2026-09-13T17:58:22Z https://nostr.now Nihil Curits https://nostr.now/npub1xp8nlrtynm2rlskjudqrjyq928prm7zkngnmazhhjhzpxs08ahsqvekmfh https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/287/318/942/003/737/original/23e1437d75102463.jpg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/287/318/942/003/737/original/23e1437d75102463.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtfzm6d0pzp5n392dpfatl20up3cmusqjhqyclsvkrxce9ckjnlszyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q9egrth A long-form, free to access comic called Why Graphic Medicine? by Erin La Cour and John Miers. #comics #SciComm <a href="https://vuuniversitypress.com/product/why-graphic-medicine/9789086599233">https://vuuniversitypress.com/product/why-graphic-medicine/9789086599233</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/520/582/723/017/619/original/976a24732a83b507.png"> 2026-10-28T21:10:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6j363n7ftk08leuvv00ymquuqrpqvpamvqqnlx6ntefgargvptczyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qkj23ak Tom Gauld, &#34;The Haters&#34;<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/472/895/970/663/944/original/8c2dcaeb968b3dd7.jpg"> 2026-04-26T20:29:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0tx9tk7vkkm0vxdeh53wm5xs6x5cgqqky0altyff358p4j3wcz2szyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qpg7jyz Current NZ coalition messaging:<br/><br/>&#34;The recovery from the economic downturn caused by our incompetence has been set back by the actions of a US president whose policies we completely support.&#34; #NZpol 2026-03-10T05:46:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswj2ax80qqc4neypurlld2je3kla08z966f63z5jp38f9wvqn7dvszyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qa7nnq3 <br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/148/039/097/868/287/original/938d048060b0501a.jpg"> 2026-02-28T11:34:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8h6hvgvjncd267ycz48xrwzn7rp98vj0dasrvjq5m6e5tgtt27rqzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qs5qx09 As of Sept 25, USians can now be deemed terrorists if they are not conservative. See alt-text in 2nd image for terroris traits. #USpol<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/368/529/989/650/683/original/b3074704ae886a80.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/368/530/155/674/055/original/923f93b20d879548.jpg"> 2025-10-13T19:37:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstfxtpyt6e0pa7nn30yjrw5cy35fed8zxh3amnfvqflgcq3c5q5fgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qhh8gr6 I really like this little bit of Auckland CBD, just opposite the ferry building.<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/669/068/406/545/453/original/da11e4855389deb8.jpg"> 2025-06-12T06:56:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf5rutmgd7w6va0n44stl5nfhmawdkvs2vs2ra044nxn5g3gz4vzczyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qlx4wmu An article explaining why we need to change the call to ‘tax the rich’ to ‘reclaim the wealth’. If you agree with the sentiment, please share. <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/lets-call-taxing-the-rich-what-it-really-is/">https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/lets-call-taxing-the-rich-what-it-really-is/</a> 2025-06-07T19:20:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qtxtnjzs4s2mqy30hdsjw9sn8vh6x55rwhlkat5wtz3zu29a5vgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q2jzfcv Reminder<br/><br/>*Marx and Engels, The German Ideology<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/345/211/620/680/159/original/3f410acc809822d7.png"> 2025-04-16T02:11:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswryllyfl3ezt0r4t0855w3fs4k37qyjxjsvvw80f6rfz9kwy8r9szyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q3yejzn I published Hate in Precarious Times in 2021 but wrote this in late 2019. It was so obvious what was happening, and it troubles me so few with platforms were prepared to call it out. #fascism #USpol<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/287/147/317/635/752/original/6208073084034ccb.jpeg"> 2025-04-05T20:09:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthkyn0j46rdsjz4u44nzh68q0k3uyvmftzj7xjhe9uy2g6cfwlhgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qf6m2yx A draft comic I&#39;m working on with colleagues. The idea is to create a simple message about a different way to think of success, with an environmental theme. #SciComm<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/241/835/951/230/162/original/52c4deb913a71132.jpg"> 2025-03-28T20:02:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fcaxejqprjxsatfyaxzsycf60xccpnns8wn5eauhs20hxxgxm9szyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qzcjsqk American Gothic 2025 by Jesse Duquette<br/>#USpol<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/134/541/615/374/028/original/9ca1013af0ed4b81.jpg"> 2025-03-09T21:16:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qse5xzkkynypxkpnyxyxzv85hml93dqd5zsvuwn8mrmrn8urnlqzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qzt52h3 Cartoon by Portuguese cartoonist Zez Vaz #fascism #Tesla<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/010/193/589/108/533/original/f9c3581038248c7b.jpg"> 2025-02-15T22:14:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgfea8pnhptuuk4zra99mut3nd6mcyudvk5zxgrjf5afwr6lvr2ggzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q0v0wkj A fantastic article on where Musk is in his effort to take control of the US Treasury payment system.