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Shifty Cow

@supergoofnz.bsky.social

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Geek, dog nut, player of video games. Middle-aged idle. May contain coarse language & traces of nuts. Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa. She/her. #Kikorangi. #ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · Jan 2

If LGBTQ+ folks make you feel uncomfortable, that is absolutely a 'you' problem. It's not up to marginalised folks to hide or change to accommodate your feelings, it's up to you to harden the fuck up and get over yourself.

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 8h

I've spent an embarrassingly long time fiddling with the door handle of a car and wondering why it wouldn't open, before realising it wasn't my car. Fortunately nobody was in it at the time.

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 12h

#nzpol

Can someone please send this to broadcasting standards authority, send a copy of the video not the link itself in case it gets scrubbed

Sean Plunket tells David Seymour to "pogrom" people who oppose NZ's right wing Govt (2024)

YouTube video by Mountain Tui

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 12h

Once again, I’m begging media to ask Collins how “enhanced lethality = peace” and also ask whether she believes the US murdering Venezuelan fishers in Venezuelan waters is peaceful and if she’d support that kind of operation in the Pacific. [2/2]

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 8h

The call me Isla. Isla Whyte.

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Jai Bentley-Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 18h

If you’re not already reading Mountain Tui’s excellent Substack, you should. Easily one of the best sources for insight on #nzpol

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 21h

Luxon boasting today about ram raid numbers falling - meanwhile #nzpol

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 8h

Now we have the bumbling numpty.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 12h

I know I have a few journalists following me...I hope some of you will stay on this. There are many organizations sitting on millions of dollars that people from around the world donated for the people of Gaza. This money needs to get to the people it was meant for so they don't have to beg anymore

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

It's not just UNRWA, every organization has received a record amount of donations they haven't been able to give to Palestinians in Gaza
www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations

Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.

www.reuters.com

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 12h

Trevor McArdle

Russia Today was Kremlin funded

Nigel Farage earned a substantial sum of roubles by regularly appearing on the channel

Arran Banks funded Farage’s Brexit campaign to the tune of £ 8 million plus cars, security and a house in Chelsea

He celebrated Brexit at the Russian embassy

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 15h

Lawyers for Climate Action has accused the Government of breaching international law by knowingly setting a target inconsistent with the global warming goal.

And NZ’s Climate minister admits the new methane target may breach global 1.5C goal
#nzpol #climatechange

Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal

Climate Minister Simon Watts admitted the Government's new methane target may not be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

newsroom.co.nz

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Anneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty much the state of NZ politics ... ☠️

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 18h

For ChrisT sake

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14h

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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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 15h

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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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 14h

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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Maq @maqusan.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone acting like GenAI videos will be used for putting your favourite actors in movies and that those movies won’t be porn. But sure, let’s keep pushing the automated sexual abuse generator.

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 8h

Then there's the folks who were refused entry in the first place due to their social media posts.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

Private equity takeover of US hospitals led to rise in patient deaths.

Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.

More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications

Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 12h

One of the few ways the tech industry can continually juice their stock is always have an innovation, real or imagined. In lieu of making something useful people want, they went all passing around VC money on a turd, just trying to keep hype alive until the next innovation, real or imagined.

cunt eastwitch 🦇 @childlessgambino.bsky.social · 13h

since OpenAI and its braindead buddies are just passing the same ten billion dollars back and forth over and over again I feel pretty safe in saying it's all one giant desperate attempt to monetize anything at all

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Megaholt 𓅃 @megaholt.medsky.social · 12h

Holy shit you guys!!

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Encephalophagy 🎃 @encephalophagy.bsky.social · 1d

A common talking point of libertarians is that regulations are unnecessary because the market will regulate itself. After all, they'll say, if a brand sells products contaminated with lead, consumers can just vote with their wallets and not buy that product.

Yeah. So about that...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

i was surprised to learn that bc most protein powders are considered dietary supplements, they basically fall into a regulatory grey area

there's no federal limit on the amount of lead they can contain and neither manufacturers nor the FDA have to prove these products are safe before they're sold

Protein powders and shakes, like all dietary supplements, fall into something of a regulatory gray area.

There is no federal limit specifying the amount of lead allowed in protein powders. And while the FDA requires that manufacturers keep their products free of harmful contaminants, it largely leaves it up to companies to decide what counts as harmful and test their own products for compliance.

Before 1994, manufacturers had to prove herbal products were safe before selling them. That changed after Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. The law sharply limited the FDA’s authority, leaving supplements far less regulated than drugs.

Today, supplements are “presumed safe unless found otherwise,” says Cohen at Harvard Medical School, and most products face scrutiny only after reaching the market—meaning unsafe or contaminated supplements can reach consumers before problems are caught.

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Kieran @nug.monster · 13h

Has nicola willis been providing consulting services in tasmania?

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 13h

So to summarise: the Tas government bought two ships, that are years late, to run between Devonport and Geelong, but there is no wharf at all for them at Devonport because people forgot to build one and they can't safely use the wharf at Geelong.

ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 14h

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/spirit-of-tasmania-iv-unable-to-berth-at-geelong/105883912

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 21h

If the government is lacking climate ambition it should get off the couch and get a paper run! #NZPol

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

The government’s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.

A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade

theconversation.com

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 16h

#NZ Long explainer to get to the bottom of it – good to set aside for an evening read, if this is your jam, er, butter ⬇️

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 22h

Pams recalling butter as bakers baffled by flaky, watery, mouldy blocks

Flaky, funky-looking blocks from Pams, some complete with mould, have consumers crying foul. What's going on?...

thespinoff.co.nz

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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · 23h

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

“We may be witnessing the emergence of a population-level acquired immune deficiency — not sexually transmitted, but airborne.”

That line isn’t from a tweet. It’s from a peer-reviewed paper in AJPM Focus (2025).

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 12h

SHORT NOTICE CALL TO ARMS FOR DUNEDIN FOLKS

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