Feminist/co-captain Team Hannah. Here for hope & justice-building. While it gets better, I'll make dinner. She/her. These are most definitely my personal opinions.
Ways to bully people into voting greens: -Withold your delicious cooking until they acquiesce -Give them rides in your fancy car if they agree to vote greens -Tell them voting greens prevents wrinkles -Watch catastrophic climate change videos in the communal area until they agree -slap them
This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3
The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...www.migrationmuseum.org
People in the Tāmaki electorate, this is the election event to attend. Max Harris is hosting Marilyn Waring, chair of the People's Select Committee into pay equity. events.humanitix.com/fighting-bac...
Fighting Back Against this Govt's Pay Equity CutsJoin Max Harris, Labour's candidate for Tāmaki, alongside Dame Marilyn Waring and other special guests to discuss the fight back on this Govt's pay equity cutsevents.humanitix.com
Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...
Govt’s census overhaul thrown into doubt after Labour pulls supportOpposition parties warn relying on government agency data instead of a full census risks undercounting Māori and minority groups.newsroom.co.nz
Last week the posy I brought home from the garden had a chrysalis attached though I didn't notice till I got home. If you, like me, haven't watched a butterfly emerge you won't be prepared for how amazing or how long emergence takes #TinyJoys a 🧵
On a political level this process of cultural atomisation that fragments shared bonds of understanding and trust between people is something authoritarian regimes want in order to prevent the emergence of mass collective action against them.
I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends
Crikey it actually worked! Just cooked a potato casserole in the electric Toyota Hilux during a road trip and it's freaking delicious. The oven dinged just as I arrived to the rapid charger. Why aren't we all doing this??!!
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
I am in awe of the creation of this movie. I can't begin to imagine the meetings that were required to green light this.
𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™This looks hilarious
"As I conclude my term as Children’s Commissioner, one message I want to strongly emphasise is this: these negative childhood health outcomes are preventable. The hardships experienced by children reflect the priorities the Government sets and the policies it chooses to invest in." #votethemout
The plight of our children can't wait for politicsChildren can't vote but inherit the consequences of government and societal failures for the longest time, writes outgoing Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad in a final pleanewsroom.co.nz
If I had to describe the heart and soul of Bluesky it would the following: a guy who didn’t actually read Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s Odyssey movie defending it against a guy who didn’t actually watch Nolan’s Odyssey movie
This is good, necessary, common sense" www.banfacialrecognition.com/venues/
Ban AI Surveillance at Live EventsArtists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.www.banfacialrecognition.com
Oh no, I don't like this. The kārearea is a good little guy, I don't want to lose any.
Second bird flu case was actually the first, expert confirmsThe native bird found to be infected with the deadly H5 bird flu in Wairarapa was actually the country's first case of the virus, not the second, RNZ can reveal.www.rnz.co.nz
A few more gorgeous collective nouns for you… A group of: 🐞-ladybirds is called a ‘loveliness’ 🪶-long tailed tits is called a ‘zephyr’ 🪶-wrens (many often squish together in nestboxes to roost at night) is called a ‘chime’ 📷: Suffolk wildlife trust 🦋-butterflies is called a ‘kaleidoscope’
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he’s “completely relaxed” about a journalist’s questions to his Health Minister ending up with the Free Speech Union.
Labour accuses Brown of using ‘personal troll farm’ to attack reporter - but PM ‘relaxed’ about matterPrime Minister Christopher Luxon says he’s “completely relaxed” about a journalist’s questions to his Health Minister ending up with the Free Speech Union.dlvr.it
As you prepare for your holiday outings, please remember Monbiot’s Inviolable Law on Leaving the House: T = 2A² + 5C² Where T is time in minutes, A is adults and C is children.
