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Oliver L

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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 18h
Just a thought
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Felix @bruck68.bsky.social · 17h
100 Years Winnie The Pooh . 🎉 Thanks Mr. Milne.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The IDF beating Orthodox Jews who are protesting being forcefully conscripted into the IDF to commit War Crimes. I can't imagine the Media response if any other country did this to Jews to force them to serve in the army. But it wouldn't be silence.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
All the singing and dancing about Treasury forecasting some jobs growth over the next four years. Firstly, Treasury are pretty much forecasting the 1.5% to 2% average growth rate their toy models always spit out. And, how do they compare to what happens? [🧵 1/n]
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/10/2026
A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.
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Maps show how Israel's ‘Yellow Line' keeps squeezing Palestinians in Gaza
A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just to note that both the TVNZ Archives and the National Film Unit Collection are managed by ... Getty Images.
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
SCOOP: A majority of Cabinet wanted New Zealand to back a vote on a new UN pandemic treaty but Winston Peters made the call not to, @samsachdeva.bsky.social reports. NZ and Paraguay were only countries to abstain, US, Israel and Argentina voted against. newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/13/p...
newsroom.co.nz
Peters overrides Govt ministers on UN pandemic vote
Majority of ministers wanted to vote in favour of declaration on pandemic prevention – but with no Cabinet decision needed, the foreign minister made a captain's call.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The year is 2046. Income tax has been cut to 0.1%. Feral dogs roam the streets. All schools and hospitals are private. No one shows up to fight fires. National promises a return to surplus by 2053, tax cuts in 2054. Labour promises to match their fiscal plan.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Also the "largest it's ever been": the population.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I've long advocated for councils to ticket (or even tow) vehicles too large to park within the lines on the street. The incentives should be clear.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
2. "Bot" just means automated traffic, not necessarily malicious traffic. For example, Google search has always worked because Googlebot crawls the web. Yandex is a Google-like company. A chart of Russian bot traffic will of course show a big fall.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Some caution: 1. Not all Russian traffic is Yandex. A chart of Yandex traffic will of course show a big fall in Yandex traffic.
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Emma Hart @ghet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Christopher Luxon says we need to “die trying” to get people off the jobseeker benefit and into work."
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Trump Shrek Meme: Some of You May Die
Alt: Trump Shrek Meme: Some of You May Die
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No let up from the death spiral. #nzpol
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 11/10/2026
Counterpoint: All potential NZ government parties can in fact afford whatever they want to prioritise. They have massive capacity for investment and the financial position of the country, despite what the current Government likes to cry, is totally fine. Spend money to make NZ better!
Election 2026: Labour says it can fund pay equity and public services. Its fiscal plan suggests it will have to pick one – Thomas Coughlan
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
... monetary policy is fucking cruel! *Who* will you find in that bufferstock of unemployed people? Who serves in our conscripted army of poverty stricken inflation-fighters? Young people, people with disabilities & caring responsibilities, people with jail time etc. And, who benefits? [4/n]
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
National are shit economic managers - spread the word
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Rob @greaterhermit.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Emit an ominous hum
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“How are these tech companies not being held accountable? It’s unprecedented.” Maybe. But it does depend what the precedent is. Not the American data industry’s first rodeo.
Cover of “IBM and the Holocaust” by Edwin Black. Subtitle says: “The strategic alliance between Nazi Germany and America’s most powerful corporation.”
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Israel continues to murder innocent people as it moves its ‘yellow line’ to steal ever more territory in #Gaza under cover of the non-ceasefire. Note how Rafah is now within the Israeli zone, & Gaza is cut off from the border with Egypt. #Genocide #Gaza
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Mike Lacher @mikelacher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i rebooted minesweeper as a AAA shooter. loot boxes coming soon minesweeper.mikelacher.com
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More scummy behavior from Microsoft with M365 Family. They're moving from 6TB of storage (1TB per person) to 2TB total and trying to claim it's not a downgrade.
"More flexible cloud storage: Your cloud storage allowance will change from 1 TB per person to 2 TB of shared storage so everyone on the plan can use the free space while keeping their own accounts and files private. This change will apply after your first renewal after May 2nd, 2027."
