Jolisa Gracewood

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Freelance writer and editor, full-time silly sausage. Books, bikes, better places, beastly puns. She/ her/ the cats’ mother. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, aka New Auck City.

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"The problem is, Simeon Brown is wrong. Not just wrong in my opinion, but wrong in regard to the facts." #nzpol

A blanket of misinformation - Greater Aucklandwww.greaterauckland.org.nz Two old sayings have been on my mind lately. The first is: “The pen is mightier than the sword”, describing the power of language and communication to help or to harm. The other, which captures the sp...

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Good morning from #OldSarum #firstlight 🌱📷

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Sorry but I’m ridiculously pleased w this DIY effort. If you ride a bike while wearing skirts/dresses & prefer not to flash everyone on windy days, this🧵might be an easy option for you! Bike skirt clips are not easy to find in AoNZ so this is my hack. Hat tip to @unlikelyjenn.bsky.social! 🚲🇳🇿 🧵🇳🇿

Woop woop! Just happened to have one plastic buckle connector thingy. Stoked with this 😁

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"We saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe."

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Inside Out, but these are who are in my head.

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I wrote a thing 😊 It's great to share how Dunedin and Invercargill have transformed their city centres into walkable, welcoming spaces for everyone. These initiatives hopefully help inspire other cities around Aotearoa to do the same.

New post: "By George - splendid streets take place down south". www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/07/11/b...

By George! Splendid streets take shape down south - Greater Aucklandwww.greaterauckland.org.nz The revitalisation of Auckland city centre, especially around Wynyard Quarter, Te Komititanga, and Queen Street, is top of mind for Greater Auckland readers – but other cities around Aotearoa New Zeal...

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🚨Potential Climate Litigation Klaxon🚨 Lawyers for Climate Action NZ says the Government is breaching the Zero Carbon Act by ignoring the emissions reduction plan without following proper processes to change the plan. newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/11/g...

Government accused of breaching Zero Carbon Actnewsroom.co.nz The Government can change the emissions reduction plan but can't simply ignore it, Lawyers for Climate Action says. Marc Daalder reports.

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I can't even think who to tag here, this is relevant to like all of your interests 🐱🇳🇿

Related: I bought and assembled a Lego Coliseum for the sole reason that it’s the best cat bed possible.

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My submission on Simeon's Stupidity. I really cannot stress how much I abhor a person with the ability to make the world a little safer choosing not to do so and then smirks about it. Unfortunately, he probably knows the audience he's pandering to very well.

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Our maunga in the late afternoon light. With Magnolia campbellii

This submission on Simeon Brown's draft speed rule – by a well-informed civilian who's really done her homework – reads like a thriller. It teases out the terrible thinking behind the proposal, and what it says about the system we're stuck in. A must-read. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/wp-content/u...

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#kikorangi tower

Very cool tool here to help you express yourself on the proposed blanket speed limit increases. (Yep, there are mixed opinions on the use of LLMs for consultations. But the Ministry of Transport says: “We may use an AI tool to help us analyse submissions” – so all’s fair in love and Robot Wars? 🤖✊)

Speed reductions have saved 80 lives in Akld. Undoing them will kill / badly injure 55 over this govts term – in Akld alone. Take 3min to put the brakes on the #SpeedBill, via changegear.nz/speedlimiter. Pls submit today & share so others can too, before closing Thurs night.

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When the France election results are good

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Whatever happens in politics, it's not going to stop me from helping my neighbors, friends, and family. And in turn getting helped when I need it. If you're feeling hopeless I strongly urge getting more *involved* in your community, whatever that looks like (online or offline)! We have each other.

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The Wiles v University of Auckland judgement is out. Wiles was successful on the key issues. In particular, the Court finds that her commentary *was* part of her job and that the University's H&S response was "problematic" www.employmentcourt.govt.nz/assets/Docum...

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"Seatbelts, air bags and other safety features protect us when we travel in cars. When we’re *not* in cars, we rely on a safe street environment to prevent and mitigate crashes. Snatching away safe speed limits is as unthinkable as taking away our seatbelts." A great piece by Christina Robertson.

Some concise stats here too, to inspire folk to submit newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/06/s...

Safety features don’t end at the car doornewsroom.co.nz Opinion: Snatching away safe speed limits is as unthinkable as taking away our seatbelts, argues Christina Robertson.

Public feedback on Simeon Brown’s speed-raising rule is open till midnight Thursday! Here’s a handy guide: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/07/04/s... On the face of it, the Minister is misreading the room– and not reading the evidence. A reckons-based culture war has no place on our streets. #nzpol

The government’s proposal to increase speed limits will lead to more deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Why govt's move defies the science. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inc...

Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expectedwww.phcc.org.nz The government is proposing to increase speed limits. Raising speed limits will lead to increased deaths and serious injuries on our roads. In addition, it is likely to worsen air quality and increase...

Speak up for safe speeds - Greater Aucklandwww.greaterauckland.org.nz Simeon Brown’s lethal draft speed-setting rule is The draft Rule proposes to introduce a binding schedule of speed limit classifications that specify speed limits available for each road type. When ma...

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The government’s proposal to increase speed limits will lead to more deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Why govt's move defies the science. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inc...

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‘The cat has changed my life’: how Bootsy turned a street of strangers into a community

‘The cat has changed my life’: how Bootsy turned a street of strangers into a communitywww.theguardian.com When Mike Hohnen moved into a new suburb he was looking for solitude. His tabby had other ideas Everything changed with a voicemail. I was used to my cat getting into trouble. Bootsy always had a tough time respecting other people’s boundaries. When a concerned neighbour called the number on his collar I assumed the worst; that he had snuck in and eaten their roast dinner or some such. That wasn’t the case – it was a courtesy call. Bootsy was sleeping on a back veranda chair, the caller said, and was more than welcome to stay as long as he liked. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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I love that they had this reference art ready to go in case they needed a scene where ET runs into his ex and has to keep up a brave face when she tells him she's engaged now

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): Character concept illustration by Carlo Rambaldi

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Transit funding = antifascist praxis

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I misread "welcome" as "become" and I started feeling very cheerful about this election.

Larry the cat poised to welcome Britain's next prime minister

Larry the cat poised to welcome Britain's next prime ministerapnews.com Downing Street's resident cat remains at Number 10, waiting to welcome the winner of this week's British General Election.

"Butt out, Wellington" (said the Mayor of Auckland, to the Minister for Auckland, who lives in Auckland). Also iconic: the moment when Councillor Alf Filipaina asked, “What is the problem the Government is trying to fix?” and basically the entire room shrugged. 🤷‍♀️ www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...

In great news: heroic scenes at Auckland Council, with a near-unanimous pushback against this indefensible government overreach on local streets. 🙌 Including a strengthened response on safe speeds around schools (carried by a casting vote!). Very very grateful for the integrity on display today. 🙏🥰

'Butt out, Wellington': Auckland Council votes against higher speed limitswww.nzherald.co.nz Auckland Council will oppose the Government plan to raise speed limits, but can't stop it.

Of all the baffling ideas this govt is pursuing, this one’s a doozy *even by their own lights*: a cost-benefit review of safe speed zones around schools found they’re 45x better for the economy than Simeon Brown’s strictly-school-gate notion! www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/07/04/s...