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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.]

@benhoswell.bsky.social
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Proud Australian living in New Zealand. Artist. Reader. Gamer. I love animals and nature. Tolkien lover. Cat whisperer. Former AI art creator. Dismayed at what the AI data centres are doing to our world.

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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 18m
Mwahahahaha. He doesn't want to be seen as supporting Trump's 'CNN fake news' comment! 😆😅😁
stuff.co.nz
Anthropic boss shuffles into background as Trump calls CNN 'fake news'
Tech leaders gathered at the White House for an AI luncheon hosted by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 21m
'Record 1.4 million patients swamp NZ emergency departments as doctors warn of crisis' 🙇🙇🙇
stuff.co.nz
Record 1.4 million patients swamp NZ emergency departments as doctors warn of crisis
Emergency doctors say rising numbers of seriously ill patients, hospital bed shortages and workforce pressures are leaving EDs operating at or above capacity every day.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 2h
He has no idea what he's doing. Just calling the shots cos he can. Fuck outta here, Drunken Heggy.
thehill.com
Hegseth freezes hiring of civilian tenured faculty at US military academies
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed departments on Tuesday to halt appointments of civilian staff to tenured positions at U.S. military service academies and develop hiring plans that prioritiz…
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 5h
'NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim' That coalition just keeps on giving, don't it? We know they want Te Tiriti gone so they can mine, dredge and drill until NZ is a wasteland. Right on election time. 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
rnz.co.nz
NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim
A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 7h
Hahaha! The one time I've seen Mike Butterick (our current local MP 🤢🤮) in the paper and he's telling lies!! National didn't negotiate or sign the contracts for the new trains. Greater Wellington did! Right at election time, too. Wait til Kieran gets his teeth into this one! Que delicieux!! 😅😄😅
thepost.co.nz
‘Actually rubbish’: Row over credit for train deal
A Greater Wellington councillor has corrected the record after Wairarapa’s MP’s social media claim the National-led coalition Government had “Negotiated AND signed the contracts” for a multi-million d...
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 15h
'The company had already been given a written direction by a fishery officer to stop offering the experience.' Good job.
stuff.co.nz
Two $1m helicopters forfeited over luxury Queenstown crayfish trips
The company continued the premium tourism experience after being warned recreationally caught crayfish could not be used commercially.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 16h
Hahaha 🤣😂
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 23h
Russian oligarch Umar Kremlech, someone given their fortune by Putin, paid to rent the private island and fireworks for Trump's son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding. To the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Think about that. Trump said his son would or already had, pay it back. Yeah, right. 🥴💩
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chump change to them, but another win for holding mega corps accountable. ✊✊✊✊✊
bbc.com
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn in haptic tech patent case
Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Less debt, bigger surplus coming in pre-election fiscal update' 💩💩💩💩💩 How do you have a surplus when you have debt? I call bullshit.
stuff.co.nz
Less debt, bigger surplus coming in pre-election fiscal update
The Pre-Election Fiscal Update (PREFU) shows an improvement to Treasury’s May projections, but Finance Minister Nicola Willis says it is not a license to spend.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Immunity is a red flag. What are they doing that needs immunity? Nothing good! 'Hungary's parliament lifted the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and two former ministers under nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orbán on Monday, so they could be investigated in separate criminal cases.'
euronews.com
Hungarian parliament lifts immunity of PM and Orbán-era ministers
Péter Magyar, whose Tisza party swept to power in April promising to investigate alleged corruption and abuse of office during Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule, has said he wants to abolish parliamentary i...
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I still can't believe they backed someone who sexually harassed 12 women in his office when he was Governor and had to resign (Cuomo) over Mamdani because he's Muslim, and the right pooled $22m to fund a smear campaign against this man, and he still won, in a resounding victory! Karma, bitches.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
😳😲🤯 'A massive planetary-scale ocean wave is heading towards the United States, threatening the California coastline with elevated sea levels and dramatically increasing the threat of coastal flooding and storm surges over coming months.'
stuff.co.nz
Planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
A massive planetary-scale ocean wave is heading towards the United States, threatening the California coastline with elevated sea levels and dramatically increasing the threat of coastal flooding and ...
