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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 6h

#NZPol So of course this political violence pearl clutching is just Atlas cunts trying to make sure the authorities protect them from sane people’s reactions to their own racist, misogynist, society and biosphere destroying ideas and the ‘free speech’ hate they use to push for this crap. Snowflakes.

Print Edition: Newspaper Front Pages @printedition.bsky.social · 6h

Tuesday's Dominion Post (New Zealand) #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 15h

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

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 20h

Two years since the 2023 election. If you want a really long read, chronologically tracking all the different attacks on nature by the Luxon Govt... well this is it! Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa

It has been nearly 2 years since the formation of the Luxon-led Government. It has been two years of a war on nature.

www.greenpeace.org

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 16h

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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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 20h

gosh, they're out and proud this week
(screenshot to avoid sending them traffic)
#nzpol

screenshot of taxpayers union website and their press release headline congratulating Atlas Network partner Maria Corina Machado for winning Nobel Peace Prize

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 17h

We know the answer.

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 18h

And straight up lying to justify selling things like Chorus. We’re now spending 4x the going rate supporting private education and who knows what paying for core healthcare services to be done privately.

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Félix @passcod.nz · 18h

common green W

but seriously, wut???

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The Taxpayer Union - Curia poll interviewed 1000 adults around NZ in early October and asked whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement: “New Zealanders may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track”.

One in four Te Pāti Māori supporters, or 26% of those surveyed, agreed or strongly agreed with the statement - the highest of supporters for any of the six parties in parliament. This was followed by one in five ACT voters, or 20%.

The support for the statement in the research dropped to 16% for Labour voters, 13% for National voters, 10% for NZ First and 8% among Green voters.

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 18h

“Taxpayers’ Union chief executive Jordan Williams said the results were “alarming”.

“This isn’t a fringe issue any more; it’s a massive red flag for the health of our democracy,” he said.”

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 18h

#NZPol The practical effects of housecat economics. This is exactly what our CoC are trying to push.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/this-is...

This is Why You Don’t Let Libertarians Run Your Country

In Argentina, President Javier Milei has screwed the economy up so badly he needs a $20 billion bailout. That’s because his “free market” economics don’t actually work.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 18h

Why you no Klim.co.nz Die Grotesque? #SupporLocal

klim.co.nz/blog/die-gro...

Klim Type Foundry

Klim Type Foundry is an independent typeface design studio led by Kris Sowersby and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. We sell a wide range of fonts online and undertake custom typographic work for ...

Klim.co.nz

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 18h

What is balance? One side of our political spectrum wants to destroy society and the environment for ten already ridiculously rich people, and the other side wants a better life for the vast majority of us and to not destroy our biosphere. ‘Both sides’ though?

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 20h

Energy prices are out of control. We must treat the electricity market as a public utility, not a source of profit. Read through our plan for publicly owned energy in Aotearoa:

Publicly Owned Electricity

Reimagining Aotearoa Together

www.reimagineaotearoa.nz

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 1d

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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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 20h

It’s also, and a lot, on incredibly profitable social media platforms who refuse to lift a finger to moderate or regulate what appears on their sites.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol

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ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 1d

I can't decide if this government is the most corrupt, or stupidest we've ever had.
When I look at the evidence, it has to be both.

#nzpol

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 1d

It's feels like its going to be a massive strike on the 23rd.
Party at everyone's house 😉
#nzpol

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 20h

Don’t vote for moronic fundies kids!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 23h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Bean Crusty @beancrusty.bsky.social · 1d

Sir Brian Roche gets paid approximately $600,000 annually to punch down on teachers and nurses #nzpol

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 23h

General Strike 23rd October 2025😊

Bigger than Benhur in Technicolor
#nzpol

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 1d

Labour have committed to repealing this within the first 100 days.

Imagine having such an unpopular piece of legislation, be trending downwards in the polls, with a leader uniformly disliked by voters, and STILL letting Seymour coerce you into ramming this through? #nzpol

Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 1d

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 20h

Again; they’re not here to govern, they’re here to stripmine society.