Pookasaurus

Pookasaurus

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Books and chooks

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Long Covid Support Aotearoa
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Heartfelt thanks to our young people with #longcovid who took part in this, sharing their stories #kiwi #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...

1news.co.nzOffered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long CovidA group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?
Pookasaurus
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"I’m not saying, ‘Don’t express frustration.’ I’m just saying, take a step back and think, ‘Am I doing this with grace?’"

theguardian.com‘Cancel culture? We should stop it. End of story’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on backlash, writer’s block – and her new baby twinsIt’s been 11 years since she published a novel. In that time, the author has lost both parents, seen Trump become president twice – and finally returned to fiction after a bruising reaction to her com...
Pookasaurus
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Sounds like a great deal. Who can resist hygge?

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’

theguardian.comDanes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island Since returning to the presidency last month, Donald Trump has called for Canada to become the 51st US state, suggested he might take over the…
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Short and sweet by Sy Montgomery, "What the Chicken Knows" is an excellent exploration of my favourite little floofy dinosaurs. The eaudiobook version (read by Sy) is like having a friend in the room reading to you about a topic she loves. #SyMontgomery #BackyardHens

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Brian Phillips
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks" www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...

404media.coZuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."

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Patton Oswalt
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“The Democrats didn’t do enough on Gaza, so I withheld my vote to make a statement.” “Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.” “Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.” “‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us” Pause. “I needed to make a statement.”

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Jeff VanderMeer
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Still recall a "futures" convention saying their payment to me for doing an event would be a half-hour lunch with Musk. I laughed so hard I was crying. When they asked what was so funny, I hung up.

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George Takei
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

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Newsroom NZ
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Opinion: If we ever needed local journalists to explain what the events of the day mean to us, the time is now. Instead, we’ve given them the futile task of vanquishing Meta’s business model. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/14/m...

newsroom.co.nzMeta cannot be custodian of our national debatesOpinion: If we ever needed local journalists to explain what the events of the day mean to us, the time is now. Instead, we’ve given them the futile task of vanquishing Meta’s business model.
Pookasaurus
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Insane situation. It's difficult to impossible for elderly renters to find new places when their rentals get sold or turned into Airbnbs. My dad had to move in with me.

Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz

Best of 2024: Protests against overtourism are sweeping Europe and forcing authorities to act. Waiheke residents want Auckland Council to follow their lead and cap visitor numbers to ease a housing crisis on the island. newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/17/t...

newsroom.co.nzTourists push locals out of Waiheke IslandProtests against overtourism are sweeping Europe and forcing authorities to act. Waiheke residents want Auckland Council to follow their lead to ease a housing crisis on the island.