The problem with widely advertising yourself as an advocate for the rainbow community is you get the occasional religious nutter emailing you their bile.
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I'm in this tonight! https://events.humanitix.com/song-sale-tautahi-jpbu2gwa
[#]Ōtautahi #Christchurch #comedy
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Here's to an exceptional 2025
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I just spent a very long time filling in this survey about my #cult experiences. If you were in a cult, you might like to too. https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/health-wellbeing-former-members
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Incredible blow-by-blow coverage from @greater-otautahi.bsky.social of the council's high-density housing decisions today (and excellent alt text)! Make sure you give them a follow!
Because they're on Bluesky, you'll need to follow @bsky.brid.gy if you want them to see your replies, boosts, or likes.
[#]Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZPol
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When one client arrives 45 minutes early and the next arrives five minutes late, they're not quite so back-to-back as I might have planned.
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I can tell it's going to be a busy week on the JP front. Being bombarded with texts first thing on a Monday morning!
Sadly not going to be a busy week on the acting front. I very nearly got offered a super exciting featured extra role in a feature film, but it wasn't to be. You win some and you lose some, but being shortlisted is an achievement in itself.
[#]JusticeOfThePeace #Actor
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So much to do but it has in fact been an incredibly productive week on my part 😇
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Sigh. I probably could have run an entire JP appointment in French just now if I didn't respond to "Vous parlez français ?" with "un peu". With languages you've got to be bold! Seize the opportunity to speak another language! Don't be timid by sitting on your budding gift.
[#]JusticeOfThePeace #French #LanguageLearning
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“The police didn’t seem to take me seriously. They didn’t take me to the hospital or wait for my memory to clear. I was left to deal with everything myself.”
That breaks my heart.
https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/grindr-hook-up-turns-violent-christchurch-man-robbed-and-home-targeted/
[#]Ōtautahi #Christchurch #Homophobia #HateCrime
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An excellent, well-researched podcast episode about the cult I was raised in. Awesome that resources I've contributed to or benefited from over the years helped with the research. Bizarre to hear my own words quoted a few times in the podcast. https://www.ltaspod.com/49
[#]Cult #Exvangelical #Pentecostal #SpeakingInTongues
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On my birthday week, I did lots of hiking and ate lots of pizza. My body is now feeling both of these things.
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My birthday week is proving fairly quiet on the JP front which is nice. I still have no idea how to anticipate when it's going to be a busy week versus a quiet one!
[#]JusticeOfThePeace
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This is some seriously impressive drone footage of the hīkoi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRJ_5dZZNI4
My former colleague used it to estimate 40,000 people visible in the footage (excluding anyone already at Parliament House). This is a revision down from his previous estimate, but gels well with the estimates being reported in the media: https://bsky.app/profile/mathematiguy.bsky.social/post/3lbccpsjaq222
[#]NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti #HīkoiMōTeTiriti #Drone #CrowdSize
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For my birthday I'm taking three days of annual leave, turning my Canterbury long weekend into a six-day weekend.
I thought maybe I'd produce some amazing creative output or catch up on my emails. Turns out mainly I'm just trawling social media and going on hikes. A pleasant and necessary change of pace, anyway.
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Apparently Chris Luxon joined Bluesky yesterday and promptly got hounded off the platform.
Mixed feelings. I want decentralised/federated social media to be the norm, and that includes the ability for us to follow our elected representatives, engage in conversation, and hold them to account.
[#]NZPol #Bluesky
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The intense grief when you accidentally press Ctrl-C instead of Ctrl-V.
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So I jumped on the Bluesky bandwagon. I'll still be posting here, but you can also follow my Bluesky from the Fediverse: @markd.nz.
[#]Bluesky
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I've amassed quite a number of contacts on Signal, just in time for me to decide actually I think Matrix is better.
I have only one contact on Matrix, and I've only known him for a few hours.
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I think though that we're past the point of no return. I don't see Threads or Mastodon adopting #ATProtocol, and I don't see Bluesky adopting #ActivityPub.
This is a shame. Enabling people and communities to connect regardless of the platform they choose is a cause I believe in passionately. #BridgyFed is a clunky solution that nevertheless shows promise.
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