Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDeborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 1hThis is how much extra we think ordinary families can be paying every year thanks to Luxon and the National government. Posting mostly because I thought BlueSkyers would appreciate the image. 54123
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialInside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 1h⚡️French Navy intercepts Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. The tanker, named DF Peak, formerly known as Kaliningrad, was falsely sailing under the flag of Benin and is subject to sanctions by the U.S., EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan. 0217
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1hTHIS is why ladies love cool James. 5697
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialPip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 2hi have this wild hope that everyone thinking of voting Opportunity will listen to this. It's such a great example of how good journalism is often just asking about the things that confuse the person asking the questions. The emperor has no clothes stylez. 1177
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialInside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 2hkyivindependent.com/eu-votes-thr...kyivindependent.comEU votes through largest ever Russia sanctions list"This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war," chief EU diplomat Kaja Kallas said, adding that more than half of the roughly 1600 listings "are connected to... 183
dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 2h"Justin Conaglen, a former member of New Zealand's elite Special Air Service" 000
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialInside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 4hMahuchikh has achieved every major milestone in women’s high jump, winning Olympic gold, the World Championships (both indoor and outdoor), and the European Championships (both indoor and outdoor), as well as setting a world record. 161
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialYaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 6hLate night in Kyiv. Another drone threat has just ended. I cannot sleep. Ordered some books. The publisher whose warehouse was hit the other day suggested buying the books that survived. They have traces of fire or water damage. They called the initiative ‘The Fire Didn’t Finish Reading’. 21629152
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4hThese are very charming. I hope someone in the menswear industry hires you to do illustrations for them. 142432177
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 4hLeaving aside the wrong-headedness of abstaining on this vote, I'm quite uncomfortable with the fact that our Foreign Minister effectively used this UN vote for populist politicking ends of his own party in election campaigning, instead of putting country ahead of party as a professional should do. 78832
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialNew Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union @nzpfu.bsky.social · 5h“This is not a direction.” 📩 ...Message received loud and clear, management. 🚛🔥 #NZpol 022
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 7hGraph of ED wait times (benchmark is six hours) posted by Simeon Brown last night versus a graph of the same data on the Health NZ website. Managing to abuse both X and Y axes in the same graph is almost impressive. 88938
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialKevin Pluck @kevpluck.bsky.social · 19hI can't think of anything more relevant to NZ's electric grid! Basically build solar, wind, and batteries near a hydro dam making use of its grid connection and with some clever software combine their use to be stronger than the sum of its parts! Neat! #nzpolyoutube.comEurope has a problem!YouTube video by Just Have a Think 0206
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialThe Press @thepress.co.nz · 5hThe new factory in Darfield will be operated by Cando Fishing whose owner Campbell McManaway, has had several run-ins with the Ministry for Primary Industries.dlvr.itShane Jones set to open new kina factory owned by NZ First donorThe new factory in Darfield will be operated by Cando Fishing whose owner Campbell McManaway, has had several run-ins with the Ministry for Primary Industries. 001
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 8hA 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scanopenculture.comA 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital ScanThere’s ahead of its time, then there’s Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau -- or, in its original Dutch title, Klaer Lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst, a 900-page book of paint colors mad... 06731
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 7hA Russian man admitted during an online video chat that Russia deliberately targets Ukrainian civilians. 28939
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 7hmissing video: bsky.app/profile/twmc... 1294
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 7hAlex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week apnews.com/article/elon...apnews.comAlex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this weekElon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.” 22311
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 8hThere are people under the rubble in Kharkiv. This is absolutely inhuman, horrific, it's unbelievable and unimaginable to crush apartment buildings on families over and over again for 5 years. 25527262
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 9hOhhhh I see, it’s not a road it’s a policy bought and paid for by property developers 34617
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.social24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 8h🇵🇱🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸”We appreciate Trump's involvement in trying to end the war in Ukraine. But in Poland, we believe that it will bear fruit if you put pressure on the aggressor and not on the victim of aggression.” - Radosław Sikorski Deputy Prime Minister of Poland 724465
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8hWalmart is the largest private employer in America, yet 16,055 of its employees were on Medicaid in just 6 states, and 15,515 were receiving food stamps in 9 states. Mostly red states. And those aren’t even national totals. #RepublicanAffordabilityCrisis 25531321445
