Suzi and Rose

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fka @smslyons #pwME US born, now a citizen of Aotearoa. Believer in rational thought, the scientific process and the beauty of nature. She/her 🐾😷💉🌻

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Important joint statement from Helen Clark and Don Brash. Luxon is out of his depth and extremely dangerous to NZ’s international standing. www.helenclarknz.com/my-diary/sta...

Helen Clark's statement on NZ Govt change in foreign policywww.helenclarknz.com Helen Clark's Statement of 16 July 2024 on New Zealand Government jeopardising New Zealand's independent foreign policy and economic security, with major implications for trade, defence deployments,...

Strands #136 “Park place” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Fun!

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“Institutions cannot work if only one side agrees to be bound by them. Rules cannot exist if only one side agrees to follow them and there are no consequences for rule-breakers. You cannot have “unity” between people who don’t accept a shared notion of reality.” Read this.

Elie Mystal making the point: "The only laws, precedents, and norms they believe in are the ones that help them achieve their current political goals. Any rule that stands in the way of their social reordering of America is a rule they feel free to ignore." Sobering and worth a read.

The Dismissal of the Trump Documents Case Is Yet More Proof: The Institutionalists Have Failedwww.thenation.com Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to toss the case should dispel any remaining hope that the courts will save us from Donald Trump.

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Connections Puzzle #401 🟩🟨🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Fell into the trap

Wishing @ninjakitty.bsky.social a very

Strands #135 “Were you raised in a barn?” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Now I want a barn!

Wordle 1,122 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 71 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 3 🟩⬛🟩🟨🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂‍↕️

Connections Puzzle #400 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Much easier than strands today.

So many good points in this article. I’ll give you this one to start. “It's hard to live in a world like this. It's draining and difficult and terrifying and wearing. We do what we can. We commit hopeful acts of opposition and defiance,…” www.the-reframe.com/gambling-in-...

Gambling In Casablancawww.the-reframe.com Being blamed for a world of political violence by the people who force us to live in it, and are now shocked-shocked!—by it. Navigating the daily trauma of living in a bully's paradise.

Strands #134 “Give it the ol' college try” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵 Very obscure! One I went to, one I seriously considered and one in my home town and I still struggled.

🦊#FoxiMax #687 4/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ Another 4!

Wordle 1,121 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 328 ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨 3 wow!! ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⛳️ I easily saw 2 where the bot thinks there is only 1. Good thing I chose correctly.

Connections Puzzle #399 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Always helps to see the purple connection early.

Strands #133 “Say my name” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Some of those are a stretch!

🦊#FoxiMax #686 4/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ Not bad!

Wordle 1,120 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 8 🍀 ⬛🟨🟩🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🥳 🦜 Won the coin toss today!

Connections Puzzle #398 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Successfully avoided the trap!

Strands #132 “Hello kitty” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡 Fast and fun!

🦊#FoxiMax #685 4/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 Not bad!

newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/11/n... This was an unnecessary and untenable situation 15 years ago. Now it is dangerous and beyond sad.

$381m Budget cut could trap health system in 20th centurynewsroom.co.nz Programmes to share health information between hospitals, GPs and specialists have been scrapped or put on ice due to funding cuts, writes Marc Daalder.

Wordle 1,119 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 314 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 25 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 5 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 2 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew indeed !

Connections Puzzle #397 🟦🟩🟩🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 That blue connection is a stretch!

Strands #131 “Auto suggestion” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Not an area where I have much knowledge.

If you see this post, post or quote repost with a tree or tree lined path from your photos.. 🌳☀️🌳

This place was LUSH #TreeThursday #ThursdayGreen #NewZealand

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Connections Puzzle #396 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Tautoko to my regional journalism friends. You deserve SO MUCH better than this! New Zealand Regional Journalists Deserve Support. NZME Does Not. napierinframe.co.nz/nzs-regional...

New Zealand Regional Journalists Deserve Support. NZME Does Not.napierinframe.co.nz “Regional journalists employed by New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME), owner of the NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB, as well as a raft of regional and community mastheads, have released a state…

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Okay bluesky longshot but does anyone have this book I could buy from you?!? I have all five others in the series but not this one (#4), and I can't even find it in any online libraries to read. There are a few copies available on international secondhand sites but with expensive shipping to nz..

Strands #130 “Loaded lunch” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 I’m hungry!!