pshemk
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Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿|city dweller🏙️| urban enthusiast 🏢| commuter cyclist🚴| public transport advocate 🚇| amateur trainspotter 🚆| loves cats 🐈| he/him 🏳️🌈 | IPA: pʂɛmk
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Nadine and the Swimming Lesson
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Nadine and the Swimming Lesson
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Concrete is not T.I.N.A. (there is no alternative)
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Concrete is not T.I.N.A. (there is no alternative)
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
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Nearly half of NZ top 50 companies increased their climate pollution. Biggest increase from the biggest polluter - Fonterra businessdesk.co.nz/article/poli...
Carbon Catch-Up: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions of NZ's largest companies under microscope
New Zealand’s largest listed companies are facing changing requirements to reveal their carbon footprints – and BusinessDesk’s latest Carbon C...
businessdesk.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Nearly half of NZ top 50 companies increased their climate pollution. Biggest increase from the biggest polluter - Fonterra businessdesk.co.nz/article/poli...
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The projections from 2023 are shown here (green dashed line): a rapid reduction in emissions was projected, with the gap to the NDC only 58Mt... 26Mt better than now projected. 4/-
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The projections from 2023 are shown here (green dashed line): a rapid reduction in emissions was projected, with the gap to the NDC only 58Mt... 26Mt better than now projected. 4/-
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#OtD 13 Nov 1970 the UK Gay Liberation Front held its first ever public demonstration by lesbians and gay men at Highbury Fields in London, protesting against police use of provocateurs to entrap gay men stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8517...
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#OtD 13 Nov 1970 the UK Gay Liberation Front held its first ever public demonstration by lesbians and gay men at Highbury Fields in London, protesting against police use of provocateurs to entrap gay men stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8517...
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
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🚲 Now’s the perfect time to join Bike Auckland! Be part of the movement for better biking 🚦💚
#BikeAuckland #JoinTheRide #CyclingCommunity #ItsForEveryone #BikeLife #Auckland
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/coupon/AGM-special
#BikeAuckland #JoinTheRide #CyclingCommunity #ItsForEveryone #BikeLife #Auckland
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/coupon/AGM-special
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🚲 Now’s the perfect time to join Bike Auckland! Be part of the movement for better biking 🚦💚
#BikeAuckland #JoinTheRide #CyclingCommunity #ItsForEveryone #BikeLife #Auckland
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/coupon/AGM-special
#BikeAuckland #JoinTheRide #CyclingCommunity #ItsForEveryone #BikeLife #Auckland
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/coupon/AGM-special
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I am still shaken on learning that Schiphol is on on a drained lake famous for wrecks, so called Ship's Hell
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I am still shaken on learning that Schiphol is on on a drained lake famous for wrecks, so called Ship's Hell
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I wasn't actually going for Subaru in it's natural environment pic, but if I say the name Richard Attenborough, you'll read the next line in your head in his voice.
Here's Paul's Subaru XV parked up with an Aurora Australis dazzling in the night sky of the rugged South Otago Coast of New Zealand
Here's Paul's Subaru XV parked up with an Aurora Australis dazzling in the night sky of the rugged South Otago Coast of New Zealand
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I wasn't actually going for Subaru in it's natural environment pic, but if I say the name Richard Attenborough, you'll read the next line in your head in his voice.
Here's Paul's Subaru XV parked up with an Aurora Australis dazzling in the night sky of the rugged South Otago Coast of New Zealand
Here's Paul's Subaru XV parked up with an Aurora Australis dazzling in the night sky of the rugged South Otago Coast of New Zealand
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coffee at 2pm won't affect your sleep adversely if you are pure of heart and spirit
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
coffee at 2pm won't affect your sleep adversely if you are pure of heart and spirit
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Bbbbut, I thought everyone was saving a gazillion dollars on their mortgages now? Why aren't the poor people spending all their money? Are they saving up for a ticket outta here?