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialMaria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 8h‼️ Russia struck a children’s playground in a residential complex in my neighbourhood in Kyiv. Children could have been playing there. It’s just an ordinary Monday evening. Families are at home, kids are playing outside. 911556
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9hRussians had more troops in Kharkiv region,but thanks to their extraordinary solutions,Warriors from the Code 9.2 475th Assault Regiment managed to both keep their positions&destroy Russian soldiers Aleksey Karavayev,a Russian war criminal,commander of the 11th Russian tank regiment,was eliminated 630056
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13hKen Paxton is selling off Texas — our land, our water, our communities. Data centers bankroll Paxton, they get tax breaks, and you get stuck with the bill. We can’t afford Ken Paxton’s corruption. (This ad was made by humans — not AI.) 10266872301
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.social24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 9h💔A Russian attack drone crashes in Kharkiv in broad daylight while people are outside. 1257
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialAlina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 9hFuck, a Russian ballistic missile launched from Bryansk region just hit Kyiv without any air raid warning. 65214
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 12hConfirmed by, and maps onto what @jacobsilverman.com described. 041
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 17hChrist... I briefly went to X with a burner account that has never followed anyone or posted anything, because I was vaguely curious about the Talarico stuff they've been going on about. Was bombarded with violent auto play videos... A close up shooting (from Ukraine maybe), man mauled by tiger... 2114
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 9hIf you donate $150k to the National party they’ll spend $2bn of taxpayer money on a road that serves no one other than your future profits. Good deal for the wealthy, abysmal deal for the rest of us. 1143
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialMedoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 9hSeptember’s strike map is the clearest answer to anyone still asking what “escalation” looks like. 183
dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 9hPutins whole design was to defeat the American empire. 060
dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 10hCut to the chase headline "Eugenics thinking spins Seymour's wheels". 032
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10hRussians have recently been complaining en masse about poor-quality diesel fuel and equipment breakdowns. Diesel fuel is being diluted and quality standards are not being met. Diesel fuel standards in Russia and the United States are not identical. 18379121
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialThe Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 11hWhy does National keep reannouncing the same road?thespinoff.co.nzWhy does National keep reannouncing the same road?The controversial saga of Mill Road, explained. 1168
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 11hHeavy rain from Post-Tropical Storm Rachel flooded parts of the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday. Learn more about the storm: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/w... 25260111
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11h😄 Alcoholic collapse in Russia... Due to the damage to Yandex data centers, labeling and electronic document management system has completely collapsed. Due to the paralysis of EDO services, logisticians simply cannot issue TTNs and waybills for trucks, and manufacturers cannot label products. 1430953
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 17hThe number of “Poles” online who hate Ukrainians and “Ukrainians” who hate Poles has suddenly dropped This happened after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck Yandex data centers Additionally, online support for Germany’s right-wing AfD party and Trump’s MAGA movement in the US reportedly fell by 56% 15305125
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialTVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 16hUkrainian strikes on Russian tech infrastructure have coincided with a dramatic drop in automated bot traffic linked to Yandex, one of Russia’s largest technology companies.tvpworld.comYandex bot traffic plummets after Ukraine’s strikes on data centersUkraine launched several attacks in recent days on data hubs used by Russian tech giant Yandex, including one which hosts supercomputers used to train a large AI model. 0166
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 17h A tale of two possums ft.trib.al/gAbeWYs | opinionft.trib.alA tale of two possumsIn Australia the marsupials are treated with reverence, while in New Zealand they are being turned into ponchos 2112
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 17hEveryone need to read this…. The horrors of GIna’s gas, coal and mining empire and so very very good to see The Age / SMH doing detailed rigorous long form international investigative journalism in The public interest! 22112
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 12/10/2026#nzpol To anybody who may want to hear: The easiest way to get someone "off the JS benefit and into work" is to offer ... a good job with a liveable wage in a safe environment where they are valued and can aspire to a life of contribution and service. Is not rocket science. End of. 🙏. 312535
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 17hHow much do PhD students earn? The first comprehensive overview of PhD income shows vast imbalances across much of Europe Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 04814
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 17hVoting tactics, & strategies presented by McCoskrie (independent of expert electoral analysis, & merit critiquing them) obv. match what's been mentioned earlier by VFF, & other far-right networks in support of National, NZ First, & ACT (not necessarily in that order). #nzpol 065
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 17hThe far-right Voices for Freedom is now amplifying the far-right Family First. Both networks have, inter alia, significant Christo-fascist overlap. One session's slated for later this week, & another was published a few days ago. Clearly, individual, & collective networks ramping up efforts. #nzpol 32315
Reposted by @dunnersmads.bsky.socialChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 21hUkraine: A mother a child die holding hands after a Russian bombing, as Trump praises Putin 10/12/26 1712489