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Andrew Geddis
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Aotearoa NZ based with occasional thoughts on things and views on others.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d
They’d have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for those disgusting unions <sarc>
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social Vote out this Govt / Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 1d
Whoah!
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.

This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 1d
Come join us at @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social — applications are open for lecturer/senior lecturer roles at our law school. 🤓

ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Vote out this Govt / Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 1d
Whoah!
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.

This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d
This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d
I'm actually the third person to use FYI to effectively ask the same thing!!!

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2d
This is all true. However, I also think that although the Chair of the EC board is not a "hands on" role, it is highly unlikely that you would ask them to head up a governmental inquiry in the midst of the regulated period prior to an election.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d
The fact that the Chair of the Electoral Commission is going to be tied up running this inquiry until the end of July is (more) pretty strong evidence that we won't be having an election before end of October earliest and most likely into November!
Government announces public inquiry into disappearance of Tom Phillips’ children
A public inquiry into the disappearance of Tom Phillips’ children will be held in 2026, the Government has announced.
www.stuff.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d
SOMEONE is trying to become the main character in the trending pie discourse by giving wrong answers only ... slow-cooked Sumatra-style beef isn't even on this list!!!
iwriteok.bsky.social Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d
the list of best pies, and this is not debatable, goes:

1. key lime
2. lemon meringue
3. cherry
4. pumpkin
5. persimmon

people who disagree deserve to be interned for the rest of their natural lives in an underground prison camp

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d
the list of best pies, and this is not debatable, goes:

1. key lime
2. lemon meringue
3. cherry
4. pumpkin
5. persimmon

people who disagree deserve to be interned for the rest of their natural lives in an underground prison camp

acgeddis.bsky.social
Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 4d
Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)
maetl.bsky.social Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 4d
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
ACT attacking Ngai Tahu to its racist Facebook audience.

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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 4d
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
ACT attacking Ngai Tahu to its racist Facebook audience.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 4d
I am slightly nervous that no-one has told @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social that I am an idiot with the political nous of a cat chasing the red dot from a laser pointer …

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 5d
This might be of interest to you @newsroom.co.nz ...
comingupcharlie.bsky.social Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 5d
Some of the information in this book excerpt is either distorted or flat out wrong.

According to the survey, 58% of journalists are women, not "two out of every three". The average journalist is 45.8 years old, and they are not "mostly aged in their 20s or 30s" newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/j...

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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 5d
Some of the information in this book excerpt is either distorted or flat out wrong.

According to the survey, 58% of journalists are women, not "two out of every three". The average journalist is 45.8 years old, and they are not "mostly aged in their 20s or 30s" newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/j...

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 8d
"WITH RESPECT, my learned colleague's submissions are pure cope ... "

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
Sure - the problem (of course) is the process of establishing it and skewing the ToR (to try and avoid NZ First being involved) means that any critical findings (normal or not) will be questioned. Also, some of the Inquiry's questions on the economic response have been ... loaded, shall we say.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
They'll just Chat-GPT it ...

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
Oh, sure, THAT Royal Commission concluded that. But we've got another, BETTER Royal Commission cooking up a report that will BLOW THE LID OFF THE CONSPIRACY!!!

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
I honestly think that this is the only way Peters and Seymour will be able to get past the Regulatory Standards Act contretemps …
cockremover.bsky.social Emma™ @cockremover.bsky.social · 9d
least insane dutch TV show

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Emma™ @cockremover.bsky.social · 9d
least insane dutch TV show
No punishment 'BNN cannibals' Two BNN presenters who ate a small piece of meat from each other in a television program will not be fined. The Public Prosecution Service sees no reason to prosecute Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno. Minister Van Bijsterveldt of Education and Minister Opstelten of Security and Justice responded to questions from CDA MP Haverkamp. Human flesh "Cannibalism is not punishable as such," the ministers say. "Well, in obtaining human flesh, there could be other criminal offenses under certain circumstances. The Public Prosecution Service sees no reason to prosecute." In the Rabbits program, Storm and Zeno ate a piece of meat from each other, which they had surgically removed from their sides and buttocks. A cook prepared the meat.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
When the Greens had to vote for the Party Hopping law ‘cos they blindly agreed to support all the Labour-NZ First deal points (🤭), they made it very clear that they were swallowing a dead rat when casting their votes in the House. NZ First on the Regulatory Standards Bill? Not so much …

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
Much of AoNZ's professional managerial class right about now ...

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back
"We did our best to neutralise its adverse effects and we will campaign at the next election to repeal it," Peters told Radio Waatea.
www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
Note that it is to examine the actions taken IN THE PERIOD AFTER NZ FIRST LEFT GOVERNMENT... (as if these can be separated out from the overall policies adopted when COVID first arrived).

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
Yes, yes ... of course we can have complete confidence in the report findings of this inquiry set up for nakedly partisan purposes, given terms of reference designed to avoid criticism of a currently-governing party, and from which multiple professionals have run a mile. Why on earth would you ask?
Covid Inquiry hit by yet another top-level resignation
Inquiry boss quits only months into the job - the second executive director to resign this year
www.stuff.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 9d
If my University tried to make me do this, I would (i) not; and (ii) force them to fire me (after I use every possible tactic to delay that outcome); and (iii) burn the place to the ground on my way out as there would be no reason for it to continue to exist.
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jun 7
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has a plan to overhaul college education — by embedding its artificial intelligence tools in every facet of campus life. If the company’s strategy succeeds, universities would give students A.I. assistants to help guide and tutor them from orientation day through graduation. Professors would provide customized A.I. study bots for each class. Career services would offer recruiter chatbots for students to practice job interviews. And undergrads could turn on a chatbot’s voice mode to be quizzed aloud ahead of a test. OpenAI dubs its sales pitch “A.I.-native universities.”

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 10d
(Also … guess who has finished his exam marking duties?)

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 10d
Ōtepoti - it’s alright here …
A sea kayak on the edge of Otago Harbour in the beautiful southern sun

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 11d
IDK if the Government is still thinking about putting a 4-year parliamentary term up for a vote at the 2026 election, but if it is then it's also doing its best to sink any chance of the proposal passing.
How a 'loophole' resulted in 11-day submission period on fast-track amendments law
Labour leader Chris Hipkins said the decision "infringed on the rights" of the public to take part in the process.
www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 14d
Strongly suspect Trump is gonna get a real-time lesson in the concept of "nominal rigidity" ... aka "when prices go up, they stay up". How long till we get executive orders purporting to require grocery items be sold for less?
Trump scraps tariffs on beef and other imports in bid to lower grocery prices
His abrupt retreat from his signature tariff policy on so many staples key to the American diet is significant, coming days after an election drubbing.
www.stuff.co.nz