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Writing songs to make sense of life since 2003.
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Bluesky will probably be where I have social/political/existential convos.
🤯 This show reminded me of things I had completely forgotten: 1) Live music is medicine and probably witchcraft 2) Auckland music is a community and there are so many people in it who I love 3) Leaving the house ain't all bad (I already had my suspicions).
I can't wait for Tom's new album.
Hit up the Tom Scott show tonight via livestream if you're into that kind of thing! The show starts in about an hour, streaming from Roundhead Studios 💖 I'll be in the crowd but I'm 5"2 so you'll probably see more than I will! 🎶
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YouTube video by INFINITY SESSIONS
why is "going off the rails" bad. why were you on rails to begin with. if you're not a boxcar free yourself
Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff summed it up perfectly in 2023. 🎨 #JournalismIsNotACrime #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide
God, about time. I started having endometriosis pain in different parts of my torso and asked my GP to refer me for a scan (imaging which is standard in other parts of the world) and she told me there is literally nothing like that in this whole country 🫠#endometriosis
Doctors call for NZ to ditch 'outdated' endometriosis guidelines
Advocates are pushing for the adoption of latest Australian guidelines instead.
I learned something amazing this week - that when we go through something traumatising, our brain logs exactly what happened and that we survived. So even if the way we coped was not ideal, our brain logs it as The Way To Survive, and that's how we carry forward "maladaptive" survival behaviours 🤯
After taking this photo of a rainbow I turned around to see none other than the glorious John Campbell, smiling at the world. #blessed
Re: coercive control by powerful/adored men: "Importantly, this control can be subtle. It is often hidden behind performative niceness – hard to see and harder to prosecute."
I once knew a man like that (not the one you think). He's still out there being "nice" 😈
Brad Pitt is part of a well-established pattern of powerful men in Hollywood who rebound from scandal quickly, and with seemingly little repercussion, writes Jamilla Rosdahl.
Oh I love those one! "Mrs Stanford is traveling to Auckland from Tauranga on Friday evening to stay with her daughter for the weekend" type thing - in the national paper! Cute.
Thanks Tanya! 🥲 I could easily share dozens of photos of this publication, I've only skimmed it but already read some very fascinating and tragic stories. I hope whoever picks it up scours all the goodness.
