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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Didn’t realise Cliff Curtis is originally from Hollywood. Thought he was a NZer who acted across the globe…..

Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The us or them zero sum shit which will tickle the xenophobic balls is a savy move for a party who see it’s coalition partners successfully use hate as an ongoing electoral tool.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is how your represent Palestine in the same stadium that tried to silence it. Thank you Nate and Noah for rocking our jerseys, it makes us proud. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The protected class. Where you can be mediocre af and get a platform. Watch it play out when the worst PM for ages walks into another cushy role post-pol. It’s never been about merit.

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OMG OMG OMG when I read the name of that Dutch NGO guy I immediately knew something amazing was about to happen to @fran4dunedin.bsky.social, but I totally underestimated how far the amazingness would go

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A year earlier, Pope Leo XIV put the contradiction plainly: “someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion,’ but says, ‘I’m in favor of the death penalty,’ is not really pro-life.”

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Steve Newall @stevenewall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

1% of Linkin Park’s crowd came to Aotearoa specifically for the gig. Just 0.4% of ULTRA festival. Is the NZ Govt’s Events Attraction package doing what it was set up to? theconversation.com/money-for-so...

theconversation.com

Money for something: why public funding for NZ’s live music scene needs retuning

Every dollar invested in local live performance is multiplied in benefits to local communities. But state funding has to be strategic and targeted.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How dare such a barbaric country judge anyone on morality and goodness.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And good riddance I say Make it look more achievable ffs 😢

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The cartoon of Loosehead Len in the weekend paper is a staple of childhood lol

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is symptomatic of this coalition. Bluster spouted before thinking joins the chat. To the point where they feed into the points raised against. And a disbelief that people think longer than their own lifetimes, a metaphor for the narrow sighted, self serving pricks newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/s...

newsroom.co.nz

Seymour brands doctors 'activists with a grab bag of causes' – EU trade complaint

Ministers are aghast that iwi and environmental groups would seek to rip up the Europe free trade deal in pursuit of climate accountability, writes Jonathan Milne.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah a bit hmmm reading that news. Grew up with his son and it’s one of those things that gets you reaching out after some years and just nestling in memories of time x

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dunno why, but this interaction from some random shirley temple movie which i recall nothing of but this scene, is something i think abt. Nothing more than cause it reminds me that I should always centre the family in my thoughts, all of them across generations

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That party so keen to keep that Nats door open. Understandable given there are ties to that era the leader sees as being left behind in the current regime.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Why platform genocide apologists. You undermine your own mana.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m starting to wonder if he is one of those plants who embed themselves over years after being turned and now, it’s time for the plan to play out.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cause racism is on the agenda 7 days a week, baby

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Glad they took the game to a field they’ve won one game on….

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For all the improvements they try implement at the airport, the commitment to having a declaration area which is just chaos is impressive.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Brother picks me up in Brisbane, we meet his family who were driving around to surprise my iramutu. They roll up, i knock on the window. They look at me nonplussed, and i hear “what’s he doing here” Nothing like family love 😭

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: Human rights and anti-war organizations are launching a campaign to demand the top Biden officials who promoted or lied about the Gaza genocide be boxed out from future Democratic administrations and other liberal spaces. Rashida Tlaib & Chris Rabb signed on. More expected to join.

zeteo.com

EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Genocide Accomplices Targeted by New Accountability Campaign

#DroptheGenocide20 demands Biden admin aides who enabled the Gaza genocide not be given roles in liberal spaces – like the role it turns out JD Vance pursued in 2016, when he ‘hated’ Trump.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Moe mai rā Matua Jim Peters. Sat in a few hui with him for the James Henare Ctr and he was a committed man, who like his brother, always had a word to say lol

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fan-run Ed Sheeran tour account announces it will take a break: "LoopTourUA is deeply saddened & disappointed by Ed & his team's decisions…it is not a political stance to be against the massacre of innocent people and their homes and we hope Ed Sheeran can see this…"

Tweet from @looptourUA, with a patched up heart in the tweet text:

The Loop Tour UA
@looptourUA
In light of the recent disappointing events regarding Ed Sheeran and his tour, this update account will be taking a break from updating the shows - except if they are related to the Macklemore ‘boycott'.
Loop TourUA is deeply saddened & disappointed by Ed & his team's decisions. Here's to hoping a decent statement will come out from the british artist's team.
It is not a political stance to be against the massacre of innocent people and their homes and we hope Ed Sheeran can see this and reflect on his decisions.
Thank you all for understanding.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Settlements and settlers, expressions of terrorism.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Each person who played a role in this Macklemore situation is a genocide apologist.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lovely lil gig in Aotea Sq yesterday with our new jammy jam group, Ok Ok. Into Aaradhna prep mode for a couple weekends in Aus before moving from kōrero to jamming prep for the Home Brew tour. Couple of fun months coming up

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank you, North Harbour. At least one team i support won this weekend lol

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

That tape on Taylor’s head pulling back his eyebrows into full villain mode

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Only Marshall can comment his way incorrectly through how an injury happened, as the replay of the injury is being played.....

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The smile when he was doing that hit up lol

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Like we know it’s there and growing but the way the parties of hate have gone full blown war on society has part its genesis in our weak af PM taking a racist bill that wasn’t a bottom line and saying “you know, Dave, or should I call you Rawiri *wink wink*” let’s give it a fucking go

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hitting the ground running with a smashload of interesting gigs/tours leading up to a Dec off with the family (unless i get more gigs lol) and fuck i hate how much it makes me happy cause the flip side when i ain’t busy, ooooohweeee

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It is fucking wild that this whole trajectory was predicted, so well that even a dumb fuck like me with a cursory look could see, and that society is just being marched towards it. Backward fucks.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

It's always a good time to share this.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Memorialising when terror came to the terrorists. I think i’ll pass. How’s that investigation on rhe terror strike on the girls school in Iran going? Gaza, anyone? Racists.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Never forget the master negotiator took something that wasn’t a bottom line in negotiations and let it jump in the mix.

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Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I don’t even bother reading articles abt ACT cause it’s just different spews of the same racism; the underlying thread of hate which courses through that lil fella’s being. Self hate is a motherfucker, especially when you don’t think you possess it.

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