Magpie Said
@magpiesaid.bsky.social
Retired teacher. The future, if there is to be one, is Green.
Gary's Economics - tax wealth not work.
Gary's Economics - tax wealth not work.
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Data reveals disparate treatment of peaceful climate activists versus violent far-right agitators. Available in EN, ES, DE, FR, PT-BR, IT, AR and HI.
A Two-Tier System of Protest Policing
Data reveals disparate treatment of peaceful climate activists versus violent far-right agitators.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Data reveals disparate treatment of peaceful climate activists versus violent far-right agitators. Available in EN, ES, DE, FR, PT-BR, IT, AR and HI.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Here's our country summary.
Top 1% have 12% of income and 22.7% of wealth.
"inequality remains moderate but has risen slightly in recent years..but shows signs of gradual widening across income and wealth dimensions"
Top 1% have 12% of income and 22.7% of wealth.
"inequality remains moderate but has risen slightly in recent years..but shows signs of gradual widening across income and wealth dimensions"
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here's our country summary.
Top 1% have 12% of income and 22.7% of wealth.
"inequality remains moderate but has risen slightly in recent years..but shows signs of gradual widening across income and wealth dimensions"
Top 1% have 12% of income and 22.7% of wealth.
"inequality remains moderate but has risen slightly in recent years..but shows signs of gradual widening across income and wealth dimensions"
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I really would ask ppl on this site to think for a minute about what it feels like to have a moderation team hell-bent on erasing your existence online while an ethnostate destroys you in real life
I knew Bluesky would delete this page today because they’ve deleted all my shares this week- this was Dina’s first page ever here and here’s what it looked like this morning- no tags, no spam, following only 45 people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I really would ask ppl on this site to think for a minute about what it feels like to have a moderation team hell-bent on erasing your existence online while an ethnostate destroys you in real life
GOVT WASTING RESOURCES BY TRASHING COUNCIL PLAN CHG
The Tree Council is appalled the Govt refused to grant an exemption to Auckland to allow them to cont with Plan Change 113 to add more significant trees to Notable Trees Schedule 10 of Unitary Plan.
PC 113 was officially withdrawn Fri 12 Dec 2025.
The Tree Council is appalled the Govt refused to grant an exemption to Auckland to allow them to cont with Plan Change 113 to add more significant trees to Notable Trees Schedule 10 of Unitary Plan.
PC 113 was officially withdrawn Fri 12 Dec 2025.
December 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
GOVT WASTING RESOURCES BY TRASHING COUNCIL PLAN CHG
The Tree Council is appalled the Govt refused to grant an exemption to Auckland to allow them to cont with Plan Change 113 to add more significant trees to Notable Trees Schedule 10 of Unitary Plan.
PC 113 was officially withdrawn Fri 12 Dec 2025.
The Tree Council is appalled the Govt refused to grant an exemption to Auckland to allow them to cont with Plan Change 113 to add more significant trees to Notable Trees Schedule 10 of Unitary Plan.
PC 113 was officially withdrawn Fri 12 Dec 2025.
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Journalist Mohammed Mhawish, who left Gaza last year, describes how Palestinians are watched, tracked and targeted by Israeli forces who have access to their most intimate details through constant surveillance.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/mohammed_mhawish
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/mohammed_mhawish
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Journalist Mohammed Mhawish, who left Gaza last year, describes how Palestinians are watched, tracked and targeted by Israeli forces who have access to their most intimate details through constant surveillance.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/mohammed_mhawish
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/mohammed_mhawish
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By choosing to no longer decarbonise, NZ is choosing to be poorer. Continued fossil fuel dependency means forever volatile import costs, increased public health burden, and international market risk. Economically stoopid.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
By choosing to no longer decarbonise, NZ is choosing to be poorer. Continued fossil fuel dependency means forever volatile import costs, increased public health burden, and international market risk. Economically stoopid.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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Fast & fudged: #CrimesBill omits crimes: "Officials, both from Ministry of Justice & from Police warned #NZGovt this is a dangerous piece of legislation. They say it would escalate low-level theft into more violent crimes & endanger lives of business owners #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehous...
Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes
In most things pushing hard and pushing fast can lead to mistakes. Legislating is no different, as the government keeps showing - under record urgency.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Fast & fudged: #CrimesBill omits crimes: "Officials, both from Ministry of Justice & from Police warned #NZGovt this is a dangerous piece of legislation. They say it would escalate low-level theft into more violent crimes & endanger lives of business owners #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehous...
