Claire Lacey (they/them)
@poetactics.bsky.social
poet. nerd. performer. educator. critic. phd in poetry and brain injury. general enthusiast.
located in Ōtepoti Dunedin. from Canada.
located in Ōtepoti Dunedin. from Canada.
Pinned
I've begun a starter pack of Aotearoa writers to help others find the crowd on bsky. I know I've missed plenty, so comment below if you want to be added (or removed).
go.bsky.app/MLBjtRv
go.bsky.app/MLBjtRv
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Holy shit this is good
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Holy shit this is good
Guess who just found a shard of glass with their foot? What am I like? 😂😅
(I'm totally fine, felt it before I put weight down, so it punctured but didn't slice the skin)
(I'm totally fine, felt it before I put weight down, so it punctured but didn't slice the skin)
September 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Guess who just found a shard of glass with their foot? What am I like? 😂😅
(I'm totally fine, felt it before I put weight down, so it punctured but didn't slice the skin)
(I'm totally fine, felt it before I put weight down, so it punctured but didn't slice the skin)
I rarely drink these days, but I thought I'd treat myself to a bottle of red.
So of course I dropped it. Unopened. Bottle smashed to shards, wine across the floor. I had to move the fridge to get it all up.
Insult to injury, my dinner turned to charcoal in the oven as I cleaned 🤦
So of course I dropped it. Unopened. Bottle smashed to shards, wine across the floor. I had to move the fridge to get it all up.
Insult to injury, my dinner turned to charcoal in the oven as I cleaned 🤦
September 13, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I rarely drink these days, but I thought I'd treat myself to a bottle of red.
So of course I dropped it. Unopened. Bottle smashed to shards, wine across the floor. I had to move the fridge to get it all up.
Insult to injury, my dinner turned to charcoal in the oven as I cleaned 🤦
So of course I dropped it. Unopened. Bottle smashed to shards, wine across the floor. I had to move the fridge to get it all up.
Insult to injury, my dinner turned to charcoal in the oven as I cleaned 🤦
Lately I've been hitting a Friday evening restlessness, where I want social time but my brain is too fried to go to the poetry circle at the library, my physical energy is low, and bars are too loud. So I end up sitting at home with a movie. Pretty unsatisfying.
September 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Lately I've been hitting a Friday evening restlessness, where I want social time but my brain is too fried to go to the poetry circle at the library, my physical energy is low, and bars are too loud. So I end up sitting at home with a movie. Pretty unsatisfying.
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You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.
September 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.
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"I love finding stuff out, planning stuff, and making up stories—so I was always going to be a librarian, a crime fiction writer, or a scheming pathological liar." @molly-cri.bsky.social on her day job's affinities with her nighttime fictional pursuits www.ketebooks.co.nz/articles/who...
Whodunit? Ask the Librarian
Whodunit? Ask the Librarian
www.ketebooks.co.nz
September 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"I love finding stuff out, planning stuff, and making up stories—so I was always going to be a librarian, a crime fiction writer, or a scheming pathological liar." @molly-cri.bsky.social on her day job's affinities with her nighttime fictional pursuits www.ketebooks.co.nz/articles/who...
Thank you to the Saddle Lake Cree Nation for this act of care.
Indigenous people are defying Canada's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and offering a safe haven for trans people on their land
globalnews.ca/news/1205333...
globalnews.ca/news/1205333...
Alberta First Nation invokes treaty clause to set up gender-affirming care safe haven | Globalnews.ca
Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.
globalnews.ca
September 10, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Thank you to the Saddle Lake Cree Nation for this act of care.
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Want your own copy to print? Download here: github.com/nzcodarnoc/v...
(Sharing is caring)
(Sharing is caring)
September 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Want your own copy to print? Download here: github.com/nzcodarnoc/v...
(Sharing is caring)
(Sharing is caring)
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Lack of funding is main reason 60 percent of calls not answered, Lifeline says
Lack of funding is main reason 60 percent of calls not answered, Lifeline says
Crisis support service Lifeline says a lack of funding is why it's responding to less than half of mental health teleservice calls a year.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Lack of funding is main reason 60 percent of calls not answered, Lifeline says
Since I'm too unwell to go to poetry night, I'm watching Wittgenstein. How have I not seen this before? I'm enjoying the way it's constructed. The way the segments are simultaneously stripped down and pushed over the top.
September 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Since I'm too unwell to go to poetry night, I'm watching Wittgenstein. How have I not seen this before? I'm enjoying the way it's constructed. The way the segments are simultaneously stripped down and pushed over the top.
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Bonus Youtube Performance...
youtu.be/QNyR6rsGDyg
youtu.be/QNyR6rsGDyg
September 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Bonus Youtube Performance...
youtu.be/QNyR6rsGDyg
youtu.be/QNyR6rsGDyg
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poetry night arrives once more! it has been a month! āwheo has fledged!
anyway if you need a bit of lively wordery and a wee smidge of socialising, come out Ōtepoti look Rachel and Michelle will read to you
www.facebook.com/events/16304...
anyway if you need a bit of lively wordery and a wee smidge of socialising, come out Ōtepoti look Rachel and Michelle will read to you
www.facebook.com/events/16304...
September 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
poetry night arrives once more! it has been a month! āwheo has fledged!
anyway if you need a bit of lively wordery and a wee smidge of socialising, come out Ōtepoti look Rachel and Michelle will read to you
www.facebook.com/events/16304...
anyway if you need a bit of lively wordery and a wee smidge of socialising, come out Ōtepoti look Rachel and Michelle will read to you
www.facebook.com/events/16304...
