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Amanda Thomas

@amandathomas.bsky.social
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Feminist political geographer working in environmental studies in Aotearoa New Zealand. Co author of Stopping Oil: Climate Justice and Hope (2023) and Imagining Decolonisation (2020). Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 5h
I voted to strike in solidarity with Palestine. We want our retirement funds out of Israeli apartheid and genocide. Act in union for pay, against precarity and for Palestine!
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An excellent watch www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Poll says Māori are turning to the Greens for their party vote
Māori are turning to the Greens for their party vote with a new poll revealing a change described by commentators as "massive".
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University Workers for Palestine @uwp-aotearoa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CALL TO ACTION - TEU MEMBERS ✊🇵🇸 We need your support to make sure the ethical superannuation claim is a priority during this bargaining period. Contact your local bargaining team now to tell them! Stand with Palestine. Support BDS. Demand that UniSaver divest from genocide.
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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Children are missing out. Among parents struggling to manage: - 20% say their children had wanted to or used to socialise with friends but this is no longer affordable - 28% can’t afford swimming lessons for their kids - 25% can’t afford children’s sports clubs 3/5
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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We've published new research today on how the cost-of-living crisis is damaging family life and the quality of childhood itself. Some key stats: - 79% of parents polled are finding it harder to raise children because of the cost of living compared with two years ago 1/5
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Flick these beautiful people some $ for the next iteration of their radical work www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
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Songs of Solidarity Festival 2026 - Anthems of Resistance
Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of the world's highest crowdfunding success rates and have helped creatives raise millions since 2013.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Labour please for the love of god rugpull National on the social media ban. Say "Better starts now includes not supporting policies which have failed in Australia and the UK, we need to find a better way to keep young people safe online" and commit to working on that with experts, rather than this.
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Finn Illsley-Kemp @seismologyfinn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This has a massive emotional and mental impact on researchers and undermines their ability to solve the many challenges we face as a country. I'm proud to be part of the bargaining team for the TEU this year, fighting for equal employment rights for all university staff.
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Finn Illsley-Kemp @seismologyfinn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This morning I spoke to RNZ about the problem of insecure work at our universities. Research staff across the country are made to work under perpetual fixed-term contracts with no clear route to secure jobs. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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What's driving the growth of "Frankenjobs" in our universities?
Researchers working in the university sector say their fixed term contracts are more like "Frankenjobs", pieced together with short term funding and limited hours.
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Carol @carolsgunn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dystopia wants rare NZ books. Project Panama is devouring books to feed AI. It’s a scarystory if you don't already know about this practice. Pass this on to your local second hand book shop so they can avoid sending rare books for destructive scanning. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Wellington second-hand book store’s AI mystery
This is the story of a Wellington second hand bookstore called Bookhaven. It started getting orders that looked a lot like a shaggy dog story. A Canadian buyer was sending multiple book orders, someti...
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We're excited to be the bookseller at the launch of 'kluge' by @pipadam.bsky.social It's a satire about artificial intelligence - about the end days of a tech company & its all-powerful owner, told in the style of a stand-up comedy. DETAILS Friday 14 August, 6PM Aro Community Centre #pipadam
A poster for the launch: Friday 14 August, 6pm at Aro Community Centre. Also features the publisher's logo Te Herenga Waka University Press.na opened box of the books showing the four different colours that the cover comes in: red, blue orange and purple.
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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Winston Peters described him as a “member of the public” the party had no responsibility for. He is in fact an executive committee member of Young NZF (at least he was described as such in 2024) and spoke on behalf of the group at the party convention last month.