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Take that, ye fucks. 😅😅😅😅😅 No doubt it was antisemitic somehow 😆😆😆
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wages *might* be keeping up with inflation, it's hard to tell what's spin and what's true. The trouble is, most things have increased in price, BEYOND inflation.
stuff.co.nz
This is how expensive NZ has become. A staggering breakdown of 32 common items
The sentiment that New Zealand has become more expensive isn’t a fabrication. It’s backed by data.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'ACT promises ‘one-stop shop’ to cut red tape for new supermarkets' LOLs. A bit late to the party. And no, we don't believe you. Tossers. 🥴🥴
stuff.co.nz
ACT promises ‘one-stop shop’ to increase supermarket competition
David Seymour said “draconian” regulations can worsen supermarket competition
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'In a statement, he said: "I have enormous respect for Mrs Rinehart and all she has achieved.' That's Liberal praise indeed. She inherited her fortune and the mines. What has she 'achieved'?
abc.net.au
Rinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One Nation
One Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good. No Joe Public needs a Glock. Not even hunters. They're too easily turned into semi-automatics with attachments. 'Maryland's attorney general praises court ruling keeping state's "Glock ban" in effect'
cbsnews.com
Maryland's attorney general praises court ruling keeping state's "Glock ban" in effect
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has praised a court ruling that kept the state's "Glock ban" law in effect.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's poison. The EPA is part of the rotten and fetid current administration. They're not going to do anything correctly or right. 'In their decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made no pronouncements on whether glyphosate causes cancer, only that the EPA is the sole arbiter of label warnings.' 👇👇👇
theconversation.com
What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on glyphosate relieves the sellers of hundreds of pesticides from obligations to warn customers about potential dangers.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😅😅😅
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I absolutely adore British comedy!
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here we go!!
stuff.co.nz
Hipkins delivers fiery speech to launch Labour’s election campaign
The party is set to officially launch its election campaign on Sunday.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wow ✊✊✊ 'When grave violations go unanswered, they are more likely to be repeated.' 'No nation gets to decide the future of another.' 'The suffering of Palestinian civilians cannot become background noise.' 👇 👇 👇 More below.
youtube.com
Iceland minister's extraordinary reply to Netanyahu for 'coward' jibe at UN | Janta Ka Reporter
YouTube video by Janta Ka Reporter
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ohhh, yess. Home run after home run!! Best one yet. Drunken Heggy needs more of this.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He's just amazing. To think one person can make so many things better in such a short time. It shows it's possible and it delivers real results. 🙌🙌Mamdani🙌🙌
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shock horror. Big fat ginger gunt.
stuff.co.nz
Trump rejects Iran's offer to reopen Strait of Hormuz and warns of renewed bombing
The US president says Tehran is only making the offer because it is "losing so badly" as he threatens more strikes.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Love a good smackdown of MAGA sycophants 🙌
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'What Are the Foul-Smelling Gas Bubbles Israeli Aircraft Releasing Over Gaza?' Poison from the sky! 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤
sunnafiles.com
What Are the Foul-Smelling Gas Bubbles Israeli Aircraft Releasing Over Gaza? | Sunna Files Website
The Israeli occupation has not limited its destruction in Gaza to people, homes and infrastructure on the ground. Residents in the north of the besieged territory are now reporting foul-smelling gases...