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#nzpol Today the government announced that the minimum wage will rise by 2% in April 2026. On current forecasts this will represent the 3rd successive year in which minimum wage workers will face a real terms cut in pay. Over 3 years full time workers are $4,184 worse off. A 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
#nzpol Today the government announced that the minimum wage will rise by 2% in April 2026. On current forecasts this will represent the 3rd successive year in which minimum wage workers will face a real terms cut in pay. Over 3 years full time workers are $4,184 worse off. A 🧵
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1/2 "American democracy is being gutted from within, our foreign policy is realigning away from Europe and toward Russia and China, all while dictators and corporate oligarchs openly bribe Trump and members of his family....
Is Trump’s Embrace of Russia the Greatest Betrayal in American History?
The convergence of pro-Kremlin policy, tech giveaways to rivals, and rising domestic repression is a five-alarm warning that we ignore at our own peril…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1/2 "American democracy is being gutted from within, our foreign policy is realigning away from Europe and toward Russia and China, all while dictators and corporate oligarchs openly bribe Trump and members of his family....
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#nzpol Data out today on the economy ahead of the GDP reading next week. It’s a mixed bag – Profits up for firms but not wages. Some sectors are seeing growth, but parts of the private sector are smaller than at the election. This isn’t broad-based growth - we’ve just stopped falling. A 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
#nzpol Data out today on the economy ahead of the GDP reading next week. It’s a mixed bag – Profits up for firms but not wages. Some sectors are seeing growth, but parts of the private sector are smaller than at the election. This isn’t broad-based growth - we’ve just stopped falling. A 🧵
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"Carceral regimes — from Britain to Palestine and beyond — operate according to the same fundamental logic, which seeks to break the spirit of resistance."
The 45th Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 45th Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 45 | Prisoners
Israel’s prison system has become a site of mass killing and enforced disappearance — and now, hunger-striking women in Britain are risking their lives to confront the same logic that destroys…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"Carceral regimes — from Britain to Palestine and beyond — operate according to the same fundamental logic, which seeks to break the spirit of resistance."
The 45th Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 45th Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
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New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
Transnational Kleptocracy: What Happens After Trump, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
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Every hour there's new shocking levels of evil.
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every hour there's new shocking levels of evil.
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Widespread immune damage from Covid is evident.
Flu is Rampant, and Covid is rising. It’s time to act.
We have to warn people now.
Widespread immune damage from Covid is evident.
Flu is Rampant, and Covid is rising. It’s time to act.
We have to warn people now.
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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“EIGHTY PERCENT OF CHILDREN’S BODIES RECOVERED SO FAR IN GAZA PROVE THEY WERE SHOT EITHER IN THE HEAD OR CHEST”- BBC
All those responsible for these cold blooded murders are WAR CRIMINALS WHO MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
All those responsible for these cold blooded murders are WAR CRIMINALS WHO MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“EIGHTY PERCENT OF CHILDREN’S BODIES RECOVERED SO FAR IN GAZA PROVE THEY WERE SHOT EITHER IN THE HEAD OR CHEST”- BBC
All those responsible for these cold blooded murders are WAR CRIMINALS WHO MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
All those responsible for these cold blooded murders are WAR CRIMINALS WHO MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
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" In helping to free Palestine we cannot but challenge the fallacious logics underlying the consensus that prison is a viable solution to social problems." Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT, AR, HI and RU.
Death and Resistance: A Dispatch from HMP Low Newton
An incarcerated activist draws a powerful parallel between the slow violence and denial of autonomy within UK prisons and Israel's tactics in Gaza.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
" In helping to free Palestine we cannot but challenge the fallacious logics underlying the consensus that prison is a viable solution to social problems." Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT, AR, HI and RU.
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The Atlas Network has 589 think tanks in 103 countries that finance the hatred and hoaxes of the extreme right.
Its objective is to protect the privileges of capital owners.
#nzpol
Its objective is to protect the privileges of capital owners.
#nzpol
Atlas Network: Disinformation as a Weapon of Neoliberalism
The organization, founded in 1981, has 589 think tanks in 103 countries that finance the hatred and hoaxes of the extreme right. The objective: to protect the privileges of capital owners.
progressive.international
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Atlas Network has 589 think tanks in 103 countries that finance the hatred and hoaxes of the extreme right.
Its objective is to protect the privileges of capital owners.
#nzpol
Its objective is to protect the privileges of capital owners.
#nzpol
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The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
