Shifty Cow
@supergoofnz.bsky.social
Geek, dog nut, player of video games. Middle-aged idle. May contain coarse language & traces of nuts. Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa. She/her. #Kikorangi.
#ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM
#ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM
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Shifty Cow
@supergoofnz.bsky.social
· Jan 2
If LGBTQ+ folks make you feel uncomfortable, that is absolutely a 'you' problem. It's not up to marginalised folks to hide or change to accommodate your feelings, it's up to you to harden the fuck up and get over yourself.
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Just letting you all know that victims of sexual abuse are being targeted. Including those who were badly abused as children.
ACC explains plan to remove thousands from weekly compensation www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
ACC explains plan to remove thousands from weekly compensation
ACC expects to save about $7 billion between now and 2029 by getting long term claimants off of weekly compensation.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Just letting you all know that victims of sexual abuse are being targeted. Including those who were badly abused as children.
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Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
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why the US consulate/Embassy and fresh new FBI office in Wellington all need to be *expelled* into the sea.
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
why the US consulate/Embassy and fresh new FBI office in Wellington all need to be *expelled* into the sea.
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Omg this is a don’t miss it moment! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
If you care about racism, Te Tiriti & human rights
Watch Aotearoa at CERD
Thursday 27 Nov, 9pm to 12pm (NZT)
Live on UN TV
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will be questioning the Government on its record. Draft recommendations land on 5 Dec
#CERD #NZPol
Watch Aotearoa at CERD
Thursday 27 Nov, 9pm to 12pm (NZT)
Live on UN TV
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will be questioning the Government on its record. Draft recommendations land on 5 Dec
#CERD #NZPol
Home
UN Web TV is available 24 hours a day with selected LIVE programming of United Nations meetings and events as well as with pre-recorded video features and documentaries on various global issues.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Omg this is a don’t miss it moment! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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So our only local emergency doctor just announced they will no longer allow free emergency visits for 0-17 year olds. It's going to cost $59 per visit.
How are families already pushed
to the brink supposed to afford this? All it does is push kids into stretched hospital emergency rooms.
#nzpol
How are families already pushed
to the brink supposed to afford this? All it does is push kids into stretched hospital emergency rooms.
#nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
So our only local emergency doctor just announced they will no longer allow free emergency visits for 0-17 year olds. It's going to cost $59 per visit.
How are families already pushed
to the brink supposed to afford this? All it does is push kids into stretched hospital emergency rooms.
#nzpol
How are families already pushed
to the brink supposed to afford this? All it does is push kids into stretched hospital emergency rooms.
#nzpol
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It's now in the court record that powerful people use Snapchat to groom minors, solicit objectionable images & rape children
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland executive paid teen $1000 for sex, exchanged Uber Eats for intimate photos
The man, who described himself as a 'sugar daddy' on on Snapchat, has admitted paying a teenage girl for sex.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's now in the court record that powerful people use Snapchat to groom minors, solicit objectionable images & rape children
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How shadow fleets made the Cook Islands flag inconvienent.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
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Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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“for Whiteside, who evolved his fourth generation family farm from dairy to crops about 25 years ago, there is a deeper drive to get the message about this less flashy type of farming out.”
NZ needs more dairy to arable farm conversions.
NZ needs more dairy to arable farm conversions.
A south Otago farmer has a camera rigged up in a field to show New Zealanders the simple majesty of one of the country’s most successful crops. They may even get to see him tend them.
The world’s most boring livestream: a day in the life of a field of oats
A south Otago farmer has a camera rigged up in a field to show New Zealanders the simple majesty of one of the country’s most successful crops. They may even get to see him tend them.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“for Whiteside, who evolved his fourth generation family farm from dairy to crops about 25 years ago, there is a deeper drive to get the message about this less flashy type of farming out.”
NZ needs more dairy to arable farm conversions.
NZ needs more dairy to arable farm conversions.
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Without ANY Doubt. #nzpol
again, any other government doing this would not have had a moments rest from nz media, their public lives made almost impossible and been hounded out of government
this coalition is being given the most cover and support, maybe in nz history, by media and institutions
this coalition is being given the most cover and support, maybe in nz history, by media and institutions
I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Without ANY Doubt. #nzpol
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Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women. n.pr/4olzAHf
Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison
Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women. n.pr/4olzAHf
Trying this for the first time, in my seemingly endless quest for a drink to replace the Vita-fresh pear & feijoa cordial that has been discontinued. This ain't it. All I can taste is the apple cider vinegar.
www.woolworths.co.nz/shop/product...
www.woolworths.co.nz/shop/product...
www.woolworths.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Trying this for the first time, in my seemingly endless quest for a drink to replace the Vita-fresh pear & feijoa cordial that has been discontinued. This ain't it. All I can taste is the apple cider vinegar.
www.woolworths.co.nz/shop/product...
www.woolworths.co.nz/shop/product...
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We’re gonna find out Karoline Leavitt’s brother called ICE on his estranged wife, aren’t we?
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
We’re gonna find out Karoline Leavitt’s brother called ICE on his estranged wife, aren’t we?
