I am so, so, so tired.
Tired of the endless barrage of stupidity coming from the #US White House
Tired of the idiocracy coming from the New Zealand Beehive
Tired of people like #Trump, #Musk, #Tamaki, etc.
Tired of being made to feel like I'm not worth anything because I am different (#Autistic)
Tired of seeing an actual dictator get his ass kissed by what the world thought was an "at least half decent" country.
Tired of seeing politicians here in #Aotearoa give in to the most petty and reckless lawmaking, purely out of spite.
Tired of people yelling bloody murder over a fucking 75cm wide #bikelane that harms nobody (The road is still wide enough for 2 cars AND a cyclist)
Tired of narrow minded #bigots treating people differently because they're not white|cis|male|western, whatever the fucking fuck their current issue is they invented to be upset about.
Tired of hearing how a few (5? maybe 6?) people are cheerfully threatening the safety of the whole world

I'm tired. Tired of people yelling. Tired of people screaming. Tired of all the shit.

Please excuse me while I go scream in to the #void, stare in to the #abyss and just... I don't know. Cry, or something. I can't take it anymore.

A South Auckland high school has made a desperate plea to its community after the “devastating theft” of equipment used to maintain its food garden. #NZ #Aotearoa #Givealittle #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

A Givealittle page set up by Manurewa High School has claimed garden equipment worth more than $11,000 was stolen from its grounds last month, affecting the school’s ability to grow food for its community.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/11000-of-equipment-stolen-from-community-garden-at-manurewa-high-school-in-south-auckland/Y5JHTPLO5RFUFEIOXSEETSNUVM/

“The Treaty bill is not just about legal wording — it’s about economic power. If Te Tiriti is successfully reframed as symbolic rather than contractual, the Crown will have removed one of the last barriers standing in the way of total economic control.” #NZ #Aotearoa #Indigedon #TreatyPrinciplesBill #Indigenous #Māori #ToitūTeTiriti #TeTiriti

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/were-not-here-to-negotiate-our-own-marginalisation/

Comet as seen from Plimmerton Beach last night around 10pm-ish.

I'd love to say this is my photograph but they're from my mate Hannah, lucky woman.

#comet #Aotearoa #NewZealand #photography

Project Jonah works to deliver essential first aid to stranded or injured marine mammals.

No matter what time of day or how difficult the conditions, they’re ready to offer lifesaving support.

#ProjectJonah run a 24 hour hotline for people to call if they find a whale or dolphin in distress.

Aotearoa call: 0800 4 WHALE (0800 4 94253)

#NewZealand #Aotearoa #MarineMammals #Stranding #Whale #Dolphin #Donate

https://www.projectjonah.org.nz/donate/

Saving whales since 1974

Lucire’s news-makers of 2024
These are the people who shaped our #news and #society during 2024, giving a voice where it is needed

https://lucire.com/2024/1224ll0.shtml #GiselePelicot #BlakeLively #HanKang #HanaRawhitiMaipiClarke #politics #Aotearoa #NZ #USA #misogyny #RapeCulture #living #Gaza #media #NobelPrize #Seoul #Korea #Avignon #France

Education, organisation & emancipation ….How long will it take? As long as it takes?

Always was, always will be
Aboriginal land - #FirstNations

Ka whawhai Tonu matou, Ake Ake Ake! -
We will fight on forever, and ever and ever ! - #Māori ( #Aotearoa /NZ)

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children - #Eire /Ireland

From the river to the sea #Palestine will be free.

#Capitalism #Colonialism

The overweight old white men are busy screwing things up in #Aotearoa too.

They make me sick.

https://mastodon.ozioso.online/@RTENewsHeadlinesRSS/113480493995362844

Article in NYT about a New Zealand stone sculptor. Great work and with insights into Māori-Pakeha relations.: “I’ve got a lot of respect for him and how he goes down the right avenues to source New Zealand stone,” he added. “Yes, he’s Pakeha, but he understands the tikanga about connecting to the stone,” Mr. Gardiner said, referring to Māori cultural lore, “and asking the tangata whenua for permission to use it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/fashion/craftsmanship-joe-sheehan-sculpture-new-zealand.html?ogrp=ctr&unlocked_article_code=1.Vk4.pgMm.XQUwuH2gKVyx&smid=url-share
#aotearoa #maori #sculpture #art