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Now seeing there are answers from folks with deeper experience than me upthread :) 👋

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strong correlation btw 1) "actual reporter on our team wrote this" and 2) "this story cost us more to write" and 3) "story is specific to REGION, so REGION readers will pay for it, nobody else covers this" There's probably a business rule AND discretion at work?

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Cyn @cyncharron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes and yes, I think. I have lots of issues with the machine of business which drives this. I also believe journos and news rooms have a pretty good grip on how to sort stories into buckets like "don't run ads in this sensitive story" and "story which drives subscription".

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If you’ve got kids studying in Dunedin who aren’t yet enrolled to vote, encourage them to get along to this all ages, alcohol free, voter enrolment music festival. Loads of really great bands in the lineup! (Yes including my kid, but genuinely, lots of great talent.) #nzpol

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Rock The Vote - Live at Southern Lights

An outdoor music festival to encourage youth voter enrolment . raise the youth vote! all ages / alcohol free

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Shamefully, representatives of the NZDF, NZ’s intel agencies, Rocket Lab, space/weapons tech companies & university faculty will be convening in Ōtautahi this Friday to venerate the military-space sector. Peace Action Ōtautahi is calling for people to join their protest against the convention #nzpol

PEACE ACTION ŌTAUTAHI PRESENTS:
SWARM THE SUMMIT '26
TE PAE CONVENTION CENTRE.
OCT 2ND

Mass mobilisation to disrupt the National Aerospace Summit
Take action against war profiteers, international military personnel and weapons manufacturers coming to Ōtautahi!

1: Gather at Victoria Park - North End
7.00 am
Friday October 2nd
2: March to Te Pae Convention Centre

BRING YOUR CREW.
TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE AEROSPACE/MILITARY INDUSTRY.
SWARM THE SUMMIT!
PEACE ACTION ŌTAUTAHI

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can't read the signature but is this something letter-y over here too?

close up of the pencil artwork up thread, letter forms emerge from the sketched grasses or roots

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IME what will most motivate to purchase a sub. Wire stories keep casual readers engaged but are available elsewhere so they are salad. Local / topical focus are the main meals folks are more likely to pony up for.

Anne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Here’s a video that made 15yo and I laugh like absolute loons this week. Gotta RETVRN to those classic surnames like Fuckbeggar, woke sensibilities be damned

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/09/2026

I'm liking this big ready to pop moon and the tangible change the seasons bring about now

Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/09/2026

Oh look it's the same thing, haha

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 26/09/2026

I think they were on the wireless today wanting to make noisy cars quiet? I thought that sounds very free speech of them.

Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 24/09/2026

if ONLY it was a requirement to retire the first position to run for the second

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Sept 25–27 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Ngāmotu: 4.30pm Flags @Paynters Ave Bridge Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St

New Plymouth poster:

BOYCOTT DIVEST SANCTION

FLAGS ON FRIDAY

NO PEACE, NO JUSTICE WITH OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

PAYNTERS AVENUE BRIDGE 4.30-5.30PM

NGĀMOTU-NEW PLYMOUTH

SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE!!

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 24/09/2026

I don't _hate_ the format this feed to bsky bot is doing, tbh. What does the repetition tell us? What does the division tell us? What does it say when every story appears as a Viewmaster of the poster image?

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(And, it's back with a cover image)

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Gone this morning, hope your order comes through!

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Form an orderly line please people

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I had the same thing happen, add to cart then nothing in cart. Busy night for the website too!

Somewhat on faith ... Title and release date match was sufficient, adds to the excitement lol

www.paperplus.co.nz/productdispl... just let me order one click and collect

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Dirty Work

I hate that when I lit the fire so the house was warm for family to return, I kind of knew sun would be back

playlist poster image gives a whole AI-generated vibe - if this isn't a playlist of AI-generated music I recommend using any actual art (Sorry to be Hall Monitor, but you might appreciate knowing this sends a message to listeners)

Poster image for the linked playlist, which looks extremely skin crawling AI generated, it's a speaker in the middle of a valley with the sun setting argh look it's really hard to write alt text for something that has so much going on and so little visual meaning

Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 21/09/2026

The minister for the SIS has not heard of the NZ citizen that the SIS apologized to in 2022 for illegal tapping, checks out

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 20/09/2026

Aren't these systems already a matrix of biases? Not sure adding a second or tenth will reduce that.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 20/09/2026

so many duopolies to break, FPP thinking can step right up

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yemeni Anthropomorphic Stele (3rd–1st Century BCE)

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 20/09/2026

Imagine the audiences just don't intersect IRL? Bet Winston can manage a tune on multiple whistles at once. Geezer's probably got some snazzy smoke tricks too.

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 16/09/2026

Now I am imagining a mechanical typewriter with a full complement of nearly 4,000 keys to strike for every emoji (we can use striped inkribbons for the emoji colour hints)

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 16/09/2026

Thank you for "typing" this out and saving me the effort 😂

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Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs · 16/09/2026

Thought Morgan was out! Huh