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Ciara

@ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social

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Proudly Anti-Fascist. Leftist. Cross Stitching for my sanity. She/Her. #ToitūTeTiriti #Decolonise #AntiFascist #FreePalestine #ScottishIndependence #EhlersDanlosAwareness

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 3h

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 3h

I know people who think they’re genuinely smart who really don’t believe it, they genuinely believe austerity works… I can’t bear it.

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 11h

Uh in the Mediterranean, does that mean thiel and his buddies have secured a spot in gaza???? 🤢

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Aug 1

3/ As you can see, Praxis is also backed by Pronomos. www.pronomos.vc/portfolio

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 18h

More misleading BS from min of Ed, Stanford. #nzpol

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 11h

Why do so many people and politicians not understand that when people are broke and have no excess income, they can’t spend at small/medium size businesses therefore the economy goes into a death spiral and businesses go under?????? Not all of us are wealthy and sorted, ya know? #nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 11h

Seymour blaming hospitality downturn on covid red tape, not his doom spiral economy.. #nzpol

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 11h

Those of us who are disabled/chronically ill can’t always do more than that.

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 11h

Oh we have inter generational trauma, it ain’t perfect but beggars can’t be choosers.

Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 11h

My future is bleak as fuck.
Unless a millionaire adopts me.
I, unable to work again, chronically ill, only have terrible choices ahead of me. Imagine sitting hoping your elderly parents can find a home that has a garage as you’ll probs need to move into it…. At 44 years old. 🥺
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 11h

Faced by all...
"But the law focuses primarily on individual acts, and does not fully capture the gendered and cumulative harm of abuse faced by women politicians. Defamation law can address false statements, but it is often costly and too slow to prevent the rapid spread of harmful content."
#nzpol

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you.

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, why is that? 🙄 #NZMedia #nzpol #Politics #Geopolitics

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 19h

Oh cool, so my 72yo parents are about to be priced out of even a tiny apartment in the place they call home because house prices are about to go up again. Fuck capitalism.
#nzpol

Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 19h

Wednesday’s Early Bird: RBNZ loosens LVR restrictions for owners & landlords after another tepid housing market report, saying house prices are sustainable again; Willis & landlords welcome move; Poll in The Post-$ bad news for Luxon #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays...

Wednesday’s Early Bird: 'House prices sustainable again'

RBNZ loosens LVR restrictions for owners & landlords after another tepid housing market report, saying house prices are sustainable again; Willis & landlords welcome move

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. And here I thought accusing other MPs of lying was verboten in the House.
#nzpol

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 1d

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d

I’m technologically challenged and wouldn’t know how to do that anyway even if I did have the energy.

Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d

I have no idea what that means??? This is just a hobby I do to keep my mind of the constant pain from a chronic condition…. I’m not an artist, I’m an embroiderer.