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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
From the bottom of my heart, thank you @themountaingoats.bsky.social for an evening I've waited a lifetime for. My first night out without my baby daughter since becoming a parent - to hear the music that kept me here to meet her. More than a few sobs of wrenching gratitude words can't
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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 10/01/2026
Whenever people (correctly) argue that Gamergate was a pivotal event in the development of the modern right, I always get the sense that a lot of people who object are doing so out of a sense of embarrassment that something so stupid could be so significant
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 04/01/2026
Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
If you read one thing today read this -
foreignaffairs.com
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Went to check a fact and ran into this embarrassment of a search Dorothy Pitman Hughes deserves better than this wtf
A screenshot of a Google search for "dorothy pitman hughes" showing the two selected images which should highlight her are instead centering Gloria Steinem - Dorothy's face is cut off half way in the first, and only her right arm is visible in the second.
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Pretty embarrassing for journalists to have to overlay a "committing crimes" clarification in square brackets after the Prime Minister of NZ says "And it's pretty simple, we do not want people in the community." which frankly rings reasonably true given the exodus they have been driving.
Quote from Luxon discussing why increasing prisoner numbers is a good thing - "And it's pretty simple, we do not want people in the community [committing crimes]."
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
apmreports.org
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
FFS small towns often have relatively heavier traffic because they're service hubs for a wide area. I once moved from a big city to a town with a population a bit over 3k and the open air pedestrian mall was busier than Cuba St much of the time. Hell, check our Greytown or Martinborough any weekend!
Unreinfoced masonry buildings in small towns no longer require strengthening or warning notices because "the risk of a facade falling on a pedestrian was lower in communities with fewer than 10k residents" according to Chris PenkGreytown - pop 2870Martinborough pop 2050
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Apparently controversial but I think the proposal for fencing Wellington is good actually - I've been aware since I was a kid that a trip the wrong direction rollerblading around there could mean cracking my skull open on the rocks. I would like fences please.
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
So let me get this straight. We invite the FBI boss to Wellington to open an office. He then says he'll use it to spy on our top export buyer, China, who is then as pissed as. Then Trump HIKES our tariff to 15% from 10%, making us less competitive vs Australia's beef/wine exports to US - still 10%.🤷‍♂️
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
While we're feeling nerd spicy how about this neat little petition about making sure the people making the decisions about how our healthcare system works are actually invested in it the same as the rest of us without their wealth xx www.change.org/p/politician...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Politicians must have skin in the game
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Grosssss (not you Dylan)
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Looking good InternetNZ whānau 🙌
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I'm on the InternetNZ AGM and I just want to say i am so impressed by the professionalism of everyone involved given this unprecedented membership surge. Get on and vote NO folks!
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Does anyone know where to find details of the civil defence alert that just happened? I dismissed it super quick because I had a baby dropping off to sleep and I didn't know how else to make the noise stop!
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Why do none of the many articles on the spike in meth use connect it to David Seymour removing protections on pseudoephedrine - making it far far easier to get the materials to make meth? Like, this is a clear and expected and devastating consequence, not some blip. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
rnz.co.nz
Meth consumption still high, no evidence of related spike in crime
But police data is yet to show evidence of any related significant spike in crime.
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Why do none of the many articles on the spike in meth use connect it to David Seymour removing protections on pseudoephedrine - making it far far easier to get the materials to make meth? Like, this is a clear and expected and devastating consequence, not some blip. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
rnz.co.nz
Meth consumption still high, no evidence of related spike in crime
But police data is yet to show evidence of any related significant spike in crime.
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Erin Burrell says protect trans kids @erinkb.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
The average person over 100k pays about a dollar more a week but it funds dental care! So yeah, $50 a year and you get dental care. It's a fantastic freaking budget
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The Head of the Privileges Committee and (drumroll) The ‘C’ Word. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol
A cartoon. Title: “The Head of the Privileges Committee and The ‘C’ Word”
Image shows a woman (MP Judith Collins), dressed as Captain Cook, with one hand on a book, “The Coloniser’s Handbook”, and the other pointing off to the right, and she’s shouting, “Culture Wars! CHARGE!”. In the background is a scene of early Wellington, with the Beehive up on the hill.
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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
'In the 2023/24 financial year, the Government collected $3.7m in revenue from the coal industry' We take just 2% commission on coal/mineral mining, its not a good deal for #newzealand because it costs us more to clean up #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/a...
newsroom.co.nz
All of Govt's 2024 coal earnings spent treating damages at a single mine
The Stockton mine is hoping for a fast-tracked 25-year extension, as historic damages are costing the Crown more than it earns from all coal mine royalties
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Jules @julianjackson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Chlöe Swarbrick on the recent Benjamin and Tamantha media storm, her perspective of what we should really be paying attention to. #nzpol
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says
thespinoff.co.nz
Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says
A history of negative experiences of policing will affect how some communities view the police – and it's crucial that the opinions of these communities are heard....
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Toronto shopping street
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Only Abby @twinlife.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
To my friends here in Aotearoa please note that submissions on this important legislation close at the end of the month. I for one am keen to maintain strict gun laws that put safety at the centre.
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Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Govt needs more resources to health and not less. This means more funding to enable more staff, hospital beds and required support. DO NOT PRIVATISE #NZ health care Overloaded maternity system facing job and service cuts www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... 22 December 2024 #NZPol #AoNZPol
rnz.co.nz
Overloaded maternity system facing job and service cuts
Health NZ has proposed getting rid of the national maternity and early years programme Starting Well, and 25 fulltime roles will be cut from Health NZ's funding team.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
So how did Jago get away with it for so long? Absolutely nothing to do with his brother being 'a senior detective'. No way that could be the case. Great work from Edward Gay on exposing this and other stuff one of the victim's family want aired.
