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Kirsten
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I’ll admit I skim-read far too much of that before I twigged 😁
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AoNZ.
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Kirsten
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I’ll admit I skim-read far too much of that before I twigged 😁
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Kirsten
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I’d take solar over pines a million times.
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Kirsten
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When you realise you remembered to put fresh sheets on your bed before you went away 😊
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Kirsten
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I was half way up Stromboli this time last year - would go back in a flash 😊 (also visited Taormina & the Aetna foothills, which were on literal fire at the time). Am jelly, have a blast 😊
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Kirsten
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Any interesting answers?
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Kirsten
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Has the Supreme Court just given Biden a defensible way to take out Trump in the interest of national security?
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Kirsten
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My brother got Alien on VHS for his 13th birthday party. My boyfriend jumped scared them at “that” moment, the room cleared in 3 seconds and we couldn’t get any of them back.
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Kirsten
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Same. And now I’m annoyed to be reminded.
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Kirsten
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I agree she’s perfectly capable. I’m astounded she wasn’t clearly presented as the obvious next President from the moment Biden won.
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Kirsten
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Democrats who go along with Biden are as culpable as Republicans who went along with Trump. The 🌎 needs them all to do better. What the fuck is the succession plan?
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🦝Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝
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tl;dr: I made a TONNE of new stuff, I worked really hard on it, and I'm dropping it all online NOW. Bon appetit!
BANDANA // GLASSWARE // ENAMEL PINS // STICKERS
All artist-designed and produced to my ridiculously high standards <3
SHARES APPRECIATED: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
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Kirsten
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Is this for real? Reads like one of those chain mail messages my elderly Aunties are always posting.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa
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The absolute state of it... | An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand’s gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attack
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Kirsten
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🙄
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Kirsten
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"Landlords will again be treated with dignity" Seymour, Nov '23.
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Kirsten
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Democracy is decaying and we’re killing the 🌍 but it’s the little things, right? 🤗
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Kirsten
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(sometimes worrying about ultimately trivial things alleviates the terrified torpor of worrying about fucking enormously big things)
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Kirsten
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Rosie (Holm Salon) has been the boss of my freaking fussy hair for 10+ years & she's retraining to work in speciality recruitment. So happy for her but what about meeeee? Who's going to take care of my weird-as hair? ☹️
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Bill Bennett
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In the run up to the election I researched economic history and discovered it’s a myth that National Party does a better job of managing the economy. It’s close and debatable , but, if anything, the opposite is true. Today’s news underlines that: www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Nonfic-Jen
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It's pretty incredible to think they somehow spent fifty BILLION dollars on this as of a year or two ago and not only can I not fathom where that money went, but we barely even talk about it because it's overshadowed by even stupider wastes entirely by guys named Sam.
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Kirsten
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Yeah, the arm that got the double shot feels a little bit like a dead thing.
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Kirsten
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Had Covid booster + flu vaxx + whooping cough last Tuesday. Been feeling surprisingly well since, apart from two sore arms.
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Kirsten
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Im envious, so many to choose from 😊 el Prado es magnifico
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Kirsten
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Where? I like weirdly empty hotels 😊
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Kirsten
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Drunkle, Rimmer, Shame and The Thumb. Sigh. When is the next election?
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Kirsten
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Huh? I’m a woman with children and I sure as hell know what to talk about to women who don’t have children. Children do not define women.
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Kirsten
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god that’s hideous I’m sorry - I’m glad you clapped back - maybe she’ll think before she flaps her mouth again (probably not 😞)
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Ed Zitron
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Newsletter: The tech industry has a Sam Altman problem, one created by the Valley's power players accelerating the career of a manipulative non-technical con artist. And as he continues to lie about what AI can do, he's leading Silicon Valley to ruin.
www.wheresyoured.at/false-prophet/
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Kirsten
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I’m just one CIS patch-using woman but I can promise no side-eye from me. I loathe that bullshit storyline.
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Kirsten
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Im interested in this too. Lots of orgs moving & Im unsure of the reasoning. Can’t be the cloud security, because MS have had far more recent failures.
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Ms Hooper
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Environmental legal aid fund killed in Budget cuts Ministers have killed off a decades-old fund designed to help community groups take environmental court cases
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Kirsten
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Liquorice tea is my new favourite.
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IIML
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Writers, you could spend a year of writing time in this room with a view if you apply to be the Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence 2025. Applications open now!
www.aplitrak.com?adid=ZXJlY3J...
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Kirsten
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Show saucy socks plse 🧦
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Kirsten
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Yes, from her time on Chair of the Mainzeal board - the company fell over owing $110m & she was found liable and fined $6m (other board members were also prosecuted)
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Kirsten
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Thank you Kay, your answers are great and there are a scary number of New Zealanders who could do with reading this.
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Stories from the Sea 🍉
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The is literally one of the most tone-deaf, bullshit wypipo excuses for fucking over POC i think I've ever heard.
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Sharon Murdoch
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One feather from an extinct bird sells for $46,000. Shame we don’t value the birds and their habitat so highly BEFORE they go extinct. My Sunday Star Times #cartoon today #nzpol #FastTrack
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Kirsten
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I don’t get why political parties don’t thoroughly audit candidates for COIs & tax 🚩well ahead of them becoming candidates (let alone MPs). And then regularly re-audit them. The cost/benefit equation seems pretty simple to me.
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Assiduously Julie
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"The Crown has breached the Treaty principle of partnership by prioritising coalition agreement commitments and completely failing to consult with its Treaty partner or any other stakeholders".
Govt's Māori wards plan breaches treaty — Waitangi Tribunal
www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/17/g...
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Shaun Hendy
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The origins of this treaty dates back to the 1918 pandemic when New Zealand lost 0.8% of its population in just a few weeks. Around 4% of Māori died.
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Kirsten
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Waikato-Tainui settled in '95 for 170m and now has holdings worth nearly $20b. Ngai Tahu settled in '98 and has holdings valued well over $20b. There are iwi yet to settle. The Tribunal still has work to do. Settlements ultimately save all New Zealanders money. This is about power, not money.
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Kirsten
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As a comparison, NZ Superannuation 22-23 was approx $20b (which represents more than half of all govt benefits paid annually, btw). The South Canterbury Finance bailout was $1.7b.
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Kirsten
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Just saw a ☹️hobsons choice☹️ email asking subscribers to sign a petition to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal. Since inception in 1995 the WT has settled claims valued at $2.6b. That's over 30 years
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Kirsten
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This reinforces a shit-ton of thinks I already thunk.
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Kirsten
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Whatever way they go down, even casual endings to relationships/friendships can be tough *hugs*
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Merlin Linehan
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Beware the "hot-earthers" those who think we can easily adapt or live in a far warmer world, or call for pragmatism, economic losses from climate change are already rapidly rising and we are still in the foothills of what is to come www.ft.com/content/f8a3...
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Kirsten
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A wee work of classic kiwiana - my son's Dunedin flat + aurora.
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Kirsten
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Kirsten
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Taieri Mouth, South Dunedin
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