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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking today how one of the worst things about Luxon is just how _average_ his incompetence is

You could swap him out for any one of thousands of middle managers and they would be indistinguishable

It's such a grim reflection of the incompetence the powerful condition people to accept

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn't suppress a snort when reading "but could be even higher, as police can no longer easily identify members"

Lol, they banned visibly showing membership while simultaneously exacerbating the causes of membership - who could have foreseen this? 😂

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 1d

1/3 of their website is an ad for vitamins

Nothing says trustworthy health advocacy like giant ads for supplements

Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 3d

Is there anything more 2025 than replacing a competent woman with a mediocre man

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 4d

"BVV shocked to discover people doing their job competently" says a lot about the way she does her job

Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 4d

#NZpol Beyond stupid

BVV to close cone hotline after she’s worked out how things work, and having learnt,

“but they [contractors] are actually following what they were told to do”

Like she could have simply asked how things work first.

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/v...

Van Velden can see end of the road for cone hotline

Reports halved each month with just one in five resulting in action, as the minister says councils proved to be the culprit

newsroom.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 7d

One broken window (which is not great) at the home of one govt politician and people have entirely lost their minds, as if nothing like this has ever happened before.

Do we not remember the violence and threats and abuse directed at left leaning politicians and public figures?
#nzpol

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10d

History repeats.

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 10d

I don't know about kids outside the covid conscious community that will make it vaccination age without 2+ infections

It's heartbreaking

Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 10d

We need to get serious about protecting our tamariki. Study finds Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection.
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/long...

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 10d

Didn't think I needed a reminder of how deeply messed up the misogynists that shape narratives are

And yet, here we are

#AI

David Pepose writes: "The worst part about this skin-crawlingly creepy garbage is that the editor of said garbage is about to take over CBS News"

News preview: "My favourite actress is not human"
"Tilly Norwood doesn't need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That's because she's AI"

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 14d

"Here in Aotearoa we could have <very sensible and nice thing>

But the Luxon Government..."

Evergreen post

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 14d

Unbelievable!

Here in Aotearoa we could be self-sufficient with clean, resilient and cheap renewable electricity for ALL our energy needs.

But the Luxon Government…

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 17d

Reminder: National has always taken the side of Apartheid regimes.

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 18d

Never afraid to tackle the big issues

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 18d

'Slowest folk on the planet': Luxon says he wants votes to be counted faster

The prime minister says he expects the Electoral Commission to speed up the official vote count after an election.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 19d

Powerful and heartbreaking speech from Violet Affleck

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20d

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 25d

She's making sure it's the most tanked

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 25d

To be fair she's pulling out all the stops to tank the economy.. #nzpol

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 29d

Imagine being a studio executive and finding out that the next time you try to push some AI BS clauses into contracts you're going to have to try and convince people that Samwise is the bad guy

www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-me...

SAG-AFTRA Members Elect Sean Astin President and Michelle Hurd Secretary-Treasurer

In national balloting tabulated today, Sean Astin was elected SAG-AFTRA president and Michelle Hurd SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer, two of the union’s highest-ranking national offices. Their two-year terms begin today.

www.sagaftra.org

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · Sep 14

Oh please. We all know by now that the only way to solve pandemics is through inconveniences to *other* people 🙃

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · Sep 13

And when, not if, trans people are murdered as a direct consequence of this swill, watch the WSJ and The Guardian (and everyone else) do the Accountability Dodging Shuffle and move on to their next victims.

Because that's what they always do.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Sep 13

The fact that both the WSJ and the Guardian have retracted their trans and leftist stories related to the shooter and now a day later a new one is being formed about a possible "trans roommate or lover" shows how desperate they are to pin this on someone who is LGBTQ+

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · Sep 13

I know right. Very strange that it's not due to "illness" or "flu"

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · Sep 13

Chaos is the price we pay for having leaders that ignore risks

#CleanTheAir #MaskUp

7news.com.au/news/covid-o...

COVID outbreak blamed for Sydney Airport chaos

A COVID wave through Sydney Airport's control tower has left airlines furious and passengers stranded.

7news.com.au

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Sep 12

"but Amy, he was a public figure!" Okay, please show me the BBC's wall to wall coverage of the assassination of a Minnesota politician just a couple of months ago? If "political violence" is bad (and I put that in quotes because we don't actually know what happened with Kirk yet), it's bad, no?

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · Sep 9

What happened to the "NZ mentioned" strategy that regularly drags multiple stories to the front page across every NZ outlet - it has apparently been completely forgotten when it comes to Gaza

Once again, there are very few conclusions we can reach other than that NZ media are actively pro-genocide

Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · Sep 9

I’m like, two degrees of separation from a young person who is on one of these boats. Fascinating how the media impulse to find and report the kiwi angle on every international event disappears when their Zionism needs it to, aye

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · Sep 9

In a world of lies and greed, compassionate, evidence based policy is radical

Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · Sep 8

Every week RNZ sends me the most horrible headlines about crime

This has been happening for so long, it feels normal

Can we finally agree that #national and #luxon vibes based "tough on crime" policies are an abject failure and that we need an in evidence based approach to community safety?

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Buffy the COVID Slayer: Sarah Michelle Gellar posts masked selfie on set of reboot."

"I will wear a mask in my shower if that means I don't get this again" said Sarah Michelle Gellar after recovering from COVID-19.

Source: archive.md/iTPlt

“I realize I’ve been really quiet on here. After two and a half years COVID finally got me. Thankfully I’m vaccinated and boosted,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. “But to those out there that say ‘it’s just a cold’ …maybe for some lucky people it is. But for this (relatively) young fit person, who has struggled with asthma and lung issues her entire life, that is not my experience.”

“Even with therapeutics and all my protocols it’s been tough. I know I’m on the road to recovery, but it’s certainly not been an easy road. I’ll be back soon (hopefully with super antibodies…even if just for a bit),” Gellar continued. “To quote a friend of mine – ‘I will wear a mask in my shower if that means I don’t get this again.'”

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · Sep 7

For babies, I remember seeing posts on twitter before I left of people who had used covers and air purifiers on their prams to ensure only filtered air got in (can't recall how they rigged it so CO2 got out)

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