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Bbbbut, I thought everyone was saving a gazillion dollars on their mortgages now? Why aren't the poor people spending all their money? Are they saving up for a ticket outta here?
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Softbank on Tuesday disclosed it had sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia to fund its investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
Masayoshi Son No Longer Asia’s 3rd Richest—After Softbank Sells Nvidia Stake
Softbank on Tuesday disclosed it had sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia to fund its investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
www.forbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Softbank on Tuesday disclosed it had sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia to fund its investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
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Sideglance at earnings. Remember the ghouls screaming about out of control wage growth? Pleeeeease RBNZ crash the economy before workers earn an extra dollar an hour. Well, earnings responded to higher living costs. What did you expect people to do... move to Aus for higher wages?!? Oh, wait. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Sideglance at earnings. Remember the ghouls screaming about out of control wage growth? Pleeeeease RBNZ crash the economy before workers earn an extra dollar an hour. Well, earnings responded to higher living costs. What did you expect people to do... move to Aus for higher wages?!? Oh, wait. [Ends]
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
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Guess Casey Costello and NZ First will be able to claim a big ol’ bonus from the death industry for her good work. Shameful. But she is proud of her work - NZ First’s investment in alternative realities really paying dividends.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Most deteriorated' - NZ plummets in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Guess Casey Costello and NZ First will be able to claim a big ol’ bonus from the death industry for her good work. Shameful. But she is proud of her work - NZ First’s investment in alternative realities really paying dividends.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Hmm, so inflation is 3% and Govt is paying a touch under 2.9% interest on its debt. Govt is also getting a fat return on its financial assets... which outweigh its debts by around $70bn. Meanwhile, we can't afford to invest in the country and Treasury are sounding alarm bells!
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hmm, so inflation is 3% and Govt is paying a touch under 2.9% interest on its debt. Govt is also getting a fat return on its financial assets... which outweigh its debts by around $70bn. Meanwhile, we can't afford to invest in the country and Treasury are sounding alarm bells!
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Regular reminder that RBNZ publish real data on mortgage costs. National and the bank reckonomists love to talk about the costs of *new* mortgages only, but what drives the cost of living is what kiwis *actually* pay on our $384bn mortgage pile. Here's the real data... [🧵1/n]
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Regular reminder that RBNZ publish real data on mortgage costs. National and the bank reckonomists love to talk about the costs of *new* mortgages only, but what drives the cost of living is what kiwis *actually* pay on our $384bn mortgage pile. Here's the real data... [🧵1/n]
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November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪
Information on the 2025 Marsden Fund round
Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2025 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪
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I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
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A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day
I'm really getting tired of this "are we back on track yet"?
It's not like this government is trying to do something and fix it and failing at it. They're actively destroying our economy and lives. On every single front. All of this is planned and ideologically driven.
It's not like this government is trying to do something and fix it and failing at it. They're actively destroying our economy and lives. On every single front. All of this is planned and ideologically driven.
Unemployment rises again to near nine-year high of 5.3%
160,000 people are now without jobs, the highest number since 1994.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm really getting tired of this "are we back on track yet"?
It's not like this government is trying to do something and fix it and failing at it. They're actively destroying our economy and lives. On every single front. All of this is planned and ideologically driven.
It's not like this government is trying to do something and fix it and failing at it. They're actively destroying our economy and lives. On every single front. All of this is planned and ideologically driven.
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Just trying out a way of showing Don't knows/Didn't answers.
Calculating the percents of Trust level and Party, then multiplying the don't know by -1 and using geom_col()
#rstats
Calculating the percents of Trust level and Party, then multiplying the don't know by -1 and using geom_col()
#rstats
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Just trying out a way of showing Don't knows/Didn't answers.
Calculating the percents of Trust level and Party, then multiplying the don't know by -1 and using geom_col()
#rstats
Calculating the percents of Trust level and Party, then multiplying the don't know by -1 and using geom_col()
#rstats