Anna Butterfield

Old Sorcery: An Absurdist Epic Fantasy Novel Old Sorcery by James Callan is the story of three heroes (and one badass necromancer) captured by machinations of the most powerful sorcerer in the wide world of Garden. Witty and hilarious, deep and ...

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Huge shoutout to @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social for raising awareness on this. Amazing use of her platform.
See the stats: nzpt.cjs.nz
#nzpol #onetermgovt

No one really wants a better smartphone. They just want their dog to live 50 years. Fucking get with it science

bye <block>

The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Written and illus. by GV Hudson, an polymath/autodidact who did this in his spare time from his role as #wellington postman. I believe the publishing was also crowdfunded #kikorangi #biology #entomolgy #nzhistory

Ewwwwww

Shayne Carter – Dead People I Have Known (Victoria University Press) BOOK REVIEW - Witchdoctor Shayne Carter’s incredible memoir gives GARY STEEL a complex.

Carter's 2019 memoir Dead People I Have Known was so good it gave our editor a complex. "The thing is, Shayne Carter writes like a bitch... he lays his world out lucidly, and with as much innate groove and dynamic and honesty and attitude as his music." #BookReview #pukapuka tinyurl.com/85j9wsah

NZ govt (and voters) are still hiding their collective heads in the sand when it comes to the costs of caring for an aging population.

It's not only hospitals and health centers, its also GPs, housing, nursing care, hospice staff, paid and unpaid care work, assistive devices, mobility etc

Glorious!

Perhaps we should just admit that the country only works at all because of the network of Aunties, and start electing governments that are basically made up of Aunties

#nzpol

A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case

I learnt so much from her, Im so sorry to hear of her passing.

A chocolate box of Choices for 2026 - Choose better

Me ranty in article form is so much more versed than live action.... Read the eloquent me here on @witchdoctornz.bsky.social before you get an earfull elsewhere

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Motherf...

#nzpol Reminder:

John Key said he'd vote for Trump.

Judith Collins thinks Trump is fab.

Chris Luxon will fawn over him.

David Seymour views Trump as his supreme leader.

Winston is mercurial.

This is not the coalition govt we need to weather America's fickle fascist leadership interventions.

How to build a radically truthful news outlet The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.

Take note NZ media!
►Let no lie reach the audience unchallenged
►Factcheck as close to the lie as possible
►Interrupt aggressively
►Kick repeat liars off the air
►Name those with a history of lying
►Dont normalise corruption & insanity
►Don’t give liars the headlines they want
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Trying to write a call to action article about not being despondent about 2026 and I'm really having to dig deep.

I thought it was a good idea when I started this. Now Im thinking the only way forward is a Bloody Mary

Your digital identity is not under New Zealand jurisdiction Our most important data is stored on US-owned cloud infrastructure and subject to US laws.

It's under the jurisdiction of the country who just let Grok loose in it's military infrastructure....

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

This is a very well written and worthy of your attention

WOnderful illustrations in a book full of such much how to knowledge on fruit trees

Cover of Homegrown Fruit a practical Guide by Kath Irvine and Jason Ross a NZ book perfect for any NZ gardener or wannabe

I have spent the weekend devouring the new Homegrown Fruit Trees book by Kath Irvine & Jason Ross and it is unbelievably good solid, non-consumerist advice #nzbooks #nzgarden #gardening 100% recommend

Today is not todaying in the way today was meant to go

Guy in the vid i was watching said "I don't know what this is"

Instantly got a Copilot pop-up saying "if you're stuck on something, copilot can help you figure it out!"

and that's how i learned copilot is an always-on background process on my Win 11 laptop

and that it is always listening

Screengrab showing colossal labs and biosciences cultural advisory board members - actors, authors, youtubers

Peter Jackson's Moa people - Colossal group ..... these are their cultural advisory board members.... This must be a pisstake
Chris Hemsworth, Joe Manganiello, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, George RR Martin, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner AND Graham Hancock

Fabricated Consent: Astroturfs Go Local YouTube video by Paul… The Other One

Hey NZ, you have to watch this.. How the public is being manipulated in the run up to 11 Oct Local Body Elections

#nzpol #kikorangi #nzmedia #mustwatch

The one I tried didnt have enough people at the right hour for my schedule

Quick survey: Do any of you Kiwis use body-doubling services from overseas?
like Focusmate, deepwrk etc
I mean the cameras-on, not the cloning ones....
but do tell me about those in the comments please

Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).

Matua Kahurangi is a fake account posted by Brynn Neilson who is running for the InternetNZ board. If you're voting there are much better candidates. Thanks @mountaintui.bsky.social @tinangata.bsky.social