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Douglas Dubois

@douglasdubois.bsky.social
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Mad Blackcaps, Kiwis, Chelsea fan. ABs & Blues supporter. Absolute Warriors tragic! Dig music, film and TV, literature, food, travel and dogs. Love Aotearoa. Not such a fan of dickheads.

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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 3h
You couldn’t pay me to watch this panel of “experts” discuss the debate. Pay support workers and I’ll swallow the bowl of hot sick for the team. #nzpol
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don’t tell Shane Jones. He’ll sort that out quick smart. #nzpol
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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey Bluesky New Zealand!! Can you help spread the message this weekend?! Yeah sure this is just one video, but so many people haven’t enrolled yet and don’t realise they are running out of time. Thank you! 🇳🇿
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is a major design flaw that dogs can’t give themselves butt scratches. They deserve it. #dogchat
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
substack.com/@tstopford/n... #nzpol Excellent piece! Read and share e te whānau!
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The tragedy of NZs ‘conventional wisdom’
How’s the country going?
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remarkably civil debate on Stuff tonight. David gives me the ick no matter what. Winston showing his experience by toning down the racism (by his standard). The left block across their policies and getting the odd quip in. Moderation was straight trash. #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lovely chat with a Greens phone canvasser this evening. Couldn’t get him to call the current govt cunts too (he was far more polite and professional for that), but I knew he had the same vibe. He was a good advocate for Ricardo as my local MP #nzpol
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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 30/09/2026
An hour left to support and only $300 left to hit our $10k target! www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
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Songs of Solidarity Festival 2026 - Anthems of Resistance
Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of the world's highest crowdfunding success rates and have helped creatives raise millions since 2013.
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meh, I’m still party voting Green ✅ #nzpol
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love this movie. www.indiewire.com/features/int...
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How Allison Anders Emerged from ‘Personal and Professional Hell’ to Make One of the 1990s’ Best Movies
Allison Anders and Illeana Douglas and more look back at their Martin Scorsese-produced 1996 release 'Grace of My Heart.'
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yikes Man City 😧 It will be appealed of course.
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Dr Gary Payinda @garypayinda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Done: my last ED shift before the election is now completed. Only one Focus now: helping you get to know me, my priorities and my values so that you can feel motivated to enrol...and confident that I will represent you honestly and with everything I've got, in Parliament.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The right lambast any pushback on their ideology. The left try to play a nice and tidy game where they do everything right. No wonder who is likely to win in this shitshow of a zeitgeist. I hate #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This dickhead is unphased by politics. I wish I could be him. #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, I’m going to cook steak frittes for the kids and I. Listen to some genre fiction on Libby while I cook. Then I’ll have a quiet drinkypoo and continue smiling. It’s been a good evening. #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#nzpol
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radiohead just
ALT: radiohead just
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
47 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in music history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Where do I do my posting from
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Stephen Root's Iconic Red Stapler in Office Space
ALT: Stephen Root's Iconic Red Stapler in Office Space
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fringe party proudly promises to game MMP & use its votes to prevent a future Govt investing in stuff that will fix our broken society. Great news fot NZ’s tax-dodging mini-Epstein class. Misery for the rest of us.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Opportunity candidate's statement is quite revealing #nzpol
Opportunity’s Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb was asked by someone in the audience why the party didn’t consider itself a “left” party, when the audience member considered that is where its policies lay.

She said the origins of the party’s Citizen’s Income, a universal basic income, came from neoliberal economic theory - “so it’s actually a right-wing theory”.

“I would also note there is a heap of policy on our website that are things we could work with National, Act or possibly NZ First on,” she said, highlighting KiwiSaver and oceans and fisheries.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible Stiff Little (Fish) Fingers
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible The Cure(d meats)
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This absolute travesty will be seen and understood by minimal people. Most of whom willl probably be those who think it’s not their problem, or are the polluters. #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My daughter is delirious with joy about the bargain first print book from her favourite author she got in an op shop. Might have done this parenting thing right?
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Okay, The Damned was the best gig I’ve been to at The Powerstation in quite some time. And I’m not shy of a gig. #LiveMusic #Powerstation
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William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The most enduring image from the STAR WARS trilogy isn’t Leia in a gold bikini, it’s Leia strangling the sexist, capitalist monster who put her in a bikini in the first place, until that piece of shit fucking dies. Kudos for immortalizing it in a museum (and to everyone kissing in front of it).
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nationals entire campaign strategy is just lie relentlessly with billboards and Ai slop because the truth would be to admit theyve made the cost of living worse, taken the economy backwards, failed on ferries, failed cops, failed on housing, excused racism and delivered just 54 nurses in 3 years.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haha NZ First are actually running a YouTube snail oil salesman 🤣 You absolutely could make it up! #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yeah, I guess I am probably capable of murder 😡 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Dolly Parton’s Hollywood star vandalised days after funeral
Repairs are under way after a fan reported flowers had been stolen and the country music legend’s name scratched from her Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s just started pissing down and I can hear Mr Whipy. That’s dedication. Symbolic of this economy. #nzpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As you would expect, the comments section is full of the dullest humans to walk among us. I’d be surprised if half of them voted in local elections. #nzpol #localgovt www.stuff.co.nz/money/361025...
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What do councils actually spend your money on
Everyone has an opinion on where their rates should go. This is what Auckland Council is doing with your money.
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Allan Moyle @allanmoyle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So instead of the U16's ban, how about NZ take Meta to court and get these changes applied in NZ. newrepublic.com/post/214755/...
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Meta Caves With $17 Billion Settlement in Social Media Addiction Case
Meta has agreed to a massive settlement in a lawsuit over how it intentionally designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bloody hell. Dolly? The best of us?
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger Huge Audio Dynamite
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I dunno man, but I reckon Luxon should stop wearing steel caps since he has the world’s strongest electromagnet in the back of his throat. 🤷 #nzpol
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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill Government Bill is being read a third time now. #shameful
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This definitely checks out. We are being overrun by ideologues and cookers. #votethemout
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f*male b*tch 🇵🇸 @ahhmandah.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
dunno who this cunt is but he slapped me in the face last night at the rsa after he tried to pull my pants down and my top up. naturally after a warning I beat the living shit out of him and everybody saw so the bouncers bounced him but I want his wife to see, especially as he yelled I HAVE A WIFE
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I mean……
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
They couldn’t even give us some proper political theatre. Blah blah getting on with the work. Bollocks. You’ve wasted a whole day on this. Bloviate for 10 minutes why don’t ya? #NZpol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Look who’s across the road getting boooed by me 😊 #NZPol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ... Lets share this wide and far folks, we dont need this, get onto renewables. #nzpol
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Auditor-General urged to launch inquiry into plans to build LNG terminal
Consumer and climate groups have asked the Auditor-General to launch an inquiry into the government's plans to build an LNG import terminal.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Best Bond Villain: Wrong answers only.
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Is there a clearer way to say that you’ve been absolutely dog walked by toxic minor parties than Luxon’s latest referendum idea? Possibly the most clear he’s communicated something all term, so that’s something. #NZPol
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Douglas Dubois @douglasdubois.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Gerry’s at it again folks! Blatant incompetence and barely concealed bias. Routinely brings parliament into disrepute in my view. #NZPol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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‘Double standards’: Swarbrick booted out of House for criticising Speaker
“Respectfully, the problem is your double standards,” she told him.
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
God, New Zealand politics is really going down the drain. 1. National has bed leg abusers, MPs snapchatting little girls. 2. ACT has its pedo protectors. 3. NZ First has its nazis and racists. A real bunch of fucked people running this country. #nzpol
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