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Alison G, blower of bubbles
@alisonlpg.bsky.social
Midwife, educator, parent, general purpose nerd. Tangata tiriti. Most at peace underwater, most at pieces online, but here I am, regardless. (she/her/not as straight as my life makes me look)
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PLpaullecomte.bsky.social

I freaking hate him so much

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Mine is full of scuba chat, but itā€™s amazing how often people show their toxic traits even then šŸ˜’

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AGalisonlpg.bsky.social

Have someone in my life dealing with these issues as someone very new to the medication and still trying to get the dosing right. Itā€™s really challenging!

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Knzkatya.bsky.social

From the wonderful Ayesha Verrall in the debate about the cancelling of Dunedin Hospital: ""I think if we admitted Chris Bishop to the gastro department of the hospital and got a scope, we might find out where that $3 billion number came from" #nzpol

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SRbootstheory.bsky.social

Framing point of order: they did NOT "cut te reo Māori to boost maths". They gave huge tax cuts to landlords and then chose to cut te reo Māori. This is not a competition between maths and language. It's a strategy to devalue ALL public education.

$30m cut from te reo Māori programme to boost maths curriculum
$30m cut from te reo Māori programme to boost maths curriculum

Education Minister Erica Stanford said the te reo Māori initiative lacked accreditation.

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Ggrumpyyetamusin.bsky.social

This government's public service cuts are going to create deep and ongoing problems for New Zealand. I despise these venal, selfish, ignorant, and callous arseholes. They are without the slightest hint of empathy.

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RTpepperraccoon.bsky.social

As someone who doesnā€™t have a shop in town and has experienced a really tough downturn in customer spend this year, itā€™s the fact that PEOPLE DONā€™T HAVE MONEY, pals. You fire government employees and oops, they DONā€™T HAVE MONEY.

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Seymour Skinner meme. "Could firing almost 7000 people from the largest employer in town be harming local businesses?" contemplates the New Zealand National Party, "no it's WFH policies that are wrong"
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Alison G, blower of bubbles
@alisonlpg.bsky.social
Midwife, educator, parent, general purpose nerd. Tangata tiriti. Most at peace underwater, most at pieces online, but here I am, regardless. (she/her/not as straight as my life makes me look)
187 followers267 following348 posts