support their court challenge against the puberty blocker ban. In exchange, you get some amazing TTRPGs from some awesome designers!
Let's get to that goal and help trans kids: itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
Remember, all proceeds go to PATHA to support their court challenge against the puberty blocker ban. In exchange, you get some amazing TTRPGs from some awesome designers!
Let's get to that goal and help trans kids: itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We're 80% of the way to our goal! Let's keep this going!
Remember, all proceeds go to PATHA to support their court challenge against the puberty blocker ban. In exchange, you get some amazing TTRPGs from some awesome designers!
Let's get to that goal and help trans kids: itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
Remember, all proceeds go to PATHA to support their court challenge against the puberty blocker ban. In exchange, you get some amazing TTRPGs from some awesome designers!
Let's get to that goal and help trans kids: itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
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Aotearoa: solidarity with trans people/trans kids
BLOCK THE BAN
National day of action
Friday 19 December
6pm
Western Park, Freemans Bay
Tāmaki Makaurau
(info from Block The Ban on instagram)
poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)
BLOCK THE BAN
National day of action
Friday 19 December
6pm
Western Park, Freemans Bay
Tāmaki Makaurau
(info from Block The Ban on instagram)
poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Aotearoa: solidarity with trans people/trans kids
BLOCK THE BAN
National day of action
Friday 19 December
6pm
Western Park, Freemans Bay
Tāmaki Makaurau
(info from Block The Ban on instagram)
poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)
BLOCK THE BAN
National day of action
Friday 19 December
6pm
Western Park, Freemans Bay
Tāmaki Makaurau
(info from Block The Ban on instagram)
poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)
"We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone." —Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator (1940).
Charlie Chaplin : The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
www.charliechaplin.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone." —Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator (1940).
Always remembering that we're all messy humans who make mistakes and have feelings for ever and ever
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Always remembering that we're all messy humans who make mistakes and have feelings for ever and ever