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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"It's ok to quit the cult" 😂 #NZPol

Election hoarding for Nat hopeful Karunā Muthu which has been creatively updated with Luxon's face painted over and a sticker next to Karunā's face saying "it's ok to quit the cult".

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...

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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson

A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's time for change. Go to dontrisk6.nz to find out why. #nzpol

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

More gas is used to convert gas to LNG exports than is used by the entire manufacturing industry. We don't need more gas. #NoNewGas #TAXtheGAS

Charts showing gas use/size by PJ:

LNG exports: 4,425PJ
LNG conversion plant use: 437PJ
Manufacturing: 370PJ

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Fox never had a chance after that handshake.

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Steve Perlstein @steveperlstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been able to use public transport, and I forgot how much I enjoy it. Faster, cheaper, easier than driving. Build more of this instead of roads. #NZPol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not good times ahead. A positive Govt operating balance means Govt has slowed economy down by more than they expected / planned and under-delivered health, welfare etc). A Govt underspend = less income for the private sector. They're putting the brakes on at the same time as RBNZ... AGAIN!!! [2/2]

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My cartoon today in the Sunday Star Times! www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... I've only gone and had my cartoon published in the paper! Supporting the Trust NZ parody team to encourage youth to vote! #NzPol #Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #Cartoon #TrustNZ

Cartoon. Title: leadership

The parody political party Trust Nz leader and deputy are siting in their office. James is glitching out and his deputy Harriet is trying to fix him. James is saying, "OH NO THE YOUTH ARE VOTING! THE YOUTH ARE VOTING! OH NO THE YOUTH ARE VOTING! THE YOUTH ARE VOTING... THE YOUTH "

Harriet is saying, "There's nothing in the manual to deal with this..." she has a laptop on her legs and is talking to someone on the screen - with her headset blasting out their response, "have you tried turning him on and off again?"

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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 26/09/2026

If only there was some way for these companies to stop their many civilizations of AI agents from hacking every website on the internet. Perhaps something that controls what traffic leaves their network, like one of those walls you have to prevent fires from spreading.

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Nigel Robertson @easegill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Definitely. When she first arrived in the ministry she was given a welcome. When the staff went to waiata her, she told them to stop and that she didn't want them wasting her time with nonsense.

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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My representation of some of the discourse about @irisvanrooij.bsky.social her work 🤣🤣🤣

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

duncan garner, paddy gower, tova o’brien, and jenna lynch covered polls with more “froth and sensation” than maiki sherman did last night, but strangely the media class never united against them like they are maiki. my gosh what could explain the difference?? hmmm what is different about maiki??

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#nzpol Re 'Dirty Work' and the TPU, I'm looking forward to reading Nicky Hager's analysis of where over $7m of donations between 2020 and 2023 came from.

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This needs a serious look -- NZ First copied their health policy almost word-for-word from the website of an advocacy group stuffed with fringe practitioners and for-profit "supplement" pedlars... www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

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NZ First’s health policy copy-pasted from advocacy group’s website

New Zealand First released a health policy on Sunday that is largely copy-and-pasted from a charitable trust called Make New Zealand Healthy.

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyone read (or scanned) chapter 5 yet?

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is for this reason that the "AGI" industry MUST be a scam. It is not that it just happens to be a scam, but there simply is no other way to create something that looks like artificial (domain-)GENERAL intelligence than by scamming (and in the current case also exploiting and polluting)

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Anneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If anyone is shivering with antici - pation of Nicky Hagar's Unity launch: here's The Hollow Men doco links for a warm up #NZPol www.nzonscreen.com/videos/the-h...

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NZ On Screen

NZ On Screen is the online showcase of NZ television, film, music video and web series

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My diagnosis of the last 30 years of Labour & National politics is that National has lied that its spending cuts won't affect services and Labour lies that it can pay for meaningful service improvements without increasing taxation. Two sides of the same visibly false coin.

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If only we could convert cognitive dissonance into energy

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The provision is there for a reason! I chat more about Supermarket Sweat week over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/the-week-t...

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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Mate, it’s for rugby mate. Canterbury mate. Crusaders mate. Mate

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

PM Christopher Luxon, Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick, and the groceries. My SST #cartoon today #NZpol #CostOfLiving #Supermarkets

Cartoon. Title: “Work it!” The Dancing Cossacks from the 1970s National Party ad, with PM Christopher Luxon as one of them, carrying two supermarket bags, labelled Pak’NSave and New World. Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick in the background, clapping and saying, “Dah! Dah! Dah! Go, Comrade Luxon!”

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"And following our interview with Jordan Williams, we will interview a random cooker we found on Facebook."

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

All we can expect when trying to scale up AI systems is diminishing returns and devastating environmental damage. Calls for `slowing down’ can conveniently hide the diminishing returns, while still convincing people that the tech is “all powerful”.

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The inference that challenging Henry is impolite? "No sign here of the type of interjections which saw a private security guard remove a podcaster from a similar event in Dunedin. Instead dozens of party faithful lined up politely for selfies with the man of the hour ..." #NZPol

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ACT faithful line up for selfies as Paul Henry roadshow rolls through New Plymouth

Paul Henry brought a bit of showbiz razzle-dazzle to the campaign trail on Friday night as his Unlocked roadshow rolled through New Plymouth.

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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So my new article asks why Swarbrick’s economics sounds so unusual in NZ politics, and why voters may be responding to it. Ok fine, I eventually mention Warren Mosler. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...

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Chlöe Swarbrick Knows Something About Money

The Greens’ co-leader just edged Nicola Willis on economic trust. Her language about debt, spending and productive capacity helps explain why.

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Let's be really clear: Paul Goldsmith asked MoJ to find him cost justifications to restrict the OIA. They've done so. The numbers are largely bogus - inflating numbers of *recorded* OIA requests. A serious assault on our right to information MOJ advice: www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Docum... #nzpol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here's how it all nets out. What we are basically doing is selling low yield debt to the rest of the world (govt bonds etc) and buying offshore shares and equity that are seeing huge valuation gains. We are basically borrowing billions at 3% to invest in shares that return 10%. Lol. [Ends]

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026

Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde

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Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you want to make your own, have at it. #nzpol

Tui billboard with Luxon and the phrase 'cry me a river' but with the main bit blank so you can add your own message

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Aotearoa's Electoral Orange Guy @poti-aotearoa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

General Election 2026 Deadlines Days left to enrol for the first time: 38 days Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls Enrol or update here: vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/e… Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol

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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

People get extremely touchy when the big "F" word gets brought up, but how else do you describe the social consequences of laws this wanton, this careless, this precipitative of accidents and harm to both sides of struggles and tussles over petty crime incidents?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good article calling out the costs & consequences of car-centric cities. Any traffic engineer or city planner still working to lock in car dependent sprawl is guilty of professional malpractice. Arguments that “the market wants it” or “elected officials make the actual decisions” just don’t cut it.

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