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Clint Fern

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Inveterate tree planter

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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 11h
It's Craig McCulloch. Winston & Jones being racist 🦗🦗🦗🦗 Greens slightest criticism of the elites 🤯
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 14h
Spinoff ranking descriptor "It’s sickly sweet and nondescript. I’ve always remembered it being chosen by children who refused to eat their vegetables. " Luxon to a t
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 14h
Slight disagreement. The ACT party list is easy to find.
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 21h
FOR SALE: Dancing shoes. Never worn.
A NZ Herald headline by Thomas Coughlan that says: “Election 2026: National on track to lose and Christopher Luxon’s debate performance didn’t help”
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 17h
Isn't 47 the number of properties that Brewer has? Simplification through 47 points - laughable.
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 17h
Jesus… this isn’t a plan it’s a join the dots picture of Humpty Dumpty. 47 points… 🤣🤣🤣 #nzpol
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 18h
Pundits "Am I out of touch?" "No it's the polls that are wrong"
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 19h
If she gets booted at the election its going to bring a lot of joy.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 19h
Yeah, coming below undecideds is extraordinary for a PM. Unprecedented in leaders debates?
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 19h
No surprises that Ben Thomas wanted to ignore it. Māni Dunlop maybe wanting to not appear partisan? Does seem really strange to have an on show poll and blank it, even NZME are covering it.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 19h
Morning Reports Finance Debate tl:dnl - Edmonds - calm and laying out her plans, almost ignoring National Willis - it's Labours fault 100 times. Very little (almost nothing) about what she plans to do in her annoying monologue voice
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 19h
Audrey proves me wrong - "Chris Hipkins was the stronger performer by far. He was more direct, more specific about policies to alleviate the cost of living, and crisper in his delivery. He was more relatable" Wow, Luxon has even lost the safest of backers.
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have a (very small!) role on TV3’s election special tomorrow (Wednesday) talking about climate change and infrastructure It’s a live show from 7pm looking at the big future challenges facing our country - at the end a panel of political leaders respond to the issues #nzpol #FuturesThinking
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I forgot. Jack asked Luxon about $60 a week shop. Luxon said it was just for a box Frujus and snacks.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had the pleasure of doing the same to Nick Smith, although he squirmed back on the list which looks less likely for Bishop. (Obvs not against list mps, just Nick)
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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 06/10/2026
Totally fine with being blocked for this but saying LLMs “aren’t all bad” b/c they let you vibe-code something quickly doesn’t make the reality of how they work any less awful
A screenshot of my reply to a, now blocked, user 

The text reads: 

Vibe coding still runs off stolen work, though. The code it's trained on is often protected by OSD but never attributed AND they charge their users for access.
I think this thread and the replies put it best IMO
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My best bit of the debate was Kent's summation.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thoughts going out to Audrey Young as she tries to find evidence that Luxon won the debate.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Goldsmith is a dreadful piece of work. He can go back to writing his hagiographies for other right wing bastards.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I only watched a small bit of it, Luxon just yelling over the top and Chippy being mild. Not inspiring but definitely worse for the numpty.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stanford would knife him and take over the coalition talks (going on the possibility that Bishop & Goldsmith might be goneburgers by then).
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Asked about it Mr Charming said ""I mean, there'll be a number of other people with a number of other views. Frankly, I don't care," he said." Smalley having kittens.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ben Thomas thinks Luxon won it. Audience undecided voters poll - 1st Chippy 49% 2nd Undecided 29% 3rd Mr Fuckhead
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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watching Luxon trying to be prime ministerial is like watching a Neanderthal wander aimlessly around a nuclear reactor, smearing it with mud and hitting it with sticks, whilst proclaiming ‘what I’m saying to you is I’m doing a really great job of running this thing’ #nzpol
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Luxon: IDGAF #nzpol
A cartoon sketch by NinjaKitty of Luxon with a IDGAF face
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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ooof
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks for yoir coverage
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Principal Skinner meme with David Seymour's horrific face on it. The caption reads

"Am I out of touch?"
"No, it's the children who should be at school in the holidays"
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Happy Birthday youngster.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
.... which I should have said first up, rather than total ban as you pointed out.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ours got to within about 25 metres of the house, thankfully 3 choppers with monsoon buckets got it out. We had to leave for a couple of hours on the instructions of the fire brigade, a worrying time). Just feel with the warmer and winder climate we need to get smarter....
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah. Well we've almost had our property burned by a burnoff that was not properly attended so its a sore point. There have been plenty of similar incidents, so just my opinion that it shouldn't be the go to method of control. Firefighters doing it is one thing, lazy landowners is another.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is this what this is, a scrub burn for firefighting purposes?
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When are we going to learn that burnoffs are a bad thing? "The fire had reignited from a planned burn in the area last Wednesday"
stuff.co.nz
Large plumes of smoke visible from Queenstown as fire threatens historic venue
A large vegetation fire has broken out on Walter Peak, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tonight Matthew I'm going to be.... Rachel Reeves.
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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Im old enough to remember the disgusting stink of the tallow works at Ngauranga. I hope that repealing laws that restrict offensive industries doesn’t come back to bite us.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I made a joke about nightsoil collecting a couple of weeks ago but now Seymour's ministry is actioning regulations on it. Must be part of his return to the Victorian era, what next make chimney sweeping for kids an accepted thing again?
stuff.co.nz
Forget $3 diesel, ministers are celebrating ‘nightsoil’ laws
While rising fuel costs hit everyday Kiwis, the Ministry of Regulation is busy scrapping rules for 19th-century offensive trades.
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Risky behaviour... #NZpol 2022
Two NZ pedestrians crossing tracks in front of a speeding train are nearly struck by a train labelled 'Climate Crisis'.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Swarbrick - Willis's comments were “desperate and sad attack nonsense” Edmonds - “Nicola Willis may not know how to read a fiscal plan, but I suggest she learn quickly given we’re still waiting for hers,"
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Ooh, Burn!
ALT: Ooh, Burn!
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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The entire Department of Conservation was funded $709 million in 2025/26.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dottie enjoying the sunny day
A whippet / collie x rolling on a lawn
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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Which Seymour to believe? "current political response to the cost of living was to punish those who set prices rather than the underlying problem of wages being too low" Or the one promoting policy that will freeze the adult minimum wage for 3 yrs & have a lower training wage for workers under 20?
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What about their highly successful road cones hotline? Oh wait.....
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Neoliberals stuff up brewery pissup.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Mark Jennings on the same event. "Act, for some strange reason, chose a cavernous 6000-sq-metre warehouse in Penrose for its launch.. The 400 present occupied only a small section of the building. .. Act’s double-decker campaign bus .. made both Seymour’s speech .. & Paul Henry difficult to hear."
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Seymour: ‘Affording a decent life is the number one political issue’
Act says its policies have saved $14 billion in spending in its first term in government but it can do a lot more if re-elected.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tamatha's commentary makes the Brentness of the video bareable.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everyone hated the follow up to Snakes on a Plane, Munters on a Bus.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Herr Backpfeifengesicht
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable' $2.7bn on an LNG terminal we dont need $671m on iRex $60m on a failure of a concrete facility $9m on Council amalgamation they didnt have a plan for #nzpol
$2.7bn LNG terminal$700m on cancelling ferries$60m for failing concrete plant$9m on council amalgamation
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