"We have supported over the years a number of people working full-time who are having to live in vehicles."
#LyndaRyan, Tākiri Mai te Ata Trust, 2025
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This is unacceptable. No person should be without a warm, dry, secure home. Especially in a country perfectly capable of building luxury homes for rich people's cars.
But when people working full-time are homeless, it's undeniable that NZ capitalism has reached USSR-in-1990 levels of broken.
Pinch Point: Working poor forced to live in cars
"Sadly nowadays if you have got a car, it is more shelter than some have got".Nick James (RNZ)
💸 Google Is Fined $3.5 Billion for Breaking Europe’s Antitrust Laws | NYT
｢ The European Commission said Google had abused its dominance to box out rival providers of advertising technology. Google’s control over ad-tech supply chain allows it to see pricing information that rivals cannot access, regulators said. It can also steer advertising businesses to its own services and avoid those of rivals ｣
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‘Is it time for Hollywood to concede that a lot of moviegoers in North America are never coming back?’
excellent dataviz in what is otherwise a dog-bites-man story
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Behind the Numbers: How Hollywood Missed Its Mark This Summer
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How Hollywood Missed the Mark on Summer Movies This Year
The movie industry had high hopes that box office sales would return to pre-pandemic levels. It didn’t come close.Christine Zhang (The New York Times)
Trump Changes Name of Department of Defense | Balance of Power Late Edition 9/05/2025
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‘And now, with the Search deal intact, this makes all the sense in the world. Apple is viewing this updated Siri project as the future of search on their devices. Why not stick with the partner you’ve had since the iPhone was born? The one you can trust not to crash.’
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Apple and Google Are So Back
The famous frenemies seems awfully aligned again...M.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
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Driver who crashed into group of bicyclists in Arizona, killing 2, gets a year in jail
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-cyclists-killed-truck-crash-sentence-901c442843d0438f4499aebbe4aedc81?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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i've been working on a list of the fundamental archetypes of video-games. literature is primarily concerned with men causing drama, so all works of literature can concisely be boiled down to a man opposing something. video-games on the other hand are primarily concerned with our instinctual desires for interaction, so our archetypes are fundamentally different.
so far i've got:
1. make a little doll
2. make nest for doll
3. protect doll
4. fruit
5. climb
6. block puzzles
7. follow deer
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@sunumbral You’ve hooked me on this channel. I’m mesmerized by the outdoor wood fire cooking, y tambien me está ayudando a practicar mi español. 😊
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何年もアップデートがなかったGoogle Home、ついにGemini搭載の新デバイスに？ - ギズモード・ジャパン - YAYAFA
何年もアップデートがなかったGoogle Home、ついにGemini搭載の新デバイスに？ ギズモード・ジャパン何年もアップデートがなかったGoogleYAYAFA
America's First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations - Slashdot
Grady Martin writes: Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, including its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan, and plans to build a $1.4 billion "gigafactory" in North Carolina.hardware.slashdot.org
College Sports Commission reveals it mistakenly overstated worth of approved NIL deals by $40M-plus
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Rift over Palestinian statehood deepens tension between U.S., France
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/05/rubio-marcon-palestine/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump administration sanctions Palestinian #humanRights groups
The State Department has imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights organizations for supporting the ICC’s probe of US-Israeli atrocities.
#ICC #crimesAgainstHumanity #warCrimes #romeStatute #holocaust #holocaust2025 #shoah #genocide #imposedFamine #forcedMassMigration #erasure #ethnicCleansing #accountability #tribunal
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Trump administration sanctions Palestinian human rights groups
The State Department has imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights organizations for supporting the ICC’s Israel probe.Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)
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Good grief. Japan effectively paid a half-trillion-dollar bribe to Trump for the privilege of punishing its own industries with vastly higher tariffs. Don't be fooled by misdirection re "lower" tariffs. They went up, a lot.
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Japan's $550bn US investment pledge subject to Trump's whims
President could raise tariffs if the investments are not to his satisfactionStaff Writer (Nikkei Asia)
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Make a con man US President and he'll rob the world.
Love this #solarpunk essay by @eruditelijah.bsky.social!
I keep saying #solarpunk is robust: people keep finding their way to it from all different paths. It's co-created. It's meta.
As Elijah says, even if you don't understand it, you still end up doing good.
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In response to misinformed criticism of solarpunk ⋆ BrightFlame
Some dismiss solarpunk as unrealistic, sappy, etc. Here's TechnoShaman and Black anarchist Elijah Claude’s excellent response.BrightFlame
This is an excellent breakdown of #Solarpunk and aligns with my understanding of the movement. I enjoyed the pushback on the common criticism that utopia can’t be punk.
