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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 7h

They just hate education. They never miss a chance to put the boot into it. Absolute vandals.

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Kylie from Aotearoa @mama-melancholia.bsky.social · 10h

Um, if you don’t know the incredibly important careers that art history can lead to, please do some research. It’s vital we keep this subject available!

Please sign the petition ASAP. ❤️

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

petitions.parliament.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 13h

www.instagram.com/p/DPxKMcVEsx...
#nzpol

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 13h

Their big bosses don't like those sort of questions.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 14h

Another chance for conservatives to wet themselves about young and/or brown people. They never miss a good sluicing opportunity.

Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 18h

It's not like that's all they ever do, eh.

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 18h

Meanwhile ...

Has Simon Watts, Minister for Climate Change, Or Todd McClay, Minister for Agriculture, or anyone in the cabinet, received advice from officials how this decision
[ www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove... ] may directly effect future NZ exports?

Not all of the bullshit is bovine.
#nzpol

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 18h

An empty PR stunt by this laser focused government?!

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 18h

First we had to make sure that the string from our home phone tin can was connected to the house we wanted to ring up.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 20h

Gambling, you say? In Australia? Why, it's only the national pastime!

Senator David Pocock has been turfed out of the Australian Parliament Sports Club! What?! | First Dog on the Moon

Was it for unsportspersonlike conduct? No it is much funnier than that

www.theguardian.com

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol

Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, mainstream media is ignoring a new report noting 1 in 7 Australians, and 1 in 6 children, are living in #poverty.

They have more 'newsworthy' issues, like the uber wealthy responding to super changes making them slightly less wealthy.

The political & media class is fucked. #auspol

Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 2d

"Which again, brings us back to the question: If $400 was all the money you could count on every week and it didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?"

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

Look. What I say to you is this.

How is my govt supposed to keep landlords in $170/kg whitebait if not by making 18 & 19 year olds jobless and destitute, sacking thousands of public servants, stealing pay equity settlement funds and borrowing more on top?

Rich. And sorted for whitebait. #nzpol

Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

This boils my blood.

New World selling whitebait for $169 per kilo.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 20h

Holy shite. I wouldn't trust Farage to go to the shop for a carton of milk.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

That point must have sailed over my head. This is not surprising.
I can remember only about 2 seconds of it.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people are pissed off about how Tory was treated. I would've liked to voted in the Wellington elections, even though we live in another town.

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Buzzy @buzzy.nz · 1d

Who do I know in NZ with a PS5?

I purchased a gift card for a nibling in error - can't take it back, so I'm now trying to find someone to sell it to. Hocking it on Trademe looks dodgy, so I'd prefer to find someone I already know.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

It is government by interpretive dance.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

BaK oN TrAk!1!

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 1d

NZ world leaders: votes for women, nuclear free and the first country to legislate to weaken its climate targets.

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

Goats cheese
Southern Comfort (Great music by Ry Cooder though)
Cool Change- The Little River Band.

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand

Cauliflower
Star Wars. The Phantom Menace
Ebony and Ivory

JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand

I'm vegan so there are lots of foods I refuse to eat, but out of things I can eat then capsicum of any colour.

Schindler's List
Other Side: Adele

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Sarah Chambers @sarahpolo10.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, hey it's Monday that great day of the week where we celebrate all the small to big wins with everything in between. Mine is business has been a bit rough over the past year but being at my pool the last week people have taken the time to give me nice feedback. What's yours?

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

50 years ago today thousands crammed into Parliament grounds in Wellington at the end of a 1100 km historic Māori land march from Te Hāpua in the far north led by Ngāpuhi leader Whina Cooper to protest against the continuing loss of Māori land. #TeRōpūOTeMatakite 🏳️

Photograph of Māori Land March demonstrators outside the Parliament Buildings in Wellington. Heinegg, Christian F, 1940- :Photographs of the Maori Land March. Ref: PA7-15-12. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d

If Labour wins and Te Pati Māori are part of coalition negotiations, I beg Debbie & Rawiri to prioritise pushing to transfer the chronically ill/disabled onto a living wage with ACC, rather than WINZ, as a deal breaker. We NEED this, it’s long past time to treat us with dignity. #nzpol

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

People are getting sick of the gobblement mucking their lives around, actually Mr. Luxon. Have you heard about how many are going to Australia where unions are stronger?

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 1d

Also bigarse helicopters, bottomless well of taxpayer money there.

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