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Andrew

@openpolicy.bsky.social

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I think and know about open government and freedom of information. All posts in a personal capacity, RTs ≠ endorsement. Born at 323 ppm

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · Oct 14

Netanyahu was never interested in a #ceasefire.

It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.

The west won’t act as he burns children alive.

It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.

Screenshot of a tweet by the Haaretz newspaper on Xitter, which reads:
“Netanyahu's government is not seeking to revive hostage talks and the political leadership is pushing for the gradual annexation of large parts of the Gaza Strip, senior defense officials tell Haaretz.”
The tweet was posted at 9:45 am NZ time on 14 October 2024.
https://x.com/haaretzcom/status/1845566429078458563

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 15h

In Dec 2019 @albomp.bsky.social told the Chifley Research Centre Conference audience “We don’t need a culture of secrecy. We need a culture of disclosure” and then committed to “Reform #FOI laws so they can’t be flouted by Government”.

Exactly who’s failed? #auspol

PM Anthony Albanese defames former senator Rex Patrick to deflect scrutiny on new FOI laws

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used parliamentary privilege to defame former senator Rex Patrick, when there was no justification to do so. So, let’s see why. Below are 4 short videos from federal […...

kangaroocourtofaustralia.com

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 17h

Words matter, they really do…
and the BBC cant play ignorant, they know this…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/bias...

Biased BBC, blinkered Bowen

Two years on from October 7th 2023 and more than 77 years on from the Nakba, even our seasoned and…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like I misunderstood what they meant by back on track

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 22h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 23h

They also need better subs. Surely ‘European Union’ in this headline is a typo for ‘Daily Telegraph’?

Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 1d

Since the Brexit referendum, the Telegraph has become the Pantomine Dame of confected outrage against the very thing it fought for and continues to uphold. The new Schengen Entry and Exit System isn’t sound border management but a “pointed insult”. Hilarious.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 1d

More than half a million people marched for Palestine in central London yesterday.

As long as Israel continues to oppress the Palestinians, we will continue to resist them.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Proscribe the IDF ❌

Green graphic of a large crowd at a protest
Text reads:
Half a million march for Palestine
Signs read:
Stop Arming Israel
Gaza Stop Genocide
Free Palestine
End the siege

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 22h

Home made paella for some people’s Sunday lunch.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 2d

Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.

She said it all.

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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters @privacymatters.bsky.social · 2d

And yet in the UK soooo many people are not eligible for a Covid jab. If they want one they need to stump up £90-£99 (as I will next week)

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 3d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”

New Study Finds Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Daniel Bruce @danieljbruce.bsky.social · 2d

“There appear to be very few levers the government has available to recover anything close to the £122m…. The whole case stands as a further indictment of the ‘VIP lane’ & the flawed, wasteful procurement of PPE during the pandemic.”

@transparencyuk.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ideally Labour should not be trapped by financial bullying of bond markets and OBR. Resuscitate Keynes if you can do it you can afford it. Real resource availability is the crucial constraint. Financial orthodoxy primarily favours the wealthy

Rachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s grip

Labour embraced the forecaster’s powerful role, but now finds itself scrambling in the face of gloomy projections

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Jenny Alexander @drjennya.bsky.social · 2d

Important piece about Republican disinformation passed off as "bad memes" #polcomm

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 4d

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 2d

To ask a pakeha majority to remove representation of an indigenous minority is ongoing white supremacist colonisation. #nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 2d

Preliminary results of the 2025 Māori wards referendums

#nzpol

Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums

CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

Glad it went well.

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Well McNulty’s tepid approval of her in his voting guide on Reddit won’t have harmed her either.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 2d

If you haven’t seen it already – I imagine almost everyone already has, but you can watch it again 😊 – this makes for excellent watching with a beer 🍺 or wine 🍷, or juice 🧃. They are Juice Media, after all! ⬇️

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 3d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 2d

Madeleine Habib, captain of the Conscience vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison.

Habib has been told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs a waiver.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Australian on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

The inheritor of Steve Jobs’ Reality Distortion Field?

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

Israel has bombed Lebanon and/or murdered someone there every single day since the “ceasefire” there

Hours into the Gaza ceasefire, Israel launched heavy air strikes on Southern Lebanon

Peters wants us to accept the Trump “plan” as if we haven’t seen Israel’s record on keeping ceasefires

#NZPol

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

So, in Barcelona there’s a beer in a craft brewery with an unexpected name.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 2d

The jury is in. @albomp.bsky.social hates transparency. Loathes it! #FOI #auspol

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Government Accountability Project @govacctproj.bsky.social · 2d

🌪️ Now on @bloomberg.com: "FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs"

FEMA staff who signed a letter opposing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster relief programs have been questioned to identify colleagues who supported or circulated the letter.

📸 Credit: Sharon Karr

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