Sophie McInnes
@sophiemcinnes.bsky.social
Parent - local govt - student - chronic volunteer. Mode shift enthusiast. AuDHD. Work harder to change faster, for future generations' sake 💚 Personal account.
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📣 reshare if you think that world leaders are not doing enough to drive climate actions at every front 📣
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
📣 reshare if you think that world leaders are not doing enough to drive climate actions at every front 📣
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Andor 2x09
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Andor 2x09
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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"This is both kinetic warfare – bombs and missiles – and information warfare – false constructs, false narratives, false justifications.
A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US"
-Carole Cadwalladr
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
#Trump #War #Propaganda #Venezuela #Meme #Quote
A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US"
-Carole Cadwalladr
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
#Trump #War #Propaganda #Venezuela #Meme #Quote
January 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"This is both kinetic warfare – bombs and missiles – and information warfare – false constructs, false narratives, false justifications.
A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US"
-Carole Cadwalladr
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
#Trump #War #Propaganda #Venezuela #Meme #Quote
A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US"
-Carole Cadwalladr
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
#Trump #War #Propaganda #Venezuela #Meme #Quote
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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Trump: "HAR HAR HAR OILLLLL! HAR HAR HAR!!!"
a man wearing a gas mask is driving a vehicle
Alt: Immortan Joe basing his entire existence on oil and being a creepy perv
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Trump: "HAR HAR HAR OILLLLL! HAR HAR HAR!!!"
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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We need to normalise the idea that there should be no cost for the things we need for basic human dignity and wellbeing.
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 AM
We need to normalise the idea that there should be no cost for the things we need for basic human dignity and wellbeing.
Would my library card be ok? 🤓📚
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Would my library card be ok? 🤓📚
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For progressives, centre-left and democratic socialists in Aotearoa who follow me and are enjoying Mandami, please go back and read that speech closely. Beneath the tone and symbolism is something very unfashionable but essential: executive and managerial governance.
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
For progressives, centre-left and democratic socialists in Aotearoa who follow me and are enjoying Mandami, please go back and read that speech closely. Beneath the tone and symbolism is something very unfashionable but essential: executive and managerial governance.
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Former Environment Canterbury chairman Craig Pauling is setting his sights on Parliament, entering the race for Banks Peninsula under the Green Party banner.
Former ECan chair to contest Banks Peninsula
Former Environment Canterbury chairman Craig Pauling is setting his sights on Parliament, entering the race for Banks Peninsula under the Green Party banner.
dlvr.it
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Former Environment Canterbury chairman Craig Pauling is setting his sights on Parliament, entering the race for Banks Peninsula under the Green Party banner.
Perfect opportunity to link to this gem of a skit 🤣
youtu.be/p5WPVLljm1A?...
youtu.be/p5WPVLljm1A?...
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Perfect opportunity to link to this gem of a skit 🤣
youtu.be/p5WPVLljm1A?...
youtu.be/p5WPVLljm1A?...
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I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3
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more bus lanes
= more efficient bus trips
= more people willing to use buses
= less people driving on the roads
= roads are less clogged up
= people who have to drive can do it easier/quicker
I don't get how this is so hard
= more efficient bus trips
= more people willing to use buses
= less people driving on the roads
= roads are less clogged up
= people who have to drive can do it easier/quicker
I don't get how this is so hard
Under current govt rules, the only real way councils can keep bus fare increases down in Wellington is bus lanes. Because faster trips mean more services for the same cost. The city has doubled bus lanes in the last term. Pro public transport candidates must stop attacking this bus priority work. 4/
May 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
more bus lanes
= more efficient bus trips
= more people willing to use buses
= less people driving on the roads
= roads are less clogged up
= people who have to drive can do it easier/quicker
I don't get how this is so hard
= more efficient bus trips
= more people willing to use buses
= less people driving on the roads
= roads are less clogged up
= people who have to drive can do it easier/quicker
I don't get how this is so hard
If only this were a regular service, priced for locals and commuters, rather than a one-off special service, inevitably at tourist rates. So.. next time? 😏
Good morning from Rolleston for the return of The Southerner.