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Two exciting phase two trials show incredible success of mrna vaccines for seasonal flu with infectious symptoms prevented in some healthy individuals. 🧪🧵
Experimental mRNA flu vaccine shows superior efficacy against symptomatic illness
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Two exciting phase two trials show incredible success of mrna vaccines for seasonal flu with infectious symptoms prevented in some healthy individuals. 🧪🧵
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Breathing dirty air is no different from drinking toilet water y'all. Mask up. 😷
Love this graphic from @nousaerons.bsky.social. This is why I mask in public. Breathing dirty air is no different from drinking dirty toilet water.
There's no shortages of airborne transmissible diseases. Even the ones we have vaccines for can cause breakthrough infxns (e.g. TB, Covid, Measles)
There's no shortages of airborne transmissible diseases. Even the ones we have vaccines for can cause breakthrough infxns (e.g. TB, Covid, Measles)
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Breathing dirty air is no different from drinking toilet water y'all. Mask up. 😷
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What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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It's just not a defensible position. If you'd repeal it, it's implied you think it's bad. If you supported it in the first place, it was for reasons other than good intent. You're guilty of malpractice - not in the subjective eye of the public, but worse - guilty in your own eyes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It's just not a defensible position. If you'd repeal it, it's implied you think it's bad. If you supported it in the first place, it was for reasons other than good intent. You're guilty of malpractice - not in the subjective eye of the public, but worse - guilty in your own eyes.
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This is how any country violated by neo liberalism and the #AtlasNetwork have been corrupted.
A reminder that the US is our future if we don't make this a #onetermgovernment.
Mobilising the non voters in your life is one of the best things you can do to fight this corruption.
#nzpol
A reminder that the US is our future if we don't make this a #onetermgovernment.
Mobilising the non voters in your life is one of the best things you can do to fight this corruption.
#nzpol
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is how any country violated by neo liberalism and the #AtlasNetwork have been corrupted.
A reminder that the US is our future if we don't make this a #onetermgovernment.
Mobilising the non voters in your life is one of the best things you can do to fight this corruption.
#nzpol
A reminder that the US is our future if we don't make this a #onetermgovernment.
Mobilising the non voters in your life is one of the best things you can do to fight this corruption.
#nzpol
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Cool how this man is in charge of our resources in a climate crisis but most media just kind of ignores him or goes hurr hurr he's funny when it's actually fucking horrifying.
Kudos to @haydendonnell.bsky.social for highlighting how utterly not normal this all is. #nzpol
Kudos to @haydendonnell.bsky.social for highlighting how utterly not normal this all is. #nzpol
‘Demonic eggbeater’: Shane Jones has a normal one on RNZ
The hot air produced by our minister for resources this morning could’ve solved our energy crisis.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Cool how this man is in charge of our resources in a climate crisis but most media just kind of ignores him or goes hurr hurr he's funny when it's actually fucking horrifying.
Kudos to @haydendonnell.bsky.social for highlighting how utterly not normal this all is. #nzpol
Kudos to @haydendonnell.bsky.social for highlighting how utterly not normal this all is. #nzpol
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Christ on a bike, these fucking idiots are ruining the country for no other reason than coalition agreements.
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
'It's not impossible': National may campaign on regulatory standards repeal
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Christ on a bike, these fucking idiots are ruining the country for no other reason than coalition agreements.
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
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1. Use a password manager to create unique, complex passwords
2. Don't use SMS for 2FA if at all possible: use an app or a hardware key
3. Never type your password into a site that's been sent to you as a link you weren't expecting
4. If your phone number stops working, go straight to your provider
2. Don't use SMS for 2FA if at all possible: use an app or a hardware key
3. Never type your password into a site that's been sent to you as a link you weren't expecting
4. If your phone number stops working, go straight to your provider
Scammers hacked her phone and hijacked her digital life - so how did they get her details? We tried to work out how 3 victims of scams were targeted and which data breaches criminals used. The results once again highlight how data breaches cause real harm to individuals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
1. Use a password manager to create unique, complex passwords
2. Don't use SMS for 2FA if at all possible: use an app or a hardware key
3. Never type your password into a site that's been sent to you as a link you weren't expecting
4. If your phone number stops working, go straight to your provider
2. Don't use SMS for 2FA if at all possible: use an app or a hardware key
3. Never type your password into a site that's been sent to you as a link you weren't expecting
4. If your phone number stops working, go straight to your provider
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This was a good read. I doubt many Bluesky users would give their kids AI driven toys BUT you might know someone who would. Maybe worth having a word.
TL:DR - Let's not make the same mistakes we made with Social Media.
TL:DR - Let's not make the same mistakes we made with Social Media.
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions
Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years
www.afterbabel.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This was a good read. I doubt many Bluesky users would give their kids AI driven toys BUT you might know someone who would. Maybe worth having a word.
TL:DR - Let's not make the same mistakes we made with Social Media.
TL:DR - Let's not make the same mistakes we made with Social Media.
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“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.