She’s the most popular politician in the country still years after stepping down. She didn’t want to deal with the abuse hurled at her by a small right wing minority spurned on by Mercer funded conspiracy theorists. RE:
Right wing wealthy new zealanders try and buy the mayor of Wellington in hopes that they'll be given sweet deals on land. It's as corrupt as it gets in New Zealand. [www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rich-list...]( ) [Rich-lister philanthropist bac...]( )
Breaking news. As part of an effort to decriminalise drugs, New Zealand is legalising the pharmacy over the counter sale of melatonin! I genuinely was snuggling melatonin in to the country from overseas. This is removing a stupid rule. Small victories. [www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/564504/melatonin-to-be-made-available-over-the-counter-at-pharmacies ) [Melatonin to be sold over-the-...](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/564504/melatonin-to-be-made-available-over-the-counter-at-pharmacies )
The sunset is particularly pretty tonight. And I’m glad that the NoKings protest drowned out the Trump birthday day military parade. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreifr6vbfjgiytrsxkdo4smm4hoq6jremjxe7dw2qaz5ocm756qvfci
I’m recording episodes to launch my own podcast, [@revolution.social]( ) RE:
I went on the community radio focused podcast Decentered Media Podcast to talk about the media activism orgins of social media, why we need to demand social media rights, and permissionless protocols. [decentered.co.uk/building-par...]( ) [Building Participatory Media w...]( )
I'm launching a podcast, [@revolution.social]( ) and right now i just have a vibe coded site for it. But I was thinking, ok i need something real, maybe ghost. But then i was wondering, does that even make sense any more. Does a CMS make sense? The site itself is react and hosted on cloudflare.
Interesting thing about Bluesky is I default follow back people who’ve moved their username off of [bsky.social]( ) to their own domain. It’s a barrier of entry which bots aren’t crossing yet. [bsky.so](https://bsky.so )
I just finished Extremely Online by [@taylorlorenz.bsky.social]( ) Really good take on social media history. Fascinating the dichotomy between the understanding and experience of platforms when viewed from the perspective of its most popular users vs what it’s like from the people building it.
Beautiful day in Sydney. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreiaumiim3bo6ytokbqnbaxjcyjr74o2qsou4566pcsxcvipbx34t3u https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreiekwxaxmzimti5kpnufubr7geulrclq5egfntk34h32uu6olwsnyy https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreicbcgjwiyfmu72ygr2wbpcyuqsfl6icpcperopsm6ssqvbv2u6nee https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreiekvbagseuizjhk6slyoh2bfxdnvt2z63fjud745gvueddjgfgwai