This quote stood out to me:
“The entire idea of solarpunk is that hope itself can be punk. That in a world where you are constantly being ground down to depression and anxiety and nihilism and pessimism and apathy and doomerism… that actually believing that we can do better and then DOING that is punk af.”
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#DropSea: Il villaggio dei maiali
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Il villaggio dei maiali
Fino a ora ho considerato Visioni d'inferno , che In your face comix ha recentemente ristampato, come il grande capolavoro di Hideshi Hin...dropseaofulaula.blogspot.com
Serbische Polizei geht gegen Demonstranten vor
Seit zehn Monaten protestieren in Serbien fast täglich Menschen gegen die Regierung von Präsident Vucic. Nun kam es erneut zu Zusammenstößen mit der Polizei, die Tränengas und Schlagstöcke gegen die Demonstranten einsetzte.
Break up with Big Tech today 🚯🎵
Cancel your Spotify,
Buy on Bandcamp instead:
"
They own my phone,
they won't own my soul.
Ready, set, now we overload.
Break out the hold
they built from the code.
Never rocked to the
rhythm of the algorithm.
Cause I listened to the
power that was hidden in my system.
Rise up,
we're coming for the kingdom.
"
- Bloodywood, Daggebaaz 🤘bloodywood.bandcamp.com/track/…
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@catmisgivings Their new album is so good, but my favorite song from Bloodywood is still Dana Dan.
I highly recommend watching the music video (on Youtube) if you haven't seen it yet, and if this isn't too triggering for you: bloodywood.bandcamp.com/track/…
o holy shit, they covered tunak tunak tun this is amazing
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queuing up your link next
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I'm getting my Covid shot in an hour!
Thank you Massachusetts for making sure it's available to all residents and that insurance has to pay for it!
🎶 Love that dirty water, Boston you're my home! 🎶
@anarchia
Non si ferma la solidarietà internazionale. A Bergamo, sabato 6 settembre la città tornerà in piazza con un corteo che chiede la fine del genocidio, la rottura delle complicità italiane con l’occupazione israeliana e rivoluzioneanarchica.it/bergam…
Bergamo: corteo per l’autodeterminazione del popolo palestinese, contro il genocidio e la complcitÀ italiana
Non si ferma la solidarietà internazionale. A Bergamo, sabato 6 settembre la città tornerà in piazza con un corteo che chiede la fine del genocidio, la rottura delle complicità italiane con l’occupazione israeliana e l’apartheid, e azioni concrete da…Radio Onda D'Urto (Rivoluzione Anarchica)
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Trump Exempts Gold, Tungsten and Uranium From Global Tariffs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-06/trump-exempts-gold-tungsten-uranium-from-global-tariffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Se vcs conhecem alguém que curte escrever sobre cinema e está buscando plataforma pra divulgação, me indiquem pfvr
#cinema #blog #blogueiros
⚡️🇺🇦Weekly Wrap Up: Fire over Russia: how Ukraine is forcing the world to act (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #NukesForUkraine #Germany #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
⚡️🇺🇦Weapons: Secret operations: Ukraine reveals how to control the civilian population while at war (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #NukesForUkraine #Germany #ICC #WarCrimesTribunal #ICJ #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
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⚡️🇺🇦In Focus: Kremlin admits: Ukrainian drones are destroying Russia’s oil empire! (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #NukesForUkraine #Germany #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
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A ridiculous 5-book haul at the library #today. I just meant to return some books and not take any out because I already have plenty going on here at home, but I couldn’t help myself. At least four were on my TBR, but the Carl Hiaasen is new, and I haven’t had time to make it there yet. One is the second book in the series (No Mercy), and one is the start of a series (A Bad Day for Sunshine). Ascension looks really cool, and Rosarita looks like an amazing short novelette.
The image shows a collection of five books arranged on a quilted bedspread with a black and white pattern. The books are:
- "Fever Beach" by Carl Hiaasen, with a vibrant orange and yellow cover featuring sunglasses.
- "A Bad Day for Sunshine" by Jarynda Jones, with a white cover and sunglasses illustration.
- "Rosarita" by Anita Desai, with a black cover and a white crane image.
- "No Mercy" by Joanna Schaffhausen, with a yellow cover and red text.
- "Ascension" by Nicholas Binge, with a dark blue cover and a white mountain peak illustration.
The books are positioned with "Fever Beach" and "A Bad Day for Sunshine" at the top, followed by "Rosarita," and "No Mercy" and "Ascension" at the bottom. The bedspread has a textured appearance with a subtle design, and the lighting is dim, creating a cozy atmosphere.
