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Kaz

@serenity22.bsky.social

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Aotearoa born and bred. 🇳🇿 Grandmama, digital strategist, political obsessive (wish I didn't need to be). #ewwdavid She/her

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 5d

It occurred to me this morning after watching Jon Stewart talk to Tristan Harris about the dangers of unregulated AI - that what is happening in the Middle East feels like a massive, deliberate distraction, to enable the AI titans to build their world dominance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d...

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 4d

This is heartbreaking 💔

Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 4d

#LongCovid “No one is immune to this”

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of formerly healthy young Kiwis suffering with long Covid

The pandemic never ended, and we're all living proof of that.

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Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 10h

When you think of how Luxon spent years boasting of how he "managed an airline", then see how he really did it, you might want to take a seat. Interesting how none of it made it to the media. Also Erica Stanford joins Luxon in showing what gaslighting looks like #nzpol

Prime Minister, Unions ARE Workers

Chris Luxon, Erica Stanford and Simeon Brown continue to gaslight Kiwi workers, in their latest instalment of divide and conquer

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Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 10h

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.

If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.

#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Because of Republicans’ massive health care cuts, millions of American families will see their premiums skyrocket. That could mean having to choose between paying for health care or electricity.

That's how dire our health care crisis is.

That's why Democrats are not giving up.

Democrats are not giving up.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk.

You know what reactivates shingles? Covid.

Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection.

There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 10h

Surely we also have a cut-and-dry referral of Potaka to the Privileges Committee for not only making an unparliamentary attack on a fellow Member but, more arguably, misleading the House in the process? #nzqt #nzpol

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 11h

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11h

I miss competency.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

Let's be clear: If North Carolina Republicans gerrymander their already illegal map further, they will be sued and they will lose.

I never bluff and I usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 16h

Wish me luck, team - I am appearing in front of the Governance and Administration Committee tomorrow at 8am to make my oral submission against the Public Service Amendment Bill.

Once again, it is a bill not grounded in evidence. DEI is crucial for avoiding bias in organisations.

Governance and Administration Subcommittee A

8.00am

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1.45pm

Room 5, Parliament House

Public Service Amendment Bill

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9.00am

Rights Aotearoa

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8.10am

Paul Thistoll, CEO

Trust Democracy

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8.20am

Simon Right, Chair

Professor Jonathan Boston

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8.25am

Interested Citizens Group - Hamilton

8.25am

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8.35am

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 16h

Doing their best not to get re-elected?

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg analysis reveals that electricity in areas near data centers has risen, a lot: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Energy is up to 267% costlier in areas w/ a data center nearby:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

The NYT, Atlantic, WaPo, CNN, Guardian and others have all refused to sign Pete Hegseth new rules on reporting from the Pentagon. As far as I can tell only OAN has signed it. I guess this is Hegseth waving goodbye to their access to the Pentagon and other DOD facilities.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. But also, is it a little strange that the first 'event' is a virtual one?

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 1d

#Christchurch #NZ A real shame this fundraiser is even needed 😢

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 1d

The first event at Christchurch’s new stadium will be both virtual and a fundraiser, aiming to raise money to feed thousands of Canterbury kids.

The first event at One NZ stadium has been revealed - and it’s for charity

The first event at Christchurch’s new stadium will be both virtual and a fundraiser, aiming to raise money to feed thousands of Canterbury kids.

dlvr.it

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The worst comes for the best, with predictable results.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 1d

It’s 100% performative bs. Netanyahu could have put a stop to this a long time ago. Pretty sure T didn’t want him to do that until it could be seen as a win for T.

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 1d

This is great. Also, let’s do away with private election companies. They continue to do a garbage job and excluding Māori candidates from the booklet this year was unforgivable.

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-...

Winners, losers, big losers and gigantic losers from the 2025 local elections

Winner: the endless cycle of underinvestment in core infrastructure. Big loser: the pipes.

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El Yobo @elyobo.bsky.social · 2d

This could be so good, add your voice to help make it happen!

bikemelbourne.org @bikemelbourne.org · 2d

Last chance to encourage the best outcome on Wellington St Cliftin Hill
yoursayyarra.com.au/building-saf...

Building a safer Wellington Street

Share your thoughts on the options we have developed for Wellington Street, north of Johnston Street, and help us to understand your preferred way forward.

yoursayyarra.com.au

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations Ashley - well deserved!

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2d

“Comely Reader! I suggest we all start wearing the paper clip. Subtler than a red hat, more powerful as a CONNECTION,” @ejeancarroll.bsky.social
wrote, explaining they were also worn during World War II as a sign of resistance against the Nazis.

#PaperClipCampaign

Join Us: Paper Clip Protest
Let's all start wearing paper clips.
During World War Il, people wore paper clips as a powerful symbol of resistance against the Nazis.
Norwegian teachers and students attached them to their lapels, symbolizing solidarity that connected them just like paper clips hold papers together.
Today, we wear the paper clip for the same purpose. It acts as a quiet yet strong signal to others that we are united, that we oppose the takeover of our country by a petty tyrant, and that we are standing firm against the destruction of our democracy.
Wherever you go, when you see a paper clip on someone's lapel, you'll know you have an ally.

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 3d

depressing. stale, pale male returns. and we lose one of our best councillors.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 4d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 4d

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 won by a woman - Maria Corina Machado

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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