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This group is the most engaged cohort I’ve had in years. They come to my office hours ??? (Renamed “drop in times” cause wtf does office hours mean to anyone else)
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Good to see an article fact checking Peters' claims, and making explicit the far right nature of these sorts of policies. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Analysis: Winston’s $45k baby bonus may not really be about babies
New Zealand First’s Kiwi Kids grant is an anti-immigration policy dressed up as a baby bonus, writes Jenna Lynch
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Communities across the motu are doing the work that our political leaders should be doing which is cool …. And bloody exhausting. This toolkit looks so great ❤️🏳️‍⚧️
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 30/07/2026
one road, not even long enough to run a marathon on, for the low low price of 42 times the entire 2027 budget for scientific research in new zealand #nzpol
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Biggest-ever PPP: $3.6b Northland expressway deal signed
The 26km expressway will include twin tunnels through the Dome Valley.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/07/2026
This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
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Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 21/07/2026
Nearly half of Israel’s government joins march vowing Gaza settlements Read the full report by Oren Ziv, in partnership with @mekomit.bsky.social: www.972mag.com/gaza-settlem...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23/07/2026
"This was malo because I have una importante meeting el martes with other blancos de Connecticut. ¡Qué disastre! Mi jefe will be angry and also triste. “I’m sorry I forgot inglés,” I’ll say, “but I’ve watched veinte hours of fútbol every día for cinco weeks."
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I Watched the Copa Mundial Non-Stop on Telemundo for Cinco Weeks and Now I Don’t Hablar Inglés Anymore
“Hola, Chad aquí, de Greenwich, Connecticut, a muy blanco área of los Estados Unidos. A few weeks ago, I decidir to watch Estados Unidos vs. Paraguay in fútb...
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
what a valuable lesson to us all: you can lead from where you are. you can literally "just do things." and when you "just do things," you can not only improve life for those you serve, but you're an inspiration to other people to "just do things" from whatever position of life they are in!
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“The Government's ideological rejection of evidence... directly promotes unsafe care and threatens to harm patients,” the editorial said.” #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Doctors accuse Minister and Government of silencing scientists and threatening patient safety
Four senior physicians have criticised Simeon Brown’s handling of Medical Council appointments, while the Health Minister says the Government is putting patients ahead of ideology.
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We want public housing in Strathmore! www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
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'So depressing': Residents push for answers over Wellington ghost houses
Karl Frost sighs as he walks towards a shuttered grey housing block on a desolate Wellington cul-de-sac.
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This week at work we held a Matariki celebration in my department. Each year it feels like it transforms how we connect to each other and deepens our community. International students show up hard every year. It’s so hearty. Ahakoa tērā raru, we decide and make who we are together
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Top 100 waiata countdown on RNZ has been such a joy and thrilled with #1
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Total joy being back in the classroom. Sick of thinking about AI but here’s what I’m trying out in my classes 1. Doubling down on community forming. More spaces, time for students to talk to each other, and me, and test ideas
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 05/07/2026
🇵🇸 A four-month-old Palestinian infant died Sun. evening after Israeli soldiers blocked his urgent medical transfer at the military checkpoint sealing his village of Deir Ammar, west of Ramallah, according to Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam. Ahmad Ma’rouf Zeid was in critical condition and needed...
🇵🇸 A four-month-old Palestinian infant died Sunday evening after Israeli soldiers blocked his urgent medical transfer at the military checkpoint sealing his village of Deir Ammar, west of Ramallah, according to Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam.

Ahmad Ma’rouf Zeid was in critical condition and needed immediate hospital treatment but soldiers refused to let him through, Ghannam said. They fired tear gas at the residents and vehicles gathered at the gate as he waited. 

Doctors at the Arab Specialized Hospital confirmed the death of the family’s only son, born after several years of waiting, the Wafa News agency reported. 

Ghannam called his death “a stain on the conscience of humanity” and part of a deliberate Israeli policy of checkpoints, gates, and closures that strangles the movement of patients and ambulances across the occupied West Bank.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Israeli attacks on residential area, water station kill at least four in Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israeli attacks on residential area, water station kill at least four in Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="443657" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-residential-area-water-station-kill-least-four-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-residential-area-water-station-kill-least-four-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks on residential area, water station kill at least four in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least four Palestinians were killed and several others were injured as a result of Israeli strikes and shelling across the Gaza Strip early on Monday.&nbsp;</p> <p>In one Israeli attack, an air strike targeted a&nbsp;residential apartment south of Gaza City, resulting in the killing of two.</p> <p>Another bombing east of the city that struck a gathering of displaced people in front of a&nbsp;water refilling station killed two others.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Even if a large swathe of these people were declared fit for work, there are no jobs for them. But as is so often the case, the cruelty is the point. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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More Kiwis are too sick to work. What can be done? | Stuff
The number of New Zealanders claiming a sickness or disability benefit is climbing steadily.