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Someone had to say it!! Turning your back and walking out is well and good, but it's not enough. “How can a person who is currently facing proceedings before two international courts for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide be allowed to be present in this assembly?” ✊ ✊ ✊ ✊ ✊ ✊
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'ICE must be abolished after widespread human rights violations documented by Amnesty' I wondered where they'd got to. Better late than never, I guess. 🤷 Not that Trump or his goons will do it. 🥴😠😡😤
amnesty.org.uk
USA: ICE must be abolished after widespread human rights violations documented by Amnesty
ICE must be abolished in USA after widespread human rights violations documented by Amnesty
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Easy to speak tough when you think you have immunity. Trump won't be around forever, and Netanyahu will be in chains before he dies 😁
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Certainly many of them are very indignant indeed about why they should be subject to Australian tax if they are purchasing the property overseas,” Reddy says. 'Indignant' 😆😆 Like they're above the rules.
stuff.co.nz
The 'nasty surprise' waiting for Aussies buying NZ property
‘It’s crap’: Trans-Tasman tax expert on Australians’ seemingly still widely-held belief they can get a tax advantage by buying here.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unless there are repercussions, it's pretty hollow.
live5news.com
‘Most impeachable President’: Rep. Cohen introduces 26 articles of impeachment against Trump
Rep. Steve Cohen introduced 26 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🤨😡😠😤
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I mean... 🤷🤷🤷
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
¡Arriba, Señor! 🙌🙌🙌 Checked ✅ True ✅
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
" ‘Pirates in boats’ saga continues as DoC warns remote hut visitors to prepare for loud music " What a piece of shit. He casts anchor near the hut and around other boaties and blasts music as loud as he can. Convicted killer. Says it all.
stuff.co.nz
‘Pirates in boats’ saga continues as DoC warns remote hut visitors over loud music it can’t stop
The Department of Conservation has put an alert on its website warning visitors to Lane Cove Hut in Whangaroa Harbour about rowdy boaties.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So gratifying seeing it in action. Hey, Netanyahu. The 'moral cowards' are the ones that DIDN'T walk out. I was hoping for a finger or two, but I guess they have a little more class than I do. 😆😆😆😆
stuff.co.nz
Mass walkout at UN as Netanyahu takes the podium
Delegates walk out as Israel's Netanyahu begins United Nations General Assembly address.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves* 'Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.' To those who didn't walk out when the Yahu Cunt spoke, you're enabling this, and everything else. 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
aljazeera.com
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We love you, Susan, Hannah and everyone else!! ✊ ✊ ✊
theguardian.com
Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York
Actors detained at Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration against Israeli prime minister’s address to the UN general assembly
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After his UN vote opposing (the only one who did) the promotion of women's rights, this makes sense. He's shoved Melania off the red carpet. Intentionally or not, it tells us a lot. The red carpet is for HIM, he's not sharing it with some WOMAN! 🤷🥴😡🤬😤
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Only the person supposedly representing the United States voted no. 6 abstentions. Is it enough yet? What else will the world tolerate from this revolting orange toad?
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'Finland has been looked at as a model of how to reduce long-term homelessness over time. It implemented a "housing first” model from 2008 where those who were homeless or at risk of homelessness were given a permanent home first and then given the opportunity to address other problems.' 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏
irishtimes.com
Finland cut homelessness by 80 per cent with housing-first policy, Irish conference hears
Ireland, with a similar population, has thousands more homeless people
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Haha. It was probably his mum!
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How damned satisfying!! Voodoo pins sold separately. Trump's a 'businessman', I'm sure he'd approve of entrepreneurship 🤷😆😂😁
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And when AI holds all knowledge and chooses who can access it? 🤷😤😡😞😕 'Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction...'
tomshardware.com
Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction — multitude of suspicious bulk buys thought to end up ...
Short-term boom could lead to a longer-term drought and removal of important works from circulation.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a fucken douchebag. If he was ever getting a second chance (doubtful), like he asked, he just blew it. Prick.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*More whistleblowers have contacted RNZ with fresh allegations of Education Ministry managers actively trying to avoid scrutiny via the Official Information Act.* Absolutely disgusting, underhanded, sly, repulsive. And they know it's wrong, because they're trying to hide it! 🤷😡😤😤🤬
1news.co.nz
More claims of Education Ministry staff trying to avoid OIA come to light
More whistleblowers have given fresh allegations of Education Ministry managers actively trying to avoid scrutiny via the Official Information Act.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NZ's child abuse epidemic. 😤😞🤷
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fantastic. I've been meaning to have words with her. 😆😆
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