Scotty - every day is a new outrage - NZ
@scotty-nz.bsky.social
Kiwi in Aotearoa who is proudly left-of, left-of centre. Comments are my own and probably dodgy.
Concerned about climate change and inequality and votes accordingly.
Proud supporter of Te Reo and toitu Te Tiriti.
Concerned about climate change and inequality and votes accordingly.
Proud supporter of Te Reo and toitu Te Tiriti.
You’ve got to be effing joking …
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
You’ve got to be effing joking …
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Cut bills. Tax billionaires.
This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
youtu.be/j95ornZRUHI?...
This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
youtu.be/j95ornZRUHI?...
Criticisms of calls for a wealth tax are 'absurd' - it's about 'fairness,' says Green Party leader
YouTube video by Mornings With Ridge & Frost
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Cut bills. Tax billionaires.
This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
youtu.be/j95ornZRUHI?...
This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
youtu.be/j95ornZRUHI?...
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Nothing today either.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
Labour is now the only Opposition party who has not put out an official press release denouncing the NZ government’s restrictions to healthcare access for trans youth and affirming their strong support for the trans, takatāpui and rainbow communities.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Nothing today either.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
This
Cannabis used by 9.8% (5.1 million) in the past 12 months. One in ten adults in Germany used cannabis last year, largely for self-medication. ESA results show the Cannabis Act has not led to statistically significant increase in cannabis consumption.
#Legalise
internationalcbc.com/survey-highl...
#Legalise
internationalcbc.com/survey-highl...
Survey Highlights Motivations Behind German Cannabis Use
Researchers in Germany recently published the results of the Epidemiological Survey of Substance Use (ESA) 2024.
internationalcbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This
Whoa!
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Whoa!
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I’m still enjoying how MAGA Twitter will never live down that they’re all troll farms from Russia and Bangladesh. The whole MAGA ‘movement’ has been fake bullshit from top to bottom from the very beginning.
Musk Accidentally Proves Most MAGA Accounts On Twitter Live In Russia
Whoops!
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’m still enjoying how MAGA Twitter will never live down that they’re all troll farms from Russia and Bangladesh. The whole MAGA ‘movement’ has been fake bullshit from top to bottom from the very beginning.
Guaranteed, and this would apply to the entire cabinet too!
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Guaranteed, and this would apply to the entire cabinet too!
Entitlement has tightened National’s circle of influence so much that now it’s a corset around its girth. Increasingly those who National is talking to will have their own financial reasons for doing so while the rest of us… well, we can go to hell.
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Entitlement has tightened National’s circle of influence so much that now it’s a corset around its girth. Increasingly those who National is talking to will have their own financial reasons for doing so while the rest of us… well, we can go to hell.
Well, quel surprise!
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Well, quel surprise!
You know they’ve really screwed the economy when businesses that have been around for generations start to fall over.
‘Last roll of the dice’: 150-year-old family business crowdfunds to survive Wellington’s ‘freefall’
Its clients have included the Government, Air New Zealand and the All Blacks, while Lady Gaga, Willie Nelson and Tāme Iti are among its high-profile fans.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You know they’ve really screwed the economy when businesses that have been around for generations start to fall over.
You know you have them worried when …
We say tax the super rich.
The super rich with those who protect them say I'm dangerous.
If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires - take on power & wealth: join.greenparty.org.uk
(Ps what are Channel 4 doing with this image!?)
The super rich with those who protect them say I'm dangerous.
If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires - take on power & wealth: join.greenparty.org.uk
(Ps what are Channel 4 doing with this image!?)
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You know you have them worried when …
Guilty
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Guilty
‘ … if “survive until 25” has taught us anything, it’s that trying to guess the timing is a fool’s game. So instead, let’s all join hands and pray to the gods of next year: please deliver us the fucken fix some time in 2026.’
And then vote out the pricks!
And then vote out the pricks!
Surviving New Zealand’s economy feels like living in a dying marriage
Follow that car! Leap out in the rain and tell us you’ve changed! New Spinoff editor Veronica Schmidt says Aotearoa needs a rom-com turning point.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
‘ … if “survive until 25” has taught us anything, it’s that trying to guess the timing is a fool’s game. So instead, let’s all join hands and pray to the gods of next year: please deliver us the fucken fix some time in 2026.’
And then vote out the pricks!
And then vote out the pricks!
Exactly
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Exactly
When governments override established clinical practice without evidence and when minority groups become targets of restrictive medical policy, it sets a precedent that should concern everyone.
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
Analysis: The government's ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care prioritises politics and ideology over decades of expert clinical guidance and patient safety evidence.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
When governments override established clinical practice without evidence and when minority groups become targets of restrictive medical policy, it sets a precedent that should concern everyone.
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I am talking about Labour a lot because it’s deeply hypocritical to say you stand for Rainbow communities/ women and then say nothing official about a health change that targets trans youth/ is a trial balloon for future healthcare restrictions.
I’d say vote for those who have officially responded.
I’d say vote for those who have officially responded.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I am talking about Labour a lot because it’s deeply hypocritical to say you stand for Rainbow communities/ women and then say nothing official about a health change that targets trans youth/ is a trial balloon for future healthcare restrictions.
I’d say vote for those who have officially responded.
I’d say vote for those who have officially responded.
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Latest comic: Climate Silence
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Latest comic: Climate Silence
More centrist tripe from the most opportunistic career politician in recent history.
Two years on, Luxon yet to say what Govt stands for
Opinion: Labour’s frustrating but clever strategy of saying and doing as little as possible in opposition further compounds Christopher Luxon’s problems
newsroom.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
More centrist tripe from the most opportunistic career politician in recent history.
Russia is writing US foreign policy
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Russia is writing US foreign policy
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Brilliant conversation here, addressing some of the usual attack lines eg NATO, nimbyism.
And, as usual, a BS free zone. Just plain speaking and authenticity.
And, as usual, a BS free zone. Just plain speaking and authenticity.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Brilliant conversation here, addressing some of the usual attack lines eg NATO, nimbyism.
And, as usual, a BS free zone. Just plain speaking and authenticity.
And, as usual, a BS free zone. Just plain speaking and authenticity.
This purely a political decision based on religious bigotry
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
A survey of trans youth highlights the enormous value of puberty blockers – and the strong need for continued access to them....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This purely a political decision based on religious bigotry
This is how you debate from the left
Power empaths like Zohran Mamdani are capable of playing power narcissists like Donald Trump.
Donald seems to have met his match.
Donald seems to have met his match.
Zohran Mamdani is the ethical power empath the world has been waiting for.
MeidasTouch has put together this excellent power clip of the best moments of the NYC mayoral debate between the clear moral leader in the race and the corrupt genocidal moral failures he is running against.
MeidasTouch has put together this excellent power clip of the best moments of the NYC mayoral debate between the clear moral leader in the race and the corrupt genocidal moral failures he is running against.
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is how you debate from the left
Facebook profiting from scams
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Facebook profiting from scams