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This gorgeous photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer of the year awards. The photographer, Peter McGee, took the photo in Sydney, Australia. It was published this Friday in The Guardian.
#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Cephalopod
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⚡️🇺🇦Our Time: New weapons — new strikes: "Flamingo" in action against Russian refineries (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
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Apparently, there's a record for the fastest barefoot 100 meter sprint over LEGO blocks, and this New Zealand woman just broke it
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#sports #running #lego #funny #NewZealand
New Zealand Woman Sets Guinness World Record for Fastest Barefoot 100 Meter Sprint Over LEGO Bricks
Gabrielle Wall of Christchurch, New Zealand, set the painful Guinness World Record for the fastest barefoot 100 meter sprint over LEGO bricks.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Health exceptions in abortion laws don't reduce infant deaths, according to an analysis of infant mortality data published by the CDC.
Researchers suggest the unclear language in those laws may deter medical professionals from using them, if they’re afraid of prosecution.
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Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.
In completely unrelated news the US is attacking Venezuelan shipping without even the slightest proof of their drug running claims.
Venezuela has the world’s most oil: Why doesn’t it earn more from exports?
Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, more than five times more than the United States.Mohammed Haddad (Al Jazeera)
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just noticed as I read that that it's picked up here too.
At least it's stopped the squirrels from raining acorns down upon the house.
Hamas to Trump: We Are Ready to Release All Israeli Captives in Comprehensive Ceasefire Deal
Three weeks ago, Hamas agreed to a #US-Israeli-drafted ceasefire, but its offer was ignored. Now, the movement says it will accept a comprehensive deal in a renewed bid to end the genocide.
from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 04, 2025
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#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#US #USpol #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine
Hamas to Trump: We Are Ready to Release All Israeli Captives in Comprehensive Ceasefire Deal
Three weeks ago, Hamas agreed to a U.S.-Israeli-drafted ceasefire, but its offer was ignored. Now, the movement says it will accept a comprehensive deal in a renewed bid to end the genocide.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
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So, yesterday I picked up an order from a local blacksmith and he mentioned in passing, with no prompt whatsoever from me, that if I ever wanted to learn to blacksmith from a trans woman or even just someone queer that he could set it up for me.
And now I think I have no choice but to see this through.
why do you even have to ask? 🤩
Also, it would be cool to have a blacksmith friend! And it will be perfect for the day we form our gay little separatist commune 🤭
@bemerald
Viewers, especially those who engage by sharing and/or commenting, are also very important to a platform: they're who Content Creators are Creating for.
Just engaging with Fedi is an act that is helpful to the goal!
Look we did NOT start the war. We just borrowed your spy satellite. Giving just one of your dregs to NASA to use as a space telescope is on you. Not funding basic science is on you. Not securing your control api is on you. Bombing first asking questions later, totally on you. With the data we contributed to the Backyard Worlds project, we found a whole brown dwarf system just outside the Oort cloud with a habitable {moon, planet, we’re having our own war just over what to name it}. But don’t blame us for your stupid nuclear war. That’s on you.
#ScribesAndMakers Sep 1: With many new people here, let's do another round of introductions. Tell us something about yourself and your creativity.
I like fucking with genre tropes. I'm socialist going on anarchist as well as feminist and anti-racist, and my writing reflects that. I'm an improviser rather than a planner, so I like to set waypoints in my narratives and then find my way from one to the next.
#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace
#ScribesAndMakers Sep 11: You've found a device that can doodle on the moon, in a way that is visible from earth. You have 10 minutes, what do you doodle? Credit: Lydia Vvinters (@HeliaXyana)
I'm so tempted to say "CHA" (IYKYK), but I wouldn't do that. There's nothing I could write up there that would improve it. The Moon has been with humanity since before there were humans. It doesn't "belong" to me or anyone.
#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace
#ScribesAndMakers September 12: If you write about craftspeople, scientists, or artists, do you ask specialists, rely on a websearch, rely on your own knowledge, or something else?
I do research online. It is a *cool breeze* doing fiction research compared to academic work! Ho man. You don't have to quote it! You don't have to cite it! You can take *liberties* with the facts. My god. So freeing.
#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace
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Seems our #ABC is predicting the future these days:
“Fire crews remained at the scene early on #Sunday morning to put out hotspots.”
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ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Miriah Davis (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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> It’s like that in the US too
According to reports I read at the time, fulltime workers living in vehicles was already happening in the US 20-30 years ago.