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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is a guy who claims to be a Christian. Love thy neighbour as long as he is like me
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is absolutely horrendous
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He knew
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Imagine having so much money that you couldn't spend it all and your idea of giving back is to support parties that ensure that you never need to give back
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Envious. Mine is on order
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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Norwegian Consumer Council has made a new ad to consumers about Enshittification. Death has joined the chat.
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The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy second iRex ferry arrival week! This is the week the second rail enabled bigger ferry would have arrived in Aotearoa, six months after the first. We currently will not receive any new ferries until 2029, and at present have one ferry working and will go 4 years without a rail enabled ferry.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This makes me so f... angry. They heartless fools. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
rnz.co.nz
Pacific households to be hardest hit by scheduled benefit cuts, social housing rent hikes
Pacific households in New Zealand will be the hardest hit by scheduled benefit cuts and social housing rent increases, according to officials.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Exactly! Millions in wasted roading projects compete with a starving health system newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/16/m...
newsroom.co.nz
Millions in wasted roading projects compete with a starving health system
Comment from Auckland University: Why is extraordinary waste seemingly normalised in transport, while funding a struggling health system is so difficult?
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Electric cars, trucks and buses are cutting New Zealand’s dependency on imported fossil fuels, saving the country hundreds of millions of dollars since the start of 2024, according to a Newsroom analysis. newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/15/e...
newsroom.co.nz
Electric vehicles save NZ $90m in oil imports amid fuel crisis
As fuel prices surge, electric vehicles are helping to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from New Zealand's overseas oil bill.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sorry, I try to be kind but there is something about someone who gains success purely through childish snark that rips my ration card
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That will be unbearable. Insufferable egotistical stuffed shirt
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And so it goes on...
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is a crazy question.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Monsters
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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yeah, may be a bit nerdy for some, but when the marginal productivity theory (which is the core foundation of our current economic model) is blown out of the water by evidence (as Stiglitz does here), then is little left of that model that can be robustly defended. 🙏🏾 evonomics.com/joseph-stigl...
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Joseph Stiglitz Says Standard Economics Is Wrong. Inequality and Unearned Income Kills the Economy - Evonomics
The rules of the game can be changed to reverse inequality
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 30/08/2026
Renney smashed this debate. Told it like it is. No wonder Simeon didn't think their finance person should attend, and Seymour didn't think Henry should attend. And it's clear why, Renney would've wiped the floor with them all. "We're not a poor country. We make poor choices" #nzpol
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
????
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is an excellent data thread. Mind you I love graphs. That aside, some really important points here
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Vote for the parties that are committed to keeping out the current coalition open.substack.com/pub/simonwil...
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Be careful what you wish for: The trouble with TOP
If Q is the answer, what is the question?
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Excellent article about Luxon the pretending to be daddy open.substack.com/pub/andrewdi...
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Luxon's Wearing Daddy's Pants
The Prime Minister goes to Rotorua, tells drowning businesses to swim harder, and confesses
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I discovered John Prine late in life. I was so sad when he died. He certainly could sing stories
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Finally some infrastructure we can be proud. Build beautiful and build for the future
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Great article. Thank you for sharing
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Great article. Thank you for sharing
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is a must-read article. It fills me with conflicting emotions, but I wish more could hear its message e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz
Tina Porou: 'Our leadership is not a threat to Aotearoa' | E-Tangata
“The fear of Māori having a place at the table outweighed both the evidence and the truth about what the law actually did.” — Environmental planner Tina Porou on the government’s decision to remove Ma...
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Excellent thread, yet again
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"The torture never stops" in the immortal words of Frank Zappa
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We won't recognise nz if these idiots have another 3 years
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Please, please, please 🙏
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
💯
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Aid rations following a disaster? Possibly. For our children in a rich country? Disgraceful
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This makes me so angry. If you don't have the heart to care about our children, what claim do you have to humanity? This govt has so many tools to fix this, but chooses to blame those with the least resources. If you value corporate welfare over child welfare, you are beneath my contempt
rnz.co.nz
Report on child poverty reveals 'national shame', Children's Comissioner says
The Children's Commissioner says the latest report on child poverty reveals the country's "national shame".
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This makes me so angry. The govt has so many tools to fix this, and yet they put the blame on those who can do the least. If you don't have a heart to care about children, you don't have a right to claim humanity. If big corporations matter more to you than our children you are beneath my contempt
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Report on child poverty reveals 'national shame', Children's Comissioner says
The Children's Commissioner says the latest report on child poverty reveals the country's "national shame".
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ffs. I would relive the shame of that answer for the rest of my life if I ever did that. How do people like this get such high level jobs? They never seem to have self doubt
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I guess it is a sign of my age that my first thought that he meant bowing down. However knowing Jones's past history...
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Our economic models are so out of touch with the changes in the economy since the 1980s. When I say our, I mean their
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
That sounds like a really good deal. I obviously paid too much. Good on you.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
💯 You know the really sad part is that the govt is the arch villain in this. They are majority shareholders in Mercury, Meridian and Genesis. Unfortunately they are addicted to dividends at the expense of investment in infrastructure and the welfare of their citizens
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Remember HDPA thinks $160000 is middle income in terms of tax rates, so we should all be in line according to her. Sorry, facetious comment, but I hold so many smouldering resentments against her opinion pieces
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/simonwil... Simon Wilson:solid as ever
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What should we do about Brian Tamaki?
I debated free speech and hate speech this week, in the shadow of Brian Tamaki’s racist incitement to violence
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
All religions adapt to culture. Just a shame that so many xians in NZ have adopted a virulent American cultural form that has apropriated the crazy American view of meritocracy instead of the gospel of mercy that the New Testament appears to promote
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Wake up NZ. A good society is one where everyone can live a good life. Do we really want to watch our fellow citizens struggling just to eat? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
rnz.co.nz
Who's poor in New Zealand now?
A group of people the size of the population of Christchurch is in hardship, but there are ways to turn it around, a group of social service charities says.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is shameful. Seymour's approach is "save money" and damn the cost to society. Classic "know the price of everything and the value of nothing".
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I understand, but every progressive non-vote is two votes for the right wing. I want everyone to do all they can to get these... out of govt. The few thousand that didn't vote for Harris in the US because of Gaza meant Orange Man and the destruction of so much, including thousands of Gazans
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
NZ is a heartless country. MJ Savage will be rolling in grave.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Omg this is so depressing. Just about every single idea he has is empirically wrong. If this guy isn't a journalistic fantasy, we are in deep shit as a country. Overton window shifting left, what a joke.
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dougir.bsky.social @dougir.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'm very pleased to see someone talking sense
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