Alex
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Alex
@shakingstick.bsky.social
· Mar 12
I told youse we should have had a Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Standard of the Shit we are Expected to believe.
I fucking told youse.
But we didn't, did we?
And here we bloody are.
I fucking told youse.
But we didn't, did we?
And here we bloody are.
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Notable that no one with any relevant expertise has spoken in favour of this. & a burgeoning number of organisations who *do* have expertise are explicitly condemning.
We've also seen statements from the Greens and TPM. There is one outlier whose institutional silence is getting increasingly loud.
We've also seen statements from the Greens and TPM. There is one outlier whose institutional silence is getting increasingly loud.
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Notable that no one with any relevant expertise has spoken in favour of this. & a burgeoning number of organisations who *do* have expertise are explicitly condemning.
We've also seen statements from the Greens and TPM. There is one outlier whose institutional silence is getting increasingly loud.
We've also seen statements from the Greens and TPM. There is one outlier whose institutional silence is getting increasingly loud.
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Why does anyone with half a brain and the ability to read know that will happen but people in government and the farming industry apparently don't?
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
Tesco's warning to New Zealand farmers
If New Zealand farmers want to continue exporting to the lucrative UK market, they will have to commit to a better climate future, says UK supermarket Tesco.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Why does anyone with half a brain and the ability to read know that will happen but people in government and the farming industry apparently don't?
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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Welcome to Derry sounds like what you would expect to happen when Americans try to make their own version of the Derry Girls and get everything wrong
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Welcome to Derry sounds like what you would expect to happen when Americans try to make their own version of the Derry Girls and get everything wrong
I mean, he's PM he has a detail.
But the tiktok? jfc
But the tiktok? jfc
need that security detail in tight when high fiving the kids... #nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I mean, he's PM he has a detail.
But the tiktok? jfc
But the tiktok? jfc
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lol the anz business confidence survey says we are heading for the good times again.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
lol the anz business confidence survey says we are heading for the good times again.
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This is innumerate nonsense. An average of 1.1 million people were watching The Simpsons throughout its entire thirty-minute broadcast according to a third-party data company contracted to measure viewership by Disney. Somebody, no way to know who, hit the play button 1.7 million times on Twitter
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is innumerate nonsense. An average of 1.1 million people were watching The Simpsons throughout its entire thirty-minute broadcast according to a third-party data company contracted to measure viewership by Disney. Somebody, no way to know who, hit the play button 1.7 million times on Twitter
Assume he's gonna say he prefers warriors who don't get shot by civilians
Trump says he’s speaking about the shooting in Washington D.C. at 9:15 pm (presumably ET).
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Assume he's gonna say he prefers warriors who don't get shot by civilians
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"please make me a movie Mr Computer sir" people vs "do NOT, motherfucker, even think about interpolating between two frames, you breadless toaster piece of shit" people
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"please make me a movie Mr Computer sir" people vs "do NOT, motherfucker, even think about interpolating between two frames, you breadless toaster piece of shit" people
We should respond by telling MFAT to instruct diplomats to collect data on fascism and report on governments that are probably fascist.
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We should respond by telling MFAT to instruct diplomats to collect data on fascism and report on governments that are probably fascist.
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Unlike the majority of other winners, just lacking actual train services 🫠
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Unlike the majority of other winners, just lacking actual train services 🫠
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The Nuzzi thing is a good reminder that outside the deep structural issues of energy/subsistence, most of what's happening right now is an old-fashioned crisis of elite legitimacy, which sounds comforting until you realize how some of those have turned out in the past
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Nuzzi thing is a good reminder that outside the deep structural issues of energy/subsistence, most of what's happening right now is an old-fashioned crisis of elite legitimacy, which sounds comforting until you realize how some of those have turned out in the past
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Indeed
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Indeed
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gone, and also forgotten
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
gone, and also forgotten
Looks like the 2nd amendment argument about its necessity for citizens to protect themselves from the perceived tyranny of the federal government is undergoing a stress test.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Looks like the 2nd amendment argument about its necessity for citizens to protect themselves from the perceived tyranny of the federal government is undergoing a stress test.
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If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
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This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
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