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Gwen Brandt

@dancnlizard.bsky.social
1.3K followers 927 following 933 posts

geriatrician, family medicine trained, gamer, outdoor enthusiast, wife to an ER doc, mother, she/her 🚫genAI Michigan Aotearoa/NZ

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I guess this is the conclusion to the Cedric Lodge case at Harvard. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school
Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national scheme
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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 11h
I'm from Nuzlind and I endorse this ad. #NZPol youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 10h
Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... #nzpol
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Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal
The Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne.
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 21h
NZ: pure shitfuckery. Great new content by @thejuicemedia.com Thanks legends #nzpol
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Counterpoint: no, she doesn't. She's spent three years tanking the economy, the PREFU doesn't show it un-tanking any time soon. Where's the jobs? Where's the higher wages? What's going to bring people back from Australia? I'll wait. #nzpol
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Moraa Unredacted @omoraa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don’t make legends out of them by calling them the Cornell 7. Call them what they are: the Cornell rapists.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 29/09/2026
The ICJ decisively rebuked the Israeli argument that occupation of Gaza ended in 05 by establishing that the control test does not limit itself to the physical presence of troops on every street corner
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Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’: UN world court
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Erica Stanford's Education Ministry banned "Aotearoa" from new education curriculum Same Minister banned books with 7 Māori words, like "kai", as too complex for kids to understand Insanity and notice how subdued the headlines are #nzpol #kiwi
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Māori words in curriculum shouldn't be controversial, principals say
Principals and a Māori language advocate are angry and disappointed by the Education Ministry's treatment of te reo Māori and the secrecy that has surrounded it.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The truth is, you can belittle maskers, shrug off disabled people, and call us all crazy a million times, but you’re going to have to live in the world you’re building with these choices, and outcomes don’t care that your views are popular right now. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...
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More than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
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Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Leader of the House, far-right pro-corporate #AtlasNetwork Zionist & Tobacco lobbyist Chris #Bishop shepherded 150 controversial govt bills through Parliament, undermining Democratic process-most remove NZers #HumanRights & environment protection #nzpol newsroom.co.nz newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/g...
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last election they promised surplus in 2026 They promised tax cuts without borrowing, or Willis would resign if their tax plan didn't work It failed, no resignation National lie #nzpol
National releases economic plan, says NZ will return to surplus in 2028
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Former NFL/NBA/MLB national network sportscaster here: Gambling has absolutely fucking killed sports. RIP
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What The Fukc Is Happening? @dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#nzpol #PartyVoteGreensAotearoaNZ Do it.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 27/09/2026
The UN has updated its list of companies found to be intimately involved in the sustaining and expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine, universally recognized as illegal. The list has 214 companies and firms, almost all Israeli, but at least 10 from France, Germany, China, & the US.
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UN Human Rights updates list of companies involved in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory
GENEVA – The UN Human Rights Office today issued an
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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These privileged frat bros gang raped a girl and invited others to join in for SEVEN HOURS. The story was buried, only two were expelled, and we are only hearing about it now because the victim is suing. Cornell, the police, and the system protected them. The Cornell Seven:
Pictures and names of the seven Cornell students accused of sexually abusing a woman for seven hours.
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#nzpol In case you think I'm exaggerating... Also, IMHO, our UN representatives not walking out on Netanyahu's speech was unconscionable. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
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Tiger-Fred @tiger-fred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lets not forget that Palestine is still undergoing a genocide. It's not gone away. The press has stopped talking about it and people are forgetting the horror of it all. That's how people become manipulated.
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today is International Right to Know Day, so a great day to file an OIA or LGOIMA request to find information held by central or local government on an issue you care about. www.unesco.org/en/days/univ... #nzpol
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International Day for Universal Access to Information
28 September
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was a rape crisis counselor for many years. The Cornell story is not just Cornell. It’s all colleges and universities. And it reminds me why I am so relieved that my own daughter is done with college.
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a false dichotomy. Every gallon of drinking water used to cool a data center is a gallon taken from a community that relies on it. Water is already scarce in so many parts of the country, which means that any added demand is an actual stress on the water supply.
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh, look! David Seymour, being a cunt since forever ago. #nzpol
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol
Jordan WIlliams graph
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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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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians
Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Israel is not a democracy This has been a huge lie from the beginning There’s a few reasons for this: 1. Apartheid - Displaced Palestinians have no voting rights in Israel 2. Jewish Supremacist - Arab parties in Israel were banned from participating in elections a week ago
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The inquiry into the Tom Phillips case, and the failure of agencies to put the welfare of children first. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Children #ChildWelfare
Cartoon. Title: “Falling Down on the Job” Image shows three monkeys falling down a hill. The hill has “The Marokopa Children” written on it. The monkey with its hands covering its mouth is labelled “Family Court” the monkey with its fingers pushed in its ears is labelled “OT” (Oranga Tamariki). And the monkey with its eyes covered is labelled “Police”
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rather than learn about EBM from these guys, learn how they abused and weaponized it to spread doubt and advance the MAHA/MAGA political agenda. My latest.
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Dr. Vinay Prasad Created Long Lists of Randomized Trials for Other People to Do. Does That Make Him an EBM Guru?
"Just saying the same thing over and over again, whether in social media or in medical literature, ain’t gonna get it done."- Dr. Eliezer Van Allen
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m not “denouncing” you. I’m revealing you’re a MAHA/MAGA sycophant. Don’t blame me for your behavior.
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Dear John Horgan, Fluff MAHA/MAGA Doctors Less, Bash War More
"A cancer expert I admire becomes a Trump collaborator. Should he be dead to me?" That's an easy question to answer.
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NAZA - Official Trailer
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NAZA - official trailer
YouTube video by The Guardian
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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since it was created in 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal has awarded $2.8bn to Iwi. In one year, the govt Peters is part of gave away $3bn to landlords in socially worthless tax breaks. Peterson and this govt should be abolished. #NZpol
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Gwen Brandt @dancnlizard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 25/09/2026
The afterword to Dirty Work gives an explanation for the poor media coverage, particularly at RNZ - Hager explicitly calls out their collusion with TPU et al and makes clear suggestions for RNZ to improve. Unsurprising but disappointing to see it fall on closed ears
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you tired of Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics being dominated by racism and xenophobia? We’re sick of it, and we’re fighting back. SAVE THE DATE: 17 October, and follow our friends @workersfirstunion.bsky.social to stay in the loop. #nzpol
Green graphic featuring headshots of David Seymour and Winston Peters beside the text: “Tired of racism and xenophobia ruining New Zealand politics?” Large text reads: “Save the date: October 17.” Additional text says: “Time to fight back. All Workers United.” NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi logo appears at bottom left, Workers First logo appears at bottom right.
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the sort of bullshit by our current government that Labour is wanting to stop. Lack of certainty. The COC INSISTED on local government change, made OUR councils jump through fucking hoops & spend valuable ratepayer money to what fucking end?! 🤬🤬🤬 #VoteOutTheFuckersIn26
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#nzpol Headline has already been rewritten in the piece to remove the shame of our snivelling government of collaborators making UN delegates remain out of respect to this genocidal war criminal. I’m ashamed and sickened.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chris Penk getting his new column off to a great start by reviewing a book he hasn't read and declaring that it belongs "in the fiction section". I hope Stuff's editors are proud of themselves.
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tristam @tristam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chlöe Swarbrick gives an almighty summation of the current governing coalition’s record. Her speech, given as parliament closes for the election, also outlines why the @greens.org.nz need to lead the next government… the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder that Donald Trump, Jr.’s venture capital firm is a major investor in Polymarket. He is also an adviser to Kalshi. Meanwhile, Trump’s regulators are suing states attempting to regulate prediction markets and Trump himself has said the platforms will “thrive” under his administration.
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New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation that puts residents at risk
Prediction market platforms have argued states do not have the authority to govern them because they are already regulat
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Rob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 @rob.webworxshop.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
People of New Zealand, you know what to do: www.nzherald.co.nz/business/meta-sm… #NZ #NewZealand #NZPol
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Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ released in New Zealand, just as the technology faces bans in Australia
NZ 'poorly prepared' to deal with the new technology, expert says.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Clandestine campaigns, and cancerous carriers: The Taxpayers’ Union’s corrosive circulation www.linkedin.com/pulse/clande... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/c... (WordPress) #nzpol #disinformation #InfluenceOperations #ElectoralIntegrity #astroturfing
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Clandestine campaigns, and cancerous carriers: The Taxpayers’ Union’s corrosive circulation
Nicky Hager launched Dirty Work: The Taxpayers’ Union and New Zealand’s Hard Right to a crowd of hundreds at Unity Books in Wellington on 22 September 2026, fewer than 50 days before the general elect...
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Re sharing this oped I wrote about Smart Glasses for... reasons #nzpol (The reasons are Meta have launched their AI enabled Smart Glasses in NZ and that sucks) www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...
rnz.co.nz
Smart glasses make secret filming easier. What does NZ law actually protect you from?
Analysis: At a glance, they look much like ordinary eyewear.
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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'Work was going on to determine how to "challenge the posture" of would-be adversaries viewed as threatening the peaceful use of space.' The US. The US is the adversary with warfighters. Shame forever on this government. #nzspace #nzpol
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