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tomorrow marks one year since the sham of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza was signed. Sold as a way to halt the Israeli military’s endless killing, the results of this “ceasefire” have been the Israeli military killing or wounding at least one Palestinian every 90 minutes.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The ACC scheme took away your right to sue. Instead you now have to take legal action against ACC to get proper compensation. Time for a reset.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ACC is simply deciding to deny people what they're entitled to, to save money. It's crooked. The organisation is crooked. Megan Main is a liar. She should be in court, not getting $160k exit payment.
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7000 more injured Kiwis denied support as ACC rejections rise
An advocate says the human impact of denying support was “off the charts”, with desperate people calling in tears and facing losing their homes because they could not work to pay the mortgage.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What I'm looking for is a clear message so that there are no claims from anyone that they didn't know it was illegal.
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Joseph Prichard @jprichard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It took just over six months for this to move from an Onion headline to reality. Just unbelievably awful. theonion.com/doj-to-bring...
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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wonder if there's a way for the OFLC to pre-emptively classify this video as objectionable and illegal to stream or possess in New Zealand.
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America to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution
Nidal Malik Hasan is due to be executed by firing squad on December 3 for the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It happens, but also half the city's office space is just empty. Look across from almost any office in the city and you'll see many vacant floors. Wellington is in big trouble.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Time is a flat circle
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Civil liberties newsfeed (NZ) @civillibertynznews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ombudsman’s office releases new guidance on official information and the use of AI - www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/om… - Details and more news at: nzccl.org.nz/news
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Ombudsman’s office releases new guidance on official information and the use of AI
The Office of the Ombudsman has published new guidance on official information and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for requesters, agencies and complainants.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Since we now have legislation with tables and flow charts, sure why not coloured letters
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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No one benefits from having a large population on people with limited rights and security except for unscrupulous employers who can exploit these people's vulnerability.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hence the sanctions if you don't go through the motions of applying for jobs you know you won't get. Cutting benefits for people that they *want* unemployed is just pure cruelty.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What makes these policies extra hateful is that neolibs want people unemployed and under-employed. It's core to their dubious economic theory. The thinking goes that having more job-hunters than jobs keeps inflation down by suppressing wages. (Despite evidence against this.)
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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Enjoy 43 seconds of analogue, tactile goodness. 🫠
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If it's claimed at retail then I guess it's a Fair Trading Act issue. But maybe it's a claim about specific farms.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes except when it's PKE 🫤
rnz.co.nz
Grain sector 'disappointed' farmers are choosing cheap palm kernel feed over local grain
Disappointment is deepening in New Zealand's struggling arable sector over farmers continuing to opt for imported animal feeds over local grain.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Only suspended for three months and only a $5000 fine (the rest is costs). Pathetic.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 06/10/2026
While I was struggling with protecting my mom's site from the bot swarm I kept asking everyone who is still in the industry how small sites who don't have a kid with a computer science degree survive and the answer was pretty much "they don't" and that's so grim
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s not just ‘troubling’, it’s a breach of s 17(2) of the Public Records Act, which is an offence under s 61 of that Act. Parties promising to ‘strengthen the OIA’ must face the fact that the Chief Archivist can’t or won’t do the job of ensuring compliance, & transfer it to an Info Commissioner.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy little accidents
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David Tong @davidxvx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Highly original - in order to avoid OIA request, Health NZ tells Newsroom it "cannot easily access" its own board papers #FFS #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/01/h...
newsroom.co.nz
Health NZ says it ‘cannot easily access’ board papers
Labour’s Ayesha Verrall says it's troubling Health NZ can't access documents, while an ex-union boss suggests it has something to hide
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's not just money laundering. I've thought about using this to donate to Greens without them hounding me with begging letters every few months for the next decade
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The only trouble is it would throw out the timings in the LEA.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last council elections there were quite a few candidates elected unopposed around the country. I'd like a system where the nomination period is extended if there's only one candidate by the normal deadline. So many people think "I'm sure someone will run, I don't need to" and then it's too late.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A government surplus is an economically disastrous thing for a government to achieve. A government shouldn't be shrinking the money supply. We need better words than "surplus" and "deficit" for government because people associate entirely wrong connotations to these words.
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