Penny Murray
@pennym.bsky.social
Comma ninja, cake enthusiast. She/her in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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Women construction workers in 1531, stained glass window in the Begijnhof chapel Amsterdam
I bet this image isnt in many of our Renaissance stereotypes of womanhood
I bet this image isnt in many of our Renaissance stereotypes of womanhood
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Women construction workers in 1531, stained glass window in the Begijnhof chapel Amsterdam
I bet this image isnt in many of our Renaissance stereotypes of womanhood
I bet this image isnt in many of our Renaissance stereotypes of womanhood
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The government is asking doctors to commit a crime by denying young people access to puberty blockers.
I hope doctors read the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022.
Culture wars have casualties 😢😡🤢
#nzpol
I hope doctors read the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022.
Culture wars have casualties 😢😡🤢
#nzpol
Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022 No 1, Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
www.legislation.govt.nz
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The government is asking doctors to commit a crime by denying young people access to puberty blockers.
I hope doctors read the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022.
Culture wars have casualties 😢😡🤢
#nzpol
I hope doctors read the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022.
Culture wars have casualties 😢😡🤢
#nzpol
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So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
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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. 💛
Considering putting the word "Dick" in a headline (it's the person's last name)...
It's either:
a) funny
b) not appropriate
Will figure out which tomorrow 🤷
It's either:
a) funny
b) not appropriate
Will figure out which tomorrow 🤷
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Considering putting the word "Dick" in a headline (it's the person's last name)...
It's either:
a) funny
b) not appropriate
Will figure out which tomorrow 🤷
It's either:
a) funny
b) not appropriate
Will figure out which tomorrow 🤷
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
This is so cool
This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team.
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This is so cool
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Rainbow connection 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Take note, #nzpol
Take note, #nzpol
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Rainbow connection 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Take note, #nzpol
Take note, #nzpol
So my phone has collated the photos from when kiddo broke his arm into a story called "Snaps from a single day"
Dark 🦴
Dark 🦴
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
So my phone has collated the photos from when kiddo broke his arm into a story called "Snaps from a single day"
Dark 🦴
Dark 🦴
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If climate policy had a “best buy,” it might be methane cuts
Global methane mitigation has a benefit–cost ratio >6:1, even before accounting for near-term climate feedbacks
A strong case: it’s among the most efficient levers in climate policy
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global methane mitigation has a benefit–cost ratio >6:1, even before accounting for near-term climate feedbacks
A strong case: it’s among the most efficient levers in climate policy
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
We provide a comprehensive assessment of the economic benefits and costs of global methane emissions abatement, anchored on the Global Methane Pledge. We use an integrated assessment model to estimate...
www.science.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If climate policy had a “best buy,” it might be methane cuts
Global methane mitigation has a benefit–cost ratio >6:1, even before accounting for near-term climate feedbacks
A strong case: it’s among the most efficient levers in climate policy
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global methane mitigation has a benefit–cost ratio >6:1, even before accounting for near-term climate feedbacks
A strong case: it’s among the most efficient levers in climate policy
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#nzhistory... Rewind back before the nz company...
The first big shot at colonising Aotearoa came way back in 1825. A rich British politician, John George Lambton, sent two ships to scope out the place for resources and trade opportunities.
The first big shot at colonising Aotearoa came way back in 1825. A rich British politician, John George Lambton, sent two ships to scope out the place for resources and trade opportunities.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble...
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble...
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
Despite bugger all effort on my part, some flowers have grown! Will take them to my mum this afternoon #kikorangi
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Despite bugger all effort on my part, some flowers have grown! Will take them to my mum this afternoon #kikorangi
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Studies show that good ventilation increases student and worker productivity. Add in HEPA filters and UVC sterilizers to remove germs and particles to reduce illness.
Your school could zoom to the top ranks!
🧪🛟👍🏻
Your school could zoom to the top ranks!
🧪🛟👍🏻
The push for clean air in schools isn’t *just* about preventing COVID. It’s that COVID really showed how poor the air quality is in schools, and we already knew how much respiratory conditions impacted on our general health from all the Healthy Homes convos.
This govt has seen that nobody (not schools, not opposition parties, not enough parents or teachers) have put up strong/effective pushback about sending sick kids to school with Covid, influenza, RSV circulating.
That widespread complacency has led New Zealand directly to this measles situation.
That widespread complacency has led New Zealand directly to this measles situation.
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Studies show that good ventilation increases student and worker productivity. Add in HEPA filters and UVC sterilizers to remove germs and particles to reduce illness.
Your school could zoom to the top ranks!
🧪🛟👍🏻
Your school could zoom to the top ranks!
🧪🛟👍🏻
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SCOOBY-DOO
TAUGHT US THAT IN
THE END THE
MONSTERS WERE
ALWAYS PEOPLE.
TAUGHT US THAT IN
THE END THE
MONSTERS WERE
ALWAYS PEOPLE.
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
SCOOBY-DOO
TAUGHT US THAT IN
THE END THE
MONSTERS WERE
ALWAYS PEOPLE.
TAUGHT US THAT IN
THE END THE
MONSTERS WERE
ALWAYS PEOPLE.
Could I love Emma T more?
This. All the way back to the Microsoft paperclip in 1996 📎
This. All the way back to the Microsoft paperclip in 1996 📎
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Could I love Emma T more?
This. All the way back to the Microsoft paperclip in 1996 📎
This. All the way back to the Microsoft paperclip in 1996 📎
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It's only fascism if it comes from Fasch, or Fascia, a hamlet on the border of Austria and Italy, where it traditionally grows. All you Americans have is sparkling authoritarianism.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's only fascism if it comes from Fasch, or Fascia, a hamlet on the border of Austria and Italy, where it traditionally grows. All you Americans have is sparkling authoritarianism.
Bah. Once again I have finished my tea, forgotten, then been disappointed when I go to drink the last mouthful of tea ☕
This is the opposite of mindfulness, I guess
This is the opposite of mindfulness, I guess
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bah. Once again I have finished my tea, forgotten, then been disappointed when I go to drink the last mouthful of tea ☕
This is the opposite of mindfulness, I guess
This is the opposite of mindfulness, I guess
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So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through.
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through.
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Adverbs are overrated.
Kids get made to use them loads at school... But that's to gain understanding of how they work, not because you should use them all the time!
Kids get made to use them loads at school... But that's to gain understanding of how they work, not because you should use them all the time!
On the topic of "vigorously denying".
One of the first things a wise barrister teaches their pupil is to lay off the adverbs.
If an allegation isn't true, say you deny it, or just say it's untrue, and explain why. Vigour is not a substitute for evidence, and it makes you look a bit desperate.
One of the first things a wise barrister teaches their pupil is to lay off the adverbs.
If an allegation isn't true, say you deny it, or just say it's untrue, and explain why. Vigour is not a substitute for evidence, and it makes you look a bit desperate.
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Adverbs are overrated.
Kids get made to use them loads at school... But that's to gain understanding of how they work, not because you should use them all the time!
Kids get made to use them loads at school... But that's to gain understanding of how they work, not because you should use them all the time!
Please help, #GardenSky - what is making my lemon tree so sad?
I think it might be more than one bad thing! 🍋😭
#kikorangi
I think it might be more than one bad thing! 🍋😭
#kikorangi
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please help, #GardenSky - what is making my lemon tree so sad?
I think it might be more than one bad thing! 🍋😭
#kikorangi
I think it might be more than one bad thing! 🍋😭
#kikorangi
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩🔬
Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM
After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.
mymodernmet.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩🔬
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!