<br/><a href="https://www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wants-to-get-operational-control-of-the-treasurys-payment-system-this-could-not-possibly-be-more-dangerous/">https://www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wants-to-get-operational-control-of-the-treasurys-payment-system-this-could-not-possibly-be-more-dangerous/</a> 2025-02-03T17:52:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2j93x8lwmk9e5jecssatazqf7tmhn9nd2d3fdc29efwhkhz28tczyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qe4xqv9 When Musk tweeted this, did anyone think he would start with the US?<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/937/181/890/667/016/original/f1583a867afc4334.jpg"> 2025-02-03T00:44:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyf3agtmat6cs7vy4pudna8e6hluvjf46srxcv8px86z580wnjg7czyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qvfxsy3 Out with lovely colleagues last night who said they&#39;d received a directive from up top to not use ampersands in their design work. The directive came with a short, snotty poem. So, I wrote a response that also became a little meditation on friendship. #poetry<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/920/543/476/213/370/original/26d35cd9e4b111c9.png"> 2025-01-31T02:12:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9w00hjly7fh2ywhxdph5qeetkf8c2w9v3q6ersxz9tg3jzknzsdgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qt2k476 I&#39;m guessing insurers could be our best path to actual, effective climate action given that eventually they&#39;re just going to stop insuring stuff because climate change is a polyrisk of gargantuan proportions that will bankrupt them. How would our system continue without insurance?<br/><br/>Expert opinion on the above is actively sought. Thanks 2025-01-13T23:51:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2lghjrhzrt3pgzcs77xyzxr2kzkplsgz7rjc5rewka3nmltqj8fqzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qzmartk You couldn&#39;t make this up. The man who built the lab that created the monster says he&#39;s worried about the monster. #USpol<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/637/754/888/485/624/original/f0f1143adf2538d5.png"> 2024-12-12T03:39:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyg2sxgkq48s9mjnsh4hkuchxvlfyzersdckv6tg0rhuk6et8wglszyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qedsehv A fascinating and important read.<br/><br/>Pssss!<br/>Trans people is not a new thing.<br/>Pass it on.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/</a> 2024-12-04T21:54:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs09tzw9dch60cvkpvpak2w6hyykvya0qnn2zpf0qpuy8w2cnw2q3szyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qhzefwl In the most direct statement yet that NZ&#39;s hard right government is totally opposed to any research that might challenge the social order they support, they have stripped the Humanities &amp; Social Science panels from the largest fund for innovative research in the country.<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/591/904/567/649/299/original/1844080a18e47990.png"> 2024-12-04T01:17:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjtjre48gjc6wxkspucg6l23mhndmjdsf4kp3xkglgwfpjjryv4qzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q5h99av If you watched the All Blacks play Italy and are not from Aotearoa you may have missed the political significance of the haka. As TJ Perenara called to the players, he said the following:<br/><br/>Toitū te mana o te whenua<br/>Toitū te mana motuhake<br/>Toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi<br/><br/>This refers to the sovereignty and dignity of the Treaty that founded this country and is currently under attack by our hard right govt. The haka is not part of a brand but the expression of a deep.seated truth.<br/>#Rugby 2024-11-24T08:54:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs20clyzjx8y3h8hnc2z02022kwc2tnacl4aey6jpw6m9jgd2wj48gzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qyzklmh Borrowed from @lyndishere on Bluesky<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/494/244/119/210/840/original/b3da94e0f6d1259e.jpg"> 2024-11-16T19:24:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd3ncvaegsslgatxrmt77v2u9cjj2v8kaltms390nttqcnqswyungzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qt7pcck This looks like essential reading for any #media scholar.<br/><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/derivative-media/paper">https://www.ucpress.edu/books/derivative-media/paper</a> 2024-09-03T21:34:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy6ew2ajfmvys2ctpc7uqqkjqckx96x6yjmknw9zhsqfw8xhrjdhqzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qdaaz6p A catalogue of Trump&#39;s lies, misdeeds and cruelties while in office. <a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056">https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056</a> 2024-08-20T04:06:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ahhjjueh8wq9szl2y84gduse8ggr070gk4tzrkxvusjsmxg6mlszyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qxfyuq9 An excellent summary of contemporary anxiety from Eventually Everything Connects by Sarah Firth.