Before being recruited as a National candidate, Nicola Willis studied English literature and journalism, and worked as a corporate lobbyist. It just boggles the mind that someone with such an obvious bias, and absolutely no background in economics, finance or accounting, could become the NZ Minister of Finance.
Then it turns out she recruited a crooked cop to head a major public body.
What kind of fucking banana republic have are we running in Aotearoa? This shit has got to stop.
Day 12: Tech
A college student who tried his best to draw a thumbnail sketch-type model sheet for college technology.
#sketchbookapp #indigenovember #tech #techology #navajo #myart #navajoart #navajoartist #indigenouspeople
Elena Bianca Zagari: Ottavia Sotto Casa Mia (Octavia outside my house) (from the series Un Mondo Proprio (A World of One’s Own), 2025
This portrait gives powerful expression to Ottavia’s personality, with her leopard-print shirt, red hair, bold makeup and undaunted stare.
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What if, instead of putting away our Halloween decorations, we simply added Pilgrim hats to the skullsCassandra (Mastodon)
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
comics.lucentinian.com/12504
#ComedyGold #AIComedy #LaughWithAI #AIHumor #AILaughs
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A television screen displays a vibrant blue poster being held up by a person in a dark suit. The poster features a cartoon drawing of a hamburger with human-like legs and feet wearing black fishnet stockings and red high heels. The hamburger also has arms and appears to be dancing or posing. Above the drawing, in large, bold, white letters within a black oval shape, is the word “RESIGN”. The background of the poster is a gradient of blue shades, with a darker shade at the top transitioning to lighter shades towards the bottom.
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If you have automatic enabled on Fedora CoreOS (the default) then you're `stable` stream nodes will be automatically updated to @fedora 43 based content this week!
House passes bill to end historic government shutdown, sending measure to Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2025/11/12/house-passes-government-shutdown?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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House passes bill to end historic government shutdown, sending measure to Trump
House lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation's capital this week after nearly eight weeks away, with Republicans using their slight majority to get the bill over the finish line by a vote of 222-209.AP (Chicago Sun-Times)
Ilie Bolojan, at the meeting with EU ambassadors: “We want the Republic of Moldova to be able to start EU accession negotiations as soon as possible”
Ilie Bolojan, at the meeting with EU ambassadors: "We want the Republic of Moldova to be able to start EU accession negotiations as soon as possible"BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
I just realized that this is my 3 year anniversary of joining the Fediverse. Wow! Time flies when you’re goofing off.
Thank you to everyone who has made this a welcoming, silly, informative, caring, beautiful, funny, supportive place. I hope you all find as much joy here and as many quality people here as I have.
❤️ 
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Camilla Greenwell: Gertraud Platschek, 2024
This portrait of artist Gertraud Platschek was taken in the forest near her home in Bavaria, #Germany. Seated on a rock, Platschek is seen in one of her wearable works of sculpture, a hat made from a pole covered in black fabric.
*Hitchhiking in Germany.
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Dijana Hrka returned to the tent in front of the assembly
Source: https://x.com/borakonj/status/1988708246602027047?s=46BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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