models on the runway... plenty of confidence. when i have to turn around, go back inside and get a whole new outfit on there's usually more shame involved

The Onion has reached a deal to acquire Infowars

• It will be turned into a parody site of itself

• Has the support of the Sandy Hook families

“A lot of people gave up on doing the right thing over the last two years. Despite an insane amount of threats & bullshit, we persevered"

(via Variety)

Orange fluffy cat inside my car.

I have to go to work and this is not my cat.

Aotearoa Te Waipounamu citizens: community solidarity

Please consider submitting feedback about this proposed Immigration Amendment Bill

the implications are shite, surely breaches human rights

BIPOC Legal Collective Aotearoa has a summary on their insta, template for submission linked in reply

4 frame comic. text is floating in white clouds. we see a bench in a park, a computer chair in front of a bright computer screen, someone with a scarf over their mouth and sunglasses, in assault gear, and finally 2 pigeons in a park. text reads : "my name is m******. I have something to share that I'm not proud of. as a sheltered teenager, I was active on forums that led harassment cam- paigns against trans people on the internet." "we would su*cide-bait them, attack their friends and family, hurl slurs and threats at them. I was getting told that this was a higher form of humor that most people didn't understand. it made me feel special." "I almost lost my best friend after he discovered how I was spending my free time. his sister is trans... he got very upset with me. I chose his friend- ship and left these forums. looking back on it, I was lucky. I could have doubled-down. I'm glad I didn't, when I see the crowds I hung out with getting radicalized. this could have been me." "I'm not asking for forgiveness. I realize that I've hurt people. I still wanted to share my story, because people need to know that they always have a choice. it's never too late to get off of this spiral of hate."

Spiral of hate

the other day a substack tried to get my to upload my ID to read it. get absolutely fucked. if i have to upload my ID to use your website then I'm just not going to use your website! hence i will never use the DMs on bluesky 🤷‍♀️

my 82 year old widowed grandmother has a boyfriend! my dad yelled at me when i said "looks like meats back on the menu" but deep down i think he knew it was a pretty good joke

EV Retrofits Emerge as Fast-Track Solution for India's Commercial Vehicle Transition | Autocar Professional Converting existing ICE vehicles to electric could accelerate fleet electrification by years, industry experts say.

Experts estimate that India's energy transition could be greatly sped up by converting existing three wheel vehicles to electric--and that the conversion would be significantly cheaper than buying a new electric vehicle while also offering 70% savings on fuel. #goodnews

A screen-shot of the petition on the NZ parliament website.

Last election, DPA joined 23 organisations and dozens of experts in signing on to an open letter to call for an end to discriminating against disabled migrants.

The organisation at the forefront of campaigning to abolish this discrimination have a petition to sign.

Read it here: buff.ly/2XMkElX

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

People mad in the comments don’t get how protesting creates change.

The No Kings protests are about Trump, but they’re aimed at persuading potential defectors & the public, not Trump, bc he’s unpersuadable.

The anti-genocide protests are about the US gov but are aimed at *persuading* elected Dems

The covid amnesia shell game happened DESPITE THE DATA, in part bc we never had a reckoning or real memorialization

The *moment* we replace this regime, they will memory-hole everything they did. If we don't keep clear records and then make them into public memory, they'll get away with it.

👋 This is fun to play 👋

there's different speeds and a couple different modes to choose from (beginners & random)

Cool way to test your NZSL comprehension!

Did you know that ~70% of first-year medical students use Anki flashcards to study for their medical exams?

We created an Anki flashcard deck for infection-associated chronic illnesses, including #MECFS, #LongCOVID, #POTS, #MCAS, #hEDS, & more.

Great convo & links! - www.reddit.com/r/medicalsch...

WELL NOW, would you look at that?

A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

Freedom for Palestinian prisoners rally at the Octagon Sat 18 April 1.30pm-3pm over 10,000 Palestinians are held in Israeli occupation prisons

Rally at the Octagon 18th April, 1:30-3pm to mark Palestinian Prisoners day & build solidarity with Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, & all suffering due to US-Israeli aggression & terror.

Noting Israel's new special execution laws that apply only to Palestinians locked up by Israel.

Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather

Britain set a new solar energy record and broke that same record the very next day--and two new large-scale solar farms have been approved in the past six months. #goodnews #solarenergy

genuinely happy for everyone who's having such amazing success with the Visible app! the developers have chosen not to make it available in Aotearoa New Zealand yet, despite ongoing requests from the patient community. staff have been increasingly casual in their brush-offs.

'Everything is linked': The unexpected way the flu jab could save your life Experts say getting your influenza vaccine this season could slash your risk of a heart attack or stroke.

There’s a long article on stuff about how flu vaccine reduces heart attacks and strokes and the shingles vaccine reduces dementia. Neither are accessible/funded. This small investment could save NZ a lot of $$ in the long term but our government is in the business of punishing people for existence.

Bring back Tiriti-based, inclusive Relationships & Sexuality Education in schools The importance of effective violence prevention cannot be overstated: for example, around a third of women in Aotearoa NZ have experienced sexual violence [8] and many more experience non-sexual relat...

Bring back Tiriti-based, inclusive Relationships & Sexuality Education in schools: PLEASE SIGN. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/br...

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.

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Scientists reveal the potential of a tiny soil bacterium to beat the Haber-Bosch process ​A new review finds that biological ammonia production offers strong potential as a cleaner, greener alternative to the costly Haber-Bosch process. Microbes such as Azotobacter can produce ammonia…

The traditional method of producing ammonia for fertilizer requires extremely high temperature and pressure, which contributes to CO2 emissions. Microbiologists think they've found microbes that can produce ammonia more sustainably at ambient temperature and pressure. #goodnews

Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.

Make It Myself

xkcd.com/3233/

i have a false tooth filled with a placebo in case i'm ever captured and need to be a control subject

This is a low cost per student way to reduce illness and increase attendance. We should be implementing it in every school and child care centre in Aotearoa.
#NPOL

The 5p Solution: How clean air is transforming attendance and learning in one Hampshire school Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught.

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Two years ago, this British school introduced high-efficiency particulate air ( #HEPA) filtration units into classrooms -

"According to the school’s attendance data, the impact has been striking":

Via @kathrynas.bsky.social

www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...

Sophie is genuinely doing incredible science communication work with her strips lately and I’m so grateful for it. Clear takedown of the anti trans talking points combined with what the papers *actually* say

Dunedin: If your voting papers haven't arrived, don't panic. If your enrolment details are up to date, you should have them by the middle of next week.

If not - or if you still need to enrol / update your info - you can still turn up and vote in person at the DCC office in the Octagon.

kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter . Alt: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter fervently.

Just an FYI - when you read a job desc. & you don't fit all the criteria, apply for it with the confidence of a MWG.

It's Uber rare that a job applicant has everything they're looking for in a perfect app.

Who knows you might tick enough of the boxes & be a better team fit than the next person.