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Jane

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She/her Aotearoa NZ #kikorangi. Toitū Te Tiriti, Climate Justice 💚 We are all made of star dust✨️ #BlackLivesMatter #IndigenousLivesMatter #LGBTQIA+🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #DisabledPeopleAreMyWhānau LovingKindness #FreePalestine🇵🇸 #Decolonisation Reject Capitalism

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 2h

No Buy Thursdays is an effective way to support the Palestinian people

It’s simple - just organise your life so that you don’t make any monetary transactions on a Thursday

The more people who take part, the more effective the plan

Please share widely

#NZPol

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No Buy Thursdays - this Thursday and every Thursday!

Take action to support Pa/estine by:
Not shopping on Thursdays
Paying any due bills before or after Thursday
Filling up your car or topping up your bus card on any other day
If you can - make Thursday your work from home day
Any other suggestions? Please make them in the comments section

Spread the word - if we keep this up over time it will show in financial statistics, and if our leaders notice the change in spending habits they will sit up and take notice. Because, as they say, money talks

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 5h

Kia ora, its ok, peaceful now but just things to sort.

Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 5h

Yes indeed

Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 6h

Of course.

Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 7h

MIL passed away suddenly at home yesterday. I'm cleaning & waiting for funeral director as SIL runs errands. It was sudden & peaceful and how she wanted to go. But a shock to the rest of us.

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 7h

Seeing the older woman struggle up our street, leaning on all the cars is 💔

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 9h

And no further services delivered. This is just a rip off at children & young people's expense. They defunded legitimate services for this.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 14h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 9h

Farming is cruel enough without increasing the physical torture pregnant sows endure.

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🐶🐾Megan🍓🌻 @meganisalanis.bsky.social · 11h

Disgusting!
Dishonest!

We cannot allow this government to do this.

#NZPol #Agriculture #AnimalWelfare

www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/t...

The pig welfare reforms that roll back pig welfare

Changes announced by animal welfare minister Andrew Hoggard turn out not to be what they appeared on the label.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Matt | Toitū Te Tiriti | Tax Work Less Tax Wealth More @matt-rogersnz.bsky.social · 12h

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

#nzpol #bhn #toitūtetiriti

our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/op...

Oppose the Amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area Act

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

our.actionstation.org.nz

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Grow From Here @growfromhere.bsky.social · 2d

Only a group of absolute pricks bent on squeezing profit over anything else would consider keeping sow crates ...
Oh hang on

www.spca.nz/advocacy/far...

Speak Up for Mother Pigs: Say ‘No’ to Farrowing Crates

Make a submission to show the Government that New Zealanders want to see the end of farrowing crates. Every submission counts - the Government is hoping we won't rally in time. Let’s prove them wrong.

www.spca.nz

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

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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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 11h

apparently a lot of people need to hear this: harmful practices that violate fundamental rights are not a matter of ethics or morality. please don’t frame it as “unethical”. the “ethics” lens undermines the fact that is it unacceptable under any condition. not a matter of debate

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 10h

Sorry this is what retirees do now ...to make ends meet

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 11h

Most if not all Palestinian accounts are deleted daily.

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Frida @frida3rdact.bsky.social · 1d

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 11h

1 News just copies & pastes & spouts Trumpian zionist propaganda.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 21h

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/op...

Oppose the Amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area Act

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

our.actionstation.org.nz

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 20h

#nzpol

Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 21h

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/op...

Oppose the Amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area Act

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

our.actionstation.org.nz

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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...

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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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 20h

Maybe the parasites of the consultant class could find a job on someone else's dime by moving to another town - preferably in a whole other country. That's how this works, right? Prime Minister, you there? #nzpol

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 21h

This $300,000 was clearly as useful as the $100,000 NACT threw away on the road cone hotlines & the $500,000 to Sunny Kaushal to stop talking about retail crime. #nzpol

'Extremely wasteful': Cook Strait ferry ministerial advisory group paid $300,000

$300,000 spent on the Cook Strait ferry Ministerial Advisory Group has been criticised as wasteful, as a contract for new ships is yet to be signed.

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 20h

I'm glad Hospice will get involved quickly.♥️