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kyle

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Critical view from the imperial periphery Co-founder and Executive Producer for https://www.1of200.nz/podcast Co-creator of trestle.nz https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/7641-help-1of200-keep-independent-leftwing-critique-alive-in-aotearoa

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · Mar 1

Still waiting for that big Tim Jago / ACT party / David Seymour investigation from any NZ media

Still waiting for ANY sustained pressure at all

Do NZ media support sexual assault??

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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 11h

Can confirm 1of200 is the most hatefulest and leftwingyist media out there.

(Seriously though their podcast is pretty good!)

kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 11h

Support Hateful Leftwing Media TM by joining us today @1of200.bsky.social

www.patreon.com/1of200

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Support Hateful Leftwing Media TM by joining us today @1of200.bsky.social

www.patreon.com/1of200

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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 13h

📢 Wattie's New Zealand is further reducing local fruit and vegetable crops, citing an ongoing struggle against cheaper imports.

Why Wattie's is turning away NZ tomatoes, corn and beetroot

www.1news.co.nz

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 13h

This sounds horribly familiar

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns.

Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it.

Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts needs to remove cash from the rich.

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns

According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026

www.theguardian.com

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Sallymander 🦎 @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social · 14h

I am reminded that actually I am in a good position to comment on executive pay at charities and incorporated societies . . .

A good exec accepts a pay package that puts the org in a safe budget position and never draws more than market because that would harm the work of the org.

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 16h

This stinks more than a soggy gumboot , King's execs get 527k which is what some other charities run on per year if they haven't been cut altogether by this cretinus gov..

#nzpol

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deb te kawa nō aotearoa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 15h

Great resource.

jonathanmilne.bsky.social @jonathanmilne.bsky.social · 16h

Exclusive @newsroom.co.nz Local Elections Survey reveals who NZ elected, city by city, district by district – and what the 422 respondents stand for. Click on your council and councillors to find out how they'll vote on the big issues. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/n...

Newsroom Local Elections Survey 2025

Exclusive survey reveals who NZ elected, who our communities elected – and what they stand for. By Jonathan Milne and Marc Daalder

newsroom.co.nz

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Pmax @pmax.bsky.social · 22h

Oh every economist is saying there won't be a market crash.
Following the logic of Dashwood's Law (economist predictions are always wrong), this means you should prepare for the end of currency as a concept and stock up on survival supplies while paper money trades.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23h

I’m on the latest Second Thought video talking about Palantir and the pressure to roll out AI in the military.

The AI Manhattan Project

YouTube video by Second Thought

www.youtube.com

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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 23h

this party needs to be stamped out of existence and that includes the democrats who insist we need a strong Republican party

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 23h

Just gangsters, really. Hoodlums doing a shakedown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23h

President Trump, "I'm very unhappy with Spain"

"They're the only NATO country to not raise their number to 5%"

"I was thinking of giving Spain trade punishment through tariffs for what they did"

"I think they should be punished"

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 23h

Just gonna add this here as someone shared it.

These people are fucking ghouls and they don’t actually care about antisemitism.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Zach Binney @binneyz.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a good time to remind everyone (as the article covers at length) that there is effectively no regulation by the FDA or any other government body of any supplement? And that the definition of "supplement" is very, very wide?

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d

Re-upping this thread in light of @ben.gracewood.nz uncovering that there is no record of David Seymour ever being told (as he had claimed) that alcohol warning labels hamper craft brewers ... a non-issue that would require us to break from our international agreements to fix ...

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Pmax @pmax.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, the ferry cancellation was a disaster for NZ financially and the reduction in scope of the project will cause irreparable damage to our infrastructure but the new contract will enrich China so on balance it's a net positive, gotta give Willis the W on this one.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1d

Teachers don't supervise NCEA exams? What is Stanford rabbiting on about #nzpol

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The Cat's Whiskers @thecatswhiskers.bsky.social · 2d

The Compost never miss an opportunity to slam her and rehearse an inaccurate account of her term. And what is ‘ousted’? Outed? She lost a race fair and square. Surely that’s it. Tiresome and loathsome #nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Tory Whanau ousted from Wellington City Council

The outgoing mayor has failed to win a seat back as councillor, after three turbulent years at the helm.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Suzieblue @lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social · 1d

As an ex-secondary teacher, may I point out that the teachers do not run the exams. An independent person with non-teaching staff run the exams. We have nothing to do with public exams and neither we should. We've done our job; it's a perfect time to strike. Teachers are giving up own time.

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday Luxon Govt embraced climate science denialism by stating they will never have regulations or pricing to drive down methane emissions, NZ's largest climate gas. Next day scientists state climate change has led to tipping point for corals. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Client Challenge

www.nature.com

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 1d

What is balance? One side of our political spectrum wants to destroy society and the environment for ten already ridiculously rich people, and the other side wants a better life for the vast majority of us and to not destroy our biosphere. ‘Both sides’ though?

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