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Great guide on what NOT to give your family for Christmas!
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Great guide on what NOT to give your family for Christmas!
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We have a PhD opportunity at the University of Reading focused on analysing Jupiter and Saturn auroral observations!
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Crocus DLA
crocus-dla.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We have a PhD opportunity at the University of Reading focused on analysing Jupiter and Saturn auroral observations!
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Overseas guest? What you need is the children’s menu at the JAXA cafeteria that is served on a space shuttle dinner tray!
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Overseas guest? What you need is the children’s menu at the JAXA cafeteria that is served on a space shuttle dinner tray!
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
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“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
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From the Archive: The Female Weavers – Documentation of 18th & 19th century double interlocked tapestries (1100 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
From the Archive: The Female Weavers – Documentation of 18th & 19th century double interlocked tapestries (1100 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
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Sparkling like a festive bauble, Victor Stiebel’s early #1960s cocktail dress deploys a heap of embellishment not just in the form of beadwork at the bodice but a textured cloqué fabric as well. Sold via #AugustaAuction #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sparkling like a festive bauble, Victor Stiebel’s early #1960s cocktail dress deploys a heap of embellishment not just in the form of beadwork at the bodice but a textured cloqué fabric as well. Sold via #AugustaAuction #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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Farmers Santa Parade, Queen Street, Auckland, 1989
Photograph by Miles Hargest
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 273-HAR102-09
Photograph by Miles Hargest
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 273-HAR102-09
October 22, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Farmers Santa Parade, Queen Street, Auckland, 1989
Photograph by Miles Hargest
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 273-HAR102-09
Photograph by Miles Hargest
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 273-HAR102-09
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The tax department is having a company linked to the operations of Destiny Church liquidated and has applied to have another of the church's trusts shut down.
IRD moves to liquidate two Destiny Church entities
newsroom.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The tax department is having a company linked to the operations of Destiny Church liquidated and has applied to have another of the church's trusts shut down.
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We've been sharing lots of cupcake decorating events, because they are just so much fun!
Our Whakatāne chapter joined the fun, utilising fondant for Christmas-inspired decorations, plus to connect with each other and celebrate the year 🎄🧁
Don't they look amazing?
Our Whakatāne chapter joined the fun, utilising fondant for Christmas-inspired decorations, plus to connect with each other and celebrate the year 🎄🧁
Don't they look amazing?
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We've been sharing lots of cupcake decorating events, because they are just so much fun!
Our Whakatāne chapter joined the fun, utilising fondant for Christmas-inspired decorations, plus to connect with each other and celebrate the year 🎄🧁
Don't they look amazing?
Our Whakatāne chapter joined the fun, utilising fondant for Christmas-inspired decorations, plus to connect with each other and celebrate the year 🎄🧁
Don't they look amazing?
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Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would 'draw the line at' using AI video ads, but his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
National deletes AI video of police seizing gang patches
newsroom.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would 'draw the line at' using AI video ads, but his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
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A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Trans care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Trans care saves lives.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Trans care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Trans care saves lives.
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In a way it's kind of funny that the govt thinks it's ok to just, immediately after local body elections, announce that the regional govts we voted for are for the chop, and the people we elected as city and district mayors are going to have different jobs to the one we just voted them into.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In a way it's kind of funny that the govt thinks it's ok to just, immediately after local body elections, announce that the regional govts we voted for are for the chop, and the people we elected as city and district mayors are going to have different jobs to the one we just voted them into.
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AoNz needs this too
#nzpol
The Crown Prosecution Service will train staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women - new data found domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, - in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking,image-based abuse.
#nzpol
The Crown Prosecution Service will train staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women - new data found domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, - in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking,image-based abuse.
CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape cases
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
AoNz needs this too
#nzpol
The Crown Prosecution Service will train staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women - new data found domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, - in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking,image-based abuse.
#nzpol
The Crown Prosecution Service will train staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women - new data found domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, - in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking,image-based abuse.
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Photos from today's #TransRights rally at Te Aro Park in Te Whanganui A Tara / #Wellington NZ. Young and not so young trans and nonbinary people and friends and allies gathered as the start of a campaign to oppose NZ goverment's Ban on Puberty Blockers. Healthcare is a right!
#NZpol
#NZpol
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Photos from today's #TransRights rally at Te Aro Park in Te Whanganui A Tara / #Wellington NZ. Young and not so young trans and nonbinary people and friends and allies gathered as the start of a campaign to oppose NZ goverment's Ban on Puberty Blockers. Healthcare is a right!
#NZpol
#NZpol
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My Mum‘s really unwell and we’ve been in North Shore Hospital for nearly a week. The care is exemplary and it pisses me off that while they’re helping Mum fight her health battles, they’re also having to fight battles of their own #nzpol
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My Mum‘s really unwell and we’ve been in North Shore Hospital for nearly a week. The care is exemplary and it pisses me off that while they’re helping Mum fight her health battles, they’re also having to fight battles of their own #nzpol
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“..a bunch of dirty old men started bullying her. Spreading salacious, baseless, downright creepy rumours about her. And not even bothering to hide it. Sending all staff emails about it.”
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
Tory Whanau isn’t leaving - she was hounded out
Opinion: As all the emails and filthy gossip came out, it’s been patently, toe-curlingly, nauseatingly obvious to every young woman what’s been happening.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“..a bunch of dirty old men started bullying her. Spreading salacious, baseless, downright creepy rumours about her. And not even bothering to hide it. Sending all staff emails about it.”
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
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The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...