May 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If only this were a regular service, priced for locals and commuters, rather than a one-off special service, inevitably at tourist rates. So.. next time? 😏
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Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Te Pāti Māori MPs to be temporarily suspended from Parliament over haka
MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke faces a seven-day suspension for her actions.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Once a patchwork of sleepy rural towns, Selwyn’s rapid expansion means the now booming district is outpacing investment, community leaders say.
Selwyn’s growth nightmare: The cost of government underinvestment
One a patchwork of sleepy rural towns, Selwyn is now a booming district where rapid growth is outpacing investment, community leaders say.
www.thepress.co.nz
March 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Once a patchwork of sleepy rural towns, Selwyn’s rapid expansion means the now booming district is outpacing investment, community leaders say.
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They should have been safe in Aotearoa😢.
March 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
They should have been safe in Aotearoa😢.
Ok, here we go:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"The [Canterbury Mayoral] forum did, however, send a letter to Watts by the Feb 28 deadline signalling its intention to work on a proposal in the coming months [..] Given the tight time frames for the regional deals process."
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"The [Canterbury Mayoral] forum did, however, send a letter to Watts by the Feb 28 deadline signalling its intention to work on a proposal in the coming months [..] Given the tight time frames for the regional deals process."
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Ok, here we go:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"The [Canterbury Mayoral] forum did, however, send a letter to Watts by the Feb 28 deadline signalling its intention to work on a proposal in the coming months [..] Given the tight time frames for the regional deals process."
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"The [Canterbury Mayoral] forum did, however, send a letter to Watts by the Feb 28 deadline signalling its intention to work on a proposal in the coming months [..] Given the tight time frames for the regional deals process."
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So it's ACT Party canon that schools should be able to opt out of the state-run education system and get all the funds to spend on their own 'thing'.
But it's not ACT canon that schools should be able to opt out of the state-run LUNCHES and get all the funds to spend on their own 'thing'?
Ummm.
But it's not ACT canon that schools should be able to opt out of the state-run LUNCHES and get all the funds to spend on their own 'thing'?
Ummm.
March 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
So it's ACT Party canon that schools should be able to opt out of the state-run education system and get all the funds to spend on their own 'thing'.
But it's not ACT canon that schools should be able to opt out of the state-run LUNCHES and get all the funds to spend on their own 'thing'?
Ummm.
But it's not ACT canon that schools should be able to opt out of the state-run LUNCHES and get all the funds to spend on their own 'thing'?
Ummm.
Very glad that the "Willows Walk" event was yesterday - sunshine instead of rain! A 2km ramble through ECan's Waimakariri regional park to look at how braided river and dryland ecosystems co-exist, and have been modified by flood protection works, including nature-based solutions.
#SelwynDistrict
#SelwynDistrict
March 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Very glad that the "Willows Walk" event was yesterday - sunshine instead of rain! A 2km ramble through ECan's Waimakariri regional park to look at how braided river and dryland ecosystems co-exist, and have been modified by flood protection works, including nature-based solutions.
#SelwynDistrict
#SelwynDistrict
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Our region is collaborating to transform our water infrastructure. The cost of this is roughly $15-17 billion over the next 20 years. After the Government reversed the previous reforms, councils and rate payers were left shouldering this responsibility.
Jabs traded in war of words between Wellington council and Government
Wellington mayor Tory Whanau: “I think it would be appropriate [Luxon and ministers] walk back those comments and stop punching down on Wellington City.“
www.thepost.co.nz
March 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Our region is collaborating to transform our water infrastructure. The cost of this is roughly $15-17 billion over the next 20 years. After the Government reversed the previous reforms, councils and rate payers were left shouldering this responsibility.
If you ever happen to be in Rolleston, I can highly recommend Helado for a sweet treat, coffee, or both! Iced latte with gelato 🤩☕️🍦😋
March 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If you ever happen to be in Rolleston, I can highly recommend Helado for a sweet treat, coffee, or both! Iced latte with gelato 🤩☕️🍦😋
What a fantastic start to Chch Pride month! So much colour and joy 💖🌈🏳️⚧️💃🏾🧚♂️
March 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What a fantastic start to Chch Pride month! So much colour and joy 💖🌈🏳️⚧️💃🏾🧚♂️