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Rural Women NZ submitted AGAINST the transphobe bill. Love it
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Fascinated by Stuff’s almost daily, tagline-less stories about teachers going through the Teachers’ Council disciplinary process…
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Avery Smith @averysmith.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We studied the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union for two years and identified five key findings about how they construct citizenship in Aotearoa. Swipe to see what we found — and why it matters for democracy here. Full report: buff.ly/MIayuwQ #NZPolitics #Aotearoa #TeTiriti #TaxpayerCitizenship
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Melanie Nelson @weavingourworlds.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Govt says section 4 of the Conservation Act will remain. But proposed section 4A could hollow out how Treaty obligations apply to key decisions on public conservation land - policy, plans, concessions, disposals. Submissions close 2 July. #ConservationAmendmentBill #section4
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How the Conservation Amendment Bill would hollow out Treaty obligations under section 4
Section 4 of the Conservation Act is one of the strongest Treaty clauses in New Zealand law. The Government says it is keeping it. But the Conservation Amendment Bill would add a new section 4A that...
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Remember to submit on the Move On Orders here. Not sure we need to be following Eng and Wales’ approach from 200 years ago….
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please consider donating to this Palestinian Masters student in Gaza. She and a fellow geographer in Australia, Priya Kunjan, are in regular contact - the lengths she needs to go to to continue her studies are terrifying. Please help make life and education safer for her gofund.me/6964df0a5
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Donate to Support Palestinian Researcher to Rebuild Her Academic Dream, organized by Priya Kunjan
Support a Palestinian Master’s Researcher to Rebuild Her Acad… Priya Kunjan needs your support for Support Palestinian Researcher to Rebuild Her Academic Dream
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Israel has killed Al Jazeera Journalist Ahmed Wishah in Gaza. They have killed at least 260 journalists since October 7, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. I’m getting tired of saying it, but outlets that don’t actively speak out against this are not worth your time or money.
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 24/06/2026
the Transition Research Fund, which replaces New Zealand's storied Marsden Fund, allocates just $6.2 million for science research relating to 'healthy people and a thriving society' that's less than my one single lab has spent in the last few years, but for all NZ basic science about humans #nzpol
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"A significant body of research by legal and rights experts has concluded that Israel is intent on destroying Palestinians, including analyses by UN investigators, rights bodies such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and genocide scholars worldwide." In case anyone was still wondering
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
BDS win! The joint NZ Australian Geography conference later this year will be an Apartheid Free Zone ✊🏽🇵🇸 Aotearoa Geographers for Pal and IAG Geographers for Pal are having a pre-conf workshop to connect and organise. Message me if you want to join us in Pōneke, 6 Dec www.nzgs.co.nz/programme-an...
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Programme and Field Trips | New Zealand Geographical Society
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Tāne @daylightdawn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“…in one year, the current Government awarded landlords more money than has been paid out to Māori in 40 years as compensation for historical wrongs.” Dr Neal Curtis. (2.9b v 2.7b) #AoNZpol
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Come work with us at Te Herenga Waka. We are keen to find a great colleague in environmental science, someone who is connected to and working with communities, and an excellent teacher. ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Amanda Thomas @amandathomas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The guy who doxxed Nicky Hager? www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Matthew Hooton appointed as editor of The Post
In a bombshell move, the high profile columnist and business person has been appointed Post editor
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James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Come join us! Te Herenga Waka is looking for a senior academic to join our climate change teaching and research programme - apply by Monday 22 June.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I am not being hyperbolic when I say (tech) capitalism is alienating (making strangers) of us at a staggering scale. Alienating us from ourselves, each other, touch, feeling, thoughts…from the intimacy and care of touch, bedtime stories, prayers, poems, drawings, community, love
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is the kind of response to the current energy crisis: spend money where it can reduce financial stress, change behaviour and cut emissions. A no brainer #nzpol
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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Aaaaannnnnddddd—it’s official, and unanimous: a one year moratorium on large data centers in the city of Seattle! 💃🎉🔥
Seattle city council members
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/06/2026
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