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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I knew this would be bad, but it's awful. Malpractice even. I'll limit my criticism to 9 posts. The Herald have added together the gross debt of NZ public & private sectors and called this debt 'we collectively owe the world'. Pure unadulterated nonsense. Literally untrue. [🧵1/n]

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 08/08/2026

This video delightfully merges my interests...

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 05/08/2026

From what I've seen of FSU's communications to their members and supporters, they are tilting at windmills. They imagine an intention and operation that simply isn't real. Franks and Douglas Brown have publicly described aspects of the organisation, and what it does, that are totally fictional.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Free Speech Union having their CE and board member stand as candidates for Internet NZ and emailing their members to rank them 1 and 2 and not rank any other candidates feels like it should be more of a news story. It's antithetical to a genuine election and the democratic process.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

good article and, crucially, a good list at the end of cookware/kitchenware lines that are still quality (and family owned)

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Breaking out the emergency Paul Henry to distract from your former Party President! I dive more into how our media outlets seemingly continue to act as PR outlets over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 30/06/2026

The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

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Honest Government Ad | Palantir

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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badfishnz.bsky.social @badfishnz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Petition link at the start of the thread, but this is the key point #nzpol

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 22/06/2026

Ok folks, paullecomtephoto.nz My site is up & running again - very limited stock of charcuterie & end grain chopping boards. Can't see me having the time to get back into the workshop before xmas, so get in fast.

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

What I would love to see in the Greens tax discussion: 1. Repeated comparisons to other countries. NZers are very insecure and we need to be told that everyone else already has tax-free thresholds, wealth taxes, inheritance taxes; the phrase “it’s a bit embarrassing” is NZ kryptonite.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 21/06/2026

LOVE this name-drop

The super-rich pay $9
tax out of every $100 they make, but a teacher pays $22 out of every $100
they earn.

If someone with median wealth donated the same proportion of their wealth as billionaire
Nick Mowbray's $200,000
donation to ACT, they would have donated just $2.72.

One in seven kiwi kids lives in poverty.

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

NZ has attracted the attention of Patrick Boyle who critiqued our exceeding and permanently continued low productivity, and how our housing economy (with bits stuck to the side per Bernard Hickey) went bust especially in the North Island and Auckland (the Unitary Plan assisted in a good way)

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When a Housing Boom Turns to Bust

YouTube video by Patrick Boyle

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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Australia tried this. It became Robodebt: 470,000 wrongly accused, multiple suicides, $1.8b cleanup, Royal Commission. NZ government rushing the same architecture through Parliament 'under urgency' this week, avoiding scrutiny. All to save less than one week of the landlord tax break. #nzpol

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$55m less in benefit payments as Govt automates welfare decisions under urgency

The Ministry of Social Development will receive broad powers to let computers make decisions as part of a bill being rushed through Parliament.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Political donations, influence and elections. My #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: ‘Political coffers’ Image shows NZ First MP Shane Jones holding up a $100 note, and saying, ‘How about that?! Talking money!!!’ And the note is saying, ‘… and we want…’ while in the background PM Luxon is holding a note that is ringing like a phone.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In retrospect, letting Luxon get away with an internal investigation of Bed Leg with a report no one ever saw was the predictor that these guys would be ethically fucked in the head #nzpol

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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 30/05/2026

Nope, we have not changed our minds ✊

Statement (white background, black letters) that says:

"Browse without AI"
Browsing should push you to explore, chase ideas, and make your own decisions. It should light up your brain.

When an artificial assistant sits between you and the web, Big Tech filters what you see and decides what you don't see. Your judgement is outsourced.

A browser that browses for you is like paying a robot to go out for dinner with your friends and give you a summary of the evening when it gets home.

Vivaldi is taking a stand. We choose humans over hype, and we will not turn the joy of exploring into inactive spectatorship.

Without exploration, the web becomes far less interesting. Our curiosity loses oxygen and the diversity of the web dies.

We exist for you to explore the web on your own terms. We refuse to reduce you to a passive spectator.

We are fighting for a better web where you're in control.

Jon von Tetzchner
CEO and Co-founder

Vivaldi"

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Vetinari stirred his cocktail. Death watched, shaking the timer again. The last grain still refused to fall. "You must have seen the worst of us, as a species." The ex-Patrician said. BUT ALSO THE HEIGHTS TO WHICH YOU CAN SOAR Vetinari angled his head. "Really? Such as?" BUTTERED TOAST /1

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Hamo @hamo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

People talk about kids getting influenced by movies and video games, but we've had 80 years of anti-Nazi themes in entertainment media and look where we are now. All of our stories are about fighting oppression and now we're speedrunning it instead.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Finance Minister Nicola Willis and one of her plans for saving her Budget. My #cartoon today #NZpol #PublicService

Cartoon. Title: “Cooking the Books” Three panels. 1st panel: Finance Minister Nicola Willis holding a bunch of public servants, saying, “Today I’m cooking Stock de Fonctionnaires Transpirants (A Stock of Sweaty Civil Servants) First, take a bunch of 8,700 anxious public servants”
2nd frame shows a pressure cooker, and Willis is saying, “Cut off the MFAT and put it aside for an elderly relative. Place the rest in a pressure cooker until they sweat, then reduce for four years” Last frame Willis is making a toast with champagne, and smiling. She says, “Now, throw away the public servants and enjoy! Bon Budget!” Below it says Note: This dish counts toward future budgets.

