Caren Wilton

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Editor, writer, oral historian. Pākehā living in Wairarapa. She/her. Old lefty feminist. Cats, gardens, art, books, knitting, human rights. Kia kaha te reo Māori, toitū te Tiriti. Worried about Covid and climate change.

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You know all those new drawing posts I've been sharing over the last few weeks? Did you see that I did something with them? Teatowels are now available on my website. www.thesewphist.com/product/pre-...

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A list of eight cute animal rhymes to say farewell... 8. In a while, crocodile 7. Toodle-oo, kangaroo 6. Ciao for now, Jersey cow 5. Why you still here, white-tailed deer 4. Just piss off, luna moth 3. Go to hell, red gazelle 2. Kiss my hole, woodland vole 1. Off you fuck, crested duck

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Seeing more and more anti-trans people blaming transgender people for the growing homophobia in the West. No Terfy McTerface, your gay friend isn't being called slurs on the street because of something I've done. It's because people like YOU are enabling the bigots and they are getting bolder.

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Covid-19 sick leave for health workers set to go Andrew Skelly said "This is simply irresponsible at a time when we are seeing a surge in Covid cases - taking away sick leave will cause more Covid transmission in hospitals amongst ill and vulnerable people."

Covid-19 sick leave for health workers set to gowww.rnz.co.nz "Taking away sick leave will cause more Covid transmission in hospitals amongst ill and vulnerable people," says the PSA.

From mid-July, health care workers will be losing their Covid sick leave. This is so dangerous, for everyone. www.psa.org.nz/our-voice/re...

Removing Covid sick leave risks lives of patients and health workerswww.psa.org.nz Te Whatu Ora’s decision to scrap Covid sick leave for health workers will endanger the very lives of people they are caring for. Te Whatu Ora today announced it was scrapping the leave provisions by 1...

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“… long-lasting immune activation months and even years after infection. And, …they report what looked like lingering SARS-CoV-2 virus in participants’ guts. Even those who’d had Covid but no continuing symptoms had different results than those who’d never been infected. #Covid #LongCovid

‘Visionary’ study finds inflammation, evidence of Covid virus years after infectionwww.statnews.com A "visionary" new study finds inflammation and evidence of the Covid virus years after initial infection.

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our fucking *health minister*, who has claimed that nicotine and caffeine are comparable, in concert with the education minister, *wants kids in schools WITH COVID* to pad their stats.

👀 Covid 19 is a major driver of absences in schools. This is known by MOH and MOE. 🧵

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👀 Covid 19 is a major driver of absences in schools. This is known by MOH and MOE. 🧵

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Apparently Brian Tamaki was on The Platform calling for homosexuality to be re-criminalised in New Zealand. What do you lesbian TERF cheerleaders think about that? Still think it’s good and cool to support him and his events? You’ll let leopards eat your face just to be mean to trans women.

Eekkkk. 'The likelihood of a pregnancy ending in a perinatal death was 7.37 times higher for those with a confirmed COVID-19 infection during pregnancy than those without any confirmed COVID infection.' www.hqsc.govt.nz/resources/re...

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te Pūrongo ā-Tau Tekau mā Ono o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea Hokiwww.hqsc.govt.nz The Sixteenth Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te Pūrongo ā-Tau Tekau mā Ono o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea Hoki.

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Michael baker doing the heavy lifting in public health regarding covid again. #covid #kikorangi www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

'More, rather than less effort' needed to fight Covid-19 - Michael Bakerwww.rnz.co.nz From Monday, people aged 14 and over will pay for Covid-related visits to the GP. Epidemiologist Michael Baker says 'we have to do better' with the ongoing response to the disease.

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'Luxon says Matariki is a great time for kiwis to stop & think about all the things they lost this year.' Such as... gov job cuts , new ferries, free prescriptions, half price bus fares, fair pay agreements , Auckland city mission food boxes.. #nzpol

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Penny Simmonds, Minister for the Enviroment. My Stuff cartoon today.

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. A Clerihew Christopher Luxon Hardly ever mucks in. He looks a bit sinister But he’s actually the New Zealand Prime Minister. .

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the planet is on fire and people can’t afford air conditioning, surely this is the time to come up with a technology nobody asked for and nobody wants then dedicate all the electricity to maintaining it

New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals. Read The Big Take ⬇️

AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systemswww.bloomberg.com New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.

Awww @domesticanimal.bsky.social this is beautiful and made me a bit weepy

Sharon Murdoch for Marama Davidson and others with a cancer diagnosis From the Emily Dickinson poem Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, 1/2 #nzpol

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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.

Wtf. Why is he Conservation Minister?

New: Conservation Minister Tama Potaka said yesterday he wants to see costings for saving every species, suggesting it may be more cost-effective to let some species go extinct. newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/19/c...

Conservation minister says saving every species may be too expensivenewsroom.co.nz Opposition MPs were gobsmacked by Tama Potaka's suggestion that it may be more cost-effective to let species go extinct, reports Marc Daalder

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MS is long EBV AIDS is long HIV We don’t have a term yet for long Covid, but my bet is we will need one

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remember when they told us kids weren’t really affected by covid so they could get everyone back to school and their parents to work and now everyone’s immune system is fucked and everyone’s sick all the time cuz no one is putting two and two together and that train just keeps rolling without brakes

The myth that COVID is 'harmless' for kids has left millions of children with long COVID invisible. Here's what they want you to knowwww.abc.net.au They're losing their formative years to this debilitating disease. But for too many children with long COVID, finding help is a frustrating and traumatic process that leaves them feeling isolated and ...

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Good morning everyone! It is officially ONE YEAR since Sex Self-ID became available in Aotearoa New Zealand! And not a single person has been harmed, bothered or inconvenienced by it. TERFs are all big fat losers and liars.

More from the death government, determined to kill you via smoking, higher speed limits, Covid and removing workplace safety requirements

We have a dreadful workplace death rate. Maybe the issue is not the regs but actually prosecuting lax employers. 😀 'Sea of road cones' - Consultation on work health and safety begins www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/14/s...

'Sea of road cones' - Consultation on work health and safety beginswww.1news.co.nz "From Santa parades to property development, you can’t get a lot done without having to set up a barricade of cones," Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden said.

Listening to RNZ National in the car, very disappointed to hear neither 'motherfucker' nor 'bussy'

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It's raining and we've got blisters. If you were on the fence about donating, today would be a great time! 🤣 givealittle.co.nz/cause/walk-f...

Walk for Transgender Youthgivealittle.co.nz Come support a Trans Whanau trying to raise awareness!

Follow Queen Olivia, you won't regret it

I had like a zillion followers on that other stupid platform because I do this whole stack about living on an orbital platform called Space Station 1, can I please have all the followers back? I’m really funny I promise.

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Our military taking part in exercises with the IDF at RIMPAC would be a very big mistake. Participating amounts to condoning Israel's war crimes. Exercising with the IDF. RIMPAC 2024 - NZ's Sabre Dance with Israel. open.substack.com/pub/nickrock...

Exercising with the IDF.open.substack.com RIMPAC 2024 - NZ's Sabre Dance with Israel.