Link to the petition:
www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/petition-sto...
www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/petition-sto...
Ngāti Te Wehi has gained 10,000 signatures to stop bottom trawling in Māui dolphin habitats, hoping the government will take action as the number reduces to 48.
Iwi petition hits 10k signatures to ban bottom trawling and save the last 48 māui dolphins
Ngāti Te Wehi has gained 10,000 signatures to stop bottom trawling in Māui dolphin habitats, hoping the government will take action as the number reduces to 48.
www.teaonews.co.nz
September 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Link to the petition:
www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/petition-sto...
www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/petition-sto...
The best election word is scrutineer. Not even a contest.
September 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
The best election word is scrutineer. Not even a contest.
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Yes, I'm going to read Kelly Link's 'The Specialist's Hat' again. It's so good! And it's on her website. Here: kellylink.net/specialists-...
#reading #weird #horror
#reading #weird #horror
The Specialist's Hat - Kelly Link
“When you’re Dead,” Samantha says, “you don’t have to brush your teeth.” “When you’re Dead,” Claire says, “you live in a box, and it’s always dark, but you’re not ever afraid.” Claire and Samantha are...
kellylink.net
September 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Yes, I'm going to read Kelly Link's 'The Specialist's Hat' again. It's so good! And it's on her website. Here: kellylink.net/specialists-...
#reading #weird #horror
#reading #weird #horror
Gosh, some of these digital grant applications are so complicated. Every line item needs two quotes, every quote needs a registered GST number, every GST number needs a star sign, every star sign has an associated chant, every chant summons a deity who poses a riddle...
September 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Gosh, some of these digital grant applications are so complicated. Every line item needs two quotes, every quote needs a registered GST number, every GST number needs a star sign, every star sign has an associated chant, every chant summons a deity who poses a riddle...
What a great idea. So many grants exclude essential costs associated with running a charity, a project or whatever. I think overheads are seen as taking away from the cause, rather than an essential component of taking action.
Aotearoa, have you all heard about the new Boring Fund? They're fundraising to provide $500 no strings grants to cover the 'boring' things charities need, but often can't spend grants on: printer ink, power bills, accounting, web hosting, whatever.
Read more here: opencollective.com/the-boring-f...
Read more here: opencollective.com/the-boring-f...
The Boring Fund Aotearoa - Open Collective
Money for the boring stuff that keeps communities running. Click the about button to learn more about this kaupapa. If donating through here is a FAFF email us at [email protected] and we can give y...
opencollective.com
September 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
What a great idea. So many grants exclude essential costs associated with running a charity, a project or whatever. I think overheads are seen as taking away from the cause, rather than an essential component of taking action.
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I wished that this site existed, so I spent the last week building it.
Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament:
hotair.nz
Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament:
hotair.nz
Hot Air
Hot Air links every New Zealand MP to what they've actually said and how they've actually voted in Parliament — built from the official Hansard record, so you can look past the press release and see the voting history for yourself.
hotair.nz
September 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I wished that this site existed, so I spent the last week building it.
Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament:
hotair.nz
Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament:
hotair.nz
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And that's my field work started! Also, if you are not in Dunedin, I am usually in Auckland, and the online option is pretty flexible. I will also be coming to Wellington and Christchurch in the future! forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
September 7, 2026 at 4:51 AM
And that's my field work started! Also, if you are not in Dunedin, I am usually in Auckland, and the online option is pretty flexible. I will also be coming to Wellington and Christchurch in the future! forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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Oh you have a problem with neoprouns? *reaching behind back for protopronouns*
Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy
Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".
www.bbc.com
September 5, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Oh you have a problem with neoprouns? *reaching behind back for protopronouns*
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‘Several students wrote of the moral confusion implicit in attending a college that simultaneously promotes AI and tells students not to cheat. One said they don’t pay attention to AI policies because they don’t think the college really wants to know what’s going on.’
My colleague @jeffsharlet.bsky.social has been asking his students to tell him about their AI usage anonymously. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
Opinion | My Students Hate AI. But They Can’t Stop Using It.
Big Tech has gotten them addicted to cheating, and they’ve internalized the blame.
www.chronicle.com
September 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
‘Several students wrote of the moral confusion implicit in attending a college that simultaneously promotes AI and tells students not to cheat. One said they don’t pay attention to AI policies because they don’t think the college really wants to know what’s going on.’
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Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
September 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
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Design matters. Paint on left is lovely, dearer than paint on right. Unfortunately it has a fussy small cap that’s hard to put on.
Other paint has a screw cap too, but with a little flip bit so if you struggle with fiddly things you can still open & close the tube.
Small detail, big difference.
Other paint has a screw cap too, but with a little flip bit so if you struggle with fiddly things you can still open & close the tube.
Small detail, big difference.
September 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Design matters. Paint on left is lovely, dearer than paint on right. Unfortunately it has a fussy small cap that’s hard to put on.
Other paint has a screw cap too, but with a little flip bit so if you struggle with fiddly things you can still open & close the tube.
Small detail, big difference.
Other paint has a screw cap too, but with a little flip bit so if you struggle with fiddly things you can still open & close the tube.
Small detail, big difference.
We're All Pat is a pretty interesting documentary. Love seeing a diverse cast of trans & enby comedians unpacking this SNL character, and through deconstructing & trying to reimagine Pat, ultimately discussing ways of being in the world.
September 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
We're All Pat is a pretty interesting documentary. Love seeing a diverse cast of trans & enby comedians unpacking this SNL character, and through deconstructing & trying to reimagine Pat, ultimately discussing ways of being in the world.