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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is my clip and GIF of the election. Both as a creator of joy and a prediction of what is to come. Entitled boys trying to take down the 💚GREENS💚.. (National, Labour, NZ last and no FACTs) #nzpol

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yay, nee series of Blue Lights up on iPlayer

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Greens propose Inter City Rail that costs less than Roads of National Party Significance, have a higher Benefit Cost Ratio than Roads of National Party Significance, and even NZF supports it. Of course National wont despite their conservative voters supporting it because Luxon is a fuckwit

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Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Luxon dumping on Chloe is a sure sign they're shitting themselves. Time for the media to call out Nat lies. If they don't like being criticised in Europe for being climate deniers, they should stop undermining efforts to protect our kids futures.

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... About time.. And lol at Luxon dismissing it as not commercially viable... This from the party thats proposing spending $13Bn on a road tunnel under Wellington

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Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026

Photos: Pope Leo draws hundreds of thousands for open-air Mass in Paris aje.news/m8j7ff

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by Italian Archbishop and Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations Diego Ravelli (R), celebrates a solemn outdoor mass at Place de la Concorde, central Paris, France [Julien De Rosa/AFP]

Worshippers gathered along the Champs-Elysees Avenue and the Place de l'Etoile to attend the mass in Paris, France. [Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP]

Worshippers watch giant screens displayed along the Champs-Elysees Avenue. [Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP]

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd as he rides down the Champs-Elysees Avenue on his way to the Place de la Concorde. [Kiran Ridley/AFP]

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had the pleasure of meeting @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social Party Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick at yesterdays campaign discussion at the Waitoa in Hataitai. Along with @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz - some inspiring ideas around the Green’s vision for a better NZ

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

but i kept being told that this wasn't real, NZ weren't actually involved, it was always the "US part of the business" etc etc etc by supporters of RocketLab This is a very significant shift in NZ defense policy, and certainly doesn't lend itself to independence www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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New Zealand agrees to put almost $24 million into military satellite US is building

New Zealand has agreed to put almost $24 million into a military satellite the United States is building.

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just watching @lesleymmblume.bsky.social talk about this on "Turning Point: The Bomb and The Cold War" on Netflix. Had never heard the story of the girl camp and the girls playing with fallout before. How awful!

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Note bad way to spend a Friday

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Actually, the OCR isn't usually sharply cut because the economy is going *well* ...

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Being from Edinburgh I should know where this church is, although it can be a bit of a bugger to find at times...

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Yay, new season of Sandman on Netflix

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Together we must be united as a country make the necessary sacrifices during these hard times so we can help pay for these landlord tax cuts! 🫡✊ yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/actively-e...

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Came all the way to St Peters Basilica and all I got was this lousy halo...

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Sunny Scottish Sunday stroll around Hillside and Leith

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?

A tweet from Krystal Ball (@krystalball) discussing Mexico's initiative to provide free glasses, dental assistance, and metabolic management for elementary school children, contrasting it with U.S. government actions to cut funding for local school food programs and plans to eliminate the Department of Education. The tweet includes a post from Samuel (@resisres), featuring a photo of Mexican schoolchildren wearing glasses, with an inset image of Mexico's president announcing the initiative.

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

As if we haven't heard enough about David Seymour's opinions lately.... I stopped reading when I got to the bit where we don't need earthquake standards because not that many people have died in earthquakes compared to cancer.

Fucky McFuckface looking smarmy with a Herald headline reading 'Regulatory Standards Bill: A new law to get our mojo back as a country - David Seymour'.

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The ACT rede: "An ye harm none of the businesses who donate to my party, do what ye will."

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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Boosting this for people in NZ - this is what Seymour and friends want for us…

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/01/2025

If you’re not afraid of getting canceled, you fucking coward, why didn’t you let them print your name?

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

This happened before actually, it led to World War I

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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 14/01/2025

Weird to realise there are now twice as many humans on the planet compared to when I was born.

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Neil Gaiman... him too. archive.ph/79BtW

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 13/01/2025

Over 60 German universities have left platform X, citing its failure to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship. It’s vital to stop giving such platforms power; leaving hits their revenue stream, sending a clear message that inclusivity and accountability are non-negotiable.

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Aye, it's increasing minimum wages that's driving up inflation right enough...

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Game of Thrones - Dark Hedges

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SimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

What a glorious day in the capital

Selfie with sunny Wellington harbour in background

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MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Garner: "What goes up must come down, but in Luxon’s case, what didn’t go up very far needed to go further, & now it’s coming back down it won’t take long before it’s all over. I think his popularity, if you can call it that, has peaked – & if he had a honeymoon,(we) must've missed it..." 🤔 #nzpoli

What goes up must come down, but in Christopher Luxon’s case, what didn’t go up very far needed to go further, and now it’s coming back down it won’t take long before it’s all over. Ithink Luxon’s popularity, if you can call it that, has peaked – and if he had a honeymoon, I, like most of the country, must have missed it

Now bring in race relations, something Luxon and his advisors engineered by giving Act its wish to push its Treaty Principles Bill. At a personal level, a hīkoī to protest against this might be a distraction – a sideshow – when you’re desperately looking for work or needing more hours to make ends meet; when you can’t get seen in our hospitals; or if you lose your home after you lose your job. But at a societal level, with a prolonged cost-of-living crisis and more job losses to come, then it contributes to a picture of a governing party far from in control of the situation.With all this going on, Luxon pumps out numerous social media videos telling us the economy is on track, things are turning a corner and everything else is set to boom! It’s starting to look deluded, out of touch, insincere and, frankly, almost unbecoming of someone holding the office of Prime Minister.Questions of whether our PM is out of touch with the public sentiment and mood have long been raised, but they’re getting louder and it’s all converging to add to his polling woes.Many are feeling so down about our fortunes and future they are heading to Australia – a vote of no confidence in New Zealand and, by association, Luxon’s government.Luxon has never enjoyed a strong base of personal support in the polls. You could say this inability to set the polls alight is the reason National was forced to enter a three-way coalition..

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