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@l11p.bsky.social
had a good decade & bad couple of years on twitter (@philipsophy), trying something new.

Politics, economics, law, films... things of that nature

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timothy jago? the auckland surf lifesaver?
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
oh COME on new zealand
October 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ted Johnston off the top rope!!
October 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Has there ever been a government in NZ that hated free speech & endorsed cancel culture as much as this one?
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
as the famous musical saying goes, when the string is loose then hamas is loose, when the string is tight then hamas will fight. nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen.
September 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you read headlines you could be forgiven for thinking Shane Jones/ New Zealand First want to renationalise the electricity market.
Jones wrote a letter about options for changing regulatory settings to produce more gas... & even that isn't NZF policy.
The headlines were just not accurate.
September 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
sorry stuart but you must be This Divorced 📈 to ride this gravy train
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Haven't seen a turnout comparison after the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election so I chucked this together
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
ok hear me out. what about Local Water Done Badly
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
as a centrist in aotearoa nz, it's clear we don't need to copy ideas from the 'Left' or the 'Right', we have our own Centrist ideas:

1 massive state investment in job creation
2 free dental for all
3 sanctions on israel
4 meeting our emissions targets
August 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
finally we have a government that very slowly & bureaucratically centralises local govt responsibilities & describes it as kindness
July 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
He often publicly changes his mind or apologises after making mistakes, which is commendable. But the reason he does this is always that he *didn't do basic homework in the first place*.

Receipts 2/2:

Climate change
Methamphetamine
White supremacy
Budget 2025
July 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hearing a few people recently saying Patrick Gower has 'turned' right wing or got worse. I disagree. For a decade he's been fundamentally deeply incurious, reacting to vibes or acting as a courtier to power.

Receipts 1/2:

Billionaires
Marijuana
COVID border testing
Teacher strikes
July 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good to see a centrist platform win in New York against the far right minority.
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
oops, maybe instead of believing far right politicians about the weather, establishment media should look outside & tell us whether it's raining
June 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
in vino veritas when it comes to National MPs

Petition to keep National MPs drunk during election campaigns so the country knows who they really are
May 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
they're calling him Chris Flipkins in the woke cafes
April 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
What happened:
'there was only 1 supplier that said to the ministry they could do the provision for $3, every other supplier told the ministry it wasn't feasible & sustainable to do it for $3'
rnz.co.nz/news/political…

Actual Real Headlines last year when this was somehow unforeseeable:
March 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If I worked in health under this National Govt I'd start taking Fridays off just to be safe
March 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
1 Peters didn't 'back down' or 'apologise'. His spokesperson made a very specific & ambiguous statement.
2 Winston didn't 'acknowledge (Jones) could have expressed himself differently'. He never mentioned him.
3 Jones did not say he 'hopes' to meet with the Ambassador.
2/2
January 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM