Teepers
@teepers.bsky.social
Kiwi. Writer, mum of grown boys, refugee from Twitter to which I've been addicted, but it's a bad buzz. Admitted to myself at the weekend I need to experience more of the grass and the sky and the trees and flowers to remember the world is not all bad
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Teepers
@teepers.bsky.social
· Jan 2
The Regulatory Standards Bill | Ministry for Regulation
www.regulation.govt.nz
Just did my submission re Seymour's ploy to destroy our legal protections; has Qs angled to his desired outcome. You can skip biased multi choice & still submit. PUSH BACK. #NZpol www.regulation.govt.nz/our-work/reg....
It looks like it's headed that way, but it's still unthinkable.
April 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It looks like it's headed that way, but it's still unthinkable.
Required reading in these dark times.
Re-upping my video comparing the 2nd Trump term to the Cultural Revolution, in light of the recent Harvard crackdown.
www.youtube.com/watch?si=rhV...
www.youtube.com/watch?si=rhV...
Why DOGE reminds me of the Cultural Revolution (at least serving the same political purpose)
YouTube video by Huey Li and the news
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April 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Required reading in these dark times.
Ni hao and Thank you, I appreciate your insight into how dictatorships happen. I have studied a bit about Mao and how an attack on the educated is a slippery slope.
April 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ni hao and Thank you, I appreciate your insight into how dictatorships happen. I have studied a bit about Mao and how an attack on the educated is a slippery slope.
It's a significant voice standing up to the dictatorship, which is pretty much here already.
April 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's a significant voice standing up to the dictatorship, which is pretty much here already.
I have just been suppressed over on twitter for speaking in calm rational terms while Maga tweets are running rampant on this issue. Hard not to believe the thought police is now on X among ordinary people.
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I have just been suppressed over on twitter for speaking in calm rational terms while Maga tweets are running rampant on this issue. Hard not to believe the thought police is now on X among ordinary people.
It's all you've got at the mo bro. That and brave judges.
April 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It's all you've got at the mo bro. That and brave judges.
I don't think people really knew how to respond, ie Columbia, but thank God Harvard is standing up because it sets a precident.
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I don't think people really knew how to respond, ie Columbia, but thank God Harvard is standing up because it sets a precident.
I still hope they will be out in the next elections. As obnoxious as they are now.
April 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I still hope they will be out in the next elections. As obnoxious as they are now.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/do...
Don't fast track Te Waikoropupū!
Siren Gold Mining has been invited to fast track an application to mine in the Golden Bay - if it goes ahead the crystal-clear waters of Te Waikoropupū could be lost forever. Join me in signing to sav...
community.greenpeace.org.nz
February 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/do...
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“Despite unprecedented economic growth over the last few decades, wages have stagnated globally and have not kept pace with rising productivity. This means that shareholder payouts are rising faster than wages, so workers don’t get a fair share of the productivity they deliver.”
#LivingWage
#LivingWage
Why companies must pay living wages to fully benefit society
Paying a living wage to all workers is a powerful action businesses, and organizations can take to advance the social justice agenda worldwide.
www.weforum.org
January 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“Despite unprecedented economic growth over the last few decades, wages have stagnated globally and have not kept pace with rising productivity. This means that shareholder payouts are rising faster than wages, so workers don’t get a fair share of the productivity they deliver.”
#LivingWage
#LivingWage
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Aotearoa! Please! The future of the nation is at stake!
January 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Aotearoa! Please! The future of the nation is at stake!
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Me too. Used the free text boxes to say we do not need
Grenfell Towers, leaky homes, Pike River, CTV building, Mosque terrorism, ruin of Mackenzie high country and Canterbury rivers, not to mention workers rights, health... it goes on and on across all aspects of life. We need researched expertise.
Grenfell Towers, leaky homes, Pike River, CTV building, Mosque terrorism, ruin of Mackenzie high country and Canterbury rivers, not to mention workers rights, health... it goes on and on across all aspects of life. We need researched expertise.
January 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Me too. Used the free text boxes to say we do not need
Grenfell Towers, leaky homes, Pike River, CTV building, Mosque terrorism, ruin of Mackenzie high country and Canterbury rivers, not to mention workers rights, health... it goes on and on across all aspects of life. We need researched expertise.
Grenfell Towers, leaky homes, Pike River, CTV building, Mosque terrorism, ruin of Mackenzie high country and Canterbury rivers, not to mention workers rights, health... it goes on and on across all aspects of life. We need researched expertise.
Or maybe on the other side of the world
January 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Or maybe on the other side of the world
Just did my submission re Seymour's ploy to destroy our legal protections; has Qs angled to his desired outcome. You can skip biased multi choice & still submit. PUSH BACK. #NZpol www.regulation.govt.nz/our-work/reg....
The Regulatory Standards Bill | Ministry for Regulation
www.regulation.govt.nz
January 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just did my submission re Seymour's ploy to destroy our legal protections; has Qs angled to his desired outcome. You can skip biased multi choice & still submit. PUSH BACK. #NZpol www.regulation.govt.nz/our-work/reg....
Sorry to hear that. It's a mind virus and certainly not the woke version.
January 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Sorry to hear that. It's a mind virus and certainly not the woke version.
I hope so. The world is so sad right now.
January 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I hope so. The world is so sad right now.
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December 31, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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A point for #nzpol Treaty principles submissions- David Seymour implies nowhere else have Indigenous people’s rights been enshrined in law-he’s incorrect-he also argues critics need to show how ‘modern’ nations move forward with such arrangements-here are 20 examples e-tangata.co.nz/korero/un-sp....
UN Special Rapporteur: Pay attention to global Indigenous rights | E-Tangata
“An essential aspect of the right to self-determination is recognising that the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the state is on an equal footing.” — UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of ...
e-tangata.co.nz
December 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM
A point for #nzpol Treaty principles submissions- David Seymour implies nowhere else have Indigenous people’s rights been enshrined in law-he’s incorrect-he also argues critics need to show how ‘modern’ nations move forward with such arrangements-here are 20 examples e-tangata.co.nz/korero/un-sp....
The Trump hat speaks volumes.
December 29, 2024 at 10:03 PM
The Trump hat speaks volumes.
Yes taking time to watch the birds coming and going is well worth taking the time to sit still and appreciate their world.
December 21, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Yes taking time to watch the birds coming and going is well worth taking the time to sit still and appreciate their world.
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We are in our generation’s moment of what we are willing to stand up for… or submit to …that will set the course for the new world. Because the old one is over.
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
December 20, 2024 at 11:57 PM
We are in our generation’s moment of what we are willing to stand up for… or submit to …that will set the course for the new world. Because the old one is over.