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Kara Bee

@faerytern.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ Probably posting about how nz is fucked and what we can do to fix it. Kara, she/her, in Southland Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 2h
These organisations are all about extraction (taking). Not paying their fair share. Just taking. Aotearoa should be wary about hyperscale data centres. News orgs should recognise that 'gotcha' takes hurt our country. #NZPOL
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 43m
theyve got a fuckin WORM analog on the kingmaker debate and the hosts keep calling the leader panel "kingmakers" as a title and you can literally watch the votes being manipulated in real time - ACT in particular i just watched suddenly spike out of nowhere then quickly taper off???? Absurd!
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 4h
once you begin to notice this pattern, you see it everywhere
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 4h
"We need to regulate and there are clear international standards and we should implement those here." There absolutely are not "clear international standards", which is a significant part of the problem, and if she's the technology spokesperson for TOP and doesn't know that? Yikes.
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Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong on recognising the good and the bad of AI
In the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears with artificial intelligence (AI) and the r...
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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 2h
@greens.org.nz support 16yo voting in NATIONAL elections - as recommended by the Electoral commission review. Always just that 1 bit more awesome 💚 #nzpol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14h
“Māori have long cottoned on to that. Nicky Hager’s latest book helps to join the dots for others who may have wondered how it was iwi became public enemy number one during the Stop Three Waters campaign.” #nzpol www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/09/28/t...
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The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 6h
Again: $4.5b still costs less than National's Holiday Highway PPP to the border of Northland
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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 3h
Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place.
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The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social · 2h
PSA petrol is $3.18 at Hutt New World right now.
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 4h
really frustrated by the number of elder bigots across nz media and commentary, and the acceleration of *most* of the younger reporters to mirror their forebears doesn't matter if 'the industry is just like that' or 'we need clicks', it's repugnant and individuals CAN actually stand up against it
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 9h
omg it's the 2015 ads from Britain!!!! My "this is NZs 2015" theory is bang on. It's the same advert, it's the same fucking advert
A 2015 advert from Britain with noted sex abuser and dead guy Alex Salmond who was the SNP leader at the time with Ed Miliband, Labour leader, in his front breast pocket.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 11h
The sooner Chlöe becomes PM the sooner we can grow up as a country. youtu.be/dwrCvhGH3zM?...
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Can the Greens overtake Labour? | In Brief
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 9h
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A chart showing new EV & PHEV sales over the years.  The market absolutely fell out when the new National govt had a fucking insane idea to stop incentives to get EVs, then when Trump thought he should start a war instead of going to jail for being a Pedo & fuel prices went through the roof, EV sales have risen again
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Trending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 15h
EVs undercut petrol: ninefold cheaper #econsky
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 11h
youve got to be kidding
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In case it was not evident, the far-right VFF's livestream this week presented propaganda tactics, & strategies to their vast highly motivated, & well-financed network that specifically aim to target Labour, Greens, & left parties offline+online. This will be across the motu. #nzpol
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Nessie🪷🦎 @fai7hl3ss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bringing this back and tapping the chart hard. The 'Well-Meaning Men Who Underestimate the Issue' need to see and understand this. We need them to speak up.
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🍁Maple Syruplush🍁 @maplesyruplush.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#mapledits
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...
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Chlöe Swarbrick Nicked Luxon’s Cotton Reel
Lacan explains why the tough guys of fiscal politics are so emotional right now
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New Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union @nzpfu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: Reports that Coca-Cola's main building in Mt Wellington is on fire and Parnell's high-reach ladder has failed on scene.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14h
National f**ked the basics. #nzpol Fears Southland's urology service could collapse as surgeries cancelled www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Fears Southland's urology service could collapse as surgeries cancelled
Health New Zealand is transferring patients as far as Christchurch and offering $3000 a day to locums while Southland lacks a permanent full-time urologist, documents released under the Official Infor...
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 12h
Absolutely fantastic to see these large businesses being really clear that Marcroft’s bill is harmful and creates complexity rather than addressing it newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/m...
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Major export and construction firms warn against legal definition of women
Fletcher Building leads a group of big employers saying a members' bill seeking to define men and women creates operational risks and uncertainty. Andrew Bevin reports.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 13h
Profits from iwi-led solar project tagged for families experiencing energy hardship #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
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Profits from iwi-led solar project tagged for families experiencing energy hardship
A floating solar project has transformed a Dannevirke wastewater treatment pond into a source of clean energy, with profit from the electricity generated going to whānau the Tararua community experien...
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🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you or people you know aren't sure who to vote for in the upcoming NZ election, this handy resource has been created by some awesome people I know. www.onthefence.co.nz
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On the Fence 2026
On The Fence helps Kiwis get started on their political journey. Answer a series of questions on the issues that matter most to you, and we'll show you which political parties share your values.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses
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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
anyone who understands how buffered systems work is petrified by this
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 30/09/2026
your average Bluesky adventuring party has: - 1 sports person who is also a political sicko - 1 adhd chaos crafter who is also a political sicko - 1 sff writer who is also a political sicko - 1 romance author who is also a lawyer who is also a political sicko - 1 gardener recovering from being a po
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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
not sure why I made this but now you have to see it
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.
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Kara Bee @faerytern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I made it around the block on the e scooter today. 5km. Really took it out of me! Soon I hope to get up to 10, then 20, then 30. Then I'll be set!
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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onion person @junlper.beer · 05/06/2025
it’s time to replace all doctors with ai
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/03/2026
NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
3.7–3.9 million tonnes of pesticide active ingredients are used worldwide every year — more than double the amount in 1990. Most of us never see the fields. But this invisible flood is saturating soil, water, pollen, and nectar. Our food system is being quietly poisoned at industrial scale.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We do that. And then instead of joining us, men prefer to tell us that it’s “not all men”
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DTEE @dtee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what is wrong with him
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 29/09/2026
Whānau, we do have something immediate you can help with. We need design suggestions for a logo that is inclusive of all types of research - and shows it is work. Please make suggestions in reply to this thread. Go bananas. This is a brainstorming session. Ngā mihi nui from the team!
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 29/09/2026
Boosting the signal so that others who may have some ideas is a huge help too!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
VFF's RCR platform/app now has a curated Election 2026 section framed as "Trusted coverage of the issues that matter most". Podcasts being added at pace, but examined 21, going back to April (many of which I had studied previously too). RCR output truly rivals an MSM broadcasting platform. #nzpol
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'The Greens have basically been invisible'. And why is that, Jenna? #NzPol
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National and Labour abandon their principles - so voters abandon them
ANALYSIS: When Labour and National speak, all the public seem to hear is a faint white noise of political failure writes Political Editor Jenna Lynch
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wild claim to make in the face of Greens setting multiple discourse shifts over the last month and, as Sacha alludes to, the overt censure of Green policy announcements *alongside* giving David Seymour and Winston Peters constant headlines and columns of verbatim press release.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026
This is a photo of our home planet taken only a few hours ago! So what? We have photos of Earth taken from space every day. Ah, but *this* photo was taken by a spacecraft ON ITS WAY TO JUPITER.
From the source: "Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left."
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
David Seymour wanted RNZ bosses sacked because RNZ hired John Campbell Then, when RNZ defended its editorial independence, Seymour said he'd sack RNZ Board members & replace them with government appointees to do it This is not only fascist, its intent is wholly illegal #nzpol #kiwi
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