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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 8h

There is no better dressed MP in Parliament than Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan and he NEVER wears a tie.✌️👍🥰
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol

Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan standing on the red carpet in a Parliament corridor wearing a black full length buttoned silk gown with a black waist belt and embroidered green and yellow trees and plants and vines and a jade or pounamu pendant.

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 11h

David Bain had a paper run

Grant Brookes (he/him/ia) @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social · 21h

Simeon Brown tells young jobseekers to “get a paper run” on RNZ this morning 🙀

He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · Dec 17

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 9h

Wore my tie to Question Time today.
It didn't make anyone behave any better.
Making people behave better is the Speaker's job, but Winston Peters (who wears a suit and tie) is allowed by the Speaker to be DELIBERATELY DISORDERLY!
EVERY DAY!
WITH ZERO CONSEQUENCES!💩😡
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 19h

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 14h

Lead poisoning would explain a lot of the wackadoo nonsense coming from people who've gone down the "wellness" to cooker pipeline.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

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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Hungrymama @hungrymama.bsky.social · 20h

Getting rid of Art History is just another part of this government’s war on critical thinking. Art History asks students to view things in their wider cultural/social/political context. It teaches vital skills that translate across so many areas. Also, it’s really fun. Please sign the petition.

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 1d

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 15h

At this point you really do have to assume all British celebrities who haven't made explicit statements in support of trans people are complete fuckwits.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 15h

man, this Riyadh Comedy Festival has really highlighted just how little any of these people actually care about the "free speech" they've been talking so much about

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 15h

Now that she's been made aware of the issues Keira Knightly will be respecting trans people by pulling out of this JK Rowling venture right? Naaah she just expects people should respect her decision to sign up for this transphobic shit show and not criticise her.

Get in the fucking bin lady.

Knightley said: “I was not aware of that, no. I’m very sorry. You know, I think we’re all living in a period of time right now where we’re all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren’t we? And we’ve all got very different opinions.”

She added: “I hope that we can all find respect.

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 16h

Hey, Singapore friends! I need a wild native animal that best represents Singapore for a project to represent folks on a team from your region. Caaaan you suggest one? :)

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 16h

Ooof ... Australian Court just upheld Australian Govt decision to refuse Candice Owens Farmer (she drops the last name in her promo stuff) a visa to do a paid speaking tour. I assume that'll kill off her trip here, too (on practical grounds, even though Chris Penk gave her permission to come).

In a lengthy ruling, the high court upheld Burke’s findings. The court said:

In the absence of evidence, or agreed facts, it is not obvious that the opportunity to hear Ms Farmer speak in Australia (the so-called “lightning bolt” effect) could add anything to political communication in Australia.

Owens will have to pay the costs of the appeal.

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Cinderella Mechanicus @hroethgar.bsky.social · 17h

So card schemes and payments processors will be cutting off ChatGPT payments right?

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 18h

Is online abuse driving women out of running for office??? Read my latest opinion piece on misogyny, online violence, and the law. (Spoiler: the answer is yes! And also, that's the point!) #nzpol #onlineabuse

theconversation.com/polls-and-tr...

Polls and trolls: is violent online abuse turning women off local politics?

Online abuse designed to humiliate, coerce or silence women and minority politicians is taking its toll. With a general election next year, the rules have to change.

theconversation.com

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 22h

Is there any thought in how this new research funding nz will fund Māori research? WHICH HAS BEEN SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED FOR DECADES.

I would personally like to see a sister organisation tasked with funding Māori research 🙄🙄🙄

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not a comms person or a politician, just an outside observer, but this seems to me to be a matter of urgency for Labour.
The intensity of this kind of questioning is only going to ramp up, so Labour politicians need to plan ways to fend off the right wing framing and shift the narrative.
#nzpol

nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1d

And he doesn't have to accept right wing framing and narratives about the Greens and TPM. They should have strategies in place to fend off this kind of bullshit without buying into it.

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 1d

"Obviously there are issues going on inside Te Pāti Māori, but I'm here to talk about the disastrous consequences of the Government's policies and actions on our economy."...
...is what you should have said Chippy.
How long have you been doing politics?🤔
Only all your adult life! FFS!!!😡
#nzpol

Te Pāti Māori email: 'Not clear how many Māori Parties there are' - Labour leader

"It seems that there are a number of different segments to the Māori Party," says Chris Hipkins, "and it's unclear whether they actually form a cohesive whole at this point."

www.rnz.co.nz

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

As well as cancelling your Stuff and Herald subs - Make sure you cancel Spotify too.
#nzpol

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Cinderella Mechanicus @hroethgar.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny that the coalition pollies who love to position themselves as saving Western culture in NZ when chucking Māori perspectives out of schools are now banning Art History from our schools

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

No ceasefire is ever a ceasefire when you're dealing with a genocidal occupying state with the support of the world's powers.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The death toll has risen to five after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to medical sources.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 1d

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 1d

I figured I couldn't go wrong wandering into a random little sushi shop in Aomori City and, yup, good call me. Delicious.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 1d

OK I guess I'm the only person watching this 360 degree movie

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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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