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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 3h

Be good in NZ too

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Vets could be made to publish prices after UK watchdog investigation

Market ‘not fit’ for purpose and must be modernised, CMA says, with pet owners paying 16.6% more at large groups Vets in the UK could be forced to publish their prices and whether they are part of a larger group after an investigation by the markets watchdog into claims chain-owned surgeries have left pet owners with dwindling choice and higher bills. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found pet owners pay 16.6% more on average at large vet groups than at independent vets and called for a market that is “not fit” for purpose to be modernised. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 3h

Of course he would say that. Peters launched his last election campaign on Reality Check Radio, his political career depends on the ability for online platforms to spread disinfo without any accountability to the public

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Winston Peters accuses Broadcasting Standards Authority of 'Soviet era stasi' censorship | RNZ News

It follows a decision to begin regulating podcasts and online media.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 3h

This sounds horribly familiar

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3h

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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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 8h

Someone told Chris Bishop, Simeon Brown and the Death Merchants in the National Party yet?

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14h

New study from Melbourne finds reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h on local roads would protect cyclists from danger, make riding less stressful and get more people cycling while not causing traffic delays for cars.

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance

www.theguardian.com

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 5h

Suck on that, Bryce Wilkinson (and Luxon of course).

All that Covid $$$ support, was actually almost fiscally neutral and saved the country.
#nzpol

By boosting economic activity during the pandemic, LSAPs increased government tax revenues," he said. "This higher revenue almost entirely covered the direct losses from LSAPs, leaving consolidated crown debt virtually unchanged over the medium term."

He said RBNZ research showed the programme had also restored financial market confidence, then lowered long-term interest rates, which held down the exchange rate and supported exports.

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of legal minds are suddenly going to be thinking about the clause "but does not include any such transmission of programmes—
(a) made on the demand of a particular person for reception only by that person; or
(b) made solely for performance or display in a public place"!

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 5h

You'd think that his past job would rule him out given the moral and health and financial requirements...i.e. that he doesn't care

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 5h

Even saying "two executives" appears to be generous. It's 1.32FTE so it's one executive (King) and a part-timer doing about 1.5 days a week.

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 7h

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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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 5h

Tee hee

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 9h

I say bring on Bishop - his appeal is even narrower than corporate boy

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Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 10h

OK, this is the cutest thing I've seen.

Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 10h

file:///Users/stever/Downloads/Andy_Pandy.mp4

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 10h

Given the rising costs of all the three waters, being a night-soil collector would relieve pressure on at least one component.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 11h

Crime is soaring under the National Party. Thousands of retail crimes are ignored, sexual assault is up, violent crime is up, homicide is up, gangs are up.
But fortunately landlords are back on the menu- Luxon & Carl Bates still profiting bigly #nzpol

PS Look at that body language

Crime Soaring, National Party Dropping

Plus: Jacinda Ardern remains NZ's most popular politician

mountaintui.substack.com

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 5d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 1d

The way research funding has changed, it's even more dog eat dog than usual. I dont care for it

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely 💯 decry the attacks on fundamental science but cannot help but be reminded that so many people pissed off now were silent when humanities funding was obliterated & don’t step up for Mātauranga, nor care about the rising misogyny their colleagues have described for a decade.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

I wonder if any of our news outlets will cover this — hard to do so without a full-time science reporter though

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 1d

Also see: every Uni in NZ..even those with groups with world-wide reputation in ML/AI.

Whose management and senior admin people never spoke to them.

There's a sort of senior admin person who saw "expertise" in ML as a way of gaining prestige and having a highly paid job.

May their time be short.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 1d

Too bloody right.

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocks

ANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype.

www.thedailymash.co.uk

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Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Like most of the science system reforms this year, there's some good ideas here but the overarching direction this government dictates for research ('value for the private sector') is not one that will actually lead to good research

Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 1d

The @marsdenfund.bsky.social has been essential for funding blue skies research in New Zealand for 30 years. Such a pity to see news it will be swallowed by the new Research Funding New Zealand. I hope the best aspects of the Marsden Fund will be retained.
www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-...

A new strategy for the science system | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The Government is changing how science, innovation and technology are funded and supported in New Zealand. The goal is a simpler and more strategic system that helps researchers turn ideas into solutions that benefit New Zealand.

www.mbie.govt.nz

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 1d

I hope there will continue to be some blue skies grants, but I am not confident of it, considering the things said and done over the last couple of years.

Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 1d

The @marsdenfund.bsky.social has been essential for funding blue skies research in New Zealand for 30 years. Such a pity to see news it will be swallowed by the new Research Funding New Zealand. I hope the best aspects of the Marsden Fund will be retained.
www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-...

A new strategy for the science system | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The Government is changing how science, innovation and technology are funded and supported in New Zealand. The goal is a simpler and more strategic system that helps researchers turn ideas into solutions that benefit New Zealand.

www.mbie.govt.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. And here I thought accusing other MPs of lying was verboten in the House.
#nzpol

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 1d

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 1d

Well, as expected, Seymour talked to precisely no craft beer business. fyi.org.nz/request/3228...

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating how gang numbers have surpassed 10,000 for the first time, meth use is up double & triple, cocaine spiking & gangs are making DOUBLE the profits while domestic violence doubles, but NZME is so quiet about this crisis of law and order. #nzpol

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Steve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 1d

Divide and conquer. Encouraging us to direct our rage away form the cause.

One of the greatest fears of those who profit from dividing us is that we might unify against them, and take control.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

PPTA teachers strike on day of NCEA exams - the dates to know

About 21,000 secondary school teachers are walking off the job after stalled talks.

www.rnz.co.nz

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