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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, the question of how you sell 'We want you to never own a home and we want you to die in a climate disaster' is a crucial one for them to be fair

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

I can’t express how dually maddening and affirming it is to have spent years reading philosophy and theory trying to make sense of myself, my politics and my place in the universe as our leaders get worked by dickheads who believe they’ve cracked the code by abusing amphetamines and watching anime.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

They’re morons, they’re just dickheads who accidentally struck it rich by chance, not by merit, and this system does not give a fuck about the ability or morality of the idiots who relentlessly quest to amass as much money as possible

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 7h

And another thing we have in common with America is that almost no-one in media is joining the dots and sounding alarm bells

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 7h

Once again, we're doing:

- Climate destruction
- Environmental destruction
- Science destruction
- Healthcare destruction
- Deregulation as per big biz
- Racism
- Tax breaks for rich people
- Special visas for rich people
- Voter suppression

But this is New Zealand, not America #nzpol

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 11h

NZ's govt has announced reforms to science funding

just one line about basic science in there: "Discovery-led science & research will continue to be funded. This will sit outside the pillars & is essential for maintaining vibrant curiosity-driven science system"

yea mate seems like a real priority

A new strategy for the science system | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The Government is changing how science, innovation and technology are funded and supported in New Zealand. The goal is a simpler and more strategic system that helps researchers turn ideas into solutions that benefit New Zealand.

www.mbie.govt.nz

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 11h

I wonder if any of our news outlets will cover this — hard to do so without a full-time science reporter though

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 11h

this is just the latest weakening in a series of successive weakenings of NZ science — the country of Ernest Rutherford is cutting its universities off at the knees, speeding along the departure of its top minds to brighter shores

#nzpol

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

“An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories”

Brexit will always ruin you in the end.
on.ft.com/4nZ6DBt

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 8h

We resisted for ages but when our slow cooker died we replaced it with an 11-in-1 Ninja and honestly? Life-changing. Use the pressure cooker and air fryer functions the most, so good.

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Rohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social · 9h

Stuff front page right now… what a juxtaposition.

#climate #nzpol

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 10h

Re-upping this thread in light of @ben.gracewood.nz uncovering that there is no record of David Seymour ever being told (as he had claimed) that alcohol warning labels hamper craft brewers ... a non-issue that would require us to break from our international agreements to fix ...

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 10h

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 15

a society that wants to keep functioning must punish baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 13h

www.instagram.com/p/DPxKMcVEsx...
#nzpol

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 20h

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11h

Fairfax posting pics of every Israeli released hostage - while released Palestinians aren’t allowed to speak to the press - is very lopsided coverage

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 11h

Just thought the exact same here in NZ

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 11h

Seems like a good time to share this again - given the government's decision to weaken the methane emissions target and not to put a price on agricultural emissions northandsouth.co.nz/2021/10/18/n...

"We Spent 25 Years Doing Virtually Nothing"

Why New Zealand is one of the developed world's worst climate laggards

northandsouth.co.nz

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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 11h

This is truly shameful legislation. The government is once again showing contempt for the rule of law.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

'Mean-spirited': Māori lawyer joins calls to stop marine and coastal rights law changes

Veteran Māori lawyer Annette Sykes says the government has to stop a law making it harder to get customary marine title.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 11h

The video didn't even talk about climate change! It just showed the floods.

Bad - the fact that the denial is at this point.

Good - the desperation they must be feeling to be that triggered and pushing so hard.

#nzpol

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 11h

Climate denial on Facebook is rampant. Boomers have been frothed by the fossil fuel companies to the point where they're triggered by anything.

Someone shared a video of flooding in Awakino (NZ) today - so many comments saying 'Just like the old days' and 'Remember it being like that in the 80s.'

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 15h

commsdeclare.org/2025/09/19/n... “In a landmark move, NZ’s Greater Wellington Regional Council has voted to ban fossil fuel advertising across the Metlink public transport network, which spans buses, trains, & ferries across the region.
This is NZ’s first #fossilfueladvertisingban…” #climate #NZpol

New Zealand’s historic first clean communications policy - Comms Declare

Greater Wellington council leads the way with sensible climate action, banning high emissions advertising from its transport.

commsdeclare.org

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 12h

Hey #nzpol team, does anyone know what % of the population will still live in areas with a Māori ward now? (I know what the for/against numbers are on votes so don't want that)

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 12h

In 2026 we are offering a new course on Climate Change Communication. You can study this important topic as part of a wider programme or as a standalone course, at undergraduate (SCIS 317) or postgraduate (SCIS 417) level. More info here, or ask me questions #kikorangi www.wgtn.ac.nz/courses/scis...

SCIS 317 Climate Change Communication | Course | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Examine how scientists, writers, Indigenous advocates, artists, and activists engage public audiences with the realities of climate change and the need for mitigation and adaptation. You will explore ...

www.wgtn.ac.nz

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 14h

"Every age assumes the dislocations of its time are exceptional, but the present one seems particularly indifferent to earlier moments of technologically induced disequilibrium."

Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 3d

The war against 'false news' is not 'new', but has been a concern of international organisations for over 100 years. The ever captivating Roland Burke launches a new Guardian column, Past/Present, sponsored by the @austhistassoc.bsky.social.

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore

www.theguardian.com

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Laura 🍁🍄🦇🎃 @tricksyliesmith.bsky.social · 1d

oh no. no. absolutely the fuck not. fuck off.

a bullshit statement from Keira knightley saying she was not aware of a boycott against jk Rowling before taking a job on the new audio series and that she's "sorry" and "we're all going to have to figure out how to live together and we've all got very different opinions"
She can fuck off.

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 13h

And that's in a voter demographic that skews to older and homeowner. Suggests that it would absolutely tank in a general

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