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we should be allowed to have fun on the internet without john oliver finding out and putting on his tv show.

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1/200 Media @1of200.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1/200 Campaign Season E26 - Homelessness and Move-on Orders w/ Moko We talk about the encampment in the red zone of Ōtautahi/Christchurch where he lives. We discuss the situation, Moko’s long history of being unhomed and working to help others in the community. w @krkelly.bsky.social

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1/200 Campaign Season E26 - Homelessness and Move-on Orders w/ Moko — 1/200

Our guest Moko talks about the encampment in the red zone of Ōtautahi/Christchurch where he lives. We discuss the situation with the encampment, Moko’s long history of being unhomed and working to hel...

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✧°･:* izzie *:･°✧ @winterwhe.at · 29/09/2026

fun fact: new zealand has the highest rates of homelessness in the OECD because we've been in a real estate bubble since like 1980

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the algorithm has always promoted inflammatory stuff but it's got sooo much worse even just the last few months

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NO ONE should be lining up jobs before the election, except for me of course, a man who has only become less popular since i lost an election 3 years ago

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle.

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i actually have to get off twitter everyone is getting more homophobic and insane

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

why tf was this reposted this. i hate this app lmao

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

like, not so much thinking of them as a threat to the greens or whatever, but the UBI for example is a good way to hide the fact you're cutting benefits to people who aren't going to research the policy or look at the numbers

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

i agree but tbh not everyone knows TOP is right wing. ik several green-voting boomers who are not super politically engaged and have been considering TOP. like, i think they are relatively effective at selling right wing policies with left-adjacent language which i do think is a threat

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 17/08/2026

Fyi, you don't have to be a permanent resident to vote, just a resident. Sooooo if you're a resident and hearing this you should strongly consider not voting for TOP as they will be removing benefits you are currently eligible for and not necessarily give you the replacement.

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It's always telling when people talk about 'men' as a category separate from 'nonbinary and trans people' with no overlap!!

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

on the evidence of this, no, the trans community does not need this writer

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

probably the most disappointing thing about studying earth science is that papers about current and paleo climate no longer exist. i had hoped to make up for this with 700 level papers but it seems they're gone too

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

interestingly this is effectively the case for UoA. there is one second year geography paper and from what i've seen everything else, including post-grad papers, has been cut.

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

like, on $370 a week i would not be able to afford public transport to university and i would be struggling to survive. i'm happy for everyone who will be getting enough extra income to cover their land tax but jesus christ

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

yeah, i know they mention "extra support" but that's such a huge cut for people already struggling!

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

yeah, i understand the argument for giving it to everyone to save on the cost of staffing and the bureaucracy but you should probably be giving people enough to live on...

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

have opportunity announced what their plan is for disability allowances and accommodation supplements? because at this stage the UBI seems like a cut to benefits and student allowances with extra support for everyone else.

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

call me mr jones the way something is happening here but i don't know what it is

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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I have once again made a meme, this time to illustrate National's official position on coalition negotiations thespinoff.co.nz/politics/31-...

I can excuse racism but I draw the line at taxing land

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

do we know if old growth forests are better carbon sinks than younger forests because we're often considering commercial forestry or is the same true for natural secondary forests

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I do not trust the Beatles biopics with portraying Yoko Ono I do not think the Beatles biopics deserve Yoko Ono

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

having to install a mcafee program to uninstall a mcafee program feels very suspicious to me

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Valerie Halla @valeriehalla.dicot.moe · 23/07/2026

"decisions about whether or when minors access transgender medical care should be made by parents, not politicians" actually they should be made by the minors in question, who are human beings. if you don't need parental consent to experience one kind of puberty why should you need it for the other

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Why do bash “dead-beat” directors for not being faithful to their source material but we never question if the source has bad vibes? Or if it's just unpleasant to be around?

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cozy @bimbotheory.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Some people are calling this gender affirming care as a haha gotcha but this is actually directly in line with a radically anti-transsexual politics because it’s its mirror opposite—propping up the cissexual gender binary through medical intervention.

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cozy @bimbotheory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am always adrift on both sides of lesbian/bisexual discourse beacause I think that all that matters is what you do and not what you “are”, so sex or a relationship between two women is lesbian and sex or relationship between a man and a woman is straight regardless of identities.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Whoever is in power after the election will inherit these abhorrent military projects & alliances. Te Pāti Māori has explicitly talked of ending them. I hope others follow. #nzpol

Excerpt from RNZ article:
Project Arcadia aims to build a shared battlefield command system that gets the US and its core Five Eyes intelligence partners up to the sort of attack speeds seen in the Iran war.
Defence Minister Chris Penk's office said cabinet's approval for funding Arcadia would be sought as part of digital modernisation work.
"This will upgrade existing NZ Defence Force systems used to communicate with Five Eyes partners, and allows information between the partners to be shared more easily and securely," his spokesperson said.
The Pentagon called Arcadia "the operational imperative for our time" that aligned with the priorities of War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Facebook post by Te Pāti Māori earlier this year:

TE PĀTI MĀORI WILL:

WITHDRAW AOTEAROA FROM MILITARY AGREEMENTS

Oranga Whenua Oranga Tangata Oranga Tiriti

@MAORIPARTY.ORG.NZ |

@TEPATIMAORI

māori

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

[politics understander just read the niemoller poem] oh hell yeah thats loads of people before they come for me that will buy loads of time , sick

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

doing avoidable work isn't inherently virtuous, but we aren't inherently better off not having to do boring or difficult things. tools & technology always involve sacrifices and we choose whether or not it is worth it.

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

at the end of the day we live incredibly energy intensive lives to avoid manual and/or tedious work. some of this meaningfully improves our lives but a lot of this doesn't. automating every facet of our lives on a finite planet isn't neutral.

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LIP @l11p.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

every new article about top is like : (heroically) i would like to be in power

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Allison @handle.invalid · 15/02/2026

Trans rights are economic rights

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 08/06/2026

spotted in auckland, new zealand. see www.webworm.co for updates

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

getting poorer every day so the government can give money to landlords, tobacco companies and american arms manufacturers

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I don't see Christopher Walken here...

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Obviously it is Interesting™ that every contender seems to end up retiring after some usually innocuous scandal is leaked to the media, but surely every time there's a poll or he refuses to announce a policy every Labour MP is looking at each other like... ok it really is Time

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am actually losing my mind. How is generationally unpopular Chris "policy bonfire" Hipkins still the leader of the Labour Party. How do you not have the common sense to resign when you lose an election that badly? Why has no one in the party actually managed to roll him?

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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

happy pride, shoutout as always to the 1978 gilbert baker pride flag which had pink and turquoise stripes for SEX AND MAGIC AND ART, and in this house we support gay sex and gay magic and gay art

Baker pride flag with the explanation of the symbolism of each color.

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finlay @davidsimpch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I posted this on twitter, but updating your birth records is so worth it and is probably only going to get more important for us. If you're not sure if you can afford it dm me ❤️ I can at least help a couple of people out who need it.

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