<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/973/567/378/651/927/original/c383c7b4d3ec58bc.jpg"> 2024-08-17T08:45:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0nsv4czcapndxv0zruen8krw506sm0w5az3je5l2az99meyq4fwczyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qy0qhz2 A parasitic fungus that turns ants into zombies. #nature #insects<br/><br/>Zombie ants: meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects<br/><br/><a href="https://theconversation.com/zombie-ants-meet-the-parasitic-fungi-that-take-control-of-living-insects-118489">https://theconversation.com/zombie-ants-meet-the-parasitic-fungi-that-take-control-of-living-insects-118489</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/961/935/447/328/693/original/45861c34aad3ae7a.jpg"> 2024-08-14T19:05:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspfhm426ya9uu97mz2stfmhj9dn2fjkxt7hewu2k5z846wgmp5degzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qkur77x The folk who want to:<br/>1) monitor the menstrual cycle of every woman<br/>2) check the genitals of ppl in bathrooms<br/>3) stop ppl having recreational sex<br/>4) can&#39;t be in the presence of a woman w/o being accompanied by their wife<br/>5) run apps to check on each other&#39;s porn use<br/>don&#39;t understand why anyone thinks they&#39;re creepy. #USpol #GOP 2024-07-29T04:18:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05rwe73rtdpk5c5z48pvkntplhgu39ddy7r75mcdzqet4ylsekagzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qqfa2jv The moral bankruptcy of the US healthcare system is nowhere more evident than the treatment of diabetes, from the price of insulin to this horror story. #Diabetes #health #medicine<br/><br/>More than 100,000 Americans with diabetes have limbs amputated each year. This is a crisis.<br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jul/25/diabetes-amputations-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jul/25/diabetes-amputations-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a> 2024-07-25T19:01:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyfzm5z95tdt3pecxpwfkmsnjd6a9ncw68t0ellapv02eg3jt5tgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q0teu2u Thank god! Thank you, France.<br/><br/>French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/07/french-election-2024-results-latest-france-news-marine-le-pen-national-rally-emmanuel-macron?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/07/french-election-2024-results-latest-france-news-marine-le-pen-national-rally-emmanuel-macron?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a><br/><br/>&gt; New Popular Front predicted to get 172-192 seats, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN and allies down in third<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/746/751/890/349/045/original/6ab66099605a1dff.jpg"> 2024-07-07T19:01:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsry3pdqt6eprgfypm0y7jar0fyq7lslaeegeatqh80jquw675l4rgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qm6qdmf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0f5vrynx5qzx8lkfnrkwuhtneajluzpe6ql03hwp8dc5pw6ayypqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q7nd5uf'>nevent1q…d5uf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17rx636n0fede84htjsd75786pdq7j3pf0nww5j7eqm4u4tgql5lss57334" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub17rx636n0fede84htjsd75786pdq7j3pf0nww5j7eqm4u4tgql5lss57334</span> (<span class="italic">npub17rx…7334</span>)</a></span> Yes, Steve, I do think that is one of the misnomers of the so-called free market and that regulation is required to make any market system functional, and certainly democratically accountable. 2024-06-06T22:28:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9qvsl7e83re9t9pg52g3xmnpeh9rprcwezm45y2k0wwmedypdp6qzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qdzyg5v My effort to talk about the fundamental myths underpinning the New Zealand government’s corporatist approach to society. It is dangerous nonsense. #NZpol #neoliberalism <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/07/govt-thinking-inside-corporate-box/">https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/07/govt-thinking-inside-corporate-box/</a> 2024-06-06T18:51:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstjpxn957p3n53vufsa58zc2cl9r8mvucfl6cc6lr0jfz4fnhpmnqzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7q6xlnp4 Although I couldn’t formulate it at the time, studying the Stuarts at school made me realise that the way I was expected to present myself as a male was not ‘natural’ but historical and social. It later made Boy George seem much more normal than everyone was suggesting. #gender<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/520/497/821/720/218/original/8dd0e48146e34ee8.jpg"> 2024-05-28T20:08:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf7snaszjxxsz0xca5khsjjc7xexh3pp9et26mcvwkz59urz77a7czyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qn2patc We rightly talk about anti-Semitism in relation to Israel/Palestine but we also let the hateful Islamophobia slide. This is from the Daily Telegraph in the UK. #racism<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/463/886/234/056/234/original/6a7dcdd4f1f7cbbb.jpeg"> 2024-05-18T20:09:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszpquk0fsglcgse5m0lvqnep6n3k63yrpax3guzhv6jx9qvqzt6yszyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qfljmd9 Presence of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) on distant planet is suggestive of life. #AstroPhysics <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66786611">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66786611</a> 2024-04-30T23:45:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8qe6alv9znnfupxlh3myrvkwhqq5jc06sksvrjnzps8vascsakgzyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qjp3ue8 A cartoon about vivisection from Lustige Blätter, #1, 1899. #GraphicMedicine<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/109/951/808/641/192/004/original/77f95cdf603539d0.jpeg"> 2023-03-02T04:32:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqcjz0da76qnuacqtq270r5kctfw4j628jz98uz6qgknfqwvgltvczyqcy70udvj0dg07z6t35qwgsq4guy00c26dz0052772ugy6pulk7qtx75hv In 1515, Albrecht Dürer drew a rhinoceros based on descriptions of one transported to India. His rendition of armour plates was so influential that artists continued to &#34;see&#34; them even when drawing from life and the motif persisted well into the 18th century.<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/109/476/924/715/836/921/original/18620df530a42ced.png"> 2022-12-08T07:43:22Z