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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/02/2025
If some combination of the reputational damage of the school lunches fiasco, the treaty principles bill and the paedo president can’t turn 8.5% into 4.9% we aren’t trying hard enough.
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
For those interested in Bryce Edward's summation of the impacts of the Regulatory Standards Bill and who can't get past The Post paywall, Bryce probably covers similar material on the Integrity Institute blog. #NZpol Thanks @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social democracyproject.substack.com/p/ditching-r...
democracyproject.substack.com
Ditching regulations will favour the wealthy
A critique of the Government's Regulatory Standards Bill published by The Post
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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/29/r...
However, he was stymied because he was not in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s inner circle. Their personalities and understanding were opposite. While Reti over-thought, at least in health, Luxon under-thought. In contrast to Reti, Luxon didn’t appreciate the complexity of the health system. Luxon is known to have said in closed circles that the problem with health is that it is led by health. This wasn’t Reti’s view.
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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
ACT leaders ... covering up shit since forever.. #nzpol
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Gwynn Compton @gwynncompton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Seymour’s school lunch provider had three months to get ready for the start of the school year, and they still can’t guarantee schools that lunches will be delivered. Someone needs to ask Luxon whether this is acceptable and if he’ll be holding Seymour to account given this situation is his creation
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The ACT MP David Garrett who stole the identity of a dead baby to obtain a false passport finally sighing in relief today.
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
if you're wondering where you've heard his name before it might be the two other ACT party SA cases which he presided over and did nothing about newsroom.co.nz/2020/10/08/s... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/young-act...
newsroom.co.nz
Sexual assault victim says youth politics ‘all talk, no support’
A young woman says she has been ignored by a system set up to avoid responsibility.
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Come on Stuff are we simping for ACT so hard we're obfuscating their association with this creep? Recent Golriz article for comparison. Shameless partisanship
Stuff headline: Prominent political figure who sexually abused boys can now be namedStuff headline: Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman's appeal over shoplifting convictions fails
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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
It's really important this story is followed up. If the vaping industry is bribing our government as these staff said, we need to know who, and how. It's not just about the tobacco and vape industry, it's about preventing corruption. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
stuff.co.nz
Bribe allegations about NZ vape kits in employee secret recordings
Employees linked to vape company RELX - which has been paid $575,000 for vape kits for smokers - boasted of claims they made “government payments” to New Zealand in late 2023.
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Thomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
It doesn’t matter whether the Prime Minister was there at the time, that’s totally irrelevant. The remarks are on the record. We can all read them, government Ministers attacking other MPs based solely on where they come from. It’s a question of basic leadership, human decency and integrity. 2/
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The Government has forced more legislation all the way through Parliament under urgency in its first 400 days than any since at least 1987, a Newsroom analysis has found. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/28/g...
newsroom.co.nz
Govt smashes record for laws passed without select committee scrutiny
The Government has forced more legislation all the way through Parliament under urgency in its first 400 days than any since at least 1987.
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Setting up a library card last year after a hiatus was the single best customer service experience I've had in my life. Tried to apply late evening but didn't work. Woke up to an email noting it was because I needed my old details, providing them, and also having completed the process for me. A+
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Thomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The Post printed an article today asserting that Wellington’s car parking is “overstretched”. I asked what their basis was for asserting this, given that WCC parking occupancy at peak times is only 52% and there are around 30,000 car parks overall in the central city. They removed the assertion.
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The first three floors will open and then the rest will open as each floor is finished
- adding 350 car parks to Wellington's overstretched car parking total with about 700 available once the building is finished.The first three floors will open and then the rest will open as each floor is finished
- adding 350 car parks, with about 700 available once the building is finished.
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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Thank you! It’s been great to have our region report on good water news 💧 wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
wellington.govt.nz
Mayor Tory Whanau Op-ed: “Fixing water is the focus of 2025.”
This time last year Wellington was challenged by some serious summer water restrictions.
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
David Seymour is suggesting that people could get better private healthcare for $6000 per person per annum. It only takes cursory familiarity with healthcare costs to understand what a farce that statement is. 🧵
"He said healthcare in New Zealand was costing New Zealanders $6000 per person, suggesting people could get better value for their healthcare if that money went to individuals' own health insurance."
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landlord trauma @chonks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
David Seymour is suggesting that people could get better private healthcare for $6000 per person per annum. It only takes cursory familiarity with healthcare costs to understand what a farce that statement is. 🧵
"He said healthcare in New Zealand was costing New Zealanders $6000 per person, suggesting people could get better value for their healthcare if that money went to individuals' own health insurance."
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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This brings the costs of the Treaty Principles Bill to more than $6m – including the costs of the initial estimate. In reality, it is very likely to exceed that. That is the spending equivalent of 2m free school meals – enough meals for 10,526 children for a school year.
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I am reading nearly every day about tacks being laid out on our cycle ways this summer. Someone could be seriously hurt by this petty destructiveness. We should all appreciate people who choose active or public transport - for emissions & air quality and the ease of us all getting around.
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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The prices of things that the government has no control over are falling – notably fuel. The price of things that the government has more control over are rising more quickly than general inflation. Do you feel back on track yet?
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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Heads up whānau. If you didn’t get a chance to submit on the Boot Camps bill or the Social Welfare bill, submissions have been extended until Jan 24 which means you have 3 days to get submitting. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
nzherald.co.nz
Parliament extends public submissions for two more bills after Treaty Principles Bill website issues, unprecedented demand
Two bills being heard by the Social Services and Community Committee are affected.
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