Fuck yeah, I'm a citizen now, no more sanitising my opinion as an outsider 😈
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Knee Neart
@KneeNeart@sunny.garden
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Irish queer parent in Aotearoa NZ, way out the wops. My old life was punk, gigs, mental health and drug harm reduction stuff.
Now I'm going for more of a solarpunk vibe. Living in caravans, gardening, raising a preschooler,3 hens and a sheep, trying to learn some new skills, self sufficiency, improved relationship with the natural world, reclaim my Gaeilge - Irish language - and pass it down a generation.
Ehlers-Danlos and POTS keep me at a slow pace these days.
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Joined April 15, 2024
So the good nrews is I got a free tree
Omg, Kneecap and Igorrr both coming to Te Ika A Maui at the same time.
About to attempt to cash in 6 years of being primary caregiver and chief bedtimer.....💃🧨🎇
Hey kiwis in cities, how many peeps you know that are into a, dare i say, mainstream conspiracy theory?
flat earth, covid vaccine, chemtrails, flat earth, lizardpeople....
Cos im slowly extending my social tendrils out the wops and..... i guessi see why nzfirst are as they are..... theres numbers there
#aotearoa #nzpol #conspiracy
WOW! just saw two kārearea harassing a flock of starling-ish things waaay up high
Heard them making two distinct calls, but got to see heaps of awesome acrobatics and swooping, getting increasingly close for a while. If there was a successful kill, it happened too far away for me to see, but what a fascinating watch!
The roosters all let out warning whoops and the whole flock ducked under cover of coops or the thicket of poplar saplings. The trees, so quiet all winter are all a-twitter, magpies, still pewpewing their warnings.
It's all so very tense, but no sign of them for a good ten minutes now.
Reducing the amount needed for a house loan from 20% to 5% is big.
If I wasn't politically engaged outside of election season, I'd be tempted 👀
And so begins a day of listening to the national anthem on repeat till I'm confident I know it
We don't talk about the "oath"er thing.
I was so sure this was gonna be the year I finally grew up in the eyes of the world.
But fucking NOPE.
Just got ID'd at the bottle shop
The legal age is 18.
I'm 38.
No, I'm not grateful. I resent needing to carry around government issued personal details - with a shit photo of me - with a coloniser cunt flag on it
I've already paid the five hundred bucks I've already paid the five hundred bucks I've already paid the five hundred bucks I've already paid the five hundred bucks I've already paid the five hundred bucks I've already paid the five hundred bucks
Hey, anyone wana help me edit my paragraph introduction about my journey to citizenship?
I don't want it to be like... Too edgy. Or bland.
"At 19, Niamh came here and fell immediately in love with the people, local music and surf scenes. An opportunity to join the successful pilot Hepatitis C Community Clinic introduced Niamh to a proud tradition of activism and harm reduction by everyday gay, queer, drug using kiwis and the pharmacists who successfully campaigned for the first nationalised needle exchange system in the world.
Inspired by this kaupapa, Niamh has volunteered for, and helped found people-first mental health charities.
With two little kiwi kids happily growing here,now is the right time to formalise half a lifetime, and 19 years of commitment to this country and its peoples' future."
The middle bit feels janky
Pity the second verse isn't part of the public anthem ritual
Men of every creed and race,
Gather here before Thy face,
Asking Thee to bless this place,
God defend our free land.
From dissension, envy, hate,
And corruption guard our state,
Make our country good and great,
God defend New Zealand.
Bhí mé cinnte go raibh mo sraith caillte agam inniu, ach d'éirigh liom!
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Gods I hope there's white faced herons where we're moving to. They've really become my "fuck yeah it's spring" beacon
"So your reality is getting pissed
Avoiding a world that shouldn't exist
A world within your own sour mind
Where everything can be re-defined
"This is wrong"
"I don't agree"
"I can't accept the reality"
So why base your life on simple trust?
Is reality waiting for a bus? "
Subhumans - reality is waiting for a bus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zANRiXwRa1k&pp=ygUZU3ViaHVtYW5zIHJlYWxpdHkgd2FpdGluZw%3D%3D
#jukeboxFridayNight #waiting
And on top of all the ACC bullshit, reading my notes, I'm pretty sure the surgeon used AI to record and take notes on our kōrero without my consent. I know the GP is doing similar, but at least asks consent first.
I think it's AI because my parents are flying in the same date as surgeon's wife and dog! Mine from Ireland, his from Queensland. The notes say my parents are coming from Queensland. That feels more like a tech error than a human one, eh?
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I feel like the artist really captured her aversion to war criminals being held responsible for war crimes
Payday for me, chucking a tenner into this account. Not much but it's more than nothing...
If you're able, I lovingly encourage you to support https://chuffed.org/project/161550-help-mohammed-shabir-and-his-family-survive or check @gazaverified@mastodon.ar.al for other families desperately needing our financial assistance.
O hell
Bláithín's new favourite song is Nina Simone's Pirate Jenny
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Omg omg I think I'm gonna be sick