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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 2h

Dear God, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please...

Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 2h

As UK Gary Stevenson pts out, our voting system punishes division. The only way to win in politics is to aggressively pursue unity and common ground. He's worried about Reform winning. Hipkins shd refuse to answer questions about TPM or Greens. I hope they're taking a leaf from Mamdani & going left.

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 3h

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 3h

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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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 3h

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 10h

What have I been saying?? 🤷‍♀️

This applies in NZ as much

Middle schoolers don't develop political identities in a vacuum. They are reflections of their parents, peers, society, and professional video game streamers.

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Dr Heather Came @heathercame.bsky.social · 23h

STIR has just submitted our latest shadow report to the United Nations CERD reporting cycle. Nothing to celebrate here in terms of Tiriti and racial justice.

www.heathercameassociates.com/post/reflect...

Reflections from STIR’s Shadow Report to CERD: When the Crown steps away fromTiriti and racial justice

It has been more than a decade since we formed STIR – Stop Institutional Racism, a collective of public-health practitioners, scholars, and activists committed to ending racism in the health systems m...

www.heathercameassociates.com

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 5h

I was astounded to discover that's from 1881, the country quota made rural seats 25%, then 28% smaller bc farmers were the backbone of the nation! Lab chged this in 1945. Angry Fed Farmers threatened to stop town milk. Like sm rural electorates, rural wards weren't challenged. Privileged still.😠

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Dr Heather Came @heathercame.bsky.social · 20d

New Discursive Tiriti Analysis paper out in Ethnicities critiquing the 2024 Needs based service provision Cabinet Circular You can guess how that went... with Dominic O'Sullivan, Grant Bergan & Tim McCreanor Holding steady on the intellectual frontline.

www.heathercameassociates.com/post/a-tirit...

A Tiriti-Based Critique of the 2024 Needs based service provision Cabinet Circular

In late 2024, the Coalition Government issued Cabinet Circular CO (24)5, directing that public services should be prioritised “on the basis of need, not race.” At first glance this framing may appear ...

www.heathercameassociates.com

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 5h

I've heard the 'donkey vote' is up to 5% in Australia!

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 11h

The people of Palestine still need our support - Israel has breached the ceasefire 14 times as of 8am, 15 Oct NZ Time, they’re not letting the agreed amount of aid in and they are keeping the Rafa Crossing closed

Trumps “Peace Plan” is a farce

Image by @gracess.gallery

#NZPol

Rally for Palestine
Our support is still needed
1pm, Saturday 18 October
Bridge of Remembrance

The image is of the rally coming along a city street. The banner at the front reads “Sanction Israel for Genocide”

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 6h

The USA has always felt it had the right to interfere in Latin Am. It had Allende killed, Fruit Co exploited workers in sev countries, it wants access to Venezuelan oil, signed MOU with Panama to gain control. Read Greg Grandin's 'Empire's Workshop'.

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 6h

Misdeeds
TPM: MP overspent $133k, son abused guard
National: Bayley loser/fk off cmmt, McLeod forgot $168k donations, Uffindel expelled for bullying, Bates omitted 25 houses
Act: Seymour drove jeep up steps, Jago scandal, Hoggard's sister lobbied
Greens: Tana fiasco
NZF: Jones forgot dinners

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 6h

AotearoaNZ has just elected its 2nd trans mayor aged 82. The Topp twins are much loved lesbian entertainers who often pretend to be male farmers in their shows.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/575...

Jacquie Grant, 82, leads Westland mayoral race by narrow margin

It's a tight race for the Westland mayoralty, with Hokitika businesswoman Jacquie Grant leading the race against incumbent Helen Lash by just 64 votes. Grant - who has lived as...

www.rnz.co.nz

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 7h

Tal Haimi thinks it's justified to "use every leverage" to bring his cousin's body home. Ie It's OK to continue starving women & chn to ensure a dead man's body is found even tho Tal admits he's not unaware of the difficulties ie destruction🤬
And 198 Palstn bodies?
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Concerns the ceasefire in Gaza is already beginning to crumble

Hospitals in Gaza say seven people have been killed by Israeli fire since midnight local time. Udi Goren's cousin, Tal Haimi, was killed during the October 7 attacks. He spoke to Corin Dann.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 23h

'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peace-deal-or-not-gaza-holocaust-our-time

'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time

Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians who continue to count their dead

www.middleeasteye.net

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 7h

One aspect that is esp egregious is the diberate erasure of Palstn culture. Its mosques, churches, courts, universities, libraries, writers, journos, artists, film makers, its thinkers & leaders. Israel & its backers don't want Palstns to thrive.

Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 7h

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 10h

What have I been saying?? 🤷‍♀️

This applies in NZ as much

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 9h

Cows in the South Island have inc from 47000 to 1.3m in 2022. They're 47% of our GHG. A warmer world is melting the polar regions inc methane leakage. Our gvt is leading us to the eve of destruction with weaker methane targets.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

New seeps of methane are being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 9h

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A woman said to my husband while admiring our son's Postman Pat jumper, "It must be made by a grandma as mothers don't have time to knit".

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 11h

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Freed Palestinian cameraman returns to scenes of destruction

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 12h

Whose worse?
TPM
1. MP Kapa-Kingi overspent budget $133,000
2. Son of MP abused security guard/tailgating

Gvt MPs
1. McLeod forgot $168,335 in donations
2. Baly called worker a loser, fk off, L sign
3. Uffindel expelled from school & flatmate claimed bullying
4. Seymour drove jeep up parlmt steps

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 20h

I've written many times to RNZ complaining about their language/bias. Crickets. A woman complained to Obama abt his use of Israeli families vs the ppl of Gaza. And the failure to return all the Israeli bodies is repeated agn & agn while staying silent about the 198 Palstn bodies except for Democ Now

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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 22h

"Today, 14 October, the news will be dominated by the hostages released from Israel and Gaza. Now you might be thinking - hold on, what hostages were released in Israel?
Well, let's talk about the hostages taken by Israel."

#MediaLiteracy #Gaza #EmilyWrites

www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-media-li...

The media literacy game

There's a game that my children do not like, but I insist we play it. We have talked before about manufacturing consent for genocide in our media - this post is an extension of that. So, let's play....

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 21h

Winston claims he's saved billions on the new ferries. The original cost for the 2 ferries was only $550m. The wharves had to be redesigned bc of earthquake risks, which blew out the project.

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