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Time to court the women's vote, once we define what one actually is. I chat more about this over at my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/yeehawth...

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Marama Davidson @maramadavidson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Tldr: I went to the famous Oxford Union Debate to hold Empire accountable. Against 3 older power laden men pimping for colonisation. No biggie. I shat myself. It was terrifying. I won by just agreeing to do it, and telling my story anyway. But the win of 163-86 was a bonus. youtu.be/SlZE8BT_fio?...

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Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson: The sun must set on the British Empire (Full Oxford Debate)

YouTube video by NZ Green Party

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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In today’s NZ Herald

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A government that claims it's saving money by consolidating departments, introducing A.I and becoming more efficient by sacking up to 8000 civil servants is basically saying "Expect a worse economy, fewer services, and we don't give a fuck what those people actually did for the country"

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Good one by Robert Kitchin, over on Instagram. www.instagram.com/reel/DYRAaNT... #nzpol

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Pumpkin Spice NZ 🇳🇿 @pumpkinspicenz.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Preaching to the choir on here I think, but this is important. Share it with people in your life that are less terminally online. And encourage them to register and *vote*. We won’t survive if we continue as we are. #nzpol

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Ky @ky.fyi · 24/04/2026

I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.

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Do I belong in tech anymore?

On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/04/2026

The currently escalating tech backlash must be put in the context of: “people have been listening to the most insufferable techbros in the world gleefully threaten everyone else with mass unemployment for over 6 years, and they’re sick of their shit”

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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This is Iran. These are the people being murdered in our name.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

“… they will purge the agencies that enforce accountability, they will rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it… and if they are clever, they will eliminate any structural protections you had before the majority realizes the extent of the damage.” - Sarah Kendzior

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'Tidiest solution': Goldsmith leans towards axing Broadcasting Standards Authority

It follows a jurisdiction ruling over Sean Plunket's The Platform.

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Who is the 'Tax Payer Union' and what are they up to? Hint, they're not a union. They seem to be waging war on Māori. So who are they, who does their dirty work, and how do they roll? A revealing investigation sheds some light👇 teatatinotoa.substack.com/p/is-tpu-wag... #nzpol #atlasnetwork

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Is TPU waging a war on Māori?

Who is the Tax Payer Union and what are they up to?

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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

In the midst of a fuel crisis, we have a Government that's left us high and dry. This November, we have a chance to change things. To make sure we have a Government that truly thinks ahead. #PartyVoteGreen @greens.org.nz

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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Musical Chairs does the Lorde's work explaining macro economics for dummies & debunking simplistic media tropes - on a more-or-less daily basis. Lots of content in their threads, but even if you don't *get* it all (as in my case:) some of it rubs off. Read on...

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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

So I think it’s time for a quick refresher on what Candace Owens actually believes

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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If you didn't get to see it live, Einstürzende Neubauten did a 46th anniversary streamed concert. Featuring their amazing new bass player. I've only gotten to listen to a few songs so far but it's REALLY good. Amazing, old school Banging On Pots industrial music.

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Einstürzende Neubauten - 46th Anniversary Online Concert - 01-04-2026 - Berlin : Einstürzende Neubauten : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Einstürzende Neubauten's 46th anniversary live-from-the-studio concert, broadcast online on April 1, 2026 from Berlin - exactly 46 years after the band's...

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henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Labour campaign chair Kieran McAnulty on his new opposite number Simeon Brown: “Doesn’t matter who the chair is when the PM is still a dud.”

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I hope everyone’s learned their lesson about “let’s run our government like a business” bullshit Businesses can be run into the ground Not really supposed to do that with governments

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

[at space coven] Andy Weir: beep boop submitted for the approval of the space coven, i call this the story of the martian Weir: it is a story about the cold triumph of science, with no distracting theme or motif Weir: only science Weir: beep boop

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“The closures of Heinz Watties, Greggs, & McCain…will have implications for NZ’s #FoodResilience & security, will cause significant #JobLosses & threaten the viability of local vegetable growers…& NZ’s ability to feed itself with #LocalProduce” - Steve Abel, Greens My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Food Security” Image shows the New Zealand Grown food label, but instead of the white stylised silhouette of a kiwi, it has a kiwi skeleton, looking dismayed. Down the bottom right, on the label, is a ‘R’ for registered trade mark, but there is an arrow pointing to it, saying “Rated ‘R’ for “Rooted.” In the background are mixed chopped vegetables.

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Excellent interview with ReWiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey on Q+A www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5RX...

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Will fuel price blowouts push us toward electrification?

YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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