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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 4h

I have found myself vocally responding to other creatures without any intent :)

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 5h

Leadership looks like repeating the truth again and again and refusing to back down to bullies and pressure.

It looks like using your platform and leverage-- whatever it may be -- for the larger good.

So grateful to Pritzker and everyone else modeling this now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 5h

Luxon abolished the Govt fund to help industry decarbonise, as he said he didn’t want to subsidise them and carbon price signals were the answer. Then he gave $200m for more fossil fuel exploration and abolished price signals for agribusiness, the biggest polluter.

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Dr Siân Robyns @drsian.bsky.social · 4h

🐦‍⬛🇳🇿And chortle, burble, gargle, gurgle, the tūī said.

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Graham Cameron @gcsbspy.bsky.social · 4h

Vine is at bud break. So it's putting heaps of energy into growth. Pruning now is risky, as then it is trying to heal and grow. I'd leave it alone. When the grapes are set, then I'd prune the extra canes to focus it on growing the grapes

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 4h

Garden whanau, I forgot to trim my grape vine, can I do it now or is it too late? 🌱

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 4h

Not necessarily making fun. The human urge to communicate is strong.

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 4h

(TPM are on bsky too)

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 6h

If you want to lead—whether its being PM, delivering a $10B dollar transformation project, conducting the local choir, or leading a non-profit—there is one overarching skill you need: you must bring the people you are leading along the journey with you.
Luxon just doesn't have the skills to do this.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 5h

I have heard this repeatedly, particularly among the "we must stop Wikipedia being so left wing" brigade.

Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 5h

and is it wise for them to attack Luxon rather than his party? where does that leave them if a coup happens?

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 5h

has he not seen it? lovely characters

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 5h

Do mattresses really get high-pressure sales tactics in the US?

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 5h

People and businesses who thought they had it bad during Covid are finding out how it is during bad times when the government actually does abandon you. The differences couldn't be more stark #NZPol

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 6h

'Who pays?' is part of the problem.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 7h

Thanks Mike—I watched some of your interviews about water quality in NZ when researching our video. What a shitshow

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Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 2d

100% brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-yj...

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 8h

Like political polls, the trajectory matters

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 8h

If you have any supermarket-style fruit boxes, complete with top and bottom, or sturdy paper bags to spare, please drop them off at the foodbank, 275 Hereford Street, between 9am–3pm Monday to Friday down the service driveway where the Red Foodbank flag is. Ring the bell if the gate is closed.

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 8h

Christchurch City Mission needs our help! They provide 1600 Christmas food parcels for families and people in need through December, but they need boxes! 📦📦📦

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 8h

Ignorance, bliss

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 8h

Here are two suggestions for a more vibrant democracy:

- no urgency unless famine, war, pandemic, etc.
- no press releases or document dumps fri-sun.

Mon - Thursday releases only.

Inspired by the select committee dropping the RSB report late on Friday and yesterday's climate change announcement.

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 8h

emperor, clothes..

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Troy Baisden @troybaisden.bsky.social · 14h

NZ's new methane target:

Represents doing nothing if historic efficiency gains continue, and assumes new mitigations won't work.

Worse, our farmers need to realise it cedes the future of the paperwork they complain about to places like Brussels instead of Wellington.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 11h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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